In late June, Chenliu County.

Early in the morning, shortly after sunrise, in Gaoyangli, Chenliu County, the newly appointed lieutenant supervisor got up with a yawn, came to the inner door, removed the narrow door panel, and ushered in a new day for Gaoyangli.

Li Shiqi found a bamboo mat and knelt by the inner door, flipping through his old bamboo slips while greeting the people who went out to work.

The people in Gaoyang still maintained the life before the start of the war, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, if there is any difference, that is, the opening and closing of the inner door has become stricter, and the prodigal rangers in the inner city have also disappeared - the Qin government does not like light heroes, and they can no longer swagger through the market as before, so they can only find a job and pretend to be good citizens.

Li Shiqi's younger brother Li Shang is one of them, who used to be famous in the county, but now he wants to do a lowly job of driving cars, and he suddenly feels uncomfortable.

Seeing his younger brother go out with a gloomy face like someone owed him money, Li Shiqi shook his head.

Compared with the Qin army just occupying this place four months ago, Chenliu County has been very different, first of all, everyone has been told: the Great Liang has been broken, the Wei state has died, and the king of Wei has also gone west to Xianyang to become a courtier of the king of Qin. Wei Min in the past is no exception, from now on, whether male or female, old friends, young or young, they are all the heads of Qin's Qianqian!

The name "Wei" was not used from then on, and was replaced by a new administrative plan, the original Wei territory was divided into two, Taoqiu was assigned to the Eastern County, and the Liang and Song Lands established new counties to govern, called "Dang County".

When he learned the name of this county, Li Shang complained to Li Shiqi: "Dangyi is just a poor country, why do you want to name it?" Besides, Dangyi Dangshan is far away in the Song Dynasty, what does it have to do with my Weiliang land? If this Qin person really doesn't know how to take a name, can't he be called Wei Jun? Liang Jun? ”

Li Shiqi laughed when he heard this, and said to him: "After this Qin king destroyed the country, he never liked to use the old name, you see that Korea was destroyed a few years ago and changed to Yingchuan County; After Handan was broken, the original Zhao land was renamed Handan County and Julu County; The Yan Kingdom was broken, and the original Yan Land was renamed Yuyang County. ”

"The Qin people's move is to make the people of the princes forget their homeland and accept a new rule, how can it be named after Wei County?"

"As for the beam? It's even more impossible, don't you hear that Daliang has long become an empty city, and now many businessmen and workers in Daliang City have gone to Chen Liulai to make a living. ”

Although the county administration of Dangjun was set up in Suiyang City, which was preserved in the Song Dynasty after the peaceful surrender, in Li Shiqi's view, Chen Liu, had a tendency to replace Daliang and become the central city of Wei. He had analyzed before that it was accessible in all directions, and there was a large granary, which could feed a lot of people, and it was not far from the chasm, so as long as the original wharf was expanded, it was easy to attract businessmen, boats and cars.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Qin army that was previously stationed in the counties and townships of Wei was disbanded and returned to the north and south, and Chen remained as a distribution center.

The whole morning was calm as usual, and when the three merchants came home for dinner, they said to Li Shiqi: "Brother, in the morning, another group of Qin soldiers came to Chenliu from Waihuang, and it seems that they captured Chenliu's group and asked me to carry things for them. This group of people spoke with a Nanjun accent, and I saw a black-faced Qin official inside who looked familiar, but the right bun on the top of his head had been replaced with a long crown of veneer......"

Li Shiqi has now entered the Qin system, and he is familiar with the Qin people's military titles, treatments, and logos.

"In this way, that Qin official was just a hairpin before, but now he has become a fifth-level doctor?"

He remembered the rumor some time ago: Ning Lingjun, the younger brother of the King of Wei, surrendered without a fight under the siege of the Qin army's three-way partial division and sacrificed Suiyang, but the King of Qin did not give him anything in return, and moved directly to Xianyang and was reduced to a commoner......

The former prince and grandson have now fallen to the ground, but the former leaders and scholars of the Qin State have relied on this war and the heads of the Wei people to reach a higher position.

In addition to sighing, the old Confucian who claimed to be a drunkard in Gaoyang couldn't help but beat and sing a poem.

"Ye Ye shook the lightning, and he was restless. Hundreds of rivers are boiling, and the mounds are collapsing. The high bank is the valley, and the deep valley is the mausoleum ......"

……

At this moment, he has already put on a long crown of veneer that matches the title of "doctor", and Dongmen Leopard, Ji Ying and others follow him, walking in the Chenliu market, not to mention how majestic!

It turned out that after leaving Humu Township in mid-June, Heifu and the others first went to Waihuang to meet the group of prisoners they had escorted when they came. These people ate ashes under the city of Daliang for four months, did a lot of hard labor, and many people have died, but fortunately, after the collapse of Liangcheng and the destruction of the Wei State, General Wang Ben passed the edict on behalf of the king, and everyone in the city of Daliang was meritorious, and the soldiers were exempted from the next year's change, and the sentence was halved......

This made the prisoners mentally balanced, although looking around, they were several fewer than when they came.

When he was in Waihuang, Heifu failed to find Chen Wuji, he had already joined the army of returning to the west a few days earlier, and only asked someone to leave a letter to Heifu, which was Chen Wuji's address in Xianyang, if Heifu had anything to say, he could ask someone to send him a letter.

The night before leaving Waihuang, Heifu was also pleasantly surprised to receive the title of "doctor" issued by Xianyang after verification!

According to the Qin State's "Famous Field House" system, this not only means that Heifu Ke will own 500 acres of land and 150 steps square of homestead......

