In front of Uncle Zhu's stall, more than twenty Dongman sergeants have gathered. The leader of the group wears a crown made of colorful feathers on his head. The other sergeants only wear a crest on their headbands. Different white feathers are different. This is a special way to distinguish between high and low status within the Dongman. Those who wear crowns made of multiple feathers are undoubtedly the leaders of various tribes and officers in the army.
Next to Uncle Zhu, Yu San's fish basket was already empty. Some of the Dongman soldiers in front of him also held some fresh fish in their hands, and sometimes they would occasionally flip them. In front of the Dongman sergeants, a military officer holding a carbon rod in one hand and a pamphlet in the other stood between the sergeants and the vendors. He quickly took notes and said, "No need to squeeze, we have all these things." However, there are only six of you and you can still take seventeen items in total."
The leader of the Dongman army, speaking in blunt Chinese, said: "We, there are thirty-seven brothers in our team. Even if two people sleep on one mat, it is not enough. I want , I want nineteen, nineteen mats."
The clerk shook his head: "No, General Tan has an order that one person can have up to three items. I have already counted them for you. Now all of you here combined can only take seventeen more items. If you violate it, you will be punished." Violation of military orders, Captain Asiba, you are an officer and the leader of these brothers, you should understand this."
Captain Axiba gritted his teeth, turned back to the subordinates behind him who were carrying fish and said in a deep voice: "It's all your fault. We must have these few fish. One fish counts as the same thing. If we take two less fish, we will have It’s mat.”
A sergeant behind him said with a sad face: "Boss, you obviously said you wanted two people to eat a fish, and I took it according to your request. If you return the fish now, then..."
Yu San laughed: "This fish can't be returned. It's supposed to be abundant every year for good luck. If you return this fish every year, something bad will happen. Don't blame me."
Captain Asiba's expression changed and he said: "That makes sense. This fish can't be withdrawn no matter what. Brothers Balig, go to the stall over there to buy powder and call Jili Gao and the others. , asking them to leave space for two things so that they can get enough mats."
The Balig brothers immediately ran towards the rear. On one side, there were a few Dongman sergeants with feathers of other shapes and colors. They were obviously not from the same tribe or a team. They also curiously surrounded the mat stall. Captain Asiba said quickly: "Brothers from the Sunset Tribe, our team is short of these two mats. Can you please make it easier?"
The sergeants left with a smile. Captain Asiba breathed a long sigh of relief and was wiping the sweat from his face when he heard a cold voice from the side: "Uncle, I dare to ask how to sell these two mats." ?”
Captain Asiba's expression changed, and he and all his subordinates looked towards the source of the sound. They saw Zhang Huai'en leading Hu Daquan, arrogantly arranging several Dongman sergeants, and walked to the stall. He was still rubbing his nose, and a look of disgust flashed across his face, as if the smell of sweat from these Dongman soldiers was mixed with the fishy smell, which made him sick.
Captain Asiba instinctively wanted to have a fit, but when he saw the two men coming in and wearing fine armor and white tassel helmets, he knew they were the general guards of the Governor's Mansion. He frowned, pressed his chest with his hands, and that's it. The etiquette of a Dongman tribe: "How would you like to call this brother?"
Zhang Huaien said coldly: "I am the deputy guard captain of the Governor's Mansion, and so is Zhang Huaien. Judging from your military rank, you should be just a captain. When you see me, you have to call me "sir."
Asiba gritted his teeth and said, "Although we are not in the same army, you do have a higher rank than me. Sir Zhang, it is polite to hold such a low position."
As he spoke, he gave another military salute, and all the sergeants behind him also saluted, but everyone's face showed dissatisfaction.
Zhang Huaien nodded with satisfaction and turned to look at Uncle Zhu: "Uncle, you still have nineteen seats here, right?"
Uncle Zhu quickly said: "Exactly, my bamboo mat is made of fresh bamboo from the mountains outside Jiangling City. It has been soaked in mountain spring water to cool it down, and it has also been smoked with herbs to keep away mosquitoes, snakes and ants." Don’t dare to get close, it would be perfect if you use it when camping in the wild.”
At this point, Uncle Zhu paused and said, "Sir Zhang, I'm sorry, but these bamboo mats have already been ordered by this Dong officer. When their other brothers arrive, they can record the goods as agreed. If you want two seats, I will send them to the governor's house for you early tomorrow morning, what do you think?"
The military official who kept the accounts also said: "Sir Zhang, General Tan has an order saying..."
Zhang Huaien suddenly said sternly: "Asshole, you, a little scribe, dare to make irresponsible remarks in front of me? No matter how big your general Tan's order is, is it bigger than the general order of Jingzhou Governor's Office?"
Everyone's expressions changed. The young clerk turned pale and did not dare to speak anymore. Captain Axiba couldn't help it anymore and said in a deep voice: "Sir Zhang, I respect you as a superior and I have always been polite to you. But everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. I obviously bought the seats here first, and everyone has seen it. Now I just ask my subordinates to come and pick up the goods. We have been shopping here for half a day today and are about to leave. We will meet again later. You can’t get this thing, you are in Jiangling every day, and this uncle also said that he will send it to you tomorrow, why do you have to fight for this?”
Zhang Huaien sneered and said: "It's a joke, you don't have enough rights to pick up goods here, so you can't talk about first come, first served. Whoever comes first gets first. Who asked your subordinates to go elsewhere? There are not enough mats now. The market in Jiangling is also It’s not opened for you Dongman soldiers and their families. You can buy this thing, but we, the soldiers and civilians in Jiangling, can’t buy it?”
Yu San curled his lips and said: "This military master, but we vendors have clearly heard that this market is for these Dongman brothers. You see, they don't have to pay when they buy things. Keep accounts. That’s it, and besides, I don’t think I’ve heard that your Jiangling soldiers can buy things at today’s market, let alone keep accounts.”
Zhang Huai'en glared at Yu San fiercely, so scared that Yu San didn't dare to speak. He only heard you sternly say: "Asshole, what do you know? For more than a year, you have been guarding Jiangling and fought bloody battles, so that you can now Who is setting up a stall here to sell things? Is it a Jiangling soldier like me, Zhang Huaien, or these Wulingdong barbarians who keep accounts and get goods? "
