"General, it's getting late, let's go to the accommodation, right?"

Chen Jie saw that He Mulan had been looking at the cow, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

"…… I'll go see what's going on."

He Mulan has a deep affection for the camp in Montenegro, and if he doesn't touch it, he always has to ask.

Black Mountain City has always been governed by the military, although it is not a military town, it is not much different from a military town.

There are many generals' families living here, and there are also relatives of military families, and the supply of 100,000 soldiers in the Montenegrin battalion depends on Montenegrin City, in order not to make the rear unstable, but it is clearer than other counties.

This crab cattle and horse dealer is common in Montenegro City, they have been fighting with Rouran for a long time, and it is normal to have horses, cattle and sheep sold to merchants in exchange for money, thinking that He Mulan sold so many horses at the beginning, except for the Dugu family to digest it, the others were sold to the dealers in Montenegro City.

This kind of hawker is the hardest, most of them are herdsmen who live nearby, the water and grass are abundant in the Elechuan River, and the pasture is not occupied by nobles, many herdsmen can not make a living in other places, so they leave their hometowns and come here, and in the autumn the cattle and sheep are fat, and they can always earn a year's subsistence money.

The people in the army had long been accustomed to the momentum of He Mulan's body, but the crabs were not used to it, and when they saw a knight coming over on a black divine horse, they immediately panicked.

"Lao Li, Lao Li, wake up Zhang Dalang!"

A few people who sold livestock didn't care about the beasts who were shocked by the scene of killing cattle, and hurriedly ran to the side of the crying big man, and a group of people pulled up the big man, pinched the people, and slapped their faces.

As for the cow, after drying up its tears, it gradually fell silent.

He Mulan turned over and dismounted, walked in front of the big man, and pressed a slight force on his divine court and Yin Hall, which immediately woke him up.

When the big man woke up, when he saw Hemulan, not only did he not show a grateful expression, but he accumulated saliva and spat at Hemulan fiercely.

"Bold!"

"Concubines dare!"

Chen Jieqi's face changed, he was very short-tempered, and he whipped it over!

He Mulan can't even dodge the arrow, how can he not dodge this phlegm? took a few steps back at the moment, dodged this disgusting "hidden weapon", and snorted coldly: "Inexplicable, I don't know what to say!"

The man was no longer relenting, and the whip had already reached his back, so painful that he arched himself and howled.

The surrounding onlookers were all frightened by this posture, and a few of them were friendly with this man, and immediately grabbed Mangu and Chen Jie, who were about to do it, and couldn't help persuading each other: "Several military masters, don't do it, don't do it!" We are all bitter people, we are bitter people! "

"Let them kill me, kill me! These soldiers don't leave a way for others to live! This man was obviously stimulated like crazy, gritted his teeth and scolded: "If you don't starve to death this year, you will starve to death next year, it is better to be beaten to death by them!"

"What starvation to death?"

He Mulan's heart was frightened by this naked/naked/naked hostility, and then looked at the cow lying on the ground, and the expressions of others who wanted to cry without tears but dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and couldn't help but be stunned: "...... But what's wrong with your deal?"

"Hey, this general, don't blame Zhang Dalang, he worked hard to raise cattle for a year, which was originally negotiated with the restaurant in the city to sell it, but His Majesty returned with a big victory, and the military masters also got a lot of cattle and sheep, they were in a hurry to get rid of it, and the cattle and sheep were collected by the restaurants and restaurants......"

A weather-covered herder shook his head.

"We raise cattle and sheep, not to mention the effort we take, and the cost is also a lot, where can we compare with the military masters? We can't sell it at such a cheap price, and all the restaurants have lowered the price, and he really can't help it."

"Can't you be so disgusting? Go and smack those profiteers, what are you doing offending my general?" Chen Jie has always been sharp-tongued, "We are soldiers to fight, we have no money and no gains, we have our heads on the waistband of our trousers to live, and we finally win a battle, get some rewards, and if we don't sell to support our families, is it difficult to keep ourselves to eat and drink?"

"We also know this is the truth, but ......" suddenly said so loyally that the love was out of control and covered his eyes.

