In February of the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Zhijiang County, Nanjun County, Jingzhou.

Frustration, Zhang's two waters, carrying Jing Mountain, through the forest and wading streams, stretching the mountains, converging in the wheat city. Since then, the two waters are collectively called Fuzhang water, passing through the wheat city, and flowing into the Yangtze River to the south, during which the water flow is soothing, irrigating the vast land, and it is the fertile soil of Jingzhou.

There is Wang Cangfu who said: "Carry the Qingzhang Tongpuxi, and rely on the Changzhou of Qu Frustration." The back of the grave is wide and the land is wide, and the fertile stream of the Lingao is deep. ”

Maicheng is located at the intersection of Fu and Zhang's two waters, because it is connected to Hanzhong and Shangyong, and is adjacent to Jiangling in Nanjun, with convenient transportation, and it is also a water and land rush, and over time, it forms a city. Boats shuttle, traders gathered, although not as good as Jiangling such a county-level market, but Maicheng well can also be praised in the township and county city well.

Shijin is located in the south of Maicheng Chengguo, set up near the port, several miles away from the city, the market is built with a wooden fence, and a barrier is set up around. The layout of the market is cut into four areas by the Crossroads, which sell different kinds of goods.

On the left and right sides of the gate, there is a city gatekeeper. Both of them wore black scarves and short clothes, and held leather wooden shields and ring-headed iron knives, and their faces were serious and quite intimidating.

In the market, there was a crowd of people, the vendors shouted as best they could, and the people chose what they needed. At this moment, there was a commotion from behind, and I saw that the firewood seller and the passer-by were arguing, and the two of them each held a corner of the sheepskin, and the quarrel was red-faced, attracting everyone to watch.

"Come on, folk, this man wants to steal the sheepskin on my shoulder, and I found it at the moment and forcibly said that this sheepskin is his." When the firewood seller saw the crowd gathering to eat melons, he shouted loudly to get attention.

Passers-by saw the hawker calling everyone, and immediately panicked, he was not a local of Zhijiang Wheat City. He was a native of Linfang, and under the organization of the Badi salt sellers, he carried salt to Zhijiang with the villagers to sell. At the moment, there is a conflict with the local firewood dealers, and these villagers will most likely side of the firewood dealers.

The man carrying the salt blushed and retorted: "This is the sheepskin of the man carrying the salt pads on his shoulders, and he dares to talk nonsense." ”

The villagers listened to the weak rebuttal of the salt-bearer, and looked at the salt-bearer with suspicion.

Some people were very angry, and scolded angrily: "Don't deceive me that there is no one in Zhijiang, and you still don't put down the sheepskin?" ”

When the firewood dealer saw that some villagers were bold, he also said: "I will give you a chance, if you leave now." I don't want to ask for it in the past, do you know the consequences of what happened in Hozin? ”

"This is my brother's, why should I give it to you." Several people in the crowd with the same accent as the person carrying the salt appeared, and said in a cold voice.

"Do you think you have someone and I don't?"

……

Soon, the two sides argued, emotions went up, and soon a physical conflict broke out.

I saw more than a dozen city guards holding halberds and wearing black scarves on their heads, forcibly clearing a road. There are those who can't dodge, and they are pushed to the ground by the city guard, and they are so angry that they scold their mothers.

"Which vertical man dares to push Lao Tzu?"

There were passers-by who knew the person who came, and reminded in a low voice: "The person who came is Huo Erlang of our Huo Jin, Mayor Huo." ”

As soon as the questioner heard the name of "Huo Erlang", he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Huo Erlang, his name is Huo Jun, the word Zhong Miao. Together with his brother Huo Dunai, he was the leading heroic figure in Zhijiang Maicheng, and in the Zhang Xian Rebellion a few years ago, he gathered hundreds of villagers to protect himself. In the five years of Jian'an's pacification of Zhang Xian's rebellion, his two brothers made military exploits and became powerful officials.

Compared with his brother Huo Du, Huo Jun not only has courage and strategy, but after a serious illness a few years ago, he knows how to understand civil affairs and is good at resourcefulness. Shijin was originally abandoned due to Zhang Xian's rebellion, and after the war, Huo Jun rebuilt Shijin and sent Huo's troops to garrison, and Liu Biao was the mayor of Maicheng.

In the past, the market cases were all handled by Huo Jun, and the fairness of his trial and the discernment of his inspection made the villagers respectful.

"I've seen Mayor Huo."

"What's going on?"

Huo Jun, who was eight feet tall and had a majestic physique, looked down, and saw that there were many people around him, and frowned and said: "Separate the two of them and tell their own confessions, and let the people in the market stay away from here." ”

"No!"

