The wind is cold and the weather is cold.

After a few days of sunshine, it was snowing again today.

A mountain courtyard near Gaoliu Town is located on the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. People come in and out, busy but not in chaos.

In the kitchen, Tong Qianjin pushed the large iron pot that could almost block the crossbow arrow and poured a plate of scrambled eggs into the plate.

On the mountain road, the soldiers from Henan were replaced with a blood-stained Xianbei sheepskin coat, carrying heavy firewood, and slid up the mountain step by step.

On both sides of the Dunshui (the natives called the "Baideng River"), there is no sight of the felt tent.

After the soldiers of the new army in the 10th battalion stood up, they began to practice, and shouted and shouted continuously.

To be honest, many people are not used to it.

The Central Plains army had too many rules and was too strict, which was not consistent with their free and casual nature.

But they can still bear it because they really get unimaginable great benefits. The enthusiasm in their hearts is enough to offset any dissatisfaction. If they obey military orders, they will obey military orders.

Not far away, the family of Gaoliu Town soldiers looked at them from afar, laughing and hilarious.

There was that brave child who even dared to approach dozens of steps away, with a runny nose and staring at him without turning his eyes.

In the past two days, many people in Gaoliu Town held large banquets and banquets, which were very lively. The reason was that more than ten officers were promoted by the emperor and went to the Central Plains to become officials.

The encounters of these people not only gave Gaoliu Town soldiers hope for promotion, but also freed up more than a dozen official positions.

A dozen or so roe fell into the pit, but it did not mean that it only affected a dozen people. In fact, it was a large group.

Zhang Chong, who had been the team leader for two years, was awarded the position of Supervisor and was "rejuvenated".

He has now moved to a mountain fortress more than 20 miles northwest of the town.

Like Hongcheng Town, Gaoliu Town also has a complete defense system.

To the north of Zhencheng is Yinshan, but there are some less difficult roads in the mountains for people to pass through.

The military town was unable to block all the holes, so it "grasp the big and let go of the small".

Small castles are built in relatively wide places with water and plants along the way, and hundreds of soldiers and horses are stationed.

The less wide roads were built with beacon towers. According to the size of the invading enemy troops, different numbers of smoke columns were lit to report the highest level of alarm: "The thief is the most powerful", and there were three cigarette columns.

However, the soldiers live in the fortress, but the people may not.

Except for some herders, there are not many people in the mountains. Most of them live at the foot of the mountain in the southeast, planting millet and hemp, and only enter the mountain when grazing.

Today, Zhang Chong took leave and was at home. For no other reason, he just wanted to meet the village party from Henan. Although there was no one from Chen County who wanted to hear the accent of Henan, he didn't know why he had this idea, but he just wanted to hear it.

"The official is from Chen County? That's a bit far away. My family is in Xingyang." A gray-haired old man said while digging ice to get water, "When General Zhang attacked Huainan, I also followed the villagers to Xiang County to transfer funds to Shouchun. Xiang County is from Chen County, right?"

Zhang Chong nodded and said, "The old man is so old, why are he still going to war? Is there no one at home?"

The old man stopped the movements when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I was originally a member of the Yang family of Hongnong. When I fled in my early years, my son was separated and his whereabouts were still unknown. One son was killed by Wang Mi and died in Guancheng. The other son died of illness when he was conquering Jingzhou, and he was not sure where he was buried. There was also another son who had just gotten married."

The old man smiled numbly, and started to chisel ice with his frozen and cracked hands, saying, "This time I go north, I will have another one at home. I haven't had a few years of life anyway, so how about I come here? There are fewer people at home to eat, so my son doesn't have to suffer this kind of hardship."

"Why do you go to work every time?" Zhang Chong asked.

"Not that." The old man said, "It's been a few years since it was finally my turn? Every time a war is fought, it's your turn. If there are too many wars, it's your turn. Some people die outside, and some people can't bear the suffering. They don't even want their families. They just abscond and live without humans."

"I've been to Shouchun, Yecheng, Jinyang, Chang'an, and Pingcheng for the first time. If you want to fight, warriors are indeed dangerous, but they don't suffer. What's wrong with us is the ones who are transferring to the market."

After hearing this, Zhang Chong laughed and said, "I am also a martial artist. The man who is a scepter is right. The assistant soldier is really suffering."

After saying that, he took out a piece of cheese from his pocket and handed it to the old man, saying, "It's made at home, eat it."

The old man stood up to thank him, took the cheese and put it in his mouth, grinding slowly with the few remaining teeth and sucking it.

"Does the officials still have relatives in Chen County?" the old man asked.

"Yes." Zhang Chong nodded and said, "How many brothers and sisters are there, and my grandmother is here too."

"Can you still go back?"

"Go back?" For a moment, Zhang Chong's face showed longing, but soon shook his head again and said, "If it were a few years ago,

I never missed to go back to Henan. Now I have a wife and children, but I don’t want to leave so much.”

"Officials are skilled in martial arts, and all the scholars should be extraordinary." The old man said.

"Oh? You can do martial arts, too?" Zhang Chong asked.

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "When Zhang Fang attacked Luoyang, no grass grows wherever he passed. Hongnong Yang was harmed by him, and the clan party was Luo. I still protected the Yang family's children and fled. As a result, my son ran away and the Yang family's children could not be saved. So he was ashamed to return home and settled in Xingyang. Martial arts? It's probably a little bit, but it's very helpful."

Zhang Chong sighed, not knowing what to say.

