When he returned to Xilin, Zhu Youjian did not stay again. He only asked Zhao Qi to build a barracks as soon as possible to prevent the temperature and snow from falling.
From Xilin to the south, there is already a cement avenue. Zhu Youjian walked along the cement avenue and tasted the fresh food, but the length of the cement avenue was less than a hundred miles.
Looking at the hot scene at the end of the concrete road, Zhu Youjian was very happy. He slapped a whip on the horse's hip and rushed to the bottom of the road construction site.
Xiao Ting, the commander of the 11th Division, saw a large number of Ming troops coming, probably Zhu Youjian's army, he greeted him by patting his horse, and dismounted his horse from a long distance.
"See your Majesty!" Xiao Ting knelt in front of Zhu Youjian's horse.
"Get up quickly, I'm just passing by, don't affect road construction!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Ting stood up and stood beside Zhu Youjian's horse. "Your Majesty, is the Northern Expedition over?"
"It's over, it's over!"
"Your Majesty, where did the Ming army advance?"
"It's far away, much farther than Xilin."
"Huh? Why didn't you see Hong Junzuo?" Xiao Ting looked at the crowd, but did not find Hong Chengchou's banner.
"Ao, Chengchou is just like you, staying there to protect the land for Daming!" Zhu Youzhen asked casually, "How is it? Is the road construction still going well?"
"Your Majesty, because the cement production is late, the road we are building now is less than a hundred miles away. He has built more than us at Gubeikou, which is estimated to be three hundred miles away. Moreover, all the roadbeds have been built. Now, just waiting to pour the cement."
"Can this road be completed before the freezing weather arrives?"
"Your Majesty, we are stepping up construction, and we have also prepared several road sections for simultaneous construction. It is estimated that this road can be fully completed before it freezes."
"That's good, you guys step up!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
When Zhu Youjian was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something: "Tell the cement factory to let them mass produce cement."
"Your Majesty, this cement road is about to be completed, what's the point of producing a large amount of cement?" Xiao Ting touched his head, looking puzzled.
"What's the use?" Zhu Youzhen laughed, "This Third Avenue is still early! After the beginning of the spring, you will take these skilled road construction workers to build roads from Xilin to the north, and continue to build the road where the road is located. local."
"Your Majesty, where is Hong Junzai?"
"You don't know if you have said it!" Zhu Youjian thought for a while, "after the beginning of spring next year, you will build this road to the Klulen River first. I have already marked the specific location and route on the march map. , About a thousand miles away."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Ting asked again: "Your Majesty, is Hong Junzai still in the north of the Cruelun River?"
"Yes, when you finish building the Third Avenue, you will be able to see Chengchou."
"Your Majesty, the final will understand!"
"Just understand, hurry up and build the road, I am going back to the capital."
"Yes, Your Majesty, will definitely build this avenue before winter comes."
Zhu Youjian traveled hundreds of miles further, and finally saw the road construction team of the Ministry of Industry. After asking, he knew that more than three hundred miles had been built from the Gubeikou of the Great Wall to the north.
Zhu Youjian read in silence, from Gubeikou to Xilin, there are a total of eight hundred miles, and only four hundred miles have been built now. It is estimated that it will be difficult to build the remaining sections of the road before the freezing weather comes.
However, Zhu Youjian is not in a hurry. The Third Avenue is a huge project. There is no need to rush it for a while. Moreover, even if this section is completed, it will continue to extend north next year.
This road will be completed sooner or later, but Zhu Youjian discovered that there are no people along the way, and it is very inconvenient for pedestrians to stay overnight.
He found the person in charge of the road construction team: "After the road is completed, from Gubeikou to the north, build ten more huts every fifty miles."
"Yes, Your Majesty... There are no permanent residents on this road. What is the use of building a hut?"
"Because there are no fixed residents, pedestrians walking on this road are very inconvenient to stay at night. The construction of thatched huts is to provide pedestrians with a place to shelter from the rain and cold on the way."
"Your Majesty, Cao Min understands!"
"In addition, trees are planted on both sides of the road."
"Your Majesty, are you planting trees for shade?"
Zhu Youjian shook his head, "It's freezing cold outside the customs and there are many snowy days. Planting trees on both sides of the road can show pedestrians the way in snowy days... Why are you so much nonsense?"
"The Caomin talks too much, and the Caomin must do it!" The man shuddered in fright, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian.
"Get up, hurry up and build the road. If the construction period is missed, I will never be merciless."
"Yes, your Majesty, the Caomin will build the road now."
Outside Gubeikou, Zhu Youjian met a team of thousands of people.
He sent someone to ask about it. It turned out that it was to give Hong Chengchou the winter clothes rations. Zhu Youzhen did not disturb them, but only sent two people from his own soldiers to serve as guides for them.
At Gubeikou, Zhu Youjian stopped.
The pass is still there, but it was obviously built with cement. The craftsmen added two huge ashlars to the pass. When the ash rises up, the pass is opened. Pedestrians, carts and horses can pass freely. Once the ash falls, the pass is closed. is closed.
Zhu Youjian watched from all sides in front of the pass. To the east is the low Benlong Mountain, and to the west is the Crouching Tiger Mountain. They are also not high, but the two low peaks are both skinny and there is no road at all. There is only this Gubeikou. The only clearing road.
Zhu Youjian stayed overnight at the pass, while the army cleared the pass overnight.
