It was late at night, but near the Wudu Station, there were still brilliant lights and the sound of hustle and bustle soaring into the sky.

The gamblers in the gambling hall roared in ecstasy, surprise, or despair. From time to time, there was a man's low roar or a woman's gasp in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion. There are also various food stalls at night, and the smell of wheat cooking food is sold. Mixed with the smell of manure coming from the livestock market not far away. made the entire Wudu Post Station fall into a thick human fireworks.

The inn is a small three-storey building. There is a low fence on all sides. The four-section wall is just centered on the small building, and a courtyard dam comes out.

This is the hour. For modern people, at this point, the nightlife has just begun. And for the ancients, it was time to wake up from a drowsiness at this time. However, the current Wudu Post Station has a little bit of the taste of modern night market lights. So, at this time, everyone can't sleep. People who didn't go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion or the casino to buy fun, at this time, they all spontaneously walked out of the room, sat on the ground in the courtyard of the post station, and started their daily routine.

"Dong Laosan, why don't you go to the Quartet tonight to kill the Quartet? How? Last night I had bad luck and threw all the money out of my pocket? ”

"Hahahaha~~ Old horse, why don't you open a pot? Last night, Dong Laosan won first and then lost in the Quartet, and at least lost two or three thousand dollars to go out! ”

"Hiss ~ two or three thousand dollars. Dong Laosan, your Hu family's horse team is still two days away. You're not going to give away the money you paid to book a room for the horse team at the inn, are you? ”

"Hmph, stupid donkey, Lao Tzu is not so bold. What I lost last night was all my own money! And if there are two or three thousand dollars, it is only seven or eight hundred dollars. ”

"Hmph, let me tell you again, Lao Tzu is called Ma Chun, not Ma Stupid Donkey. Hey, you've been making a lot of noise lately. Can you lose seven or eight hundred dollars without using public funds? I don't believe it? You must have embezzled some of the public funds first! ”

"Whew! Lao Tzu doesn't have to pay taxes this year, not to mention, the imperial court buys grain at a protective price of 100 yuan per stone, and they buy as much as I sell. My family has ten acres of land, and this year's harvest has more than 60 stones. I took 20 stones out and sold them, and this amount alone cost me 2,000 yuan! And recently the price of salt has been reduced by half, and the money to buy salt has also been reduced by half! Lao Tzu was also responsible for making a forward station for the Hu family caravan...... Lao Tzu's eldest son will serve as a soldier in Hanzhong for the former general, and the annual salary is worth 5,000 yuan...... What's wrong with Lao Tzu playing games? ”

"Hehehe, this old man. Although this year has been a little better. But people, we must be prepared for danger in times of peace. The imperial court will have to collect taxes again next year. ”

Although Jiang Wei took off his crown at this time, he only tied a scarf for civilians on his head. But after years of killing, it has a powerful aura on its body. So he stood there and opened his mouth. At the beginning, everyone who was still sitting on the ground got up one after another.

"Sit, sit, sit." Jiang Wei took the lead and sat on the dusty ground: "This is Brother Dong, right?" There is such a thing as a play, a small Bo is pleasant, and a big Bo is hurtful. But be careful. ”

"Hehe, this one is a noble man at first glance. You're right. Xiao Lao'er thought the same thing. Hey, but last night was different. After winning a lot, the excitement is getting bigger and bigger. Later, after losing some and going out, I always felt that I could get back, but the result was ......"

"So, this is their trick. Brother will have to be careful in the future. ”

"The nobleman is right."

"Well, Brother Dong, this year's imperial court is exempt from taxes, this day is a lot better, right?"

"That's not it! It's been ten years! This year, my family bought a piece of cloth for the first time and made a new outfit for the whole family! Hey, Da Sima is really good, he can fight, and he is considerate of our people. It's much stronger than Jiang Wei, who can only fight and can't win battles! ”

"Ahem! Ahem, ahem! Jiang Wei, who had just sat down and was about to go deep into the people to understand the people's feelings, suddenly suffered such a dull stick. This box can't be opened. I had to cough uncontrollably.

