On the eve of the Chengying Camp, the soldiers' families were near Dunhuang, and they could rush back to the military camp before dawn. This is a custom in the Xia army, called "Liu Zong". The soldiers and soldiers may not return forever, leaving hope for bloodlines to continue. The border of the Xia Kingdom was extremely large. During the Weiyuan Dynasty, there were many troubles in all directions, and the army was frequently conquered. The descendants of soldiers were often scarce than those of the Yin households. Emperor Chen An of Weiyuan issued an imperial edict that any soldier with a family, after three years of garrison, the court must arrange for them to reunite with their families to retain their children. If they die on the battlefield, the court will take care of orphans and widows, and if the cost of the prefecture and county military camps is insufficient, the royal treasury will be filled by the silver and money in the royal family.

The matter of keeping a seed is optional for others, but for Liu Zheng, a soldier under Zhao De, it is of great importance. There are three unfilial things, and it is great to have no descendants, but he still has no descendants. Liu Zheng once doubted whether he had hidden illnesses, and the couple had even looked for the doctor's body. The doctor's breasts were patted without any problem. His wife Yu was beautiful and virtuous. Although he attached great importance to his descendants, Liu Zheng was reluctant to divorce his wife, so he looked for some secret recipes for having a son. Yu asked Liu Zheng to marry another with tears in his eyes several times, but the people of Xia were so strong that few women were willing to be concubines.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the old elm tree is silent. Liu Zheng carefully brought a bowl of medicine soup to his wife Yu. "Drink it, it is useful to keep it." Liu Zheng looked at Yu with hope with hope. The four gentlemen medicine soup is made of four main ingredients, astragalus, Hualiangcao, Cistanche, and Yuanhezi, and some other rare medicines. Before this, the family stewed several uncastrated roosters, which made both of them red and full of qi and blood. When Yu was drinking the soup, Liu Zheng opened a newly collected booklet, which listed the postures of giving birth to a son. Yu put down the medicine bowl and whispered: "Husband." It was hot and the woman's silk shirt was light and her face was red and beautiful. Liu Zheng felt hot, and he immediately put the book aside.

The rain was dense and the clouds were thick. At the fifth o'clock in the morning, when the rooster outside heard the crowing of the outside, Yu bit his lips and whispered: "Official, the rooster has crowed."

Liu Zheng did not look up, leaned over to Yu's ear and whispered: "It's still early before dawn. I'll spend a while with my wife. It's still dark outside."

Yu's eyes were filled with sorrow and he whispered: "It's already dawn when it's time to get to the military camp from home."

Yu's words calmed down Liu Zheng. Military conduct must not be missed. In Xia State, it is an iron rule known to everyone. Yu felt the changes in Liu Zheng's body, and endured his reluctance and choked up and said, "I'll send you my husband to a long journey." He helped Liu Zheng sit up, simply put on a silk shirt, carefully put on a military robe and armor for Liu Zheng, and cleaned his hair. There was a sadness of parting between the couple.

Zhao Xingde's bags were also packed in his house. Zhao Xingde's eyes were filled with a dull look, and his hands were raised. Li Ruoxue passed under his waist, put the thick cow leather soft armor on, and tied the ropes tightly, and then tied him a wide bell belt with iron-clad belly protection belt. When Zhao Xingde was in front of Zhao Xingde, Li Ruoxue couldn't resist the sadness. When he turned behind him, his eyes could no longer be red, and he suppressed and choked, "Who will help you wear these troublesome things when they are outside?" Zhao Xingde held her slender hand and whispered: "No one else except you. Do you believe that my hands are long enough to put on this armor by yourself?" Li Ruoxue burst into tears and laughed, pounded behind his shoulders, and said angrily: "I believe you."

This trip, there were not many things to carry from home, and two large bags could be packed. In addition to the soft armor she usually wore, there were heavy objects such as horse lances, chain mails and Mingguang armor, all placed on the carriages that were accompanied by the camp. The whole sheepskin sewn bag was one left and one right behind the saddle, the bow bag was hung on the left and one quiver on the right, and the saber and quiver were hung on the right of the saddle. Li Ruoxue also went to see her off, so Zhao Xingde asked her to sit in front of her saddle, feeling the sweet and soft body of the beauty, and knocked on the horse's belly, and the Dayuan horse slowly headed towards the military camp. Hexi was crowded with horses, and the folk customs were more fierce than Guandong. It was normal for couples to ride together like this.

