The four gates of Litian City each have four gate captains. The official positions can be said to be quite numerous.
Zheng Fan had complained about the military system of Yan State more than once, especially in Beifeng County. At one time, even overseas Chinese with a little respect could find a set of "dressed beasts" and "wearing flower feathers on their heads" after looking through their family fortune.
But it’s the butt that determines the head. When Zheng Fan was just a school captain, he would naturally criticize him verbally and in writing when faced with the devaluation of the school captain. But when he became the city guard and was in charge of a city and the city. When it is a representative area, it instantly becomes "real fragrance".
Military pay comes from the treasury, but compared to the so-called military pay, ordinary soldiers will value this small amount of money very seriously, but for those who have already made their mark, especially for For those powerful Jindi Wubao, it is inevitable that they are not enough.
At this time, the "School Captain" will naturally start to show up.
Give you one, give him one, don't rush, don't grab it, there is everything, there is everything.
For a time, everyone has obtained the official status of Dayan, and naturally they are a family, and everyone is affected by rain and dew. It is better to be like this.
Therefore, it is not surprising that there are four captains guarding the gates of a city.
However, the defenders of these four city gates are mainly Zheng Fan's old team, with barbarian soldiers accounting for the majority.
Having worked hard to build this city and protect his hometown, the key must naturally be given to his direct descendants.
Zheng Fan and the demon kings under his command would not be at ease if it were others to defend the city. In the past, he and others liked to steal other people's city gates, so if they did too many bad things, they were afraid of retribution. on his own head.
If in the end, because the subordinates were bribed to cooperate with the inside and outside, and the hard-built strong city wall was directly reduced to a display, then it would really have to be compared with the Gallic Rooster during World War II. .
In the early morning, when it was just dawn, Yu Huaping put on a suit of leather armor. Instead of holding a sword, he took a Yan-made knife and walked out of the inn.
There is breakfast at the inn.
There are steamed buns with fillings, shredded radish fillings, pickles fillings, bean paste fillings, pure meat buns and rice porridge, as well as siomai, pan-fried and other foods.
The example of King Chu's slim waist was vividly displayed in Shengle City. The daily diet in the General's Mansion slowly became the mainstream standard in the city.
It’s just that things like taste cannot be changed overnight, but there is nothing you can do if you don’t change it, because Shengle City has implemented military control from a long time ago.
The inn is the property of the General's Mansion. When you walk out of the inn and go down a street, everything that is open for business is the property of the General's Mansion, which is the so-called state-owned business.
Among the population of Shengle City, the military population accounts for the majority, which is actually convenient for management in disguise. Those who have families and are in the city, their familiesDepending on the population, adults and children will receive different rations of rice, flour, grains and oil every month. Singles eat and drink in the military camp anyway.
The caravans traveling to and from Shengle City are all accommodated and received in the merchant house, which is also the property of the General's Mansion. For every transaction, the General's Mansion will take a 10% tax from it.
It’s not that no caravans want to evade taxes. In fact, this is almost the instinct of businessmen.
However, ever since a Wubao master set up a private business in his own Wubao and Shengle City sent troops to annihilate the entire clan, such things have become much less common.
According to the General's Mansion, the reason why people can do business here without being affected is because the General's Mansion maintains the law and order here, so when everyone does business and makes money, the General's Mansion takes a commission. As a matter of course.
A vegetable market was established, but it was also an industry of the General's Mansion.
Originally, the sign hanging on the market was Shenglecheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Later, for some unknown reason, General Zheng felt dissatisfied when he saw it and ordered it to be changed to Shenglefang City.
If you want to buy groceries, you can go to the market. For other daily necessities, from coal to cloth, etc., there are also special stores open to people from outside the city. .
In other words, all the industries that can be done in the city have been taken care of by the General's Mansion.
Yu Huaping instinctively felt uncomfortable with this. Walking on the streets of this city, even a sword master like him would feel like he was being strangled by the neck and was about to be suffocated.
