Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 284 Greeting the Triumph of General Zhen Guo’s Return

"You are from the Baoding Army."

"Yes, General."

Qin looked at the pass and said with a smile: "In the past, this pass was the closest to the northern border, but it will not be the same in the future. If you think about killing Liao people to earn merits, it will not be easy."

"The safety of the Zhao country depends entirely on the merits of the general."

The teenager also flattered.

The team crossed the pass and entered the territory of Zhao State. They traveled all the way, stayed overnight, and drove day and night. Every time they reached a place, local officials and generals would rush over to meet Qin Guan. Deserves a visit.

In addition to his outstanding achievements, Qin Guan took down Zhongjing, forced the people of Liao to negotiate a retreat, and removed the old coins to return to Yi and Dai. The news has already spread all over the world. Everyone knows that this war can be said It is entirely due to Qin Guan, Qin Guan alone saved the entire Great Zhao Kingdom, otherwise the Liao people would not have withdrawn their troops.

Sometimes Qin Guan's convoy needs to pass through towns, and those people who have received the news in advance will spontaneously come to the street. When they see Qin Guan's guards in bright armor, some people will start to cheer Qin Guan's name.

Now everyone regards Qin Guan as the protector of Zhao.

After traveling for six or seven days, they finally arrived in Lingzhou. The new magistrate of Lingzhou came to welcome them, and then held a banquet at the largest restaurant in Lingzhou. , I was relieved that I could finally live in peace for a few days.

The big ship was driving quietly on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Qin Guan and Han Yuqing were standing at the bow. Both of them were dressed in casual clothes. Qin Guan was wearing a Confucian scholar's uniform. He didn't look like a general on the battlefield at all. Handsome Confucian scholar.

Han Yuqing also changed into casual clothes, but she was also wearing Confucian robes. Qin Guan asked, "Why don't you change into women's clothes?"

Han Yuqing said: "After wearing the war robe for two years, I am a bit unfamiliar with women's clothing. I feel that it is more comfortable to wear Confucian robes."

Qin Guan glanced up and down, took Han Yuqing's hand and teased: "Brother Han Yuqing, it's been a long time since we haven't seen each other. Today we must sleep together and talk about the pain of parting."

This sentence made Han Yuqing instantly think of the meeting between the two in the brothel. She gave Qin Guan an annoyed look, and then burst out laughing again.

"By the way, Xiaodie and Fatty Zheng were there last time. Xiaodie kicked Zheng Da over with one kick. Zheng Da still misses Xiaodie to this day."

"I can't forget something, do you still want to get kicked? I think Zheng Da dragged him to the place where Xianggong lingered in the past. Otherwise, how could he be so careless as a person?" Han Yuqing said.

Zheng Da was inexplicably lying thousands of miles away.

Qin Guan patted Han Yuqing's hand with a smile and said, "Yuqing still understands me."

Looking at the Grand Canal, Qin Guan said quietly: "I don't know what will happen when I go to Jinling City. You and I need to deal with it carefully. If, I mean, if something happens, don't be impulsive. Everything will be done for your husband." Solved, you know."

Han Yuqing was held tightly by Qin Guan, and asked worriedly, "What are you worried about?"

Qin Guan shook his head, "Who knows, the road ahead is always bleak and needs to be explored step by step. Let's take a step by step and look at it step by step. I just hope it doesn't make me mad."

Immediately, Qin Guan changed the subject and said: "If we gain a foothold in Yanjing City in the future, I plan to clean up the section of the Grand Canal from Lingzhou to Yanjing City that was silted up before. It will be much more convenient to go directly from Jinling City to Yanjing City in the future, especially It’s a huge boost to commercial north-south freight.”

"However, this project is a bit big, and I'm afraid it will take several years to complete it, or we may simply take the sea route from Hangzhou to Jizhou. We can set up a dock in Jizhou to connect the north and the south."

Han Yuqing said, "Isn't it dangerous to sail the sea?"

"The sea is not terrible, especially when we are still in the inland sea. As long as you have a navigation route map, know how to position, and the ship is strong enough, the sea is actually much stronger than the inland river in transportation capacity, because sea ships can be made very large."

"With sea transportation, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun will become more prosperous."

Han Yuqing didn't understand these things very well, but she felt that her husband was really good.

Line after line.

Qin Guan can only complain about the ancient traffic.

Hyundai flies directly from Beijing to Hangzhou, and it takes more than two hours at most, but now he has to spend more than a month on the road.

Half a month by boat, I finally arrived in Yangzhou, the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. The north port is in Guazhou, Yangzhou, and the south port is in Jingkou, Zhenjiang. "Jingkou Guazhou-Shuijian" refers to these two places.

As soon as the ship arrived at the Guazhou port in Yangzhou, there were already people waiting on the shore, and the personal guards came to report: "Marshal, the prefect of Yangzhou is here to visit, and at the same time, there is a Master Li, who said he was an official from the Ministry of Rites, and came to visit you and General Han." .”

Qin Guan was about to disembark for some activities, so he changed the government and took Han Yuqing to disembark together. After meeting, the two hurriedly saluted Qin Guan. The man in his 40s was the magistrate of Yangzhou, Mr. Ma, who was next to him was a little younger. Some, but also in their 30s.

"You two are not polite, I don't know what to do with me."

The magistrate of Yangzhou said with a smile: "The Grand Scholars have a long way to go back to Beijing. When they pass by Yangzhou, the officials will naturally show their respect to the landlord. The most important thing is that His Majesty sent officials from the Ministry of Rites here to welcome the Grand Scholars."

At this time, Master Ma from the Ministry of Rites said, "Your official is here to welcome the Grand Scholars back to Beijing, and to bring two court etiquette masters to teach General Han court etiquette." He bowed to Han Yuqing beside him.

Now Han Yuqing has not been officially canonized, so the official of the Ministry of Rites is not called princess. After the canonization, these officials will pay a big ceremony when they see her.

After a while, they brought two women in their thirties, which reassured Qin Guan a lot. If two eunuchs came over and gesticulated at Han Yuqing, Qin Guan was afraid that he would be injured violently. people.

Rest in Yangzhou for one night, continue to set off on the second day, and the fleet sails into the Yangtze River.

Fifty miles away from Jinling City,
Suddenly, two large ships followed from both sides, and a large flag was erected on the ship, with the words "The Great General Zhen Guo Returns Triumphantly" written on it.

Qin stared blankly.

Immediately, my heart became hot.

The fleet continued to move forward, and when they were still [-] miles away from Jinling City, two large ships followed. They opened their flags and waved them in the wind, with the words "Duke Yong'an returns after a great victory."

When there were still ten miles away from Jinling City, two more large ships approached. The flags on the ships were unfurled and fluttered in the wind. On them were written, "Grand Scholars from Guanwendian Return to Beijing."

When the fleet arrived at the pier, they could see from a distance that all the ships had already pulled over, leaving a wide channel to wait for Qin Guan's fleet.

There were crowds of people on the pier and flags all over the sky. Even in later generations, Qin Guan had never seen such a scene.

(End of this chapter)