Pingyue Road.

Shen Leng went straight to the military post when they came out of the ship port, everyone knew how anxious Shen Leng was, and also knew how anxious Mr. Shen was, if the impatience could also be divided by rank, then Mr. Shen's anxiousness must not be lower than Shen Leng's anxious level.

Mr. is a benevolent man and a benevolent man.

The first is the elderly.

Not many people noticed that after Shen Leng and Cha Ye got married, Mr. Shen rarely lived with them, which was Mr. Shen's choice.

Once when Mr. was drinking with the old Taoist in the Xia Cicada Pavilion Garden, the old Taoist asked, in the future, you will become a grandfather and a grandfather when Cha'er has a child, that is the joy of family, why do you get together with us all the time in this Xia Cicada Pavilion Garden, do you really care about us being with us day and night?

Mr. Shen smiled but did not speak.

The old Taoist who didn't have a few teeth said with a smile: "If you don't say it, I understand, when people are old, they always feel that they are a burden, so they are not a burden, and they don't want to disturb the life of the little couple...... You care, but you care more about the little two. ”

Mr. Shen nodded slightly, but still did not answer.

The old Taoist sighed: "That little couple is really a person who covets his own small life? If you don't go home, Cha'er will run to Xia Cicada Pavilion every day, and General Shen will come every day as long as he is in Chang'an, do you really think they can't understand your mind? ”

Mr. Shen still smiled and didn't say anything, but there was a slight hint between his eyebrows.

The children he taught were also good and benevolent.

Not far from the port of departure is the military post, and according to Shen Leng's arrangement, the military post will prepare the fast horses.

The group had not yet entered the military post, and they saw a large group of people outside the military post from a distance, and they didn't know what was going on, they walked over quickly, and after getting a little closer, they saw in the crowd Ye Jingtian, the general who had been in charge of the wolf ape in southern Xinjiang because of His Majesty's order.

"The horses aren't fast enough."

Ye Jingtian said with a smile after seeing Shen Leng and them arrive: "I got the report from the military post before, so I ordered to select a fast horse and send it here, and I got the news a few days ago that you have destroyed Ruan Tengyuan, so I calculated that you would come back soon, so I simply came over and waited." ”

Ye Jingtian handed Shen Leng a thing: "Although you are the commander of the patrol sea division, you have to be stopped and checked when you pass through the city on Pingyue Road, this is the customs clearance document written by the Daofu Lord immediately after getting the news, he asked me to bring it to you, the Daofu Lord also wanted to come to see you, but he was riddled with chores, after all, he is the Daofu, and he can't do without it, he has already ordered Pingyue Dao to pass through the cities and towns, you can go all the way with this document." ”

Shen Leng leaned over and bowed: "General Xie, Lord Xie Daofu." ”

"Thank you."

Ye Jingtian solemnly performed a military salute: "The establishment has been extinguished, the sea disaster in the southern Xinjiang of Daning will be eliminated forever, the Taoist government said, you must let me give you a salute, not to the official rank, not to the elder and young, only on merit, since then, the people of the southern Xinjiang of Daning will never be disturbed by pirates again, and there is no worry about going to sea, I don't believe in Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhism says that the Bodhisattva protects the peace of the Quartet and protects the livelihood of the people, go to the damn, if there is really a Bodhisattva, the soldiers of Daning are the Bodhisattva, you are the Bodhisattva, your sailor, is the Bodhisattva in the hearts of tens of millions of people along the southern coast of Daning. ”

Shen Leng was frightened by what he said, and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Bodhisattvas in Zen Buddhism don't kill."

He smiled and said, "The real Bodhisattva is the parent official of the common people, and he is a person like the Taoist Lord. ”

Ye Jingtian said with a smile: "Don't brag to each other, what I said is not polite, you should be less polite, the Bodhisattva in Zen Buddhism does not kill, the Bodhisattva of Daning has to kill, kill the threat outside of Daning, kill him to the heavens and the earth, since it is the Bodhisattva of Daning, then what the hell do you care about people outside Daning, the Bodhisattva of our family is in charge of our family's affairs, and there is no realm of universal compassion for all sentient beings." ”

He patted Shen Leng on the shoulder: "Warrior Bodhisattva, some are in the killing realm for the sake of protecting Daning, even if everyone except Daning is slaughtered. ”

He looked at Shen Leng's eyes: "Zen Buddhism says that there is retribution for killing, don't believe that, you hold life and death in your hand, the black line knife is there, and the true Buddha avoids it." ”

He didn't say these words gibberish, because he knew Shen Leng's worries.

