After visiting Gu Tong, Xiao Yuan was in a good mood, and the matter with the girl he liked was temporarily finalized, just waiting for a good day.

As for the army, under his rule, the soldiers practiced every day, and the army was always in a stable state.

On this day, after casually inspecting the barracks, he immediately called the quartermaster.

When the latter heard the call of the main general, how dare he delay, so he hurriedly ran over, and when he saw Xiao Yuan, he immediately bent down and hugged his fists and said, "General." ”

"Why hasn't this batch of ordnance been replaced by our army?" Xiao Yuan asked directly, now, the armor and weapons of the soldiers are still the previous ones, and most of them are worn.

When the quartermaster heard this, he swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "Back to the general, after the general's orders, he went to the county town several times to ask for it, but ...... But the county keeper has been shirking, lowly duty, and there is no way to do it. ”

This batch of ordnance should have been delivered to the army last month, and Xiao Yuan had already written a letter to deliver it to the county government, but now when he heard the quartermaster say this, he also frowned, and then waved his hand to signal the quartermaster to retreat.

Liucheng is under the jurisdiction of Anyang, in the entire Anyang, it is the county guard Yu Anmin who has the final say, he deducts military salaries, grain and grass, and fills his own pockets, Xiao Yuan knows it, but there is no way to do it, even if Xiao Yuan goes to the court to write a letter, with Yu Anmin's ability, I am afraid that the letter will be stopped by high-ranking officials halfway.

Therefore, he had no choice but to go to the county town in person.

Anyang.

This place is where the capital is located, and the degree of prosperity is naturally not comparable to that of the county seat.

On the streets, people come and go, and there is a lot of traffic.

Xiao Yuan was alone leading a horse, strolling down the street, and passing through several streets, but a small episode that happened in front of him made him pause slightly.

It was a man dressed in coarse linen, begging for work from place to place, but all the shopkeepers did not want to use him.

"Shopkeeper, I'm young and powerful, I can do any dirty work, as long as I stutter it......"

"Go, go, leave quickly, I don't need Qin people here." The shopkeeper waved his hand again and again, as if chasing flies.

"Why is that?" The man was puzzled.

The shopkeeper snorted and said: "Qin Land is a wild land, and the Qin people are even more rude!" Barbarians, they should return to the barbarian land! ”

"You!" When the man heard this, his face turned red at first, and then he was furious, and he couldn't help but grab the shopkeeper's neck and collar, and said angrily: "You deceive people too much! So humiliating! I, the Qin people, are also a member of the Chinese nation, how can the countries be inferior to Qin! ”

"You, what do you want to do!?" Shocked, he immediately shouted, "Someone! Come on—"

This was just a small episode, and Xiao Yuan didn't go forward to meddle in the matter, but this scene made him frown slightly.

After arriving in Liucheng, he also asked Liu Yuzhi, the county magistrate, to get a lot of bamboo slip classics, wanting to further explore this world.

And Qindi, located on the edge of the empire, barren and desolate, is a bitter cold land, where the people are fierce, martial arts, I heard that at the beginning of the war with Xirong, the local people, still farming, but picked up a hoe, swarming to the battlefield.

It was poor, bitter, and aggressive, so that many of the people in the world were looked down upon by the princes of various places, and the Son of Heaven had long forgotten there.

After leaving this place thoughtfully, Xiao Yuan quickly found the county government.

At this time, in the county government, after a report, Xiao Yuan had been invited into the living room.

After the next person served tea, Yu Anmin took a sip of the teacup and said, "Captain Xiao, I came here today for the ordnance matter, right?" ”

His appearance is not ugly, but he is a little blessed, perhaps it is the perennial nourishing life that makes him look red, and Xiao Yuan's coming today is obviously in his expectation.

Listening to his blunt words, Xiao Yuan didn't beat around the bush, and directly said: "My lord Mingjian, the soldiers' armor has long been dilapidated, and the lower officials have also sent people to inform the adults many times, if you can......"

