The long-term follower is not an official and has no official position, but his duties are "all in the affairs of the official", that is to say, the things he does are all the things that the officials do - they are "the ones who are waiting for the servants to accept orders and gather things", that is, the long-term followers are an administrative link between the officials and the officials.

To put it bluntly, Chang Sui is actually a small official hired by an official, similar to a consultant and a staff officer, but this small official has a lot of power.

Its duties and powers were eerily similar to those of the cabinet established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty - if the officials were compared to the emperor.

Of course, Dong Ce is full of energy, and there are not many things now, big and small affairs can be handled, and Bai Zhongqi's power is still relatively small.

There are also three, six, nine and so on, which are: super equal length follow, special long follow, and inferior long follow.

Super and long-term, said that the grandfather was a scholar, and the heir could not study because of the cold family, and wanted to change the business, but he lacked capital and was a layman; There are also people who are born and imprisoned, and when they are lucky, it is difficult to get high for a while, so they have to run to other places and seek to be long-term followers. He has wisdom in his chest, has a good character, can do things for the government, is good at observing the will of the Venerable Master, obeys the law and abides by the law, is consistent, does not do despicable things, and when the time comes, he has to meet the master, see his people and reuse, and gradually come to the source of wealth. Sometimes the ambition is to donate to the class from the wrong way, and you can still glorify your ancestors. These long names are called "temporary".

The special long-term follower, said that the father and brother have been bought and sold as a business, have married their own sons, and they are lazy in their careers, until the death of their father and brother, and the hands are short of capital, and their lives are too perverse, and they are becoming more and more depressed, and they have no position, so they have to find a long-term follower. His people have been running around the rivers and lakes since childhood, experienced the old sincerity, quite Su, open the tongue to argue the momentum, the government saw its talents, must be reused, a little successful, still for the business as a guest, the heart of the duty, live up to the original business. Vulgar clouds: Yamen silver money, wine like smoke. Youyun: Those who know the times are called Junjie. Such people do not want to follow for a long time, and their name is called - and follow.

The second-class long-term followers, saying that the parents are not under the control, they have not learned to do business, they are happy to make friends, play songs and dances, prostitute and gamble, and their parents are disgusted with their filial piety and do not teach; Or the death of his parents, the family has lost his family, and he has nothing to rely on, and he sees that he is with the official, neatly dressed and neat, and his spirit is high, so he is determined to follow the official, change his past wrongs, go to other places, and act as a long-term follower. He has been accustomed to the wind and moon for a long time, sees the eyes and has affection, his heart is natural, and his clever answers are more organically changing; Experienced the yamen, and knew the advance and retreat, the official saw the hard work, entrusted with major affairs, behaved in a proper way, and adjusted the law, and since then. Officials have been rich for a long time, and they will not suffer in their twilight years, that is, they will also get the blessing of the foundation if they are good.

According to this statement, based on Bai Zhongqi's background, it is roughly just a level of such a long follower. But his loyalty to Dong Ce is incomparable to these three types of long-term followers.

And the scholar, to put it bluntly, is to do chores and do some trivial affairs. Its function is similar to that of a maid who can read, can read, and has more eyesight, which is to serve the master's family comfortably.

In terms of its status, the scholar is not as good as the long-term follower, but when it comes to the intimacy with the master's family, it is not possible to catch up with the long-term follower.

Some of the particularly affectionate scholars, and even intimate to the bed - the Ming Dynasty playing rabbits is the fashion of high-ranking officials and nobles, and generally speaking, the selected scholars are handsome, red lips and white teeth, gentle and obedient people, and the master gets along day and night, day and night, love for a long time, play a jade rabbit ambush, Wu Gang pounding the pestle, that is, it is a normal thing.

However, Dong Ce is really not interested in this.

After a while, Shi Jin came over, and said that those bamboo cards had been made, not only all the recruits had them, but even the two generals with him and Zhou Zhong, and even Dong Ce had them.

Shi Jin said with a smile: "Considering that there will definitely be new recruits in the future, it is in order to create five hundred bamboo cards at one time, my lord, this is the first, the Suzhou yard is one, and the number case is also one." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the bamboo card.

