Chapter 1294 If there is a long wind around the flag, it means I am thinking of you

After venting his anger at the place where Jia Yao fell into the river, Yun Zheng’s depression dissipated a lot.

After returning to Hukou City, Yun Zheng began to make arrangements.

Except for the troops staying behind in Shangqing Road and Lu'an Road, the rest of the troops must prepare to return.

Among the 30,000 troops stationed in Li State, only 18,000 were Daqian's troops, and the remaining 12,000 were the newly reorganized Guiyi Army.

However, when Yun Zheng was reorganizing the Guiyi Army in Luyi Prefecture, he only wanted to use those people as cannon fodder and did not consider some of the things that would happen later.

The Guiyi Army will definitely need to be reorganized in the future.

But this is all Wang Qi and Shen Kuan’s business.

Afterwards, Yun Zheng wrote a battle report and ordered his men to send it back to the imperial city by land as quickly as possible.

In the following days, Yun Zheng was not idle either. He led people to survey the east side of Shangqing Road.

He was not looking for Jia Yao, but to understand the terrain and climate here.

Shang Qingdao and Lu Andao are already in their pockets, so they must develop them well.

He still wanted to follow Shuobei's idea and let every major city in Shangqing Road have its own pillar industry.

Corresponding schools will be built in all the major cities in Shangqing Road.

However, these schools definitely focused on teaching the contents of the classics, history, and literature.

Yun Zheng planned to visit Gao Shizhen after returning this time.

If Gao Shizhen were thrown to the State of Li, his old bones might not be able to withstand the torture.

But you can ask Gao Shizhen to recommend a few suitable people.

In addition, the scholars who were previously brought by Gao Shizhen to petition can all be brought to Zhenhe and Li.

Before we knew it, the Mid-Autumn Festival had arrived. Wang Qi, Heasu and others also arrived at Hukou City a few days ago. Along with Wang Qi came this year's tribute from the Kingdom of Li and the Crown Prince of Li.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Yun Zheng and his men celebrated the festival with the army in Hukou City.

After a grand celebration banquet, He Asu came to Yun Zheng with a smell of alcohol, "Your Majesty, can I have a chat with you?"

Yun Zheng glanced at He Asu, who was a little drunk, and stood up and said, "Let's go talk over there!"

Soon, Yun Zheng brought Heasu to the corner of the camp.

Yun Zheng didn't care and just took He Asu to sit on the ground.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

Yun Zheng took the initiative to ask.

He Asu shook his head slightly and gritted his teeth and said, "I...I want ten warships!"

Warship?

Yun Zheng was silent for a moment, then asked calmly, "Did Jia Yao instruct you to do this?"

"no!"

Heasu shook his head gently. "The princess only asked me to lead my troops to raid Xiongjin. She told me that the prince needed warships and asked me to capture as many warships as possible..."

As he spoke, Heasu blurted out all the words that Jiayao had said when he was sent to raid Xiongjin.

Listening to Heasu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.

At that time, Jia Yao should have been telling Heasu his last words with the thought of dying on the battlefield, right?

But Heasu didn’t hear it, and he was not with Jiayao.

Until that time, she was still worrying and planning for Beihuan's future.

As the regent princess of Beihuan, she is undoubtedly extremely diligent and conscientious.

After a while, Yun Zheng spoke again: "I will not give you even one warship now!"

He Asu's face turned pale, and he was about to argue, but Yun Zheng glared at him coldly, "What's the use of giving you a warship now?"

"Can you sail a warship?"

"Do you know anything about the sea?"

"You can't even understand a flight map, are you going to die?"

"That's on the boundless ocean. Do you think it's as easy as riding a horse on the grassland?"

Faced with Yun Zheng's barrage of questions, He Asu was immediately speechless.

He had never thought about these things before.

Now that I think about it, it seems that this matter cannot be solved by just having warships.

Not to mention anything else, they knew nothing about how to sail a warship.

The way they are now, even if you give them a hundred warships, they will all be buried in the vast ocean and fed to the fish.

"You guys go back and rest first."

Yun Zheng's tone softened. "Next spring, you will personally lead 3,000 people to Shuobei. I will order people to train you! When you are trained, I will send you a bigger warship!"

Yun Zheng had never seen the whale-tooth ship of the Li Dynasty.

However, he had heard someone describe it to him in general terms before.

In his opinion, the whale tooth ship was too small and not suitable for long voyages.

Since we are going to give them warships and let them go overseas to find a place to establish a country, we should give them some big ships.

It's impossible that thousands of people go there and not a single one comes back alive, right?

He Asu understood Yun Zheng's intention, slowly stood up, knelt on one knee, and placed his right fist on his chest: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness!"

"Don't try this on me, King!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand gently to signal He Asu to stand up, "When you come, bring Budu with you. I have something to ask him!"

"Yes!"

He Asu took the order.

Yun Zheng: "You have made great contributions in this battle. I will appoint you as the King of Guli. I will handle the subsequent documents when I return to Shuofang..."

"I beg Your Majesty to take back your order!"

He Asu said solemnly: "I have no intention of becoming the King of Guli. I just want to lead my troops out to sea and complete the task assigned by the princess!"

Yun Zheng lowered his brows and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Yun Zheng spoke again: "In that case, then I will obey your wishes! You will take 20,000 taels of gold with you tomorrow! I am too lazy to worry about how to reward and provide pensions for the people below, you can do it yourself!"

After saying that, Yun Zheng slowly stood up and left.

He didn't need to worry that Heasu would embezzle the gold.

He doesn't even want to be the King of Guli, so what's the point of embezzling all that gold?

The next day, Yun Zheng took Qin Qihu and Miaoyin to leave Hukou City, and ordered Pang Jinjiu to lead the returning troops and take the Prince of Li back to Shuobei by land.

The remaining 7,000-odd troops of Beihuan, except for the wounded and Qiqige, were all led by Heasu and Dugen and returned to Beihuan.

Qi Qige ignored Yun Zheng's persuasion and insisted on staying to look for Jia Yao.

In Qi Qige's words, she was the commander of Jia Yao's personal guards, and Jia Yao's whereabouts were unknown, so she was too embarrassed to return to Beihuan.

About seven or eight miles out of Hukou City, Yun Zheng couldn't help but look in the direction of the river.

After this trip, I don’t know when I will be able to see Jia Yao again.

Or maybe, I will never see you again in this life.

Vaguely, he seemed to see Jia Yao riding a huge white wolf, standing on a distant mountain and waving goodbye to him.

There was a sly and lively smile on her face.

The mountains were obviously far away from them, but he could see them very clearly.

It seemed that Jia Yao was right in front of him.

The next moment, Jia Yao urged the white wolf under him to run quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the vast mountains.

When he looked over there again, there was nothing there except rolling hills.

Yun Zheng let out a long breath, and when he turned his head, he saw the flag fluttering in the wind again.

On the flag, Jia Yao's face seemed to appear again.

"If there is a long wind around the flag, it means I am thinking of you..."