Twenty miles west of Lechuan City, ten thousand pavilions.

Under the tall table in front of the pavilion, several large and small ox carts were parked, and more than ten horses were tied. The roof of the car and the horse's body, covered with felt mats to protect themselves from the rain, had been drenched by the unhurried spring rains.

Seven or eight knights with black armor lined up on either side of the door, and three scholars stood under the door.

The man in the middle was thirty years old, with a sword brow and a scarf wrapped around his head, a round-necked robe, a gold hook and belt around his waist, no sword, and a pair of short leather boots, the tops of which were dark and shiny, and there was no stain of rain and mud. He stood cross-legged and looked out over the field across the road.

There are three areas suitable for agriculture in Longzhou, and the Zhangye and Jiuquan areas in the Heihe River Basin are the largest ones, with flat terrain, fine and fertile soil, and dense rivers.

In the middle of spring, it was the time to plant wheat, so although it rained, there were still many farmers in the fields, and the disciples and slaves of the noble family were busy. In order to facilitate their work, most of the peasants wore thin clothes, some only wore calf nose trousers, bare shoulders, and bent over to turn over the soil; From time to time, there are people wearing hats and robes, and patrolling them, which are the disciples and leaders of the big families.

"Ming Gong."

"Huh?"

The man on the left frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be inappropriate to do this?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Ying Yang was originally the king's former minister, and some time ago, he had just suffered with the king, which can be described as a meritorious service from the dragon. Ming Gong didn't give him face like this, if he annoyed him? ”

The soldier who stood with his waist crossed "snorted" and said, "'From the dragon'? What is his name from the dragon? If he has merit, will I have no merit? I didn't tell you before that before the king returned to the royal capital, he sent Cao Fei to the county, and I will ...... at that time."

This person is Jiuquan Taishou Dan, and the two scholars on the left and right are divided into his county gong cao and the main book. He is one of Linghu Feng's old departments, and when Linghu Feng contacted the old department, Cao Fei also sent him a letter from Linghu Feng, and at that time he promised to respond to Ling Hu Feng's army. It's just that Ling Hu Yong was still in power at that time, and it was not easy to say such words of "being disloyal to the king and changing the court".

The two scholars on the left and right understood his words, looked at each other, and said in their hearts: "And this secret? ”

Yan Dan paused, changed the topic, and said: "Don't mention anything else, just the king has been on the throne for more than a month, if it weren't for me, Jiuquan would be able to live in peace, and there would be no mess?" ”

The scholar on the left said: "Having said that, Du Fujun arrived yesterday, and Ming Gong ......." ”

The scholar on the right said disdainfully: "Du Fujun came to live with a scholar, can he compare with Ming Gong?" Xihai is said to be a county, how is it different from a county? With 2,000 households and 10,000 mouths, can it be compared with the big county of Jiuquan? ”

Du Ya was originally from Jingzhao Duling, who was first the general of Tang Zhengnan, avoided the chaos of Longdi, and then served in the Linghu clan for generations. The Dan tribe is an indigenous, a hairpin for many generations, and it is a high-ranking valve clan in Longdi, which makes the fox clan the king, and the power of its clan is very great. The prestige of the Du and Pan families in Longdi cannot be compared.

Xihai County is called a county, and there is only one county under its jurisdiction, with a population of more than 10,000. Jiuquan is one of the first class counties in Longzhou, although it is divided into three counties and Jiankang County, it still governs six counties and has more than 100,000 people. There is no comparison between the two.

“…… is not comparable. ”

The scholar on the right said to Yan Dan: "Ying Yang was a township evaluation of the five products, and with the body of a scholar, he was lucky, and he jumped to the county guard and General Ying Yang, and the position has reached the extreme!" Ming Gong used to get three products, and the pillars were also! Today, the body of the daughter of the Ming Duke, in response to the call of the king's order, moved to Jiankang, and the eagle did not go to the county boundary to greet him, it was his rudeness, how could he blame the Ming Duke for being inappropriate? ”

This person's words were deeply meaningful, he nodded again and again, and said to the scholar on the left: "Respect, what the monarch said is right." ”

"Township evaluation of five products" refers to the nine-grade official law implemented in this dynasty.

