In December, several days of heavy snowfall were blown by the howling north wind, which turned the earth in silver.

Today's Shanglin Yuan almost covers one-third of the entire Nanyang County, and the former counties of Miyang and Shuyang are all included in the territory of Shanglin Yuan.

With the Yulin Army only retaining 5,000 elites and dismissing many soldiers, although it is winter now, it is also very lively, before Daqin is full of the threat of winter famine, most of these soldiers have a fixed amount of military salaries, enough to ensure that a few members of the family and even the neighboring villagers will not starve in this winter.

Before Yang Xiong was discharged from the army, he was a 500-man general in the Yulin Army, because he had almost experienced almost all the major wars in the past few years of Great Qin, and this middle-level general who had been monopolized by the old Qin people was already a middle-level general who had been monopolized by the old Qin people.

Even with Yang Xiong, the young and strong people in the same township are all mixed in the Yulin army to the point of getting ahead, just a position like centurion, this township with a population of no more than 100 households, but it can reach as many as six.

Braving the heavy snow, Yang Xiong asked people to park the cart in the open space at the entrance of the post station next to the straight road, which is only ten miles away from the township, if it is usual, this distance, Yang Xiong will definitely rush back to the township as soon as possible, and the grain supported by the imperial court is best transported to the granary in the township as soon as possible.

But the snow is too big, ten miles of road, maybe it can be completed in a day, and the road conditions are unknown, Yang Xiong is also unwilling to take advantage of the night to continue to hurry.

"Shopkeeper, take out a jar of warm soup!"

Yang Xiong first entered the post station, which was very large, with two rows of nearly 100 zhang houses standing side by side, with different flags at the door, and people like Yang Xiong, who had been wandering outside for many years, could also distinguish the meaning of different flags.

The post station that Yang Xiong came in was a resting place for people who came and went, and it was separated from the post station where the government and the army rested.

Originally, Yang Xiong planned to drink some wine to warm his body, but recently, because of the lack of food in Daqin, the government has issued a ban on alcohol, and the people are not allowed to drink wine, drink alcohol without reason, and if there is a person who commits this matter, there will even be criminal punishments such as whipping and detention.

Since then, Yang Xiong can only take some warm soup to warm his body, and in the post station, there are also people who try to come up, and the Qin State Government specially calls them "shopkeepers" for these people.

Yang Xiong took out ten copper coins from his arms, which is also something that the government has been forced to push away recently, Yang Xiong, as an old pawn, naturally has seen a lot, speaking of which, the Great Qin Government can get so many copper materials to cast copper coins, Yang Xiong feels that he has also spelled out a piece of blood and sweat, how can he sit back and watch this blood and sweat become the plaything of those powerful people in vain.

Ten yuan is the price of a jar of hot soup, which is not ordinary hot boiled water, but a hot soup with some salt, dogwood and other materials, which is a cold thing in winter.

"Brother Yang, I'm afraid I'll have to spend some copper money tonight to stop in this post station for one night......"

A young man next to Yang Xiong, who looked quite capable, also said so, this time Yang Xiong's face was also a little depressed, this time after returning from the official mansion of Shanglin Yuan, Yang Xiong's face was like this.

Everyone knows that Yang Xiong is because the government decree recently announced in the Shanglin Yuan official mansion is to immediately implement the 20th grade meritorious lord system in Shanglin Yuan, and Yang Xiong's trip is to bring back the 20th grade meritorious official documents of the Shanglin Yuan official mansion back to the three elders and other figures in the township.

Yang Xiong's face was not cheerful, because unlike the previous nine-rank military merit knighthood system, this new twenty-rank merit knighthood system did not attach importance to military merits at all, but linked the promotion of the title to the land.

Now the acres of land in Yangxiong's family have reached as much as 500 acres, in addition to handing over to the villagers in the township to take care of, Yangxiong also hired some subordinates to help him, and now if the 20th grade meritorious knighthood system is implemented, it means that the nine-grade military merit knighthood system has given Yangxiong many benefits of military merit, such as a light and thin endowment written off, and even so many acres of Yangxiong have become a burden.

Even under this 20-class meritorious system, those subordinates who are good at governing between fields and acres will become the status of Qin people after a few years of being good at governing fields and acres, and even get the title of 20th rank meritorious knights.

All this made Yang Xiong very uncomfortable at that time, Yang Xiong, who was originally used to fighting on the battlefield, also frowned when he looked at these twenty-rank meritorious lords, and even made Yang Xiong have the idea that fighting on the battlefield is useless.

Feeling the diaphragm on his chest with the twentieth rank meritorious system document inscribed, Yang Xiong also rubbed it, as if after letting the document be kneaded flat, Yang Xiong raised his head, looked at the young man among the many towns, and said with a flat face: "Hurry up and drink some hot soup, and then rest early, and after taking it back to the store and taking the house, tonight is to take turns for an hour to take care of the food on the car." ”

"Yes!" Although he is a young man in the township, but Yang Xiong is a veteran in the army after all, and his words and deeds are the same as in the old days in the army, and the young and strong people in these countryside all admire this Yang brother from the bottom of their hearts, after all, if it is not homesickness, this Yang brother's qualifications are enough to be a county lieutenant.

A jar of hot soup is served in a clay pot, and there are not a few, which is enough for a dozen people led by Yang Xiong to have a few large bowls per person, and the hot soup with salt and dogwood and other things is also to make everyone feel the meaning of warming up.

The residence arranged by the post station is also the two houses behind the post station, which is not big, but two rooms on the left and right, enough to live more than a dozen people.

Even if the lights were extinguished, Yang Xiong also wrapped up the futon and fell.

Half an hour has passed, the sound of the whistling north wind, the sound of blowing on the window, and the sound of snoring around is also sound, but Yang Xiong still did not fall asleep directly, Yang Xiong's eyes are still looking at the ashes of the flame that have not been extinguished, and he is also thinking about the twenty-rank meritorious knights released by the Great Qin Court, and he also feels a trace of confusion about the future.