More than ten people from the Huo clan drove the lively people away more than ten paces, the city officials separated the salt bearer and the firewood seller, and Huo Jun listened to the confessions of the two one by one.

After listening, Huo Jun also understood the contradictions of the case. The man who carried the salt said that the sheepskin was used by him to carry the salt pads on his shoulders for five years, and when he was visiting the market today, the sheepskin was stolen by the firewood seller. When he found the wood-seller, he tried to retrieve the sheepskin, but the firewood seller slandered him for stealing the sheepskin.

And the firewood seller said the same, saying that this sheepskin was used by him to carry firewood to pad his shoulders, and that today when he was selling firewood, the sheepskin was accidentally stolen by the salt-bearer, and the salt-bearer did not quibble that it was his own sheepskin.

After thinking about it, Huo Jun asked the city official behind him and said, "Can you know its owner with this sheepskin thing?" ”

"Yuan Zhen, what do you think?"

Huo Chen, who is in charge of managing the market, is also the city's husband, and his face is embarrassed, so he can draw conclusions without asking anyone, but because of the mayor's prestige, he doesn't dare to refute it.

"Please show the mayor!"

After sorting out his thoughts, Huo Jun had what he had learned in his heart, and said, "Bring the two of them with you." ”

"No!"

"Mayor!"

The salt-carrying man and the firewood seller were brought up by the city officials. The firewood dealer was in front of Huo Jun, trying to say something.

"Silence!"

Huo Jun stared at the expressions of the two, and said lightly: "One of you carries salt, and the other carries firewood." This sheepskin shoulder pad is a thing for several years, I soak the sheepskin in the water, let people taste the taste of sheepskin water, you can know who its owner is, and it is not from the truth? ”

The face of the firewood seller, who had just been upright, changed greatly, and he said hesitantly: "I also used sheepskin to fill salt a few days ago, I am afraid that this is hard to believe." ”

"Really?"

Huo Jun looked at the firewood seller, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a sneer: "Come on, put the sheepskin on the mat, hit it with a cane, and see how the salt chips are new and old." If there is old salt, it is used by those who have negative salt; If only new salt is obtained, it is owned by the firewood sellers. ”

"No!"

Hearing this, the pen clerk who recorded the case knew that he could stop writing.

Seeing this, the firewood seller immediately collapsed to the ground, kowtowed and said truthfully: "Mayor Qiqi Huo, sheepskin is not a certain thing." He was greedy for money, and when he saw that he was a foreigner, he thought it was easy to bully, so he stole it from him. Please also ask Mayor Huo to look at the first offense and spare the ......"

Huo Jun did not have the pleading of the firewood sellers, and directly sentenced: "According to the "Han Law", it is worth more than six hundred and sixty yuan, and it is a city Dan Gong; If it is between 660 and 220 yuan, it is the end of the city; Under two hundred and twenty dollars, the city is three years. However, considering that the current coins are soaring, they can exchange them with grain money and silk, and so they can be disposed of. ”

The punishment of Chengdan, the man is the Chengdan, and the woman is the Chengdan. The city is built into the city, and the city is the rice. However, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chengdan was not only built, but also subjected to other physical punishments. As for the punishment, it was engraved on the face, and the end was originally a life sentence, but after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty changed the punishment, it was five years.

As soon as the words fell, the firewood seller suddenly burst into flames, broke free from the control of the city guards, and fled into the crowd.

Huo Jun reacted quickly, strode forward directly, twisted his waist to exert force, and raised his legs to kick. The fleeing firewood dealer only felt a huge force coming from his back, and he was kicked in an instant, and he fell dizzy. The city guard hurriedly stepped forward to detain the firewood dealer and dragged him away.

"He shall be punished for the crime of injuring a thief, demoted to a higher level, exempted from death, and sent into slavery for eight years." Huo Jun said.

"No!"

"Color!"

The crowd, which was silent for a while, suddenly erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

"Mayor Huo is mighty!"

Huo Jun smiled gently at everyone, and then let the crowd disperse. Since he built the market, there are not many such small cases, but there are many of them, but they can be solved relatively easily by himself.

After inspecting the market and handing over trivial matters to Huo Chen, Huo Jun returned to his office in the market. Take off your shoes and remove the sword from your waist and place it on the sword stand.

"Mayor Huo, Sima sent a message, I will come to the office later." Hu Cong said.

"Hmm!"

Huo Jun straightened his clothes slightly, knelt on the couch, and asked routinely: "Has there been news from the north recently?" ”

"After General Zuo Liu Bei was welcomed to Xiangyang by Liu Jingzhou, he asked him to be stationed in Xinye to reign as Duke Cao." Hu Cong said.

