Jeju Island, South Gate of Jeju City.

A two-person sedan chair quietly went out at the beginning of the hour and headed southeast along the official road.

Behind the sedan chair, there were more than 20 knights, all armored and heavily armed, faintly guarding the sedan chair in a semicircle.

The person in the sedan chair is surnamed Kim and his name is Yongtai, who is the county magistrate of Jeeui County, and this time he came to Jeju City to make a routine report to the Jeju pastoral envoy once a quarter.

As a place of exile inherited from the Mongol and Yuan periods, the security of Jeju Island is quite bad - more than 100 horse bandits of all sizes in Halla Mountain often come down to harass the place; Except for the three cities of Jeju City, Jeju County, and Daejeong County, it is difficult to ensure the safety of Jeju Island.

Recently, when he heard that Ushido Island on the east side was occupied by a group of pirates from nowhere, Kim Yongtai chose to take the land route - in comparison, the threat of pirates is obviously greater than that of horse bandits; Jin Zhixian is a man who cherishes his life, and of course chooses a less dangerous mode of transportation.

From Jeju Fortress in the north of Jeju Island to Jeongui County in the south, there are three overland routes to choose from: the most common route is to go southwest from Jeju Fortress, pass through the western foot of Halla Mountain, and then turn east to Jeongui County; Another road goes even further than that, which runs from the west gate of Jeju Fortress and follows the coastline to Daejeong County in the southwest corner of Jeju Island, and then east to Jeongui County.

The last road is the one that Kim Ji County is taking now: it still goes out from the south gate of Jeju, but it is in the southeast direction, bypassing the eastern foothills of Halla Mountain to Jeongui County - this road is usually not walked by many people, and there are many horse farms along the road, and the horse farms have guards on the horse farms, and if there is a sneak attack by horse bandits, they can still ask for their help, so Kim Ji County chose this road.

The terrain of Jeju Island is relatively simple. Towering Mount Halla dominates the center, surrounded by volcanic ash deposits and hundreds of millions of years of alluvial flats and hills, especially in the east, from the foot of the eastern part of Halla Mountain to the sea, a radius of 50 or 60 miles is all gentle plains.

Lifting the sedan curtain, a boundless prairie appeared in front of Jin Zhixian, and the ground was full of green alfalfa grass.

Jeju Island is barren. It is not suitable for farming, but these pastures grow very luxuriantly, so since the Mengyuan Dynasty, it has become a place for horse grazing - the Mengyuan set up the Tamna Military and Civilian Administration Office here, and its most important duty is to herd horses and prepare qualified horses for the Eastern Strategy.

Li Chenggui usurped Goryeo and established the Li Dynasty, which abolished the Tamna Military and Civilian Administration, set up Jeju Mu, and then added two counties of Dajing and Jeongyi.

The name has changed. The content has not changed, and the horse class is still the most important part of the collection of Jeju herdsmen -- there are more than 2,000 registered herdsmen on the island, and nearly 3,000 horses are collected from Jeju Island.

Looking at the herd of horses that appeared from time to time in the grass in the distance, Jin Zhixian couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in his heart -- his Jingyi County was not lightly harmed by horse bandits this year, and the horse recruitment class was another headache.

As soon as he thought of the horse bandits, Jin Zhixian was angry with the regimental training commander in his county, Pu Zhengxiang-this guy had more than 400 soldiers under his command in vain, and he let him go into the mountains to suppress the bandits, but he shirked the prevarication in every possible way!

Alas! It would be nice if North Korea was like the kingdom of God. Jin Zhixian sighed secretly in his heart.

North Korea is different from the Ming Dynasty, there is no such thing as a noble and a lowly man; Especially after the Battle of Korea. The status of military generals has skyrocketed, and in the coup d'état that overthrew Li Hui, the king of Guanghai, five years ago, the military generals in power have become the targets of various forces, and the warriors have become more and more arrogant.

Of course, another important reason why Park Jung-hyung did not buy Kim Yong-tae's account was that the latter was an outsider-Kim Yong-tae was originally a member of the Chungcheong Left Provincial clan. After the annual examination, the election official went to this Jingyi County to serve as the county commander, although he brought his family here, but in the eyes of natives such as Park Zhengxiang, he was still a foreigner.

