Du Zhongxiao walked out of the car, stretched out his arms and breathed, feeling sweet. He slept in Juyan for a night and rested for a day, and finally got tired. The trains in this era were very bumpy, the road was not good, and they couldn't sit steadily during the day and couldn't sleep at night. It was like being tortured for several days. The train from Hezhou to Yizhou was repaired too fast, the quality was average, and the speed was much slower than other railways. The most important thing was that it was.

A railway worker in a uniform walked past the side and saw Du Zhongxiao, and hurriedly saluted.

Du Zhongxiao called the person and said, "Do you know me? What's your name? How do you do things here?"

The man said, "The young Ding Qizhong was originally a farmer in Lingzhou. Later, he was plundered as a slave and sold to Dangxiangzheng as an auxiliary soldier. In the battle of Hue, the young man was captured and had been building roads for the past two years. After arriving in Yizhou, the young man was released as a beloved man, and the young man came here to do things."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. He had been to Dangxiang's prisoner-of-war camp several times, so it was not uncommon for this person to remember it.

This is a soldier of the era. He has no national concept. He becomes a soldier when he is conquered and obeys the arrangements after being captured. It is not uncommon to do anything. Du Zhongxiao also saw this characteristic and was relieved to select talents from prisoners of war to protect and maintain roads.

Nationalism only emerged after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty. One reason was that there were too many scholars. On the contrary, the army that did not advocate reading was not recommended. After the friendship between the two Song dynasties, nationalism was not serious. They fought fiercely and could not be beaten, so they could escape in various ways.

After nothing happened, Du Zhongxiao said to Ding Xiaozhong: "How do you feel when you have been building roads in the past two years? Are you suffering from the Dangxiang Army than before?"

Ding Xiaozhong smiled and said, "What's the matter with Jishuai? In the Dangxiang Army, we are auxiliary soldiers and we can't even eat enough. In the past two years of road construction, we have always eaten corn or steamed buns. We have always been full. How could we compare to the past days? It was because we had a good meal. We have been building roads for two years and we have been safe and had nothing to do. I felt that we were not used to it a lot. Fortunately, we were working on the railway and had a canteen, so we wouldn't be too bad. I heard that some people went to the local area to buy fields and divided the fields and land, but because they couldn't cook, they were hungry."

Du Zhongxiao laughed when he heard this: "There is no other way. You can only cook food in the countryside. If you can't cook, you have to learn it quickly. Otherwise, you will have everything at home, but you can't eat well or drink well, wouldn't it be a loss?"

Ding Xiaozhong said: "What Jishuai said is that it's just that we were in Dangxiang before, and we had nothing at home in our family. We also had poor food during the war and had never seen anything. How do we know how to do it? I heard that the people in the field affairs department had no choice but to send people to various villages to teach people in the field how to cook. In some villages, we simply set up a canteen to let the people in the field eat."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. He didn't know that there was such a thing before. He just listened to some strange stories when he heard Ding Xiaozhong's words.

The living environment in Dangxiang is far worse than that in the Central Plains. Many poor people have never seen yellow rice in their lives. They only heard that it will be cooked after adding water. As a result, they were assigned to the Yingtian business. The houses were divided and rice were divided. Many people couldn't cook them at all, and they ate raw rice. In the end, Yingtian had no choice but to assign people to the village below to teach people how to cook.

Ding Xiaozhong didn't expect that there would be such a thing. He just asked about the people who were protecting the road. He was not tired and was well treated. He finally stayed to protect the road. These days, he just found it funny when he heard people talking about their former colleagues.

While talking, Nailai Youliang came from the side and whispered: "Ding Qizhong, time is coming soon, why haven't you set up a sign yet!"

As he got closer, he saw Du Zhongxiao standing here, and hurried over to salute and said, "I'm a little presumptuous, I don't know that Jieshuai is here."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Those who do not know are not guilty. I have been in the carriage for a long time and come out and breathe out."

After saying that, he looked at the watch. It was still half an hour before he changed the railway direction. He said to Norai Yuliang: "It's still early, so it's nothing to talk here for a while. What's your name? What did you do before coming here to protect the road?"

Nailai Youliang bowed and said, "The young man named Nailai Youliang was originally a member of the Dangxiang army. He was captured in the battle of Huedu and built a road for two years. The man who wanted to protect the road a few days ago, the young man thought he would not be able to farm since he was a child, so he stayed."

Du Zhongxiao said: "You two were together as you were together, and now you can protect the road together and still take care of them."

Nailai Youliang felt a little embarrassed: "I'm not to hide it from Jieshuai. When Xiao was first captured, he was still in the military habit. Once, the top gave yellow rice to improve the food. I also put the rice together to eat for myself and not let others eat it. At that time, Ding Xiao advised me and got cleaned up by the top. In the past two years of road construction, we didn't say much, and our relationship was deserted. We were here to protect the road together a few days ago, and we knew that this was a lifelong errand, so our relationship improved."

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "The most important thing in life is to support each other so that you can walk well. For some leisure, you can fight with others at any time. How can you have a good life? As long as you protect the road here and live a good life, you should do your best."

Nailai Youliang and Ding Xiaozhong nodded together and said yes.

Du Zhongxiao looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late, you can set up a sign and do things with peace of mind in the future."

The two of them agreed to the promise together and turned to the distance.

Du Zhongxiao was in a much better mood as he looked at the two of them leaving. These prisoners of war had been building the road for two years, and several major arteries on Hequ Road were built by them. Not only did they build the road, but they also transformed themselves. I hope they would have a better life in the future.

After walking outside the car for a while, Du Zhongxiao returned to the car. The guards on duty handed over a letter and said: "Jingshuai, Yizhou official document."

Du Zhongxiao picked it up and found that the official document was written by Zhao Zi and signed by Zhang Sheng. It wrote about the recent rough deployment of Zhao Zi's troops, occupying important places in Yizhou, and renovating the road to Guigukou. It mentioned that the vanguard troops of Zhang Ji's troops had arrived in Yizhou.

Du Zhongxiao put down the official document, thought for a while, and said to the guards: "Tell me back to Zhao Zi, pay close attention to Gaochang's movements. Also, there was a passing Tianshan at the entrance of Guigu, asking him to send people to conduct extensive reconnaissance and to prevent the Uighurs from coming from Gaochang's Floating Mountain."

The guards, Du Zhongxiao, said again: "Don't worry about the others, wait until Deputy Fu and I go there. We will drive the day after tomorrow, and we will arrive in three or five days. I heard that Yizhou is much warmer than Juyan, and it is a good place."

The guard said, "We got here and heard from the people who stayed here for a day that the winter here is so cold. In winter, everyone stayed in the house and did not dare to go out. At that time, there were many geese in the Juyan Sea, and they could eat as much as they wanted."

Du Zhongxiao said: "These places are vast and sparsely populated, so it's naturally this. In Yizhou, I heard that the fruits and vegetables are very sweet. When we arrived, it happened to be autumn, and it was the season. Eat some fruits and vegetables, and everyone concentrates and fight to Gaochang in one battle!"

Several guards agreed to the promise together, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.
Chapter completed!