Sha Po Lang

In the ninth year of Long'an, Calaiying died, and the eldest son succeeded to the throne, officially declaring his surrender on behalf of the eighteen tribes. Entering Shuobei Province in the northernmost part of Daliang, the surrendered nobles are all under the control of Shuobei Governor.

So far, the [-] tribes no longer pay year-old tribute to the imperial court, and they are unified into the general tax. The vast Ziliu gold field has been specially established by the imperial court to mine and transport it.

The whole country celebrates in Daliang.

Shen Yi temporarily stayed behind to explain, Gu Yun was going back to Beijing to return to his life, Mrs. Cao was with him, and Chen Qingxu had just written down the entire book of Goddess Mysteries, and before she had time to digest it, she also said goodbye and went back to the Chen family.

Before leaving, Gu Yun called her aside. At first, he wanted to ask Wu Ergu if he was sure about the solution, but later he felt that it was useless to ask. A reliable person like Chen Qingxu would definitely not talk too much, at most "Do your best", so there is nothing to say, he thanked Chen Qingxu very solemnly, and said: "It's all up to Ms. Chen."

Chen Qingxu didn't dare to accept the gift, and explained to Gu Yun for the first time: "In the past two days, Xiao Cao has helped me translate a lot. In the secret art of the goddess, witch and poison are not separated. Many unimaginable practices are ritualistic. Which ones? It’s really meaningful, and it’s hard for me to tell which ones are nonsense, so please give me some time.”

Gu Yun hurriedly said it's okay.

Chen Qingxu took out another sealed envelope, and said: "These are all prescriptions for recuperation. It's useless to take them once or twice. It takes time to recuperate slowly. The commander has lost too much, so it's better than nothing. The medicines you usually use Moderate anyway."

Gu Yun nodded and put it away, looking up just in time to catch a glimpse of Shen Yi who was staring eagerly.

Shen Yi glared at him. Gu Yun had known him for so many years, and it was the first time that he knew that Shen Jiping's eyes were so agile that he could curse - anyway, he could clearly see from Shen Yi's eyes, "Where did you two have so much to say?" resentment.

Gu Yun rolled his eyes at him, and said in his heart: "You are just watching from the sidelines. Could it be that you expect a girl who is naturally taciturn to take the initiative to talk to you? There are really wastes every year, especially this year."

The two of them fought with their eyes for a while, and finally, Shen Yi couldn't bear it and walked over, first he said to Gu Yun angrily: "Marshal, it's time to go, don't miss the hour."

Then he turned to Chen Qingxu timidly.

Gu Yun was too lazy to look at his virtue of not being able to kick a fart with three legs, so he lightly tapped Shen Yi's waist with the whip handle, got on his horse and left.

When Gu Yun returned to Beijing to return to his command, the common people had heard about it in advance and passed it on by word of mouth. On that day, the streets and alleys were full of people, waiting to see the general demeanor of Xuantieying, but unexpectedly, they waited for a long time and saw nothing. ——Walking over from the post station and the North Camp, there were only a few civil servants representing the court who accepted the surrender with the former Northern Border Garrison, the original Central Plains Garrison, and a little-known general from the Xuantie Camp. He casually found an inconspicuous pony carriage and went home, and went directly to the palace to meet the saint the next day.

He used to love the way of ostentatiously passing through the market and throwing fruitful cars, and his eyelids hurt when he blinked at the well-looking girls on the side of the road all the way.But now I don’t love him anymore. Firstly, Jiangnan has never recovered, so he has no face, and secondly, he gradually began to dislike the glitz and bustle...I can’t tell why, maybe it’s because he’s tired, or maybe he’s getting old.

At this time, Chang Geng, who was dawdling on the way north, hadn't returned yet.Chang Geng was not at home, and Gu Yun himself had nothing to do in the Hou Mansion except to listen to the birds scolding the street, he didn't dare to let go of his mind and eat and sleep for three to five days to cultivate his vitality - that was the way of a young man, he had already He doesn't have such conditions anymore. If he really relaxes his psychological strings, what is waiting for him is not a refreshed spirit, but a serious illness.

So he hurriedly nodded in front of Li Feng, and then he had to rush to Jiangbei.

Before Gu Yun set off, Feng Han came to visit him.

Mr. Feng Han sat down and didn't even have time to drink his tea, so he hurriedly dragged Gu Yun away: "Marshal, His Royal Highness King Yan sent a letter, asking me to show you this before you leave."

Gu Yun smiled and said, "Why, Duke Feng Han made a sea monster?"

Zhang Fenghan smiled "hehe" and kept silent. A few years ago, his old man still looked like an old man who had no one to see him die. Like a flower, the face is full of red light, just like meeting a beautiful old lady.

