The sergeant who rushed over obviously didn't expect that someone would have such a big courage to intercept the Red Feather Military Newspaper and might be scolded or severely demoted or something, and it was always easy to discuss in front of happy events. But those who intercepted the Purple Feather Military Newspaper basically don't want to be officials, those who are not officials are estimated to be dead, and those who flee for their lives are likely to get the underground permanent residence rights of the three clans if they dare to rob the horses of the Purple Feather Military Newspaper, and the ashes will be scattered for you.

Tang Bao, who was sitting in the saddle, glared angrily at Zhang Xiyang, who was hanging a team waist card in front of the horse, and roared: "Dare to stop the Ziyu Military Newspaper and don't want to live?" Get out of the way. ”

Zhang Xiyang was unmoved, which made the tired and anxious Tang Bao extremely angry, and pointed forward with a straight knife in his hand: "The interception army reports the death penalty, hurry up and get out of the way." ”

At this time, Cao Ke and He Quan came over, Tang Bao, as the commander of the Huizhou Weidu, is naturally not a fool, the military flag of the Xiaozhou army, so many war horses, plus the flag of the general of He, just hesitate to take the lead, and there are not many people who can let the commander of Xiaozhou Wei follow.

"This is His Royal Highness King Zhao."

Tang Bao was taken aback, and immediately rolled into the saddle and dismounted: "I don't know if King Zhao looks at him in person, please forgive your sins." ”

"Get up."

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness King Zhao what is the matter, mark it and hurry up, if there is anything inappropriate, please ask His Royal Highness for forgiveness."

"The military newspaper brought it to Lonely."

"This..."Tang Bao hesitated.

"Take it, and take it alone." Saying that, Cao Ke lit the waist card of the Liangzheng Hall.

Tang Bao took it and took a closer look before he breathed a sigh of relief, and then respectfully handed over one of the military reports.

"Okay, you can continue on your way."

Tang Bao and the others continued on the road, Cao Ke and the others also got on the horse, and the queue of the kung fu army that had been gone for so long had already passed more than half, and there might be no one behind after waiting, which also showed the speed of the Xiaozhou army.

"Lone remembers that there is Luoyang County in front of me, yes or no?" Cao Ke asked with a whip.

"Back to Your Highness, it is indeed about thirty miles away from Luoyang County."

"Luoyang County, the ninth sister has just been named the lord of Luoyang County this year, and she has to take a good look, and after Luoyang County, it is Liangzhou. The herald ordered the whole army to mount and rest in Luoyang County tonight. ”

The flag bearer behind He raised the small red flag in his hand straight up three times, and repeated it three times, and the officer leading the team gradually waved the flag in response, until the news came back from the A-shaped battalion that acted as the vanguard.

Cao Ke led everyone to run forward, and the horses that sat down raised the soil on the ground high, and the soldiers of the Xiaozhou Army beside him stepped on the horses and led the next team to run forward in their respective teams, until finally the whole team rolled forward like a torrent, and the momentum was terrifying.

The farmers on the side of the road stopped their scythes and hoes and stood up, while the children who were playing hid behind the adults and followed by the dogs with their tails and shivering.

For Zheng people, the army is an important guarantee of the harvest, few people who can go on the field to kill the enemy are not good children, ordinary people want to be soldiers There is only one way, go to their respective counties, find the office of the military to sign up, the director of the office will arrange people to assess, after the initial examination will be sent to the corresponding military government for assessment, if literacy is undoubtedly a plus, Da Zheng's rigid requirements can not be illiterate in the army, the first month of enlistment must not do anything must recognize all three hundred words, not fully returned directly, except for the elderly, Just rushing this point has made many people squeeze their heads.

