Southwestern County.

What used to be a land of land is now full of life.

Southwest County has 12 county towns and a port, and after more than a year of construction, it has begun to take shape.

Golden Lion Harbor.

When the port was first built, stone and wood were placed everywhere. On the dirt road that has not yet been paved with bricks, there is a flow of people. Shirtless and covered in dust, if it weren't for the difference in speech, it would have been impossible to tell whether they were born and raised in Yizhou or Tuyi in Southwest County.

In the distance, the sky is white and the sea is blue, the waves are not spreading, and there are occasional seabirds flying and gathering, as far as the eye can see.

In the temporary county guard's mansion, Jiao An, the county guard of Southwest County, sat in the first place with some uneasiness, and beside him, there were three people, and behind these three people, there were seventeen men in black standing.

"Lao Jiao, what is the matter with me in such a hurry?"

Although the king of the southwest, Samoke, is dressed in brocade clothes, but he is covered in dust. This costume is worn on his body, but how awkward it looks.

Samoke's babbling voice made the atmosphere in this hall a little soothing, and Jiao An immediately stood up and introduced to Samoke.

"Samoko, this is an envoy sent by the prime minister, who has come here to discuss important matters with us."

The visitor stood up and bowed his hand slightly. The person who came was thin and said, "My name is Wang Yaoxian, and I want King Yi to help me on the orders of the prime minister. ”

Wang Yaoxian's name is not familiar to Samoke, but Jiao An has heard of it. More than 30 years ago, Chengtiandao rebelled, and Wang Yao first followed Yuan Cheng, the No. 1 rebel in Tianzi, but there were a number of bandit leaders!

Jiao An was restrained and nodded to Samoko, implying that he had gone through the formalities.

Samoko was bold and shouted.

"Since it is the lord's order, you can say it! I'll definitely help. ”

"We want to hunt a sea dragon, but we are not familiar with this blue sea sea, so we want to ask King Yi for help."

"Sea Dragon?"

Samoko thought for a moment and said, "There are really people who are familiar with the sea among the several tribes in the border sea. However, sea dragons generally live in the deep sea, which is the territory of the sea tribe. If we venture forward, it may cause conflict. ”

Wang Yao nodded first and said, "The prime minister instructed that this matter is very important and cannot be delayed. So although it was risky, it still had to be done. I don't know if there are any ships available in the county to go to sea with us? ”

Being nominated by Wang Yaoxian, Jiao An's heart rose to his throat, and he said with some difficulty: "In the past year, all the energy in the county has been on building the county seat and the port, and now there are only two warships in the port, I don't know if it is enough?" ”

"All we need is one, and we have the Lauggio County Guard to prepare the boatmen, soldiers, food, water, and necessary armaments for us."

"Don't dare! I'll be ready. ”

Wang Yaoxian brought two monks and seventeen protectors who were proficient in serving water on this trip, in order to capture a sea dragon.

The matter has been discussed, and Wang Yao left with the people who inherited the heavens and the way. It wasn't until their figures disappeared from view that Jiao An breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lao Jiao, what's wrong with you?"

Samoko patted Jiao An's shoulder, but saw that he was startled, and the fine sweat on his face came down.

"Samoko, you don't know, who that person was just now? Listen to me, don't be so arrogant in front of him in the future, be careful. ”

Samoke was a little unimpressed, but Jiao An was persuading.

Jingzhou, Qingshui County, Cuijia Village.

It was a quiet mountain village, but it became gloomy because of the food shortage. It happened to be winter, and the young and strong people in the village united to go up the mountain to hunt, wanting to hunt some prey to survive this food shortage.

Tong Gu carried a bow on his back, a leather bag around his waist, and walked into the Cui family village with a big grin.

It was common for him to dress like this, just like the hunters in the mountains. At first, no one was waiting to see him. After all, at such a time, the young and strong people of all the families in the village have gone up the mountain. In addition to hunting to obtain prey, the most other things people in the village do is to lie down and bask in the sun, so as to avoid consuming too much strength and being hungry easily.

