There are still a small number of residents living in the small towns, and because there are no livelihood facilities, the people living in the cities are some destitute people, most of whom are descendants of artisans and exiled prisoners whose status is inferior to that of military households.

Now the Ming Dynasty no longer talks about military flow, and a few decades ago, Yuntiguan was still the first choice for exiled prisoners, and it was normal to leave descendants.

The outer wall of the city is not covered with bricks, when the preparation of the Japanese is the earthen city, and then the Japanese chaos is pacified, it is impossible to allocate money to package bricks in such a remote place as the Yunti Pass, but the outer wall of the city is still quite smooth and smooth, obviously there are often military households to take care of, the grass or something, it appears and is directly removed.

There is no flag army stationed at the city gate, and the Wanli period has gradually become peaceful, and more than 50 years have passed, and the war has seemed to be a long time ago.

The north is full of smoke, the Central Plains, Xuzhou, Huaisi and Fengyang, as well as Huguangguan, Zhongshan, and Shanxi are full of rogues and officers and soldiers, this land seems to have been forgotten by the world, and there is no trace of war at all.

This made Min Yuanqi quite gratified, since there were no rogues and officers and soldiers fighting here before, it means that this place is indeed remote, not a strategic place, even if the Qing army fought with the Ming army in the process of going south, or the Shun army fled south, it is unlikely to come here, invisibly, Yunti Pass is much safer here.

The buffer time given to Min Yuanqi is naturally more.

Entering from the city gate, the taste of the city is really not flattering, there is only a bluestone slab road to the yamen of the thousand households in the city, the rest of the roads and alleys are rammed earth roads, in disrepair, uneven, the garbage of the residents is not cleaned, many streets are full of hill-like garbage, there is a foul smell in winter, you can imagine how it feels in summer.

Since there is no open ditch and culvert drainage, the sewage of the residents is also poured directly from their homes onto the street, and after Min Yuanqi entered the city, he saw the residents along the street pouring dirty water on the street.

Most of the shops on both sides are bungalows, when they are about to arrive near the official hall of the thousand households, there are some buildings, most of them are big deals such as commercial houses and restaurants, and then the flow of people is sparse, there are Buddhist temples and pagodas, Guansheng Emperor Jun Temple, Yuewang Temple, City God Temple, in addition to the school palace and examination shed of the Imperial Palace, the children of the military households of the guard can also study and take the exam, there are a lot of ministers who were born in the military household of the Ming generation, the most famous is the first auxiliary minister Li Dongyang during the Hongzhi period, he is the son of the guard who is registered in Beijing.

Relying on these official temples, there are also some large mansions with two or three entrances around, most of which are the residences of the leading people in the city, the mansions of wealthy merchants, gentry families, or military attaché families.

The Min family also has a large compound in the city, which is the residence of the patriarch of the generations, Min Qianli is also the patriarch of the family when he is a thousand households, Min Yuanqi lived here for a few years when he was a teenager, until Min Qianli died, the position of the thousand households fell into the hands of others, and the position of the patriarch was also inherited by the elders of the clan, and the mansion in the city was inhabited by the new patriarch.

This is the case with the big family, the Min family's acres should be thousands, plus this mansion should have been quite rich, but the health office continues to decline, half of the acres of land production will be divided by the commanding high-ranking officials, and the rest will have to support the poor clansmen, the cost of genealogy and ancestral halls is not small, and the Min clan is not rich, and the appearance of the mansion in the city is also very dilapidated, and it has nothing to do with wealth and nobility.

When Min Yuanqi was passing by, the main gate of the Min family's mansion was closed, only the side door was for people to enter and exit, and most of the servants were raw, and he didn't remember it very well.

When I left, it was according to the rules of the clan, and it was not like being kicked out, but it was impossible for my mood to be completely unaffected.

Min Yuanqi had no intention of entering the mansion, and at this time, the military attaches of the Thousand Households Office should still be on duty in the yamen.

Although there is nothing to do, but staying at home is more idle, although the current patriarch of the Min family, Min Qiande, is only a deputy thousand households, but he has nothing to do during the day in the yamen, but he can't find anyone at home.

There are several archways in front of the yamen of the thousand households, Min Yuanqi was not interested in it before, and now he can't help but look up.

Several arches are all big people who have passed out of the ladder, and all the civil officials of Jinshi and the first are at least the second-class Jinshi who are above the fifth grade.

Looking at the name text on the archway, there is a unique sense of vicissitudes and simplicity.

From the prosperity of a dynasty to the end of the world, people's lives for decades are recorded on this archway.

Passing through the archway, it is the main gate of the Yamen.

There were a few officials wearing folded scarves and robes passing by, and there were some small flags, and the military attaché of the general flag came and went, and when everyone saw Min Yuanqi, they pursed their lips and smiled.

"Li Baihu?" When Min Yuanjin and the two went to tie the donkey, Min Yuanqi met an acquaintance in front of the main gate of the yamen.

Li Guoding, who is in his forties, looks preoccupied, and next to him is a middle-aged man about the same age, like Li Guoding, who has a hundred bronze medals tied around his waist.

"It's Yuan Qi." Li Guoding took a march, stopped at his feet, bowed his hand, and said, "What did you do when you came to Qianhu?" ”

"I have something to see my second uncle."

"Oh, Min Qianhu is sitting in the official hall," Li Guoding nodded and said, "Yuan Qi go." ”

Min Yuanqi also recognized another Baihu at this time, and arched his hand: "I've seen Wang Baihu." ”

"Yuan Qi Shaoli." Another hundred households Wang Sanyi is middle-aged, his body shape is still very good, and his appearance is quite delicate, not like a military attaché, but like a literati talent. At the moment, he returned the salute and said with a smile: "I only met once a year ago, but I didn't expect you to suddenly do such an earth-shattering thing after the year, which is really surprising." ”

Min Yuanqi replied indifferently: "Our military households are extremely poor, and they work hard every day, and their income is not enough, but Yang Shida and others insist on taking two percent, why?" Before I sent out the salt this time, I had already made up my mind that I had to break this game......"