This problem is not only in Jeongui County, but also in Dajing County and Jeju Mu.

Under the rule of the Jeju Pastoral Rule. There were four battalions in total, including the garrison, the battalion and the town, and the variegated army, and except for the battalion head of the garrison army, which was transferred from the mainland, the other three battalion leaders -- one battalion of the battalion and one of the battalion of the variegated regiment -- each of Dajing and Jeongyi, were all natives of Jeju.

These locals have intertwined relationships, and often join together to ostracize and oppose the rogue officials led by the shepherd; Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the salaries and salaries of these battalion heads were all sent directly by the soldiers of Seoul, and they had no right to intervene at all, so the jurisdiction of these battalion heads was even more powerless.

As soon as he thought of these bad things, Jin Zhixian was depressed, and even the beautiful scenery of the gurgling mountain stream outside the sedan car couldn't attract him.

Hurried all the way, Jin Zhixian and his party finally returned to Jingyi County before the city gate was locked at three o'clock in the unitary hour, and entered the city from the east gate.

On duty at the east gate, it was a hundred households in the regimental training camp, and when he saw the county lord returning to the city, he hurriedly stepped forward to pat his ass, and for a while he drove away the small people gathered at the city gate, and then diligently bowed down to guide the two small sedan chairs through the dark city gate hole.

It was easy to send the county master away, and the hundred households looked at the three-zhang high city gate building and were stunned - something seemed to be wrong just now?

After thinking for a while, but couldn't think of anything wrong, Baihu shook his head, ordered his subordinates to close the door and lock it, and he went up the city wall along the horse road next to the city gate and entered the gatehouse.

In the gatehouse, candles were lit early, and the table of exquisitely renovated wine and food under the candlelight was ready, and the person sitting on the opposite desk was Park Zhengxiang's henchman.

Seeing this posture, Baihu knew that this was to clean up the battle of Ushijima half a month ago - Baihu also participated in that battle, and more than a dozen of his subordinates were killed and wounded, but the pension money has not been issued.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down after a polite gesture, the henchman picked up a jingling money bag and put it on the table.

"Gao Jun, Lord Dusi said, this time to conquer the pirates of Niu Island, before boarding the ship, he has already issued a fortune of money, it stands to reason that even if there is any accident, it is not the business of the Dusi." The henchman spoke.

He has long been accustomed to this routine of suppressing first and then rising, so he doesn't speak at the moment, but he is thinking in his heart, just that little bit of money can make his brothers sell their lives? Joke!

If it weren't for Park Zhengxiang's repeated demagogy, saying that there is a mountain of wealth and goods on Niu Island, how can the gang of Ziming people be weak, and the ghost will follow him to that desert island and be shot!

As soon as he thought of the roar of the guns at dusk that day, Baihu felt a cold sweat break down his spine - those Ziming people didn't know what kind of guns they were using, why did they put them so quickly? I just put one round of guns on my side, and before I even loaded the lead, the other party actually put four rounds!

"However, the Lord of the Metropolitan Division sympathized with his subordinates, and it was not easy to think that everyone had a family and a mouth, so he scraped together the silver...... The wounded were five taels per person, and the battle-dead were ten taels per person, and asked Gao Jun to help distribute Smecta. The henchman gently pushed the money bag forward, waking up the hundred households who were still in their memories.

Grandma's only gave such a pension, it seems that she can't get much oil and water this time, Baihu scolded in his heart.

If you are in a bad mood, you will be extremely depressed when you drink this wine, and after a while, Baihu will be drunk, and you don't even pay attention to when the henchman left.

In a drunken daze, Baihu suddenly remembered that something felt wrong before the lock.

When dispersing the small people, it seems that there are a few fresh faces among them, and they don't look like Jeju natives!

Could it be that those horse bandits in Halla Mountain came to step on the plate?

Baihu tried his best to think for a while, but he couldn't stop the heavy sleepiness brought by alcohol, and finally his body was crooked, and he fell asleep soundly - the horse bandits are coming, anyway, there is this high city wall, afraid of a bird! (To be continued.) )

PS: 55555555, remember to set a scheduled release before going to work, how could there be none!