A towering road that runs through the north and south is under construction dozens of miles north of Jiangcheng. Under the guidance and supervision of officials, a group of ragged men mixed a gray powder with yellow sand, stones and water, and then poured it onto the already built roadbed. After a few days, the road surface will become hardened, and no need to worry about the heavy rain.

"Baopao~" But just outside the shed beside the construction road, a young official was holding a horse whip in his hand and was whipping a burly official. The burly official was naked, and every whip was printed with a blood mark. Although he was sweating profusely, he gritted his teeth and made no sound. He looked very tough, but the young official was not moved at all. He kept whipping twenty whips before he stopped.

"Sikangzuo, you deducted the food of these prisoners of war, resulting in more than 100 prisoners of war starving to death, and the construction period was delayed. I will also be implicated with you. If it weren't for your military achievements for the Tang Dynasty, I would have arrested you for being punished. Now I'll beat you twenty whips to show punishment, you'll be convinced!" After the young official finished pumping, he asked the fat official loudly with a serious expression.

"You have reported to the governor, because the construction period was delayed due to the reasons of the subordinates, and the subordinates also pleaded guilty to it. Twenty whips were light, so the subordinates were convinced. However, all the animals of Xue Yantuo deserved to die. The subordinates' leg was thrown in Mobei, and nearly half of their brothers were dead. Now they have not even recovered their bones, but these beasts are still alive, and the subordinates still have to provide them with food and drink, so the subordinates are really dissatisfied!" The burly official said with his neck.

The official who served as Sikurasa was naked. You can see that in addition to the whip marks he had just hit, there were many crisscrossing old injuries on his body, and half of his leg was missing. He could only support his body with a wooden leg. Experienced people could see at a glance that he must be a veteran who had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield. He could not stay in the army due to his injuries, so he was placed in the local area as an official. For example, Sikurasa was an official who managed the warehousing of money and grain in the county.

When he heard Si Cang Zuo's answer, the young official couldn't help but remain silent. He was Li Xiu's eldest son Heianlang. Some time ago, Li Zhi finally gave birth to a son safely. He finally left Chang'an with confidence, so he was sent to Yunzhou, Anbei Protectorate's Mansion to serve as the governor. Originally, with his age and qualifications, it was impossible for him to serve as such a high-ranking official, but he was the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty and the eldest son of the Duke. In addition, he had the political achievements of assisting Li Zhi before, so he was promoted to governor.

"Sikurasa, my younger brother is also in the army. I understand your resentment towards these prisoners of war. However, no matter how you understand, the construction of this road cannot be delayed at all. I don't care about how you deal with these prisoners of war in the future, but now the road has not been completed, they must live. Without them, the court can only recruit civilians to build the road. Do you want your relatives to build the road?" Heianro said in a deep voice again.

Ping Anlang is now the governor of Yunzhou, but Yunzhou originally set up a newly established state from the grassland. The population is sparsely populated and most of them are grassland people. These grassland people are rebellious and difficult to discipline. Ordinary officials really can't suppress the situation. Therefore, almost all the officials in the state have retreated from the army, and only these blood-covered veterans can suppress the situation. However, these people are born in the army and are also bandit-like. Although Ping Anlang is from a noble family, it is difficult to make these officials obedient without showing some real skills.

Although Sikurasa was very bold, he remained silent when he heard Heianro's words. It was not easy to build a road and build a city on the grassland, especially because the conditions here are harsh and people will die at any time. Fortunately, the countless prisoners of war who captured Xue Yantuo before were also these prisoners of war, which made the road construction and road construction go very smoothly.

"Sikurasa, this road is of great importance. As long as the road is completed, it will be difficult for the grassland people to rebel in the future. Sikurasa's descendants will not throw a leg on the grassland like you, so you must also distinguish the importance. In a month, this road must be built outside the north gate of Xishoujiang City, otherwise you and I will be punished. At that time, it will be no more than whip!" Heianro saw that Sikurasa was silent and spoke again.

As a superior, being kind and powerful is the most basic way to control the inferior. Just now, he personally whipped the other party's whip and made him understand why he hit him. This is kindness. If he can correct his mistakes in the future, he can also promote it so that the other party can be willing to use it for himself!

"The officials knew that they were wrong, and they would definitely not make such mistakes again in the future!" Sikura Sa finally lowered his head and admitted his mistake. This made Heianro nodded with praise, and at the same time glanced at other officials around him. Today he came to inspect the construction of this road, and naturally, many officials from the state accompanied him. He discovered that Sikura Saku had the rations of prisoners of war, so he personally took the punishment, and at the same time he also made it for other officials to watch out for these officials, so as to avoid making the same mistake in the future.

These officials all knew about Heianro's origin. They originally thought that Heianro would be transferred back to Chang'an soon after they came to Yunzhou, but they did not expect that Heianro would make great efforts after coming to Yunzhou. During this period, all illegal officials were killed by him. Guan Guan, and even a small official like Sicang Zuo could not escape his punishment. This made the officials around him show their fear and would never dare to underestimate the prince-consort of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing the changes in expressions of these officials, Heianlang nodded secretly. He came to Yunzhou shortly after he came to Yunzhou, and now his power has been established, so he will be kind to the next. The most important thing is to make some political achievements so that he can truly gain a foothold in Yunzhou and have the opportunity to do something in the vast land of Anbei Protectorate in the future.

It was less than noon at this time, Ping Anlang led the officials to inspect the road built again. This road was built with the forces of the entire Anbei Protectorate Prefecture and the governor's office. It was called "Shantian Khan Avenue". Because after the Uighurs helped the Tang Dynasty destroy Xueyantuo, Tumidu joined forces with various tribes to respect Li Shimin as "Tian Khan", and also wrote a letter to the Tang Dynasty, requesting the construction of a road from the grassland to the Tang Dynasty to facilitate the tribes of the grassland to visit Tian Khan, so this name was obtained.

Of course, the book "Tu Midao" is just an introduction. The real reason is that the Tang Dynasty wanted to build this road to enhance its control over the grassland. Unlike the towering Khan Avenue in history, this road is now all built with cement. Although the cement quality of the Tang Dynasty was not as good as that of later generations, there were no heavy vehicles in the Tang Dynasty. As long as the road can be hardened with cement, it can meet the requirements of carriage passage.

Yunzhou is close to Xishoujian City, which is the capital of Anbei Protectorate. Further south is Hetao, which is rich in land. It used to be called Monan, and it was the border between the Tang Dynasty and the grasslands. There are border cities for transactions, so Yunzhou is still good compared to other states. Although most of the people under his rule are grasslanders, there are also many merchants from the Central Plains who have gathered here into a small town. Originally, this town had no name, but now it is called Yunzhou City, which is also the capital of Yunzhou.

It was almost noon, and Ping Anlang's location was quite far from Yunzhou City, so it was impossible to go back, so he ate on the road construction site, and there was no special preparation. He just ate the same meal as those officials. Although the food of the officials was much better than that of the prisoners of war, it was just a bowl of chowder and two sweet potatoes. Although the taste was not good, Ping Anlang still ate it, because if he couldn't even bear this little bit of bitterness, it would only make others underestimate him.

Just after noon, Ping'anlang was about to return to Yunzhou City to handle government affairs. After all, Yunzhou Xinli has many affairs in all aspects. Although road construction matters is important, he cannot focus all his energy on this matter.

However, just as Heianro got on his horse, he suddenly saw dust in the north, followed by the sound of horse hooves, as if a cavalry was running towards this side.
Chapter completed!