Da Zheng has eight military mansions corresponding to the eight directions, this is the absolute main source of Da Zheng's troops, only the assessment of the military palace can be a soldier, it is possible to wear armor and hold a knife, and then hang a big military family brand at the door of the old house, all the people who walk by look at it all praise the good man, it is said that there is such a brand, even the thief is not willing to go in, the family takes the life of everyone and steals other people's money The thief feels unkind, and the pickpocket also pays attention to a thief.

The farmer standing in the field looked at the cavalry and horses rushing in front of him, and he couldn't see the end in the past, and there was a retired security chief pointing to the army in front of him to educate his own children, and he must be a good son in the future, what is a good son, that is, like you and me. Most of the people who had never been soldiers next to him looked envious.

Something good asked: "Hey, Bao Chang, the old team is positive, have you taken the head of the Western Xia barbarian?" ”

The man's waist straightened: "Hmph, of course, the master is from the northwest, and the military exploits of five or six Western Xia barbarians under his command, otherwise where did the chief position come from, if it weren't for the fact that the master was injured and had to retire from the army, maybe it would be a real team now!" ”

The others applauded, but there were also unconvinced, but it was the chief of another village, the two villages were next to each other, the land was also next to each other, and the chief was next to each other, seeing the army passing by, he was envious and came to find his old comrades-in-arms, and just heard the bragging, he laughed and scolded: "Okay, you are Chen Lao Liu, two of your six first-level military merits are still helped by the master." ”

The chief security officer who was called Chen Lao Liu was not angry and replied: "You crippled man, if it weren't for the master, your life would have been lost in Fangzhou a long time ago, and the affection of the two heads would have been cleared." ”

The others laughed for a while, and some even shouted that they were all good men and children of good families. The two soon went to eat and drink together in the laughter of everyone, and the children of the two families followed back to support them, it was inconvenient for Qu Laoliu to lose a leg, and it was inconvenient for Chen Lao Liu to lose an arm.

The applause easily reached the ears of the two, and it also easily reached the ears of Cao Ke and Zhang Xiyang.

The sense of accomplishment of being a soldier often comes from recognition and respect, people who take their lives to defend their homes and protect the country, and people who lick blood from the knife every day are not afraid of death? It is not excluded that there are really big hearts, but most of them are also afraid of tight, but dozens of catties of armor to the body, the order of the Shangguan and the drum together, the surrounding robes roared and rushed forward, and you are also afraid of it, and it is not good to stay until the robes who get along with you day and night are killed, and the survivors are no matter how timid they are and they are afraid of death, they have become ruthless, isn't it just to defend the country and protect the family, and if the soldiers don't die, do they let the people die? Aren't the fathers and babies behind them ordinary people? It's easy to think about it this way.

Zhang Xiyang may not think so, and Cao Ke didn't have a chance to think so, but He Quan, who was in his fifties, came over like this at the beginning, when his sister was not a queen, and when he joined the army at the age of eighteen, his sister didn't even enter the palace, from starting as a small soldier to the first time he witnessed Pao Ze die in front of him, to the first time he had military merits.

He Quan is in a surging mood, every time the army rushes to have this feeling, some people say that He Quan is a madman who was born for the battlefield, He Quan also thinks so, although the current He Quan is only the commander, but it is true that one of the five armies of Dazheng is the commander, and the voice is louder than many general soldiers, after all, the fifth army used to be the sixth army, which is the holy place in the hearts of all the big soldiers.

"Da Zheng Wannian!"

He Quan, who was on the horse, saw that the timing was about the same, and the cheers on both sides of the road came and went, and the faces of the several sergeants he saw were flushed with excitement.

"Da Zheng Wannian !!"

The sergeants around him responded to the main general, far away from the front and back, but after hearing the shouts from the front, they also responded instinctively, and soon the entire marching team began to form a uniform sound wave, which infected all the people they met, the vendors and pawns who leaned on the side of the road to give way, the farmers who stopped their work, the children who ran and played, and Chen Lao Liu and Qu Cripple who had just sat down in the shade of the ridge at the head of the field.