Wang Sanyi studied when he was a teenager and was still a child, but he never saw school. Seeing that Min Yuanqi looked calm, and the answer was quite organized, and even quite literate, he smiled and said: "I heard that Yuanqi reads every day, and sure enough. ”

"Just reading some military books, Wang Baihu smiled."

"Well, come to my official hall when you have time, let's have a drink and talk."

Li Guoding was a little impatient, what Min Yuanqi did was still a little reckless in his opinion, and he angered the powerful salt lord for nothing, and he was afraid that there would still be big troubles in the future.

Yang Shida is not a good man and a woman, he can't stop Min Yuanqi on the river, and several other salt boats of hundreds of households have suffered.

"Yuan Qi, you better settle the matter with Yang Shida as soon as possible." Li Guoding had a straightforward personality and said unceremoniously: "Don't be happy yourself, but you will affect others." ”

"I will." Min Yuanqi nodded very calmly and said, "This matter was provoked by me, and naturally it will be solved by me." ”

Wang Sanyi and Li Guoding nodded, and the two of them bowed with Min Yuanqi, turned around and left.

……

Min Yuanqi had a faint anger in his heart, Yang Shida and others would never give up, but it was still too difficult to eradicate this salt lord now, and at this stage, he still had to endure it......

Although his own strength is outstanding, but one person with a knife against many enemies, with one enemy and one must win even if it is a master, with one enemy two is a rare hero, with one enemy three, enemy five, kill and injure the enemy and he has nothing to do, that is the general who is one in a thousand.

Can be stubborn, in the army of the army in and out of the killing, surrounded by a large number of enemies, can flash out of the gap, continue to kill the enemy himself but safe, all are not the first person in the army, this kind of fierce will be a rare vanguard candidate, ancient war, presiding over the overall situation, leading the main force to set up the formation is the main general, can lead the department like a sharp knife to rush into the enemy formation, violent and ferocious, no one can be its front, this kind of fierce general, in ancient times, there is a name, for ten thousand enemies.

Xiang Yu, many fierce generals of the Three Kingdoms, shot a thousand arrows in a battle, and saved the defeat of the Song Dynasty with one person, Wang Shunchen, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, and ten thousand enemies often meet spring, this kind of fierce general may not have any strategy, but his courage to move forward, can grasp the enemy's weak point on the ever-changing battlefield, and bravely assault, which is a rare talent. Not only must be brave, but also have a sense of smell and accurate judgment, as often in spring, can be described as a strange man in the early Ming Dynasty, every battle must be forward, and every battle must be won. There are many battles that others may not be able to win, and Chang Yuchun often leads his troops to rush, and the battle is won.

With Min Yuanqi's current level, he can protect himself with one enemy and ten people, but it is impossible to fight dozens or more than a hundred people with one enemy.

What Min Yuanqi wants is an elite henchman who has believed in it, guards by his side, and fights with him.

Such as the white horse in the late Han Dynasty, the trap camp, the white ear camp and many other elites.

Of course, these ideas are just ideas for the time being.

……

"I've seen a thousand households."

In Min Qiande's official hall, Li Kecheng of Qianhu is also there.

The two seemed to be arguing about something, and when they saw Min Yuanqi coming in, Li Kecheng showed displeasure on his face, pointed at Min Yuanqi and said: "Min tried a hundred households, you are really reckless, you actually offended that Yang Shida!" Now, even my salt ship has been detained by them, so to put it mildly, I added one percent of silver to pass the customs, this is really a disaster! ”

Min Qiande frowned and said: "The silver collected by Yang Shida and his gang is groundless, in the past few years, we don't know how much silver we have asked him to collect, someone should have come forward a long time ago." ”

Li Kecheng sneered: "What Min Qianhu said is beautiful, that's good, if the salt ships of each hundred households are added with silver in the future, Min Qianhu or Min Trial Hundred Households will compensate for it, how about this?" ”

"Yes." Min Yuanqi answered before Min Qiande, and arched his hand: "This matter started because of me, of course I am responsible, and I will ask someone to send one percent of silver to the mansion of the thousand households in a while." ”

Min Qiande's complexion changed slightly, Min Yuanqi is a hundred households frying salt, and the income is not much, Li Kecheng is a number of hundreds of households who have contributed to frying salt for him, the amount is more than ten times that of Min Yuanqi, and the extra one percent of silver is also dozens of taels, with Min Yuanqi's current family background, it is really difficult to get this silver.

Li Kecheng nodded reluctantly, looked at the uncle and nephew of the Min family in front of him coldly, and turned to leave.

Min Yuanqi thought for a moment, this Li Kecheng was fat and fat, wearing a military attache robe, embroidered with a bear uniform embroidered on his chest, wearing a black short-winged black yarn, a silver belt around his waist, and official boots, although he was a military attaché, he did not wear a sword, if it weren't for the short wings, he looked like a civil official from a jinshi, judging from his wind and what he saw in front of him, this person was indeed a mediocre person who had no pursuit, no ability, and only cared about pleasure and making money.

Such a military attache is the norm of the Ming Wei officials, and it is no wonder that at the time of the death of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than a million Wei Su troops, but they were useless, the same setting and the same official position, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Wei Army was able to expedition to the Outer Northeast and Yungui, sweeping away all strong enemies, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was just a group of rubbish that even the rogue bandits could not defeat.