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The lighting fire was not very bright, but the two sides were so close, the people over there had obviously seen the arrival of Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin.

I just heard a barbarian over there yell in a substandard Sinicization: "Why are you blocking my way, and what is your intention?"

The guards here were still confronting those people just now, now that Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin had arrived, they all followed Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin's lead, so at this time they all looked at what the two of them wanted, and did not rush to answer.

While Qiao Junlin was guarding against the tall and strong cannibals in front of him, he glanced at Luo Yong, and saw him standing with his arms folded under a torch. It was as if he hadn't heard the shout just now.

That's right, Luo Yong is the parent official of Changle County, the head of a county, and the boss of this city. He came here now, but those big cannibals didn't seem to see him. In his eyes, if Luo Yong paid attention to them at this time, he would be lowering his self-worth.

The shouter over there saw no one responded, and knew that he had hit a soft nail, so he didn't say anything for a while, and also cast his eyes on the leader of his own caravan.

After such a short moment of silence, finally someone over there spoke again: "Is this the county magistrate of Changle?"

Changle County was also quiet for a while, and then a voice responded unhurriedly: "It's Luo."

"I don't know what the county magistrate meant? Why did he block our way?" asked the other party.

"I heard that someone blatantly committed a night crime. Luo has served as the county magistrate of Changle for more than half a year, and it is the first time he has encountered such a thing. County night ban?" Luo Yong's voice was not in a hurry, but his attitude was tough. Although he is usually easy to talk, Luo Coffin Ban'er's name is not for nothing after all.

"It's clearly your people who abducted our Kunlun slave first!" Seeing that Luo Yong beat him up, someone shouted loudly.

"If I, Changle County, say that something is lost, can I search through the luggage of you Hu merchants at will?" Qiao Junlin shouted.

"Magistrate Luo did this because he didn't want me to go to the cement workshop to find someone?" said the leader of the other party.

"How can you search for a government-run workshop?" Luo Yong replied with a flick of his sleeve.

As soon as Luo Yong said this, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense again. A few people over there seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and they were about to kill the general with a big knife when their leader gave an order.

The guards in Changle County also tensed up, and all of them gritted their teeth, and some of them were sweating on their heads. Compared with those human traffickers who licked blood on the knife edge, they are still first-class good citizens.

Luo Yong was also betting at this time, he bet that these big cannibals would not dare to do anything to him, the county magistrate of Changle.

The Arabian Peninsula is now gradually realizing unification. Compared with those weak countries and small countries or even primitive tribes, Dashi is naturally a powerful country, but compared with Tang, there is still a gap. As long as these Dashi merchants still If they wanted to do business on the territory of Datang to make money, they simply couldn't afford the possible consequences of killing the officials of Datang.

Just as the two sides were confronting each other, some flames appeared not far away, and soon a group of soldiers came trotting towards them from far to near.

"The humble official has seen the Ming Mansion, dare to ask the Ming Mansion, is there something wrong here?"

The leading non-commissioned officer cupped his hands to Luo Yong, speaking in a full-bodied voice.Looking at these soldiers again, they are all tall and strong, with dark skin, and they must have practiced very diligently on weekdays.

Luo Yong glanced at the leader of the food caravan, smiled at the sergeant, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a misunderstanding."

Hearing this, the non-commissioned officer didn't say anything else, he just took his soldiers and stood not far from Luo Yong and his group, looking at the big food merchants with a clear warning in his eyes.

After a while, the leader of the big food caravan said something to the people around him, and then they withdrew first.

Before leaving, many people cast vicious glances at Luo Yong and them. They were quite sure that the two young Kunlun slaves in their caravan were hidden by the steward who was born as a Kunlun slave in the cement workshop. Well, the county magistrate of Changle County is clearly protecting his subordinates and bullying foreigners like them!

After those people had gone far away, Luo Yong cupped his hands to the sergeant and said, "Thank you very much for today! You are alarmed in the middle of the night, and Luo is really ashamed. Why don't you go to the city with me and have some hot food?" ?”

"You don't need to thank Ming Fu, I'll go back after this." The sergeant cupped his hands.

"Luo has grown up to such an old age. He has never seen such a battle. He is a little surprised today. After these Hu merchants return to the city, it is best not to cause any trouble..." Luo Yong sighed.

"That's it, let me go with the Ming Mansion." The other party said straightforwardly.

Although this place in Changle County is not a border fortress, it is still close to the border. There are also garrisons in the area, and every station is guarded by soldiers and beacon towers.

