Back in Xilin, Zhu Youzhen didn't stay anymore, he just instructed Zhao Qi to build a military camp as much as possible to prevent the temperature from falling and snowing.

From Xilin to the south, there is already a cement avenue, Zhu Youzhen along the cement avenue, a taste of fresh, but the length of the cement avenue is less than 100 miles.

Looking at the hot scene at the end of the cement road, Zhu Youzhen was so happy that he whipped the horse's buttocks hard and rushed to the bottom of the road construction site.

Xiao Ting, the commander of the 11th Division, saw a large number of Ming troops coming, estimated to be Zhu Youzhen's army, he patted his horse to greet him, and got off his horse from afar.

"See Your Majesty!" Xiao Ting knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen's horse.

"Hurry up, I'm just passing by, don't affect the road construction!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Ting stood up and stood on the side of Zhu Youzhen's horse, "Your Majesty, is the Northern Expedition over?" ”

"It's over, it's over!"

"Your Majesty, where is the Ming army advancing?"

"Far away, much farther away than Xilin."

"Huh? Why didn't you see Hong Junzuo? Xiao Ting looked into the crowd, but did not find Hong Chengchou's banner.

"Ao, Chengchou is the same as you, just stay there and open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Youzhen asked casually: "How is it?" Is road construction still smooth? ”

"Your Majesty, because the cement production is late, the road we are building now is less than a hundred miles, and he has built more than us at Gubeikou, estimated to be three hundred miles, and all the roadbeds have been built, just waiting to pour cement."

"Will this road be completed before the freezing weather comes?"

"Your Majesty, we are stepping up construction, and we are also preparing several sections of the road for construction at the same time, and it is estimated that this road will be fully completed before it freezes."

"That's good, you guys hurry up!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youzhen was about to leave, and he suddenly remembered something: "Sue the cement factory and let them produce cement in large quantities." ”

"Your Majesty, this cement road is about to be completed, what's the use of producing a lot of cement?" Xiao Ting touched his head, looking puzzled.

"What's the use?" Zhu Youzhen laughed, "This Third Avenue is still early!" After the beginning of spring, you will take these skilled road builders to build the road from Xilin to the north, and all the way to the place where the road is located. ”

"Your Majesty, where is the Hong Jun Seat?"

"You don't know!" Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, "After the spring of the next year, you will build this road to the Krulun River first, and the specific location and route have been marked on the marching map, which is about a thousand miles. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Ting asked again, "Your Majesty, is Hong Junzuo still in the north of the Krulun River?" ”

"Yes, when you finish the construction of the Third Avenue, you will be able to meet Chengchou."

"Your Majesty, the last general understands!"

"It's good to understand, hurry up and build a road, I'm going back to Beijing."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will definitely build this avenue before winter comes."

Zhu Youzhen walked hundreds of miles, and finally saw the road construction team of the Ministry of Industry, and when he asked, he learned that more than 300 miles had been built from the Gubeikou of the Great Wall to the north.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a while, from Gubeikou to Xilin, there are a total of 800 miles, and only 400 miles have been built now, and the rest of the road section is estimated to be completely built before the arrival of the frozen sky.

However, Zhu Youzhen is not in a hurry, the third avenue is a big project, there is no need to rush for a while, and even if this section is built, it will still be extended to the north next year.

This road will be completed sooner or later, but Zhu Youzhen found that there are no people on the road, and it is very inconvenient for pedestrians to stay at night.

He found the person in charge of the road repair team: "After the road is completed, ten more thatched huts will be built every fifty miles from Gubeikou to the north. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty - there are no permanent inhabitants on this road, so what's the use of building thatched huts?"

"It is precisely because there are no fixed residents that it is very inconvenient for pedestrians to stay on this road at night, and thatched huts are built to give pedestrians a place to shelter from the rain and cold on the way."

"Your Majesty, the grass people understand!"

"In addition, trees were planted on both sides of the road."

"Your Majesty, planting trees for shade?"

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "It's cold outside the gate, there are many snowy days, and planting trees on both sides of the road can give pedestrians directions on snowy days - why are you talking so much nonsense?" ”

"The grass people have many mouths, and the grass people will do it!" The man was so frightened that he quickly knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Get up, hurry up and build the road, and if you miss the deadline, I will not spare it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grass people are going to build roads."

Outside the Gubei Pass, Zhu Youzhen encountered a team of thousands of people.

He sent someone to inquire, it turned out that he was sending winter clothes and military rations to Hong Chengchou, and Zhu Youzhen did not disturb them, but only sent two people from his own personal soldiers to serve as guides for them.

At Gubeikou, Zhu Youzhen stopped.

The pass is still there, but it was apparently built with cement, and the craftsmen added two huge ashlars to the pass, and when the ashlars were raised, the pass was opened, and pedestrians, carriages and horses could pass freely, and once the ashlars fell, the pass was closed.

Zhu Youzhen watched on all sides in front of the pass, the east is the low Panlong Mountain, the west is the Crouching Tiger Mountain, the same is not high, but the two low peaks are skinny, there is no road on the mountain at all, only this Gubeikou, is the only road to clear the customs.

Zhu Youzhen stayed overnight on the pass, and the army cleared the pass overnight.

Entering the Guannei, which is Miyun County, Zhu Youzhen saw the familiar landscape of Guannei, neat farmland, crowded crowds, and lively market towns, a small trader was selling his green dates along the streets in the town.

