The words say:

The west wind hunts and hunts yellow, and the blue clouds fall. Look at the prosperity is fleeting, the red dust is easy to age, and the years are spreading. Luan's mirror and face are darkly changed, and the sunset smoke is illuminated. The melancholy butterfly dream blurs the world.

Gradually, the night is silent in the middle of autumn, and he is silent to the frost stars and the moon. The muscles are cold, and the taste is cold. Feeling sinking, sonorous leaves, sighing life, frustration is difficult to explain. Empty holding, pans and pots, firewood, rice, oil and salt.

——Proposed "Eight Voices of Ganzhou".

The old man rode a horse that resembled a donkey, but it was a little shorter than a donkey. Although this kind of horse is shorter than the war horse, and it is slower than the war horse on the flat land, but compared to the donkey, it is fast and steady, and if it is in the mountains and hills, it has a great advantage, and the war horse is not as fast and stable as it. This kind of horse was originally domesticated by wild animals in the mountains, and it is most suitable for the use of hunters in the mountains.

After going down the mountain into the city for more than 40 miles, in less than half an hour, the old man and his son arrived at the gate of the city. The old man let his son ride on the horse, and he dismounted and led him. There was a queue at the gate of the city to enter the city. After a while, the old man and his son arrived at the doorman.

There were twelve guards, twice as many as usual, twelve men with swords and halberds, divided into two sides, to check the passers-by, and those who went out of the city into the city were automatically divided into two teams, each on one side.

The old man was secretly surprised in his heart, usually the total number of guards in this city gate is ten, two people take turns every day, and eight people are on duty, and they are on duty in shifts, so the person in charge of inspection is generally four, and now there are twelve people, there must be some major reason.

He was originally a battalion soldier, and he knew something about this border city he once guarded. Now he was just surprised, but he didn't pay attention to it, after all, all kinds of things are in charge of all kinds of people, and he is not in his position, and he does not seek political affairs.

Of course, the old man didn't connect this situation with what Ma Ge Xiuyuan said, what the old man was thinking about now was selling skins for silver and grabbing the recipe.

"Old man, please show your road permit. One of the guards asked the old man for his papers, and spoke kindly.

It turned out that when the guard saw that he was full of gray hair, he called him respectfully, which was very polite and polite. The so-called road permit is actually a travel certificate.

In this country, there is a household system, and people are all within the household. The small village on Niu Mountain is also a household arrangement. When the villagers go out, they must have a certificate issued by the village elder or the patriarch, which is a road certificate.

In this family, all kinds of production have to pay corresponding taxes and fees, one out of ten, also known as tithes. In the family, the young men in the family have to join the camp as soldiers for 12 years, which is the military system of this country. Those who have made meritorious contributions to the battalion at the level of five or higher during the period of serving in the battalion can be promoted from a household to a private household, and a man from a civilian household must have served as a battalion soldier for six years; all kinds of taxes and fees shall be paid 1 percent, which is called a 100 percent tax. Those who have attained meritorious service at the third level or above will be promoted to a free household, and three generations of men in their families can be exempted from serving as battalion soldiers, and they do not need to pay ordinary taxes and fees.

Those who have meritorious service of the second class or above will be promoted to official households, and will be taken care of by the state, and can receive 100 taels of silver per year as prescribed by the state, and an additional 20 taels of old-age allowance every year after the age of 60. Those who have a first-class meritorious service can directly become a nobleman.

Almost everyone in this country has served as a battalion soldier, and as an old man who has served as a battalion soldier, he is naturally respected by the young battalion soldiers, and the old man is stained with this light.

Another doorman saw that he was carrying a large bundle of skins, and even stepped forward to remind him kindly: "Old man, now the barracks collect leather and armor, and these skins can be sold at a good price when they are sent to the camp." ”

The old man thanked him and went straight into the city. According to the guard, he came to the barracks where he had been.

From the city gate to the barracks, Xiao Liu Hai felt novel when he saw everything along the way, after all, this little man came to the city for the first time, of course, passing by a few stalls selling bone candy, he naturally wanted Xiao Bangs, but the old man didn't buy it, it was really because the old man had no money in his hand, and he had to sell the skin to have silver.

"Sell skins! Good skins!"

The old man shouted at the guards at the camp gate, and one of the soldiers came forward and said, "Uncle, come with me to sell skins." ”

So the old man went with the soldier into the barracks and came to the barracks warehouse. When the quartermaster saw this, he asked:

"Ah Si, what are you bringing this old man for?"

I only heard the soldier called Ah Si say: "Lord Treasurer, this old man said that he wants to sell skins. ”

The quartermaster also saw that the old man's soil was immediately a large bundle of skins, so he smiled and said, "Old man, you should count the skins, the price of the skins collected in our quartermaster warehouse is the fairest." ”

So, the old man counted the skins here.

The skins that the old man brought with him were fifty wild boar skins, which could be used to make ordinary armor, two taels and one piece, ten green wolf skins, which could be used to make better armor, five taels and one piece, and two rhinoceros skins of one hundred and twenty taels, a total of two hundred and ten taels of silver. This is the income of the old man for most of the year of hunting.

At that moment, the quartermaster took the skin, wrote a receipt, and asked the old man to take the note and go to the front to go to the chief secretary to get the silver. The old man took the child to the front of the secretary's office, found the chief secretary, handed in the note, and explained the intention, and the chief naturally accepted the note, printed the seal of payment, and took out the silver and gave it to the old man.

The old man got the silver, so he took the little bangs to the Hejing Medicine Hall.

In the market, the old man bought some bone candy and autumn fruits for his son, and when the father and son came to Hejing Medicine Hall, the little bangs were already full of joy, and their little faces were crimson.