In short, this method is divided into nine products of townships and nine products of officials.

The nine grades of official positions are the nine grades of official positions; Township nine products are the nine grades set by the county before the scholars became officials.

The township nine products correspond to the official nine products.

For example, Xin Er, before entering the office, was set as a five-grade by the county, so after entering the office, if the township product has not changed, Zhongzheng does not improve his township quality, he can only be a five-grade official in the end, in other words, his current official Taishou, General Yingyang, is already the end of his career, and then there is a change, but also can only be in the range of the five products.

Yan Dan was designated as the third rank, and he could be promoted from the official position of Taishou in the future until the official residence was the third rank.

Therefore, although Xin Er is a "former minister from Long", after the jump, he is now the same as the official position of Pan Dan, and from the perspective of his future career, he is not as good as Pan Dan. The future career is not comparable, going back to the past, and in terms of official positions, he is not as good as Pan Dan. The starting officials are usually three or four grades lower than the township products, Xin Er started with the ninth grade, and Fan Dan started with the captain Sima of the Qiang Guard, which is the seventh grade official.

It can be said that in the official career, Xin Er and Pan Dan are like one on foot and the other on horseback, if they happen to meet Ling Hu Feng to flee and usurp the throne successfully, Xin Er can only fall far behind Fan Dan in this life and eat his horseshoe soil.

A group of knights galloped in from the east.

Yan Dan and the others stopped talking and looked sideways.

The name of the scholar named "Jun Chang" was surnamed Tian Mingyu, his eyes were good, and he saw clearly the leader of the ride, and said: "It's the Hulu military marquis who just came." …… Ming Gong, could it be Ying Yang who came to greet you in person. ”

Yan Dan didn't speak, and said in his heart: "Only when you come to greet me in person can you be considered acquainted." ”

The group of knights galloped in, and the few people of Pan Dan did not find Xin Er from them, all of them were the bearded people who had been here before. The horsemen did not dismount, but spun around on the official road, splashing and mud; The neighing of the horses caused the farmers in the fields to turn their heads to look.

The beggar at the head jumped off the horse vigorously, shook the rain on his coat, took out two bottles from the jacket by the saddle, sighed upward, pulled the robe and wiped it, strode to the front of the door and handed the bottles.

Tian Yu caught it and presented it to Yan Dan. It was two bottles of wine.

Yan Dan wondered and asked, "What does Ying Yang mean by this?" ”

The beggar scratched his head vigorously and smiled honestly: "The general said: It's cold when it's raining, give Fujun two bottles of wine to keep out the cold." ”

Obviously it is raining lightly, you say that the rain is heavy, and the car is not good; Then I will give you two bottles of wine in the warm spring season to keep you warm.

Yan Dan looked at the wine, looked at the beggar force, and said, "I know." You go back and tell the general that I thank him. ”

Tian Wei was furious, how to look at the beggar laughing, how it seemed to be mocking, he couldn't wait to snatch back the wine bottle and smash it on his fat face.

Qi Dali didn't know that he was in danger of being disfigured, but he felt that the scholar on the right side of Fan Dan trembled, and said in his heart: "The thin man is weak, not as cold resistant as our body." On such a warm day, look at the thin man who is frozen and shivering. The general asked me to bring wine, and I thought it was unnecessary, but the general was still clever. Impressed by Xin Er's foresight, he respectfully made a gesture and took Hu Qi back to the city.

Tian Wei said gritted his teeth and said: "Eagle Yang deceives people too much!" ”

Yan Dan was silent, and took the bottle inside.

I didn't leave that day, and stayed overnight in the pavilion.

The next day, the group went out of the pavilion to the east, traveled until the afternoon, and arrived at Lejuan.

The word "Jingdao" is named Su Qing, and he went to the city in advance to announce, but he didn't see Xin Er, and came out to wait for Pan Dan at the city gate. When Yan Dan arrived, he greeted him and said, "Ming Gong, Ying Yang is not in the county government. ”

"Where?"

"The officials said that he left the city early in the morning and went to the barracks."

