—156 A.D.——

The northwest is bitterly cold, vast and windy, and there are no mountains to obstruct it, when you reach the time (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.), the sky is already dark, pedestrians have returned home, and shops and merchants have lit the lights one by one.

When Dong Junya went to the largest "Cheng Ji Restaurant" in Wuwei City along the road, she was quite frustrated.

Although many old people are enthusiastic about him, they are quite hesitant to promote the second son, some straightforward people clearly say that their nomination quota has been used, and some euphemists ask Dong Zhuo if he has merits worthy of being promoted.

Merit? Is it quite familiar with a Qiang person? No, not only does it not count, but I am afraid that it will be counted as a bad evaluation, the border officials have always been promoted by military merits, so what is it to be good friends with those potential military merits?

Among the many friends, the one who provided the most assistance was willing to recommend Dong Zhuo as the county lieutenant of a county, and laughed that this was the son inheriting his father's business, Dong Junya was very moved, and then rejected him.

Although they are both county lieutenants and are in charge of the soldiers of a county, how can the county lieutenants of the wealthy counties of the Central Plains and the county lieutenants of the border towns of Liangzhou be the same? To put it simply, Dong Junya, who was the county lieutenant of Yingchuan, still had enough money for Dong Zhuo to learn martial arts and Dong Min to study after leaving his post for a few years without production, but it is said that some local county lieutenants in Xiliang had to return to their old business after retiring, making a living by cultivating land or striking iron, and I don't know whether it is true or not.

It's not that he was greedy when he was a county lieutenant, but that the local family gave it according to the custom, and he couldn't refuse it, because they didn't ask for anything at all, and they gave it to the county magistrate, the county order, and even the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant was more, and the little county lieutenant refused to accept assets to show his integrity, how did those top bosses feel?

As for Xiliang's side, due to the frequent border troubles, the major clans have their own armaments, if they are really on top, they can't be said to be better than the official army, so naturally there is no need to get close to the "weak" county lieutenant.

In any case, Zhong Ying can't be a county lieutenant, Dong Junya thought, if he can't win a county lieutenant, then at least he has to be a county lieutenant or county commander, after all, he is on the border of Hu and Han, if the Hu people are on the border, the county lieutenant who leads the army is probably the first to die.

According to Dong Junya's original idea, it is best to do a "job" under the Liangzhou Assassin History, such officials have no fixed positions and titles, and it is possible to "engage in them" for the military and civilian food and finance, and they can supervise the military administration, and they can copy books and guard the door, and their responsibilities are all arranged by the officials.

"I can still drink! Xiao Er continues to drink! ”

"Come again! Done! ”

As soon as she approached the restaurant, Dong Junya heard a commotion from inside, and she couldn't help but feel nervous, and walked in quickly.

In Longxi County, where he lives, as long as there is any noisy and noisy fight, Dong Zhuo can be found nearby nine times out of ten, but only once or twice can he be caught involved.

But this is Wuwei! Liangzhou Thorn History Office! It's useless to be smart, Dong Junya also plans to give her son a good deal here, but she can't let him make anything to be recorded.

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Dong Zhuo was looking at the drunken maniac in front of him with a headache.

Yes, drunken maniac, if a man holds an empty bowl and keeps pouring it into his mouth, and keeps shouting "Good wine!" "I did it!" Anyone would think of him as an alcoholic maniac.

If he could have noticed it earlier, Dong Zhuo could have taken the opportunity to slip away and let this person make noise here, but because his thoughts were a little dull due to the fighting, he didn't have time to find out, so he was watched by the diners of the restaurant with this guy who suddenly went crazy.

That's right, after booking the strengthened weapon, Dong Zhuo didn't have much money on him, so he considered going to the restaurant to find some relatively simple commissions to replenish his deflated pocket.

Knowing that he would meet a drunken maniac, he would never accept the commission of the "Drinking Conference".

At this time, the style of rangers prevailed, whether it was a scholar with a sword or a reckless man who couldn't read a few big characters, he could call himself a "ranger", but where was there so many opportunities to give them "chivalrous righteousness"?

Although it does not know when it arose, it is now a common practice in major cities to gather the "commissions" of the counties or wealthy families under their jurisdiction into the restaurant, so that those rangers can choose different commissions according to their own abilities and get paid.

When Dong Zhuo came today, because of lack of time, before meeting with his father, there were only three commissions to do: "helping to move goods in the market", "destroying the farmland and boulders outside the city" and "fighting wine conference".

The words of the market had just left, and there was no weapon and no way to deal with Dashi, and in the end, Dong Zhuo chose "Drink all the people who participated in the wine competition, and those who can still stand will be free of charge and receive a reward of 500 yuan" - Obviously, the guy who didn't make it to the end had to pay for the wine.

Dong Zhuo himself was a good drinker when he was young, and after getting acquainted with the Qiang people, he even got a lot of spirits from them to avoid the cold, so the thin wine made from grain or green millet was no different from white water to him.

I thought I could win easily, but I met a guy who was very able to drink, and there was no warning before he got drunk, the most important thing is that he was drunk but didn't fall, and the owner of the restaurant didn't judge him to fail, which was very troublesome, in case his father ...... Well, the father has come.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but shrink his neck when he saw his father who was talking to the restaurant owner behind the crowd.

