The residence of several Hui in the city of Huazhou is located in the east of the city, that is, it is the unkind place where Gao Zhongmi said that the hao slaves are rampant.

Heland wanted to go to Daxingtai Mansion to help Li Tai handle naturalization matters, but he didn't go with him, so he went to the Governor's Mansion in the south of the city to entrust a fellow villager to lead the way.

Li Tai originally felt that there was no need to be so troublesome, the street pattern of Huazhou City was not complicated, and a number of Hui were not lonely and unknown, so it was good to inquire all the way to the past. But when he really came to the east of the city, he realized that Heland's arrangement had a deep meaning.

The eastern part of the city is mostly the residence of military generals and nobles, and the street song planning is like the method of garrisoning, which is more rigorous than other areas in the city. The guard towers and arrow towers set up on the side of the street are not simple decorations, but there are real armored soldiers on duty, and the atmosphere is solemn.

There were many pedestrians on the streets, from neatly dressed slaves to rags in tattered clothes, most of whom carried swords with them, wandering aimlessly while looking around. And the soldiers who patrolled the streets and garrisoned the watchtowers did not care about the wanderers.

When Li Tai and his entourage walked into the middle of the street, they attracted a lot of attention on the street. And there were some scoundrels who followed all the way, and the team that followed soon grew to dozens of people.

"Blind you dogs! This Lang Jun is a distinguished guest who went to the mansion of several generals to congratulate him, and he dared to disturb him! ”

When the group turned into the winding alley, the followers behind suddenly approached, and several of them were already carrying knives in their hands, and the official of the Governor's Mansion who led the way turned around and shouted angrily at these scoundrels.

When the scoundrels heard this, their faces changed suddenly, and then they quickly dispersed, and a few of them who rushed too close sneered: "How dare you disturb the nobles!" Just happened to be ...... by the way" After saying this, they all fled.

"In broad daylight, these scoundrels dare to rob and commit murder in the city? Aren't you afraid of criminal sanctions? ”

Li Tai looked at the backs of those scoundrels who quickly dispersed, and said with some puzzlement: "There are many mansions here, even if the government doesn't ask, how can the city residents tolerate them wandering around?" ”

"Although these scoundrels are shameless and vicious, they are also shrewd, and they dare not intrude and harm the real mansion officials. Even if the government sanctions, it is nothing more than a cane and a sentence, and once it encounters a war, it will be pardoned, and it will be used as a dead pawn to defend the city, and he will be rewarded for his merits, and he will not be afraid of the punishment order for a long time. ”

Listening to the explanation of the officials of the Nadu Governor's Mansion, Li Tai understood how these scoundrels existed.

Huazhou City is on the front line of the confrontation between the two Weis, and has been besieged and attacked more than once, there are not many civilians in the city, and the harm of these scoundrels is also limited, and they can also be used as a wave of cannon fodder at critical moments to make up for the lack of troops in the city.

"Lang Jun is not a familiar face in the city, and it is best to bring a few Hu pawns on the street in the future. Those Diao Zhi can see that Lang Jun is not a layman, so naturally he does not dare to surround and harass. ”

The officer glanced at Li Tai's subordinates and proposed.

Li Tai nodded after hearing this, although the Hu and Han contradictions in the Western Wei Dynasty were not as sharp as those in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but after all, they were split from the Xianbei regime of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the people in power, Yu Wentai and others, were also Hu people. Being able to enslave Hu people is naturally superior in the eyes of ordinary people.

The Han Chinese had to show their dignity in the Xianbei regime by employing Xianbei talents, which seems a bit of a twist, but it also shows that in ancient times class was a social structure that was more influential than race.

In addition to the strong combat effectiveness of the Xianbei army, there is probably also the intention of strengthening the Xianbei people's obedience to him through this class concept: the strongest Xianbei warriors are all my minions, and the rest of the miscellaneous people dare to rebel?

After skipping this section, the crowd walked forward for a while, and the streets became congested, and the many cars and horses blocked the already not very wide street curves almost impassable.

"The Zhumen in front is the mansion of a number of generals, and looking at this battle, the servants should not be allowed to enter the house. Lang Jun has a name on him, and let me go in front of him to find his house slave to take him. ”

When Li Tai saw this scene, he also handed his name card to the officials, and he and his entourage dismounted and stood aside and waited.

Not long after, the sweaty officials returned, followed by two servants of the Hui Mansion, one of whom was one of Hui's own soldiers on the way back.

"There are a lot of congratulatory guests in the mansion today, and the lord only entertains guests in the middle hall, not snubbing Li Lang."

The soldier knew that his lord valued Li Tai's courtesy, and after saying goodbye, he was also very kind, and ordered another servant to lead Li Tai's retinue and mount to another place to settle down, while he led Li Tai back to the house.

The mansion is the same size as the Gao Zhong Secret Mansion, the front hall is a place for the protocol, and the front of the corridor is spread out for the guests to fill in their names and congratulate the ceremony. This is probably similar to the amount of gift money recorded for red and white ceremonies in later generations, for reference in future personal exchanges, and it is not considered to ask for property in court.

After the few people in front of him finished writing, it was Li Tai's turn, and he glanced at the writing format of others, and then he also picked up the pen and wrote his own gift. While writing, I inexplicably remembered the story of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, who went to the banquet with his hands in his spare time, and thought in his heart that if he wrote thirty taels of gold into thirty catties, would he get a more grand reception?