"Children, is Cui Laoer, the village chief of your Cui Family Village, still alive?"

Tong Gu walked up to a little boy with living mud, licked an old face, and asked with a grin.

Knowing that this little kid didn't pay attention to it, he didn't overdo it, and devoted all his energy to the great art of living mud.

Tong Gu had no choice, so he took out a piece of jerky from his sleeve and shook it in front of the little boy.

Smelling the smell of meat, the little kid's eyes lit up, took the jerky in Tong Drum's hand, and bit it in his mouth.

"That's... The one who is basking in the sun there is the village chief! ”

Tong Gu walked in the direction, but saw the old man lying on a folding chair under the big tree, basking in the sun.

"Cui Lao Er, are you not dead yet?"

Feeling that there was a figure shaking in front of him, Cui Lao Er half-squinted his eyes, and his eyes were a little trance.

After seeing the person in front of him clearly, Cui Lao Er stood up and muttered, "Tong... Captain Tong? ”

After 30 years of separation, the comrades-in-arms who fought side by side in the past and the two ribs stabbed each other, Cui Lao Er burst into tears and said slowly: "You old killer, Fan Junshou ran away after his death." When I went to prostitution, I didn't plan to pay it back, did I? ”

Then, Cui Lao Er pulled Tong Gu's sleeve and said: "Lao Tzu has been reading this for decades, if you don't return the money today, don't want to leave." ”

"Don't! Are the children watching? Is my old Tong the kind of person who owes money and doesn't pay it back? ”

Tong Gu's face turned red, his nose was panting, and he wanted to pull away the other party's hand, knowing that this Cui Lao Er looked old, and the strength in his hand was really great.

It took Tong Gu a long time to break free from the shackles of Cui Laoer.

At night, Cui Lao's second house.

Half a pot of turbid wine, a plate of peanuts, a basket of coarse cakes, and bacon made from the meat of unknown beasts.

The two drank this half pot of turbid wine for a little half the night.

"I said Cui Er! How did you get mixed up like this for decades? ”

"It's not Cai Tong's old bastard. After he killed Fan Junshou, he began to take revenge on us people. Let us do the most bitter and dangerous things, and the rewards that are said to be good are also pushed. He had the money in his hand, and the ropes were worn out by him, and he was reluctant to give it to us. ”

The two looked drunk, but both were sober and talking to each other.

"Lao Tong, where have you been for the past few decades?"

"I'm back home. No, I was recently invited out and went back to my old job. Checkmate! ”

Lao Tong cocked his thumb angrily and said.

"Who is so generous? There are only a few princes in the world who have died. Is it Zhu Zi? ”

"The Liangzhou Army is so poor, even if you ask, my old Tong won't go."

"Jingyun?"

"The wind blows in Liaodong, can I see it?"

"Huan Wu?"

"Phew, just the kind of person Huan Wu, do you think he will be so polite and virtuous?"

"It can't be Cai Tong's old bastard, right?"

The more Cui Lao Er guessed, the more outrageous it became, Tong Gu slapped the table and said.

"Tell you, Shu Prime Minister Yang Xian."

Cui Laoer's face changed, and he had already guessed five or six points about Tong Gu's intention.

"You old killer, you don't want to come to the white wolf with empty gloves, right?"

"We are eager to seek talent, although we are young, but we are rare heroes."

"Don't fix all that nonsense for Lao Tzu. We, the old guards of Fan County, also have five or six thousand strong men under our hands. Yang Xian wants to recruit us, so he has to give us some sweetness! ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

Tong Gu heard that Cui Lao Er and they had five or six thousand people under him, and secretly said in his heart that he was a stable general. With a smile on his face, he patted Cui Lao Er's shoulder and persuaded another glass of wine.