Without waiting for Zhang Baotai to answer, a person in front of him suddenly spoke: "It's very simple, convince me." ”

While talking, the three of them, a cow and a horse, have approached a brightly lit market. The market is separated by a huge wooden gate and wall, like a city within a city.

Behind the wooden door, there is a faint sound of singing and dancing of the pipe, and in front of the door is a steel knife like a forest, and an iron coat is like a wall.

The breath of the armored people is connected, like a mountain that can breathe.

Liu Tugou stopped, looked at the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "Who is the honorable driver?"

"General Shuofang of the Great Zhou, Chang Zhaoqing. ”

The military system of the Great Periphery Army is the same as that of the forbidden army, and above the ordinary soldiers, who are mainly elite veterans, ten cavalry are one tithe, and a tithe, and a hundred cavalry commanders, ten tithes, and one banner, and a hundred cavalry commanders, five banners, and 500 men, and a battalion, and a captain, and two battalions, and 1,000 people, and one guard, and a captain, and a commander, and three battalions, 3,000 people, and one brigade, and one division, and a general, or a general. Among them, the title of captain, the commander of the capital, and the title of general are not unusual, and only in the most elite armies.

The generals are not subordinate to each other, and directly obey the orders of the Son of Heaven. Further up is a false title, the prime minister's Zhu Yi military aircraft Cao Xianzhi in the northern four states of Pingdi, was only able to lead the six divisions after being worshiped as a doctor of the sixth division set up during the war, and conquered on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Among these generals, who are already small in number, the titled generals who go out of the border areas of the town are undoubtedly more prominent, and there is only one in each military state, which is enough to compete with the two feudal officials of the state pastor.

It is not easy to climb or even sit firmly in the position of a titled general, just looking at Yan Tieyi and other characters are still just a captain.

Shuo Fang's general Chang Zhaoqing looked middle-aged, with a white face and a thin face, small eyes, a little bit of unfathomable coldness, light eyebrows, but a heavy goatee.

He was not tall, his shoulders were as narrow as a knife, his feet were shallow, and he was wearing a crimson brocade robe that could only be worn above the third grade, but he did not wear a bit of Xuanhe wealth and imposing. If he hadn't just reported to his family, he would be more like a knife and pen official than Wei Da.

Liu Tugou only then raised the bitter emotion that the hero was useless, and in a blink of an eye, he saw General Shuo Fang greet him in person, which was really a bit ridiculous. It can be seen that the realm of the second master has climbed too fast, and the foundation is really shallow, and it is still difficult to get rid of the petty family spirit of the dog slaughter in the market.

He said with a smile: "The rumors in the rivers and lakes are not credible, whoever wants to say that they will defend the first cow, ghost, snake and god will be accepted, and Liu Tu will spit on his face." ”

Chang Zhaoqing smiled: "If it weren't for Shuofang's pool being deep enough, it really wouldn't be able to tolerate the little brother waiting for Jiang Long to flutter a few times." ”

Liu Tugou hehehe: "The two of us are determined to serve the country, and I also ask the general to include it." ”

General Shuo Fang's eyes were blazing, and he suddenly said: "Although the Murong clan is powerful, it has no foundation in Youzhou, and there are already people who have been the captain first." ”

Liu Tugou's eyelids jumped, and he knew in his heart that the female demon of Murong was really ghostly, but at this moment, he couldn't help but say a word of thanks in his heart.

His face was still calm, and he replied, "I would like to start as a soldier." ”

"Oh, this doesn't seem to be the style of a high-ranking lord, in this case, there will only be one charter, and it is okay to fight for power and profit, and if you miss the major military affairs, you will not escape a dead word!"

Liu Tugou grinned: "I can save it." ”

Chang Zhaoqing nodded, took out a letter from the cuff of the brocade robe, raised his hand and threw it, and flew lightly in front of Liu Tugou's eyes.

The second master stretched out his hand to catch it, and saw that the envelope was covered with the fire paint of General Shuofang's mansion, and looked up at Chang Zhaoqing.