Although Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, he had no intention of appreciating this familiar delicacy, he had to rush to Miyun County before dark, otherwise, the army would blow the northwest wind outside the city again.

Fortunately, from Jingshi to Gubeikou, a cement avenue has been built, and Zhu Youzhen will neither take the wrong road nor make a curve along the avenue.

When the sunset hung on the top of the distant mountains, Zhu Youzhen's army came to Miyun County.

Tens of thousands of troops stationed in the county naturally attracted the attention of the people, and Zhu Youzhen once again realized that the word "onlookers" has a long history, but he did not disturb the people, and entered the Chinese army's tent with Bumu Butai early to rest.

The soldiers have been running around for more than a month, they are also extremely tired, rest is everyone's greatest wish, and when it is time to hold the lights, except for the sentry, the whole barracks are quiet.

At noon, the army arrived at the entrance of Beixiaoying Village in Shunyi County, Zhu Youzhen saw that the sun had reached the top of his head, and he was ready to rest outside the village for a while, and took the lunch of the soldiers along the way.

Suddenly, the village remembered the dense sound of gongs and drums, the sound of gongs and drums did not stop, and there were a large number of firecrackers, which were set off indiscriminately as if they were not for money, and then a large number of sun and moon military flags were waving vigorously from the treetops, rooftops, and windows, and the children were screaming and rushing out of the open gates.

Zhu Youzhen remembered Song Dandan's words: gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing, red flags are displayed, and there are crowds, "It's not the New Year, is it who marries a daughter-in-law?" It must be a big family, a small family will not have such a big pomp, I don't know what big people are hidden in this small village. ”

"Your Majesty, something is wrong," Fu Xiaojian reminded Zhu Youzhen in a low voice, while protecting Zhu Youzhen with his sword, "There was no sound just now, why did our army make such a big movement as soon as it arrived?" ”

"It's almost time to get to the capital division, what else can happen?" Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it, "Xiaojian, you take a few people into the village to see, what is going on?" If there is any happy event in the village, why do they wave the military flag? ”

Fu Xiaojian became even more nervous, he made a move, and seven or eight guards, tailing behind him, slowly entered the village.

"Da Da Da ......"

After a while, with the sound of horses' hooves, Fu Xiaojian and them appeared at the entrance of the village, "Your Majesty xià......"

"Little sword, what the hell is going on? It can't be that the villagers spontaneously labor here, right? Zhu Youzhen chuckled, he was not as nervous as Fu Xiaojian, this was the territory of Jingshi Shuntianfu, and there were sixty or seventy thousand troops beside him.

"Your Majesty, it's really a labor army, but it's not a villager, it's a ......"

"It's not a villager, who is that?"

"Your Majesty, you better go into the village and have a look by yourself! The minister also said that it was not good. ”

"I want to see which way the gods are still immortals." Zhu Youzhen slapped his horse and took the lead in rushing to the entrance of the village, and hundreds of his own soldiers followed.

In an open space in the village, men, women and young villagers, dancing the sun and moon military flags, on both sides of the road to welcome, in the center of the open space, kneeling countless Ming official uniforms, the front row of six people, is the Ming Dynasty's six books.

Zhu Youzhen was also stunned, he sat on horseback and stepped forward slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, which one of you are here?" ”

"Your Majesty, we calculated the distance, and it is exactly a hundred miles away from Jingshi." Huang Liji didn't raise his head, and continued to crawl in front of Zhu Youzhen's horse.

"A hundred miles to welcome?"

"It's a hundred miles to kneel and welcome!" Huang Liji stood up and clenched his hands into fists: "Your Majesty, the ministers have sent people from the Ministry of Rites to consult all the historical books, and the First World War expanded the territory for three thousand miles, which is unheard of, even Taizu, Chengzu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, it is not enough, and the ministers have no way to express their respect for His Majesty, only to kneel down for a hundred miles." ”

A man, kneeling at every turn, Zhu Youzhen didn't like it very much, but the ministers welcomed him so much, he couldn't sweep their heads, he jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the soldiers behind him, "Everyone, get up and speak." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The six Shangshu took the lead, all the civil and military generals got up from the ground, and many officials secretly touched their knees, it seems that the time for them to kneel to greet them is probably not short.

Zhu Youzhen snickered in his heart, his vanity was really ruthless, "It seems that these people were also arranged by you?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers did not deliberately arrange, the ministers just told the people, Your Majesty Xià pro-conquest, for a few months, has repeatedly harassed the Ming Dynasty Jiannu, exterminate the country and exterminate the clan, the people of several nearby villages, spontaneously rushed here, the ministers just distributed the sun and moon military flags to them, if it wasn't for the ministers to obstruct it, I am afraid that the people who came, there will be more." Li Chunye arched his hand to Zhu Youzhen, his old eyes were squinted, and he was happy without a smile on his face.

Zhu Youzhen's heart was smart, if they took the national flag, how good it would be! It's a pity that Daming doesn't have a national flag now, so he hugged his fist at the people: "The villagers have worked hard!" ”

The people also followed Zhu Youzhen's example and said hello to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen threw his hand at the civil and military officials again: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that it is past noon, you can taste the food in our barracks, and in the evening, we will raise a glass to celebrate together!" ”