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Chapter 49

On the official road leading to Chongzhou, 24 military flags are fluttering in the wind, and the eight-banner worshiping Tang'a team that is more than one mile long is very eye-catching.

But what surprised passers-by most was that behind the Eight Banners soldiers was a flowered bear dragged by a chain.

Huagouxiong is a big disaster in Sichuan, and is deeply hated by the people, because this beast not only often goes down the mountain to the village to steal the livestock raised in captivity, but sometimes even takes away children and attacks adults.

Adult flower bears are extremely ferocious, with sharp teeth. No matter how hard bamboo is in their mouths, they can easily bite through like grass. Once a person is bitten by a flower bear, it is almost impossible to break free.

In order to wipe out the harm of the flower bear, every few years the government will organize people to go into the mountains to eliminate the harm for the people, otherwise the government will receive reports of the flower bear harming people every month.

Trapped by an iron chain and walking forward with the cart is an adult flowered bear that Yang Zhi bought from the villagers. He felt sorry for the young master's fatigue, so he planned to get the right bear's paws for the young master, but the young master refused to eat it This thing also told him to let Hua Gouxiong go.

How could Yang Zhi give up?
He bought it for four taels of silver.

So I begged the young master to take this flower bear first, and whenever he wanted to eat it, he would kill and cook it right away, so that the young master would be satisfied with the food and make up for it.

Jia Liu, who heard for the first time that a panda's paw is also considered a bear's paw, couldn't help but cry. The column went.

When Yang Zhi was happy, he named the flower bear "Dog Dan".

A name that is easy to understand and easy to feed.

Goudan behaved fiercely at first, baring his teeth when people approached him, but after being whipped several times by Yang Zhi, this guy behaved very docile when he saw people again, and he never dared to show his sharp teeth again.

When Alanbao saw that there was an extra flowered bear in the team, he asked what was the matter, and Jia Liuzhi probably said that he was just looking at it for fun.

It is the mainstream for the children of the banner people to play with birds and hawks, but it is the first one to play with flowers and bears.

The appearance of Hua Gou Xiong being honest is quite interesting, so Alanbao didn't ask Jia Liu to throw Hua Gou Xiong away, but just told him to be careful not to hurt anyone.

Guilin, the leader of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, heard about this, and took the leader of the Mongolian Eight Banners, Amantai, to study it for a long time. They all felt that the animal was so cute and playful when it was quiet, so they said they would get a few back to the capital for the emperor, empress, and elder brother. , Princesses look.

After Jia Liu found out, he thought that Guilin would ask him for dog eggs, but they didn't want them. Maybe they thought the dog eggs were too big and dangerous, so they planned to get some small ones.

Just like that, Goudan became the 58th "member" of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army.

The team arrived in Chengdu yesterday. It was said in advance that they would rest in Chengdu for three days before leaving for Jinchuan, but when they arrived, they were told to go directly to Chongzhou Houming, which is the closest to the front line of Jinchuan.

Helpless, the leaders of the four major teams had no choice but to urge the children from all banners to march towards Chongzhou.

Half an hour later, Chongzhou City appeared in everyone's sight.

An official from Xingyuan, the governor of Sichuan, came to approach and led the team to a vacated military camp outside the city, which was fully equipped and told that they could rest in Chongzhou for two days.

Two days later, special personnel will come to pick up and guide the disciples of each banner.

That is, to assign specific tasks.

Since it is a rest, there is no need to say more. After the four leaders called the foremen of each banner to explain, they all entered the city.

This time, there is no need for Jia Liu to pay the bill, as the local officials in the city have already arranged for it.

After Jia Liu came back here and told everyone about the free activities, he was going to take Yang Zhi into the city to relax.

I searched around and saw no one, so I asked Chang Bingzhong who was changing clothes: "Old Chang, where is my Shuanzhu?"

Chang Bingzhong pointed at the corner of the wall behind the barracks, and grinned happily: "I just heard them say that Shuan Zhu seems to be feeding a pot to a dog's egg."

"Feed the pot?"

I have heard of feeding and medicine feeding, but I have never heard of pot feeding!

Jia Liu, who was confused, ran to the back to have a look, and was dumbfounded.

I saw Yang Zhi was smashing a broken iron pot he found somewhere with a hammer, and every time he smashed a piece, he threw it to the dog sitting next to him, muttering: "Hey, eat, eat more!" Eat a little. You fucking eat it!"

But Goudan sat on the Diaoyutai like an old birthday star, without even smelling the iron sheet, so angry that Yang Zhi had the urge to beat him.

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Jia Liu was speechless, and stood there obstinately, until Shuan Zhu, who was about to beat the dog, saw the young master by himself.

"Master, isn't the flower bear called an iron eater? Why does it refuse to eat iron when I get it to eat?"

Generally, Yang Zhi would take the initiative to ask the young master when encountering things that he didn't understand.

In his eyes, apart from the immorality of not learning well, the young master is good at everything and understands everything.

Jia Liu laughed, he really knew about it.

The name "iron-eating beast" is actually a misunderstanding. The reason why pandas go down the mountain to lick the iron pots in villagers' homes is because there is salt on them, and the second is to supplement trace elements. It is not the legendary iron-eating at all.

It seems that the statement that pandas are iron-eating beasts was made by Heshen's benefactor Yuan Mei.

After telling the truth of the matter, Yang Zhi finally understood why Goudan didn't cherish the fruits of his labor at all.

Smiling, he ran to pinch a piece of salt and threw it in the dog's egg bowl. Sure enough, the guy rolled his eyes and immediately stuck out his tongue to lick the salt.

Jia Liu stood forward, Goudan actually covered the basin with two paws, as if he was afraid that Jia Liu would snatch the salt.

Look at the thief.

"Don't worry about it, let's go, the young master will take you to the city for a stroll."

After grinning at Goudan, Jia Liu took Yang Zhi out of the barracks and headed for the east gate of Chongzhou.

When I arrived at the city gate, I saw a group of horsemen driving pack horses stopped by the green battalion guards to check them one by one.

These horsemen are members of the "horse gang" that is common in Sichuan.

"Caravan" is not an organization similar to Cao Gang with a social nature, but a collective name for "small commodity" dealers active in the Southwest.

These people used pack horses to transport various materials, including salt and tea, into the mountains and mountains that were difficult for outsiders to enter, in exchange for meager income to support their wives and children.

It belongs to the bottom of this era, very similar to the trackers in Chongqing.

The so-called inspection by the camp soldiers is actually a disguised form of beating and stripping members of the caravan. If there is a problem, it will make a reasonable income, and if there is no problem, it must innovate to generate income.

In short, the geese have plucked their hair.

There are so many poor people in the world, how could Jia Liu help them, so he glanced at them and walked with Yang Zhi to the city gate.

When passing by a groom, he looked more, because although the groom was about the same height as him, his face was obviously immature, and it was very dark due to the wind and sun, and the pack horse beside him was taller than other people's horses. Be shorter and thinner.

At most thirteen or fourteen years old, he is really a half-grown child.

I don't know if it was because he was afraid of the soldiers, or because he was not talkative by nature, but when the soldiers asked him something, the half-grown boy stood there blankly, not saying a word.

(End of this chapter)