On the potholed official road, Zhang Tie and his entourage were silent, all recalling what the old man in the small village said.

In Yuxi Village, the old man glanced at Zhang Shun complicatedly, shook his head, and sighed.

"Border City County! Bitter! Did you know? Many years ago, there were at least 30 families in our village. ”

When the old man said this, his eyes were full of memories, and there seemed to be a prosperous village in front of him, and then there was a deep helplessness.

"It's a pity that with the collapse and separation of the previous dynasty, and the continuous civil war in the past few years, our border land can no longer be given strong manpower and troops, and every year we will suffer from the plundering of the Mongols, the harassment of the Koreans, and the robbery of bandits."

The old man's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said not poorly: "Actually, we can still tolerate these, Mongolia and the bandits also know that they can't kill chickens and take eggs, and the most they can do every year is to rob resources and population, and they won't kill innocents indiscriminately, and the harassment of Koreans is nothing." ”

"But I didn't expect that just a few years ago, the county order of Border City County was suddenly replaced, although the previous county order was not much to do, but there was no way to do it, the Emperor of Border City County was far away, and it was not the area where the army was stationed, the strength was limited, and he couldn't manage so much, and the people of our border city and county never blamed him, which Cheng thought."

"Ahem! Cough! Cough! ”

When the old man said this, his chest was bulging, and his tone began to get excited, holding his chest and coughing, Zhang Shun hurriedly stepped forward and gently patted the old man's back. "Old man, don't get excited, speak slowly."

Under Zhang Shun's combing, the old man's cough stopped, waved his hand, and said to Zhang Shun: "Thank you Lord County, I have an old problem, and I don't get in the way." ”

"Hey!"

Sighing again, the old man said indignantly: "Which Cheng wants to come first The county order of the border city is simply not as good as a pig and a dog, as soon as he takes the position, he will start to raise taxes, and he will collect it several times a year. ”

Glancing at Zhang Shun, the old man was expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

At the same time, on Zhang Tie's retina, there were also many task prompts.

【Ding! Quest Tips! 】

[Clean up the bandits! 】

[Mission content: In the area you took over, there are many bandits, and if you want to develop better, you have to clean up all the bandits in the border city and county within two months. 】

[Task rewards: 50,000 experience, 10,000 system coins, 200 prestige, +1 dominance, +30 popular hearts in border cities and counties.] 】

['Yes', 'No']

'Yes'

【Ding! Quest Tips! 】

[Protect civilians! 】

[Mission content: In the area you have taken over, civilians have been subjected to all kinds of plundering, protect them from being plundered again, and the time limit is permanent.] 】

[Quest Reward: Every other month, rewards are given according to the situation of civilians.] 】

No yes or no, again a mandatory task.

Walking on the official road, Zhang Tie rode a heavy gray grassland horse, while planning in his heart, "The task of protecting civilians is not in a hurry, you can take your time, but you still have to deal with the bandits as soon as possible, there is a time limit, it seems that a group of people need to be recruited to clean up the bandits in the border cities and counties." ”

With the existence of a systematic map, Zhang Tie is not worried about not finding the bandits, after all, the border city and county are not very old, riding a horse, you can run around the border city and county in two days, and now the top priority is to let Zhang Shun become the county commander smoothly, and then recruit people.

In the evening of the same day, before the sun was about to set, Zhang Tie and others arrived outside the county seat of Biancheng County.

On the way here, he also met more than a dozen bandits who were not long-eyed, which were easily solved by Zhang Tie and others, and also brought Zhang Tie 2,000 points of experience.

Although Biancheng County is now an inferior county, but the city is not small, as a border existence, still in the former dynasty, Biancheng County is still a large county, with a large population, and Mongolia and Korea are commercial contacts.

It's just that with the rupture of the previous dynasty and the beginning of the civil war, Mongolia and Korea are not satisfied with the way of trading.

In the face of the depredation of the Mongols and Koreans, the merchants fled, and the former business was completely destroyed, and the economy plummeted.

The people who came from Mongolia were all on horseback, and they were all good at riding and shooting, and at first the soldiers of the border cities and counties would still go out to stop the Mongol plunder.

It's a pity that there aren't many horses, and how can a two-legged soldier outrun the Mongols who have horses, which leads to the soldiers in the border city chasing and not chasing the Mongols, but being shot by the Mongols on horseback with bows and arrows, losing manpower in vain.

Therefore, from then on, in the face of the plundering of the Mongols, the soldiers of the border cities and counties could only stand on top of the city towers, angrily watching the arrogant Mongols plundering the land they guarded.

Only when the Koreans come over, they will go out of the city to give the Koreans a heavy blow, and vent all the anger held in their hearts on the Koreans.

The city wall of Biancheng County is 752 zhang long (about 2,507 meters), 2 zhang 3 feet high (about 8 meters), the width of the city wall is 2 zhang (about 7 meters), it is made of stone bricks with soil and a little rice milk, it is equipped with four gates in the south, east and west, the city gate is 2 zhang long (about 7 meters), and the width is 2 zhang (about 6 meters).

There is also a moat outside the city gate, and the river is full of piranhas, and it is such a moat that has blocked many enemy attacks.

At this time, the weather was getting late, and the city gate was about to be closed, Zhang Tie and others finally came to the county seat of Biancheng County before closing the city gate.

When they came to the moat, Zhang Tie and the others got off their horses, led the horses, and slowly walked to the city gate, and fish would jump out of the moat from time to time, looking at the sharp teeth, Zhang Tie was surprised in his heart, "There are piranhas!" ”

After paying the entrance fee, Zhang Tie and the others continued to walk into the city, preparing to find a place to rest for the night first, and then go to work early the next morning.

As a matter of fact, before the county magistrate takes office, before the person arrives at the place, he has to order the person to go to the place where he took office in advance and issue a notice to the county yamen who will take office.

After receiving the notice, the ceremonial room was sent with the Shangyi note, prepared the three animal sacrifice ceremonies, lanterns, cars, sedan chairs, husbands, and horses, and issued the new officials to take office to pay homage and worship in order to be held in an orderly manner.

At the same time, set up beds, tables and chairs, box shelves, official cases, printing pads, printing boxes, printing racks, disembarking banquets and three-day public banquets.

However, it is obvious that Zhang Tie and others do not play cards according to the routine, first, they want to observe secretly, but they are troublesome.

The soldiers at the city gate collected the entrance fee to the city, and after Zhang Tie and the others walked away, they all looked at each other in disbelief.

One of them said to the others, "You guard the city gate first, and I will go and inform Lord Bo." ”

After saying that, he hurried to the city.