Dong Ce took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the brand is about the size of a palm, about half an inch thick, and the material used is the kind of old bamboo, which is warm and yellow. The periphery is very rounded, the burrs are worn off, it is very comfortable to hold in the hand, a little cool, light and tough.

On the front of the sign is written the number one with Suzhou yards, next to it is the number one with a capital letter, and on the back is only two big characters written Dong Ce. This is much simpler than the one of the ordinary soldiers, who have to write the formation and submission next to the name.

Dong Ce understood what this 'one' represented -- a unique and supreme position in the army.

Shi Jin said again: "This time I received inspiration, my lord, you have not yet had a waist card, this is a brand in the army, and you also need a waist card to prove your identity." Subordinates and others have summed it up, how about you create a waist card that is common everywhere? ”

Dong Ce glanced at him, knowing their thoughts, and said with a smile: "Cheng, then let's build it, let Uncle Zhou order this matter to go down, find two skilled craftsmen on the side of the workshop, if you can't find it, go outside and invite." Don't just be the official, you all build your own together. ”

Shi Jin was recognized by him, but he was not embarrassed, and laughed: "My subordinates have waited to thank my lord." ”

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Outside the Rock Fort, not far from the west bank of the Gan River, there are two wooden houses.

The house is basically made of wood and stone, and the lower half of the wall and the surrounding foundation are made of bluestone, and the upper part is made of large timber the thickness of a human waist. The doors and windows are readily available, the house is not big, and the two rooms add up to two zhang wide and one zhang five or six feet deep. Compared to the houses in the city, it is very simple, but compared to the adobe and thatched houses around, it is excellent. Houses made of wood and stone, with stone floors, are at least not cold and damp, and are strong enough to resist the cold winter winds.

Outside, a wall of adobe was built to enclose a small courtyard.

This is Huo Qingtong's residence, which was not built by himself, but built by the plasterers under the command of the people, which is naturally much better than the houses of ordinary people.

In fact, not only him, but Dong Ce's direct subordinates basically have such a yard and a house around Rock Fort. Their family is in Anxiangdun, but now they are working here, and they can't run around every day, so they must have a place to live.

Today, the sky is clear, the wind is beautiful, and the warm sun is warmly sprinkled down, shining on people for a while, making people just want to squint and fall asleep. It seems that the end of winter is not far away - in fact, this is just an illusion, and the winter in the northern land of Jinbei ruled by the Xiaoice River era will not last until after the middle of February of the lunar calendar, when the temperature will recover slightly.

The door of the house was open, the sunlight came in, and the room was warm and bright.

Such good weather is rare in the winter of northern Shanxi.

As rare as the good weather is Huo Qingtong's dress, she rarely wore the wide cotton armor in the past, but wore a cyan cotton pants and cotton jacket. Cotton pants and jackets are usually synonymous with fat and bloated, but her body is obviously very reasonably cut, what should be collected, what should be put away, revealing her slender and slender figure.

At this moment she was sitting on the head of a pestle, holding a copper coin in her left hand and a hemp rope in her right hand. With a left hand, the index finger and thumb were flexibly holding a copper coin, and then the hemp rope in the right hand was pierced through the perforation, and after two turns, a flexible knot was tied. Hold the coin in place, and pass the other one through, and do the same twice.

Her hands are like her figure, slender and slender, due to the perennial practice of martial arts, the palms of her hands are a little calloused, which looks slightly rough, but the guard is tender and white and delicate, even the green blood vessels can be seen clearly, and the ten fingers are slender, like the tender onions of the water spirit.

It's just that compiling this thing is a technical job, and no matter how skillful she is, she has to rub it patiently one by one. After a long while, a palm-sized frog nail leaf took shape. She took it in her hand and broke it vigorously, and she could slightly break it into an arc with a small arc, but it couldn't be any further. Although she is a woman, her strength is not small, but the hemp rope is very tough, and the copper coin is also very hard and strong, and it is not something that can be broken casually.

Huo Qingtong nodded with satisfaction, and picked up a handful of copper coins, a string, and hemp rope to continue weaving.

On the windowsill outside the door, on a flat bluestone next to the door, there are pieces of cotton hanging on them.

Since taking on this errand, Huo Qingtong has not only carefully explained the task, but also practiced it himself and prepared it with his heart.