In the end, Cao Ke couldn't help shouting, he couldn't shout out the momentum of the old pawn for the rest of his life, and even a little broken because of too much force, but that emotion began to take root in his heart, and the soldier next to him was not afraid, but cast a kind smile. Then there was a loud and imposing rainbow voice.

"Da Zheng Wannian!" Zhang Xiyang felt as if he had returned to Haizhou, where hundreds of thousands of robes often shouted like this, and then went to death calmly or unwillingly.

Thirty miles is far away, not near, not far away, for an hour for the cavalry of the brigade running fast, and then begins to slow down slowly in turn.

Luoyang County soon appeared in Zhang Xiyang's sight, as the junction of Liangzhou and Mingzhou, almost from the east and southeast to Pingjing City, there is an endless stream of business travelers, every year the three southeast states and Lianghui two states of the tax escort into Beijing will inevitably stop here, so Luoyang County is very prosperous, than Mingzhou naturally can not compare, after all, the whole world can reach millions of people of the giant city is also very few, but even in Mingzhou into the top five.

There are 18 counties under the entire Luoyang County, and Luoyang County is located in the westernmost Luoyang County, a large city with a population of more than one million.

For the people of Luoyang County, there is a big event this year, that is, the current saint suddenly named the nine girls of the crown prince Cao Yin directly as the lord of Luoyang County, many people speculate about the intention of the current saint, an unheard of granddaughter of the emperor was suddenly named the county lord, does this represent what signal? Although the lord of Luoyang and the most favored King Zhao were both born to the crown princess, this lord of Luoyang is the widow of the princess, so the prince doesn't like it at all, he is silent on weekdays, and he has no sense of existence at all, and even Cao Ke, the king of Zhao, is not very enthusiastic about it, and this is almost the best person for the lord of Luoyang. The sudden occurrence of this incident made the people of Luoyang County talk about it for some days.

According to the law, Luoyang County will have a percentage of the tax to be distributed to the lord of Luoyang County, but today's saint directly clapped the board and gave half, which was incomprehensible, and Qin Kang, the first assistant of the cabinet, even asked directly in the court: "Why is Your Majesty so capricious?" ”

Unexpectedly, Cao Ju carried it against all the public opinion. When I heard that the lord of Luoyang County was grateful, I cried a lot.

After two months, the lord of Luoyang County, who finally spoke out, said that in order to thank the emperor for his grace, he ordered to halve the half of the tax he belonged to, and now Luoyang County not only farmers and traders, but even beggars were happy, and everyone praised the generosity of the new Luoyang County Lord without hesitation, although it was only a quarter of the tax for a year, but it was also excellent.

And today is the day when the summer tax is collected, the officials are kind, the people are kind, everyone is standing in a line, and on this occasion they can't help but discuss what can be done with the money saved. Bragging about drinking, the mother-in-law at home doesn't dare to care, to be honest, in recent years, there has always been a war, taxes are getting higher and higher, and the mother-in-law and children in the family have not pulled new clothes for two or three years.

Jia Ting, the county guard of Luoyang County, and Xia Yunjie, the county commander of Luoyang County, sat on the high platform, there is nothing more exciting than collecting taxes, and it is natural to take a good check on the first day.

The chief catcher, Li Laojiao, and the head of the soap team, Cui Zheng, shouted loudly, commanding the little minions to maintain order, and even the Luoyang County Lieutenant Nan Zilian stood on the side of the stage with a majestic face and looked down, for the sake of safety, Jia Ting also negotiated to transfer a brigade of Mingzhou Wei stationed in the Jiazi Battalion of Luoyang County, and the brigade leader Zhou Dai was pacing back and forth on the stage with a straight knife in one hand at the moment, and there could be no negligence and mistakes on this occasion.

Seeing that the hour was almost up, Jia Ting nodded towards Xia Yunjie, who immediately stood up, cleared his throat, and then pulled the official tone long: "Tax~~~"