In the following days, Ma Chao instructed Ma Xiu and Ma Tie in marksmanship, and later added a little guy, who was Ma Yunluo. The little girl also likes to practice martial arts, and Ma Chao even taught her with her.

The advantage of this is that the little girl's closeness to Ma Chao has risen sharply, but there are also bad things, and the bad thing is that Ma Chao has to tell stories to the little girl every day. Just because one day he told a fairy tale to the little girl on a whim, and since then, the little girl has stuck to him to tell him a story when she sees Ma Chao free. Ma Chao really can't help it, who makes himself such a baby sister, so he has to rack his brains every day to recall fairy tales.

Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Teng has also come back once during this period. Ma Chao and Ma Teng chatted, and he also said that he asked Ma Teng not to be in the Liangzhou army, but Ma Teng naturally didn't listen to Ma Chao. He only said, "I naturally wouldn't be there when I shouldn't be in the army, but now is not the time." ”

Ma Chao didn't quite understand what he heard, but he knew that he couldn't persuade Ma Teng. It's useless to say it once, no matter how much you say, after so many years of father and son, he still knows Ma Teng well. And after Ma Teng knew that Ma Chao was going to Dunhuang to be a taishou, he was naturally not as worried as Liu, but praised Ma Chao a few words, "Okay, Chao'er." Do what you want to do! After chatting that time, Ma Teng returned to the army.

And in the past half a month, what Ma Chao has done every day is nothing more than teaching his younger brothers and sisters to practice guns, telling stories to Ma Yunluo, and chatting with Liu. Liu knew very well that Ma Chao was leaving again, so he caught Ma Chao to chat when he was free, after all, she hadn't seen her son for more than three years, and she still had a lot to say.

On the sixteenth day of Ma Chao's return to Longxi, he said goodbye to his family and set foot on the road to Dunhuang alone. On the way, he couldn't help but smile, now he is also a single horse into Dunhuang, I heard that Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng is riding into Jingzhou alone, although a Dunhuang County can not be compared with the whole Jingzhou, but things are almost the same. I also want to meet the bandits of the Yumen Pass for a while, and I also want to govern Dunhuang County well.

Five days later, Ma Chao arrived at Dunhuang City in Dunhuang County. I don't know if I don't know the road, although it is also a county in Liangzhou, but I didn't expect this Dunhuang County to be so far away from Longxi. To say that he has actually entered the territory of Dunhuang County, but the county guard is in Dunhuang, so Ma Chao can only rush to Dunhuang.

Of course, this is also just a good way to see how other cities are, the six cities under the jurisdiction of Dunhuang County, namely Dunhuang, Ming'an, Xiaohong, Pinquan, Guangzhi and Longle. And the place that passed by gave Ma Chao the feeling that it was not much different from the cities under the jurisdiction of other counties in Liangzhou, it was nothing more than a few characteristics, few people, poor places, fierce people, and a bad climate, all of which were such characteristics.

Ma Chao arrived at the county guard mansion in Dunhuang, and saw that the guards at the gate of the mansion were almost asleep, "May I ask ......?"

As soon as he said two words, the guard saw someone approaching, and hurriedly said, "What, who is it?" ”

When Ma Chao saw it, it was okay, and he was a little vigilant.

"I also asked the little brother to go to Tongyu County, and said that the wind and the horse were super and the horse was played!"

When the guard heard this, he muttered to himself, "Ma Mengqi, it seems that you have heard it somewhere?" You wait, I'll go see Juncheng! ”

After saying that, he went to the county guard's mansion to find the county guard. After a while, the guard came back, and there was another one in front of him, and it seemed that it should be the county of Dunhuang County.

I saw that after the visitor saw Ma Chao, before he could speak, Ma Chao took out the Taishou seal letter and handed it to the other party. The other party took a look, and said in his heart that it was really Taishou, and after returning the letter, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Dunhuang County Cheng Zhang Derong has seen Taishou!" "It really can't be fake, the appointment of the imperial court has already been sent to the Dunhuang County Guard, and Zhang Ji has already seen it, and today Ma Chao took the seal letter and he was sure. As soon as the guard behind him heard Jun Cheng say that Ma Chao was too guarded, he also hurriedly saluted.

