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In the third year of Xuanwu, on July 27th, the capital Chang'an...
The early sun rises, and Chang'an City, which has been silent for several hours, once again welcomes a new day...
"Wontons, steaming wontons, three pennies a bowl..."
"Baozi, freshly baked buns with vegetable fillings and meat fillings, are cheap, come and buy them!"
"Hu pancakes, Hu pancakes sprinkled with sesame seeds. One penny lasts a whole day..."
On both sides of the street at the entrance to the West Market, vendors selling breakfast are always the first "roosters" to break the tranquility of the city. Looking around, it can be said that the aroma is overflowing and it is dizzying.
Suddenly, a burst of neat footsteps echoed on the spacious and bright concrete floor. Not long after, a group of four officers wearing pitch black leather armor and carrying swords at their waists ran towards the entrance of the West Street Street.
When the vendors selling breakfast saw this, they were startled at first. After seeing the people clearly, they immediately looked at them with admiration and then greeted them warmly.
"Mr. Zhao, is this the end of the class? Thank you for your hard work..."
"Mr. Zhao, come and try my steamed buns, they are freshly steamed..."
"Mr. Zhao, are you okay with your shift last night? Come on, have a bowl of soy milk to drive away the cold..."
This team of officers is the night watchman Wu Hou, who is responsible for the security of the West City area. The leader of the team is called Zhao Sen, who is about thirty years old.
Zhao Sen is from Japan. Because the various forces in Yingzhou are constantly fighting against each other, the people are in dire straits. In order to survive, Zhao Sen does not hesitate to bribe the money and goods he accumulated as a samurai to the local nobles of Yingzhou, and finally gets the former. With the ship ticket to the Central Plains, he took his family and Xuanwu to the Far East in the early years of his life and became a member of the Han Dynasty's dependent army.
Due to his outstanding performance on the battlefield, he accumulated a lot of military merits with the army. After he retired from the army, he obtained the Chinese document issued by the Han Dynasty government and was recommended by his superiors. He was appointed as the Marquis of Wuhou Prefecture to maintain public security in Chang'anxi City. I can finally live on this land.
Zhao Sen cherishes his hard-won life very much. In order to make himself more like a Central Plains person, he changed his name to a Han surname and has a very harmonious relationship with the people in the area under his jurisdiction.
After Zhao Sen greeted the neighbors with a smile, he quickly entered a noodle shop with his subordinates, then found a table, rubbed his hands and said loudly: "Boss, four bowls of noodles, remember to put more shredded pork, and then A braised egg, hurry up, I’ve been missing this bite of you for a while.”
When the boss heard this, he shouted and immediately started to get busy.
Seeing this, Zhao Sen's subordinates couldn't help but joked: "Mr. Zhao, why are you so polite today? You are inviting us to eat noodles. They are filled with meat and eggs. Is there some happy event that you are hiding from us?"
Zhao Sen grabbed the chopsticks and snickered: "Why does it have to be a happy event to invite you to dinner? If it can't be done, you can eat your own food, so I can save some money and buy some more steamed buns to go back to."
The subordinates stopped hurriedly: "No, no, no, no, how could we refuse Mr. Zhao's kindness? It's just that in the past two days, I have always seen Mr. Zhao with a happy face and laughing alone from time to time, so I was curious.
We are all brothers, why don't we tell our brothers what good things have happened to us recently, and let us have fun together. "
Seeing his subordinates looking at him curiously, Zhao Sen simply said: "Actually, it's nothing, because I haven't missed any business trips during the past six months of duty.
My boss has already reported my quota for a salary increase next month to the staff. If nothing goes wrong, my salary will increase by more than 20% from next month. "
When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up: "Congratulations to the Chief Marquis Zhao."
Another subordinate said dissatisfiedly: "I tell you, Chief Zhao, you will get a salary increase next month. It would be too shabby to just treat us to a bowl of noodles. We should treat everyone to a good meal."
The rest of the people booed, "That's right, I just want to kill myself with a bowl of noodles. Mr. Zhao, you are really too stingy."
Zhao Sen repeatedly begged for mercy: "Everyone, listen to me, it's not that I don't want to treat you to a good meal, but everyone knows that,
I am originally an overseas barbarian, and I was admitted as a Han citizen only after being recognized by Your Majesty. Naturally, I feel grateful and regard myself as a Han official.
However, after all, I have only a limited foundation in Chang'an, and I am planning to buy a house recently. I am in urgent need of money now, so I hope you will understand me.
How about we wait until I move house to make up for this treat together? "
The subordinates also expressed their understanding after hearing this. After all, it is not easy for overseas barbarians like Zhao Sen to integrate into the Central Plains. Now that life has just improved a little, people naturally don't want to be too "embarrassed", so they talked about this matter with laughter. The child has been uncovered.
"Come here!"
At this moment, the noodle shop owner came to Zhao Sen's table with a plate containing four bowls of noodles.
Zhao Sen immediately took the noodle bowl, poured vinegar on the noodles skillfully, threw the garlic on top, stirred it with chopsticks and said: "Let's eat noodles! Go back and rest early after eating. Tonight at 3:30 p.m. 8:45), don’t be late.”
After everyone heard this, they all started eating noodles together, and soon there was a "sucking" sound in the noodle shop, and they finished eating without saying a word.
"Chu, these stubborn people are really ignorant!"
At this moment, there was a burst of discordant yelling and cursing outside the noodle shop.
Immediately after, three rough figures squeezed into the noodle shop, and the officer with a ferocious face at the head was still cursing: "Yesterday they made trouble, and they are still making trouble today. Aren't these Confucian old stubborns afraid of death? They are reading shit, Just listening to the special code makes people sick, bah!"
A bearded officer on the left side was also indignant when he heard this: "It's a credit to your majesty that he can endure the chattering of these sarcastic people. If I were to change it, I would just give each of them a military stick to be honest."
The officer on the right, whose face was full of anger and could not even tell whether his eyes were open or closed, also said: "I've seen these nerds before in the Far East.
Unexpectedly, the dynasty has changed, and it is still so pedantic. It is no wonder that His Majesty asked Kong Yifu, a birdman who claimed to be a saint, to be the gatekeeper. "
These three people are none other than the direct descendants of the old tribe who first started following Liu Ce.
The man who was full of national curses was called Ma Guocheng. This guy even scolded Xu Wenjing, the Minister of the Ministry of War.
The bearded man was called Sun Biao. He used to be in the same military camp as Liu Ce. Later, Liu Ce still reused him regardless of the previous suspicion. He followed Liu Ce in the north and south and made a lot of contributions.
The man with a sinister face was named Zhou Boxiong. He took the initiative to befriend Liu Ce when he was at his weakest. It was considered a good bet. Now he is one of the few direct descendants of Liu Ce in Chang'an City.
Because the three of them looked disgusting, had absolutely nothing to do with the handsome guy, and behaved rudely, they were privately called the "Three Crab Generals" and each had their own nickname.
Zhou Boxiong is elegant and easy-going, loves the people like a son, Ma Guocheng, and follows the dragon and the crane, Sun Qianzong.
The three of them were not ashamed to face such ridicule, but felt proud of it. They often walked around in a swagger, completely ignoring everyone's gaze.
When the four Zhao Sens who were eating noodles saw these three people, they immediately stood up and stood upright. They punched the leather armor on their right breasts with their left fists and saluted in unison: "General Sun Qian, Ma Duwei and Zhou Duwei. !”
