How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

The rumors in the army were really outrageous, but fortunately, as the soldiers went to work on the ice rink, these rumors gradually died down.

The Hunhe Ice Rink is being renovated bit by bit, and Liaozhou’s second snowstorm has also arrived.

The snowstorm came suddenly and violently, a particularly severe snowstorm that only happened in Liaozhou. The cold wind blew the snow violently in the sky, and the thick white snow fog blocked the sight, making it difficult to see the roads and houses. The chickens and ducks raised in the yard were driven back home, and those who had thatched roofs to block the wind and cold were directly blown away for several miles.

If you accidentally fall and faint while walking in such a snowy weather, you will probably be buried by the thick snow and your body won’t even be found.

However, in such a harsh environment, there are still many soldiers taking difficult and dangerous steps, patrolling the Tianshui City that accepted the army in the blizzard.

Most of the houses here are made of wood, and only the richer ones use stone, so the heavy snow can easily collapse the houses. Even if the court issued disaster relief silver to let the people reinforce their houses, no one can predict how effective the reinforcement will be, and whether they will collapse in the snow.

It snows heavily at the border all year round. Whenever it snows, Xie Shoujun will send a team of soldiers to patrol the city to prevent people from committing crimes due to hunger and cold or being trapped in collapsed houses with no one to rescue them. Therefore, when he arrived in Tianshui City, Xie Shoujun still sent a team of soldiers to patrol.

The soldiers did not resist or complain. After all, they were used to it. Besides, patrolling the city was not a heavy task compared to fighting bloody battles with the Huns on the battlefield, where one could die if they were not careful.

But in the eyes of the standing army composed of bandits, they are just stupid.

"You're really asking for trouble. Why are you patrolling in this snowy day?" Seeing the soldiers coming back in the wind and snow to take over their shifts, their faces were covered in ice, their bodies were soaked, and their legs and feet were almost frozen numb, the bandits who were pulled here for emergency use gathered in front of the coal stove with contempt on their faces.

"You're saying you're worried about people going out on snowy days or houses collapsing. To me, saving those poor idiots is more painful than saving yourself." A bandit soldier was also full of disdain. "I still yearn for the free days before. Since I became a standing army, I'm exhausted every day. It's either clearing snow or clearing snow. It's so boring!"

"That's right! If it weren't for the heavy snow, I would really like to go back to being a bandit again. Sweeping snow and cutting ice every day, my hands and feet are almost broken. They really treat us like slaves!"

A bandit whistled at the soldier who was about to take over the patrol and said kindly, "Hey, big brother, just be quiet. No one is watching you anyway, just pretend to go out and come back!"

The team of soldiers looked at the bandits sitting next to the coal brazier, shook their heads, said nothing, and continued to walk outside.

"Hey, why are these people so bad?" The bandit soldier couldn't help but turn around and complain to the others, "Forget it, leave them alone, if they want to endure hardships, then let them endure them!"

"That's right, who cares about them? As long as we don't get cold!"

A few bandit soldiers smiled at each other and continued to keep warm, only to watch wave after wave of soldiers coming in and out. Some of them were hit on the legs by the beams while trying to rescue the people under the collapsed houses, and they couldn't help but cry out in pain while biting the sticks when being treated by military doctors. They felt some strange emotions in their hearts.

These soldiers seemed to be different from the yamen soldiers they had fought before.

……

The three-day blizzard finally ended.

The regular soldiers, who finally had a chance to rest, were dragged away from their warm beds, and picked up snowplows while cursing, absentmindedly clearing the way to the Hunhe ice rink. Seeing the soldiers coming to help, they became even more lax, following behind the soldiers and sweeping the snow a few times to get by.

After all, he was born a bandit and was not easy to discipline. Shen Yuan watched all this but said nothing.

These standing armies composed of mountain bandits were originally deceived into doing the work through unfair means. Their labor force has been exploited during this period. It is only a matter of time before they cause trouble. Shen Yuan has already prepared himself mentally.

Originally, he wanted to train him slowly, but now that Xie Shoujun is here, it would be more appropriate to let the eldest prince handle this matter.

After handing over the command of the standing army to the good-natured man Xie Shoujun, Shen Yuan went leisurely to find Xie Chengze.

Xie Chengze was at Gu Lao's place. When Shen Yuan arrived, he saw Xie Chengze putting on a pair of shoes with blades on his feet, and then he stood up holding Su Qinghe's hand.

"Your Highness, be careful." Su Qinghe held Xie Chengze's hands and waist tightly. The ice blade on the sole of the shoe was sharp and thin, and he was very worried that Xie Chengze would fall and get hurt.

"No problem." Xie Chengze moved his ankle and felt it was very stable, so he said, "We'll go to the ice rink to test the effect later. If the effect is good, we can start mass production."

After saying that, he sat back on the wooden chair and was about to take off his shoes. Su Qinghe squatted down and started to untie his shoelaces.

As he squatted down, Xie Chengze saw Shen Yuan walking behind him and couldn't help but ask, "Hey, why is Lord Shen here? Are you free today?"

"Well, I threw the job to someone else." Shen Yuan walked over slowly, glanced at Su Qinghe on the ground, and raised his eyebrows, "Where is Wu Ji? Why don't you let him serve His Highness, but let Master Su do this kind of rough work instead?"

Su Qinghe heard this and just wanted to say it was okay, but he felt his collar being pulled up. Shen Yuan said calmly, "Mr. Su is weak, Your Highness, please don't bully him. From now on, let me do this kind of rough work."

Su Qinghe looked at Shen Yuan in confusion.

Is Brother Shen defending him? But why does it feel weird?

"Then do it." Xie Chengze raised his feet very straightforwardly, "Don't just talk."

Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows, half-knelt down on one knee, and began to untie the laces of his ice skates, imitating Su Qinghe's movements.

Gu Lao glanced at him and said with disdain, "Spoiled."

"Gu Lao, you are just jealous of me." Xie Chengze watched Shen Yuan take off his ice skates and put on his boots. His face was full of matter-of-factness. "You are jealous that I have a good friend who loves me, but you don't."

Gu Lao, who was caught off guard by an arrow, said: …

What's wrong with having no friends? I provoke you!

After packing up their ice skates, several people headed towards the Hunhe Ice Rink. Soldiers had already cleared an area, and Xie Chengze put on his ice skates again. Just as Su Qinghe was about to help him up, he saw a back suddenly flash in front of him, blocking the Second Prince tightly.

Looking up, it was Shen Yuan again.

Shen Yuan stretched out his arm nonchalantly, "Stand up, I'll see what His Highness is going to do next."

Xie Chengze glanced at him in confusion. He always felt that Shen Yuan was being sarcastic today, but what he did seemed normal.

Maybe he was too tired these days and was a little emotional. Well, he should just be generous and understanding.

Xie Chengze took off his outer coat, put his hand on Shen Yuan's arm, and then stood up.

It's time for him to perform.