At the beginning of the battle, 200,000 Pingzhou troops and 200,000 Huwei troops went abroad on an expedition, thousands of miles of trekking, fighting hard for several months, and now after returning to China, Lu Chen also showed his love for soldiers, he first took out a large number of gold and silver and good wine and meat, rewarded the three armies, and even took a group of senior generals to the barracks in person, and the soldiers below drank and chatted in the open air.

After getting drunk for a night, the next day, Lu Chen issued another royal order, giving the active Pingzhou Army and Huwei Army a long vacation, so that the soldiers who had been away from home for so long could go home to see, which was also human nature.

The soldiers are paid for the soldiers, and at this point, Lu Chen has never been stingy and deducted, even if the soldiers are on vacation, he also pays the military salary as usual. Especially for the soldiers who died in battle, the policy of the country of wind is that after the military status of the martyrs of the wind is verified, the state will give a resettlement fee of 100 taels of silver.

This was simply impossible for the armies of the nations at that time, a hundred taels of silver, even if 100,000 people died in battle, it was only 10 million taels of silver, which was actually nothing for a country, but the countries basically used huge sums of money to do something else, just like the king of Chu, when he built a palace, almost all of them used more than this bit of gold and silver.

Only the Wind Country pays attention to raising troops and supporting the people, which is also the reason why the combat power of the Wind Country army is so strong, and it is much easier for the Wind Country to recruit troops than other countries.

But the above policy is good, but there are also countermeasures below.

In the past, the country of wind was barren, and the whole country, the army and the people were united, but as the country became stronger and richer, there were naturally more and more corrupt officials.

When the country is rich, every department can pick up some gold and silver at will, which is also a problem that cannot be avoided at all.

On this day, after dealing with some political affairs, Lu Chen came to Xue Ling's dormitory, planning to find Xue Ling to accompany him to his hometown in Pingzhou. However, after arriving, the maids said that the queen and Princess Shaoyang had gone to the palace pianist Ye Xiaodie to ask for piano skills.

Lu Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly, there was no choice but to go to Ye Xiaodie's residence again, and when he arrived, Ye Xiaodie had just finished a song, and when he saw him, the three girls first greeted him, and then Xue Ling took the lead in asking, "Husband, why are you here?" ”

"Come and have a look." Lu Chen responded casually, and then sat down opposite Ye Xiaodie, pulled Xue Ling and Princess Shaoyang, one on each side, left and right.

There were outsiders present, Xue Ling and Princess Shaoyang's faces were red, and Xue Ling whispered: "Husband, ......"

"What's wrong? Both of you are the king's women, and you won't be allowed to hug them? Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and said.

He must have done it on purpose! Ye Xiaodie on the other side said secretly, and then whispered, "Hooligan! ”

"What did you say?" Lu Chen asked suspiciously.

"The King...... Miss Ye, she didn't mean that......" Seeing this, Xue Ling thought that Lu Chen was going to be angry, and hurriedly defended Ye Xiaodie.

In fact, Lu Chen didn't mean to be angry, he looked at Ye Xiaodie who was covered with white veil, and teased: "Miss Ye, why don't you come along?" ”

This, what kind of king is this, Ye Xiaodie was immediately stunned.

Xue Ling and Princess Shaoyang pinched the soft flesh on Lu Chen's waist fiercely.

The beauty was in his arms, Lu Chen was in a good mood, and couldn't help laughing loudly: "Haha-just kidding, just kidding!" ”

After the laughter, she looked at Xue Ling and said, "Ling'er, do you want to go back to Qinghe County to see the changes in your hometown." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Xue Ling first opened his mouth in surprise, and then said excitedly: "Really? ”

Lu Chen nodded.

But before Xue Ling could say anything, Princess Shaoyang couldn't help but ask, "Qinghe County?" Far away? Where is it? ”

"In Binh Duong, far, far away......"

"Okay, okay, I'm going too."

Looking at her excited appearance, Lu Chen was immediately speechless, if Shao Yang was put up to now, it would be a standard silly white sweet.

He pretended to be displeased and said, "So far, what are you going to do?" ”

Shao Yang was immediately unhappy and said, "You and Sister Ling can go, why can't I go." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Xue Ling with pleading eyes and said, "Sister Ling, can you take me there?" ”

When Xue Ling heard this, he said to Lu Chen helplessly: "Husband, just take Shaoyang with you......

That's enough! Looking at the three people who showed affection, Ye Xiaodie's pretty face under the white gauze was flushed, she couldn't stay any longer, so she immediately put away the piano and stood up, put her hands on her waist, gave a salute, and said, "King, the little woman retires." ”

Seeing this, Lu Chen hurriedly asked in surprise, "Miss Ye, where are you going?" ”

"Little Girl...... Inconvenient...... It's inconvenient to go out for a walk......" Ye Xiaodie said embarrassedly.

"What's the inconvenience, come back and come back, it's going to be lunch time soon, I haven't seen you for so long, let's have a meal together......"

That night, Lu Chen stayed in Xue Ling's dormitory, and the next day he began to arrange his itinerary, taking Xue Ling and Princess Shaoyang to prepare to go to Pingyang County on the border of the northern land of the Wind Country.

Pingyang County is the place where Lu Chen started, that is, after the throne, he has not gone back to see, now Pingzhou, in the official's recital, said that the development is excellent, but these, Lu Chen has not seen with his own eyes, this time just took advantage of the border of the four countries to garrison the country, the country of wind just fell idle, he also went out to take a look, understand the situation in various places.

On the one hand, Lu Chen ordered Tang Man to send a large number of secret agents from the military aircraft battalion to infiltrate the territory of Lianguo and pay close attention to the various movements of Lianguo, on the other hand, Xue Ling also suggested to him that when he returned to his hometown this time, he should not make such a big fanfare, so as not to harass the people.

Xue Ling's idea can be said to coincide with Lu Chen, if he issued a royal order, saying that he was going to parade with the queen and princess, then the officials from all over the country who went to Pingyang County must hurry up to clear the road and greet him on a large scale in an extravagant and wasteful manner, so that the king's face is there, but he can't see the real people's livelihood in various places.

Therefore, this time he didn't even bring palace guards, only brought a group of elite masters of the secret guard as an entourage, and Zhao Chuan and Liang Xiao were on his left and right to protect him, while he, Xue Ling and Princess Shaoyang were dressed in civilian clothes and went to Pingyang County as ordinary people.

On the surface, Lu Chen is like the son of a wealthy businessman, taking two ladies and a group of entourages out to play.

He was from Nanyang, passing through Guanshan, Wuyang, and finally to Pingyang County.

All the way down, stop and go, Lu Chen took his second daughter to play in the mountains and rivers, Xue Ling seemed very happy, and Princess Shaoyang was even more like a bird, but this made Liang Xiao and Zhao Chuan and a group of secret guards miserable, wherever they went, they were afraid that something would happen to the king and the queen and princess, and they didn't dare to take it lightly for a moment.

More than a month later, Lu Chen and his entourage arrived in Pingzhou.

At the south city gate, two soldiers armed with halberds blocked the way of Lu Chen and the others, and one of them said loudly:

"Stop! You don't look like a local, what are you doing in Pingzhou!? ”

(End of chapter)