"You don't have to be polite, I'm new here, and I'll have to rely on you more in the future!"

"It's too polite, this is not a place to speak, and please move to the house, please!"

"That's very good, please!"

Ma was taken down by the guards to take care of him, while Ma Chao and Zhang Ji came to the meeting room of the county guard's mansion. After the two sat down, Zhang Ji said: "In Xia is Feng Yi Gaoling, twenty-one years old this year. ”

Ma Chao heard it, this is still his own countryman, Feng Yi on the left and Feng on the right, it's good.

"Fufeng Maoling people, Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, thirteen years old this year!"

"I've heard the name of Taishou in Xia, but I didn't think that Taishou was so young!"

Zhang Ji had also heard of Ma Chao's deeds in Yingchuan Academy, and when he received a notice from the imperial court that the new Taishou was about to take office, he knew that Lu Dao was the Ma Chao of Yingchuan Academy, but he didn't know Ma Chao's age. Zhang Ji thought that Ma Chao would have nineteen or twenty, but he didn't expect that he was only thirteen. However, judging from the appearance, even if Ma Chao said that he was over twenty, no one doubted it.

"Is De Jong the only one in charge of this county?"

Ma Chao asked Zhang Ji, he saw Zhang Ji such a county inside and out, and he didn't know if there were other people in Ludao.

"In addition to the lower county, there is also Wang Sima, but he is not here."

Ma Chao nodded, "I don't know who this Wang Sima is?" ”

Zhang Ji slapped his forehead, "I forgot to introduce to Taishou, Wang Sima's surname is Wang Ming, and he is a native of Ba County, Yizhou. He is also a Sima this year, he is honest and conscientious, and now he is patrolling Yumen Pass! ”

It can be seen that Zhang Ji has a very high evaluation of Wang Yan, and the relationship between them should be good.

So that's the case, Ma Chao thought in his heart. It's okay, it's not that there is only Zhang Ji who is such a county and a Sima. He knew that in the Han official system, under the Taishou was the county Cheng, which was second only to the Taishou. Assisted by Taishou, responsible for civil affairs. And a border county like Dunhuang, under the Taishou, there is also another Changshi who is responsible for military and political affairs. And under the long history is Sima, who is responsible for specific military commands.

Now that Dunhuang County has not had a long history, Wang Yan, the Sima, is still very serious and responsible for his work, and he knows how to inspect and inspect.

Ma Chao chatted with Zhang Ji for a while, because Zhang is a county minister, so Ma Chao chatted with him the most about civil affairs. To be honest, Ma Chao doesn't know much about these, but he can listen and analyze, not to mention that the insights of the two worlds are there, so he also asked Zhang Ji some questions, and Zhang Ji answered them one by one.

Zhang Ji also knew that the new Taishou was deliberately taking the school exam, so he naturally couldn't let him underestimate him, so he answered Ma Chao's questions seriously. When Ma Chao heard this, he secretly appreciated it. Yes, very well, that's what happened, it makes sense, this series is what he thought when he heard Zhang Ji's answer.

I don't know the road without asking, but I know the road when I ask, and I can see the leopard in the tube. In Ma Chao's thoughts, this Zhang Derong is definitely a talent, and he is happy to meet a talent in such a place.

"De Jong's talent, only being a county is really condescending, I didn't expect De Jong to be so talented!" Ma Chao said heartily.

"It's too good to be too good, and there are still a lot of things to learn in the future, and now these are still far behind!"

Ma Chao's name Zhang has heard of it, and he knows that he is a very talented person. But his understanding of Ma Chao is limited to this, and when Ma Chao was only thirteen years old, he knew that Ma Chao was a Taishou, not to promote filial piety and honesty, but to buy an official with a relationship. Zhang is an upright person, and he is very ashamed of Liu Hong for buying and selling officials. It can be said that he is very disgusted with those who buy officials and become officials, and naturally Ma Chao is no exception.

When Ma Chao asked him a question, Zhang knew that Ma Chao was testing himself, in addition to not wanting him to underestimate him, he also intended to show his ability to Ma Chao, which meant to see how good we who are normal officials are able to buy officials.

He also thought that no matter what Ma Chaoqi's ability is, since he can ask some questions, it means that he must have thought about it. So this new Taishou is not useless, not to mention that he is still a very talented person. But to know how capable this Ma Chao is, you have to get in touch with it slowly in the future to understand.

