The three fast horses left Luoyang City, and not long after walking along the official road, the slanting sun gradually fell to the end of the horizon.

The afterglow of the remnant sun spreads on the earth, and the official road of loess is reflected by the brilliance of the remnant sun.

Holding Tao Huanniang on horseback, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the western sky while riding his horse towards the south.

Wang Liu and Wang Zhen, who followed him, were just blindly riding their horses and galloping, although they saw him turn their heads to look at the west, they didn't ask him what he was looking at.

After looking at the western horizon for a while, Liu Wei asked Wang Liu and Wang Zhen as he walked forward, "Where do you think it is appropriate for me to wait?" ”

"On the shore of Luoshui, there are quite some villages!" Following Liu Wei, Wang Liu said, "Didn't Your Highness say that you wanted to go to see the military households? ”

"Hmm!" Liu Wei nodded and didn't say anything more, but his legs clamped on the horse's belly again, urging the horse to go faster.

The remnant sun on the horizon was setting lower and lower, and gradually half of the red sun had already set below the horizon, and the light that spread on the earth was much dimmer than before.

Under the galloping horse, Liu Wei and the others had unconsciously walked more than 20 miles, and saw a floating shadow of a small village in front of them.

Seeing the small village, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at the sky again, and said to everyone: "It's too late to see it, I'll rest here today!" ”

Tao Huanniang, who was held in Liu Wei's arms, did not speak, but Wang Liu and Wang Zhen responded, followed closely behind him, and rode towards the small village in the distance.

The so-called watching the mountain and running dead horses, although the village has already appeared in front of everyone's eyes, but under the gallop of the horses, they still ran enough to have a stick of incense, and only then did they reach the front of the village.

The sun had completely set the horizon and the sky was getting darker.

When he arrived at the entrance of the small village, Liu Wei first reined in his horse and glanced at the village, and then said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen behind him: "Follow this king into the village!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Wei shook the reins and was about to enter the village with Tao Huanniang first.

"Your Highness, slow down!" Liu Wei just shook the reins, and before the war horse could move forward, Wang Liu had already ridden his horse in front of him.

was blocked by Wang Liu, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and asked her, "Why are you blocking this king?" ”

"Your Highness, stay less!" Holding his fists and arching at Liu Wei, Wang Liu said to him: "Although the village is under the rule of His Royal Highness, this is not Luoyang City. If His Royal Highness brings the two of us here alone, he will enter the village, but His Royal Highness will also bring the princess, if there is anything wrong......"

At this point, Wang Liu glanced at Tao Huanniang, and then continued: "The last general will go first, if the village is safe, he will return to His Highness!" ”

Wang Liu's words did not stand on the safety of Liu Wei, but led the matter to Tao Huanniang.

Liu Wei, who was riding a war horse with Tao Huanniang, had no reason to forcibly enter the village first, so he had to nod.

Although Liu Wei did not speak, Wang Liu turned his horse's head and ran towards the village at the moment when he just nodded.

Witnessing Wang Liu's back disappearing in the village, Liu Wei did not have any expression on his face.

This small village is located on the bank of Luoshui, and although the villagers who live there do not know whether they are civilians or military households, Liu Wei has complete confidence that the people in the village, even if they know his true identity, will not disadvantage him.

Wang Liu rode into the village and turned back after a while.

Liu Wei, who was standing at the entrance of the village, saw Wang Liu coming back, and before she got closer, he asked her, "How is it?" What kind of village is this? ”

"Your Highness!" When he arrived in front of Liu Bian, Wang Liu reined in his war horse and said to Liu Bian: "This is a village of military households, and the last general has already asked, all the people living in the village are soldiers who withdrew from the partial camp back then!" ”

Knowing that it was a military village, Liu Wei was even more calm in his heart.

The Great Qin military households are all soldiers who retired from the Luoyang Army's partial battalion back then, although these people were disarmed and returned to the field, Daqin has never forgotten them.

In addition to the fact that the village is built by the government, the farmland and water conservancy are also undertaken by the government, and each household will be paid a corresponding salary according to the head of the household every month.

Of course, the salaries of military households are not the same as those of the soldiers of the Luoyang Army's partial battalion back then, but compared with ordinary people, the preferential treatment they received was the envy of many ordinary people.

The village was inhabited by military households, and Liu Wei had no scruples, clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode the horse into the village.

Snuggled up to Liu Bian's chest, Tao Huanniang whispered to Liu Bian after entering the village: "Your Highness, isn't it afraid of being recognized?" ”

"I'll call this prince later." first whispered to Tao Huanniang, and then Liu Wei slowed down the war horse a little, lowered his voice and said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen: "You two also know how to call it." ”

Wang Liu and Wang Zhen didn't speak, but nodded silently.