At this time, Wu Qiao had to speak: "Uh, Brother Dong." Although tax exemption is very good, it is impossible for the imperial court to exempt it every year. Have you seen the notice from the county? ”

"Little old man is illiterate! But TOEFL, the county specially arranged for people to go to each pavilion to read it. Tax exemption this year, 30 taxes and one tax from next year...... Hey, Xiao Lao'er is sixty-eight years old this year. This thirty taxes and one virtue politics was only experienced when Liu Jiyu was there, right? ”

"You!" Wu Qiao just wanted to stand up and scold this old man who had a big problem with his thinking, but he was quickly stopped by Jiang Wei's eyes: "Brother Dong, your son is serving as a soldier for the big man." Why did you work for the Hu family caravan of the pseudo-Wei again? ”

"Hey~ This is what your noble man just said about being prepared for danger in times of peace. Now it is rare that the two countries do not go to war, and there is a trade route. There were more people in this area, so Xiao Lao'er hurriedly came out to find some spare money. If the two countries fight again one day, the money will not be found! ”

"What? Brother Dong also thinks that it is impossible for the two countries to have peace for a long time? ”

"Of course. In this world, there must be someone who can speak. Three emperors? Hey, there aren't three suns in the sky. ”

"Then Brother Dong is willing to let your kid go to be a soldier?" It was not Jiang Wei and Wu Qiao who asked this question, but a middle-aged man with a capable figure and eyes next to him.

Dong Laosan didn't notice that the person asking the question had changed, anyway, it was all small talk, and when someone asked, he replied: "It's not a question of whether I'm willing to give up, but that's how my Han military system is." If there are two men in a household, one of them must serve as a soldier. If there are four men, two will be recruited! Hey? Aren't you my man? ”

"Hehe, down there is Da Wei, that is, the pseudo-Wei people you are talking about."

"Hey, what a big Wei pseudo-Wei, we ordinary people don't believe this. Brother, are you having a good time over there? ”

Dong Laosan's question made the person who asked the question silent for a while. But he still replied positively: "A year ago, I should have had a better life than you." But now, that's far worse. ”

This answer made the surrounding Shu Han people extremely satisfied. Dong Laosan shook his head and said, "Of course! Don't look at who is in charge of our big man now? ”

"Yes, Dong Laosan is reasonable. If others don't mention it, just call me Ma Chun. In the past, there were seven people in the family and seventeen or eighteen acres of land, and this life was barely passable. Later, my eldest brother followed the general to serve as a soldier and died in Duangu. However, the imperial court's pension was not issued until two years later...... Two years! In the past two years, the old man in my family fell ill and died, and my sister-in-law remarried. Lao Tzu dragged his old mother and three nephews to live a difficult life together. It's a miserable day! In the end, there was no choice but to sell the land...... That's a loser! So, the daughter-in-law that Lao Tzu talked about was blown! ”

"This horse brother? Why hasn't the imperial court's pension been paid for a long time? Jiang Wei, who was still pretending to be deep at the beginning, couldn't sit still when he heard this: the bereavement pension of the martyrs' families could not be issued in time, which was a big problem affecting morale.

"Hey! Jiang Wei, who was not that dog, was in a hurry to go on the Northern Expedition not long after Duan Gu was defeated. Northern Expedition Northern Expedition, cut your fell! The court suddenly ran out of money again! It's too late to supply the Northern Expeditionary Army, where will we take care of our small people? ”

"Then why did the imperial court have the money to pay pensions again?" Seeing that Jiang Wei was slapped again, Wu Qiao hurriedly began to divert the problem.

"I don't know too much about that. I heard that it seems that Da Sima donated a sum of money to the imperial court? ”

Ma Chun's words are not clear, but Wu Qiao, as an official of the imperial court, is indeed very clear: although Guan Yi's statement of donating money to the imperial court is inaccurate, it is not unfounded. Because that year, Guan Yi's Fuling County shouldered the expenses of the Yong'an Corps, and Jiang Wei's Eighth Northern Expedition did not launch the Ninth Northern Expedition immediately after returning in vain. So the court had some money to spare, so it sent out the bereavement pension.

Although he didn't beat himself, Jiang Wei was beaten in the face on his own turf after all. Therefore, I have to earn some face for the general, otherwise I will be slapped in the face like this, and the general will not blame me for deliberately looking for a nurse to sweep his face. So, Wu Qiao asked everyone a topic that they didn't like very much: "Then, guys, what if Da Sima also wants to go on the Northern Expedition one day?" ”

"That's good! If Da Sima wants to go on the Northern Expedition, as long as he doesn't dislike me, Dong Lao is three years old, I will also participate! ”

"That's right, I'm Ma Chun less than thirty this year, if Da Sima wants to go on the Northern Expedition, I will definitely participate!"

Hey? Isn't this style of painting? Why did you support the Northern Expedition again?

"Hey, this nobleman, are you from Wei? Have you heard about this battle of Yang'an Pass. The private soldiers under the command of Da Sima died in battle, and each person's bereavement pension was 10,000 yuan! And the children of martyrs can also enter the Revival School to study for free? There are no dead or crippled. It was also sent to Shu County and Ba County to be a pavilion chief and a county lieutenant. If Da Sima is the Northern Expedition, we will definitely support it! ”