"Little ones, put the flag out!"

Li Laiheng saw that after turning the corner in front of him, he could see his hometown Mizhi County, so he immediately shouted loudly to his guards, and his words were full of excitement.

When his guards heard this, they waved flags one after another.

On these banners, there is written Li Laiheng's military position: General of the Dongjiang Army; There are also written about Li Laiheng's military exploits, including the war against Jianyu and the Japanese and so on. On his own chest, there were also pieces of military medals hanging on them, shining in the sun.

In addition to being excited, he turned his head to look at the person next to him, and said a little anxiously: "Father-in-law, what about yours?" Let's also play out, let them all see, now we are serious officers and soldiers, and we are the elite directly under Liaodongbo! ”

The person next to him was Li Guo, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang Army, and he and Lu Xiangsheng were the same age, both of them were forty-six years old. Although his current identity has changed drastically from when he left his hometown, he is not as interested as Li Laiheng, he just smiled and said lightly: "We are just ordered to go back to our hometown to see, there is no need to be so ostentatious!" ”

"Yes, we are ordered to return to our hometown, of course, let them all see what kind of identity we are now, what glory we are! This is what the emperor meant! Li Laiheng's interest was undiminished, and he still said excitedly, "Besides, I prepared those flags for you, it's a pity not to use them!" ”

After finishing speaking, he saw that Li Guo was just smiling and didn't mean anything to him again. So, he turned his head and instructed Li Guo's personal guards: "What are you still doing in a daze, this is all in the hometown of the handsome, what are you doing hiding and tucking, give me all the banners!" ”

While speaking, Li Laiheng even drove over and shouted at Li Guo's personal guards. When his own guards saw this, they also coaxed. In the end, Li Guo's personal guards also played the banner.

Seeing the banner waving and jubilation, Li Guo just smiled and didn't stop it, obviously following Li Laiheng to make trouble. More often than not, he looks at the scenery in front of and behind him, searching for memories in his mind, and comparing them.

There was a famine that year, Mi Zhi didn't know how many people starved to death, and he rebelled with his uncle Li Hongji. At that time, the road was full of dead people, white bones, and so on. Now, along the way, although people still rarely see it, dead people or white bones and the like are extinct.

Looking at the fields near the official road, as far as the eye can see, there is still a drought, and even the fields are cracked. Li Guo was a little worried in his heart, and he was also a little puzzled.

What he is worried about is that God still does not give the people a way to live, or the drought is raging, so how do the people live?

In addition, I wonder that it is as dry as before, but I didn't see dead people, nor did I see the melancholy and fear on the faces of passers-by.

Soon, after turning the corner, I saw the county town of Mizhi in the distance at a glance.

As far as the eye can see, there is finally a lot of popularity. In the fields and on the official roads, you can see some people.

Seeing this situation, Li Laiheng suddenly became more excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and immediately ordered his personal guards: "Give me to hold my chest up and raise the banner higher." Lao Tzu is now back with dignity! ”

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that it was not enough, so he also commanded Li Guo's personal guards, and he didn't mind if they raised their chests high or not.

As they got closer and closer to Mizhi County, someone finally noticed this group of knights, and they all put down what they were doing and stood there watching them.

Li Guo noticed this situation, if this was changed before, in this case, everyone would be hiding faster than rabbits, and whether they came or not, there would be no good thing.

It can be seen that now in my hometown, the world must be too peaceful, otherwise, it would be impossible to stand there and watch the excitement.

"Hey, who is this? Looking at this posture, it must be a big official, right? ”

"No, they're all martial artists, and they even swagger like this?"

“……”

Vaguely hearing their discussions, Li Laiheng couldn't help but be anxious. At this time, he remembered one thing, that is, the people in his hometown are illiterate, and no one knows the words on the banner he played.

In a hurry, he didn't care about posing and pretending, and hurriedly greeted the people who were watching the excitement on the side of the official road in Mizhi dialect: "This will be Li Laiheng, the general of the Liaodong Dongjiang Army, and this is Master Li Guoli, the marshal of the Liaodong Dongjiang Army, we are all Mizhi people, and we are fellow villagers......"

Hearing him introduce himself in rice fat dialect, I have to say that Li Laiheng's reputation is not very good, but Li Guo's fame is still very famous in the local area.

"Li Guo, is that the tiger who rebelled with the thieves back then?"

"Yes, it must be, I heard that after being captured by the emperor, I volunteered to go to Liaodong to fight Jianjiao!"

"Wow, now that I'm back home, I've returned to my hometown, it's so enviable!"