"But what about our cattle and sheep?"

This is something that Hermulan had foreseen a long time ago, and it was also something that the ministers of the DPRK and China had foreseen, but within a few months, what they feared most had already happened.

The northern part of the Wei State was dominated by animal husbandry, because the population was withered, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and many cultivated lands were uncultivated, so they simply turned into pastures to raise cattle and sheep, which became the staple food of the north. In this era, there is no feed, and it takes more than half a year to raise cattle and sheep, and when they are fat and strong in late autumn, they can sell them and live a good winter.

It's just that the various tax items of the Wei State are chaotic, and the dealers who drive cattle and sheep into the city have to pay "sales tax" when they enter the city, and they have to pay taxes when they enter the city and hang stalls in the market, in order to be able to sell the cattle and sheep, they often sleep in the open air, only live in the streets and alleys, and do not even enter the inn, nor dare to go out of the city.

Because as soon as you leave the city and come back, you have to pay money, and after a few times, you will lose money selling these animals.

This Zhang Dalang has been selling cattle here for five days, he still has a widowed mother and younger brothers and sisters at home, he is really worried, but he can't go out of the city, and the things on his body that can be exchanged for food are also exhausted, and the cattle still can't be sold, so he can't help but kill the cow in a fit of anger and urgency.

If you bring the cow back, this trip is a waste of money, not to mention, the cow also has to eat bean feed, otherwise it will lose fat, and he really can't afford to raise it.

But if you don't take it back, the expenses in the city are too great, and the price of cattle and sheep is getting cheaper and cheaper

[,！ ]

A person like Zhang Dalang would rather kill the cattle himself than cheapen those profiteers, but after all, he has raised them for so long, and after killing them, he immediately regretted them, and he was angry and regretful, and fainted directly.

After waking up, he will be hostile to He Mulan is also angry, He Mulan saw that he had come back from the battlefield, and the one who could ride a war horse in Black Mountain City must be a soldier, and he was full of depression and had nowhere to go, so he threw it out to the man in front of him.

It's just that although He Mulan has a kind temperament, Chen Jie and Mangu are not good talkers, and this smack immediately caused trouble for himself.

Pity him came happily, hoping to get rice and cloth to go home, and in a few months there will be a New Year, and the younger brothers and sisters in the family can also wear new clothes, but suddenly find that they have won the battle, but they can't live a good life, and the frustration in their hearts can be imagined.

These herdsmen also can't understand the distance from "inflation", and they can't offend the cattle collectors who are the parents of food and clothing, so they have to blame the soldiers who disturb the market price.

But this is also normal in the eyes of the soldiers, they get more cattle and sheep, and they sell them cheaply together to save the most effort.

There are few places that can be digested in Montenegrin City, so many cattle and sheep have poured in, and it takes a lot of effort to raise them, and there are no refrigerators, and these restaurants and taverns can't store them if they want to buy more, and there are more and more meritorious people who return to the camp in Montenegro, and there are more and more cattle and sheep loot, and the price will only fall even more, and they will naturally no longer be affected by the livestock of retail investors.

Chen Jie, Mangu and the others originally wanted to teach this group of indiscriminate people a good lesson, but after the dealers who stayed in front of the city gate and didn't know where to go, they didn't have any idea, although this matter had nothing to do with them, but when they studied it carefully, it seemed that they were also somewhat involved......

This implication made them silent.

"General, we were going to go home with cattle and sheep, but we always felt that there might be hope for a few more days, so there was a difference of opinion between the two sides, so we stayed by this city gate for a long time. We are all herdsmen near this Black Mountain, people say that we rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water, we rely on this to eat all year round, and suddenly there is no way to live, Zhang Dalang's temperament will change greatly."

The old man with a frosty face shook at He Mulan again and again: "You forgive the Zhang family, his cow is dead, and he can't stay in the city now......"

"General Hua, let's go."

Seeing that He Mulan was silent, Ah Dan Zhiqi thought that she had some grievances in her heart, although she felt that He Mulan was not such a temperament, but she was still soft-hearted and pleaded.

