Although the sky was a little dark at this time, there was still light, and Qiu Xiaochong's majestic figure looked particularly dazzling.
In order to avoid being discovered, Qiu Xiaochong's head almost went into his crotch, for fear of being seen by acquaintances.
In fact, not only Qiu Xiaochong was afraid of losing face, but Zhao Yuan also had a look on his face.
If they are walking together with a group of well-trained and majestic soldiers, the two of them will naturally be more respectable. However, this group of soldiers really does not look like soldiers. If they take off their clothes, they will be no different from the vulgar porters.
, not even as honest as porters, but more like those idle second-rate men.
Fortunately, this group of soldiers seemed to be in a hurry to go back, and they quickly left Blackwater City without any hesitation.
After it got dark, the group of people had already left Heishui City. Looking back, Heishui City looked like a wild beast entrenched at the foot of the mountain, which gave people an extremely depressing feeling.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Everyone seemed to be familiar with the road. They did not light torches and chatted enthusiastically in the darkness. No one paid attention to Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaochong. On the contrary, Fatty Han would chat with Qiu Xiaochong from time to time.
sentence, but ignored Zhao Yuan.
After walking for two hours, we arrived at an inn. When everyone walked to the front of the inn, someone immediately opened the door. It seemed that someone had been waiting for them.
The inn has been closed, and the hall is extremely quiet. However, there is a table of steaming hot and sumptuous wine and food prepared.
A group of soldiers seemed to be very familiar with this place and were not polite. They went straight to the table and started drinking. Qiu Xiaochong was also greeted by Fatty Han to the table. When Fatty Han saw Qiu Xiaochong pulling Zhao Yuan, he could only be lukewarm.
He asked Zhao Yuan to sit down.
After eating and drinking, everyone moved to a clean table, and the waiter served fragrant hot tea.
"Fat brother, everything is ready. Here, you count." A skinny old man bent over and walked to Captain Han, and placed a small bundle in front of Captain Han with a flattering look on his face.
"Yes." Captain Han nodded, with a reserved look on his face, but a hint of official power was revealed. Zhao Yuan sighed secretly, he was too familiar with the face of such a villain who succeeds.
After the skinny old man handed over the bundle, which was not much, he nodded and bowed and retreated.
The soldiers drinking tea all fell silent, and a dozen pairs of eyes fell on the bundle on Captain Han's chest.
Captain Han glanced at Zhao Yuan, then at the baggage, and hesitated.
"Fat brother, I'm going to the toilet." Zhao Yuan quickly stood up.
"Forget it, sit down, you and Xiaochong are also friends, and Fat Brother and I can be considered a respectable person. As the saying goes, everyone who meets has a share, so you have met, and I count you as a share. Please be more careful when you speak in the future.
Don’t let trouble come from your mouth.”
"Yes." Zhao Yuan sat down slowly. In fact, he also wanted to know what was in the baggage.
Captain Han made a sound from his nostrils, and then opened the baggage.
Zhao Yuan was immediately disappointed. He originally thought there was something good in the baggage, but it turned out to be a thick stack of imperial coins.
Captain Han didn't say anything. He counted the imperial coins. He pondered for a while, as if he was calculating something. Then, he began to divide the imperial coins into a dozen parts according to the head. After dividing the coins, Captain Han pushed the money to each of their chests.
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"Everyone, save your money, we've been checking very hard lately."
"Yes, thank you, fat brother."
A group of soldiers each picked up the imperial coins from their chests and put them into their arms.
Zhao Yuan discovered that Fatty Han had monopolized more than half of those imperial coins. There were as many bugs as there were soldiers, but he had the least share.
Zhao Yuan, who remained calm, had already realized that this was dividing the spoils.
After everyone divided the money, they went on their way in the dark all night.
When it was early in the morning, the group arrived at Jiudaowan Barracks.
The three barracks that guard Blackwater City are Jiudaowan Barracks, Maple Grove Barracks and Rolling Stone Barracks.
