C7 Ataxia

Dong, dong, dong!

"Let's march!"

Several of the more robust farmers were selected as drummers. They swung their shoulders and beat with force, and the sound of war drums filled the area.

The thousand-plus villagers did not dare to hesitate and immediately strode forward. The four fellows who had been hit by the military baton were examples of this. Under the orders of the war drums, the thousand-plus villagers formed a square formation and advanced forward.

Taishi Ci stood on the high platform and waved the flag in his hand. He hesitated for a while before coming to a realization and turning left.

"Brother Ziyi is truly talented. He has only trained these farmers for half a month, and it has already been very effective."

Xiao Yan was pleasantly surprised. He could still clearly see the shape of these thousands of country guards half a month ago. They were scattered and numb, not knowing what discipline was. If it was on the battlefield, not to mention fighting against the elite soldiers, even defending the city would be useless.

However, after being trained by Taishi Ci for half a month, these thousand soldiers seemed to have been reborn. If it were Xiao Yan, it would definitely not be possible.

However, Taishi Ci shook his head: "Duke, forgive me for being blunt, but these thousand people will at least need to train for half a year before they can enter the battlefield."

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a system of compulsory military service. As long as the men reached the age of 20, they would enlist in the army after the coronation ceremony, and the time limit was more than three years. It was difficult to train elite soldiers with too little time.

"Furthermore, the weapons prepared by this group of people are way too lacking." Taishi Ci frowned.

He saw the group of soldiers, armed with wooden spears and wearing hemp clothing, looking ragged. Even though Xiao Yan had provided them with food in the past half month, they still looked thin and yellow as they ate with open mouths.

"Ugh …" Recently, our Duke Mansion has recruited a few craftsmen … "

In the long run, Xiao Yan had already paid a high price to recruit some blacksmiths and tankers. After all, in the current era, the Salt Iron Nation specialized camp was limited, so Xiao Yan could only secretly make more Leather Armour.

However, making armor was a time-consuming and laborious process. A piece of armor would usually take a few months of effort, and it was not much easier for Leather Armour than for iron armor to be made.

"I will think of a way, Ziyi just focus on practicing the soldiers at ease." Xiao Yan said firmly.

"..."

In County Lieutenant and Xia Yue's residence in Huang County City.

The Qing Prefecture, as the heart of the Han Dynasty, had been peaceful for many years, and there was nothing to do with it. As a military official, Xia Yue didn't need to wear all her clothing.

"Master." The old servant from the mansion respectfully greeted them and took off Xia Yue's clothes.

"Master, Longevity Yang Duke is here to pay a visit. The servant asks the pavilion master to wait in the inner room and invites him to receive us." The old servant said.

Xia Yue frowned: "Longevity Yang Duke? Hmph, what is he doing here? "

Xia Yue, as a young tyrant within the Huang County, treated her with respect. However, since Duke Mansion had offended Zhang Fen recently, then Zhang Fen would not be an easy character to offend, thus, Xia Yue had already decided to curry favor with Zhang Fen and keep a distance between them and Duke Mansion.

Why did this yellow haired kid, Xiao Yan, come looking for him?

The old servant said in a low voice, "That Duke brought a heavy gift to meet Master, it's worth at least thirty thousand gold coins!"

"Oh?" Xia Yue's interest was piqued. "Even so, let's meet once more."

Xia Yue waved her hand to indicate that the old servant no longer had to help her undress. Then, she took a big step towards the inner room.

Xiao Yan, who was sitting quietly in the room, heard the sound of footsteps and immediately stood up. He bowed to Xia Yue and said, "Junior Xiao Yan pays his respect to County Lieutenant."

"En, the Marquis of Longevity is not at home to mourn for the duke, why would he come to my house?" Xia Yue went straight to the point.

"To be honest, I can't stay in the Huang County anymore!"

Xiao Yan sobbed, his eyes suddenly turned red, as though he was about to squeeze out tears. He said in a trembling voice: "This Huang County, I can't stay in this place anymore!"

Xia Yueqi said, "Oh? "What does Marquis Shouyang mean by this?"

Xiao Yan said helplessly: "Zhang Fen is too overbearing, I'm afraid that he will still not let go of my Duke Mansion, and will definitely have a backup plan. After thinking about it, he has already sold his ancestral lands to Liu Gonggong, preparing to move to the North Sea and seek refuge with Uncle."

"The duke of Shouyang wishes to leave his hometown? If we leave the feudal fiefdom like this, there will be nothing left. " Xia Yue casually said. He wasn't interested in Xiao Yan's life or death, so he only gave a perfunctory reply.

"Travelling all the way, we would inevitably encounter thieves. My Duke Mansion does not have the ability to protect myself, so I wanted to borrow some armor from the county's treasury." Xiao Yan was very careful and finally revealed his true face.

"Hmm?"

Xia Yue's eyebrows creased as she shouted, "Duke of Liuyang, be careful with what you say! The armory in the treasury is owned by the imperial government, how can it be granted to a private person? "

"Saints cannot use the ominous weapon of a soldier. The country has been around for a long time now, why would they need such weapons?" Xiao Yan followed up: "Besides, County Lieutenant has a large family background. In this mansion, everyone has to be well-off. How can they not have assets?"

He winked at the servant behind him. The servant behind him pushed two small boxes that were meticulously crafted forward and gently opened them.

Weng! *

As soon as the two small chests were opened, the treasures immediately began to shine brilliantly. The golden and jade jewels intersected and released an attractive luster.

Xia Yue's brows were tightly knitted together. Upon seeing the two chests of treasures, her eyes couldn't help but widen like two bronze bells.

"This, this... "Hahaha, what the Duke of Longevity said is true. Although the country is peaceful, the mountains are tall and the waters are vast. Along the way, we can't avoid meeting people blocking our way. We have to be on guard!"

Xia Yue's expression changed, and she said seriously: "I will write a letter. Later on, I will allow the Duke of Longevity to take my letter to the armory and receive fifty spears, ten Ring Head Knife s, five leaders' armors, twenty bows and arrows."

During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the armor rate was not particularly high. Cao Cao's "Military Policy Order" mentioned that Yuen Shao had a total of ten thousand armours, three hundred vest, and only ten armors.

Even he only had a total of ten thousand troops, and in the battle for the official passage, he had dispatched around a tenth of them. At most, he was only used to equip the high-ranking officers and elite soldiers, and the other dukes could be imagined.

So Xia Yue only gave Xiao Yan the 5 leaders armor.

Xiao Yan was overjoyed. "Thank you, County Lieutenant, thank you!"

Leaving behind the two boxes of priceless treasures, Xiao Yan walked out of Xia Yue 's mansion with Xiao Shi and the others. Xiao Shi who was behind him couldn't help but interrupt, "Duke! Those two boxes of treasure are worth at least a hundred thousand, but what's the use of exchanging them for something this small? "

"You little fellow, what do you know? It won't be long before all these treasures become trash. Only armors and weapons can be used!" Xiao Yan snapped.

When Luan Luan and Dung Zhuo entered the capital, especially Dung Zhuo, the economic order of Han Dynasty was broken and the citizens went back to barter, money was nothing.