Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 24 Night Watch
Zhang Wei and Sun Chao sat next to each other, with refreshments and fruits on the small square table.Today's Sun Chao is wearing a cowhide half-body armor. Although it is a leather armor, the leather armor is full of rivets, which increases a lot of defense capabilities.

There is also a wide-brimmed pointed hat next to him. This hat is also made of cowhide and has iron edges. It is heavy to wear, but has a high defense.

His attire is the armor that only scholars and above can wear.It is illegal for ordinary people to hide armor privately.

When Zhang Wei saw his outfit, he knew that things were not easy.Normally, no one would run around wearing this heavy armor.

"Is this matter serious? There really are goblins around Eshan County?" Zhang Wei asked.

"This matter can't be faked. Several villages in the northern part of the county have been attacked by goblins, losing a lot of cattle and sheep, and some people have been taken away. Several brothers in the north post station were also killed by goblins because of intercepting goblins. already."

Sun Chao paused and continued: "Your Zhangjia Village is at the foot of Mount Eshan, which is the most dangerous place. Xiyi Station sent people to patrol, and I took over this errand."

Zhang Wei nodded, but asked curiously: "Is this goblin so courageous? How dare you attack the village?"

Sun Chao shook his head and said, "Generally, fairies don't dare to attack villages openly and aboveboard, but it is estimated that something has happened in Eshan, so that if the fairies in Eshan run away, they will attack the village if they have nowhere to go."

Goblins generally hide in inaccessible places in mountains, rivers and rivers. Normal human settlements are protected by the public, patrolled by soldiers, and inhabited by militiamen. Goblins are also flesh and blood, and they are afraid of death.

Sun Chao continued: "It's not safe here. If Brother Zhang is worried, he can go back to the county as soon as possible."

The county seat is protected by high walls, there are soldiers patrolling the city, there are fast yamen soldiers, and there are city god Yin soldiers.The fairies can't get in at all.is the safest place.

Sun Chao asked Zhang Wei to go back to the county, also for his safety.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "How can my generation of scholars be scared away by mere goblins? Besides, Zhangjia Village is not a small village, so I don't need to be afraid."

Sun Chao also nodded, since Zhang Wei didn't want to leave, he couldn't force it.

So he turned to the village chief and said, "Can the village chief read the official documents? I want to recruit ten public servants to patrol the mountains to protect this place."

The dim-eyed village chief put down the official document, and said with a sullen expression: "Ten public servants are usually no problem, after all, they are protecting their own family, but now is the busy time of farming, and no one is willing to use this public servant."

In this world, labor is a must.But this kind of labor is not free and unpaid. The government recruits people to do labor, and they have to pay money. Of course, the money will not be too much.But it's a great way to get silver coins.Those farmers who are self-sufficient and do not earn any money would like to pay this public service, but the premise is that it will not affect their farm work.

Now is the busiest time for Xia Seed. Whether the harvest is good or not depends on this time. These farmers are willing to serve public service.

Hearing the village chief say this, Sun Chao showed dissatisfaction.He said: "You have to think clearly that this is public service, it cannot be postponed, and it is to protect your village."

The village chief gave a wry smile and said quickly, "I know this, I know this." He said, and looked at Zhang Wei for help.

Zhang Wei pondered for a while, and said: "The public servant cannot escape, but the farm work cannot be delayed. So, this time the public servant counts me as one person, and the village chief can call nine more people. For farm work, let the public servant participate in the public servant. People can help each other, living people can't let their urine suffocate to death, there is always a way."

Hearing Zhang Wei say this, the village chief had no choice.No way, there is no escape from labor.Running away from prison is a big sin.

On the other hand, Sun Chao was a little surprised when he heard it and said, "This public servant is not easy. If you want to follow us up the mountain, can Brother Zhang's body be able to withstand it?"

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Brother Sun, don't worry about this."

Sun Chao nodded, turned his head and said to the village chief, "Then ask the village chief to arrange accommodation for us." This time it was official business, so he could ask for some convenience from the local area.

In the evening, nine people from the village gathered together.Together with Zhang Wei, these people met Sun Chao in the ancestral hall.

Sun Chao wrote down the names of these people. This is the service certificate, and he will rely on this certificate to give money in the future.

Among the nine people, Zhang Erhei, who was stupid and thick, was there.

Er Hei is very strong, and he is a head taller than others, so he is particularly conspicuous.Jiu and Zhang Wei said hello, and then listened to Sun Chao.

Sun Chao also brought ten servants over this time. Because the ten servants were made up of couriers, they also wore leather armor, long knives on their waists, and long bows on their backs.

On Zhang Wei's side, only Zhang Erhei had a longbow on his back and a hatchet at his waist.They can carry bows and arrows because only Zhang Erhei is a registered militiaman, and hatchets are production tools. As long as knives less than one foot in size can be regarded as production tools, anyone can carry them and use them. Yes Not illegal.

In fact, Zhang Erhei can also carry a long knife, but he has no money to buy a long knife.

Sun Chao looked around the crowd, especially stopped on Zhang Erhei's body, and then he said, "I am Sun Chao, a member of the Sun family of Eshan, and a postmaster. This time, a goblin was found wandering in Eshan. , For the safety of the people of Asan, the county has specially recruited you as patrolmen to patrol around and defend against goblins."

Hearing his words, everyone was silent, obviously they knew these things for a long time.

In fact, there are many types of public service.Those who help with odd jobs in the county government are also public servants, those who build roads and water conservancy are also public servants, and those who patrol and arrest robbers are also public servants!But everyone knows that things like patrolling and stealing are the most dangerous.

This kind of public service is also the most disliked by everyone, but there is no way, they all have to serve.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Sun Chao continued: "Our main purpose is to defend Zhangjia Village. Starting today, you will start patrolling in groups of three, and change groups every two hours. Goblins like to act at night, so For the safety of the elders in your hometown, you can't slack off."

Afterwards, Zhang Wei and others were divided into seven groups. Two groups of people patrolled at the same time. After two hours of patrolling, they could go back to rest, and the next group continued to patrol.And the extra group is the mobile group.

Sun Chao is worthy of being a professionally trained person, and his arrangements are still very similar.

After the grouping was completed, Zhang Wei took two people to start the first patrol.

Zhang Wei held the Songshan Sword in his hand, followed by two villagers.One villager held a lantern, the other a warning gong.Three patrolled from south to north, while another group patrolled from north to south.

　The ancients called each other 'brother' as a courtesy and did not represent the real age.If 'elder brother' and 'brother' call each other like this, it means that the two have a very good relationship, or they are people of the same family and are related by blood.

　　So Zhang Wei called Sun Chao 'Brother Sun' in the text, and Sun Chao called Zhang Wei 'Brother Zhang'.These are all of the same class, and they are polite to each other, indicating that the relationship between the two is more than acquaintances and less than friends.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)