At this time, although the sky was a little dark, there was still bright light, and Qiu Xiaoworm's majestic figure was particularly dazzling.

In order to avoid being discovered, Qiu Xiaoworm's head was about to burrow into the crotch of his pants, for fear of being seen by acquaintances.

In fact, not only Qiu Xiaoworm is afraid of losing face, but also Zhao Yuan, who is also impressive.

If you walk with a group of well-trained and majestic soldiers, the two of them will naturally have a lot of face, but this group of soldiers is really not like soldiers, if you take off the clothes on your body, you are no different from the vulgar porter, or even not as pure as the porter, but like those idle second-rate people.

Fortunately, this group of soldiers also seemed to be in a hurry to go back, and they were not verbose, and soon left Blackwater City.

After dark, the group had already moved away from Blackwater City, and looking back, Blackwater City was like a wild beast entrenched at the foot of the mountain, which made people feel extremely depressed.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, everyone seems to be very familiar with this road, they didn't light the torches, they chatted enthusiastically in the dark, no one paid attention to Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm, but it was the fat man Han who would say a few words to Qiu Xiaoworm from time to time, but he ignored Zhao Yuan.

After walking for two hours, they came to an inn, and when everyone came to the front of the inn, someone immediately opened the door, as if someone had been waiting.

The inn was closed, and the hall was unusually quiet, but there was a steaming table of very rich food and wine ready.

A group of soldiers seemed to be extremely familiar with this place, and they were not polite, so they went straight to the table and drank heartily, Qiu Xiaoworm was also beckoned to the table by Han Fatzi, and when Han Fatzi saw Qiu Xiaoworm pulling Zhao Yuan, he had to lukewarmly beckoning Zhao Yuan to sit up.

After eating and drinking, everyone changed to a clean table, and the shopkeeper served fragrant hot tea.

"Fat brother, it's all ready, here, you count. A thin old man bent down to Captain Han's side and put a small burden in front of Captain Han with a flattering face.

"Hmm. Captain Han nodded, with a reserved expression, and there was a faint hint of official authority. Zhao Yuan sighed secretly, he was too familiar with the face of such a villain.

After the thin old man handed over the burden, it was not much, and he nodded and retreated.

The soldiers drinking tea were silent, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes fell on the burden on Captain Han's chest.

Captain Han glanced at Zhao Yuan, then at the burden, and hesitated.

"Fat brother, I'll go to the toilet. Zhao Yuan hurriedly stood up.

"Forget it, sit down, you and the worm are also friends, fat brother and I are also a figure with a head and a face, as the so-called sees have a share, you can be regarded as having a meeting, even if you have a share, speak in the future, pay attention, don't get into trouble from the mouth." ”

"Yes, yes. Zhao Yuan sat down slowly, in fact, he also wanted to know what was going on in the baggage.

Captain Han made a sound in his nostrils, and then, opened the baggage.

Zhao Yuan was immediately disappointed, he originally thought that there was something good in the baggage, but it was a thick stack of imperial coins.

Captain Han didn't speak, he counted the imperial coins, pondered for a while, seemed to be calculating something, and then, began to divide the imperial coins into more than a dozen parts according to the heads, and after dividing them, Captain Han pushed the money to their chests.

"Everyone is saving some flowers, and the investigation has been tight recently. ”

"Yes, yes, Xie Lu, Brother Xie Fat. ”

A group of soldiers each picked up the Imperial Coin on their chests and put it in their arms.

Zhao Yuan found that Han Fatzi had more than half of those imperial coins, and there were as many insects as those soldiers, but he had the least.

Zhao Yuan, who was quiet, had already realized that this was a share of spoils.

After everyone divided the money, they hurried all night in the dark.

When it was early in the morning, the group arrived at the Jiudaowan barracks.

The three barracks guarding Blackwater City are the Nine Bend Barracks, the Maple Grove Barracks, and the Rolling Stone Barracks.