"No, they have all become the handsomeness of the court! That's amazing! ”

“……”

got praise as scheduled, but it was all for Li Guo, Li Laiheng on the side listened to it, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, why didn't he praise himself! I also changed my ways, volunteered to go to Liaodong to kill Jianyu, and became a general!

He was excited, but he didn't think that Li Guo's reputation was greater than him at the beginning, and now his official position is higher than him, so others naturally gave the focus to Li Guo, not him.

On the side of the city gate, a group of people suddenly poured out, and the leader was the one wearing a green robe, who was the county leader of Mizhi County.

I saw him clenching his fists and asked, "But Lord Li, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang Army, is in front of him?" ”

Although Li Guo's grade is now much higher than that of the seven-grade county order, Li Guo is a military general, and the county is a civil official.

But now, this county is still here. In this regard, Li Guo knew in his heart that this was because these people were ordered to return to their hometowns and provinces, and the local government estimated that they had also received the emperor's will.

Thinking of this, Li Guo couldn't help but be very moved in his heart, and felt that the emperor was really good to them. Not only did he think about them and arrange for them to return to their hometowns and provinces, but he even instructed the local authorities not to neglect them. I am so lucky to meet such an emperor in this life!

Li Guo didn't know how to hold it up, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and was polite to his parents in his hometown.

Li Laiheng on the side saw that he had nothing to do with himself, so he couldn't help but feel a little bored, and his interest fell a little, so he could only listen behind his father-in-law.

Mizhi County Zun and Li Guo walked side by side, talking cordially, and everything was very harmonious. The county order also prepared a banquet to wash the dust for Li Guo.

After chatting more familiarly, Li Guo also saw that the flow of people in the county town seemed to be less than before the famine, and the wonder in his heart increased instead of decreasing, and finally mentioned it to the county honorable: "I don't know if there are any festival gatherings nearby, are these people all going to join in the fun?" ”

After hearing this, the county magistrate of Mizhi County was stunned for a moment, and then looked left and right, and suddenly realized, and immediately explained with a smile: "Dashuai means that there are not many people in Mizhi County, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li Guo nodded a little apologetically.

The population of a county is determined by which of the upper, middle and lower classes the county belongs to, and is linked to the performance of the county order. It seems a bit embarrassing to bring it up in person.

However, it is obvious that the county magistrate does not mind this, but just said with a smile: "Mizhi County has always been dry and rainless, the land is barren, and it is not easy for people to live. Thanks to the vigorous promotion of the imperial court, the potato is a drought-resistant crop, which has solved the belly of many people. However, if you want to live well, with the fertility of the land today, you can almost only feed so many people. ”

"What about the others?" After Li Guo asked casually, he felt that the question was a little wrong, so he immediately changed his tone and said, "I mean, what if the population increases in the future?" ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he immediately said with a smile: "Over the years, the world has been peaceful, and the population has naturally increased. The extra people have all gone to the Hetao. ”

"Crossing the loop?" Li Guo couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

After he was a prisoner of the imperial court in the Battle of Nanyang, he volunteered to go to Liaodong to kill Jianguo. Since then, he has been in Liaodong, or simply in North Korea. With the communication conditions of this era, and the fact that he has no relatives in his hometown, he basically knows very little about the situation in his hometown.

Seeing his reaction, the county magistrate understood what was going on, so he explained with a smile: "The imperial court has a policy to encourage the Han people in Guannei to go to the Hetao area to open up wasteland and farm. As a result, not only our Mizhi County, but also many places, including Yan'an Prefecture, where the drought is more serious, have all gone to the Hetao. This is generally known as the river loop! ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then added: "Presumably, this is the first time that Dashuai has come back for so many years, and I don't know the details." Today's Naturalization City can be said to be very prosperous. If you have time, you might as well go and see it, it's worth seeing. ”

At that time, the emperor drove the expedition in person and destroyed more than 10,000 captives in Naturalization City, of course Li Guo knew about this matter.

The Yellow River Jiuqu, the only way to get rich, as a native of northern Shaanxi, he has naturally heard of it.

Now that he heard the county order say this, he was really curious. The people in the arid areas of Guannai have another way to live, and they have made the Naturalization City prosperous?

If this is the case, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do in the future of Yulin military town, let alone the Great Wall.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Although the Mongolian tribes along the Great Wall have either been exterminated by the emperor, or have been annexed. However, there are still the three tribes of Mobei and the western Mongolians, is it safe over there in the Hetao? ”

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