"You killed the cow, ...... next"

After He Mulan was slightly silent, he turned his head and asked Zhang Dalang, who was holding his neck.

"Who's making a fuss? Who kills cattle here! "

A group of soap subordinates rushed over with soap sticks on their faces, and He Mulan and the others swept their eyes, and there were more than 20 people.

The so-called "soap li" is to help manage the miscellaneous affairs in the city of the influent officials, because they wear black clothes, and are managed by several yamen, commonly known as "soap li".

In the eyes of He Mulan and others, this soap is really a figure that cannot be lifted on the table at all, but when the herdsmen gathered here saw it, they immediately showed their expressions of dissipation, and they were about to run away with their cattle and sheep.

The first soap man walked up to the dead cow and laughed.

"You're killing cattle here? Don't you know that you have to pay 'cow money' to kill cattle in the city? Don't even think about selling cattle in the city if you don't pay the 'cattle killing money'! "

Zhang Dalang only felt that there was nothing to love, and he pushed back hard: "If I don't sell, I'll be idle and kill cattle. Which eye did you see me selling?"

In fact, if he obediently pays the money, finds some people to help him divide the cattle tonight, and goes to the market tomorrow to sell them, maybe he can sell a little, and he will never lose all his money. But now he is forced to be confused by this unfair world, and he just wants to go against people.

As soon as he said this, the herdsmen next to him suddenly changed their faces, and one of the herdsmen kept pushing him and signaling him to give in.

The man had broken the jar and broken, and when he saw that the man was pushing him, he pushed him back.

"Don't push me, it's useless to push me. He asked me for 'cattle killing money', hehe, I haven't eaten a grain of rice for a day and a night, if I have money, it matters long ago, where is there cloth and rice to pay this Laoshzi tax! "

"It turned out that there was no money. My Great Wei Law, there are butchers who secretly kill cattle and refuse to pay taxes, and the slaughtered things are confiscated, you can't even afford to kill cattle, and the tax money for setting up stalls and selling them is even more unaffordable, so it's better to drag it away as soon as possible! "

The soap li's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Dalang's words, and he immediately commanded the soap lily behind him to drag the cow.

"Fart! Lao Tzu's cow, killed the cow that is also Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu doesn't sell it, can't I take it home and eat it?" Zhang Dalang pounced on his cow at once.

"I'm not selling!"

"How do you prove it's your cow? Is your name written on it? Have you ever registered with the government? I think this is an ownerless cow who accidentally died here, and was forced by you! "

The soap li's eyes rolled, and he changed his words.

"That's better, the rules of my Black Mountain City, the ownerless things in Black Mountain City belong to Black Mountain City, our brothers work hard today, drag the things back to the Yamen, and confiscate them tomorrow!"

He Mulan knew that all kinds of taxes in Wei were chaotic, because there was no Yulu, and the local government was strict with him, but he didn't expect that even if he was just a soap, he would dare to so blatantly and openly detain the herdsmen's cattle and sheep.

Hua Mulan was born in a military household, such as Mangu, A Dan Zhiqi and others are also from military households, and their families have state-divided fields, cattle and sheep, and they don't need to pay a lot of taxes, and they never worry about their livelihoods, and they don't know how hard ordinary people live

[,！ "You are so unreasonable, this cow we saw him kill, of course it is his cow. People's own cattle are sold if they like to be sold, and they are killed if they are killed, what do you care?"

Mangu stared at a pair of big eyes and shouted at the soap.

"Where did you come from? The affairs of the city are naturally counted by the rules of the city, and if you say that the cow is his, I also say that the cow is mine! "

I don't know how many generals come and go in Montenegrin City, and the soaps are not afraid of these soldiers, although He Mulan doesn't look like an ordinary soldier, but this matter of managing the city affairs is not the turn of the people in the Black Mountain camp, so this soap is not afraid at all, and is still messing around.