These three barracks not only guard the natural dangers of Heishui City, but also guard three military arteries. Among them, Jiudaowan is the only waterway from Heishui City to the outside world. The supplies of Heishui City basically come from Jiudaowan Barracks.
enter.
The Maple Grove Barracks is close to the Black Forest. In addition to garrisoning troops, its main function is training.
Rolling Stone Barracks is also a natural danger, guarding the road to the imperial capital.
Among the three barracks, Jiudaowan is the busiest and has the most important military status, because if the enemy breaks through Blackwater City and captures Jiudaowan, they can march straight in and follow the waterway to a river two hundred miles away from the imperial capital.
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Because of Jiudaowan's important geographical location and its role as the economic link of Blackwater City, there are more than 80,000 troops stationed here.
Eighty thousand soldiers is only a figure announced by the imperial government. In fact, the number of troops stationed in Jiudaowan is far more than 80,000. The total number of various types of soldiers exceeds 120,000 or even more.
The Great Qin Empire announced to the outside world that the total garrison of Blackwater City was 200,000. In fact, the total garrison of Blackwater City had already exceeded 300,000. The so-called 200,000 were just regular troops registered by the empire, and the rest
One hundred thousand are non-combatants without formal establishment, mainly reservists who maintain military equipment and do some menial work.
Regularly established combatants refer to the soldiers recruited by the Qin Empire through regular channels. All benefits and benefits are borne by the Imperial Military Department, and every soldier has well-documented records.
The reservists are recruited from Blackwater City.
The top commander of Blackwater City has the authority to recruit a certain number of troops, and the quota for the Great Hammer God of Blackwater City is 100,000. Therefore, the total garrison of Blackwater City reaches 300,000.
The so-called reservists are actually handymen. They have no military training at all and mainly serve Blackwater City. The treatment of handymen and regular soldiers is also very different, and their status is even further apart.
For example, Captain Han is a handyman. Although he is a captain, he only has the lowest level of armor and does not even have a military rank.
Everyone entered the barracks in the dark. The people in the barracks seemed to be very familiar with Captain Han. They just asked a few questions and let them into the heavily guarded barracks.
The group of people found the barracks and slept separately.
Although the barracks were simple and simple, there were many empty bunks. Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaochong endured the overwhelming stench and found a bed to rest.
A night of silence.
The next day, Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaochong got up early to clean up, waiting for Captain Han to take them through the formalities for enlisting in the army. What made them vomit blood was that Captain Han fell asleep soundly, snoring loudly, and did not get up at all.
sign.
Not only Captain Han, but also other soldiers were sleeping with their heads covered.
At three o'clock in the morning, a group of soldiers got up one after another and went to the canteen to eat some cold steamed buns and pickled vegetables. Captain Han took Qiu Xiaochong and Zhao Yuan to an office to go through some procedures and received several sets of worn-out armors.
And rusty weapons and daily necessities, etc.
Returning to the barracks, Captain Han asked Qiu Xiaochong to stay in the barracks, and took Zhao Yuan to the kitchen. After whispering a few words to a fat-headed chef, he left Zhao Yuan behind and walked away.
go.
"Come here." The middle-aged chef, who had a fat head, big ears and a greasy face, glanced at Zhao Yuan angrily and knocked the spoon in his hand loudly on the stove.
"From now on, if you follow me, I will be Little Fatty Jin, and everyone will call me Uncle Jin."
"Hello, Uncle Jin, I'm Zhao Yuan."
Zhao Yuan nodded quickly to express his goodwill, but kept muttering secretly, this guy's waist was thicker than a bucket, and he was actually called Little Fatty Jin. This made those fatties embarrassed! At the same time, Zhao Yuan thought of the huge Qiu
Bug.
It seems that the parents in Blackwater City have very unique names.
"Are you laughing at my name 'Little Fatty'?" Little Fatty Jin looked at Zhao Yuan coldly, as if he wanted to see through Zhao Yuan's internal organs.
"Ahem...no, no..."
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