Seeing that everyone had already understood what to do, Liu Wei didn't say more, and after entering the village, he raised his hand and pointed to a house with candles in front of him, and cast an inquiring look at Wang Liu.

Nodding to Liu Wei, Wang Liu didn't say anything, but clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, sped up the speed of his travel, and arrived at the door of the house one step earlier.

"Fellow, my husband is here!" Turning over and jumping off the horse, Wang Liu stood at the door of the house, clenched his fists and called into the house.

After Wang Liu's words fell, a man in his forties ran out of the house, first greeted Wang Liu with a fist, and then turned his head to look at Liu Wei and the others, and said very enthusiastically: "I heard that Mr. missed the night in a hurry, if you don't dislike it, you will rest here tonight!" ”

When the man said this, Liu Wei realized that when Wang Liu entered the village just now, he had already sorted out everything.

Riding a horse in front of the man, Liu Wei first turned over and jumped off the horse, arched his fist at the man and said: "So it will disturb the fellow countrymen!" ”

"Ugh!" As soon as Liu Wei's words came out, the man's eyes widened, he looked at him with a stunned expression, and asked him with trembling lips, "Where is Mr. from?" ”

"We're from Jiangdong!" From the man's tone and expression, Liu Wei felt that the man seemed to have doubts about his identity, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "The relatives are in Luoyang, and they are about to go to Luoyang Province." ”

"Oh! I see! Liu Wei said that they were from Jiangdong, and the man's expression softened a little, and he said with some embarrassment: "I am thinking about how His Royal Highness the King of Qin can have the leisure to come to this village to play today." ”

"Could it be that fellow villagers have seen King Qin?" The man mentioned him in one mouth, and Liu Wei was even more shocked in his heart, if this man really saw him, I am afraid that he would be recognized immediately when he entered the house later and was illuminated by candlelight.

"I've seen it!" Speaking of seeing the King of Qin, the man's face was immediately full of smugness, and he lowered his voice and said to Liu Wei: "Don't hide it, sir, the people in this village are all military households, except for children and women, the men have all followed the King of Qin to fight the world back then, how can they not recognize the King of Qin?" ”

At that time, the Luoyang Army was partial to the battalion, and the number of soldiers was far greater than the main force.

After the soldiers of the partial battalion were disarmed and returned to the field, they were all over Daqin, and it was not unusual to meet people who had followed Liu Wei to fight the world in Daqin.

But when the man said this, Liu Wei still showed great interest, and asked the man: "The fellow followed the King of Qin to fight the world in the past, but now he is farming in this field, have you ever complained about the King of Qin?" ”

"What are you talking about, sir?" Obviously, he didn't recognize Liu Wei, and the man was a little unhappy and contradicted him and said: "King Qin is benevolent, although we followed King Qin to fight the world back then, but the fields have to be planted." If there were no King Qin, how could poor people like me have land? How can there be a mother-in-law? King Qin's grace is as heavy as a mountain, if one day I need to wait for the battle, even if he is dead, no one will frown! ”

The man's words were categorical, Liu Wei couldn't hear the slightest hypocrisy, smiled slightly, and said to the man: "It's a bad thing to say, tonight, I want to disturb the fellow here!" ”

Liu Wei said this, and the man didn't care about him, waved his hand at him and said, "That's it, that's it, Mr. is a foreigner, and he doesn't know the benefits of King Qin." If you live in Luoyang for a while, you will know that only the King of Qin in the world really cares for our people! ”

Listening to the man's words, Liu Wei couldn't help but feel a little fever in his cheeks.

Fortunately, he didn't enter the house at this time, and even if his face changed, the man couldn't see it.

If Liu Wei is sincere for the people, there are indeed such factors, but many of the things he did in the past were sincerely for the people, but more of them were to gather people's hearts and expand their power.

In particular, the elimination of partial battalions in those years was a means for Liu Wei to reduce some troops with weak combat strength to ensure the combat strength of the main Luoyang Army because of excessive military expenditure.

Although he felt a little guilty in his heart, it was impossible for Liu Wei to show the slightest expression to the man in front of him, and nodded slowly with a smile.

He didn't say anything more, but the man stood sideways, made a gesture of invitation to him, and said, "Sir is coming from afar, you must be tired, and go in to rest!" ”

"Excuse me!" Nodding to the man, Liu Wei put his arm around Tao Huanniang's waist and strode into the house first, while Wang Liu and Wang Zhen followed closely behind him.

As soon as she entered the house, a woman stepped out of a side room.

The woman was in her early twenties, and although she was a group of cloth plains, she was also born with a certain color.

Coming out of the house, she bumped into Liu Wei and others, the woman first glanced at Liu Wei, and when she saw Wang Liu and Wang Zhen standing behind Liu Wei, her cheeks turned red suddenly, and she hurriedly lowered her head, and did not greet Liu Wei and others, and walked out of the house quickly.