Hanhou

A reward of [-] coins will be promoted to doctor, and five hectares of land will be granted.

After listening to the content of the imperial decree, Zhao Jia restrained again and again, so that the corners of his mouth did not reach his ears.Taking a deep breath, my heart is still beating fast, my ears are buzzing, completely uncontrollable.

Regardless of the reward, he was particularly surprised by the promotion.

Bu Geng is only one level away from Doctor, but it is not easy to pass this level.From the moment he was promoted to a noble, Zhao Jia's identity changed fundamentally. Since then, he left the category of scholar and formally entered the ranks of doctors.

With the rewarded acres, plus the inherited fields and reclaimed wasteland, the fields in his hands have reached ten hectares, a full one thousand acres!

In the eyes of the nobles in Chang'an, these lands may not be considered anything.However, Zhao Jia's excitement at this moment cannot be described in words after personally working in the fields, experiencing the hardships of farming and understanding the importance of food.

More importantly, these lands are his own, and he has really worked hard.Compared with the fields inherited from Zhao Gongcao, I feel more at ease in my heart.

Unlike last time, the officials from Chang'an read out the decree and did not let Zhao Jia leave. Instead, they had a kind attitude and took the initiative to show closeness to him.

Zhao Jia was a little caught off guard, but luckily he had seen many things, and he always kept a humble posture, without showing any complacency, let alone any arrogance, and his response was considered decent, which made the other party quite satisfied. He smiled and praised Zhao Langjun with Wei Taishou Really extraordinary.

The official obviously had a good relationship with Cheng Buzhi, so he specifically asked Zhao Jia why he had not reported his military exploits before when he led the villagers to fight against the Huns.

Wei Shang looked at Zhao Jia, motioning for him to explain himself.

"To tell you the truth, when the Hu Kou went south, many people in the village were killed and injured. The villagers of Jia offered sacrifices to the dead, and the heads of the Hu Kou made sacrifices."

For this matter, Zhao Jia did not regret it at all.

If time was reversed, he would still make the same choice.

The officials showed emotion and asked about the whole process of the sacrifice.Zhao Jiazhi talked endlessly, including repeating the sacrificial rites burned to the dead.

A year has passed, and the sacrificial oration was exported, and there was no more heart-piercing grief, only the slightest dull pain.

After Zhao Jia finished repeating, there was a brief silence in the room.

The official sighed, did not continue to ask, just took out a wooden card from his body, and handed it to Zhao Jia face to face, saying that when Zhao Jia enters Chang'an in the future, he can hold this card to pass through the house.

After being signaled by Wei Shang, Zhao Jia took the wooden sign solemnly, recognized the word "Xu" in seal script, and contacted the official's name before, but there was no clue in his mind.It wasn't until he said goodbye and left, met Wei Yue in the corridor, and heard him mention Baizhihou's mansion, that he had some vague impressions.

"Xu Shizhong is of the same clan as Bo Zhihou, he is quite talented and highly regarded by the emperor."

After listening to Wei Yue's explanation, Zhao Jia finally understood.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Shizhong was added as an official, and Xu Shizhong's regular official position was Langzhong, under the order of Langzhong.However, anyone who is an official servant can enter and leave Weiyang Palace, and the attendant is by Emperor Jing's side.Generally speaking, only officials who are respected and trusted by the emperor can receive this honor.

"Xu Shizhong praised Ah Duo?" It was rare for Wei Yue not to train soldiers. She was dressed in blue dark clothes, without a crown, and only tied her hair with hairpins, returning to her usual gentle and jade-like appearance.Just looking at his appearance, it's really hard to tell, his reputation has already spread to the grassland along with Yun Zhongqi, and it won't take long for him to catch up with Wei Shang.

"It's really a few words of praise." Zhao Jia said truthfully.

"Very good." Wei Yue nodded with a smile, met Zhao Jia's puzzled gaze, didn't intend to explain further, but changed the subject and said with a smile, "Today's weather is fine, how about Hodo and I going out to the city to hunt?"

weather is good?

Zhao Jia looked up at the gloomy sky, seeing that it was about to snow.Faced with the cold wind, he couldn't help sneezing, and then looked at Wei Yue with suspicion in his eyes.

Is Wei Sangongzi's perception of temperature different from ordinary people?

"The snow hasn't fallen yet." As if he could guess Zhao Jia's slander in his heart, Wei Yue covered his back with one hand, and pushed him forward without much effort, "There are wolves outside the city again, Someone saw a white wolf among them, how about I shoot it to make a short jacket for Hodor?"

"Third son, Jia Shang needs to send the reward back to the livestock farm." Zhao Jia felt slightly uncomfortable.

"It's still early in the morning, so it's okay to change lanes."

"There is still something to do in the livestock farm..."

"You can tell the healthy servant to do it."

"It's about spring plowing."

"One day, don't delay." Wei Yue's smile became more gentle, but his tone was unquestionable.

"..." Zhao Jiadun felt a headache.

"Does Ah Duo not want to get close to me?" Wei Yue stopped, put away her smile, and looked at Zhao Jia sadly.It seemed that once Zhao Jia nodded, he would make Xizi hold his heart.

