In the afternoon of the next day, a middle-aged man came to Zhang De's house, wearing linen clothes and a full beard, like a black-faced king of Hades. Don't look at this big man's reckless appearance, he is a well-known figure in this county. When it comes to the dignified county lieutenant Zheng Tong Zheng Heizi, the little thief is certainly scared, but even a local tyrant is a little afraid.

Since Zheng Heizi took office, he led a group of county soldiers to clean up the second ancestor of the major local tyrants in the county, and several ruthless characters who plagued the township were knocked off their legs and thrown on the street to show the public. It's not that the local tyrants who have lost face haven't thought about making trouble with him, who knows that the county magistrate of this county simply ignored the local tyrants who came to cry, and privately sent someone to warn them not to provoke Zheng Heizi.

Originally, he was a personal guard in the tent of General Fei Li Guang, and someone in the army was covered. Later, when he was on an errand in the Chang'an Lieutenant's Mansion, he didn't know what shit luck he had, and he got a few words of praise from Lieutenant Zhang Tang, so he was recommended to be a county lieutenant in this county. Zheng Tong's name is still the elegant name given by Lieutenant Zhang Tang, of course, others still call him Zheng Heizi behind his back.

The meaning of the county order is obvious, I can't afford to provoke Zheng Heizi, a ruffian, if you want to find death, don't bother me.

"Tiger baby, what do you see Uncle Heizi brought you?" When the big man saw the little fat baby playing with mud in the front yard, he lifted the small basket in his right hand as if offering a treasure.

The tiger baby raised her head and looked at him for a moment, her big eyes suddenly flashed a trace of panic, and she quickly threw down the mud in her hand, turned around and was about to run into the house.

"Hey, you want to run again?" Zheng Heizi hurriedly put down the things in his hand, opened his legs, and took a few steps forward. picked up the tiger baby, kissed him violently on his little face, the dense stubble made the tiger baby scream, and the little hands full of dirt kept slapping the man, and the mud stained his face.

Zhang De walked out of the hall and scolded with a smile: "Why do you do this every time? Hurry up and put my tiger baby down, so that your sister-in-law will see you and count you down. ”

Zheng Heizi smirked, put the tiger baby down, and saw that he was about to cry with his small mouth, so he hurriedly turned around and took a small basket, and flattered: "Uncle Heizi brought you some pastries, which your aunt bought from Chang'an City a few days ago, and they are delicious." Hurry up and taste it, but don't tell me in front of your mother. ”

The tiger baby glared at him, but in the end did not resist the temptation of the food, took the basket and ran into the house. Zheng Heizi scratched his head and smiled innocently, picked up the wine barrel on the ground again, and smiled at Zhang De: "The wine mash that my mother-in-law bought from Chang'an City is not willing to drink, so she deliberately keeps it for filial piety." ”

Zhang De led him into the hall, sat down in front of the wide dining table, and scolded with a smile: "Look at your lazy surname, how do you look like a county lieutenant?" ”

Zheng Heizi didn't think it was angry at all, put down the wine barrel, twisted a piece of meat with his hand, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and praised: "It's still my sister-in-law's good craftsmanship, my lazy mother-in-law can't make such a good taste." ”

Zhang De grinned, his face was full of pride, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the protection of our general, not only did I not suffer from the military stick, but I also got 30 acres of fertile land, took my mother-in-law, gave birth to a baby, and said that the son was very beautiful." ”

Zheng Heizi agreed: "The general really didn't say anything to us, I don't know a few big characters, and I am also mixed with a county lieutenant, but I don't know how many old brothers are good now." A few years ago, the general said that the general beat the Hun barbarians and the Xiqiang abductors to cry and call their mothers, and now they have also sealed the Shuo Fang Taishou, and I think that the old brother will have to mix with the army. ”

Zhang De suddenly became interested, opened the wine barrel brought by Zheng Heizi, poured two large bowls, and listened to him with relish to describe the recent victories in the army. Although I can also hear some news of the Han army's victory, it is not very detailed, and I can't help but add some vain things, what General Li Guang's eyes are the size of copper bells, and his arms are as thick as wine barrels, which is really nonsense.

As a county lieutenant, Zheng Heizi naturally has a lot of official news. The two of them chatted while drinking, and their mouths rattled and bit the meat and bones, like gnawing on the bones of a barbarian, and the wine in the bowl also turned into the blood of a barbarian, which was really happy. In a few moments, half a barrel of wine was already in the stomach.

Zhang De's mother-in-law entered the hall with a large pot of noodles, put it on the dining table, and was not polite, slowly sat down on the mat, and asked, "Why didn't my brother and sister come?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it. The mother-in-law of the loser went back to her mother's house in Chang'an City, and followed a few sisters to wander around blindly. said that Chang'an had a new thing called soap, and he had to spend hundreds of dollars to buy it. Zheng Heizi took a sip of wine and pouted.

Zhang De's mother-in-law glared at him, and said angrily: "Don't be in the blessing and don't know the blessing, just your four hundred stone rank, your younger brother and sister are wronged by following you." She is the daughter of a big family in Chang'an, she has been eating and drinking since she was a child, and she ran to our suburban county with you, what is the picture? ”

"What's the picture? Naturally, I am fat and strong! Zheng Heizi smiled and slapped a few times on his thick chest, making a crackling sound.