Gu Yun had no choice but to get into his old man's car, and took the initiative to take the role of serving tea and water, in case the spitting Zhang Fenghan would make himself dehydrated: "Fenghan is always strong and strong, which is really enviable. "

Zhang Fenghan hurriedly said "Don't dare" and took the teacup, with his gray beard up and down, and said with a smile: "The imperial court needs me as an old thing, I live vigorously, this fire machine and steel armor, everyone It’s all too dirty, but I have loved this profession since I was a child, not only love, but also love to be famous, isn’t it a beautiful thing?”

Gu Yun thought about it for a while, and felt the same truth, but it's a pity that this truth can't be applied to himself - it's normal for people to love firearms and steel armor, and it seems natural for officials to love high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but when it comes to him This, to say that he loves fighting and killing people... is really not very human.

But at the time, it was precisely he who chose this path himself.

why?

Gu Yun couldn't remember it for a while, anyway, he remembered that when he was a child, he hated the word "go to the frontier", because it meant that he had to part with his playmates, and he had to see his terrible father every day, so he couldn't eat well. Didn't sleep well.When he was in his teens, he was taken to the battlefield by his father's old gang. Before his youthful enthusiasm could be overwhelmed, something went wrong in the first battle... Later, he gradually got used to the life of eating sand in the frontier. He was also young and frivolous for a few years, and when he heard Calais secretly revealing the truth about the change in the Black Iron Camp that year, his original intention to expand the territory was completely extinguished, and he seemed to be fulfilling his duties every day.

When the whole country is immersed in the joy of the great victory in northern Xinjiang and the recovery of Jiangnan may be just around the corner, the commander of the four realms and a bad old man sit in a rickety carriage, ask themselves their own choices, and are puzzled—— He recalled a little bit about his lifetime, and found that whether it was the swagger of the spring breeze that collected the most beautiful people's hearts, or the arrogance that wanted to sway the world with iron hoofs and look down on the world...all faded away.

What I can think of now is basically the time when he wanted to put down the pick.

While in a trance, Zhang Fenghan said, "Marshal, we're here."

After a short meal, Gu Yun had already cleaned up all the old things, and put on a look of anticipation to make the old man happy: "Don't you tell me what the Lingshu Academy will do?"

As soon as the voice fell, he suddenly felt the ground tremble subtly, as if something huge was "crashing" past, and shouts came from outside the car.

Gu Yun jumped out of the carriage and was stunned.

Seeing a huge monster lying in front of his eyes, Gu Yun asked, "...Is this the steam rail car?"

It seems that the blueprints I looked at in the station in the cold night came to life. The front of the car is vividly engraved with a relief of a hundred horses galloping. A horse head with angry temples is at the front. Section [-] is a compartment that can hold things at first glance, the complicated devices on the wheels are exposed outside, making people dazzled - a layman like Gu Yun can't tell which ones are useful and which ones are purely decorative.

"The railroad track is under construction. This section is only for test running, not long." Zhang Fenghan was sweating excitedly, "Ge Chen! Where is Ge Chen?"

A small round face appeared from the window behind the horse's head: "Hey, Master! Lord Hou!"

Zhang Fenghan: "Show the commander what our car looks like when it runs!"

Ge Chen stretched his neck and howled, "Okay!"

After he finished speaking, he retracted into the front of the car, and a monkey-like young coffin held two flags and gestured in front of it, and the steam rail car started slowly, with a purple stream that only Gu Yun could smell Jin Qingxiang floated out of the steam on the roof of the car, and then let out a long cry. The string of tails behind her did not affect the movement of the front of the car at all, and she ran steadily, faster and faster——

Finally, it disappeared from Gu Yun's sight.

A bunch of crazy coffins around started to chirp again, Zhang Fenghan could only maintain order at the top of his voice: "What about the rules? What about the rules! In front of Lord An Ding, can you show me some face too?"

Nobody listens to him.

Zhang Fenghan could only turn to Gu Yun embarrassingly: "The commander-in-chief is laughing, they have been like this for the past two days, the car yells every time, and it doesn't work for anyone who comes - well, to tell you the truth, this thing was originally Du Gong followed overseas The blueprints bought at a high price, but those foreigners are very treacherous regardless of whether they invaded our court or not. They hid several hands, starting from the land acquisition along the canal, and until now, they have scrapped countless fine iron and black iron. , if His Royal Highness King Yan hadn't secretly helped out, this project would have been abolished by the higher ups... These kids are too difficult, so don't blame them for spreading their virtues everywhere."

Gu Yun stood at the same spot with his hands behind his back, still relentlessly looking at the direction in which the steam train disappeared. In fact, he really wanted to yell together with the coffins next to him. He was afraid of scaring others, so he had to force his way out. A steady shell, but the heart has already run away with the long car driven by Ziliujin.

An artery-like steel rail runs down along the canal, and the two rivers are no longer far away from the emperor.