This Zhang Dalang was already full of grief and indignation today, and when he saw that those soap subordinates were still coming to drag away his cattle, he suddenly raised the butcher knife that killed the cattle and waved it indiscriminately: "If any of you rob my cattle, I will fight with you!" Lao Tzu has the strength to kill a cow, and it is still okay to kill a handful of people! "

Once a person arouses blood, it naturally has a terrifying power. These soaps are not cheap, and they are used to bullying men and women on weekdays to deduct benefits, but they are not outlaws, and this Zhang Dalang has been forced to the end of the road, and now he has all his hair, his eyes are red, and he looks like he can give up his life at any time!

Don't say that these soap li, it is a person like Mangu Ashan Zhiqi who begs for a living on the battlefield, and he is afraid of people who arouse this kind of death, this Zhang Dalang is going to fight desperately with a butcher knife, and a group of soap lis immediately fled in a hurry, shouting "Kill, kill!" ", a look of frightened courage.

"Don't run, don't run, stick him! I think he's going to kill someone! "

I don't know how long this soap leader has been in this position, and he is holding an old fritter, and when he saw that this Zhang Dalang was a thorn, he immediately sneered and asked someone to ask the guards of the Governor's Mansion to take this murderer.

Zhang Dalang went from "not paying taxes" to "embezzling other people's property" to "murderer", only relying on the empty mouth and white teeth of this group of soap leaders, the charges have changed three times, and the witnesses next to him showed a sympathetic expression of "things hurt their kind", but since ancient times, the people did not fight with the officials, and they no longer had the courage to help Zhang Dalang persuade He Mulan and his party before, but retreated, worried that they would accidentally fall into a life lawsuit.

This farce is really a headache, He Mulan originally just wanted to see what happened, and go back so that Su Hejun would know, but he saw that the situation changed again and again, and it was almost a bad result!

"Stop it!"

He Mulan stepped forward a few steps and reached out to hold a few soap sticks that were about to knock Zhang Dalang.

A soap li struggled a few times, He Mulan simply snatched his soap stick from his hand, and pinched Zhang Dalang's wrist again: "Calm down!" It's just a cow, are you really going to kill someone?"

"Left and right are just a rotten life!" Zhang Dalang's face changed again and again, but his eyes turned even redder." If they want to force me to death, I have to think about whether others are willing to force me! "

"What about your loved ones? You're just selling cattle and you're a murderer?"

He Mulan snorted, and used three points of strength in his palm, where can Zhang Dalang eat and live? As soon as the hand was released, the knife fell to the ground with a "clang" sound.

"It's still you, a young man, who knows ...... current affairs"

That soap Li thought that He Mulan was from his side, and was about to make a big statement, but he saw He Mulan's gaze shooting at him like electricity, and sneered: "If you don't want to die, shut your mouth for me!"

These soaps had already surrounded Zhang Dalang, and when they saw that the knife in his hand was taken away by this young man, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he regained his previous appearance of a fox and a fake tiger, and a few unclean mouths poured foul language.

Everyone under Hemulan's command loved her, and when they heard these words, their eyes widened angrily, and they actually drew their swords and swords!

I could only hear the sound of "cangbang", "cangbang" endlessly, Adan Zhiqi and a few other people carried weapons to protect He Mulan and Zhang Dalang in it, the blade was cold, obviously killed, grinding extremely fast.

From the very beginning, Soap Li's request to collect cattle caused Zhang Dalang to swing his knife and dance wildly, and many onlookers around him were already frightened and began to flee, and when He Mulan's relatives and firefighters drew their knives angrily, these herdsmen and people had already led their cattle and horses and things and began to run outside the city gate, and they were not ready to stay in this place anymore.

He Mulan didn't expect that it was just a cow, and it would cause so many troubles, seeing that his companions had an expression of "General, you will give an order, and the brothers will go side by side", stroked his forehead, and sighed: "Can you calm down and talk well?" Let's take a step back! "

She was on the way to Pingcheng to receive the reward, and she must not provoke any "arrogant and domineering beating of the officials in the city".

Being involved in this matter is already helpless, and if you move the knife and gun again, if you go back to someone to participate in the next book, Tuoba Tao, who should set a benchmark, will have a headache.

As soon as she finished speaking, Shan Zhiqi and the others all showed surprised expressions.

