The rooster crows again.

The powerful biological clock woke Zhang Chu from his sleep.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhiqiu sitting leaning on the head of the bed, staring at the dark blue sky outside the window in a daze.

He sobered up a little, leaned sideways, rested his head lightly on Zhiqiu's thigh, and didn't speak.

Zhiqiu wrapped his arms around him, hugged his head tightly, and slapped drops of warm liquid on his face and lips silently.

He tasted it, and it was bitter......

The two of them snuggled up like this, from dawn to daylight.

Zhang Chu really wanted to stay with her like this.

But there are always things in life that must be done.

Zhang Chu could only get up, picked up the green official robe hanging on one side and began to put it on.

Seeing this, Zhiqiu wiped a handful of tears, and was about to struggle to get up and serve him to dress.

Zhang Chu stopped her movements, sat on the edge of the bed, held her hand and said seriously: "I know that the child is gone, you are very sad, your mother is very self-blaming because of the child's departure, but this is a military disaster, not your responsibility." ”

"I don't blame you, my mother won't blame you, and you don't blame yourself, we are still young, this child is gone, we will have another child, and there will be many, many children, but the premise is that you have to eat well, sleep well, and drink medicine well. ”

"My mother is no longer here, you will be the mistress of this house in the future, you have to get better quickly, and welcome me home every day instead of my mother!"

Zhiqiu covered his mouth and nodded vigorously, and bean-sized tears were scattered all over the ground.

Zhang Chu gently wiped away the tears on her face, straightened up and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

......

Thirty Xuanwutang brothers dressed in Xuanwu strong suits, led by Li Zheng, Da Xiong, and Mules, slowly stopped at the foot of the steps outside the county office in a black carriage.

Zhang Chu, who was dressed in a green official uniform and wearing a hat, walked out of the carriage, and at a glance saw Hou Juntang, who was also wearing a green official uniform and a hat, walking out of the carriage.

That's really ...... The road is narrow!

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Chu's mouth!

He stepped out of the carriage and walked towards the steps, followed by three generals in turn.

Hou Juntang in the room saw Zhang Chu, and arched his hand towards Zhang Chu with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Lord Zhang on his arrival." ”

Zhang Chu's footsteps did not stop, and he climbed the steps without squinting, as if Hou Juntang, who greeted him, was just a cloud of air.

This scene was seen by many officials who entered the county government in the early morning, and they whispered to each other.

Hou Juntang's gesture froze, his cheeks bulged, and his eyes almost erupted with fire.

He actually didn't know where he had offended Zhang Chu.

He is not Zhang Chu.

Zhang Chu didn't want to be this official.

And he spent a lot of money to get this official......

......

Zhang Chu walked into the hall of the county soldier department, and several officials who had been waiting in the hall hurriedly got up and saluted him: "The next official greets Lord Zhang!"

Zhang Chu didn't stop, strode past them, and walked straight to the bookcase above the lobby and sat down.

The mule followed his footsteps and stood on the left side of the bookcase.

And Li Zheng and Da Xiong, according to the knife eyes do not squint one left and one right, standing on both sides of the bookcase.

As soon as Zhang Chu stretched out his hand, the mule bowed down and handed over to Zhang Chu the official seal box containing the official position representing the county soldier Cao.

Zhang Chu put the official seal box on the desk.

"Alright, all of you, please get up!"

Only then did several officials in the hall get up and stand respectfully under the hall, and no one dared to sit down.

Zhang Chu glanced at it, there were five people in total, wearing cyan uniforms.

According to the official uniform system, the ninth rank or above wears green, and the seventh rank or above wears green.

Zhang Chu is wearing a green uniform.

And the five people in the hall are wearing cyan official uniforms, which means that they are all officials, not officials.

If you take a closer look, there are two eight-rank and one ninth-grade who practice the marrow at one time, and there are two martial arts apprentices.

He had it in his mind.

"This official is new to the city, so I will introduce myself first, my official's surname is Zhang, and his single name is a Chu character...... I believe that some adults recognize the official, and some adults feel familiar with the name of the official. ”

He spoke sonorously and forcefully, and delivered his first important speech after assuming the position of county soldier Cao.

"Don't guess, this official is the Zhang Chu of the west of the city, the blood tiger Zhang Chu, and the Silian Gang Zhang Chu!"

"Your Excellency should know some of your own style!"

"If you don't know, you can send someone to investigate after you go down!"

"This official has been appointed by Lord Shi, temporarily acting as the county soldier Cao, it is inevitable that everyone will not get along happily in the future, this official will first make three chapters with your lords today!"

"First, since this official sits in the position of the county soldier Cao, then from now on, the county soldier division is the biggest, and all the soldiers and horses in the Jintian Mansion must obey my orders, this official does not want to know which adult is standing behind you, nor does he want to know how much credit you have made before, if anyone disobeys the orders of this official, even if there are secret tricks, even if there are means, you can kill me, it is your ability, and it is your ability to squeeze me away. ”

"But let's talk first, as long as you make a move, don't blame the official for fighting back regardless of the friendship of his colleagues, and tell you a fact, since the debut of the official, all the people who have opposed the official, only one person is still alive now, he can live because he himself is the seventh grade, and there is a big brother behind him who doesn't know whether it is the fourth grade or the fifth grade, the official really can't move him, if you feel that your background is as hard as his, just do it to the official!"

