Chapter 1650

Along this journey, countless beautiful young ladies within Yanmen Pass stared at him with eyes full of extreme worship and shyness.

For the sake of his own image, he remained stern and avoided them all one by one.

But in this situation, even his heart gave birth to a sense of glory; he closed his eyes, suppressed the complex thoughts in his heart, and secretly made a decision.

In the future, the wine sold that was originally half-watered down would be changed to one-third watered down, and for the scholars of humble origins in the world, he would still add a bit of horse urine to theirs.

After the army was settled.

Gao Yang followed Li Chengye to the government office.

Gao Yang did not forget to instruct, "Our army has won a great victory in this battle; although the probability of a Xiongnu counterattack from Hexi is extremely small, we still must be on guard and must not take it lightly."

Li Chengye nodded and said with a solemn expression, "The Prime Minister can rest assured; this subordinate has already made rigorous deployments."

"Then I will have to trouble Commandery Governor Li."

"The hour is late, so Lord Gao should rest first; this subordinate will not disturb you."

Li Chengye glanced at the pitch-black night sky at the horizon and spoke to Gao Yang.

Gao Yang was indeed extremely exhausted.

This surprise attack from Canglan Mountain into the Hexi region had made his already very weak body even more unable to bear the burden.

He didn't know how many tiger penises and old hens it would take to recover from this.

Under the long-distance raid, bloodstains had also been rubbed onto the insides of his thighs; he really needed to have a good rest.

Li Chengye said, "This Hexi raid was hard on you, Prime Minister. This subordinate had originally prepared a few exotic women to serve you according to the rules, to relieve some pressure, but seeing you wearing golden scale armor, upright and incorruptible, not even casting a glance at the beautiful women of Yanmen along the way..."

"It seems the rumors were wrong; it was this subordinate who was shallow."

"This subordinate has already ordered them to leave, so as not to cause the Prime Minister any displeasure on such a great day!"

Gao Yang: "?"

He stared at Li Chengye, wanting to speak.

"Actually, relieving pressure appropriately wouldn't have been bad."

But seeing Li Chengye's ashamed and deeply admiring expression, he found it hard to say.

In the end, Gao Yang bit the bullet and said, "That is only natural."

"There is no need for these superficial things..." Gao Yang said this, then couldn't help but ask: "Commandery Governor Li, what is the meaning of this rule? Do all generals have this?"

Li Chengye was startled, then said.

"Correct. The Grand Ancestor once ordered that all who return from a great victory, from Commandants to Generals, must be provided with a woman to serve them. This is to relieve the killing from the battlefield and the days of mental tension, to avoid psychological problems."

"After these women serve, they will also be escorted back to the capital by someone as a small reward, with the money coming from the national treasury. Of course, this is not a mandatory requirement."

"Even as time passed, there haven't been many decent victories, so this rule has become optional. Even those who know about it are few."

"But the Prime Minister's battle this time is undoubtedly a great victory!"

Gao Yang looked enlightened.

This Grand Ancestor was actually quite humane.

Along this journey, let alone others, even he felt a faint irritability in his heart when witnessing those killings, let alone those with weaker minds.

"Commandery Governor Li, since that is the case... there is no need for the generals under my command. Mere killing cannot affect them."

"My troops, I know them best!"

Gao Yang said very indifferently.

"Yes!"

Li Chengye replied.

"Phew!"

"That feels better."

After Li Chengye left, Gao Yang let out a breath and said to himself.

Next, Gao Yang went to the desk, wrote a personal letter, and called Chen Sheng, ordering him to find ten elite Black Armor soldiers from the army to send the letter to Changancheng at the fastest speed, and to personally deliver it into the hands of Wu Zhao, ordering her to open it personally.

Chen Sheng was shocked inside.

According to the rules of the Great Qian army, even for urgent military intelligence, an 800-li emergency, there were only three Black Armor soldiers to escort it.

But this letter actually required ten elite Black Armor soldiers to escort it, and it had to be personally delivered into Wu Zhao's hands, with orders for Wu Zhao to open it personally.

Then this letter... it didn't seem simple!

Chen Sheng held the letter, feeling it was heavy, but he didn't ask any more questions and turned to make arrangements.

After doing all this, Gao Yang lay on the soft bed.

He was truly too exhausted; every cell in his body seemed to be cheering in comfort. Very soon, he fell into a deep sleep and entered dreamland.

In the sky, a full moon shone over the earth, showing complete silence, but while some slept very soundly, others were restless all night, tossing and turning... ===== CHAPTER 1652 =====