Southern Xinjiang of the Empire, Qingshan City, downtown alleys

"Boy, look at you just came out of Boss Li's pharmacy, what's the matter, did you dig up high-quality herbs in a ravine recently, and made a small profit, for the sake of everyone's brothers, how about a treat to eat and drink?" The thug who spoke had a cruel smile on his face, and the scar on his face showed that he had a fierce aura, it was with this fierce appearance and a little fist and foot kung fu that he was able to get into the position of a leader of the Lingnan gang in Qingshan City, and he was now pushing a teenager who had just finished selling herbs into the corner with a few brothers, ready to eat this little money.

The young man's eyebrows were sharp, but his eyes had a maturity and perseverance that did not belong to his age, and his body was a gray old clothes, at this time he seemed to be discussing with a few gangsters with a serious face, and his words were quite soft, "Seven days ago, I have already paid filial piety to Brother Lin Xiuwen, big brother, you see, I just came back from collecting medicine in the past seven days, in case Brother Lin knows, if you want me to be filial again, I can't explain it without this money now." When a few gangsters heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, Lin Xiuwen was the young gang leader of the Lingnan Gang, and he was deep-minded, if he ate his money, it could be said that he shouldn't be mixed up in Qingshan City, and a few gangsters were angry, pushed the young man, and left with a scolding.

Finally gone, the boy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he grew up with his grandfather since he was a child, never heard his grandfather talk about his parents, and his grandfather picked medicine between the nearby mountains for a living, but his grandfather died three months ago, his life was suddenly a little difficult, fortunately, Boss Li in the pharmacy saw the friendship with his grandfather for many years of trading herbs, and took care of him quite a lot, but whenever Boss Li expressed his intention to recruit him as an apprentice, he thought of the discord with Boss Li's son in private, so he politely declined. While thinking about his own affairs, the boy walked slowly down the main street of Qingcheng Mountain.

Qingcheng Mountain in early spring, pink and purple hyacinths on both sides of the road, the fragrance of flowers in the city allows the residents here to enjoy the warmth of winter, but the hyacinth petals rolling at will on the street can not attract the attention of the teenager, thinking of his ethereal future, the teenager sighed, do you want to be like grandpa for a lifetime to collect medicine for a living? Maybe after a few years, prepare some money and good herbs, and find a doctor to learn medical skills, it can be regarded as matching your strengths, otherwise with the current income, although Boss Li takes care of it every time, it is just barely enough to eat and wear, if you want to renovate your dilapidated home in the city, you can get a lot of silver.

"Zuo Yin-" A long breath interrupted the young man's thoughts, Zuo Yin looked back, a stocky young man about the same age as him gasped, and trotted all the way to him, "Huh, I'm tired and tired, finally, find you, go back to the pharmacy with me, Boss Li, and some big people, are waiting for you." The intermittent news was accompanied by the little chubby dun's wheezing and spit out a little bit, this Wang Fat Man was the same as Zuo Yin, born in poverty, fortunately, by chance, this little fat man didn't know who he learned to recognize some words, so he gave Boss Li an apprentice, but he and Zuo Yin privately like to call himself Ben Shao, which often makes Zuo Yin cry and laugh.

"Big shots? What big guys, what do you want me to do? ”。 Zuo Yin looked dazed, but since it was Boss Li looking for him, he still had to go immediately, after all, he was his benefactor, so Zuo Yin turned around, looked at the panting little fat man, and couldn't help but let him walk back slowly, and he immediately trotted to the pharmacy.

Although Qingshan City is large, the population is not large, and many of them are people who provide various services for the Cangnan Army stationed on the front line of more than 60 miles to make a living.

When Zuo Yin just arrived in front of the pharmacy, he saw a few bright red horses tied to the pillars at the door, which were a head taller than the ordinary horses he had seen in the city, he knew that this was a war horse, it seemed that it should be the military master of the Cangnan Army who wanted to see him, but he was a small medicine farmer, what was there to find by the military uncle? With doubts, Zuo Yin entered the inner hall of the pharmacy.