"Second, the official entered this official temple and sat in the seat of the county soldier Cao, just for one event, that is, to fight to the death with the Northern Barbarians, among all the adults, if there are those who do not want to see the Northern Barbarians in general, you may wish to find this official in private, and the official will try to try to give you a way to save your life, but if you are reluctant to put that black gauze hat on your head, and pee your pants at a critical moment to affect morale, no matter who he is, this official will definitely cut off his head first to sacrifice the flag!"

"Third, the capable go up, the mediocre go down, don't occupy the pit and don't shit, don't think about my way, don't think about it, to put it mildly, just the little bit of broken silver in your pocket, I don't want to give it away in vain, as for the door of other adults in the county government, if anyone can be so powerful that he asks for the warrants of Lord Di, Lord Nie, and Lord Shi, that is, ask me to give him the seat to sit, and I will never say anything!"

"Okay, let's talk about it first, now, please ask your lords to introduce yourself to this official!"

He was as ruthless as a ruffian and hooligan in the market, and every word was as tough as a knife and gun, which made the eyelids of the five people in the hall jump.

In the past two years, the county soldier division has changed three county soldiers.

But there is no county soldier Cao, who is so arrogant and unscrupulous like Zhang Chu!

It's like he doesn't care about the chair under his ass at all!

But if he really didn't care about the seat of the county soldier Cao, then how did he sit on it?

They can't figure it out.

There's no time to think about it right now.

At that moment, a slightly dark middle-aged man with a beard and a burly physique stepped forward and said, "Cheng Zhang, the captain of the West Prison Gate of the Xiaguancheng Guard, meet your lordship." ”

After he finished speaking, Zhang Chu and the mule couldn't help but look at this person more.

It's still an acquaintance......

At the beginning, Zhang Chu developed the Buyefang, and in order to lift the curfew of the Buyefang, he sent a mule to investigate the defender in the west of the city.

If he didn't know the old background of this guy, with his powerful and good skin, as well as his eight-rank martial arts realm, Zhang Chu really wouldn't have imagined that this guy would be the kind of guy who could even do such a bastard thing as giving his daughter to Shangguan's second son to be a flat wife in order to climb up.

If it is true, people cannot be seen, and the sea water cannot be measured!

Seeing Zhang Chu nodding, he stepped back respectfully, and another middle-aged man with a strong physique, a fist as smooth as a mirror, and calluses covered with old calluses stepped forward and saluted: "Jiao Shan, the captain of the East Gate of the Chengdong Gate of the Xiaguancheng Guard, meet your lordship." ”

Zhang Chu's gaze glanced at his fist blade more, and he knew that this must be a master of making a good fist!

Only by hitting hard objects with fists over the years can you practice such a pair of iron fists with smooth fists and calluses.

"Lord Jiao is polite, please get up!"

Zhang Chu said softly.

He always looks up to people who have real skills.

"Master Xie. ”

Jiao Shan stepped back respectfully.

These two people are the only two people in the lobby who practice the eight grades at one time.

"Ma Rong, the captain of the fake prison gate in the south of the Guancheng Guard, meet your lordship. ”

The person who spoke was a handsome man in his early thirties.

He is the ninth grade.

gives Zhang Chu the feeling that he is still a weak ninth grade who has just entered the ninth grade.

Looking at his hands carefully, they were white and slender, and he had neither the calluses of his fists nor the fingers of his swords.

Moreover, the fake prison captain means the temporary prison captain, just like Zhang Chu, the fake county soldier.

The former guard of Nancheng, Zhang Chuke watched him beheaded and thrown down from the city tower......

Zhang Chuyi frowned, and asked with a split face: "Dare to ask Master Ma, who did you take to enter my county military division?"

Ice.

There was a chill.

The four people in the hall were shocked by Zhang Chu's rampage and head iron, and they also looked at this Ma Rong with some schadenfreude.

And Ma Rong, who had just finished introducing himself, was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack to get into.

He didn't answer, but Zhang Chu wouldn't let him go because of this: "Master Cheng!"

"The lower official is here!"

Cheng Zhang stepped forward and said with his fists clenched.

Zhang Chu asked loudly: "Report to this official, according to the old practice of the city guard, can Jiupin have any position?"

When Ma Rong heard this, he looked at Cheng Zhang as if asking for help.

Cheng Zhang didn't see his eyes, and said loudly: "Lord Qiyu, according to the old practice of our city guards, Jiupin can be the commander of five hundred soldiers. ”

"Good!"

Zhang Chu said without any pause: "This official now appoints Master Ma as the commander of the city guards, where there is a vacancy in the city guards, Lord Ma will be invited to take up his post there, if there is no vacancy, please ask Lord Ma to fill in for the time being, and after the vacancy comes out, Lord Ma will take office again!"

Ma Rong's face was blue and white for a while, and his heart was burning with anger, and he suddenly ripped off the black veil on his head and threw it in front of the hall, pointing at Zhang Chu and saying angrily: "Mu monkey and crown, fox fake tiger might!"