In fact, government-run operations have existed since ancient times and have always occupied a huge market share. However, it is extremely rare for companies like Shengle City to completely strangle the private economy in all directions.
Just outside the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, there are a large group of local people opening shops and doing business. Zheng Fan and the Sixth Prince also went there to drink mutton soup.
But the Zhenbei Hou Mansion has the entire Yan Kingdom to provide blood transfusion support. In Shengle City, to be honest, the support it can get from the imperial court every time is really better than nothing.
According to the imperial court's establishment, the three thousand soldiers and horses in Shengle City are overwhelming. But in fact, adding up the number of soldiers and horses inside and outside, Shengle City's soldiers and horses have already exceeded 10,000, close to 50,000. number.
It’s just that the Jin people make up the majority, plus the 5,000 Jin battalions that Zheng Fan just pulled over and the ones that were already there, as well as the children of the powerful Wubao family who have recently defected and joined in, the Jin people’s troops and horses, In Shengle City, there are nearly 10,000.
In the remaining five thousand miles, barbarian soldiers accounted for the majority;
So, in the Shengle City military camp, it was difficult to hear the words spoken with a Yandi accent.
Because blood transfusion was not possible in the local area, everything had to be coordinated from the outset. This is what Siniang and the blind man used, and they implemented extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.
Yu Huaping is uncomfortable because he is a man of the world. He instinctively dislikes restraint and likes freedom, but he has nothing to say about it because there are no homeless people or beggars on the street.
Everyone with hands and feet in the city, regardless of gender, has work to do. There is an extreme shortage of labor in the workshops outside the city. If you want to make a living in this city and be a poor household on subsistence allowances, it is almost impossible. It's impossible.
At the same time, school-age children can attend private schools for free, and medical clinics will also provide extremely cheap treatment.
Yu Huaping felt that the governance of the ancient benevolent kings that literati praised every day seemed to be nothing more than this.
The largest gold selling cave in the city was also opened by the General's Mansion. It is a large-scale restaurant where everything from ordinary banquets and gatherings to higher-level gatherings can be held here.
Behind the restaurant is the largest and only red tent in the entire Shengle City. According to the price tags, it can be considered to fully meet the needs of customers of all consumption levels.
Shengle City can be said to be the only city that does not have private kilns. First, there is no need. Siniang was really good at doing this when she was a child, and she was very mature in following the rules. We will collectively invite doctors to come over for regular physical examinations.
The sisters themselves are willing to come. Here, there is no guarantee.
Of course, there are also madams who want to "start their own business".
The end is that they are caught, and the old madam and the sisters below are thrown into the city's prison.
Yu Huaping knew that the soldiers and horses in Shengle City were highly paid, comparable to the Jingnan Army. This seemed to be an unbearable burden.
But look at it,
After the soldiers get their pay and silver hair, everything they eat in the city, put up red tents, etc., is the property of the general's mansion. Military pay is issued every month, and half of the military pay just issued has to be returned half a month later. It is impossible to completely protect the capital, but with money circulating like this, the cost of military pay is actually not considered. It felt so heavy.
Walking, Yu Huaping arrived at the gate of the east gate.
There are two hundred soldiers guarding the city. The captain of the city gate is a barbarian who can speak Xia language, but with a slightly thick accent. He has a hundred barbarians and a hundred Jin soldiers under his command.
After Yu Huaping arrived, the barbarian captain named Jin Shuke took the initiative to send a snack. The snack had the mark of the General's Mansion, which proved that it was bought from the pastry shop under the General's Mansion.
"This is yours."
Jin Shu can deliver the snacks to Yu Huaping.
Yu Huaping nodded, and then he remembered that the day before yesterday, someone from the city guards specifically called on everyone to join in. The captain's aunt had given birth, and everyone was very happy.