As soon as he entered the door, Zuo Yin saw Boss Li standing and respectfully pouring tea for several people dressed in red light armor, he didn't dare to look directly, and walked quickly to Boss Li with his head down. Seeing Zuo Yin stepping forward, Boss Li hurriedly put down the teapot and said grovelly: "A few masters, this young man is Zuo Yin, and he is also one of the people in Qingshan City who is most familiar with the surrounding herbs. ”

After a brief introduction to Zuo Yin, the pot-bellied Boss Li turned his head and said, "Zuo Yin, raise your head and let a few masters take a good look at you." While speaking, Boss Li's same joyful face made Zuo Yin feel a lot more at ease.

Hearing this, Zuo Yin dared to raise his head slowly, looking at a few soldiers who were full of murderous aura, the person in the middle was wearing a red light armor, his face was rough and hard from the wind and rain, but he added a bit of sharpness, he was about thirty or forty years old, and his dark eyes were shining, revealing the same unruliness as a man. Zuo Yin only dared to look up at this middle-aged man in the middle, and as for the rest, he didn't dare to look left and right.

"Well, that's good." The middle-aged man nodded slightly, and seemed to be more satisfied with Zuo Yin.

"Boy, now I'll give you a chance, our Cangnan Army has been short of manpower recently, and we need some talents who know medicinal herbs, if you go with us, we can report it and let you enter the establishment of the Cangnan Army, how about it?" Although the middle-aged man's tone was a consultative tone, he still had a condescending sense of majesty, and Zuo Yin, who had never seen a big man, suddenly felt a sense of oppression, but at this time, he couldn't care so much, but was immersed in the middle-aged words.

Cangnan Army? Weave? Anyone who knows a little about the military strength of the empire knows what this means, the Cangnan army guards the southern frontier of the empire, responsible for resisting the alien races that attack from time to time, and is one of the two main armies in the north and south of the empire in terms of strength, although there will be casualties on the front line almost every three or five days, but after he Zuo Yin passed, he was in charge of herbal medicine, and he would not be in danger of going to the front line, and even if he stayed in Qingshan City now, he would spend his whole life like this, although peace was a blessing, but a teenager, how could he not have the yearning for meritorious service in his heart. Thinking of this, he learned the posture of the soldiers, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully to the middle-aged man; "My subordinates are willing to serve the Cangnan Army." Because he didn't know the military rank of the middle-aged man, Zuo Yin gave up calling this person.

"Okay, I heard that your house is not far from here, and in half an hour, assemble at the south gate of the city." After hearing Zuo Yin's promise, the middle-aged man smiled slightly and praised him, and then ordered Zuo Yin, nodded slightly, and strode out of the pharmacy with these brothers.

"Zuo Yin-" Boss Li called him, Zuo Yin hurriedly turned back to face Boss Li, Boss Li was full of joy, "This general is a big man in the Cangnan Army, and entering the Cangnan Army through this general is also a blessing for your kid, there are many rules in the barracks, but you are a careful person, I believe that you can take care of yourself, I originally planned to wait for you to be older and help you find a doctor to be a master, but now it seems that there is no time." Boss Li looked reluctant.

"Boss Li," Zuo Yin's chest was full of emotion for a while, "Although I left Qingshan City this time, but Boss Li's kindness, I Zuo Yin must remember it in my heart." Zuo Yin's eyes resolutely faced Boss Li.

"Well, you go and prepare, go to the south gate early and wait, and it can be regarded as giving the general a good image." At the urging of Boss Li, Zuo Yin hurriedly ran home to pack up his things, most of the old houses were old things, and there was not much to bring, nothing more than a few clothes and personal items, after preparation, Zuo Yin was about to go out, but he turned back and saw his grandfather's tablet, and some nostalgia surged in his heart, and he turned back and went to three incense sticks, and then locked the door and left the house.

