Liangzhou, Wuwei County, has a large county seat, named Zuli County. According to legend, the former Han Wu Emperor Yuan Ding three years to place Zuli County, belongs to Anding County, because of Zu Li Yin Lai, so this city, named after Zuli River.

The Silk Road, which is extremely important in the Han Dynasty, also leads to this city, therefore, because of its special geographical location of the county, it has always been a traffic artery and a military important place, known as the "Qinlong lock and key", so the city is built extremely tall.

Zuli County Office, located in the center of the county, because the county used to pass the Silk Road, occupy the essence of the trade road, so this county office is also the same as the county, built on a very wide area.

And this county office is not like other Liangzhou county seats, because the border is bitter cold, the construction of shabby, the county office, magnificent and solemn, majestic atmosphere, with bricks and wood as the main body, Zhu Chi gate is three rooms wide, facing north and facing south, the door is carved with exquisite patterns, it can be seen that the construction of the county office at that time consumed people's financial resources is not low. Of course, with the Western Regions being isolated by Yuyao, Shanshan, Shule and other countries, the land Silk Road existed in name only, and only the wealthy families in the border areas were left to smuggle for profit.

At this moment, in the depths of the county office, there are also a lot of discussions in the office of Wei Cao. The main function of Wei Cao Pengshi is to transfer the main pawns, only to see a dozen small officials in a row, buried in the case, holding the pen like flying, Wei Cao, who is very idle on weekdays, has become a little busy these days, without him, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Zhang Huan is down, Liangzhou counties and counties must transport a quota of troops within the specified time, and transfer the required grain and grass without delay.

Of course, because Zhang Huan paid attention to the rear of Xizhou, the troops drawn by the counties were actually not much, ranging from hundreds to thousands, and Zu Li only drew a tun of soldiers and horses because of his special position, so for these people, it was nothing. As for them, the only matter of transporting grain and grass is urgent, and as for ordnance, the arsenal in Liangzhou Thorn Shi can immediately equip 100,000 troops as long as there are enough soldiers, so it is not their turn to worry about ordnance.

At this moment, the voice of Wei Cao's office in the mainland, naturally this small official came out, although they were working on the pen, but it was obvious that they were familiar with this matter, and they did not pay attention to it, even if they worked, they were still talking about the war casually.

Most of the county officials are between 30 and 50 years old, and this age has only survived to the county officials, except for their own poor ability, dedicated to the public, and hard work, but they have survived the years between the sword and pen officials, and the rest is that they have already seen through the officialdom and are in the mood of living a day and a day.

Naturally, that is, the latter people, took the lead, and when they were in the office, they gossiped about the court war, but they gossiped and gossiped, and shouted that if they had the opportunity, they would follow Zhang Gong to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, revenge for the country and family hatred, etc., but no matter how they bragged and talked eloquently, no one really said that they would take off their official uniforms, put on military uniforms, and go out of the jam to destroy Hu.

However, this matter is not absolute, in a corner, there is a young man who has just reached the crown, because his uncle has a reputation in the Liangzhou army and his hometown, the county office in order to take care of his uncle, plus he also has a certain talent reputation, so he was recruited by the county bureau as a county official earlier than others.

It's just that young people always have an impulse not to be willing to mess around every day, they who have not been polished by the years, they are always unwilling to be nameless, and this young man is the same, often complaining in his heart that he is incompetent, he can only be a sword and pen, but he is often envious of his uncle who is in the army.

This young man looked tall, with ape arms and bee waist, his face was as white as jade, his eyes were bright, and he looked like a typical Xiliang Junlangjun. At this moment, although he was waving at the desk, but writing and writing, the speed of the pen slowly slowed down, and I saw his eyebrows suddenly frown, and he slapped the pen on the case suddenly, making a loud "bang".

Wei Cao's colleagues, who were talking lively in the room, were suddenly taken aback, and they all held up the pen in their hands and turned their heads to look at the young man who had not spoken much.

