Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 18
There is a large temperature difference in the vast sea, cold in the morning and evening, and very warm at noon.

Han Ping'an was wearing too thick clothes, and was sweating from the heat, not to mention how uncomfortable, but he couldn't untie the fur because he was tied up with five flowers.

But now it is a meat ticket, and the rescuer has come with the ransom, so he can only sit on the horseback obediently, and together with Su Dasushi and others who are tightly covered and only his eyes are exposed, overlook the distance. There is a black shadow that is slowly moving this way.

The opposite hill is higher and the view is wider.

Su Dasushi had arranged for people to watch the wind above, and if there were more than three people coming from the other side, he would wave the flag as soon as possible to warn.

Han Ping'an was not worried that something would happen, because the redemption was arranged by Yichang Chen, and he twisted his neck and said, "After I go back, I will tell my father about you, and King Yele's rebellion is good, Bai Sha There must be a big reshuffle in the city, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a place for you to live in."

"Can you tell your father to hurry up, I don't want to stay in that cold and useless place for a day."

"Don't worry, it's a month at most. Besides, for such a big event as moving, you have to make some preparations after you go back."

"There is nothing to prepare. It is easy for us to move, put away the tent, and catch up with the cattle and sheep."

"Think about it, yes, by the way, do you want pastures or fields that can be cultivated?"

"Come on, it's better to be together."

"I thought you only wanted pastures."

Su Dasushi patted the horse's neck, and said with a smile: "People without long-term considerations must have short-term worries. If only the pasture is needed, what if God keeps snowing for several months like the year before last, starving the cattle and sheep to death? What to do? Planting a little land will be different. In your words, you don’t panic when you have food in your hand.”

"Okay, we all know that we are prepared for danger in times of peace. By the way, do you know how to farm?"

"I can't let them learn it. Didn't you say that you have someone to teach you how to farm, distribute seeds, farm tools, cattle, and help build canals and water them?"

"I'll go, you're relying on me!"

"As you said, we are half-brothers, and my clansmen are your clansmen. After moving over, they will be handed over to you."

"Leave it to me, what are you doing?" Han Ping'an asked subconsciously.

Su Da Sushi looked back at him, and said confidently: "I am only fifteen years old, and I am still a child, and I have lived in that cold and useless place for several years, so of course I want to talk to you Let’s go to the city together to eat and drink spicy food, so you can’t let me raise horses and farm with them again.”

Han Pingan laughed and scolded: "You are fucking throwing the pot away."

Su Dasushi laughed and said, "Brother, I never thought of throwing the blame on you, you are the one who wants to be the receiver."

"you are vicious!"

"You just know. By the way, will you give me some of the [-] silver later? I'm going to the city soon, so I can't be without money."

"It's a good idea. I have a lot of money to use. You don't even want to share any of it. Besides, it's not like you really don't have money."

"Whoever thinks there is too much money, please share it with me. Anyone who sees it will have a share."

"I'm really useful."

Su Dasushi asked curiously: "What's the big use?"

Han Pingan looked in the direction of Yele City, and said coldly: "Those people dare to assassinate even the supervising army, which shows how bad the law and order in Yele is. Chen Yichang seems to be very powerful, but in fact he is still a scout, Cui Ming Fu is more amateurish, so this kind of thing depends on me."

Su Dasushi asked: "How do you plan to enforce this law and order?"

Han Pingan smiled, and said in high spirits: "After returning, we will recruit troops and build a team that specializes in catching robbers and criminals. We will start digging and investigating from Mifatai's death, solve a number of major cases, and arrest a number of fugitives." , destroy a group of gangs that broke the law and discipline, and committed chaos, and return Yele to a bright future!"

"It sounds domineering, count me in."

"This is very professional. Although you are very smart, you really can't help."

"No, I can learn."

"I still expect you to be a general in the future and gallop on the battlefield. Otherwise, I will set up another action team. You will be the leader of the team and will be responsible for arresting people. Do this for a few years first, and wait until you have age and qualifications. Go lead the army."

"That's the deal, don't go back on your word." Su Dasushi thought more and more fun, and asked curiously: "Crazy, what other teams are there besides the action team, is it the night watch team and the play team?"

"The night watch team is dedicated to hunting down horse thieves, and the game team is to inspect the newly built beacons and inspection tours outside the city. They are one for the outside and the other for the inside. They are the only two teams in the city lord's mansion, and most of them are frontier troops. He was born as a scout and is very arrogant, how could he listen to my orders."

