The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 199 Cao County
This is not over yet, after mentioning the words, Zheng Xiong quietly waited for the craftsman to engrave the words.

After the last character was engraved, Li Si also brought up the tribute he had prepared.

"Fire the gun."

After hearing Zheng Xiong's words, Li Si conveyed the order backwards again.

Twelve shots were still fired.

Zheng Xiong picked up the incense and bowed three times to the stele, then inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of him.

Except for a few words in the middle, Zheng Xiong held the memorial service almost in silence.

After the ceremony, Zheng Xiong disbanded the army and prepared to return to Beijing.

But Zheng Xiong left a great influence.

People like Zhang Huaiyuan don't know why, what's the use of doing this to these big soldiers, but they don't comment on Zheng Xiong's behavior, and they don't comment too much.

The word "ritual" has been a topic that cannot be avoided from ancient times to the present. It is where the quality lies. As a member of the literati, Zhang Huaiyuan should be like this.

Many people feel that the living have done so much to the dead, and how well they have done it. If they didn’t see what you did before they were alive, it would be a waste to come here after death to pretend to be fake.

In fact, it is also for the living to see.

It is only the inheritance from generation to generation that is impressive and orderly.

Good or bad, the focus is on inheritance and education.

Others looked at it, and their attitude towards the young and old was just a thought, and others might not be envious.

The attitude towards Zheng Xiong in the army is obviously different, before it was just obeying orders, but now it is truly convinced.

As for Zheng Xiong's cemetery, people from the army came to pay homage from time to time, and every time someone came, they felt better about Zheng Xiong.

On this day, everything has been prepared, and Zheng Xiong is already impatient to go home.

"Lao Li, are you done?"

"Master Hou, everything is ready, and the official letters along the way have been issued, and we just need to wait for the army to set off."

"It's just that I have to ask Lord Hou how to deal with the captured Yuan army this time."

"Oh, I'll forget if you don't tell me."

"It's definitely impossible to let them go. Letting them go back will damage Benhou's image."

"Take them back together and be a companion to their emperor."

"I'll write a letter later, and you send it to the border, and then hand it over to Naha."

"Yes, Lord Hou, I've made a note of it."

"Well, it's done, go and pick up my daughter-in-law and go home tomorrow."

"Master Hou, why don't you go there yourself and explain to me?"

"I have explained everything that needs to be explained. With Thirteen Fragrances and the purchased real estate and Hu Yi taking care of it, it should be fine. Go and explain to Hu Yi to take care of it. It is not convenient for me to come forward, and I have no time to talk about it."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

After Li Si left, Zheng Xiong set up another banquet to bid farewell to Zhang Huaiyuan and others.

Zhang Huaiyuan had nothing to say, he not only borrowed money, but also took care of him, so it would be unreasonable not to eat a meal.

When Li Si arrived in Ying County, although Wei Hong was very reluctant, she had to leave the Wei family brothers cruelly.

Marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a husband, women in this era are still very particular.

Eat and drink well, and with Wei Hong's arrival, the night was very comfortable.

In the early morning of the next day, Zheng Xionglai didn't want to get up in bed.

The fixed day is not subject to human will, Zheng Xiong reluctantly got up to wash up, and then summoned the army to set off.

Zhang Huaiyuan picked up the time, and when they arrived, he specially came to see him off, and his colleagues from Yanmen who had eaten came with him.

After some scene talk, Zheng Xiong set foot on the way home.

"Li Si, you are right in calculating the return journey, don't miss the place that my elder brother told you."

"Master Hou, I don't know the exact location in Gunzhou, but it should be pretty close."

"Okay, let's take a step and look at it. I hope my old brother will give me some help, otherwise I will feel a little bit sad if I lose this money."

The homecoming army led by Zheng Xiong went smoothly, with so many people, they didn't come to find fault with them.

The food and grass on the road are supplied, and there is no need to worry about eating and drinking. The daughter-in-law is with the army, which makes the journey more fun.

This kind of march is not so much a march, but rather a honeymoon trip for Zheng Xiong and Wei Hong, and there are bodyguards accompanying them along the way, which is much more comfortable than when they came here.

Soon arrived in Gunzhou.

It's just that here, the human body navigation is useless.

Zheng Hu and his followers couldn't remember where they were going.

Now Zheng Xiong is a little bit blind, he is not reconciled to leaving like this, and it's not a problem if he doesn't leave here.

Although the Jining government provided food and grass, so many people were always disgusting.

Staying one more day is suffering for others.

No, dawdling until the next day, I saw that Zheng Xiong hadn't left yet.

Gunzhou didn't want to wait any longer, so he quickly sent someone to inquire about Zheng Xiong's intentions.

"Master Hou, Lord Zhizhou asked the officials to come here to ask, why is Lord Hou staying here?"

Headache, can I say it's for my own private affairs, obviously not, I have to say this, there is absolutely no good fruit for me to eat.

"Marching for days, recuperating here for a while, seeing the beautiful scenery of Gunzhou, I linger for a while, and I can't bear to leave!"

I can understand it for repairs, but I can't bear to look at the scenery. With so many people, how much food it takes to supply a day.

With so much food, many things can be solved.

"Well, Lord Hou, Dagon Prefecture can't afford the horse chews for these [-] soldiers!"

"The world has just been settled. In the past two years, there have been constant floods in Dagon Prefecture, and there are frequent thieves and bandits in the territory."

"I also ask Hou Yenian to show mercy and leave as soon as possible for the sake of our hardship."

"I am grateful from all over Gunzhou."

What he said was too straightforward, and he even saluted Zheng Xiong, Zheng Xiong was a little ashamed by this begging attitude.

Is it so difficult? He also told himself without hesitation that this is indeed a bit inappropriate.

"Well, I really don't know how difficult it is for you. How about this? I'm not in vain. You said that there are many thieves and bandits. I'll kill you by the way. What do you think?"

It was a bit tempting, the officials who came here were somewhat moved by Zheng Xiong's persuasion, but they still had some concerns.

"I would be very grateful if Lord Hou would help you, but we really don't have any extra food for Lord Hou to suppress the bandits."

"It's okay, the food and grass you provided is enough for a few days, enough to leave the boundaries of your Gunzhou, I will stop you by suppressing the bandits and it won't delay anything."

Is Zheng Xiong a good person? It doesn't count, but I always want to try my luck, maybe I will.

Besides, when it comes to things that are beneficial to both parties, I also have some disadvantages, and mutual benefit is not a loss.

"In that case, the next official will not be polite!"

"But it doesn't matter."

"There is a Cao County next to our Dagon Prefecture, among which~"

"Wait, where is the Cao County you mentioned, why does it sound familiar?"

"Don't you know, Lord Hou? That's right. Speaking of which, Cao County has also been renamed in recent years. It was called Caozhou in front of it."

"In the fourth year of Hongwu, Caozhou was reduced to Cao County, which was under the jurisdiction of Jining Prefecture."

"No, it's under the jurisdiction of Jining Prefecture, what's your business?"

(End of this chapter)