Shen Leng was afraid that if he killed too much, there would be retribution on his unborn child.

"When I was communicating with Ye Liuyun a while ago, he accidentally mentioned your thoughts."

Ye Jingtian took an iron plaque from his arms and handed it to Shen Leng: "This is the military merit iron coupon of the southern Xinjiang wolf ape, my own, the military merit is enough to have this military merit iron coupon, in other words, if you don't kill a thousand people, where can you get this thing, I gave it to you, if you think that your own military merit iron coupon can't shake the world reincarnation demon outer way, I will add a point of strength to you with the ferocity of the wolf ape." ”

Shen Leng was shocked in his heart.

It is an iron coupon for military merit, a symbol of a soldier's lifelong glory.

"Daning's soldiers kill to stop killing, don't say that the evil demons are outside, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky dare not approach Daning."

Ye Jingtian put the iron coupon in Shen Leng's hand: "Go back with peace of mind, it should also be a small gift from me to the child." ”

He took a step back and saluted again: "Let's go, have a good trip." ”

On the side of the military post, hundreds of good horses personally selected by Ye Jingtian have already been prepared, Shen Leng and the three horses are rich, and they can run in rotation for hundreds of miles a day.

Farewell to Ye Jingtian, everyone got on the horse and galloped to the northwest, after running for a day, they found a military post and changed the carriage, there was an order from Ye Kaitai of Pingyue Daofu, and the military posts had already been prepared, Shen Leng They took turns to drive all the way along the official road, traveling 400 miles in a day and 200 miles in a night.

In August, Shen Leng will go out of Xishu Road.

At noon, there are already people sleepy and tired, look at the map, there are dozens of miles away from the next military post, Xishu Road is not better than other places, the military post is two hundred miles a, there is a stall selling noodles on the side of the road in front, everyone dismounts, hungry, each person has a bowl of hot noodles to think about this temptation is difficult to resist.

The most comfortable way to return to Chang'an from Pingyue Road is to take the waterway, from the Grand Canal all the way north to Jiangnan Road and then turn into the Nanping River to the west, which is equivalent to going around a large semicircle.

The fastest route from Pingyue Road to Chang'an is to go northwest into Dongshu Road, then Xishu Road, and after leaving Xishu Road, it is Gyeonggi Road, but this official road will go around some, so I choose to enter Hexi Road, and run a few hundred miles along the straight road to enter Gyeonggi Road.

But the only thing that worries people is the elusive weather of Xishu Road and Dongshu Road, as well as the mountain roads.

Dongshu Road is better, after entering Xishu Road, you don't know how high you run in the place, you think it is the official road at the foot of the mountain, running and running You will find how to get to the halfway up the mountain? After running for a while, why is it almost to the top of the mountain again, and when I turn around, this is obviously still the foot of the mountain.

This is also Daning rich and strong, with nearly 120 years of efforts, only in the Xishu Road to open the mountain to build a road, to build such a straight road to Chang'an, although not as wide and flat as other places, but the horse does not delay.

There are only two official roads in the real sense of the Xishu Road, one is Ben Chang'an, and the other is Ben Jiangnan Road, in addition to these two official roads, most of the areas are overlapped by mountains, even Daning, there is not so much power to move mountains and fill lakes.

When these two official roads were built, it took nine years for the survey officials of the Ministry of Industry to find out the relatively easiest route for the project, and it took 116 years to repair these two official roads.

Needless to say, the meaning of building a straight road in Chang'an is needless to say, building a straight road to Jiangnan Road is for the people's livelihood, Xishu Road is a treasure land of silkworms, since ancient times, Shu brocade is famous all over the world, but there is no road, how can Shu brocade be valuable.

With this straight road, coupled with the waterway of the Nanping River, the life of the people in the land of Shu Road will get better and better.

His Majesty Li Chengtang once made a grand wish that in the future, all parts of Daning, whether it is Xishu Road or Dongshu Road, or the two roads in the south and north of the mountains with the same mountain range, and even the mountain roads in the east are counted, and Daning will be able to achieve mountain village access.