"Huh?" Before he finished his words, Yu Anmin waved his hand and interrupted him: "Captain Xiao, rest assured, the needs of the Liucheng garrison are provided by the county town, this is the will of the imperial court, how can this official be privately detained." ”

He said so, but during this time, I don't know how much food and salary was deducted, Xiao Yuan heard this, he secretly smiled bitterly, and could only say on his face: "In this way, thank you very much." ”

"Huh? Captain Xiao doesn't have to be polite, these are all as they should be. As Yu Anmin spoke, he also stood up: "You come with me." ”

Xiao Yuan followed and stood up, and then went to the treasury with him.

On the way, Yu Anmin also said as he walked: "Regarding the ordnance, Captain Xiao has been urged many times, before, it was not that the official did not want to give it, but the time was really urgent, but now, the preparations have been basically completed, and someone is about to be sent to send it." ”

Isn't he greedy? Xiao Yuan was a little confused, and the two soon came to the treasury, and then, Yu Anmin ordered someone to open it, and the bundles of arrows, armor and weapons inside had already been loaded into a car.

Seeing these things, Xiao Yuan first walked around casually, and then turned his head and asked, "Lord Yu, can you take a look?" ”

"Naturally, please." Yu Anmin stretched out his hand.

Xiao Yuan casually picked up a feather arrow, put it in his hand and shook it, then shook his arm slightly, shook his hand and threw it out.

The arrow shot sharply, hitting a large tree outside, and after nailing into the trunk, the tail of the arrow was still trembling.

Seeing this, Yu Anmin couldn't help but say, "Captain Xiao is so skilled." ”

Lord Yu smiled. Xiao Yuan smiled slightly, and then casually looked at the armor and weapons.

After he checked, Yu Anmin also began to ask, "How?" ”

"Yes, that's good." Xiao Yuan nodded.

"In that case, the official will be sent to the Liucheng camp." Yu Anmin said again.

"Then there's Lord Laoyu." Xiao Yuan also gave a polite salute.

At this moment, Yu Anmin's son Yu Ze also rushed over when he heard the news, and after seeing Xiao Yuan, he also said directly: "Xiao Yuan, my son has always heard that your sergeant, when he fought in Liucheng, with 10,000 troops, retreated 80,000 enemy troops, according to this, your combat strength must not be weak!" But I don't believe it! Do you dare to compete with our county army!? ”

His tone was very unkind, here, Yu Anmin is more equivalent to the Emperor of the Soil, and his son Yu Ze, that is, the crown prince, is arrogant, so naturally it is not a problem.

In the whole of Anyang County, there is a county army, but the discipline of the county army is sloppy, and the soldiers and soldiers often gamble and get drunk in the camp.

If you really want to pull the county army and the Liucheng garrison to fight, I'm afraid that Yu Ze will die an ugly death.

Before Xiao Yuan could speak, Yu Anmin had already scolded: "Ze'er! Don't be rude! ”

"Father!" Yu Ze looked unconvinced.

Yu Anmin couldn't help glaring at him, and then hurriedly smiled at Xiao Yuan: "Captain Xiao forgive me." ”

"Where is it, compared with the county army, the combat power of the Liucheng garrison is definitely inferior, Yu Gongzi is bullying him." Xiao Yuan also snorted.

His words were very good, and Yu Ze couldn't help but snort coldly.

Then, Yu Anmin was hypocritical and polite again, and Xiao Yuan also talked with him patiently for a while before leaving the county mansion.

After he left, Yu Ze couldn't help but say: "Father, all the grain, grass and ordnance should be given to the county army, and this batch of ordnance should also be detained by Xiao Yuan, why give it to him?" ”

"You know what!" Yu Anmin glared at him and said, "Now the world is getting more and more chaotic, if there is a change, we can use the Liucheng garrison......"

On the other side, after Xiao Yuan returned to Liucheng, he also went to visit Liu Yuzhi on the way.

Knowing that Yu Anmin gave the ordnance very simply, Liu Yuzhi was also stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "We, the county guard, are really unexpected, but now, the imperial court is forcibly collecting taxes from the world, and many places have suffered from drought, and the people of several counties have been miserable......