Jin Shuke’s mother-in-law was a savage, and he bought it from the slave market in the city. Of course, this market was also opened by the general, and only those who signed a contract and bought it here were subject to it. Under the protection of the General's Mansion, the General's Mansion did not recognize any privately traded slaves. There was even a case where a privately traded slave escaped and was caught. Because he did not have the official seal of the contract from the General's Mansion, he was sentenced to freedom as a slave.
According to the original thoughts of his subordinates, this barbarian soldier has always been General Zheng's confidant, and Jinshu is one of the earliest three hundred barbarian soldiers. As a barbarian general, let alone the future, his current status is He is already very high. Not to mention marrying a girl from Xiahang in the Yan Kingdom in an extremely luxurious way. It is okay to marry a girl from the Jin Kingdom.
But he didn't, and married a savage aunt.
Privately, many of his Jin soldiers have ridiculed him, saying that the barbarians have really strange eyesight. If a barbarian marries a barbarian, he is really a bastard who sees the mung bean in the right eye.
But in fact, Jin Shuke always remembered the scene when he accompanied his master to attack the first Ganren fortress.
In the Ganren Fort, there was a small red tent with a woman inside.
When the barbarian soldiers looked at those women, their eyes were straight, and they were almost in disbelief.
But Jinshu Coco noticed that at that time, the master’s eyes showed dissatisfaction.
So, Jinshu didn’t dare to touch women from the Qian Kingdom, nor did he dare to touch the women from the Yan Kingdom, or the women from the Jin Kingdom. It was best not to touch them, so he bought a savage female slave.
This savage mother-in-law is also very proud of herself. She gave birth just five months after she bought her.
I have given birth to three children in my life, but I am extremely happy with metal arts.
Yu Huaping knew very well that many people in Jin felt that metal arts were a bit silly, and it was unclear whether they were his own.
But Yu Huaping understood that in barbarian culture, as long as the child grew up with him and inherited his surname, he was his "child" and a member of his tribe.
When the barbarians went to war, local men above the wheel of a cart would be killed because they believed that these grown-up children could no longer be assimilated, while those who were younger did not have this problem at all.
Jin Shuke was really happy. Even when he bought the savage female slave, he might have noticed that the woman was pregnant. Instead, he felt that he had occupied a huge space. of cheap.
However, no matter how much you joke about this boss in private, he is your boss after all, so everyone still knows how to join in and do whatever it takes.
Jin Shuke was also very active, and he bought some pastries for everyone to share. Afterwards, Jin Shuke said to everyone:
"After I leave work tonight, I will be the host of Juyilou!"
Juyilou is the largest restaurant in Litian City and the only one open to the public.
"Thank you, Your Excellency!"
"Your Excellency is very righteous!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency!"
Whether it is the barbarian soldiers or the Jin Dynasty When the soldiers heard this, they were all happy.
Yu Huaping stood at his position with a knife in his hand. The city gate had been opened, and business travelers with deliveries were already coming in.
There was no scene like when the gates of an ordinary city were opened in the morning, many vegetable sellers would rush in to catch the morning market. These things were all sent by the General’s Mansion in advance.I will go down below to purchase them and then ship them in together.
Although the suspicion of war is already here, and there is no telling when the savage chaos will spread here, as long as there is no real war, those caravans will continue to come in.
This made Yu Huaping feel that these merchants' pursuit of making money was very similar to the swordsmen's dedication to the art of swordsmanship.
Jin Shuke began to arrange for people to inspect the caravan. They were only inspecting the first wave to see if any spies or spies wouldn't slip in. There was a transit area behind the city gate, which was specially marked off. In a large place, there are dedicated officials responsible for sorting out goods and registering them.
As long as anything enters Shengle City, it will inevitably leave traces. These are also the proof of tax after the transaction is completed.
You can trade in the store yourself, or you can go directly to the commercial office under the General's Mansion, but the price of the latter will be lower.
It’s not that there are no corrupt officials. In the past month, Yu Huaping has heard about the news that more than ten officials were beheaded and skinned. In fact, there will only be more officials punished.
The chair where the inventory officer sits is already covered with two layers of human skin. You are not allowed to change the chair, so you can just sit there and continue working.