Ma Chao waved his hand when he heard this, "De Jong is too modest, I think that in the future, all civil affairs in the county will be handled by De Jong, unless there is a major matter that must be handled by me!" ”

Ma Chao wants to be a shopkeeper, no way, who makes himself not good at these. What's more, if you do everything yourself, what kind of tiredness will it become, so it is natural for your subordinates to handle it well. As a high-ranking person, you naturally don't have to bow down to everything, as long as you are responsible for managing people.

"It's, okay. It is to obey the orders of Taishou below. ”

Zhang could not only hear Ma Chao's sincerity, but also knew that he didn't want to care about everything because he was tired.

"That's right, De Jong, I'm not good at government affairs, and it's all up to you in the future! As for military affairs, it's okay, those who can work harder, don't blame me! ”

Zhang Ji looked helpless, and said in his heart, who made you too guarded and I am the county Cheng, your superior can only oppress my subordinate, and I, the county Cheng, have to oppress the county order if you want to oppress.

"I still have something to deal with in the future, so I can only say goodbye to Taishou first!"

The conversation was almost over, and Zhang Ji and Ma Chao said goodbye. Now there is Taishou, but in some ways it is similar to not being too shou, and I still have to do coolies.

In the afternoon, Ma Chao met Wang Yan again, who had just returned from Yumen Pass. Ma Chao didn't expect that he would catch up with Wang Yan coming back from Yumen Pass on the first day he took office, and Wang Yan didn't expect that he would catch up with the new Taishou as soon as he came back. After listening to Zhang Ji tell him, Wang Yan hurriedly rushed to the county guard mansion to see Ma Chao.

After the two met, Ma Chao looked at Wang Ling. If you want to say that you can see Wang Yan, you will know that he is a person in the army, and his every move is the style of a military general. Although I don't know what his ability is, he feels that Wang Yan is a usable person to Ma Chao.

"Wang Sima has worked hard!"

"This is all a matter of subordinatery, and you should not say so!"

"I don't know how the Jade Gate Pass is now?" Ma Chao asked the question he was most concerned about.

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this, looking like he wanted to say but didn't want to say it.

"Wang Sima, if you have something to say, it's okay to say it! Could it be that there is something unspeakable? Ma Chao wanted Wang Yan to tell the truth, so he said.

"So, the subordinate said."

"That's right, Wang Sima, please speak!"

"My subordinates used to be the guards of Yumen, so it can be said that I know this place. Nowadays, most of the people who enter and exit the pass every day are merchants, and they know that Yumen Pass is the fortress connecting our Han Dynasty to the Western Regions, but now, now it is ......"

"Now it's bandits that are rampant, making the merchants of Yumen Pass panic, yes or no?"

"Yes, the predecessor Taishou cracked down on bandits severely, and the common people of the merchants in the past can still be safe. But the predecessor was too timid and afraid to fight against it, so that now bandits are rampant, so that in the past, the caravan was saved five out of ten, and almost half of the property and people were folded in the hands of the bandits. The imperial court must know about this matter, but it has never sent the Taishou to come, and today the Taishou has just arrived, presumably it must be the imperial court......"

Wang Yan didn't say anything about the court in front of Ma Chao, and he didn't finish his words after the last day, but when he said this, he looked at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao understood what he meant, and he nodded, "Yes, this Taishou is the one appointed by His Majesty to handle the affairs of Yumen Pass!" If the bandits in Yumen Pass are not eliminated, this Taishou will have no shame to see the people who come and go to Yumen Pass! ”

He said this, Ma Chao thought before he came, if he wanted to govern Dunhuang County well, the matter of the bandits in Yumen Pass must be solved, and the fact that others did not do what they did did does not mean that they are the same. If that's the case, if a county can't be governed well, then how can we govern the world. If the little bandits can't be solved, then what are you talking about to meet the world's heroes and compete for the world's dominance.

Wang Yan looked at the young Taishou, "I am willing to follow the Taishou to punish the bandits and return peace to my people!" ”

"Okay, Wang Sima, you and I should fight side by side together, and we will meet the bandits at the Yumen Pass for a while, I want to see what they are capable of!"