The military camp is in the south of Lechuan City, about two or three miles away from the city.

The barracks area is divided into two parts, the east is the barracks, which is for the soldiers to live; The western camp is relatively simple, and it is used by the camp households, that is, the families of the soldiers.

Xin Er was in the soldier camp to the east at this time.

The barracks was further divided into two zones, one for cavalry and one for infantry.

According to the general practice, the ratio of infantry and cavalry should be two to one, but because Lan Baozhang and other Hu cavalry have only recently become an army, and their combat power is insufficient, so Linghu Feng allocated three thousand infantry cavalry to Xin Er, according to the proportion of half of each.

The infantry and cavalry were 1,500 men. There are also 500 horsemen.

The foot pawn and the five hundred armor cavalry are old pawns, and normal training is sufficient.

Lan Baozhang and other Hu Qi had to practice more.

It took the Tang officers a month to teach them the language of the flag, the meaning of the military orders represented by the sound of golden drums of different lengths, and then repeated orders to teach them to memorize important military regulations.

The school yard has limited capacity, and at this moment, there are two teams of Hu riders in the rain to receive the drill of the queue.

Xin Er sat under the canopy of the high platform and watched it.

Four or five officers stood to his left and right, including three Hu officers, Lan Baozhang, Qi Dali, and Bal Lianfan, and two Tang officers.

These two Tang officers, one is the governor of the first cavalry, and the other is the long history of Xin'er.

Among the officials where Xin Er now lives, the position of "Governor" is not given to him by Hu Feng, and he is not allowed to serve as an official; Taishou and generals can get rid of their subordinates. The subordinate officials of the Taishou are usually only used from among the people who serve as officials; The general's subordinates are free to remove from office. The general's subordinate officials, headed by Changshi and Sima.

Yang Fu's younger brother is a friend of Xin Er. After being appointed as General Yingyang, Xin Er looked for available people from his memory, and found Yang Fu's younger brother, although he did not know him, but the memory of this body spoke highly of him, so he came to ask him to do his long history. However, Yang Fu's younger brother refused to come out, and recommended Yang Fu to Xin Er on the grounds of "my brother is not a master, I can't be a master".

Yang Fu is also famous, so Xin Er used him.

It has been used for more than a month, and Xin Er is very satisfied with Yangfu.

This person has few words, a calm personality, and a very elegant name, but he does not have the flashy habits of the children of famous clans such as Jia Zhen and Zhang Daojiang.

The officer on the field waved the flag and commanded the Hu cavalry to line up in a long line, galloping around an erected wooden pillar.

Lan Baozhang looked intently, and looked around.

The beggar vigorously watched the drill for a while, came to Xin Er's side, and asked: "General, when we are fighting, we are all scattered and cavalry, so let them run around the pillar, is it useful to put them on the battlefield?" According to the villain, it is better to teach them to use a lance, and learn to ride like a horse and a peony, which is called fine riding. ”

The overseer of the armor rode out laughing.

Beggar asked vigorously, "What are you laughing at?" ”

The governor didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Xin Er said in his heart: "Armor, horse lance, the cost is expensive, the whole country is counted, iron armor, leather armor are counted, Taima, Peony camps are only one or two thousand horses, you and others are registered as scholars, and you are Hu people, how can the court be willing to use them?" He replied, "It is precisely because your generation fought in the past and often fought with wandering that it is necessary to practice the queue." "Learning queues is not for them to be used on the battlefield, but to develop their instinct to obey orders.

Noticing that the Hu cavalry on the school field was not very interested, Xin Er knew that this was because they were forcibly accepted as soldiers, and they were like this since the army was formed a month ago.

After thinking about it, we have to think of a way to mobilize their enthusiasm, otherwise it will be a drill and low morale, and it will be useless to use the field.

Huang Rong and the two county officials held plain oil-paper umbrellas, carried bags in official uniforms, lifted the skirt with one hand, so that it would not be stained with stagnant water, stepped on the clogs, came in from outside, stepped on the stage, and leaned over to report to Xin'er: "The king of Jiuquan Panfu has arrived." ”

……

Ask for collection, very recommended. Thank you all for your tips.