The chaos of that era was hard for outsiders to imagine, and even he could not feel it deeply.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves sounded not far away.

The two of them looked at the sound, but they saw a 16 or 7-year-old child riding a horse, passing by like lightning.

Zhang Chong's eyes instantly widened. It was his son!

Riding a horse is nothing, but the knife he waved in his hand was given by the emperor of Duke Chen and treasured by him at home.

This guy!

"Officials know each other?" the old man asked.

"It's a dog." Zhang Chong said a little embarrassedly: "I dared to ride a ram when I was three or four years old. I rode a foal for a year when I was five or six years old. I felt that it was not enough. Now I'm clamoring to ride a big horse."

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "Zhang Jian drove the Guanxi cavalry to rush back then, but the Yang family members could not resist the enemy and fled in all directions. The son could ride a horse so young, which was amazing in the future. He could keep it to be selected when the court recruited troops."

Recruiting soldiers? Zhang Chong was a little uncertain.

He was elected to the Imperial Guard Heishao Right Camp eight years ago, and was soon sent to Gaoliu Town as a whole and became a soldier.

At that time, new soldiers were recruited from boatmen, Hepu laborers, miners and even good families in various counties.

He didn't know whether this is the case now. After all, he hadn't returned for eight years, and he didn't know how the imperial guards chose people.

He only knew that even the nephews of the Imperial Guards would be difficult to enter the Imperial Guards, because there were many reigns of the Imperial Guards or nephews of the Imperial Guards coming to Pingcheng. From this perspective, his son could enter the Imperial Guards, but it was still very difficult.

The Imperial Guard should not be built in large quantities. In the future, there will be only regular vacancies, so it is difficult to compete for such a small number of places.

His son would be a good soldier in the future. At least the imperial court had rewards and subsidies, and with his own farming and pastoral farming, it would be fine to eat and wear warmth. Such days are actually acceptable. After all, not every farmer can eat and wear warmth.

"My son can inherit the family business in the future." Zhang Chong smiled at the old man, "When the autumn is high and the horse is fat, go hunting on the grassland or grab some livestock and come back, which can be said to be rich."

"The emperor is in the north tour, and the grassland tribes are convinced, right? How can there be someone who is not open to you?" the old man smiled.

"If there is no near, go to the distance." Zhang Chong said, "If there is no, just one."

Some things he doesn't want to say anymore, and it is suspected of being "being good at opening the border". That is, if someone doesn't want to rebel, you try your best to force them to rebel, and then dispatch them to quell the rebellion. In this way, there will be military achievements and wealth.

The soldier is rich and the general is promoted, and everyone is happy.

I might not dare to think so before, but didn’t the emperor just promote more than ten officers in Gaoliu Town? The reason is that Gaoliu Town has made contributions to suppressing the rebellion. Wuzhou Town has also sent troops, so it should be similar.

Hongcheng Town should not have sent troops. Anyway, Zhang Chong did not see them in Dongmugen Mountain, so they were unlucky.

There are also many people who have been promoted to the Shanyu Protectorate.

Yesterday, the owner of the pagoda returned from Zhencheng and stayed overnight at Zhang Chong's house, mentioning the personnel changes of the Shanyu Mansion, the Dadu Protector King Que'er was transferred to the position of "the military commander of the two prefectures of Yining and the two prefectures of the throne."

Zuo Sima, Gaoliu Town General Sun He served as the governor of Liangzhou. After He Lun left, Li Ju, who was promoted to the left chief, took over as the general of the town;

Joined the army, Wuzhou Town transferred Taobao to the junior supervisor of the Coach Academy and worked as the Central Secretary. Wuzhou Town Mayor Shi Zhixiong took over as the town general, and the chief clerk Mi Ying also served as the town mayor Shi;

Pei Shiliu was promoted to join the army and was still in charge of military farming;

Dong Cao Chengxia was appointed as the General of the Duzhi General:

Xi Cao Jizhen was promoted to serve as a Zhonglang, and he specialized in contacting the Dai Kingdom and managing a series of personnel transfers. As long as he did not do a particularly poor job, he would either be promoted to the Shanyu Mansion, or transferred to Luoyang or promoted to a mainland official position.

The reasons for promotion are "restraining and pacifying", "restoring rebellions", "restoring farming" and so on.

It is obvious that you can get promoted by "work".

Yesterday, the master of the pagoda joked that in the future, someone would "go to the prime minister", that is, the Grand Protector of the Shanyu was promoted to prime minister.

Zhang Chong was shocked at the time and didn't know what to say. But he felt it was unlikely, unless the Massacre was a scholar himself, he had to be a scholar of the High School.

Although the royal guardians have outstanding prestige in the army, they have slaughtered the Xianbei people and gritted their teeth while being afraid of it. They have made great contributions, but if you say that he will be the prime minister, you will not believe that Zhang Chong will be killed.

But if you can't be the prime minister, it's good to go to Shu to be the governor, at least it's a wealthy place.

With such a series of mobilizations, the morale of the entire Gaoliu Town was boosted, and many people were counting on making meritorious service.

As for low-level officers like Zhang Chong, it is unlikely that they will be transferred, but it will not prevent them from making money.

The dense sound of horse hooves sounded in Dongbianwen.

Zhang Chong turned around and looked at it. There were as many as a thousand horses, one man and two horses, each of which was extremely strong, which attracted the iron cavalry. The army of the second battalion immediately got on the horse and rushed forward and shouted loudly.

"?This soldier is pretty good." A rough and arrogant boy rang out.
Chapter completed!