These three barracks not only guard the natural danger of Blackwater City, but also guard three military arteries, and among them, the Nine Bends are the only waterway from Blackwater City to the outside world, and the supplies of Blackwater City are basically imported from the Nine Bend Barracks.

The Maple Grove Barracks is close to the Black Forest, and in addition to garrisoning, its main role is training.

The Rolling Stone Barracks is also a natural hazard, guarding the road to the imperial capital.

Among the three barracks, Jiudaowan was the busiest and the most important in military status, because if the enemy broke through Blackwater City and captured Jiudaowan, he could drive straight into it and follow the waterway all the way to a river 200 miles away from the imperial capital.

Because of the geographical location of Nine Bends, and its economic link as Blackwater City, there are more than 80,000 troops here.

80,000 soldiers is only a figure announced by the imperial government, but in fact, the garrison in Jiudaowan is far more than 80,000, and the total number of troops in various arms exceeds 120,000, or even more.

The Great Qin Empire announced to the outside world that the total garrison of Blackwater City was 200,000, but in fact, the total garrison of Blackwater City had already exceeded 300,000, and the so-called 200,000 were only the regular army of the empire, and the remaining 100,000 were some non-combatants without regular establishment, mainly reservists who maintained military equipment and did some rough work.

The regular number of combatants refers to the conscription of the Great Qin Empire through formal channels, and the welfare benefits are all borne by the emperor's * department, and every soldier is well documented.

And the reservists were recruited by Blackwater City.

The supreme commander of Blackwater City has a certain number of conscription rights, and the quota of the Sledgehammer Gods in Blackwater City is 100,000, so the total garrison of Blackwater City has reached 300,000.

The so-called reservists, in fact, are miscellaneous soldiers, who do not conduct military training at all, and mainly serve Blackwater City. The treatment of miscellaneous servants and regular soldiers is also very different, and the status is far from the same.

Like Captain Han, he is a miscellaneous officer, although he is a captain, he only has a set of lowest-level armor, and he doesn't even have a military rank.

Everyone entered the barracks in the dark, and the people in the barracks seemed to be very familiar with Captain Han, so they just asked a few casual questions and let them enter the heavily guarded barracks.

The group touched the barracks and slept separately.

Although the barracks were simple, there were a lot of empty bunks, and Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm endured the pungent stench and found a bed to rest.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm got up early to clean up, waiting for Captain Han to take them through the formalities of enlistment, what made the two vomit blood was that Captain Han fell asleep, snoring loudly, and there was no sign of getting up.

Not only Captain Han, but the other soldiers also slept with their heads covered.

At three o'clock in the morning, a group of soldiers got up one after another, went to the canteen to eat some cold steamed buns and pickles, and Captain Han took Qiu Xiaoworm Zhao Yuan to an office to go through some formalities, and received a few sets of shabby armor and rusty weapons and daily necessities.

Back in the barracks, Captain Han let Qiu Xiaoworm stay in the barracks, and then took Zhao Yuan to the kitchen, muttered a few words to a fat-headed and big-eared cook, and then left Zhao Yuan behind and left.

"Come here. The middle-aged chef with a fat head, big ears and a greasy face glanced at Zhao Yuan angrily, and the spoon in his hand slammed on the stove.

"You will follow me in the future, I will be Jin Xiaopang, and everyone will call me Uncle Jin. ”

"Hello Uncle Jin, I'm Zhao Yuan. ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly nodded his head in court, but secretly kept muttering, this guy's waist is thicker than a bucket, and he is actually called Jin Xiaopang, which makes those little fat people embarrassed! At the same time, Zhao Yuan thought of the huge Qiu Xiaoworm.

It seems that the names of the parents in Blackwater City are very distinctive.

"Are you laughing at my 'Chubby' name?" Jin Xiaopang looked at Zhao Yuan coldly, his eyes seemed to see through Zhao Yuan's internal organs.

"Ahem...... No ......" (To be continued)