As of early May. Within three months, the craftsmen of the Yang'a Shipyard produced a total of 100 sets of paddlewheel power units and built more than 70 passenger and cargo transport ships that could carry 400 soldiers.

According to the speed of the experiment, it only takes five days to reach Gaotang in Qingzhou by boarding a boat from Yang'a Wharf and going downstream! This speed is more than four times that of traveling to Gaotang by land. Because the speed of the boat is already fast when sailing with the help of the current, and sailing down the river can be done day and night without interruption, and if it happens to be downwind, the speed will be even more amazing.

Now that the conditions are ripe, let Qingxujun go home!

From the summer when Qingxu Jun ascended the throne to May this year, they stayed outside for three years and two years, which can be regarded as a long time away from home, and the feeling of homesickness has gradually increased.

Fortunately, there are too many places to play in the Jin Kingdom, and there are very many ways to earn money, so this group of soldiers who are far away from home have actually lived a very comfortable life in the past year or so.

Needless to say, the 13,000 Qingxu volunteers who went north to support the defense of the state and fought in the state received a good remuneration after the battle, and if they wanted, they could even use this wealth to marry a girl from the Yansheng clan in Wuyuan City and live in peace.

There were no 7,000 soldiers who went north, and although they missed the opportunity to make war money, they also found a way to make money. Last year was a year of large-scale development and construction within the Jin Kingdom, and the demand for strong labor was very huge, as long as they were willing to endure hardships and contribute, they could earn money. These 7,000 people saw that their fellow villagers who had gone north had made a lot of money when they came back, and in addition to envy, they naturally had the intention of making money. So they found Wang Xiu and Chen Deng here one after another, asking for a job to earn money.

Since it was the wish of most of the soldiers, Wang Xiu and Chen Deng did not dare to suppress the morale of the army, so they reported the matter to Zhao Xing. After Zhao Xing learned about it, he also felt that he should find something to do for this group of old soldiers, so as to save them from staying in the area of Zhanxian and causing trouble. After discussing with the two big stewards, he made up his mind to entrust the Qingxu army to build a road.

After the division of tasks, 20,000 Qingxu troops were transferred to Pingcheng, mainly responsible for building the highway from Pingcheng to Youzhou Dai County, and all participants received monthly salaries, and if they could be completed ahead of schedule, there would be a reward.

Building roads is not easy, but it is much better than bleeding and losing your skull on the battlefield, not to mention paid labor. Therefore, Qingxu Jun accepted this task very happily, and in the summer and autumn of last year, 20,000 people were on the Pingdai Expressway, and the completion time was forcibly advanced by four months, which can be regarded as contributing sweat and strength to the development and construction of the Jin Kingdom.

Throughout the winter, Qingxujun returned to Zhanxian County to recuperate. Everyone took the hot money in their hands, and came to the eldest son county and Crouching Tiger City with joy, and bought many special goods for their families and relatives and friends, until all the money they earned was spent, and then they returned to the station with satisfaction.

Alas, this group of stupid soldiers not only contributed to the infrastructure construction of the Jin Kingdom, but also contributed to the domestic demand of the Jin Kingdom, which is really cute......

After the Spring Festival, Qingxujun received a clear notice from the Jin State that they would be sent back to their hometown in May this year. During this period, in order to implement the agreement reached at the "round table" between the Jin State and Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Tai Shici, the former commander of the Qingxu Army, and the current Admiral of the Jin State Naval Division, would organize them to conduct their last combat training, which lasted for three months, beginning in February and ending at the end of April.

Since it was the order of the two state shepherds, the Qingxu army naturally did not dare to disobey anyone. So the 20,000 soldiers took advantage of the venue of the Crouching Tiger Training Regiment to start a very hard military training. During the training, all soldiers received the most formal individual technical and tactical training, using the standard weapons of the regular army of the Jin State, and also mastered the use and operation skills of large-scale siege and defense weapons.

During their three years abroad, the Qingxu Army not only experienced the scene of shooting Xianbei people on the battlefield, but also underwent "labor reform" on the Pingdai Highway with sweat and rain, and finally entered the Crouching Tiger Training Corps for three months of intensive training.

On May 15, the scheduled time for the academy to return home.

Two days ago, 20,000 soldiers arrived at Yang'a Wharf to board a ship and return home.

The Qingxu Army, which has already formed an indissoluble bond with the Jin Kingdom, will naturally not leave this land quietly. The Jin side held a warm farewell party for the Qingxu army, and all the soldiers of the Qingxu army not only received a valuable souvenir, but also drank the send-off wine with the Jin people who came to see them off. The scene at that time was quite touching, and it was also reported by the reporters of "Jin Daily" who came to interview.

Picture report? This is too exaggerated, isn't it? It is indeed a picture report. Of course, this picture was not sent by the camera, but was painted by a painter who was skilled in painting at Taihang Academy, and then engraved and printed. Because the cost of illustrations is too high, only when reporting on major events, "Jin Daily" will add illustrations regardless of the cost, such as the touching picture of Lord Taifu leading the team north to fight the snow disaster, such as the grand occasion on the opening day of the Crouching Tiger Merchant Exhibition......

Why do you want to report on the return of the Qingxu army to their hometown? Because Zhao Xing wants to beat certain forces in this way, it is best not to think lightly about Qingzhou and Xuzhou, otherwise the Jin State will have sufficient reasons and excuses to send troops. Of course, this is all a later story, and now the forces of all parties are most concerned about seeing how Qingxu Jun returns to his hometown.

How to return home? Of course, it is to take the paddle steamer newly built by the Yang'a Shipyard of Jin Guo, "a few days for a thousand miles of Gaotang"!

Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Wang Xiu, Wu Anguo, Cao Bao, Sun Guan and others took the same boat and finally set sail from Guyuan Wharf with 20,000 Qingxu soldiers. According to the standard that a ship can carry 400 people, there are a total of 50 transport ships carrying soldiers, but this time the Jin State sent a full 70 transport ships, and the person in charge of the entire transportation operation turned out to be the Admiral Tai Shici!

According to Zhao Xing's instructions, Tai Shici personally took a boat this time to send Mi Zhu and others and 20,000 Qingxu soldiers to Qingzhou Gaotang Wharf safely. After 20,000 soldiers went ashore, under the command of Wu Anguo and Cao Bao, the soldiers were divided into two routes, 10,000 went to Linzi, the Qingzhou Governor's Office, and 10,000 went to Xuzhou's Governor's Xiapi. The extra 20 transport ships were carrying some commodities sold to Qingzhou and Xuzhou, as well as some ulterior weapons and equipment.

Tai Shici's fleet would unload all the soldiers and goods in Gaotang, after which he would go with Mi Zhu, continue along the Yellow River into the Yellow Sea, and then bypass Donglai County (Shandong Peninsula) and sail south to Qu County, Donghai County (now Lianyungang City) in Xuzhou, where he docked his ships, entered the Mi family's sphere of influence, secretly recruited a group of young men who knew how to work, and took a large amount of supplies prepared by the Mi family for the Jin State to the north, and finally arrived at the Quanzhou shipyard.

From this point of view, this trip to the hometown of the Qingxu Army is far from being as simple as it seems!