Outside the border city of Yan Kingdom, a group of more than 20 people came to the south gate of the border city county, these 20 or so people were riding bright horses, except for the first two people whose complexion was a little white, everyone else's complexion was bronze, and the heavy leather armor could not cover their developed muscles.

"Lord Gao, is this Biancheng County? How is it different from what we have heard, shouldn't it be very poor here? ”

Looking at the common people who were coming and going, their faces full of sunlight, a knight asked the man with a little white skin in puzzlement.

"Hey."

The man who was called Gao Da sighed lightly, raised his head, and showed a delicate face, this person was none other than the eunuch of Yan State who had a relationship with Zhang Tie, and one of the cronies of Xiang Shaolong, the king of Yan State~ Gao Yao.

At this time, the eunuchs, without a father-in-law, generally called their names, and if they had an official position, they were also called adults.

"More than two months ago here, it was indeed as you said, at that time there were many bandits here, coupled with the plundering of the Mongols, the people here lived a very hard life, and even starved of food, people with yellow faces and thin muscles can be seen everywhere, and it is common for children to sell their daughters."

"But now, in less than two months, everything here has changed, and it has become different, although it has changed for the better, but the speed of change, the appearance of the change, is really shocking."

"And I heard that there is a new town in this city and county, which is really ......."

Looking at the obviously renovated city wall, Gao Yao's eyes were confused, and no one knew what was going on in his heart.

"Let's go, let's do what the king has told me first."

With his feet between the belly of the horse, Gao Yao took the lead and walked towards the city gate, and the remaining twenty people also patted their horses one after another, following behind Gao Yao.

Under the gate of Border City, Zhang Shun and other important officials of Border City and County stood here to greet the envoys from Beicheng.

When he was about to arrive in Biancheng County, Gao Yao sent someone to Biancheng County in advance to inform Zhang Shun and others, after all, he was here to convey the holy will, and some etiquette still had to be there.

"Greetings to the Ambassador!"

Seeing that Gao Yao and the others had arrived outside the city gate, Zhang Shun and the officials of the border city and county behind him all clasped their hands into fists and bowed slightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, we'll meet again."

Gao Yao turned over and dismounted, and came to Zhang Shun and the others with a kind face.

Originally, according to his character, he must have paid tribute to the past, but this time it was different, because he represented Xiang Shaolong, the king of Yan, Gao Yao did not return the gift.

Gao Yao glanced at the people present, but did not find Zhang Tie, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Shun: "Huh? Lord Zhang, where is your eldest brother? ”

The main purpose of his visit this time was to announce the appointment of King Xiang and appoint Zhang Tie as the military commander.

Jun Sima is a subordinate officer of the general. The general's camp (that is, the army directly under the general) is divided into five departments, each with one lieutenant, and the rank ratio is 2,000 stones. There is one military horse, and the rank is more than a thousand stones. When the rest of the generals led the troops to conquer, they also had Sima and other officers to lead the troops.

Jun Sima is in the court, which is equivalent to a military department, which can be regarded as the first step to embark on an official career.

This is the real power in the real power, but because there is already a big Sima under the general of Guanzhou, Zhang Tie, the big Sima, is not under the control of the general of Guanzhou, but directly obeys the orders of Xiang Shaolong, the king of the swifts.

This time, Zhang Tie was appointed as the Great Sima, and his main task was to assist the frontier general Xiang Tianming to guard the border and block foreign invasions.

However, Zhang Tie's promotion this time did not increase the scope of management, nor did the troops be replenished, only the increase was the individual's salary and the ability to appoint subordinates.

Zhang Shun also knew that most of the Gao Yao's coming this time was related to his brother, and the result of repelling the Mongols should have come down.

"Master Gao also knows that we are short of silver, my eldest brother, he went to escort a caravan to trade abroad."

Zhang Shun did not hide his brother's movements, and there was nothing to hide, the border city and county were short of money, it was the truth, Zhang Tie went to make money, and others would not say anything if they wanted to.

"Huh!"

Although I don't know the specific economic situation of Border City, but after thinking about it a little, Gao Yao can guess that the economy of Border City County will definitely not be very good, and it can even be said to be very dangerous.

The food and drink of so many homeless people and soldiers all cost money, especially the soldiers' wages, which is a large amount.

Gao Yao knew that the silver allocated from above was only enough for four or five hundred people at most, and the remaining four or five hundred people's food and salary were deprived by officials layer by layer.

This scene is a problem that Xiang Shaolong has not been able to solve since he took the throne, this kind of deprivation layer by layer has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and if you want to change it, you can't change it without a big purge.

And Yan State is only a country that has been established for a short time, and it does not have strong national strength, and the civil and military officials in the court are all ghosts.

What's more, since the establishment of the Yan State, most of the time, it has been in a period of war, how can it carry out a big purge, I am afraid that as soon as this action is launched, the Yan State will be in chaos, just like half of the previous dynasty, forcing others to rebel.

"I don't know when Lord Zhang will be able to come back."

Although he already knew the result in his heart, Gao Yao still asked, this process still has to be there.

Zhang Shun recalled the route that Zhang Tie and the others were going to take, calculated it, and said, "At least seven days." ”

"Seven days at least?"

Gao nodded to a good head, this result, sure enough, is similar to his, this escort caravan to trade abroad, without ten days and half a month, will not come back.

"In that case, Master Zhang, let's take the decree for your brother."

Gao Yao had no other way, so he had to let Zhang Shun take over the order instead of Zhang Tie, although he was a little skeptical about doing so, but for now it can only be so.

It is impossible for Gao to stay in this Zhang Tie, and it will take at least seven days, the delay is too long, but King Yan has given him other tasks that he needs to complete.

Carefully taking out a roll of yellow cloth, Gao Yao stood up straight, coughed lightly, moistened his throat, and shouted loudly.

"Zhang Tie of Biancheng County receives the order!"

Zhang Shun patted his cuffs, straightened his clothes, and half-bent down respectfully, responding loudly.

"The minister takes the order."

"Zhang Tiejie of Biancheng County cleared the bandits in Yan'an County and relieved the danger of Yan'an County. A reward of three thousand taels of silver is hereby given to increase the position of Sima. ”

'What's going on?' How is it not a matter of repelling the Mongols? ’

Raising his head slightly in astonishment, Zhang Shun looked at Gao Yao who read out the holy decree with a puzzled expression, and didn't understand why the matter was only related to Yan'an County.

The matter of Yan'an County is not a big deal, and it stands to reason that it is not worth upgrading to a higher level, but it is an important matter of killing the Mongols, and it is not mentioned at all.

Although he had doubts in his heart, Zhang Shun still maintained a bent posture and quietly listened to the content behind the holy decree.