But he still didn't do that after all, what if Shu Hui thinks he brags and wants him to be his son-in-law?

After filling out the gift list, Li Tai was led to the front hall to sit down, waiting for the host's reception. When some of the soldiers who had brought him in saw that he was seated, he took his leave and went to receive the other guests.

There were more than a dozen guests in the front hall, all of them were Hu Han, and some of them were gossiping quietly with each other, and when they saw Li Tai walking in, they were all curious.

Li Tai naturally didn't know anyone, so he only sat on the seat and looked at the hall furnishings.

Probably because the Western Wei Dynasty was still struggling to start a business, the furnishings of some Hui houses were not luxurious, the beams and pillars were only painted with a thin layer of paint, there were no more furnishings outside the table, and the curtains were divided into several areas.

The southwest corner of the hall seems to be an entertainment area, with some playthings such as cattails and pitchers, but there are only three or five young people playing there, all of them Hu people. They are probably the descendants of the warriors of Beizhen, and they are all friends of each other, and they are familiar with each other.

Li Tai looked at it for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and turned to listen to the conversation of the other guests. Most of these guests were officials, and the content they talked about was also related to personnel related to the Western Wei Dynasty.

For example, Zhao Gui, who had already offended Li Tai before he saw it, was dismissed from his official position when he entered the court with Daxing Taiyu Wentai a month ago to plead guilty for the defeat of Bishan, but he still supervised the headquarters to fortify Bashang.

Such a punishment is obviously that the board is raised high and gently fallen, and not even a single hair can be damaged, and maybe one day the official will be reinstated.

In addition to these important ministers, there are other messages. For example, five defenses were added in Yuanzhou, three defenses were added in western Henan, and so on, each of which was guarded by the township of the county and the township.

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, there have been many place names such as Shu, city, town, etc., all of which are military units without exception. The corresponding soldiers, city residents, townspeople, etc., are also armed forces with Xianbei soldiers as the main body, not ordinary civilians.

In the Tang Dynasty, the historical materials were combed and renamed as city people and town people because of avoidance, and then in later generations, people and people were mixed. However, with the exception of a few military and political centers such as Luoyang, most of the urban residents are military personnel, which is very different from the townships.

Defense is a new military term that appeared in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, and the scale is about between the military and the town, and the administrative structure is subordinate to the state, or simply the military state.

Li Tai heard the guests talking about the recent increase in defense in the Western Wei Dynasty, and he vaguely guessed that this increase in defense should be related to the government military system in the future.

The history books say that after the defeat of Yuwentai in the Battle of Bishan, he began to recruit Guan Longhao as an army, but the specific method and what kind of steps are unknown.

Although the government military system originated from the world military system in which the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty were soldiers, the process of its formation was not achieved overnight. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the military mansion was called the Hussar Mansion, and at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was called the Yingyang Mansion, and it was named the Zhechong Mansion in the Tang Dynasty.

So at present, the frequent addition of defense in the Western Wei Dynasty is a military unit in the transitional period when the government military system has not yet taken shape?

Li Tai's previous main business was ancient life but not ancient military history, so he only knew a little about the formation of the government military system.

However, as a matter of common sense, even if Yuwentai wants to recruit Guan Long Haoyou on a large scale, he must organize and resettle these Haoyou township soldiers, and the additional defense should be an option for placing troops. After the organizational strength reaches a certain scale, these anti-demolition will be divided into military offices of different sizes, so as to complete the structural construction of the government and military system.

Thinking like this, Li Tai's heart became hot again.

He has been thinking about how to survive and develop in the Guanzhong under the rule of the Western Wei Dynasty, and before Jinyan did not get Yuwentai's attention and refuge, he was naturally a little disappointed in his heart, but he was soon relieved.

After all, the Western Wei Dynasty was not a unified and complete regime, and even if he was rewarded by Yuwentai to serve in Xingtai, his future was actually limited. The hegemony of the Western Wei Dynasty was not very dominant, and coupled with the harsh external environment, there were almost no restrictions on the development of the local armed forces.

In such a situation, hollowing out the mind and developing towards the center is to abandon the basics.

In troubled times, soldiers and horses are kings. Their Longxi Li clan's political status in the Northern Wei Dynasty court is not low, but when Er Zhurong led the army into Luoyang, the members of the Longxi Li clan were killed like pigs and dogs, and they were so frightened that their father Li Xiaoyin did not dare to be an official in the township.

No matter how well Li Tai mixes well in the officialdom of the Western Wei Dynasty, he is not able to protect himself once he encounters a major political turmoil.

In this case, it is better to give up efforts at the upper level, sink into the township, and become a metropolitan governor, so that you can also have a place in the future government and military system.

Although it is said that he is a new person who has entered the customs and has no local foundation in the pass, there are still five or six years before the government military system is fully formed, and there is enough time to prepare. At least in the countryside, you can avoid the dark tide surging in the Western Wei political arena and the big pit that is easy to wipe out.

He was still thinking about his own development route here, and suddenly saw the guests around him getting up and walking out, and someone shouted: "Dugu Kaifu is here!" ”

Dugu Kaifu ...... Dugu Xin?

When Li Tai heard this name, he also hurriedly got up and followed everyone to the outside of the hall, wanting to see what kind of demeanor this most bullish old man was.