Luo Yong didn't deal with these soldiers very often, especially before the post station in the county withheld his official documents. Later, the soldiers from Guazhou came and took away many people from that post station. It doesn't seem to be Luo Yong's responsibility, but there is always a little gap between the two parties.

Many of the soldiers were from local military households in the fields. Luo Yong also had some contact with them when he was busy with spring plowing earlier.

During that time, he went to the mountains and went to the countryside every day, and solved many practical problems for the local people, which won the favor of the military households to a certain extent.

In a blink of an eye, Luo Yong has been in Changle County for half a year. During this time, the products produced by the farmers, whether it is the sheep raised at home, the vegetables grown in the field, or the grain harvested in summer, can be sold at a relatively good price. The price of salt is much cheaper than before.

The public vegetable shop in the county bought salt directly from the salt field in Dunhuang, and the owner of the salt field there gave them a very favorable price for the sake of County Magistrate Luo, adding some salt and some porter’s money Afterwards, it was sold in that shop at the cost price, and most of the people in Changle now buy salt there.

Because of Luo Yong's actions over the past few days, although he has not had much contact with these soldiers, and even had some gaps before, the local soldiers and non-commissioned officers generally still have a good relationship with the new Luo county magistrate. Good impression.

A group of people returned to the city, and when such a thing happened, the county magistrate and others in the county government also got up at this time.

Because of those big cannibals, the situation in the city was a bit tense, and they didn't dare to leave the county government office, so they ordered people to plant torches everywhere in the government office, and blocked several side doors and back doors. They all stand by the front door.

When Luo Yong waited for the people to come back, these people quickly opened the gate to welcome them in. Seeing that they brought back so many soldiers, everyone felt a little more at ease.

In these years, it is not uncommon for people to travel around as officials, and it is not uncommon to encounter such things. If some people go to some poor mountains and bad waters, some people die in the process of taking office or going to office, and the government can't even find out what happened. , and in the end it often ends.

"Let me prepare some food and bring it up."

After walking around in the middle of the night, the atmosphere was so tense just now, and when he returned to the county office, he relaxed in one breath, and Luo Yong felt a little tired.

"Here." The county magistrate and others received the order and hurried to work.

In today's situation, Luo Yong really dared to go out and confront those big cannibals, which was beyond their expectations and made them feel admirable.

"Those big cannibals, I'm afraid they can't let it go." The sergeant said to Luo Yong.

"Look at them, do you dare to demolish my county government office?" Luo Yong said with a smile after taking a sip of the hot water passed over by someone else.

"That's impossible." The sergeant laughed as he said that.

It's just that the cement workshop manager named Apu, these big cannibals certainly can't let him go easily.

According to the information they got from the military, those big cannibals did lose two young Kunlun slaves, and those two young men probably had some relationship with Na Apu. Few people can believe it.

The county magistrate Luo obviously wanted to protect that Apu, but he could protect him for a while, but he couldn't protect him forever. Now the cement workshop has been targeted by big cannibals, and these big cannibals have always been the most gangsters. Even if they If he didn't dare to touch the magistrate of Changle, wouldn't he dare to touch a small steward who was born as a Kunlun slave?

The meals came quickly. First came a big pot of cucumbers, a big pot of mixed three shredded vegetables, then another big pot of brine, and then three pots of Hoto, and finally several large plates of bacon. .

Speaking of the food and treatment, those soldiers are very envious of these servants in Changle County. They live in the same county, and many of them are familiar with each other. At this time, they are sitting in groups of three or four. Eat happily.

"There is still bacon in your county. I heard that it is no longer available in the shop."

"There isn't much left, and I wouldn't take it out to eat with us on weekdays."

"The words are reserved for entertaining distinguished guests."

"Then we are VIPs today?"

"Hahahaha!"

"Some time ago, a relative from Dunhuang came to me and asked to help me buy some bacon. I told him that there was still bacon in this season, and told him to come back when the weather was cold. I didn't expect there to be."

"The merchants in Dunhuang bought bacon from us earlier, and I heard that it is very expensive recently."

"..."

"Hey, I'll make another bowl of Hoto."

"Houtou is gone."

"Why is it gone so soon?"

"Boss, there is no more Hoto, these military households say they are not full yet."

"Hey hey! You are really a man!"

"I'll send some more pancakes."

"Ow!!!"

"I'll tell you to try the three-shredded burrito in a while, and add a piece or two of bacon. The taste..."

"..."

That night, the torches in the Changle County Yamen were lit all night, and no one could sleep fully.

The county guards and the soldiers patrolled the city several times, and when they came back, they told Luo Yong and the others that the lights had been on all night in the inn where the big cannibals stayed.