The east gradually became clear, and after a while, he was approaching the barracks. There were more soldiers returning to the barracks on the way, most of whom were taking their families to see them off. The familiar soldiers showed their eyes to each other, not saying hello as usual, as if the sound was too loud, which would disturb the sorrow of parting. Dozens of women and children had gathered at the gate of the barracks. Zhao Xingde gently put Li Ruoxue down, jumped off the horse, and finally hugged his wife. "Yuanzhi." Li Ruoxue hugged Zhao Xingde tightly. Zhao Xingde gently patted her back and said in her ear: "Wait for me to come back." "Yeah." Li Ruoxue raised his head, and his pretty face was already covered with pear blossoms, "I'll wait for you to come back."

At dawn, it was time to part. The family members were right in front of the camp, watching the winding marching formations of Chengying's seventh battalion, heading westward and gradually disappeared on the road where there was no end. Li Ruoxue tried his best to look away, and only saw a blurred back. She lowered her eyelids and bit her lips to prevent herself from crying. The warm heart of the brief gathering gradually cooled down. Zhao Xingde also frequently looked back at Li Ruoxue's thin figure, gradually disappearing, and his heart aches, and the only difference is that he is sad.

The Xia army often set out listlessly. The further away from the camp, the spirit gradually recovered.

The 7th Battalion of Chengying walked along the Chi Road. He did not stop at random along the way. He arrived at an inn every sixty miles. The soldiers fed horses and set off again the next day. At the large inn, they could also replace the tired camels and horses. The road Cao Jiangshu and the inn were well maintained. He first received a notice from the marching department. He prepared for the livestock in advance every night and prepared hot soup and water for the soldiers, which saved a lot of camping chores.

Along the way, there were many caravans following behind the 7th Battalion of Chengying. Some of these caravans only followed one or two post stations, while others followed thousands of miles. Whenever the road surface of Chi Road was damaged, the first caravans would stop consciously, dig sand and soil in the distance of the road, fill the damaged areas, and then continue to move forward. Sometimes when the bridge crossing the river was dilapidated, the caravans would stop and reinforce it before passing through. Although the road Cao would regularly inspect the road and repair the bridges, Zhao Xingde estimated that most of the small problems and hidden dangers on the road were solved by the passing caravans, which invisibly saved a lot of maintenance costs for the road Cao. Passing troops like the 7th Battalion of Chengying would also take the initiative to stop and repair the road when the military situation was not urgent.

"Will the Prime Minister's Mansion give them compensation?" Zhao Xingde asked Sima Jin Changtai, the marching man.

Next to the road, a businessman in a robe was sweating and crossing his waist to supervise the worker. The porters first rammed the sand and earth with heavy cargo boxes, then drove away the carriage full of goods, repeatedly crushing a hole that had just been filled.

Jin Changtai was slightly stunned and then replied: "If there is no evidence, there will be no reward. Even if there is, there will be very few. These merchants are too lazy to collect it. The chambers of commerce on the Silk Road voluntarily agreed on the rules for making up the road. Although it was delayed for a while, it was still more convenient in the end."

"What happened?" Zhao Xingde exclaimed, "If a caravan ignores it and passes by directly, wouldn't it take advantage of it and make the honest caravan suffer a loss?"

"The caravan verbally agreed that this example of supplementing the road is based on the word "trust." Jin Changtai said in a deep voice, "My Xiaguo business travel is the world, and a promise is better than a thousand gold, and it is also based on the word "trust". There is no airtight wall in the world. Such business travel that harms others and benefits oneself will never be able to survive on the Silk Road."

During the day, when the march was marching, Sima taught the soldiers in the Yingying Camp simple words. In order to facilitate their work after arriving at Lumei, this course began during the training of Chengying Camp. Zhao Xingde had already begun to learn the words of Lumei and could understand some simple articles of Lumei. Because he knew how to observe the sky, read poetry and books, and learned Lumei quickly. The three Simas of the marching camp were the same. They were willing to march with his 100-man team.

Because of the smooth flow of the road, the north of Tianshan Mountain is much more prosperous than the south. Along the way, as long as there are abundant water sources, there are orchards and pastures everywhere, and cattle and sheep are covered with wild cattle and sheep, and occasionally you can see herds of horses running. After passing through Yizhou, Gaochang, Yanqi, Kucha, Puhuan, Shule, and arrived in Kangguo. This journey lasted for nearly four months, from summer to autumn, the soldiers changed their single clothes to thick white stacked cloth robes.

White folding cloth is one of the main goods in the Xia Kingdom and the Song and Liao dynasties. Xia Kingdom is extremely careful in the cultivation of the southern Tianshan Road, and the water is more abundant. The north Tianshan Road planted large patches of cotton, which looked snow-white. Every time the picking of cotton bolts, a large number of merchants went to Gaochang to buy raw cotton. In the beginning of spring, another group of merchants entered the northern Tianshan Road to buy white folding cloth. At this time, there was no large amount of cotton planting in the Central Plains, because the freight costs were high, the price of this white folding cloth in the Central Plains was not cheap.
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