When the army returned, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued another order. After the autumn grain was collected this year, it would be distributed as military rations. Starting from the south where the crops ripened first and were levied, he wanted to eliminate one of the thorns surrounding his Ming dynasty - Yunnan.

  Victorious and returned, the officials of the imperial court naturally did not dare to oppose this matter. The prestige of Zhu Yuanzhang was still not something they could afford to offend. Thus, an imperial edict was immediately dispatched by swift horse from Ying Tian to Beijing, where it was handed over to Yan Wang Zhu Di for transmission.

  The moon passed hastily, the army's return journey had been near for two months, from mid-August to the end of September. During this time, Tang He's troops also successfully merged with them, and both sides' horses and men surged towards the Great Wall pass.

  The officials from the Taipu Temple who were sent by the imperial court had been waiting impatiently at the pass. Taking advantage of the army's one-day rest at the pass, the officials from the Taipu Temple selected and took away the fine horses with good pedigree from the captured warhorses. Under Zhu Laoyezi's strict orders, they worked hard for the sake of the warhorses, and the horse breed was not to be taken lightly, so they were also the only officials who went to wait for the army at the pass.

  Others, like the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, stayed in Beiping City, comfortably waiting for them. One was to verify the troops and the other was to verify the captured livestock. The number of cattle and sheep seized this time made Fan Min, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, overjoyed. If it weren't for the taxation and yellow book affairs, he might have personally gone to Beiping to see the herds of cattle and sheep. Another government office was also delighted, that is, the officials of the Ministry of Works.

  Now the new government is in power, and all over the country there are large-scale construction projects to clean up the rivers. The labor force has long been insufficient, but now Xu Da's northern expeditionary army has brought back tens of thousands of prisoners, which has solved this urgent problem. It's just right to take these people as laborers, without having to pay them wages. How can this not make the Ministry of Works' personnel overjoyed?

  Some people are happy, while others are worried. Wu Qiu and his master were just scolded by their superiors. The Ming army won a victory, but the Holy Maiden was not pleased. When the Holy Maiden is unhappy, the Buddha's son naturally gets angry too. These small ones are destined to be scolded, especially since they accepted the mission to kill Zhao Chuhai last time, which made the School Inspectorate take notice of this place. All activities in the entire Beiping Province will have to come to a halt for a while, and this is not something that can be bought with silver.

  "Xiang Zhu, why don't we go kill a few Ming army generals to help the Holy Maiden vent her anger?" Wu Qiu, who had just been criticized, said with a flattering tone while rubbing his face.

  "Are you a pig! You look like a pig, are your brains also made of pork?!" Zhang's anger was so great that he wanted to split open Wu Xiu's skull to see if it was all tofu inside. "At this time, you go and kill General Ming Jun, isn't that just asking for death?! Are you not satisfied with our current situation?! Is it not your heart's desire to have me die here in Beiping?!"

  "I didn't dare, I didn't dare, I misspoke for a moment." Wu Qiu hastily bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

  The head of the Xiang family shook his head, but Beiping was indeed a weak point for them, and only Wu Qiu and the half-disabled Tang master could come out to take charge. For now, they couldn't punish the two of them, so they had to continue enduring like this.

  Thinking of this, the Prime Minister couldn't help but let out a deep sigh. Ming Ting's eyes became increasingly firm and strong, and his victories in the war against Northern Yuan were more numerous than his defeats. The Saintess's restoration of the honor of their sect seemed to be getting more and more difficult...

  The mighty army triumphantly returned, and the citizens of Beiping, who had long known about the great victory of the Northern Expedition, spontaneously came to the streets just to catch a glimpse of the heroic appearance of the Northern Expedition Army. Regiment after regiment marched into the city in neat formation, with each general wearing armor and riding horses to patrol the streets.

  "The middle-aged general at the head I've seen before! That's our current emperor's adopted son, General Mu Ying!"

  "And there's more! The one in the back seems to be Guo Gongye."

  "No, that is Wang Bi Hou Ye, the so-called Double Sword King. And behind him are Xing Guo Gong of my Great Ming and Wei Guo Gong Xu Da, the number one general in the world today!"

  The victor's return is all about the grandeur of the procession, defeating the enemy general and boosting national prestige. This is what we want to show the people of the Great Ming Dynasty: that our military is invincible in the world, that our generals are unbeatable in a hundred battles, and that our national power shakes the four seas!

  Of course, not all soldiers had the honor of following their commanders into the city. Zhang Feng and his men naturally couldn't have such treatment either. However, Xu Da was also a man who understood human emotions, so except for leaving some people to guard the camp, all other soldiers and officers were given three days off.

  These Northern Expedition soldiers all rushed to Beiping City in groups, Liu Zi dragged Chen Hua like a whirlwind, making the other brothers laugh non-stop. Liu Zi didn't care about others, he only cared about bringing Chen Hua, this money bag, otherwise no one would pay for him.

  "Zhang Zongqi, let's go have a drink!" Ma Cheng walked over to invite Zhang Feng. These wine ghosts had agreed to go to the Drunken Cloud Building and not return until they were drunk, even Da Niu was pulled away.

  "I still have something on, you guys go ahead and drink first, I'll be there soon."

  "What's going on now?" Ma Cheng was puzzled and couldn't understand why Zhang Feng had something to do as soon as the army arrived in Beiping.

  "You've forgotten that, haven't you? Someone's Sixth Son has a big girl waiting for him, and our Zhang Zongbai also has a little girl waiting for him!" Wang Ping said with a sneer.

  "Oh……I see!" Ma Cheng's face showed a look of understanding, which annoyed Zhang Feng so much that he chased them all away. He returned to his tent, tidied up a bit, rubbed the stone bead hanging around his neck and headed towards Beiping City.

  "Knock knock knock!"

  "Who is it......" The old and hoarse voice of Nai Nai brought back memories, the wooden door creaked open slowly, a familiar face appeared before Zhang Feng's eyes.

  "Xiao Zhang Feng... you're back!"

  "Yes, I'm back...... Grandma, where's Bottleneck?" Zhang Feng tilted his head to look around and couldn't help but ask when he didn't see that lively figure appear.

  "Ah, your uncle heard that the army of bandits was entering the city today and took a small bottle to watch the excitement, didn't expect you would also return at this time, just missing each other like this."

  "Then I'll go find them, it's almost time to eat anyway." Zhang Feng left his bundle and turned around to head to the city gate to look for someone.

  He turned around and saw the figures of an old man and a young boy appearing at the entrance of the alley. Bao'er stared at Zhang Feng in front of him, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally confirmed that it was his big brother who had returned. He jumped out of Niu Yeye's arms and rushed into Zhang Feng's embrace like flying.

  "Big brother! Xiao Bao misses you so much!" The bright red eyes looked at Zhang Feng, and a drop of tears fell, Little Bottle seemed to be afraid that Zhang Feng would leave again, two small hands tightly grasped Zhang Feng's clothes.

  "Don't cry, Bottleneck. Isn't brother keeping his promise and coming back?" Zhang Feng wiped away the tears on Bottleneck's face with a smile...

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