"I originally prepared two letters of this kind, one of which was written truthfully, entrusting you to temporarily take the post of captain of the first battalion, without a title, and not as the first guard. The other letter says that you are the peak cultivation of the foundation, and you are allowed to enter the first guard and become a warrior. Since you are willing to start as a soldier, I will give you a second letter, and this little brother can also go with you. ”

With that, the military leader, who had been firmly in the top spot in Shuofang City, arched his hand and turned around and walked towards the city alone, and the lights in that direction were much dimmer compared to the city behind him.

The three of them looked at the not majestic back together and walked alone, and finally drifted away.

Liu Tugou grinned, and he missed the post of school captain, even if it was just Chang Zhaoqing's red mouth and white teeth, which may not be a real joke, it still made him feel a trace of regret and resentment. People, once they are lucky, it is easy to give birth to this kind of emotion of gaining and losing.

Fortunately, the second master is also very human, and he cut off all this emotion with a smile.

Zhang Baotai, who had only listened to it since Chang Zhaoqing appeared, breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "Two please!"

Yang Xiongji held back for a long time, and finally could let go of his scruples and speak: "This is the end?"

"What do you still think, do you have to tear your face with General Shuofang and fight in the street?"

"Second brother, are you really from the saint's court? Actually, your real name is Murong Tugou, right?"

"Fart!" Liu Tugou kicked out, but was deftly dodged by Yang Xiongji, who had been prepared.

Zhang Baotai, who was left aside, coughed lightly and said: "The old man said something that should not be said, the new captain Xiandeng is quite big, General Chang is willing to let the two of them enter the guard, he may not have any good intentions, and he will not get out of the cheesy routine of fighting between snipe and mussels." ”

Yang Xiongji glared, and said suspiciously: "Why, you old horseman is not an ordinary person?

The veteran ruffian smiled meaningfully, but did not speak.

Liu Tugou didn't bother to pay attention to these bullshit things, and walked towards the market with his legs raised.

The armored people who blocked the road before have moved out of the way, and it is estimated that there are only a handful of well-defended Fang City in the entire Great Zhou.

Zhang Baotai introduced as he walked: "Shuofang is a bridgehead against the Di people in the north of Youzhou, and it is also a distribution center for goods from the north and south within a radius of thousands of miles, so it also has a rich and charming situation comparable to the big city of the Central Plains. ”

He led Liu and Yang to a three-story pavilion that occupied an excellent location, and said with a smile: "This is the most prestigious restaurant in Shuofang. ”

In front of the pavilion, two men dressed in the hall but without slavery came forward, glanced at the white horse and the green ox, and then looked at Zhang Baotai, bowed slightly and said, "Old lady Zhang, you see?"

Zhang Baotai looked at Liu Tugou, and the second master nodded and said: "A little hay, enough wine and meat, no need for a rope, you two can lead the way in front." ”

The two men hid the surprise in their eyes well, turned around and led the two divine horses away, without saying a word of nonsense.

Liu Tugou looked up at the pavilion in front of him, and found that there was no name, only hundreds of narrow steel knives with a feminine shape hung under the eaves, and some of them were wrapped in silk and satin.

There is a couplet hanging on the two pillars in front of the main entrance of the restaurant:

"Saima, autumn wind, Weichuan west, a head embroidered in spring. ”

"Apricot blossoms, spring rain, Xiangshui South, two soft intestines and two people. ”

There is a vertical and horizontal spirit between the lines, sad and melancholy.

Faced with this pair of couplets that were by no means tacky, Yang Xiongji silently read it twice, raised his finger and pointed at hundreds of long knives with cold light, turned his head and asked, "Could it be that these are the short-lived embroidered spring knives in the history books?"

Zhang Baotai nodded and said: "The back is thick and thin, the ridge is straight and the blade is curved, the long handle can be held in both hands, the horse step is sharp, and the head is broken with a knife, which is exactly what I am talking about." ”

Liu Tugou grinned and asked with a smile: "The second master has little reading, is this knife very famous?"