When Zuo Yin arrived at the south gate, there was already a long queue of material convoys at the south gate, and Zuo Yin knew that this was a material supply convoy for the Cangnan Army from time to time, and it was also because of each turnover here that Qingcheng Mountain was able to develop.

There were a lot of horsemen in the convoy, and there were more than 100 red armor soldiers, most of them were four or five people in a pile, Zuo Yin looked for them one by one, and finally found the middle-aged man at the front of the convoy. The middle-aged man seemed to have regarded Zuo Yin as his subordinate soldier at this time, and said to him heartily: "Boy, come, you will sit in this leading carriage all the way, and let me listen to your opinions on this herb for more than 100 miles." Zuo Yin didn't dare to slack off, and under the blazing eyes of the surrounding soldiers and grooms, he hurriedly lowered his head and got into the leading carriage.

The middle-aged man seemed to be waiting for the convergence of some soldiers and grooms at this time, and he had no intention of actively communicating with Zuo Yin for the time being, and Zuo Yin didn't dare to look around, but at this time, he could take a good look at the back of the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man had broad shoulders, but the red light armor was covered with scars, obviously he had experienced many battles, when Zuo Yin was distracted, the middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders, turned his head back and chuckled at Zuo Yin's chin slightly, obviously found Zuo Yin's gaze, but he didn't care, Zuo Yin hurriedly turned his head to the side.

At this moment, a few people rode horses from the side street to approach the convoy, and stopped more than three feet away from the convoy, when Zuo Yin looked, he was stunned to find that it was his usual "filial piety" Lin Xiuwen's eldest brother, Lin Xiuwen has a rare scholarly temperament in Qingcheng Mountain, but the weather is slightly gloomy, the whole body is emaciated, and he wears a scholar-style green shirt. At this time, he was full of smiles, and immediately owed peace to the middle-aged man, and then said respectfully: "Little Brother Zuo Yin is my friend, I heard that I entered the Cangnan Army this time, so I came to send Brother Zuo, and I hope that Bai Du will bear it." Zuo Yin knew that this middle-aged man's surname was Bai.

"Hmm", the middle-aged man replied lightly, and continued to look at the mountains in the distance, as if he didn't care about Lin Xiuwen's news that Zuo Yin could know so quickly, Lin Xiuwen was not annoyed, still full of smiles, and immediately stepped forward, and said to Zuo Yin kindly, "Little Brother Zuo jumped into the dragon gate this time, and there is nothing to express for my brother, I hope that Little Brother Zuo will accept this little idea." After that, Lin Xiuwen handed over a beautifully woven bag, Zuo Yin thanked for his kindness, but when he received it, he found that it was not gold and silver soft according to the touch, but it looked like it contained a few books, but it was not easy to open it at this time, he got out of the carriage and thanked Lin Xiuwen for his kindness.

At this time, the horse team had been assembled, and the middle-aged man didn't say much, raised his hands, and then waved down heavily, like a general leading the army to attack, the convoy began to set off slowly, and Zuo Yin looked back at Lin Xiuwen and his party who sent them away at the south gate were getting smaller and smaller, and Zuo Yin couldn't help but feel a little sad about leaving his hometown. However, the middle-aged man didn't care, after the convoy set off, he handed over the task of leading the team to a handsome young man, and he sat beside Zuo Yin, lazily hanging down one leg, and joined him in this bumpy carriage transporting supplies.

"From today on, you Zuo Yin is a member of my Cangnan Military Arms Department's physician battalion, just call me Big Brother Bai", the middle-aged man raised his finger and pointed to the tiger flag carried by the young man in front of him, "You can be regarded as a tiger cub in the Fire Department, but if you want to roar, you are still far away." Under the laughter, the middle-aged man patted Zuo Yin's back vigorously, looking extremely bold, Zuo Yin was not powered, and he coughed again and again, but the sadness of leaving his hometown also dispersed, just looking at the red tiger dancing in the wind in the flag, Zuo Yin couldn't help but look forward to his future in the Cangnan Army.