Although the eyes of his colleagues were different, the young county official was like no one around, and only listened to his loud voice: "The princes are talking about it here, but no one answers the call of Zhang Gong, can you be ashamed?" Although Yu is not talented, he knows that his husband is a horse leather shroud, and he should not talk and laugh in the back. After speaking, the young man glanced coldly at the old officials of the county bureau who looked around, and the old officials of the county bureau with many smiles on their faces were solidified, and said in a loud voice: "Fang Jinguo has a thief, and the big husband has no other ambitions, since he still imitates Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, he joins the army, goes to thousands of miles, makes meritorious contributions to foreign lands, Xuanwei battlefield, is well-known in Danqing, and Bo Fenghou is a sword and pen for a long time?" ”

After that, the young man saluted to all sides, and said again: "Today, I will resign with the kings, and if there is no fame, I will not return to my hometown." After that, the young man walked away, not at all nostalgic for the official position of the county bureau, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, like his uncle who fought on the battlefield, he got ahead with military merits, his uncle was called Zhang Ji, and his name was Zhang Xiu.

The officials stopped talking and laughing abruptly, and it was lively when things were gone, because of Zhang Xiunian's words, he was ashamed that he didn't dare to go to the battlefield but would only talk exaggeratedly, but he looked at each other, looking at the back of the young man who was gradually moving away, and the shock floated on the surface.

More than 100 years ago, before Ban Chao Congrong, he also said such words to the people around him who despised him, and later after he abandoned his pen from Rong, he rode lightly in the Peerless Domain, and really made a name for himself, and was named "Dingyuan" Hou, and his name was left in history. Now, Zhang Xiu wants to learn from Ban Dingyuan, make meritorious contributions to foreign lands, leave his name as a marquis, and return to his hometown in fine clothes, will this bold words really be realized?

At dusk, Liangzhou, Jiuquan County, Lufu County, Dongshi City, a competition between rangers has just ended, dozens of people fighting, with a force of less than ten people on one side, a big victory over the opposite side of the crowd and the end.

At this moment, looking at the dozens of people on the other side who were lying on the ground howling, seeing the foreign aid who was still standing in the center with an indifferent face, those dozens of people were afraid of this person's prestige, and they had just been cleaned up by this person, so they could only lead people back with hatred in the end.

Since then, nearly one-third of the merchants in Dongshi City, Lufu County, have since changed hands, and they have to pay protection fees to the more than ten people who won today. The behavior of collecting protection fees with the nature of the underworld is not only the Celestial Empire in later generations, but also since ancient times, since ancient times, those men who have made a living from rangers since they were children are pioneers who rely on this means to make a living.

It's just obvious that the benefits of collecting protection fees are attractive, and I believe that it won't be long before this group of more than ten people takes over the market, after knowing that there are only more than ten people guarding this section of the market, there will be new rangers who don't have much livelihood, even if they are afraid of the people who are headed by more than ten people, they will call friends everywhere, rely on the number of people to gather to challenge, and seize control of the market.

Of course, at this moment, these rangers didn't care about these at all, and saw that the more than ten people, whether they were standing or lying with swords in their bodies, were now excited, they raised their arms high, and shouted loudly: "Yang Aruo in the east city, Yang Aruo in the west city!" The east city slashed Yang Aruo, and the west city slashed Yang Aruo......"

The "Yang Aruo" shouted in the mouths of the crowd is naturally the foreign aid invited between these more than ten people, no, it is not accurate to say that it was invited. To be precise, Yang Aruo, who never forms a gang on weekdays, took the initiative to find more than ten of them today to rob this section of the market together, as for the reason, it is because among these more than ten people, several of them are Yang Aruo's hair, and they are very familiar with each other.

Others saw that Yang Aruo was dressed in a black robe, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a good appearance, a resolute appearance, even flesh and bones, and there didn't seem to be much strong flesh on his body, but from the fact that he was able to lead more than ten people to defeat several times the enemy, and he was unscathed, this person's force was extremely strong, causing him to be young and thin, and if the person who ignored him fought with Yang Aruo, he would definitely suffer a big loss because of his contempt.