They were friends from the boot camp, and everyone knew that Hermulan was not jealous and hateful, but he was also resolute and upright, and he would never stand idly by when this kind of thing happened. Now that the herdsman has lost his knife, these soap subordinates are eyeing each other, if they don't be ruthless and let them know that they are powerful, they really dare to use the soap stick!

"General Hua, you don't have to be afraid of them, when you go to Pingcheng and tell your majesty what happened today, someone will definitely come to rectify them!"

A Dan Zhiqi is a typical idea of this era, counting on Shangguan's love for the people like a son, seeing that He Mulan does not want to make a big deal about it, but instead threatens these soap subordinates.

'Tuoba Tao doesn't care about these trivial things. It is said that the rule of the officials in this Black Mountain City has been much clearer than that of other places, but it is still so bad, and other places don't know how dark it is, even if Tuoba Tao has the energy to take care of this, it's also.[,! It won't matter here.'

He Mulan smiled bitterly in his heart, except for the powerful army, the Xianbei people are really bad in other places!

No wonder Hanchen was able to dominate the government and the opposition, this broken system and rotten problems, and replaced other Hu clans, he couldn't take over this mess at all!

"What do you call this general?"

No matter how bad his eyesight is, he has to weigh it when he hears Edan Zhiqi talk about "Pingcheng Yunyun". They are powerful in the place, and they are like bed bugs when they come out of this place, but if they have some status, it is nothing to crush them to death.

"This will be General Huwei of the Black Mountain Battalion, and he is about to go to Pingcheng to meet him. It's already a sad thing that this man's cattle are gone, and if I don't spare people's lives, even if I have a good temper, I have to meddle."

Hermulan's face was as cold as ice, and she picked up the butcher's knife under her feet with a toe of her toes, and turned it upside down in her hand, the threat was obvious.

"Didn't you say that no one could prove that the cow was his? I can prove that I saw him kill this cow with my own eyes."

"You ......"

The leader of the soap li glared at Zhang Dalang, and then looked at a few soldiers who had already shown their swords, snorted unwillingly, and didn't even say the villain's usual words to support the scene, and immediately closed the team and left the city gate.

Waiting for tomorrow, the always arrogant soap head ran away with his tail between his legs, I am afraid that it will spread all over Black Mountain City.

A group of soaps left, and Shan Zhiqi and the others also put away their weapons.

Zhang Dalang, who had undergone a great change, sat on the ground, squatting beside the dead cow with his head in his hands, his eyes blank.

"General...... What are we going to do?"

Chen Jie looked at Zhang Dalang with compassion in his heart, and then looked at He Mulan.

He Mullan looked at the cow and was worried.

The sky has gradually darkened, and the city gate has long been closed, if according to what Zhang Dalang said just now, he has not eaten for a day and a night, plus the city gate is closed, tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.

When the cow dies, it should be bled while the blood is still hot, the skin should be peeled, and the meat should be taken, otherwise it will add a lot of trouble. If Zhang Dalang still had the heart to cut the beef and peel off the cowhide when he came to his senses, if it was dark today and there was no companion to help, he could only watch the cow being ruined.

Chen Jie relented, took out a piece of loose silver from his arms, and handed it to Zhang Dalang.

"If you want to sell this cow, sell it, and if you don't sell it, find a way to dispose of it. Take this money and drink it for sex, and go home. The way of the world...... Hey, that's it, but you have to live it."

The man surnamed Zhang glanced up at Chen Jie and shook his head.

"I'm not a beggar, I can't take your money."

"Why are you so stubborn! I'll give the beggar money!" "

Chen Jie's kindness was brushed, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"You just bought this cow from us!"

"Your silver, it's not enough to buy my cow!"

He turned his head.

"Leave me alone, it's bad enough to mess with me. You guys...... You are all good people, and good people will be rewarded."

Hearing his tone, Hermulan lifted him up as if he wanted to do something stupid.

"You can't be discouraged now, you still have a brother and sister at home, if you can't go back today, you will definitely go back tomorrow, otherwise what will they do? Take the money given by Chen Jie, and you will be regarded as if we had borrowed it, and when you have money in the future, you will pay us back."