"Old man, are you taking your son shopping?" said hello to someone who knew him.

"Uh-huh. The old man turned his head in response, and hurried to the medicine hall without stopping.

"Who's that man?" said Tulaba," the other asked, "do you know?"

"O Liu Shiqi, his son, who is the strange disease of the child, has he not heard of it even when he is stumped with the old medical officer?" replied the man who had spoken earlier:

"My husband and I have been campmates for two years. You see he looks like he's sixty years old now, but he's only in his early forties, and he's so poor that he's tired of it. ”

"It's your campmate. The speaker turned his head and said, "I heard that there have been spies from Shanbei recently,"

"Shhhh

"It's not a rumor! Haven't you seen the city gate intensify its inventory recently? ”

Although the old man did not have the patience to listen to what they said, the sound of their words still drilled into their ears. I only heard one of these people say: "I heard that the people of Shanbei are coming to beat us, but the city lord's mansion has issued a notice to refute the rumors in the city. ”

Another said: "What are the people of Shanbei crazy about? We never wanted to take advantage of them, we are peace-loving!"

There was also an old voice of one person who said: "In the past, the people of Shanbei really came to attack us, but that time we beat us to the ground, abandoned the armor and dragged the soldiers, and fled back with their heads in their arms!"

A younger voice said, "What you always say is that it's all about old rotten grain." It's different now, I heard that the Shanbei people are researching new weapons, as long as they succeed in researching, it's time to attack us!" the man lowered his voice as he spoke.

The old man didn't hear what the young voice said, he only greeted him briefly, and didn't think much about it, only secretly thought in his heart:

The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and they have nothing to spread nonsense, and they will affect the stability of people's hearts for no reason! The chief scouts of their Shanbei principality faction have made it clear to me, hmph, anyway, we can't let this battle start!

The old man just rushed to the medicine hall. At this time, the son's voice sounded in his ears:

"Abba, where are we going?" asked Xiao Bangs.

"I'll buy you medicine. ”

While speaking, he came to the door of the Hejing Medicine Hall. The old man sang, and a little servant led him into the door.

Some of the doctors in the Hejing Medicine Hall raised their heads to look at the old man, while others directly expected the old man's intention.

Although the sixth-level camp merit of the old man cannot change his status as a householder, in peacetime, there are still people who praise it within a certain range, not to mention that the reward is a lot of silver;

What made Lao Qi's name even louder was the son he gave birth to. In the Hejing Medicine Hall, almost everyone knows that Liu Shiqi's son has a strange disease, and this disease is also used as a typical case in the hospital for special research.

So the medical officer who expected Lao Liu's intention spoke first: "Lao Liu is here!"

That's a hello.

"Well, well, Doctor Li is good!" replied the old man, and at the same time, he was about to pull the little bangs and walk inside, and said to Doctor Li as he went:

"Doctor Li, I heard that you have been researching a prescription for the treatment of incurable diseases, you see-you also know about my family's affairs, so I won't say more. I wonder if Dr. Li has done any research on my family's Xiaohai?"

Medical Officer Li is the senior medical officer of Hejing Medicine Hall, and is in charge of the lobby of Hejing Medicine Hall.

The Hejing Medicine Hall is divided into an inner hall and an outer hall, the inner hall is mainly responsible for research, and the outer hall is mainly responsible for receiving and treating patients. There are more than a dozen medical officers in the outer hall, and Medical Officer Li is the leader among the dozen or so.

"Let's take a look at this recipe!" said Doctor Li to the old man.

Doctor Li spoke very enthusiastically, and the old man was going to go directly to find He Youshui, but at this time, he also felt that Doctor Li's hospitality was difficult, so he took his son's little hand and walked over and greeted others as he walked.

At this moment, someone said: "The shopkeeper has invited this Uncle Liu." ”

When the old man turned his face to look, he saw that an eleven or twelve-year-old medicine boy came over and interrupted his conversation with Doctor Li.

"What a quick ear report!" Doctor Li said to the old man with a smile: "Your grandfather and son caught up today." ”

"What did you catch?" the old man didn't understand.

Seeing that the old man didn't understand, Doctor Li got up and left his seat, beckoned the old man to wait, and the person took a few steps forward, came to the old man's side, and said to the old man:

"Today is a good day, there is a master who wants to personally check your Xiaohai for a diagnosis!" This doctor Li revealed this sentence, but he wanted to hang people's appetites, and refused to say what kind of master wanted to see a doctor for his son.

The old man thought to himself, Hejing Yaotang, the master with the highest medical skills is also the old medical officer of Heyoushui, apart from him, who can still be a master? Where did this come from, which master wants to help, pity my father and son?

However, although Medical Officer Li was amused, the old officer's mood was not amused at all.

The old man thought as he walked.

The little medicine boy didn't care about this, just led the old man to the inner hall. He also turned around and said, "Uncle Liu, hurry up." Master Li, don't delay Uncle Liu's business. ”

Doctor Li listened and said with a smile: "Little monkey cub, what can I delay? Besides, if I delay something, see if I don't spank you!"

When the little medicine boy heard this, he grimaced and stuck out his tongue, which was also a naughty and naughty appearance.

The little medicine boy led the old man and his son inside, and the old man was full of gratitude, and muttered secretly, "Do you dare to know that I am here with the old doctor?" But he was immediately surprised: the medicine boy did not stop when he passed by the door of the old doctor's special clinic.

The old man peeked into the old doctor's office—the chair behind the desk was empty—and there was no one in it.

The medicine boy seemed to sense something, turned around and smiled: "Uncle Liu, please go over here......"

Without waiting for him to finish, the old man nodded again and again: "Mm-hmm." ”