Jin Shuke walked up to Yu Huaping and reached out to pat Yu Huaping's shoulder.
The action of patting the shoulder,
originated from the owner of Shengle City, General Zheng of the General Mansion. It is said that he liked to pat his subordinates on the shoulder when talking to them;
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Gradually, this action was learned and imitated in the army and yamen.
"Little fish."
"Yes, sir." Yu Huaping responded calmly.
No one knows his true identity except Zheng Fan and others.
"You haven't gotten married yet, have you?"
Although Jin Shuke's Xia dialect has a strong accent, he speaks it fluently.
"Not yet, sir."
"Can I help you tell a mother-in-law that you don't want it?"
The expression on Lord Sword Master's face was very exciting at this time.
He is really afraid of metal arts. But let me tell you, a group of savage slaves have recently come to the market. One of the female slaves has even brought you seeds in advance. How can you take advantage of them? Such a big deal.
To be honest, the Sword Master can understand some of the barbarian customs and habits, and he can respect them to a certain extent, but he is unlikely to be willing to integrate into them.
In the past, there was a soldier nicknamed Sigui among the city guards. He went to eat meat in a red tent in the city. For cheap, he chose a savage woman. As a result, he was said to have fainted after taking off his pants.
This incident immediately became a joke among the guards at the East Gate.
Yu Huaping naturally would not participate in this kind of topic, but when others talked about it, he could not help but listen. arrive.
"A good woman, a woman from Jin Dynasty, isA widow with a daughter and a mother-in-law. "
Yu Huaping blinked.
"That woman is good-looking. The most important thing is that according to your Jin people's opinion, she is a woman who knows how to live a good life. "
"Sir, I don't want to think about this for the time being. I want to earn some military merit and look for it later. ”
Yu Huaping can only use this excuse to evade.
He has his own code of conduct. Since he agreed to help Zheng Fan guard the East City Gate, he will naturally not let himself be involved in personnel matters.
Swordsman, a sword can be so stubborn sometimes.
“It’s always right to look at it. "
Jin Shuke reached out and patted Yu Huaping's shoulder again, then lowered his voice and secretly said to Yu Huaping:
"You kid, I can tell, you are definitely not an ordinary person. . "
"What? ”
“You and us, you and them, are all different. ”
“Different? "
"Yes, it's different. I don't believe the reason you just gave. They care, we care, about money, women, and status, but you don't care about this at all. "
"I care. ”
“Don’t lie to me. I will attend Mr. Bei’s evening classes as long as I am not on duty.” "
"Huh? ”
The blind man’s evening class is based on brainwashing.
But sometimes when the mood comes, he will also talk about some philosophy of life, which is the so-called output of three views, no matter how simple and easy it is. If you know something, it is mixed with private goods.
This is a blind man’s instinct, an instinct that cannot be changed. In other words, anyone who feels good about himself will have a habit of not using private goods. Uncomfortable with Ski's illness
"Mr. Bei said that some people look like us, but in fact they are different from us. He is like the wolf king. While the others were cheering for the meat in front of them, he was worried about the coming winter.
The master is the Wolf King. ”
The master, of course, refers to Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan is very lazy and rarely attends public events, but it is precisely because of this mystery that he becomes even more popular with the demon kings under his command. To shape his character.
If Zheng Fan had nothing to do but just dance around and show up everywhere, he might not have such a good character effect.
Therefore, every time Zheng Fan appeared, the soldiers around him would be extremely excited, as if they were seeing enthusiastic fans of their idol.
They were stimulated by the reaction of the soldiers after Tian Wujing appeared in the army last time. , during this period, the demon kings have spared no effort in this god-making movement.
"Sir, I don't understand what you are talking about. "
"Since you came here to take charge, the number of times the master has used our east gate has begun to increase. "
"The general likes to take the east gate, what does this have to do with me. "
"It doesn't matter?The blacksmith's workshop is in the west of the city, but when the owner goes to inspect the blacksmith's workshop, he always goes through our east gate. After coming back from the blacksmith's workshop, he specially goes around and goes back through our east gate.