Although the Qin State did not strictly stipulate what rank to hold what level of official position, there have always been unwritten rules, except for the special areas newly occupied, in the counties and counties in the Qin country, generally follow this rule.

The lowest-ranking li, the official and the upper building, can be served.

The pavilion chief who manages the security of ten miles generally has to be built and hairpinned.

The wandering in the countryside must at least be a hairpin, not more.

As for Heifu's title of doctor, if he is in the township, he can be the lord of the township.

If he is in the county, he can be the county Cao chief official, such as Cangcao Cang Sifu, Tian Cao Tian Sifu, and Gongcao County Engineer who have dealt with him before. Of course, the two directors of the units with the greatest powers in the county are the chief officials of Cao Cao, and the prison of Cao. Achieving this position, Heifu will be able to sit on an equal footing with Xi.

If he is lucky, he can also go to the county to govern Jiangling City, but he can't be the main official, after all, the county is not better than the county, there are really more doctors like dogs, and the public rides all over the ground, and Heifu can be a county Cao Baishi official, and he still has to be called and drunk......

The future suddenly became bright again, but Heifu still had some regrets: "It's a pity, the county left lieutenant Yun is full of official doctors, and I am still one level shorter than him." ”

But no matter how he chooses, at least he doesn't have to be afraid that Lieutenant Zuo will make things difficult for him again.

While thinking, Heifu and the robes behind him, together with the robes, selected items in the Chenliu market, after they got the bounty, they had a lot of spare money in their pockets, in addition to buying a set of clothes, so that they could return to their hometown with dignity, everyone wanted to bring some Central Plains specialties back to their families......

Dongmen Leopard is looking around, picking out children's toys, he is the most looking forward to going home among all people.

Ji Ying is in front of a stall selling bronze mirrors, bargaining with the hawker, he is quite talented in this regard, although they can't understand what each other is shouting, but just by handing each other, they can still make a deal in the end, Ji Ying said that the bazaars in Anlu County are clearly marked, and his mouth is useless.

"The bronze mirror was brought to my bride." Ji Ying touched the finely polished mirror and boasted: "After I go back, I will get married." “

Then he said hatefully: "Before, her family disliked me for not having a title, but now I also have a lord, see who climbs whom!" ”

The rest of Lixian, Bu Cheng and others also bought some items that were easy to carry, as the chief and the chief of the army under Heifu, they would of course be given priority by Heifu and assigned to the head. Today, Lixian, Xiaotao, and Gongao are all made up, and Bu Cheng has also become a public scholar.

Among the people, only Gong Ao and Xiao Tao didn't buy anything, Gong Ao raised his head proudly, saying that this little Chen Liubazaar didn't have anything he could see. Xiao Tao stammered that he planned to save money and go back to buy a slave to farm instead of his old father.

Heifu had more to buy, and he picked out a good bag of needles and threads for his mother, who had no other hobbies, so she liked to sew and mend for the three brothers, but the needles in her hands were dull, and it was time to put on a new one.

He picked a bamboo flute for his brother, don't look at the eldest brother Mu Ne's honesty, after finishing the work, but he can sit on the edge of the ridge and play a good flute, I don't know if the compost field he made with Tian Zuo is still smooth?

He picked out the pen and ink for his younger brother, this kid is studying in the county school, and now it has been more than half a year, how do you memorize the law? Have you been bullied and discriminated against by your officials?

He also picked a copper hairpin inlaid with turquoise for his sister, a saw for his sister-in-law, and of course, gifts and toys for the pair of nieces and nephews, they should have grown a lot taller now, right?

In short, everyone is looking forward to returning home......

……

On June 25, after two days of waiting, the Hefu finally received an order to allow everyone to set out on their return journey.

There were not only them who went south, but also soldiers from Nanjun and Nanyang counties, as many as hundreds, and some people asked about the way back.

"Go southwest from Chenliu, go to Yangzhai in Yingchuan County, and then go south into Nanyang, and the rest of the road will be the same as when you came!" Ji Ying, a postman who has become a living map, loudly popularized science to everyone.

"I'm afraid I'll have to leave for a month."

Someone calculated: "It should be in time for the autumn harvest, right?" "They have forgotten about the war and are starting to worry about the farming at home......

Chen Liucheng's door opened, and everyone walked forward in unison, in Heifu's eyes, their faces were not as solemn as they came, they were all full of lightness, and they were laughing and joking while holding the prisoners.

War seems to be a thing of the past, and a good life is coming.

But just as everyone was about to walk to the Shili Pavilion in the southwest of Chenliu, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of them, which shattered their dream of returning home!

"Stop!"

Everyone stopped their endless plans to return to their hometowns, and Heifu also turned his head, but saw a herald holding a small flag riding a horse at a fork in the road, running quickly from the direction of Chen Ying (Huaiyang), he stopped in front of the homecoming procession of the soldiers and prisoners, held high the flag order, and shouted: "Second and third sons! Stop! Stand by and no one is allowed to leave the team! ”

Even though the Qin soldiers who followed the rules were unwilling, they still stood obediently in place, but anxiety and suspicion had already spread among them.

"What's wrong?"

The soldiers were inexplicably stopped and unpleasant, they all asked left and right, and some of them loudly questioned the herald.

But the military officer just had a black face and didn't say a word, and when he was forced to be unable to bear it, he only said that he was ordered to give orders, and he didn't know anything else, but his eyes kept looking in the direction of Chen Ying, and he was also anxiously waiting for the new order.

Looking at the restless herald and his ambiguous words, Heifu's heart couldn't help but tighten.

"It can't be that!"