The owner of this restaurant is named "Achievement", and it seems that he is the cousin of "Achievement" of Liangzhou Thorn History, if not, his restaurant may not be able to open to the largest Wuwei, and because of this relationship, sometimes he can also receive commissions such as "training city defense soldiers" or "catching horses for the cavalry team" in the restaurant.

Dong Zhuo looked at the elegant middle-aged results and talked to his father for a few words, then beckoned his men to disperse the crowd of onlookers, and said loudly: "At the end of this 'wine conference', Dong Zhuo and Jincheng Han Sui of Longxi tied for the first place, and at the same time, each person got two hundred and fifty yuan!" ”

This old thing dares to be more stingy!

Although Dong Zhuo slandered, his father had already walked in front of him and began to reprimand, so he had to listen with his hands down, and took the time to glare at the guy who was still shouting "", Han Sui from Jincheng is right, we will have the opportunity to "get close" in the future.

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"Big boss! Woe to you! ”

At the end of the "wine meeting", a group of idlers gradually dispersed, and suddenly saw a fast horse galloping towards him, and the rider rolled down without waiting for the horse, staggered into the restaurant and shouted.

"Don't panic!" The boss stopped him and said: "When, where, what, in turn!" ”

"At noon today, in the mountains more than 100 miles south of Wuwei, there are Qiang people and horse thieves robbing caravans! When the leader of the guard saw the horse thieves appear, he ordered me to return to report the news, and he himself stood guard from the mountain, and the horse thieves numbered more than a thousand! By this time, the caravan had probably been dispersed! The messenger was distracted, but his language was clear.

"Impossible!" "Impossible!"

Dong Zhuo exclaimed at the same time as the people around him, but the reasons were different, compared to those who were worried about the caravan and thought that it was impossible to have more than a thousand horse thieves, the "impossible" in his mouth meant that these horse thieves could never be the Qiang people, when he was playing in many Qiang tribes, he heard that they had gained a lot this year, and they did not plan to rob the Han people again, in contrast, the Xiongnu had many losses, and they were likely to take risks.

"Brother Dong, this matter is entrusted to you," the result thought for a while, and then turned his gaze to Dong Junya: "At this time, it is approaching night, even if I tell my brother, I can't send troops to rescue, I have three hundred cavalry, which can be handed over to you to command, and I gallop to help in the starry night, I don't know what Brother Dong wants?" ”

"I will not disgrace my life." Dong Junya arched her hand and responded: "However, the leader of this trip, please remember the name of my son Zhongying." ”

The results of "this ......" looked forward to Dong Zhuo, and he stopped talking.

Sure enough, such a presumptuous thing, even if the son pretends to be his father's merit, he may be reprimanded by his brother who is the assassin, Dong Zhuo immediately said when he saw this: "Uncle Chengshi! Please immediately issue a commission to rescue this attacked caravan, and let the nephew take it. ”

“…… That's a great idea! After praising the achievement, he said no more, and at the same time as dispatching three hundred cavalry, he issued a mission to "rescue the caravan", and all participants were rewarded with two thousand dollars.

"Only two thousand?" An onlooker said: "That's a thousand horse thieves, does the big boss want to kill one person for two dollars?" ”

"If you save the caravan, there will naturally be many merchants who will pay you, but these two thousand are the twenty stewards and men I sent to the 'Cheng Kee Restaurant'." Grades.

Although he knew that the big boss was taking the opportunity to buy people's hearts, Dong Zhuo, who took over the task, was too lazy to break it, but he couldn't let the talkers around him exaggerate the strength of the horse thieves, pointing out that they were not Qiang people was meaningless, but what he wanted to do at this time was to improve the victory rate on his side's face, so he raised his voice and said: "Do you know 'finch blindness'? ”

Although he was young, he was a huge physique, and he was able to dominate the crowd in the wine competition, so when he spoke loudly, most of the drinkers stopped to listen.

"The so-called bird blindness, that is, the disease of those who eat meat all day long, and there are no vegetables, vegetables, fish and shrimp in the stomach, but when the sun sets, they will be like birds and sparrows," Dong Zhuo said: "Those Hu people and horse thieves are like this, even if the caravan is scattered, it is impossible to attack and loot overnight." ”

"That's true......" the knowledgeable nodded.

"Uncle Cheng's cavalry naturally does not have this disease, but even if it is a thousand pigs, let 300 people kill them, there may be those who slip through the net......" Dong Zhuoyangyang's letter of entrustment: "This battle still needs 200 people who do not have 'finch blindness' and can use knives and guns, if you don't want to go, you can tell it widely, and in half an hour, my father and three hundred cavalry will set off outside the south gate, and they will not wait." ”

The people around him had their own intentions, but they still hesitated.

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo added again: "You must know that what we have to deal with is not a thousand robbers or bandits, but 'horse thieves', and this trip is not an official and military operation, and everything is confiscated, so those thousand horses?" ”

"I'll go!" "South Gate, huh? I'll get it when I get back! "I have a few more brothers, so I'm going to call!" Although Xiliang produces horses, not all horses are war horses, and those who can be ridden by horse thieves will not be bad.

In the midst of the crowd, Dong Zhuo showed a slightly vicious smile.

When Dong Junya saw it, she was both happy and slightly uneasy, so she had to comfort herself and said: It doesn't matter if the border army is cruel and lured by money, anyway, it is impossible for Wu'er to enter the court and become a big official.