He is obviously a son of a family, and he does not blink when he goes to the battlefield to kill people. He made this kind of rogue gesture, but it didn't make people feel disobedient at all.

Zhao Jia sighed silently, knowing that he could no longer refuse, he could only nod in resignation, and let Wei Yue push him towards the front yard.

The carts for transporting copper coins were prepared early, and the wooden boxes containing the money were lifted onto the carts one by one and tied firmly with thick ropes.Finding a lot of silk cloth outside the cash box, Zhao Jia looked at Wei Yue suspiciously, there was nothing like this in the imperial decree.

"Ah Weng ordered it to be prepared." Wei Yue took the reins of the black horse, patted the mount's thick neck, and explained, "Aduo led the villagers to build roads, which will benefit the county. There should be rewards."

"The envoy sent food before." Zhao Jia said with a frown.

"The imperial government sent civilians to build roads and also gave them food. Ado doesn't need to think about it, just accept it."

At this point, Zhao Jia could only nod his head, and asked Wei Yue to help convey the message. He thanked Governor Wei on behalf of the villagers.

While the two were talking, the cash box and silk cloth had already been packed.The young and healthy servants brought by Zhao Jia boarded the cart, and Wei Wu led a team of cavalry to mount the horse, guarding the cart.

The team left the prefect's mansion and walked all the way to the city gate. They encountered several merchants in a hurry, including Han people and Hu people. Looking at the direction, they all ran towards the official temple.

"The military market will open in two days, and Hu merchants from outside Xu County will enter the city to make goods." Seeing Zhao Jia's curious face, Wei Yue slowed down and said.

"Hu merchants from outside the county?"

Zhao Jia thought about it for a while, and there was a calculation in his heart.

Before Wei Yue led his troops out of the fortress, he cooperated with Li Danghu to clear the map along the border while training troops.Except for the three tribes who surrendered to the Han last year and resisted when the Xiongnu went south, all other grassland tribes were ordered to leave.If you don't leave, you will be expelled by force.

Near the border, the grasslands that can survive the winter are limited, and it is impossible to play hide-and-seek with the Han army like in the deep grasslands.What's more, all the counties sent out scouts. In a certain area, it was almost a blanket search, and it was impossible for any fish to slip through the net.

Even if the scouts missed it carelessly, Jiang Han's other departments would work hard to find out these hidden small tribes one by one.Even if they are both members of the Qiang tribe, they will not be lenient in their actions when interests are involved.What's more, when they need to use force, they will be more ruthless than the Han army. Except for children who are not as tall as a wheel, the whole tribe will be slaughtered.

After passing through the grate again and again, starting from Yunzhong, the Hu people were no longer seen at the borders of Dingxiang, Yanmen and even Daijun.Except for the Wuhuan merchants who got the pass order, if other tribes dare to approach, it is 100% "death".

Ask the Huns to send troops?

No one with a brain would do that.

If you encounter an unreasonable headquarters, you won't get angry in the end, and your tribe will be robbed again.If you are unlucky, the uncle in the headquarters is angry, and you are not strangled by the Han army but slaughtered by the Huns, there is no reason to say it.

In this way, if the Xiongnu do not go south in a large scale, the border counties can be stable for at least a few months.

As border counties closed their gates, it became more and more difficult for Hu merchants to obtain permission to cross the border.The Biebu who descended to the Han Dynasty before and the Wuhuan merchants who had traveled with Zhao Jia to the fortress became important channels for Hu merchants in the grassland to sell goods.

"There is an order in the city that the military market will be opened on three days, and the Hu market will be opened outside the city on five days."

Before the Xiongnu went south, the Hushi City on the border was once destroyed, and even the flagpole of the city flag was cut off.Now that the Huns have retreated and the nearby land boundaries have been cleared out, the big bosses of the border counties communicated with each other and agreed to build fortresses and markets in the land where other troops were stationed, thereby expanding the borders of the Han Dynasty and enclosing land on a large scale.

The memorial was sent to Chang'an, and Emperor Jing immediately approved it and issued a decree to reward it.

This time Xu Shizhong went north, in addition to handing out rewards, he also had another important task, which was to redraw the map in the border county, enclose all the territories that could be encircled, and make it an established fact.

"From next year, I will be stationed outside the city."

Last year he fought against the Xiongnu, and Wei Yue was promoted to noble due to his military exploits, and was promoted from Sima Yi to the captain of the Ministry, defending the newly acquired land outside the Great Wall.At the same time, the number of cavalry in his hands increased to six thousand.If many non-county officials were recruited and died in battle with the Huns, the guards in the border counties would be at full strength, and veterans would be needed to bring in new ones, and it would be impossible to mobilize a large number of elites. The number of cavalry in the cloud will be further expanded. talk.

The other tribes who descended to the Han Dynasty admired Wei Shang's fierce reputation, envied the armor and grain of the Han cavalry, and sharpened their heads to become a soldier.It's a pity that there are strict regulations in the county. So far, only a hundred Qiang cavalry have been conscripted into the frontier army, and more than half of them are auxiliary soldiers.