"Liu Yuzhou?"

Huo Jun put down the "Book of Songs" in his hand, and his mind was uneasy.

When he was in Jian'an for four years, due to the illness of the original owner, he traveled to the end of the Han Dynasty. In his previous life, he was born in an ordinary family in the township, was admitted to university, and studied economics and management that he regretted after graduation.

I read a bunch of economic knowledge, but I graduated but there was no place for it, either selling insurance or entering a bank.

With the help of his relatives, he was admitted to the civil service with his own efforts, and he got an iron job at the grassroots level. After a few years, approaching the thirtieth month, I never thought that I would die of the new crown and travel to the end of the Han Dynasty.

He is not a pure 'he', there is also the idea of the original master, and the two are intertwined and merged. Although he is not the leader in his previous life, it is not a problem to integrate into this environment.

When he recovered, he found that he had most likely crossed into the Liu Zhangjun who had been holding on to Jiameng for a year with hundreds of people in history, and had broken 10,000 people during the period, and took the opportunity to behead the general Xiang Cun, but the general Huo Jun died young.

Before he could get used to it, Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha, united with Lingling and Guiyang counties to rebel, and the war soon burned to Zhijiang. After all, the southeast of Nanjun is Changsha County, and Zhijiang is not far from Jiangling.

Liu Biao couldn't even resist it, and the soldiers and thieves were rampant in the township. In order to protect themselves, Huo Jun and his brother Huo Du relied on their own bravery to raise an army of hundreds of people.

The elder brother Huo Du wanted to form an association to protect himself, but Huo Jun was a little floating, thinking if he could follow the example of many sages who had crossed the country to raise troops and divide the country. As a result, the reality is very cruel, although the war between the two sides is deadlocked, but this kind of war of tens of thousands of people, Huo Jun can't intervene, and even he is not qualified to intervene.

Huo Jun, who recognized the reality, his IQ also returned to normal, and he gave up the idea of separation, and instead wanted to accumulate his strength, exercise his ability, and find a good boss to follow.

At the same time, Liu Biao allowed Wuling, Nanjun and county surnames to form an army in order to explode troops after Lian Ke was not inferior to Zhang Xian. However, during the explosion of the army, Zhang Xian suddenly died of illness, and Liu Biao also pacified the Changsha Rebellion.

However, Liu Biao can also be regarded as an understanding person, not only did he not abolish the army formed by those big surnames, but also treated those people as official positions and included them in his own army.

The elder brother Huo Dubiao was the Sima of the other department, and Huo Jun rebuilt Maicheng Jin in order to consider raising troops and became the mayor of Maicheng.

Therefore, Huo Jun's title as mayor is different from that of later mayors. The mayor of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the mayor of the city, and he was the governor of the local market.

At the same time, there are also differences due to the different grades of the market. For example, the length of the Luoyang market in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a rank of 400 stones, belongs to the jurisdiction of Henan Yin; Prosperous counties in the region also had mayors, who collected taxes not from the county but directly to the emperor.

Whose hands will Huo's taxes go to, there is no doubt that the bulk of the money belongs to the Huo family, and Huo Jun symbolically pays a small part of the taxes to Liu Biao. Not only did the Huo family do this, but the Jingzhou surnames also did this, they either concealed their hukou or annexed land.

As for Liu Biao, he is also aware of these cats. He himself rode into Jingzhou alone, lacked cronies, and had no military talent, so he could rely on the Jingzhou scholars. In essence, he is only a representative of the Jingzhou Shi clan, and he can only close the land to protect himself.

When faced with the occurrence of the Battle of Cangting in the Central Plains, except for sending troops to launch the Battle of Western Hubei last year and welcoming Liu Bei in December, Liu Biao was unable to change the general trend.

Even Liu Biao is still like this, and Huo Jun, who is in Zhijiang, can only sit and watch the changes in the world. As time passed, he also waited for his time.

"Han Ji Zhaowu Ji": "In December of the sixth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao broke Shao and attacked the emperor from the south. The emperor sent Lu Zhu, Sun Qian and Liu Biao to hear each other, and greeted them from the suburbs, and treated them with courtesy, benefiting their soldiers, and making Tun Xinye. There are more and more heroes in Jingzhou who return to the emperor, expressing doubts about their hearts and yin Yu. ”

"Han Ji Huo Da Sima Family": "Huo Da Sima Jun, a native of Zhijiang in Nanjun. At the beginning of Jingzhou, he fought with his brother and joined hundreds of people in the township. "Mao's Poems", "Guanzi" and "Shangjunshu", the disciple of Ma Rong. ”