Seeing that the people around him were still shouting, Yang Aruo could only raise the long sword in his hand and signal everyone to forbid it, and after everyone understood his meaning and stopped talking, he turned his head to look at everyone: "Gentlemen, Feng wants to follow the neighboring township Zhang Gong and kill the enemy in a foreign land. Now that you have seized the market, I hope that you will receive the goods, take the wealth that can be obtained by abundance, and give abundance. ”

Yang Aruo's surname is Yang Mingfeng, the small character Aruo, so he calls himself "Feng", Jiuquan people, his character is upright, jealous and hateful, like to act chivalrous and righteous, for people to fight unevenly, no matter when and where, as long as there is a fight, the news will come, never lack him, it can be said that it is a small battle in three days, a big war in five days, regardless of the east or west of the city, there must be a lack of his appearance where there are disputes, so the market often sings: "Yang Aruo in the east city, Yang Aruo in the west city." ”

As for the neighboring township Zhang Gong in Yang Aruo's mouth, it is naturally Zhang Huan, because before Zhang Huan moved to Hongnong, his ancestral home was Dunhuang Yuanquan, which was close to Jiuquan Lufu County, and the two sides were only hundreds of miles apart, so Yang Aruo called him a fellow villager.

Although Yang Feng's voice was not heavy, it made the rangers present look shocked, and they couldn't believe that this was the words of Yang Aruo, who was good at fighting, they knew. They couldn't figure out that Yang Aruo, who was only born to fight in their impressions, had such ambitions, which was really unbelievable.

"Ah Ruo, are you not joking?" After a short while, a thin man asked rhetorically, he looked slightly older than Yang Aruo, and he was a neighbor with Yang Aruo's father and had known each other since childhood, so Yang Aruo wanted to raise money to buy horses and travel expenses, and came to look for him.

After all, even if there are famous rangers in the county like Yang Aruo, they don't actually have much money, and in the words of later generations, it is a situation where one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.

If there is, it can only be illegal black income, some people will go to rob homes and houses, and become thieves, while some people can be said to be because of a little conscience, or a little less courage, can only rely on force to fight in the market, the king and hegemony, so as to those merchants in the market, a little money is relatively enough to spend to make a living, but if you want to get rich, then you can only grab more land.

However, there are more wolves and less meat, and there are only two cities in Lufu County, but there are hundreds of evil teenagers in the county, and it is obviously impossible to get rich with black income. As for the many rangers in the county, it is because Jiuquan County is located in the western frontier, the people are fierce, and the style of rangers in the Han Dynasty is prevalent.

Hearing his friend's remarks, Yang Aruo nodded and replied: "It's not a joke, when you have money, when you leave." ”

"Aruo! Can you bring me with you? ”

"Huh? Do you wish? ”

"Exactly, I heard Zhang Gong's call a few days ago, and I also have this wish, but if I go alone, I will have no money, and if I have wealth today, I should go." After the guy finished speaking to Yang Aruo, he said to the others: "We are no longer teenagers, fighting for this city all day long, and making some hard-earned money, how can the eldest husband be unwilling to be subordinated?" Gentlemen, I am willing to join the army with Ah Ruo, do you dare? How about getting rich today, joining the army together, and striving to gain fame? ”

The scene was quiet for a while, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and finally after one person shouted "I wish", the others followed and shouted "I also wish...... They are all rangers, and they are naturally eager to have their own world, and now that the opportunity is in front of them, and there is a strong and famous ranger like Yang Aruo as the boss, so they are naturally ready to give it a go.

"Good! I Yang Feng swore here that I would take all the gentlemen to win fame and return to my hometown. ”

As the sun set, as the more than ten people asked Yang Aruo to leave, some of them wanted to go home to resign, some wanted to go to the merchants who had just competed for the market, and some people went to contact other rangers, and then sold the control of the market they had seized to make more money, and Yang Aruo was left on the field for a while.

"Xianbei? When it is gone...... There is no concern here, and it is ...... to travel far away" Looking at the north, Yang Aruo muttered to himself, his fist in his hand clenched tightly, this time he joined the army, and he must establish a reputation and glorify his ancestors.

For Yang Aruo, after several years of ranger career, he has already seen the law of the world, the Han Dynasty is a powerful world, it is too difficult for civilians to get ahead, there is no background, everything is in vain, Yang Aruo has no background, only meritorious service in the army, and now, the opportunity is in front of him.