Bianjing, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, was lively when it came on March 15.

At this time, the spring willows blow the embankment, the drunken smoke surrounds the city, people come and go, and the traffic is busy.

Only on the north gate, although many people had gathered, the road was empty, and no one walked on it.

From time to time, the officials in green official robes hurriedly came and went, either to deliver news or to convey orders.

As the prime minister, He Zhizhong sat under a cool umbrella and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He came out of the city early in the morning and waited five miles outside the north gate, which made him, who was already a little older, feel a little tired.

And he knows very well that more tiring things are yet to come, so he must keep his spirits up and fight for the best for himself in the upcoming "big war".

"The mission is still twenty miles away!" A flying horse came to report, and then the little official passed the words of the report to He Zhizhong's ears, He Zhizhong's face was expressionless, but his chin was just gone.

By his side is Cai You, although Cai You is only a mere bachelor, but no one dares to snub him, because he is Cai Jing, who replaced his father and returned to Beijing to serve as a master again.

Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Cai Jing rejoins. Although He Zhizhong cooperated relatively well with Cai Jing, he was still extremely jealous of him.

However, now he has much more confidence in his heart, after all, the credit this time is enough to support his phase, and he will no longer be regarded as a wine bag and rice bag by the elders of the Chen Dynasty.

But it's not enough!

When people are old, they naturally have to think about the things behind them, one is the name behind them, and the other is the people behind them. Whether he only went down in history as the prime minister who abolished the New Year's coin, or as the prime minister who created a century, as well as the glory and wealth of the children and grandchildren behind him, are all things that He Zhizhong has to consider now.

Just as Cai Jing is paving the way for his sons, He Zhizhong is also thinking about paving the way for his sons.

His eldest son, He Zhitong, is now only holding the title of a bachelor and serving as a nobleman, but he is completely relying on his door to stand on his feet. In the future, if you want to go further, or even how to be in the middle of the general, enter the political affairs hall, and become a member of the Zaifu, it is far from enough.

There must be greater qualifications and merit!

For He Zhizhong, the abolition of the New Year's Coin is really a rare opportunity to pave the way for his son, so that the wealth of the He family can be passed on. Although there is still a lot of exchange of interests to achieve this goal, he already has a plan in mind.

"The man is already ten miles away, and he will be there in half an hour!"

A sergeant delivered another message from the front, and He Zhizhong's spirit perked up: It's almost over.

This news not only reached He Zhizhong's ears, but soon spread to the people gathered in front of the city gate through various channels. There was some commotion among the people, and they couldn't wait to see the hero's return.

Several important figures who sent an envoy to the Liao State this time have been passed on by word of mouth among them for a long time. Zheng Yunzhong, the bachelor of Duanming Palace, is nine out of ten stable to enter the political hall with this merit. Deputy envoy Tong Guan, as a eunuch but as a general, has a side merit in the border pass, and when he went to the enemy country, he also established meritorious service, I really don't know how the official family will reward him?

The most talked about by the people is naturally Zhou Quan, who is unknown among the envoys. What kind of official position is this, before the visit, everyone was ready to look at the joke coldly, but now who doesn't know the importance of this official position!

Who doesn't know the heavy responsibility and meritorious deeds of this Zhou Xiaoguan in this mission!

He became a legend!

"Only Ban Chao can compare with him!"

"I heard that the envoy of the Western Thief wanted to make trouble at that time, but he was taught a lesson by this Zhou Xiaoguan, and he vomited blood three liters in anger!"

"What is this, I heard that Zhou Xiaoguan also fought with the extremely vicious Jurchens, and in a fit of anger, he held a cold and glamorous saw and killed hundreds of Jurchens!"

There are always some specious rumors circulating among the people, and He Zhizhong doesn't know how the secrets in the political hall are leaked. At the same time, he was a little uneasy, and these things were known to everyone, which was very detrimental to the exchange of benefits in his plan.

However, he didn't care much about this, after all, the Great Song Dynasty ruled the world with the Son of Heaven and the scholars, not with these ordinary people.

In the anxiously waiting crowd, the little lady was very inconspicuous, because of her size, she could only tiptoe and stretch her neck to let herself see as far as possible.

The surrounding chatter inevitably came to her ears, which made her overjoyed and made her even more eager to see Zhou Quan. If it hadn't been for Zhou's mother, she would have gone forward along the road.

Zhou Fuzhi still looked serious, and muttered: "How bad a loving mother is, if it weren't for your mother-in-law, I would still be in the cement kiln." Since ancient times, I have never heard of Lao Tzu welcoming his son! ”

He said a word or two, Zhou's mother ignored him, but after talking too much, Zhou's mother turned around and glared at him: "If it weren't for my child, where would there be your bullshit kiln!" ”

Hearing her say this, Zhou Fu suddenly shrank his head and was speechless, now he is a hot figure in the capital, and the reason is because of cement. This new building material has become the first choice for the rich and noble people in Beijing to build houses and gardens. It's just a pity that limited to production capacity, the output of the kiln factory today can't even meet the needs of the government.