Gu Yun couldn't help but think of the vision that Chang Geng once said to him: "Let all the lighters running on the ground return to the fields, and the long kites flying in the sky are full of ordinary travelers who drag their families back to their hometowns to visit relatives..."

Gu Yun turned his head to Zhang Fenghan and smiled sincerely: "Fortunately, I haven't picked someone up for so many years, otherwise where would I see this kind of fetish for the first time?"

Feng Hangong didn't understand the spirit at all: "Hahaha, the commander-in-chief made a joke."

Gu Yun doesn't know what name will be left for him in history after a hundred years. Anyway, he was there when the Western Regions put down the rebellion twice, when the capital was about to be destroyed, and when the northern border surrendered, he was there when the first steam railcar was built. He was there when he left with a roar——Thinking of it this way, the confusion in his heart on the way here was resolved, and he found a little bit of "I am everywhere" from the middle.

At the beginning of May, Gu Yun set off to the south, and found out that King Yan was taking the land route along the official road, so he simply abandoned the eagle and brought a team of light cavalry along the official road. It has been a long time since I "coincided" with King Yan's car.

Chang Geng didn't intend to delay the trip, he "sharpened the knife and did not miss the woodcutter", met all the people he needed to meet along the way, and prepared to set up a storm immediately when he arrived in Beijing.

This is a road that has been exhausted. He didn't expect to run into Gu Yun, who came and went without a trace. He almost jumped out of the car when he heard the report from his men.

Before the people, they pretended to be thorough with the etiquette. Once they closed the door and screened back in the inn where they were temporarily resting, Chang Geng wished he could stick to Gu Yun's body and touched him up and down: "Why do you know how to ride a horse to go the official way? You don't feel tired. Did you get injured in Northern Xinjiang? Give me your wrist... How is your diet these days? Did Chen Qingxu say anything?"

Gu Yun leaned to one side, and heard him repeat the verbal questions he usually wrote in letters. He was not in a hurry, and asked with a smile: "Which one should I report first?"

Chang Geng laughed for a while, and realized that he was too excited: "Why don't you use an eagle for such a long journey?"

Gu Yun: "It will be changed at the station in front of the garrison."

Chang Geng was stunned, and suddenly realized what Gu Yun meant, and raised his head in astonishment: "You are for..."

"Isn't it? I've been waiting halfway for a long time, just to rob His Royal Highness Yan Wang." Gu Yun stretched out his hands to support his side, resting his chin on Chang Geng's shoulder, and said lazily, "If you want to pass by here, stay and buy Lu Cai."

Chang Geng's throat twitched slightly, inexplicably thinking of the palm he sent thousands of miles away: "Jie Cai or Jie Se? Cai has a palace and a courtyard, a shop selling rare objects, and..."

Gu Yun pretended to be surprised and said, "So rich? It's the first time I've come across this kind of fat sheep in a road robbery. It's a lucky life... Then I want to rob me!"

Chang Geng laughed, and caught him off guard, he pulled him down, leaned on Gu Yun's ear and said, "Father, you must have seen the steam car, what about what you promised me?"

Gu Yun repented immediately: "Look at my mouth, I made a mistake just now, try it again—boy, you should pay."

Chang Geng said coquettishly "aggrieved" into his ear: "I don't have any cash, and my man has used all the cash to spend my life and drink, can't I sell myself to pay?"

He stayed in the Liangjiang camp for several months, and his accent was almost taken over by someone. He did not know where he brought a soft and watery accent, and the words "my man" were dragged out for a long time. Into Gu Yun's ears, his back felt numb, there was nothing he could do about this "heart", so he could only give what he wanted.

It's a pity that there is only tenderness in a hurry for a night, and the next day they have to pack their bags and pass each other, one going north and the other going south, like changing shifts.

Yan Wang officially returned to the court and regained control of the Military Aircraft Department.

Fang Qin silently prepared two papers. If the King of Yan failed to deal with the beacon ticket, he would participate in the disaster of the Yanwang. Yan Wang's several bureaucratic reforms restored the smoky imperial court to its original state.

If those wealthy businessmen who did not buy household accounts actually followed Yan Wang after he came forward, and succeeded in exposing the issue of beacon tickets, then there is a lot to be done——Hasn’t Yan Wang always been upright and upright? Want to flaunt yourself? Fang Qin knew that he and Du Wanquan and his group had conspired for a long time, but they couldn't catch him. This time, they all came out and said--the dignified prince has tried every means to transfer the power of the country's finances to this place. What kind of heart is in the hands of a group of ambitious businessmen who have even gone to sea several times and have connections with Westerners?

Fang Qin is fully prepared and never intends to let Yan Wang turn over - when he passed by Yan Wang at the court meeting and nodded to each other, Fang Qin could feel that Yan Wang did not intend to let him go.