"Are you supposed to buy livestock?" Zhang Shideng was amused, and asked with a smile: "Recently, they have been busy harvesting crops, and they haven't walked around the county, but what's new?" ”

Zheng Heizi patted his head and said busily: "Look at my brain, if it wasn't for my sister-in-law to ask, I almost forgot about business." I found a good job for my brother and sister-in-law, and I can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars every month. ”

Zhang De and his wife were stunned when they heard this, and asked in unison, "What errand?" ”

"The nobles of Chang'an want to build a road connecting the two counties, and they happen to pass through this county. The construction will start later, and there is a shortage of manpower, so I asked the county to help find it, and I have already helped my brother and sister-in-law find an errand. Zheng Heizi said with a smug face.

Zhang's face sank, and he said, "The old man of my family has already served in labor in Lixia this year, why do you still let him go again?!" I'm still a woman, why do I have to serve? If they are all enlisted, who will take care of my tiger baby? ”

Zhang De also blushed and didn't say a word, obviously annoyed by Zheng Heizi's unrighteous behavior

In the second year of Emperor Jing, he ordered that men in the country must be registered as Fu when they were 20 years old, so as to prepare for service. The state of the Han Dynasty stipulated that any person could be requisitioned, and all those who "organized the household and the people" had the obligation to serve and surrender after reaching the appropriate age, even if the son of the prime minister was also within the conscription object.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, the scope of conscription was mainly divided into labor service and military service, and labor service was also called "change service", which was mainly engaged in production and surname labor, such as: building roads, temples, city walls, palaces, rectifying rivers and canals, and transporting and transporting goods. Every adult male shall serve annual unpaid labour for one month. Of course, it is impossible for the powerful to serve in person, and there are those who provide materials for service, and there are those who pay for hired people to serve on their behalf, and so on.

"My sister-in-law misunderstood, how could I harm my brother and sister-in-law? Besides, now is the busy season of farming, which official family is impatient and dares to conscript the people to serve?! Zheng Heizi was confused by Zhang's series of complaints, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and explained with a wry smile: "This time to build a road, there is no need to levy labor, and the nobles of Chang'an will send people to escort the Xiongnu officials and slaves to come to build it." It's just that there is a shortage of auxiliary workers, and some overseers and men need to be recruited on the spot. The eldest brother is a martial artist, and it is most suitable to be a supervisor, but the sister-in-law can also go to the construction site to help cook some food, and she can earn a few hundred baht a month. ”

When Zhang De and his wife heard this, their faces turned slightly pale. Zhang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "A few hundred baht a month?" Just make some food? ”

Zheng Heizi nodded and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, can I still lie?" Originally, the county order wanted to post notices to recruit the people, but who knew that the county officials recommended their relatives one after another, but there were more monks and less porridge. If my brother and sister-in-law are not willing to go, I will put off this errand when I go back. ”

"Why don't you go?! I and your eldest brother are going, the crops have been harvested almost early, and being idle is also idle, isn't it a fool not to earn money if you don't earn it? Zhang's face bloomed with joy, and he kept giving Zheng Heizi vegetables, this ability to change his face quickly, Zhang Dedu next to him blushed for her.

Zheng Heizi, who was thick and fine, ate the dishes happily, and chatted with Zhang De about the situation of the battle, and even made a few bowls of wine, inadvertently resolving his embarrassment.

After three rounds of drinking, Zheng Heizi reminded with a smile: "Big brother is a supervisor, but be careful, the officials and slaves are all Hun prisoners of war, and they are so fierce that they are not easy to control." ”

Zhang De wiped his mouth with his wide sleeves and said disdainfully: "I cut off no less than hundreds of Xiongnu heads back then, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to capture them?!" If you don't obey the discipline, whip a few lashes and give a good outlet for the brothers who were killed and injured at the beginning! ”

"Discipline is discipline, big brother must not be too heavy, these officials and slaves were bought by the nobles of Chang'an at a great price, and it is not easy to explain if they are broken." Zheng Heizi waved his hand again and again, trying to dispel Zhang De's idea of selfish revenge.

"What's the matter? If you don't discipline strictly, why don't you still eat and drink well? Zhang De's face sank, and he slapped the bamboo chopsticks in his hand on the table, and scolded drunkenly.

Zheng Heizi was speechless and didn't dare to refute. This old brother had a hot temper, and when he was in the barracks, he just didn't agree with each other, so he violently beat the gold-plated Bahu family with the army, if it weren't for General Li Guang's protection, I am afraid that he would have been dealt with by military law long ago.

On the contrary, the Zhang family, who was listening to the conversation between the brothers with relish, glared at his old man fiercely, and said loudly for Zheng Heizi: "You are a reckless man, Heizi means, these official slaves are the livestock bought by the nobles of Chang'an, will you kill and maim our livestock?" ”

When Zhang De and Zheng Heizi heard this, they were all stunned, Zhang's words were not rough, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really true.

Zhang De scratched his head and grinned: "You mother-in-law can see clearly, the animals are disobedient, and if you whip them a few times, you really shouldn't slaughter them." ”

Zheng Heizi also gave a thumbs up, gave Zhang's "thirty-two likes", and reminded again: "Sister-in-law should also be careful when she cooks on the construction site, especially don't bring the tiger baby to the construction site." If it weren't for the fact that these officials and slaves were not easy to control, the nobles would not have recruited so many auxiliary workers and offered such high wages. ”

"Don't worry, I'll wake up, and I'll send the tiger baby back to my parents' house when the time comes, and let my mother take care of it." Zhang's heart has long been planned, and he is already looking forward to getting a large amount of wages and saving up to marry a daughter-in-law for Huwa in the future. (To be continued.) )