Dozens of miles north of the city, a towering highway running through the north and south is under construction, a group of ragged strong men, under the guidance and supervision of officials, mix a gray powder with yellow sand, stones and water, and then pour it on the roadbed that has been built, and wait until a few days later, the road surface will be hardened, even if the rain is heavy, there is no need to worry.

"Papapa~" But just outside the shed next to the road, a young official holding a horsewhip was whipping a burly official, only to see that this burly official was naked, and every whip was printed with a blood mark, although he was sweating profusely, but he gritted his teeth and did not make the slightest sound, looking very hard, but the young official was unmoved, and he had been whipping twenty lashes before stopping.

"Si Cangzuo, you withheld the rations of these prisoners of war, causing more than 100 prisoners of war to starve to death, and the construction period was delayed because of this, and the official will also be implicated with you, if it weren't for the fact that you have made war exploits for the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that you would have been arrested and questioned a long time ago, and now the official whips you twenty lashes as punishment, you can be convinced!" I saw that after the young official finished drawing, he asked the fat official loudly with a stern expression.

"Qi Yu stabbed the history, the construction period was delayed due to the reasons of the lower official, and the lower official also pleaded guilty to this, and the twenty whips were also light, so the lower official was also convinced, but these Xue Yantuo's brutes all deserved to die, the lower official's leg was lost in Mobei, and his brothers were nearly half dead, and now they haven't even found their bones, but these brutes are still alive, and the lower officials still have to give them food and drink, so the lower officials are really unconvinced!" I saw this burly official stalking his neck.

This official who served as Si Cangzuo was naked, and he could see that in addition to the whip marks he had just hit, there were many criss-crossing old wounds, and one leg was missing half of it, and he could only use one wooden leg to support his body, and experienced people could see at a glance that he must be a veteran who had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and he could not stay in the army because of his injuries, so he was placed as a local official, such as Si Cangzuo, who was an official in the county who managed to store money and grain.

Hearing this Si Cangzuo's answer, I saw that the young official couldn't help but be silent for a while, he was Li Xiu's eldest son Ping An Lang, some time ago Lizhi finally gave birth to a son safely, and he finally left Chang'an with peace of mind, so he was sent to Yunzhou in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate to serve as the assassin history, originally with his age and qualifications, it was impossible to serve as such a high-ranking official, but he was the concubine of the Tang Dynasty, and the eldest son of the Guogong, plus he had the political achievements of assisting Li Zhi before, so he was exceptionally promoted to the assassin history.

"Si Cangzuo, the officer's younger brother is also in the army, and I understand your resentment against these prisoners of war very well, but understanding is understanding, the construction of this road cannot be delayed in the slightest, no matter how you deal with these prisoners of war in the future, but now that the road is not completed, they must live, if there is no them, the court can only levy people to build roads, do you want your relatives and brothers to build roads?" Ping An Lang said in a deep voice again.

Ping An Lang is now holding the position of Yunzhou Thorn History, but Yunzhou was originally a newly established state with a piece of land carved out of the grassland, the population in the state is sparse, and most of them are grassland people, these grassland people are unruly, very difficult to discipline, and ordinary officials really can't control the scene, so now almost all the officials in the state have retired from the army, and only these blood-covered veterans can control the scene, but these people are from the army, and they are also a bandit, although Ping An Lang is from a noble background, But it is difficult to make these officials obedient without showing some real skills.

Although Si Cangzuo is bold, he is silent when he hears Ping Anlang's words, it is not easy to build roads and cities on the grassland, especially the conditions here are harsh, and people will die at every turn, fortunately, there are countless prisoners of war who defeated Xue Yantuo before, and it is these prisoners of war that make the road construction go very smoothly.

"Si Cangzuo, this road is very important, as long as the road is completed, it will be difficult for the grassland people to rebel in the future, Si Cangzuo, your descendants will not throw a leg on the grassland like you, so you also have to distinguish the weight, a month later, this road must be built outside the north gate of the West Surrender City, otherwise you and I will be punished, and then it will not be as simple as whipping!" Seeing that this Sikura Zuo was silent, Heian Lang spoke again at the moment.

As a Shangguan, both grace and power are the most basic way to be the emperor, just now he personally whipped the other party is power, and now reason with him, let him understand why he beat him, this is grace, if he can know his mistakes in the future, he can also be promoted, so that the other party can be willing to use it for his own use!

"Xia Guan knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely not make such a mistake again in the future!" I saw that this Si Cang Zuo finally bowed his head and admitted his mistake, which made Heian Lang also nodded approvingly, and at the same time glanced at the other officials around, today he came to inspect the construction of this road, and naturally he was accompanied by many officials from the state, before he found that this Si Cang Zuoke withheld the rations of the prisoners of war, so he personally punished him, and at the same time did it to show other officials, to warn these officials, so as not to make the same mistake in the future.

These officials all know Ping An Lang's origin, originally they thought that Ping An Lang was just here to mix up his qualifications, and he would soon be transferred back to Chang'an, but he didn't expect Ping An Lang to show his strength after coming to Yunzhou.

Seeing the change in the expressions of these officials, Ping An Lang also nodded secretly, he came to Yunzhou not long ago, and now that Wei has been established, the next thing is to show grace, and the most important thing is to make some political achievements, so that he can really gain a foothold in Yunzhou, and only then will he have the opportunity to do something in the vast land of Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate in the future.

At this time, it was not yet noon, Ping An Lang led the officials to inspect the road built again, this road was built by gathering the strength of the entire Anbei Prefecture and the Prefecture of the Governor's Office, and the name was "Towering Khan Avenue", because after Hui Hui helped the Tang Dynasty to destroy Xue Yantuo, Tumidu united various tribes to respect Li Shimin as the "Heavenly Khan", and also wrote to the Tang Dynasty, requesting the construction of a road from the grassland to the Tang Dynasty, so that the grassland tribes could go to the Tang Dynasty to see the Tian Khan, so this name was born.

Of course, the book is just an introduction, the real reason is that Datang wants to strengthen its control over the grassland by building this road, and unlike the towering Khan Avenue in history, this road is now all built with cement, although the cement quality of Datang is not as good as that of later generations, but Datang does not have too heavy vehicles in this era, as long as the road surface can be hardened with cement to meet the requirements of carriage traffic.

Yunzhou is close to the west of the surrender of the city, and the west of the surrender of the city is the Anbei Protectorate, and then south is the land of the fertile Hetao, used to be called Monan, is the junction of the Tang Dynasty and the grassland, there are usually border markets for trading, so Yunzhou here is still good compared to other states, although most of the people under the rule are grassland people, but there are also a lot of merchants in the original plains, they have gathered into a small town here, originally this town has no name, but now it is called Yunzhou City, where it is also the place of governance of Yunzhou.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Ping An Lang's location was also quite far away from Yunzhou City, and it was impossible to go back, so he ate on the road construction site, and he didn't let people prepare it in particular, that is, he ate the same meal as those officials, although the officials' meals were much better than those prisoners of war, but it was just a bowl of chowder and two sweet potatoes, although the taste was not good, but Ping An Lang still ate it, because if he couldn't even bear this bit of bitterness, he would only let others look down on himself.

Just after Ping An Lang had lunch, he was about to go back to Yunzhou City to deal with government affairs, after all, Yunzhou was newly established, and there were many affairs in all aspects, although the matter of building roads was important, it was impossible for him to put all his energy on this matter.

However, as soon as Heian Lang got on his horse, he suddenly saw the dust in the north, followed by the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and it seemed that a cavalry was galloping towards this side.