The second piece of frog beetle leaf was also made up, Huo Qingtong put it in the basket on the side, and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead. Generally speaking, women's physique tends to be cold, but Huo Qingtong is energetic and vigorous, and after basking in the sun for a while, he is sweating.

was about to get up and rest, when suddenly there were two gentle knocks at the gate, and a thin voice came: "Huo, Miss Huo, are you at home?" ”

"At home!" Huo Qingtong stood up, clapped his hands, and went to open the door.

She could not sit at the gate all day, so she told them where her house was, and told them that if there was anything they did not understand, she would come to her. I also came to ask questions.

When I opened the door, I saw a woman in her thirties standing outside, carrying a basket in her hand, she was tall and plump, her chest was bulging, and she held up her padded jacket. Although he is not young, he still has a lot of charm, and it can be seen that he was also a beauty when he was young. Her lips are a little thin, and her whole body is very clean, and she looks like she is neat and lean.

It's just that when facing Huo Qingtong, he was a little timid, and his eyes were a little flattering.

"It turned out to be the lady of the Qian family...... Huo Qingtong knew her, the two had fished together, and she greeted warmly: "Come on, come on, please come in." ”

The person who came was Qian Yichuan's Hunjia Zheng family, she smiled and nodded to Huo Qingtong: "I'm tired of the girl." ”

"Hey, where did you come from? I'm also bored here, panicked, there is someone to talk to, relieve the boredom, I can't ask for it! ”

Let Zheng into the courtyard and close the courtyard door, Huo Qingtong was very enthusiastic and pulled Zheng into the house. She searched around, and only found a small pestle head, and said with a smile: "I usually live alone, it's really nothing to do, you can sit alive!" ”

Zheng hurriedly said: "The girl is polite. ”

Huo Qingtong saw that she was a little restrained, so he took the initiative to say: "What's wrong, is there something I don't understand about the method?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Zheng hurriedly nodded, took out the green worm beetle leaf he had braided from the basket and handed it to Huo Qingtong: "Miss Huo, please show me, is there anything wrong with it?" ”

"Okay." Huo Qingtong took it and looked at it in her hand, but she felt a little strange in her heart, in Zheng's smile, how did she look at it and feel a little forced to laugh. It shouldn't be like this, in the past, she felt that Zheng was a very hearty character.

However, he didn't say much, took a closer look, and said, "There is indeed something wrong...... You see, here, here......"

Huo Qingtong explained carefully, but she glanced at it, but found that Zheng's eyes were stunned, as if she was in a trance, as if she didn't hear what she said at all.

"...... the Qian family's lady?" Huo Qingtong was a little displeased, and raised his voice.

"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss Huo, I'm really sorry. Zheng woke up suddenly, looked at Huo Qingtong with a straight face, and quickly apologized one after another, his face was a little red.

"Lady of the Qian family, what's wrong with you today, why are you so unrelenting?" Huo Qingtong asked a little strangely.

It's okay that she didn't ask, this question, Zheng's eyes turned red, and tears fell down, she suddenly got up and knelt in front of Huo Qingtong, crying with a face full of grievances: "Miss Huo, you have to make the decision for me, I want to think about it, I really don't know who can help me, so I have to be cheeky and beg for you." ”

Huo Qingtong was startled and hurriedly helped her: "Get up, get up, have something to say...... What the hell is going on? ”

"Didn't my man be chosen to be a soldier? In the entire Jia, only the eldest grandson of Jia, Ah Da, is a strong man. Within two days, Na Sun Ah often found excuses to come to my house, all of them were neighbors, and I was embarrassed to shut him out. It's just that in those days, his eyes were not honest, he was circling around me all day, and he was still looking for some cheap words, and I was afraid to let him in again. But when I came back from outside today, I met him at the door, and he came up and did something to me, and if he wanted to insult me, he stomped on my foot so hard that he let go of the pain and I was able to get out. When he returned to the house and closed the door, he kicked the door desperately, and said, and said, "......" Zheng cried with tears streaming down his face.

"What else is he saying?" Huo Qingtong was already angry, and said coldly with a pretty face. "He said he would come back tonight to clean me up, and I said that if he dared to come again, I would kill myself, but that brute, he said that I killed myself, and he was going to get my body too."

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