Entering the pass, which is Miyun County, Zhu Youjian saw the familiar scenery inside the pass, neat farmland, crowded people, and lively market town. A small vendor was selling his green dates along the street in the small town. He saw Zhu Youjian’s The army was so scared to hide in a small alley.
Although Zhu Youjian was in a good mood, he had no intention of admiring this familiar exquisiteness. He had to rush to Miyun County before dark, otherwise, the army would blow northwest wind outside the city again.
Fortunately, from Jingshi to Gubeikou, a cement avenue has been built. Zhu Youjian will not take the wrong path or bend along the avenue.
When the setting sun hung on the top of the distant mountain, Zhu Youjian's army came to Miyun County.
Tens of thousands of troops stationed in the county seat naturally attracted the attention of the people. Zhu Youjian once again realized the long history of the term "surrounding", but he did not disturb the people, and entered the Chinese army's tent with Bumubutai to rest early.
The soldiers have been running around for more than a month. They are also extremely tired. Rest is everyone's greatest wish. When the lights are in hand, except for the guard posts, the entire barracks is quiet.
When the sky increased again, the 60,000-70,000 army again set foot on the Third Avenue. They counterattacked and returned to Beijing. At noon, the army arrived at the entrance of Beixiaoying Village in Shunyi County. Zhu Youjian saw that the sun had reached the top of his head and prepared. Take a short break outside the village and take a lunch for the soldiers.
Suddenly, the village remembered the dense sound of gongs and drums. The sound of gongs and drums has not ceased, and there are a large number of firecrackers. Don’t put them away like money. Then, a large number of sun and moon flags are constantly waving from the treetops, roofs, and windows. , The children screamed and rushed out of the open doors.
Zhu Youjian remembered Song Dandan’s words: “The gongs and drums are noisy, the firecrackers are blasting, the red flags are fluttering, and the crowd is crowded.” I don’t know what big people are hiding in this small village."
"Your Majesty, something is wrong," Fu Xiaojian reminded Zhu Youjian in a low voice while guarding Zhu Youjian's side with a sword. "There was no sound just now. Why did our army make such a big noise when it arrived? ?"
"This is almost reaching the capital, what else can happen?" Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it, "Xiaojian, how many people can you bring into the village to see what is going on... Huh? If there is a happy event in the village, they Why wave the flag?"
Fu Xiaojian became more nervous. He moved his hand, and seven or eight guards, trailing behind him, slowly entered the village.
"Da da da… "
After a while, with the sound of horse hooves, Fu Xiaojian and the others appeared at the entrance of the village, "Your Majesty..."
"Xiaojian, what's the matter? It's not that the villagers spontaneously **** here, right?" Zhu Youjian smiled lightly. He is not as nervous as Fu Xiaojian. , There are another six to seven thousand troops.
"Your Majesty, it's really a ****, but it's not a villager, but..."
"Not a villager, who is that?"
"Your Majesty, you'd better go into the village and see by yourself! The minister also said it's not good."
"I want to see what kind of immortal is still there." Zhu Youjian slapped his horse and rushed to the entrance of the village first. Hundreds of his soldiers followed.
In an open space in the village, men, women, young and old villagers danced with the sun and the moon flags, welcoming them on both sides. In the center of the open space, there are countless Ming official uniforms kneeling. The six people in the front row are exactly the six of the Ming Dynasty. Shangshu.
Zhu Youjian was also stunned. He sat on horseback and slowly stepped forward, "Master Shangshu, which one are you guys?"
"Your Majesty, we have calculated the distance. It happens to be a hundred miles away from the capital." Huang Liji didn't lift his head, and continued to crawl in front of Zhu Youjian's horse.
"Welcome to Baili?"
"It's Baili to kneel to welcome you!" Huang Liji stood up long, clenched his fists in both hands: "Your Majesty, the minister initiated the Ministry of Ritual, consulted all the historical books, and expanded the territory of World War I for three thousand miles. Unheard of, he is Taizu, Cheng Zu, Emperor Wu of the Great Han Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty were also inferior. The ministers and others could not express their respect to his majesty, but Baili kneeled and greeted him."
A man knelt down at every turn. Zhu Youjian particularly didn't like it, but the officials welcomed him so much that he couldn't sweep them away. He jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the soldiers behind him. "My sirs, get up and talk. ."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At the beginning of the six books, all the civil servants and generals stood up from the ground, and many officials secretly stroked their knees. It seemed that the time for them to kneel to meet them might not be short.
Zhu Youzhen snickered in his heart, his vanity really passed the addiction, "It seems that these people are also arranged by you?"
"Your Majesty, the ministers did not make any deliberate arrangements. The ministers just told the people that your majesty had personally recruited the slaves, the country and the clan, who had repeatedly harassed the Ming Dynasty. The people from the nearby villages came spontaneously, the ministers. Waiting is just distributing the sun and moon flag to them. If it weren't for the obstruction of the ministers, I'm afraid there will be more people coming." Li Chunye arched his hand to Zhu Youjian, his old eyes squinted, and his face was uncommon without a smile. like.
Zhu Youzhen's heart was agile, if they had taken the national flag, how good it would be! It's a pity that Daming doesn't have a national flag now, so he punches the people: "The folks have worked hard!"
The people also learned from Zhu Youjian and gave their greetings to Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youjian turned his hand at the civil and military officials again: "My sirs, it's late afternoon, you can taste the food in our barracks, and in the evening, we will toast again!"