In the more than 100 years since Jiajing, the salt industry has basically been monopolized by some big businessmen, who have the power to be rich and powerful, and no longer need to transport grain to the nine borders.

The military households on the nine sides have been starving.

Now all the food and stuff in various places are purchased.

On the official road, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and a cavalry rode at a gallop.

This cavalry was small in number, but it was extremely elite, and the most poor also wore leather armor, most of them wore blue satin bronze nail cloth armor and iron helmets. There are also people wearing red satin, copper nails, copper leaf armor and heavy iron scale armor, led by a tall young man who looks like a general, wearing a purple flower armor on the outside, bulging inside, obviously there is also heavy armor inside. They all rode a rare high-headed horse, led by the young general's crotch and the war horse was covered with a vest, two large bags were hung on the side of the saddle, and the big iron bow was placed in the bow bag on the side of the saddle, and the sack next to it was filled with grown heavy arrows, revealing long tail feathers outside the bag.

These businessmen who have been walking on the nine sides all the year round can be regarded as well-informed, but they have never seen such an elite and fierce army, and they all muttered to themselves in their hearts, I can't tell which general's family is it.

Datong General Soldier or Xuanfu General Soldier?

They know that they can't be provoked, so they honestly avoid the side of the road and give way to the road.

This is Dong Ce and his entourage's "One Reading Novel" ybdu and Na Sean Night Scout - maybe now it is called Dong Fu Jiading.

Before leaving, Marin boldly made a request to Dong Ce on behalf of all the night scouts - they also wanted to enter the Dong Mansion to be the head of the house.

Dong Ce was surprised, and after asking the reason, he found out that the reason why they made this request was because these days had passed, the displaced people had been resettled, and the family members had been accepted, but how to deal with them was still a charter. These people are like children without a mother, and they are panicking all day long, for fear that they will not find a follower in this organization. They were also greedy for Dong Ce's family's generous treatment, and even heard Yelu Lihe come back and say that these family members now have big fish and meat to eat all day long in Anxiangdun, although they practice hard, but the food is also fragrant.

So as soon as several people discussed, they simply begged Dong Ce to take him in.

Dong Ce hasn't bothered to settle them these days, firstly, he is busy, and secondly, he has no intention of cooling them, in fact, he has long had an idea about how to deal with them. He also wants to take these people into his pocket, but being a family is not the same as others, and there must be a love for me.

Now that they are taking the initiative to vote, Dong Ce just can't ask for it.

Dong Ce was still very embarrassed for a while before agreeing, announcing that their treatment was the same as that of the family, and after asking their opinions, they all changed their names.

In just over a month, Dong Ce's family team has swelled to forty-six people, including 16 Zhongzi, 15 Yongzi, and 15 Yizi. The only one who did not change his surname was Ma Lin, who was appointed by Dong Ce as the head of the equestrian coach.

Dong Ce looked at the endless stream of caravans on the road, and secretly calculated in his heart, at this time, it was the time when the material reserves of North Hebei Province were the richest, and they had not yet been issued, so it seemed that he had to get something from Liu Ruozai.

After this village, there is no such shop.

When I arrived at Zhenhe Fort, I saw a long queue at the gate of the city.

Dong Ce took a look, but he also saw an acquaintance.

The chief of the Jibei Dao Grain and Grass Judge, the chief of the discipline, was dressed in civil official clothes, and was sitting on a Taishi chair with a graceful appearance, with more than a dozen guards standing behind him, and more than a dozen scribes were busy in front of him. They instructed the merchants to unload the wagons, and then they made a register on the spot.

Grain, bedding, cloth, cotton, straw bundles, and so on.

Their inspection was evidently quite careful, and a caravan carrying grain arrived at the gate of the city, and the soldier dragged down the large grain bag on it, drew his knife and stabbed it twice, and the grain inside immediately flowed out.

Dong Ce clearly saw that the big fat face of the caravan leader was instantly covered with oil and sweat.

Sure enough, after careful inspection, the soldiers said loudly: "The grain is mixed with sand, bran, and soil. Serious food is only sixty percent! ”

When he said this, the surrounding soldiers suddenly became angry, and these soldiers, they hated these black-hearted businessmen the most - the grain was mixed with sand, and they would not have to be sent down to eat it when the time came?

The soldiers gathered around and were about to drag the merchant aside and beat him violently, and the merchant hurriedly begged for mercy.

A scribe poked his nose and jumped to his feet and scolded: "Okay, you fat man, it's not a day or two for us to buy grain from you, so trap us?" It's not just to kill you! Get out, hurry up and get out of here with your stuff! ”

As if he had been granted amnesty, the merchant quickly kowtowed, and withdrew with his men.

"Your cotton is all old from last year......"

"Die, you! Is this horse feed? ……”

Voices similar to this kept ringing out, Dong Ce came all the way, and the voices of those businessmen who had suppressed their discussions also kept coming.