Forget about going out for inspections in the city. My master usually doesn’t like busy people, but recently he has been patrolling the streets frequently. Whenever he makes inspections, he will come to our east gate to take a look.
On the day before yesterday alone, the owner came to our east gate four times. "
When Yu Huaping heard this reason, he was a little helpless.
In fact,
Zheng Fan likes to run to the east gate when he has nothing to do during this period.
p>Even if you go there twice, it seems that now you have to walk here after lunch and dinner.
Yu Huaping can understand the reason why Zheng Fan went here. ,
A sword master is watching the door for him,
He has to come and take a look from time to time,
Every time, the corners of his mouth are tight and strong. You pretend to be serious, but in fact you are happy and feel very proud.
"Brother, I don't even ask what kind of devil you are. ”
“It is sacred. "
"Well, Holy Spirit, I don't ask you, but you are very conscientious in your daily duties and can't find any faults. This makes me very satisfied. ”
“Thank you for your appreciation. "
"You have to come to Juyilou tonight. ”
“I have something to do tonight. "
In the evening, the sword master had to teach the little sword boy how to practice swordsmanship. This was an unshakable lesson every day.
Jinshu Ke heard the words and was not angry. Instead, he nodded and said: < /p>
"Okay. "
After finishing speaking,
Jin Shuke turned his head and pointed at the few defenders behind him and scolded:
"The pastries will be worth the money later. Eat, please stand still for me, so that the military disciplinary officer does not come over to slap you! "
.........
In the bedroom of the back house of the General's Mansion,
The young Marquis lay on the bed with his butt sticking out, saying "Wow, wow, wow. "He didn't know what he was talking about.
After seeing the child, Zheng Fan asked Xue San to go to Litian City again to tell Tian Wujing the news. The Hou Mansion The door was still closed, and the soldiers outside were completely unreasonable.
Later, Xue San was forced to sneak into the Hou Mansion, and left Zheng Fan's letter in the Hou Mansion. < /p>
As for whether the letter would be accidentally picked up by others, Xue San patted his small chest and said absolutely not. As soon as he sneaked into the Hou Mansion, he instantly felt like being stared at by a tiger. .
Obviously, all his little actions fell into Tian Wujing's "eyes", so there was no chance that the letter would be picked up by others, and there was no chance of it being lost. < /p>
However, what makes Zheng Fan incomprehensible is that since his letter was sent, Tian Wujing himself has not come to say anything, nor has he sent anyone to check on the child.
It was as if he had forgotten that his son was still here.
However, in the words of the blind man, "Look."Come on, a Longyuan sword and those five thousand Jin troops, can they be regarded as milk powder money?
At this time,
The little baby who was eating "sky-high price" milk powder was still on the bed. Moving forward hard, no one in the room was watching him. It was very dangerous to throw a child on the bed like this, and the child's identity was so precious.
Finally,
When the little Marquis was about to climb out of the bed,
a stone that had been placed on the bed suddenly flew up and pushed the child back.
The little Marquis rolled over on the bed like he was lying upside down. Instead of crying, he looked at the stone with his bright eyes.
"Wow, wow. ”
The stone stopped moving again.
The little Marquis began to see this and continued to crawl out of the bed.
Finally,
The one in the stone couldn't help it anymore,
A black shadow of a baby appeared,
The extremely terrifying magic pill appeared,
Stand in front of the little Marquis.
The little Marquis did not cry, but lay down on his side, dancing and laughing while looking at Mowan.
Mowan had a cold face. .
Little Marquis slowly got up again,
climbed to the front of the magic pill,
raised his head,
pout. Holding her butt,
“Wow, wow, wow! "
Mowan opened his mouth and said solemnly:
"Jiejie...Jiejie...Jiejie..."
"Wow...Wow...Wow...Wow..."
"Jie Jie..."
"Wow..."