But Daning's generation can't do it, and the next generation of Daning Emperors may not be able to do it, but if Daning is prosperous for a long time, if it doesn't work in a hundred years, it will be two hundred years, and it will definitely be done.

Shen Leng walked from Dongshu Road and was about to leave Xishu Road, looking at this road, he could imagine how much he had paid for building the road.

This road is much more shocking than the halfwall road to the west, which is only a few dozen miles, and these two roads, the one to Jiangnan Road is 1,100 miles long, and the one to Chang'an is 1,700 miles long.

It is naturally more difficult to build half of the road, but the road construction in the land of Liangshu is more difficult.

Dismounted not far from the noodle stall, Shen Leng and a group of them filled all the seats of the noodle stall at once, and there were still people standing and waiting.

"You can't get so many bowls of noodles at once, so you have to wait."

The owner of the noodle stall was a man in fine clothes who looked to be in his forties, and his wife helped him, and a little boy who looked like he was six or seven years old was squatting on the side and playing with mud by himself, so something was wrong...... The man is in his forties, and his wife looks about the same age, why is the child so young?

Shen Leng looked at the man's hand.

"Up."

Shen Leng stood up, everyone didn't know why, but they all stood up.

Shen Leng stood solemnly and gave a standard military salute: "Old regiment rate!" ”

Only then did everyone react, and at the same time saluted: "Old group rate!" ”

Hearing this old group, the middle-aged man who was about to cook noodles trembled on his shoulders, and when he turned around, he was already in tears.

Although Shen Leng and the others were not wearing military uniforms, how could he not see that they were Daning's soldiers, but he didn't dare to admit it...... Although Daning is not a light businessman, after the soldiers retire, they are often arranged by the local government to do things, so why do they need to come out and sell noodles by themselves?

He felt unseemly.

Stand and salute.

Although the back is no longer straight, although it looks a little blessed, the military salute is extremely standard.

He slowly pulled out a red rope from his neck, and the red rope was not tied with any jade pendant or gold or silver, but an iron emblem on the chest of the Daning soldiers' uniforms.

Shen Leng couldn't help but ask, "Why are you setting up a stall on the side of the road?" The retired veteran regiment rate, the household and the military department each have a allocation of silver, totaling one hundred and ten taels, not counting these, the retirement silver of two taels per month is enough for food and clothing a year if it is not squandered, and the local government must arrange employment for you in accordance with the law, it stands to reason that you should be in the box soldiers or the county government to do things, if there is no difficulty, how can you come to set up a stall. ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

The middle-aged man smiled: "I just feel that I can't waste it, and it's more practical to do something by myself." ”

"I'm a general."

Shen Leng took out the general's iron plate and put it on the table: "Tell the truth." ”

The middle-aged man's face changed, and he stood up with a snap.

"Back to the general, because ...... Because it was a last resort. ”

Shen Leng's eyes were cold.

"Say."

"The silver allocated by the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs is allocated to the local government, and the retired veterans will be issued once after returning to the local government to report, and then go to the government to receive two taels of silver every month, and the arrangement of the imperial court is good enough."

The middle-aged man lowered his head: "But it's on the side of Xishu Road...... It's not easy, I don't know other places, Changhu County doesn't issue the retirement silver every month, and it is not not not issued, and the reply to us is because the local government is not rich in silver, so it is issued once a year, and the 110 taels of silver are also issued in the second year, and in the second year, it is issued for a few months of retirement silver, but it is not issued that 110 taels, and in the third year, it is also a few months of retirement silver, and after two or three years, even the retirement silver is not issued. ”

He glanced at Shen Leng: "I heard that the officials of the government who specialize in managing this matter are to take the silver approved by the imperial court and deposit it into the money village to eat interest, there are hundreds of retired veterans in Changhu County, plus the pension silver of the fallen soldiers, all of which are counted, there can be 100,000 taels of silver deposited in the bank, and the interest given every month is enough for those people, they should have planned to pay it on a monthly basis at the beginning, and then it will be paid annually instead, and the next year will be like this, and it will be enough to eat a year's interest every year, but then they become more and more greedy and do not pay it every year. Now the silver that is rolling up is only a few hundred thousand taels, maybe ...... More. ”

Shen Leng slowly exhaled a breath, but he couldn't exhale the breath in his heart.