"Well, it's getting harder and harder to do business."

"Who's to say it isn't? In the past, the business of these thieves and armies was the best, as long as they stuffed money into their heads, and the food bags they were given were filled with sand. Anyway, it is these thieves who are unlucky to suffer, who will take care of them? I won't ask a word from above! It's a good ...... this year."

"Yes! In the past, it was pulled directly to the warehouse, and it was unloaded without checking! One stone and eighty catties can be written as one hundred and twenty catties, and then mixed with fifty percent of sand and chaff, and one stone will earn one, two, three or four dollars, and when the time comes, it will be a point with the sleeves of the person in charge, who doesn't know? This year is good, there is a lot of oil and salt that does not enter, and the gifts are thrown out directly, look like this, this road is not passable! ”

"Silence! What is this adult? It's just running errands! The one who is really supporting the back is the Lord of the Soldiers' Guards! Drink, I heard that he was born as a champion, that is a general character of Wenqu Xing, and his feet are in the capital, and he is hard! ”

"Is there a fart for hard piercing? After being offended by the businessmen in the north of Datong Town, there will be no one behind us? I don't think he can grow! ”

……

When Ji Changfeng saw Dong Ce, he came up and said a few words, but both of them were also busy, and after a few words, they said goodbye.

When I entered the city, I arrived at the Yamen of the Soldier Road, but I saw more than 20 soldiers outside the gate standing in two columns, one of them was tall and tall, standing straight, holding the long knife in his hand, staring at the front without squinting, but it was also quite mighty.

A tall general was pacing in front of the door, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he turned his head, and he happened to be opposite Dong Ce, it was Xie Dingkun, the general of the thousand households of Zhenhe Fort.

Wang Hun looked down on these officers and soldiers the most, and turned around and smiled at those newcomers: "Look at these silver-like pewter spearheads, they have trampled on such a good armor." ”

Everyone let out a low laugh.

Not to mention, those soldiers are good in terms of equipment and appearance, but compared to the murderous spirit, I am afraid that they are not as good as these former horse thieves, no wonder Wang Hun and others look down on them.

Xie Dingkun looked over here, his eyes couldn't help shrinking, these horse bandits who have accumulated over the years, they don't know how much blood they have on their hands, and their eyes reveal a bloodthirsty rage, and they don't take human life seriously. He was secretly shocked in his heart, where did this Dong Erlang find so many good players? How can he let him take advantage of all the cheapness?

Dong Ce turned around and glanced at everyone fiercely: "Shut up!" ”

He turned over and dismounted, walked towards Xie Dingkun, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Lord Xie." ”

Xie Dingkun also bowed, the two saluted, Xie Dingkun stretched out his hand: "My lord ordered, Lord Dong will come in when he comes, there is no need to pass it on." ”

He smiled: "This honor shows the importance of the Lord of the Soldiers' Dao." ”

"It's just a fluke." Dong Ce humbled a sentence, turned around and ordered: "You wait outside, don't make trouble!" ”

Naturally, everyone should be.

The two walked side by side towards the mansion, Xie Dingkun glanced back and said with a smile: "Under the command of Master Dong, there are so many people coming and going, and those people have very good faces. It looks brave and brave, and they have all killed people, right? ”

"Where, where, Lord Xie really thinks highly of them." Dong Ce hurriedly waved his hand and said: "They are all selected from the recruited homeless people, these people have fed horses to large families, and they are familiar with some horse nature, so they are selected." ”

"Really?" Xie Dingkun raised his eyebrows: "How can I look at them, but they are full of murderous energy!" ”

"Maybe they were originally butchers, and they killed more pigs and sheep, so naturally they were murderous." Dong Ce smiled, just idle.

Dong Ce avoided the truth like this, and Xie Dingkun had no choice but to change the topic. Just Wang Hun's words. He also listened to it, but Dong Ce was a celebrity in front of Liu Ruozai at this time, and he didn't dare to offend, but it was always okay to say a few tough words.

"Are Lord Dong's subordinates just killing pigs and sheep?" He snorted and pointed at the soldiers on both sides: "That's really not as good as Ben General's subordinates!" They've all killed people, seen blood, and paid rogues! ”

He stared at Dong Ce, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly: "Liukou is not a pig or a sheep." ”

"It may be easier to kill a rogue than to kill a pig or a sheep!"

Dong Ce sighed, the lazy smile on his face had disappeared without a trace, he glanced at those soldiers, and a sneering smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The feet are floating and rootless, and the posture of the hand on the knife is not right, it seems to be heavily guarded, but in fact it is slack." The long knife used should be the long knife in the mandarin duck array compiled by Qi Jiguang in the past, this knife is six feet long, but it weighs only two catties and three taels, the blade is thin and narrow, and the knife is light. ”