"That's going to be a pain for us!" Someone sighed.

"No, guarding such a golden rooster in Zhangjiakou, now it's not as good as a dunker military platform."

The rules of the border of the Ming Dynasty are like this, the fire road pier is also called the pier, it is the smallest defense facility, a pier of men and horses, the more there are more than a dozen soldiers, the requirements of the construction of the pier fort, it must be three zhang high, in case of attack, it will enter the pier to hold on, the pier is equipped with hay and wolf dung, you can light the wolf smoke alarm, and its function is actually the same as the beacon tower.

Larger than the military fort, is the military platform, a military station garrison dozens of people, some have a small number of cavalry, is the core of many surrounding forts, if the enemy is not strong, can be led by the military station garrison border army, mobilize the border troops of the surrounding dungeons to fight together.

The military fort is above the military platform, there are a large number of military forts in each town on the nine sides, they are the core of defense, the large military forts can reach several miles in radius, often built in precipitous places, the city is high, the defense is complete, and there are living areas, it is not uncommon to garrison thousands of people, it is completely comparable to the county town or even the state city in the interior.

Zhangjiakou is a large military fort, but at first it was very ordinary, and after gradually becoming an important border trade town, there were more garrison horses.

In the past, those small dungeon forts and small military platforms, because they were far away from the trade routes, really didn't have much oil and water, and there was no one who didn't envy these colleagues stationed in Zhangjiakou, but now the situation is reversed.

Some time ago, somehow, in the name of guarding against the northern and eastern captives, the general ordered that except for the eight grain merchants and a few other large merchants, all the merchants, no matter how big or small, should not leave the fortress.

In the past, Zhangjiakou relied on the location of the main road, and the road was formed, the traffic was convenient, the access to the grassland was extremely convenient, and many businesses gathered.

Don't think that you can't go to Zhangjiakou, the merchants have no choice, the nine-sided town, except for the two towns of Jiliao because of the direct face of the east, the war is frequent, the pass is very tight, the rest of the towns, along the Great Wall I don't know how many unknown bunkers and military platforms, just have a good relationship with the town guards, make some silver, the same can be out of the jam, but the road is not so easy to walk, travel is not very convenient.

In the past, many bold people did not have customs documents, relying on the loopholes of these dungeon forts and military platforms, smuggling some things to the grassland to make a living, and after a ban in Zhangjiakou, smuggling became the mainstream.

As a result, the silver that should have fallen into the pockets of Zou Qun and others became the pockets of other dungeon soldiers and soldiers.

There have been no major wars in northern Xinjiang for decades, and the arrears are much more serious than those in Liaodong, and before the order was issued, the dunker military platform relied more on cultivating land around the area to make a living, and a very small number of people were bold enough to even participate in smuggling, but most of the soldiers were very poor, and few had the capital to do such things.

This move is not only the merchants complained, but also the soldiers in Zhangjiakou, there are also a lot of dissatisfaction, the reason is very simple, they are owed wages is a common thing, relying on the rotation to garrison the city gate, small and medium-sized merchants give a little filial piety silver barely survived, this order is out, it is tantamount to cutting off their way of life.

There is no wasteland around Zhangjiakou for Zou Qun and others to cultivate, most of the soldiers in their border towns are not guards, there is no land granted by the imperial court, and life is gone.

"Zou Tou'er, come up with an idea." Luo Da looked at Zou Qun with a sad face, "If you don't make any more money, the family is afraid that they will starve to death." ”

"What can I do?" Zou Qun replied viciously, like them, these big-headed soldiers, without filial piety, the only hope is to pay silver, but the court does not allocate it, what can he do, lead people to make a fuss, and launch a mutiny will have some effect, but most of the people who take the lead will be settled by the autumn queen, Zou Qun is not stupid, until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he will not jump out to be this wronged leader.

"Hey, Zou Tou'er, wait a while, let me think about it, I seem to have heard some news last night, I can make some money and food." Hao Qing was hungry again at this time, but he didn't have half a copper plate on his body, so he was helpless, and he looked around and found the half of the baked cake that was no longer in shape, and he was washing it with a water bladder at this time.

Hearing other people's talks, I couldn't help but worry about my livelihood, although he was alone, he also had to eat and drink.

The generals in Zhangjiakou knew that the ban blocked the financial route of the subordinate soldiers, and although he couldn't distribute the salary, he barely provided some food in the barracks to appease the hearts of the soldiers, but it was not much better than pig food, so he barely coaxed his stomach, and Hao Qing couldn't look down on it.

"Hao Qing, you can't hear any unreliable news in the gambling house, right?" There was a heckling.

"What he heard last night wasn't the gambling house, where could it be?"

"Hao Qing, what's the news, tell it to everyone?" Zou Qun asked calmly, in fact, he probably didn't believe what Hao Qing said in his heart, but just held a fluke mentality, so he gave it a try.

"It's not going to smuggle anything, is it? We don't have the old books. Luo Da said, as a border army, there are only a few ways to get money, everyone is familiar with it, of course they know that they know about smuggling money to make money, but they can't advance money, so they can only think about it.

"No, no." Hao Qing felt that he had almost rinsed half of the baked cake, turned a blind eye to the yellow muddy water stained on the cake, opened his mouth and took a big bite, and continued vaguely, "I drank a lot last night, and I can't remember it for a while, alas, I only realize now that drinking is really a mistake." ”

"I just knew." Roda sneered, "Think about it, all the brothers are looking at you." ”

"Don't worry, if you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to think?" Hao Qing continued to gobble down the baked cakes, and wanted to laugh a few more words, but when he saw Zou Qun looking at him coldly, he was so frightened that he swallowed the next few words, along with the last bit of cake, back into his stomach.

"Goo! Goo! ”

Hao Qing's mouth was facing the water bladder, and he poured a few mouthfuls of water, and washed down the crushed cakes that were blocked in his throat. ”

"Speak quickly!" Zou Qun shouted.

"That's right, I met an acquaintance on a dungeon last night, tsk, this guy is very arrogant." Hao Qingba clicked his mouth, his tone was full of envy, if he couldn't think of it, how could it be, he was just deliberately pretending to be a bit of a gesture and pinching everyone.