Chapter Seventy-One: Arrows
The whole world is the king's land, and the guests of the land are all kings' ministers, and now the trip out of the customs is no longer like before, which requires so many messy procedures.
Liaodong is about 800 miles away from Yingtian, and the fast horses of me and the yellow squirrels, even if they run from morning to dark, can't run so much, so they have to spend one night in the county seat of Shanhaiguan.
Shanhaiguan is much more prosperous than Miyun, even better than Zhuoxian, here since the beginning of the emperor has the reputation of "the first pass in the world", but also the famous building, the starting point of the Great Wall,
And Shanhaiguan now belongs to Liaoxi County, where you can see Han people, Xianbei people, and even Xiongnu people, there are a lot of ethnic chaos, rich in human feelings,
In the evening, there were all kinds of shouts in the county, most of them were some people buying and selling livestock, and some of them were people.
Winter is about to fall, and the Xianbei Huns in the north and the cattle and sheep they have raised will come here to sell, and then exchange for the food they need, which has been prepared for winter.
And this is a good time for those merchants to make money, they will collect cattle and sheep in their hands at a very low price, and then go to the Central Plains to sell at a high price.
The price has doubled several times as soon as the left and right hands are poured, which is what the locals call 'the fallen master', and the merchants of the Central Plains will also take the newly harvested millet grain to this area to sell.
It can be described as a win-win situation that is rare in the peaceful and prosperous world,
An inn has appeared in front of me and the weasels, and I directly ignored the words that pulled me to the Qinglou, most of the Qinglou here should be Xianbei Huns.
The Han people would not have appeared in the Qinglou in Shanhaiguan. Maybe it's the dignity of being a Han woman, or maybe it's the dislike of foreign men. It's hard to say.
The Xianbei women are often exposed to the wind and sun on the grassland, their skin is generally black, and their temperament is not as delicate as that of the Central Plains women, they can't dress up, they can't sing and dance.
It is estimated that those who go to them are the same people.
The weasel has begun to be hungry, and a few days of abstinence have made his eyes bloodshot, but there is no way, the young man must refrain from doing this,
Otherwise, if you empty your body at such a young age, how can you follow me in the future?
Extremely reluctantly walked into the inn with me, I came to the counter and asked,
"Shopkeeper, is there a good guest room?"
"That's a must, there's one left, and you're going to do it?"
It sounded a little awkward, but it didn't squeak.
"Well, is the bed big enough? Will it be crowded when the two of us sleep? ”
"Ouch, I'm going, what are you talking about, guys? Applying eye drops at night? Our gazi thing is absolutely good, not to mention just the two of you, even if you lie down four old sows can be loose, that's old and strong! ”
I feel more and more that something is wrong with this guy, and I can't find any language problems when I speak yin and yang, I think it should be the characteristic language of their foreigners.
Fortunately, he spoke in Chinese and could understand it, so I nodded to him.
"Okay, you take us up."
"Okay, guys, please upstairs, look at the two of you are definitely not locals, right? After a while, my brother arranged for a little girl to go upstairs for you to slip the things on the ground, ensuring that you would not wake up! ”
I followed behind him without saying a word, the weasel covered his mouth and chuckled, this Xianbei man is really interesting to speak, and he sent a little girl up, hehehehe
A few steps away, he led us into a spacious room, which was next to the street, and it was a bit noisy, but there was a curfew in another hour.
I see that this place is clean, but also quite spacious, the main wooden couch is enough for me and the weasel to sleep, but this boss came to our side before leaving, and said obscenely,
"If you want to 'go to heaven', my brother will find you two little ladies to come up, they are all strong and well, and they are generally round!"
The yellow squirrel's eyes lit up after hearing this, and I quickly pressed him, "No, no, it's hard work, the two of us are also going to rest, if it's convenient for you, then pour us a pot of tea." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, isn't it just a pot of tea? It's a must! ”
With that, he walked out, and I couldn't help but laugh,
This Xianbei person is bold, especially these service personnel who do business, for our guests, it is really 100 obedient, what is it,
The weasel sat down on the couch, took off his shoes and lay down, put his arms behind his head and asked,
"Do they talk like that in that place?"
"I don't know, it seems to be, don't think about it, I'll have to go early tomorrow morning, let's sleep."
Suddenly, my sensitive nose smelled a sour smell! It's like a bunch of dead fish on the beach in the summer, after months of exposure,
I sat up and followed the smell and sniffed forward! The source was found to be the feet of the weasels!
I angrily kicked him in the body!
"Damn, can I wash your feet!?"
"What's wrong with my feet?" The weasel asked me puzzled.
"What's wrong with you? I don't know, I thought you stepped into a big! ”
"I said that I slept with Xiaocui Xiaoying for several days, and people didn't say that my feet smelled, just your dog!"
I wanted to say something more, but I found that this guy had already pretended to be asleep with the two of us at the beginning, and he didn't wake up no matter how he filmed.
I shook my head helplessly, got up and opened the window and lay down on the couch.
No way, it's just such a person, so let's do it,
The next morning, I heard the sound of the watch, I woke up, slapped the weasel in a daze, got up and began to get dressed, the weasel was never ambiguous in front of the business, and I woke up three or two times after putting on the clothes, and came to the first floor,
On the first floor is the restaurant of this inn, where a few people sit sporadically, here, as long as you are willing to spend money, you have everything you want to eat.
However, most people still eat simple corn cakes and two bites of pickles, which is a good breakfast, and ordinary people can't eat it.
You must know that people at this time generally do not eat breakfast, they eat one meal in the morning and one meal in the afternoon, and eat two meals a day.