Next to Zhou's house, carpenter Lao Min's face turned dark red because of excitement, and standing with him was a man with dark skin and knotted muscles, who was also very old, and his expression was a little wooden. Seeing that Lao Min was so excited, he asked curiously: "Will Zhou Xiaoguan really give me a hundred rewards?" ”

"You just have to rest assured, following this little official will definitely not let you suffer, I have never seen him talk and count!"

The man who questioned him was a blacksmith. His surname is Cui, and the two-named Da Kai was originally not in Beijing, but he got Lao Min's letter, and knew that Zhou Quan had offered a heavy reward and asked someone to make some iron tools, so he came to apply. He came to Jingshi a few years ago, and it took nearly four months to finally complete Zhou Quan's instructions. It was only because Zhou Quan himself was not there that he did not receive the reward.

They waited, but others met them halfway.

Li Bao tilted his head and looked at Sun Cheng angrily, while Wang Qinian stood between the two to prevent them from clashing.

"Why don't I stand at the forefront?" Li Bao said unconvinced.

"You still think you're the dwarf of half a year ago? Now your height can only stand behind! Sun Cheng scolded.

Li Bao was short and stout half a year ago, but in just half a year, his size has grown sharply, and he is more than half a head taller than at the beginning.

So among all the teenagers, he was driven from the top position by Sun Cheng to the last.

These teenagers, a total of thirty-one people, were left by Zhou Quan in the car village.

Now, although they are of different heights, after standing in two columns, they have a strange momentum, which is a bit like the elite of the forbidden army of the Gong Guard Officer's family.

Fortunately, this is the Great Song Dynasty, and the magnates from Jiangmen have the habit of restraining their family servants with military law, so no one will be stupid, Zhou Quan trained these teenagers to rebel.

Knowing that Zhou Quan would return today, these teenagers couldn't hold back for a long time and wanted to come together to greet them.

They also want to show their achievements to Zhou Quan after more than four months of separation.

"Everyone understands that in the past four months, although Da Lang has not been there, we have all relied on Da Lang for food and clothing every day!"

Before the team arrived, Sun Cheng had to give one last lecture. He had recently fallen in love with this kind of thing, and lectured to thirty young men of his own age, and the people below listened obediently, not daring to make a fuss.

This is one of the rules left by Zhou Quan, every morning and evening, one of these teenagers comes out to lecture, the morning lecture is to remind the day to pay attention to, and the evening lecture is to summarize the gains and losses of today's everyone. At the beginning, this kind of lecture was always bad, but at that time, Zhou Quan was still in Beijing, and he rectified it several times, especially without a lecture, there was no breakfast and dinner, and there were a few extra laps, which opened everyone's brains.

Now even Li Bao can stand in front of everyone and say a few dry words. Although Sun Cheng has always felt that it is better for Li Bao not to say it.

"Ordinary people only have two meals a day, but we have three meals a day, and ordinary river workers only have 200 yuan a day, and we have 300 yuan a day...... Ladies and gentlemen, people don't know kindness, they are not as good as beasts, we have all had a hard time, we should know who gave all this! ”

Li Bao pouted desperately below, it wasn't that Sun Cheng was wrong, he was just jealous that Sun Cheng had said what he wanted to say but couldn't say.

Of the 300 yuan a day, about 50 of which he spent for his own use, and 250 yuan was saved and given to his mother. Now the three fairy aunts have long stopped being witches' deceptions, and they can earn one hundred and eighty yuan by doing some small work in the car village every day, plus his money, the life of the family has improved a lot, not only that, the three fairy aunts are now talking to people outside, and their waists are also straight, and when they see other people's little girls, they dare to say that if they marry their own son, they will definitely not suffer hardship.

Sun Cheng said that he was about to dance, but at this moment, Li Bao's eyes were sharp, and he saw the banner in the north, and immediately shouted: "Here, Da Lang is back!" ”

After he called, he walked away and ran in the direction where the flag came, and with him taking the lead, the team of teenagers instantly dispersed.

Sun Cheng shouted a few words from behind, stomped his feet in a hurry, and scolded Li Bao who took the lead. It was still Wang Qinian, and patted him on the shoulder: "Da Lang is here, let's not fall behind, let's go together!" ”

Wang Qinian's voice is not loud, but the weight is not small, it can be said that he is the only one who can hold Sun Cheng and Li Bao without conflict.

They also followed to catch up, this group of teenagers have been trained for several months, they are very capable of running, and the honor guard car is clearly two or three miles away, they ran over with all their strength, and they didn't breathe, and then, they saw Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan, who has been away from Beijing for five months!