At the gate of the border city and county, the soldiers guarding the city were absent-minded, as if something big had happened.

A soldier was the first to break the silence and said tentatively: "You say, what will happen to the new county commander this time, look at the dress just now, the one wearing a white robe should be the county commander." ”

As soon as the soldier spoke, the other defenders began to chat.

"I think the new county magistrate is still young, and he has a kind face, so he shouldn't be like the previous county magistrate."

These are the words of a relatively young soldier.

"Don't you just look at the prefectural order and don't you see the people on the gray horses? The evil aura on his body is so strong and terrifying, some veterans are not as strong as him, I estimate that only Brother Yan can compete with him. ”

This was said by another soldier who had an arrow wound on his face, presumably on the battlefield.

"Hey, don't jump to conclusions before you do something, look at it, there will be results, don't discuss it, close the city gate."

A mature and experienced soldier put an end to the discussion, and several people set off to close the gates of the border county seat.

Zhang Tie and the others, who were far away, would never have thought that as soon as they entered the city, they would be known by the soldiers and guessed their identities.

In fact, Zhang Tie and others were careless, a border area, people who entered and exited the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city had an impression, and Zhang Tie and others were all wearing leather armor, Kong had force, and Zhang Shun and Liu Yi were both wearing long shirts.

In this place with limited flow of people, it is not difficult to guess the identities of Zhang Tie and others.

When Zhang Tie and others entered the city, they found that the city was also messy, the streets were full of garbage, as if they hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and the drainage ditch was even more foul-smelling.

Frowning, Zhang Tie suggested to Zhang Shun: "Shunzi, it seems that the first thing you do when you take office is to clean up the city, in this environment, it is easy to get sick." ”

A long time ago, people already had this awareness, and cities with conditions will bring water into the city, such as Jiangnan, and many small towns will do water conservancy to solve the sanitation problem.

If there is no such condition, there will be other ways, such as Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty, where millions of people lived for a hundred years, because there was too much garbage and then the city was relocated.

nodded, in fact, even if Zhang Tie doesn't say it, Zhang Shun will do it, the street is an important part of the county, it is equivalent to the façade, the environment is too poor, who still comes here to do business, and wants to build a good border city and county, this is really the first step.

Most of the shops on both sides of the street are closed with gatehouses, and only a few are open.

Most of the shops that are open only sell some necessities of life, and there are few other valuable things, and there are few cloth shops.

The pedestrians on the street are also very rare, and the passers-by are looking at Zhang Tie and his party curiously, and some of them are a little surprised, as if they have found something.

The pedestrians' eyes were very careful, and they didn't let Zhang Tie and the others notice, Liu Yi, who was looking at the surrounding environment, came to Zhang Shun and said in a low voice: "I inquired when I came, the population of Biancheng County is about 40,000, of which most of them are in the county seat, and the others are scattered in various villages. ”

With a population of 40,000, the population of a county is actually quite small, but considering all kinds of things in the border counties in recent years, it is understandable.

After walking for a long time, when they were about to reach the end of the street, Zhang Tie and the others finally found an inn that was open, and it was estimated that it was also the only inn in the county seat of Biancheng County.

"Border City Inn", a very simple name, the inn only has two floors, unlike the inns in other places, there are only tables and benches on the first floor of "Border City Inn", and there is no diner.

There was only the shopkeeper who was dozing off on the counter, and there was not even a shopkeeper, and the whole inn seemed empty.

The street near the entrance of the inn is different from the others, the ground is very clean, and it is obviously often cleaned.

Leaving one person to look at the carriage and other things, Zhang Tie took the lead in entering the inn, knocked on the counter, and the dazed shopkeeper raised his head, it seemed that Zhang Tie glanced at it, blinked his eyes, and there were still some eye feces in the corners of his eyes, and he didn't seem to have woken up yet.

The shopkeeper is fifty or sixty years old, his hair is a little pale, and his face is full of wrinkles, in this era, as long as he is not a person who practices martial arts, at this age, he is almost an old man, of course, those who only practice foreign skills may also age faster.

Knocking on the counter again, Zhang Tie said kindly: "Boss, stay in the hotel." ”

"Oh! Stay in the hotel. ”

The innkeeper finally reacted, patted his face, rubbed his eyes, and made himself more sober.

After looking at Zhang Tie and the others, the corner of the innkeeper's eyes twitched imperceptibly, "How many guest officers are there?" How many rooms do you want to stay? ”

Zhang Tie glanced back at Liu Yi, and Liu Yi made a three-word gesture to his Zhang Tie, and then said to the shopkeeper: "There are eleven people in total, six rooms, in addition, boss, do you have a place to park horses here?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, and while writing and drawing on an old ledger, he said, "Yes, yes, the guest officer will let me give you the key to the room first, and then I will take you to the room where the horses are parked." ”

"Yes, okay."

The words were divided into two ends, just when Zhang Tie and others entered the "Border City Inn", a soldier ran into the residential area next to the county government and knocked on a door.

In a short time, the door of the house was opened, and the soldiers entered, and the soldiers who entered were the soldiers guarding the city gate.

The residential areas on the side of the county government are all where the officials of the yamen live, and the environmental sanitation is very clean and tidy, and many houses are still planted with flowers and plants.

The house that the soldier entered was much better than the other houses around, and the doors were made of fine wood.

The one who opened the door seemed to be a housekeeper, dressed as a handyman, but the fabric of the clothes was good, and he led the soldiers all the way to a room and knocked lightly on the door.

"My lord, Wang Mazi, the guard at the city gate, has something important to see."

"Let him in."

There were words coming from inside the room, and his voice was a little low, as if he was very tired.

Gently pushed open the door, the family made a gesture of please to Wang Mazi, and after Wang Mazi entered the room, the family gently closed the door again, moved away, and stayed not far from the door.

The room Wang Mazi entered seemed to be a study, with several bookshelves in the room, and the bookshelves were full of books, and one person was drinking tea on the table, and there was a closed account on the side, and the account did not have any name.

This person is about forty years old, and he is Bo Guo Mingjian, the lord of Biancheng County, and is now the leader of Biancheng County.

Guo Mingjian, a person from the border city, a Xiucai of the previous dynasty, is now the lord of the border county, Guo Mingjian's body is also a little strong, and he seems to be a person who practices martial arts.

As soon as Wang Mazi entered the room, he stepped forward in a few steps, and first bent down to the person sitting at the table.

"Lord Bo, the new county commander has entered the city."

Guo Mingjian, who was drinking tea, hurriedly put down the teacup with a shocked face.

"What do you say? Has the new county magistrate entered the city? Are you sure you read that right? ”