General Qin

Qin Guo celebrated the new year in October, which made Zhao Tuo a little uncomfortable.

With joyful smiles, the villagers replaced peach charms on the door, and hung pieces of peach wood boards with "Shentu" and "Yulei" on them to drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts.

In the village, there are children chasing and playing from time to time, which is quite a lively scene.

There are only him and Heng in Zhao Tuo's family. Although with the improvement of his title, he can have more homesteads to build a big house, but Zhao Tuo has no such idea at all.

He entered the palace as a man, so naturally he wanted to live in Xianyang, the house here was just a place to stay, it was dispensable to him.

"Heng, do you want to go to Xianyang with me, or stay here? Tell the truth." Zhao Tuo asked.

Heng hesitated and said: "The gentleman went to Xianyang to serve the King of Qin, and he has a bright future. I don't have any skills, and I can't even drive a car. Now the only thing that can help the gentleman is farming. How dare you please help the gentleman here farm here."

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "I knew you had this idea. Could it be that you are thinking about that woman named Jing? If you like it, I will ask Li Dian to tell you as a bride."

Heng blushed, but finally shook his head and said: "In the past, Tian Dian led people to surround the house, and Jing was among them."

"She can't do anything about it. The situation was like this at the time, so why worry about it?" Zhao Tuo persuaded.

Heng just shook his head and said nothing.

Zhao Tuo frowned slightly, this guy is also a deadhead. But this is someone else's private matter, and he can't say much about it.

As for Heng's reluctance to go to Xianyang, Zhao Tuo also expected that Heng was born and raised in Zhao, and he had a mentality of resistance to Xianyang and those Qin nobles. It's good for him to stay here to farm, as Zhao Tuo can continue to experiment with other agricultural techniques.

Zhao Tuo knew many technologies to improve agricultural productivity, and he also knew the general principles, but after all, he read it from books, and it was only on paper, so it was difficult to guarantee the actual effect. It just happened to let Henglai test one by one, and if it is effective, it will be dedicated to the King of Qin, which is safer.

In the previous house siege incident, facing Tian Dian's coercion and temptation and his lover's begging, he could strictly keep his oath. Such a loyal person, Zhao Tuo can also use it with confidence.

Next, Zhao Tuo told Heng some simple agricultural techniques, and the two discussed with each other to finalize the agricultural production plan for the next year.

As time passed, it was the day when Zhao Tuo left.

Compared with gathering in the countryside, the Chinese New Year atmosphere in Xianyang City is much more lively. Residents in the city are either wearing newly sewn clothes, or carrying freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks. Acquaintances will say hello to each other with a smile.

When Zhao Tuo arrived in Xianyang, he didn't go to the official office to report immediately. Instead, he took two dog legs and some New Year's goods, and first went to pay New Year's greetings to Su Jiao.

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao, please come in quickly."

The person who opened the door was Xiaojun from Sujiao, a beautiful woman.

Seeing that it was Zhao Tuo knocking on the door, especially when she caught a glimpse of the dog-leg New Year's goods in Zhao Tuo's hands, she immediately smiled and greeted her to go in.

"Sister-in-law."

Zhao Tuo also smiled and walked in with his things.

Su Jiao was practicing martial arts in the courtyard. Seeing Zhao Tuo's visit, he hurriedly invited him into the room to sit opposite each other, and asked the woman to get some food.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries first, and then Zhao Tuo learned an important news from Su Jiao.

"The king of Chu sent envoys to offer land to ask for peace?"

Zhao Tuo was slightly startled. About a year ago, Yan Guo also sent envoys to ask Qin Xiandi for peace, but in the end Jing Ke assassinated Qin.

Now Chu State sent people to offer land again, which is really surprising.

Su Jiao said with a smile: "The messenger has not arrived, but the news has already spread. Last year, General Xiaowang defeated Chu and took more than ten cities of his Chu State. Even the old capital Chen Ying was captured by our Qin State." In addition, we broke the Yan Kingdom and captured Yan Dan in Xianyang. Such things probably scared the King of Chu quite a lot, and it is normal to send people to offer land."

Zhao Tuo nodded, thoughtful in his heart.

Although the high-ranking officials of the State of Qin had drawn up the candidates and military forces for attacking Chu at the celebration banquet, they were kept secret from the outside world, and the king of Chu would not know that the king of Qin had decided to destroy Chu, otherwise he would not have come to offer land eagerly. reconciled.

The king of Chu is fighting the fire with his salary.

Zhao Tuo shook his head, then turned to Su Jiao and asked, "Where will you work in the next year?"

Su Jiao glanced enviously at the crown on Zhao Tuo's head, and said, "You have the title of public servant and are loved by the king, so you can enter the palace as a man. I'm just a district official, and I guess I will be sent to a certain place. Let’s be a county lieutenant in the county. But you, this time you enter the palace as a man, what kind of man do you know?”

Zhonglang.

This is what Zhao Tuo learned about after reporting to the government office.

The so-called Lang Guan is the official who is the servant of the monarch.

In charge of the gate, the guards inside, and the chariots and riders outside.

Although he doesn't have much real power, but because Lang Guan often guards the king, it is easy to be seen by the king.

If the performance is outstanding, as soon as the king is happy, he will be released directly to serve as an important position in the local area or in the army.

For example, Li Xin, even after working as a Langguan for several years, was directly appointed as a military official by Qin Wangzheng, so he didn't have to climb up from the bottom step by step.

Among them, Langguan is divided into Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang and Langzhong.

Zhao Tuo's Zhonglang is the most honorable among them, with a rank of six hundred stones, which is at the same level as the county magistrate of a small county in the local area. And have the duty of accompanying the king at all times, and guarding the guards. It can be said that wherever the king goes, they will go there. It is the easiest position to earn performance.

As for Langzhong, who had similar responsibilities to Zhonglang, they were mainly responsible for guarding the fixed palaces, and they were far inferior to Zhonglang. Their Zhilu was only three hundred shi, which was only half of Zhao Tuo's salary.

After Zhao Tuo completed the formalities at the government office and received the corresponding talisman and costumes, he became honorably a Zhonglang next to the King of Qin, and he only had to report to the palace tomorrow.

Just when Zhao Tuo was about to leave the official office, the official in charge of handling the formalities said, "Zhao Zhonglang, please stay."

Zhao Tuo looked back at the bearded official and asked, "I don't know what orders the superior has."

The official said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty told us a few years ago that if Zhao Zhonglang came here, let us invite Zhao Zhonglang to the mansion for a talk on behalf of you."

Zhao Tuo was taken aback, his first reaction was that Chang Wenjun was so impatient, he had agreed to his visit in the palace, yet this person came here to say hello, as if there was something urgent.

"Thank you, the official, for telling me, I will visit the Junhou's mansion later."

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, and was about to turn around to leave, when suddenly his heart moved, and he couldn't help asking: "If you dare to ask the superior, I don't know which prince gave the order."

The bearded official smiled and said, "Of course it is Lord Changping, that is, the prince who just stepped down from the post of prime minister."

"Hanshu Baiguangongqingbiao": Lang is in charge of the door, and he goes out to charge his chariots and riders. There are Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang, and Langzhong, all without staff, as many as a thousand. The ranks of Yilang and Zhonglang are 600 shi, Shilang 400 shi, and Lang Zhong 300 shi.