Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 475 Return to the Border

The Wang family's request was simple, but Song Chunlin couldn't do it because he had to go to the border. However, he promised to introduce Song Qingxi to Mrs. An Huaibo, believing that the other party should be interested in this.

Although Song Qingxi was not very satisfied with the result, he was in awe when he heard that the other party was going to guard the border again.

"I heard that the Duke of Fuguo made great contributions in seizing the Jin territory this time. Look, I have admired you for a long time."

Song Chunlin turned his head following Wang Xuan's words and found that the younger brother of the Wang family was indeed looking at him with sparkling eyes. That expression felt like those fanatical star-chasers in his previous life.

When the younger brother of the Wang family noticed that Song Chunlin was looking at him, he felt a little shy for some reason, but he still smiled sweetly at Song Chunlin.

"Prince Fuguo, everyone says that your archery skills are so good that you can shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away. And the most powerful compound bow in the army was invented by you. You are so amazing, and it is much better than the storybooks."

Wang Xuan's face changed when he heard this. It was too late for him to cover his brother's mouth. Even Song Qingxi's face froze, and he quickly searched for remedies in his mind.

Fortunately, Song Chunlin didn't feel offended at all. Instead, he asked the younger brother of the Wang family with great interest how he was described in the book.

"Tell me, what does it say about me? It's not like the one on the grassland, saying I'm eight feet tall, as strong as a savage, and can kill a cow with one punch, right?"

The younger brother of the Wang family wanted to say no, but after rolling his eyes, he found that it was almost true. Facing the real person, he finally felt a little embarrassed and answered a few words awkwardly.

"It's... it's not that exaggerated. It's just that you're very big, have a bad temper, and kill people like crazy..."

Wang Xuan covered his face and didn't dare to listen anymore. What my little brother said is no different from the rumors on the grassland.

The two families had a very pleasant conversation. Although Song Chunlin did not take over the shipping business, he pointed out a clear way for Song Qingxi. Song Qingxi and Wang Xuan were very satisfied with the result.

However, what surprised Song Chunlin the most was that this matter concerning the Wang family's shipping was presided over by his son-in-law Song Qingxi. Wang Xuan did not say a word during the whole process. It can be seen that the Wang family was completely confident in Song Qingxi. It was just unclear whether the Wang family wanted Song Qingxi to test the waters or to do their best to support his career in the north.

The next day after the conversation, Song Chunlin took Song Qingxi to meet Mrs. An Huaibo. The other party neither agreed nor refused, but only told Song Qingxi that the court had no intention of opening shipping to the north for the time being.

"Mr. Song, there's no need to worry. Although the court can't take care of these things right now, once the people in the north are settled, this matter should be put on the agenda."

With Mrs. An Huaibo's words, Song Qingxi finally felt reassured. After returning home that day, he began to prepare for the journey north. However, Song Chunlin had already embarked on his journey to the border. Song Qingxi took time out of his busy schedule to go and see him off.

Song Chunlin stored all the luggage prepared by the Song and Gu families for the two of them into the space. Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue set off on horseback directly. It was much more comfortable than riding in a carriage. The only problem was that his buttocks suffered at night. If he didn't have the spiritual spring water, he would not have been able to hold on.

The roads around the capital have been smoothed with cement. Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue haven't walked here for several years. They didn't know that some roads had been changed, so they could only follow the officials who led the way. The officials also praised Dajing College, saying that if it weren't for Dajing College's explosives that could blast mountains and rocks, and the magical cement, they would not have been able to build this road.

However, the cement road is cut off once it leaves the capital. After all, the current production capacity is even less than the supply. However, the road outside the capital has also been rebuilt. The bottom is paved with gravel and then filled with fine sand. If there is no cement, the yellow mud dug out from the side is used. After compaction, the road surface is much easier to walk on and is no longer as bumpy as before.

Looking at the road, Song Chunlin was already eager to try speeding. If he wasn't following a large group, he would have taken out his car and driven at lightning speed.

Gu Fengyue looked at Song Chunlin helplessly: "Bear with it, it will get better and better in the future."

Song Chunlin smiled when he heard this and agreed, "Well, it will definitely get better."

When Song Chunlin and his men came to the border again, they found that the phrase "getting better and better" was not empty talk. Looking at the road which was twice as wide as the official road, not only Gu Fengyue, but also the eyes of other Gu family soldiers became brighter and brighter.

"What a wide road! It's almost as wide as the Xuanwu Street in the capital."

"Xuanwu Street isn't so shabby, but it's changed so much that I can hardly recognize it."

Three years have passed, and these soldiers who had followed Gu Fengyue to fight against the Jin Kingdom could hardly remember what the border town looked like when they left. Therefore, they felt very surprised to see that the border town had changed so much. Especially when they saw that there were more barbarians and Hu people in the city than before they left, they were even more surprised.

Four years ago, it was hard for people to believe that the barbarians and the Han people could really coexist peacefully, considering that they were fighting to the death.

Song Chunlin looked at the barbarians, and the barbarians were also looking at them. Facing the army of the Dajing Dynasty, they launched an attack without any conditioned reflex, which meant that they were already restraining themselves.

Song Chunlin guessed that soon everyone in their barbarian tribe would know that Gu Fengyue and Song Chunlin had returned to fight again.

It really is haunting.

The county magistrate and his men had known that Gu Fengyue and his men were coming, so they were waiting at the gate of the county government office early. Gu Fengyue didn't get much rest on the first day after returning, and had been handling government affairs in the county government office. Song Chunlin took the others back to their temporary residence. This was not Bai Ta City, but a small Han county town closest to the trading market, so the residence was not as spacious as Bai Ta City. There were only six servants in the mansion, a doorman, a manager, two cleaning boys, and two cooks. That's it.

It was Song Chunlin's first time here. The servants were quite honest and had already cleaned the house. Song Chunlin was very satisfied and told the servants not to cook for them in the evening before setting off for the military camp.

Song Chunlin remembered that General Lin was still here, but today he happened to meet General Lin on a border patrol, so he was neither in the military camp nor in the county town.

"Reporting to the Duke of Fuguo, it usually takes General Lin ten days to patrol the border. General Lin set out seven days ago and will be back in about two days."

"What a coincidence! I haven't seen him act funny in such a long time. I actually miss him."

Since his old acquaintance from the capital was not there, Song Chunlin did not stay here for long. Instead, he went to the county government office and had a takeout meal with Gu Fengyue before returning to his temporary residence.