"I appreciate your kindness, but I can't afford to pay back this money anyway." With a wooden face, he said dumbly: "I will sell myself tomorrow to get some money for my younger brothers and sisters to spend the winter......"

"What a stupid thing to say, this cow is taken home and pickled, and it is enough for the winter." He Mulan also took out some loose pieces of silver from his bosom.

"I'll give you this too, this is my own soldier whipping you."

With these silver coins, Zhang Dalang stayed up all night in the city, and tomorrow he thought of bringing home the dead cow and the silver money, and he could get through this year, no matter how difficult it was.

He Mulan knew that this method was a palliative rather than a cure, but now that she couldn't think of a better way.

He Mulan didn't say that he didn't feel it, but as soon as she said it, Zhang Dalang felt a hot pain in his back.

This person was originally a strange temper, and his personality was easy to drill the horns of the bull, otherwise he would not have killed the cow well, he used to think that taking money was useless, but when he mentioned "already" Yunyun, he didn't feel that this money burned his hands.

But he also knew that the money must be too much, and although he took Hemulan's money after being in a dilemma, he still knelt down and kowtowed to Hemulan several times.

He Mulan took a few steps back, avoided his salute, and motioned for his companion to mount and leave, leaving the big man alone to calm down the complicated feelings in his heart.

As they rode a few paces, Hermulan suddenly remembered something, took hold of the reins, and turned to him and shouted, "We are staying at the third inn in Artemisia tonight, and if you are in any trouble, you can come to us, or send someone to deliver a letter."

She was worried that those soap subordinates would continue to find trouble with Zhang Dalang, and when Zhang Dalang was carrying silver money but was falsely accused of "stealing", it would be bad.

These soaps are really made!

After He Mulan finished shouting, Zhang Dalang didn't move for a long time, and they didn't know if he heard it or not.

It was only after a while that Zhang Da Lang suddenly bent down deeply, bent his body at a strange angle, and bent until they had traveled far on horseback, still maintaining that posture

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"General Hua, you are well educated, you said that we won the worm so hard, but it fell to the point that the people hate us, what is the reason?"

Mangu only felt panicked in his heart, and he didn't vomit or be unhappy.

He is a personal soldier, and the spoils of war are all rewards given by He Mulan, and his trophies also belong to He Mulan, so naturally he has no such scruples.

But now that Hermulan has gone to accept the reward, and there are too many cattle and sheep in the country, the Great Khan will definitely give his lord countless cattle, sheep and horses.

When the time comes, they still have to think of selling the cattle and sheep, otherwise they will have to raise a group of cattle and sheep when they fight, so what is the reason?

But when they think that if they sell a cow or a sheep, there will be a shepherd who can't sell his cattle and sheep, and is forced to the point of Zhang Dalang, so what is the taste of what they sell?

This aggrieved strength is really impossible to speak to outsiders.

He Mulan's hand holding the reins stiffened slightly, Yue Ying noticed that his master was wrong, and his steps were a little chaotic, He Mulan leaned over and patted Yue Ying's neck comfortingly, and sighed: "This is about ...... Labor pains."

"What?"

Mangu couldn't understand such literary words.

"If Dawei wants to reach its peak, it must go through countless changes. Our national strength is rising rapidly, and the lives of the people are undergoing all kinds of changes, some of which are good and some of which are bad, just like the labor pains of a woman before giving birth, once the melon is ripe, this labor pain will disappear naturally. It's just that when it's still in labor, it's really ......."

It's a little too shocking.

"What General Hua said is like a woman who has given birth." Brute grinned." When will this child be born? Lao Tzu can only be a soldier, he really doesn't understand these things! "

"I don't know. But I would rather be so cheap that I can't sell my cattle and sheep now, and I don't want Dawei to have no grain to eat, and merchants hoarding and prices to the point where they can't afford to buy grain."

In terms of the general trend, He Mullan still agrees with Tuobatao's path of constantly pacifying foreign enemies.

"As for how to govern the country......"

He Mulan thought of Cui Hao, Gu Bi, and several people who became Taishou in the future......

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