"Bastard!"

Li Zheng was furious when he saw the situation, and he drew his knife and was about to burst out and cut off his head.

Don't look at it, it's all nine products.

Li Zheng killed him, never with a second knife!

Ma Rongyi was not afraid, not only did he not retreat, but he also took the initiative to take a step forward, it seemed that he really relied on it, and he was sure that Li Zheng would not dare to kill him!

"Stand down!"

Zhang Chu drank Li Zheng, and looked down at Ma Rong under the hall expressionlessly: "I don't know what to do with your brain, this official will spare you once, go back, and let the people behind you come to the official in person today and say, if you can see the sun tomorrow, the official will cut off his head and send you as a threshold!"

The murderous tone made Ma Rong suddenly recall some of the rumors about Zhang Chu that had been circulating in the Allish Mansion, and he felt frightened in his heart, and he didn't dare to make a big fuss, so he turned around and walked out of the county office quickly.

After Ma Rong left the County Soldier Division, Zhang Chu said softly with an expressionless face again: "Go on." ”

"Liu Shuxin, the chief secretary of the military division of Xiaguan County, meet your lordship. ”

"Ge Zhongtong, the chief of the Xiaguan City Guard, meet your lordship. ”

Zhang Chu nodded and said, "The officials of the Xiang Army, but they all went to Northern Xinjiang with Lord Song?"

Cheng Zhang: "Yes, my lord. ”

"Master Ge, how many people did the city guards lose in the previous battle of the Northern Barbarian Fierce Cavalry Siege of the city?"

Ge Zhongtong stepped forward and reported: "Lord Qiyu, in the previous Northern Barbarian Cavalry Siege Battle, the city guards lost 1,865 people killed and 973 disabled, including the former captain of the South City Gate, Lord Lei Bingjunlei, the former captain of the North City Gate, Jiang Zi Lin Jiang, and five commanders, 23 heads. ”

Zhang Chu's heart jumped, and he lost his voice: "So high?"

As far as he knew, there were four thousand city guards, one thousand at each gate.

1,845 people were killed and 973 people were disabled, and this disability rate has exceeded 70%!

This is still based on the premise that Shi An directly decided the outcome of that battle after slashing one sixth-rank and five seventh-rank with his sword.

It's hard to imagine that if that battle dragged on for another two or three quarters of an hour, would the 4,000 city guards be wiped out directly?

This casualty alone reflects the weakness of the city guards, and also reflects the strength of the Northern Barbarian fierce cavalry.

You know, street fighting is not the home of cavalry......

Ge Zhongtong lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Cheng Zhang and Jiao Shan's faces were also a little gloomy.

Zhang Chu pondered for a while, and asked coldly, "According to what you mean, there are still 1,200 soldiers left in my city guards?"

Ge Zhongtong: "That's true. ”

Zhang Chu looked at him, "In other words, if I pass on an order now, the city guards will be able to pull out 1,200 people immediately?"

Ge Zhongtong raised his head and corrected him in a low voice: "My lord, to be exact, it is one thousand one hundred and eighty-two. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhang Chu determined that the 1,82 people of 1,000 people were the real number, and the number of people who ate empty salaries should all be counted in the dead and disabled.

It's just that in such a big city, with more than 1,100 people, what can they do?

"Master Liu. ”

Zhang Chu looked at Liu Shuxin: "The armor and grain of the county soldier division are still sufficient, right?"

Liu Shuxin: "My lord, rest assured, in the previous battle of the Northern Barbarian Fierce Cavalry Siege of the city, the county soldiers received a large amount of horse meat and pig iron, plus the armor and grain in the previous stockpile, which is enough to maintain the normal equipment of the city guards until the end of the year." ”

"That's good!"

Zhang Chu nodded, and suddenly stood up: "Immediately draft a proclamation, from now on, all adult men from eighteen to forty-eight in Jintian Mansion can enter and leave!"

"From now on, before the arrival of the new captain of the Beicheng and Nancheng gates, Lord Cheng will temporarily merge the post of captain of the Nancheng Gate, and Lord Jiao will temporarily merge the position of captain of the Beicheng Gate. ”

"Don't complain, I know what the situation of Jintianfu is now, but you and I are responsible for guarding Jintianfu, if the city is broken, the Northern Barbarians will kill us, Lord Di, Lord Nie, Lord Shi, and the adults of the state capital will kill us to sacrifice the people of Jintianfu, would you rather die in the city and leave a stench for 10,000 years, or would you rather suffer a little hardship and suffer a little grievance, and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth?"

"Besides, you can't catch strong men in Jintian Mansion, can't you fight a dozen refugees from other counties? If they don't pass by Jintian Mansion, can't you think of some way to lure them into Jintian Mansion? Take out all your brains to make money on weekdays, and I guarantee that you can afford to make up for the establishment of the city guards!"

The good things were all said by Zhang Chu alone, what else can Cheng Zhang and Jiao Shan say?

I can only bow down and receive my life!

Besides, they also felt that what Zhang Chu said was indeed very reasonable.