"Do you want to build another city?" Hearing Wei Yue talk about the garrison, Zhao Jia's first thought was to build roads and houses.Probably it is the genes engraved in the bones. Wherever the territory of the Han family is enclosed, the house will be built there, and the grassland is no exception.

"That's true." Wei Yue nodded, "However, it's too cold in winter, so it's not suitable to break ground. We need to wait until the snow melts before making any calculations."

Thinking of the materials used to build the city, many thoughts flashed through Zhao Jia's mind.

The architectural style of the early Han Dynasty continued the Qin Dynasty. Most of them were rammed earth structures.Because of this, Chengdan is regarded as hard labor like pounding rice.

In addition to rammed earth, brick and stone buildings began to appear in some prosperous counties and counties. Among the pawns serving in Shaling County, there were craftsmen who could make bricks.However, this type of building generally requires the use of glutinous rice, which is extremely expensive for Bian County, which does not grow rice at all.

Referring to the fact that Bianjun is often hit by disasters, and there will be famines every now and then, anyone who dares to mention using glutinous rice to build walls to Wei Taishou will definitely be hung up and whipped!

In connection with the current situation, Zhao Jia began to seriously consider whether the organization fired the cement manually?

Just like making ice, he has no hands-on experience and only remembers the approximate ratio of ingredients.But with the hands-on ability of today's craftsmen, it may not be impossible to light up the technology tree.

Indigenous burning of cement does cause pollution.

However, in Border County, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are more wild animals than people, survival is the top priority.Only by surviving and building a city fortress that is strong enough to resist powerful enemies, can I have the energy to think about other things.

After the team left the city, they continued to speed up and rushed all the way to the livestock farm.

The young and strong who stayed behind were called to help unload the cash box and silk, and sent them to the warehouse built not long ago.

Due to the bumper harvest this year, the barn couldn't accommodate it, so Huber organized people to build another warehouse behind the wooden house, and dug a cellar under the warehouse, which just came in handy at this time.

"Copper coins are a reward from the emperor, and these silks are gifts from the envoy of Wei." Zhao Jia pointed to the copper coins and silks on the cart, and said to Hu Bo, "Later, send people back to the village and tell the story to Lu. Boss, let’s see if everyone is willing to share the silk, or take it to the inner city for exchange.”

Hu Bo bowed his head to accept the order, turned around and called Zhao Xin and Gongsun Ao to deliver the letter to the village together.

Aunt Sun led the woman to clean up the warehouse, took out the animal skins and farm tools that had been put in before, and made room as much as possible. By the way, she put down the long ladder in the cellar and prepared to put it into the wooden box.

After the copper coins were delivered to the warehouse, Gongsun Ao and Zhao Xin also rode back and brought news from Lu Lao that most villagers wanted to exchange Silk City, but some wanted to exchange millet and wheat, some wanted to exchange salt sauce, and Some want to change coarse cloth and utensils, and it is very troublesome to count.

"Let's put the silk in the livestock farm for the time being, and invite the villagers to come over tomorrow to discuss it together. Write down what you want to exchange, and when the market opens in the city, go to the market to exchange it together."

Zhao Jia made a decision, and Zhao Xin and Gongsun Ao got on their horses and galloped out of the livestock farm.

The matter was almost handled, and the carts were sent to the abandoned sheep pens behind the warehouse, and they were parked together in rows.Zhao Jiateng raised his hand and drank the whole bowl of hot soup, only to remember if he forgot something.

Suddenly clapping his hands, he hurriedly searched around, and finally found Wei Yue at the shooting range on the east side of the livestock farm.

Third Young Master Wei was holding a strong bow, pointing Wei Qing and Ah Zhi to how to draw the bow.Seeing that the children were still carrying wooden swords, they immediately called Wei Wu and two knights, and asked them to practice the moves to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

Zhao Jia came closer, Wei Yue was hanging the strong bow on the horse's back, turned around to see Zhao Jia, smiled and said, "Aduo is done?"

"Neglect the third son."

Wei Yue waved his hand, took the rein of the black horse, and said, "Wei Tong found the wolves and just sent back the news. How about Ah Duo coming with me?"

Zhao Jia nodded, whistled, and after a while, the red horse ran over.

The black horse snorted, and Zhao Jia immediately felt vigilant, remembering the way he bit Li Danghu's mount, he pulled the bay red horse back a few steps.

Fortunately, the black horse showed no hostility, just shook its neck and stomped a few times, carrying Wei Yue over the fence.On the contrary, the bay red horse was not convinced, and put its head against Zhao Jia. After the latter sat firmly, he spread his hooves and ran. The route was similar to that of the black horse, obviously to compete for the top.

The cold wind was blowing in front of him, Zhao Jia held the reins tightly and let the bay red horse gallop with him.

Wei Yue turned her head sideways, looked at Zhao Jia who was less than half a horse's body away from her, suddenly smiled slightly, waved the rein, the black horse speeded up while running, and passed the entire horse in an instant.Zhao Jia was accidentally aroused to be competitive, and urged the bay red horse to speed up.

One black and one red galloped past, so fast that they almost left silhouettes.