I asked the shopkeeper for two bowls of rice porridge, two corn cakes, and a plate of pickles.
The only thing that makes people feel bad is the yellow rat.
I raised my eyebrows and said to him with a breath of fire in my mouth,
"Brother, can I discuss something with you?"
He was still curious, and raised his eyebrows.
"What's the matter?"
"When we eat in the future, can we not rub your feet while eating!? Yes!? This is the restaurant, and everyone is civilized.
Besides, your feet are sore to death, you didn't wash them yesterday, and now you are still rubbing hard, and you still don't let people eat? What kind of system are you!? ”
The weasel smiled,
"Hey, hey, hey, you don't understand, this foot rubbing is the coolest, especially when eating, one hand with vegetables and one hand with foot rubbing, that's really a beautiful thing in life."
The air was filled with a strong sour smell, which made people smell very sick.
I couldn't drink the sweet corn porridge in front of me, so I put the corn cake in my bag, paid the boss, and walked out of the door.
When I came to the stable, I found that Ping An was resting with his eyes closed, not eating grass or peeing, I came to his side and stroked his hair,
"Good brother, why don't you eat?"
It rubbed in my arms, as if to tell me something, maybe they have been together for a long time, quite human,
I took out the little brush from my bag, and shaved it, and the weasel came over after eating, and moved his black tiger out, and asked me to borrow a horse brush!
I will not borrow it, and said to him,
"It's about to go, and it's not too early to brush the bristles."
These words were lukewarm, which made the yellow rat very uncomfortable, and replied.
"Hey, I said you, why are you just hobbing like this, you can't get over anything at all, okay, okay, don't rub your feet in front of you next time, okay?"
"Even if you don't rub it, you won't have time to brush your hair now, let's go first, and then talk about it when you get to Liaodong."
Shanhaiguan is still about 400 miles away from Liaodong, and if we gallop on horseback, we can reach it in about two or three hours.
But horses are also living creatures, not to mention that Ping An has been with me for so long, I can't bear to let him run wild, so I ran for a while and rested for a while, and it was early in the morning when we set off, and when we arrived at Xiangping, the county seat of Liaodong, it had already become afternoon.
I dragged my tired body into the county seat, and went straight to the county guard's mansion, if I want to recruit soldiers on other people's territory, I must notify me in advance, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble,
The matter of the Miyun County Order did cast a shadow on me.
When the county guarded the mansion, he found a burly man in a tiger robe directing some handymen to sweep up the fallen leaves in front of the door.
Looking at the texture of the robe, it is estimated that this person is too guarded. But is the county guard here so idle? I unconsciously walked forward, came to him and bowed, and said.
"In Xia Taichang Qing Ji Wulin, I ask to see Lord County Shou."
With that, I handed him the gold belt plate.
He doesn't know me, and the news that I am a member of the three products has not come here, but the waist card is definitely not fake, so he is very polite to me.
"It turned out to be Master Ji, and Xiaguan Liaodong was too conservative and polite."
The county guard is the highest governor of a county, so he is also a high-ranking official in the local administration, second only to the governor of the assassin state.
The grade is indeed lower than mine, but his position is comparable to mine, but he calls himself a subordinate is obviously polite, and it can be seen that this person is very educated, and people greet him with a smile, I will treat people with sincerity,
"Chang is too polite, His Majesty sent me here, and there is a lot of disturbance."
He turned around and stretched out his hand, "Master Ji, please come in and talk about it in detail." ”
Then he glanced at the yellow squirrel following me, thinking it was my guard or something, and didn't pay attention.
When I came to the middle hall, I found that there were no decent furnishings in the county guard's mansion, only a few military books were placed on the bronze case, and a few flowers were placed on the side platform, and the whole big house looked poor and elegant.
On the weapon table next to it was a snow-white and red-tasseled gun. In the afterglow of the setting sun, there are bursts of chill.
It seems that this county guard was born as a martial artist. He invited me to sit on the main couch, but I refused, and turned to his head.
After sitting down, he said straight to the point,
"Chang Taishou, I came this time, it was His Majesty's promise to recruit 3,000 troops here, so please make it convenient for Taishou, don't make it difficult, I will have my own thanks in the future."
He smiled heartily,
"Hahahaha, Lord Ji laughed, how dare the lower officials make things difficult for your lord, since it is Your Majesty's consent, then Lord Ji is free to do so."
With his words, I am relieved, it is really more human than human, tired of dead people,
Such a Taishou must have a bright future, compared with the county order of Miyun, it is much stronger, and those who become big things are never small accounts, and the county order of Miyun almost made a big deal with me for a few taels of silver.
And this Chang Taishou just agreed all the way because of my words, and immediately made a judgment.
Even so, I took out a gold bar from my bosom and placed it on the wooden table in front of me.
"Conscription here will definitely affect the work of Lord Taishou, so it is not a tribute to the thin silver, please accept it."
He waved his hand,
"Lord Ji doesn't have to be like this, we are both officials in the same dynasty and work for Your Majesty, and what we do must be for the country and the people, therefore, I am always someone who is not greedy for money and silver, and please take it back."
What people said so clearly, I also looked a little embarrassed, so I had to put the gold bar back again, Chang Taishou asked,
"I wonder how many days Lord Ji is going to recruit soldiers here?"
"As long as I levy enough three thousand, I will leave immediately, and I will not delay the governance of the county."
"That's fine, if there's something I can help someone else, please ask."
I stood up and threw my hand at him.
"Then thank you Chang Taishou for taking your leave."
The weasel saluted him as I did, and Chang Arrow nodded at the two of us, and said nothing.