"Aren't the night watchmen and Youyiren border soldiers?"

"In a broad sense, they are also frontier troops. If they encounter a rebellion like King Yele's or Tubo's invasion, they will also obey the general's orders and go to battle to kill the enemy. They are all honored officers who have made military achievements and rewards, but they are not here. On the roster of soldiers in Yele Town, the imperial court will not pay them, so they cannot be counted as frontier troops."

Su Da Sushi asked in puzzlement: "Why is this happening? What do they eat and drink without food?"

He was going into town soon, and he couldn't be ignorant of it.

Han Pingan explained: "Because Yele not only has frontier troops, but also many merchants and people. During wartime, the frontier troops have to go to battle. In normal times, the frontier troops have to farm and can't control the merchants and people. They can only fight and farm. I don't know how to manage these.

If you don't pay attention to it, there will be chaos in the place.If there is chaos in the area, the frontier army will put down the rebellion.If there is no war, no one wants to fight, so civil affairs must be managed, and the City Lord's Mansion is dedicated to governing the business people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the city. "

Su Da Sushi probably understood, and said by analogy: "The City Lord's Mansion can manage merchants, and can also manage the villages outside the city, but it cannot manage the frontier troops who are stationed in the fields."

"clever."

"But why can the You Yi people in the City Lord's Mansion take care of those newly established beacon castles?"

"The newly established Fengbao is not located at the Guanjin pass where the frontier troops are stationed. It is all built on the villages and roads of the Hu people in the interior. The frontier troops have to garrison fields, and there are not many frontier troops, so it is impossible to send people to garrison. The City Lord's Mansion Then let the village officials of each village call the young and strong to take turns to guard."

Han Ping'an paused, and then said: "But those young and strong don't know what military law is, and they are not very obedient. They either don't go on duty, or they secretly sleep after they go. The construction of so many fortresses is useless. The city lord's mansion takes them There was no other way, so we set up a game team and recruited frontier scouts who had expired to patrol day and night."

Su Dasushi thought about it and asked again: "What about the night watchmen of the night watch team?"

Han Pingan took the trouble to explain: "If the dozens of villages outside the city petitioned the City Lord's Mansion for their own safety, then the Night Watch Team was those Sogdian merchants who petitioned the City Lord's Mansion for the safety of the vast sea trade route. established.

Usually they don't care about anything else, and they don't even go to the city much.Floating on the vast sea every day, he specializes in searching and killing horse thieves.At the same time, help the frontier army to keep an eye on the movements of Tubo and your father Khan, after all, they are the frontier army's scouts.It is also because they chased and killed horse thieves every day, it can be said that they are the most elite cavalry in Yele. "

Su Dasushi had not only heard of the night watchmen but also seen them from afar, and knew how powerful those night watchmen were, so he asked curiously, "How many night watchmen are there in the night watch team?"

"They have three horses per person. Just think about how much horse feed they need a month. They are equipped with the best armor and weapons, and the monthly salary for each person is as high as fifty Wen. This is silver money, not copper money. I estimate that there are only fifty or sixty night watchmen, and the City Lord's Mansion cannot afford to support any more."

"So much money!"

"It's very profitable, and even the capture of horse thieves belongs to them."

"Crazy, you have to worry about yourself if you have a good thing. Go back and ask your father for me, can you let Gu Sili and the others go to the night watch team and let them earn more money. Only by making money can they live a good life."

This kid knows money.

Han Ping'an was completely convinced, and couldn't help laughing: "Who doesn't want to make money? There are many people who want to join the night watch team. But now people have high requirements for newcomers. If you don't have any real skills, you won't ask for it. Unlike before, you just have to do it." Scouts will do."

Su Dasushi asked unconvinced: "Is it okay for someone like me?"

"Can you beat five bones alone?"

"Five...five won't work, I'm sure I've hit two bone strengths."

"That's out of the question. The standard for the Night Watch team is to be able to defeat five warriors like Gu Sili."

Skills are not as good as others, and asking again is asking for humiliation.

Su Dasushi scratched his neck and returned to the original topic: "You just want to set up an action team, so what other team is there besides the action team?"

In fact, Han Ping'an didn't think about it, he said with a smile: "The team has not been determined yet, but what we want to do is highly professional and mainly uses the brain. I don't want to be illiterate, just literate. Don’t be too honest, just be shrewd and have a skill.”

Su Dasushi grinned and said, "Use your brain, play with your mind, this is more suitable for me."

(End of this chapter)