Han official!

Chapter 77: The Name of the Horse
"Warhorses, women, and beacon towers."

On his way back, Guo Jie received a scroll of letters from Ji Shaogong, which described the things that Jinchengli urgently needed.

War horses are of course the top priority when it comes to Jincheng’s military equipment.

The second is women. No matter whether they are Jincheng soldiers or villagers in Jinchenglu, they can only settle down in Jinchenglu after marrying a wife, having sons and starting a family.

Another thing is to set up beacon towers, and people from Jinchengli will serve as beacon commanders.

From Xixiakou to Dongxiakou, as well as at the Hutouya, Anning Beishan, Jiuzhoutai, Baitashan, Xujiashan, Sangyuanxia Beishan and other mountain passes on the north bank of the river, beacon towers need to be built to block the harassment of the Huns.

"Just take it step by step."

Guo Jie held the letter tightly and said excitedly, "Now is the beginning of farming. Step by step, we will cultivate the land, develop it step by step, and eventually build the Guo family's aristocratic manor."

When he returned to Gaojie Duting in Chang'an, the first thing he did was to go to the Five Weapons Warehouse to check the five weapons in it.

Crossbow, halberd, knife, sword, armor.

There is no room for error.

The loss of any piece of weapon in the Five Hyogo Banks is a very serious matter, comparable to a police officer losing his gun, especially in the capital.

The head of a ting was a military officer under the command of the Chang'an Wei and was in charge of military equipment.

In the yard of Gaojie Duting, there are kitchens, stables, warehouses, and the Lingshe where the head of the pavilion lives. The Five Warehouses are right next to the Lingshe, storing a lot of military equipment.

The kitchen assistant and several junior officials were cooking rice. The smoke from the cooking was curling up, and it had a stronger aroma of duckweed and knotweed than usual.

When the chief of the capital, Guo Jie, returned to the capital of Gaojie, the guards no longer had to eat only coarse wheat rice. They could finally eat meat and spices, and they were eagerly waiting for Guo Jie's return.

Guo Jie was different from other guardsmen in Chang'an. He would not withhold food from guardsmen, embezzle money for his own benefit, or embezzle the money to make a sheep or a few pigs for the guardsmen's family.

The guard was so angry that he wanted to chop the headman to pieces with a knife, but he could only endure it and at most utter a few complaints.

Guo Jie was different. Not only did he not embezzle money, he often led the guards of Gaojie Duting to crack down on wealthy and powerful people, plundering their money and giving it to the guards of the lower class, which aroused the envy and jealousy of the guards of other Dutings in Chang'an.

He hoped that Guo Jie would be the chief of his own capital.

No wonder the guards at Gaojie Pavilion and Zhichengmen Pavilion are extremely loyal.

"Bring the weapons collection."

Guo Jie took a scroll of wooden tablets and carefully counted the arrows: "Count them every day. Remember, don't be afraid of trouble. There is no big mistake if you are careful. If one arrow is missing, even if you are from Chen County, you will still lose your position as the warehouse steward."

The people in charge of the Gaojie Pavilion and the Zhichengmen Pavilion are all from the same village, and they are also the villagers.

Most of them came from Chen County and Linjin, and were carefully selected to serve as junior clerks in Gaojie Duting and Zhichengmen.

Cang Sefu was a native of Chen County and a knight who had followed Guo Jie for a long time. He lived next door to Guo Jie's house and had been following Guo Jie since he was a child.

"Brother, um, Pavilion Master, don't worry."

Before he could even utter the word "brother," Guo Jie glared at him fiercely. Cangshoufu scratched his hair and said with a wry smile, "Little official, every day before breakfast and after dinner, we will count everything twice, a total of two times, without any mistakes or omissions."

Guo Jie reprimanded him, "Remember, when you're on duty, call yourself by your title. Don't keep calling yourself 'brother, brother' all the time. If others hear this, they'll definitely go to the Nuoguan Temple in Chang'an and accuse me of forming a clique. That's not a good thing, unless you're like Zhang Qian and Wei Guang, who weren't at the Gaojie Duting."

Cangshoufu was delighted when he heard Guo Jie's scolding. The harsher the scolding, the happier he was.

He hoped that all the clerks and guards at the Gaojie Pavilion would hear it.

The one who is scolded is the one who is our friend.

Only people with ordinary relationships will not be scolded.

Guo Jie counted the five weapons in the five arsenals, and the numbers of crossbows, halberds, swords, and knives matched. He focused on counting the last category, the number of red-ribboned armor.

Twenty sets of red ribbon armor, one set of red ribbon fish scale armor. "Well done."

Guo Jie nodded and said, "Lock the gates of the Five Armored Depots and go have dinner. Remember, any weapon can be left behind, but armor is essential."

Mr. Cang nodded solemnly, bowed, and went to the extraordinary room to have dinner.

Guo Jie also had to continue counting the number of horses in the stable. The Han Dynasty was short of horses, and Emperor Liu Che was in urgent need of war horses to attack the Huns in the north, so there were strict management regulations for war horses.

Losing your red armor belt is like a policeman losing his gun.

Losing a horse is like losing a tank.

The crime is more serious.

The official temple managed the horses and had a special "Horse Name Book" which recorded in detail the color, markings, age, height, name, and whether it was a stallion or a private horse of each horse, according to the legend.

It is strictly forbidden for horses to be lost, and they must not flow into the counties and kingdoms of the Liu kings.

The government controlled the horses mainly through the border passes and the city gates of the counties and prefectures. Detailed records were required whenever horses entered or left the passes and city gates.

In the fourth year of Emperor Jingdi's Zhongyuan reign, it was stipulated that "horses that are over five feet and nine inches tall and whose teeth are not fully grown are not allowed to leave the country."

Guo Jie recalled the records he had read in the Dunhuang Han Bamboo Slips.

At the age of 27, Xu Dang set out in a carriage in August of the Gengzi year.

Use a horse and enter in September Jiaxu.

Fengmingshan Juli Gong Chengqiu Yi, 69 years old, was riding in a car with the seal of Juyan Cheng.

Use a red male horse, ten years old, six feet tall, in the north of the intercalary month Gengxu.

A black female horse, twelve years old.

In the twenty-eighth year of Dunhuang Xieyi Wangli Qiongyang, one carriage and one horse entered the south on Bingwu day of the intercalary month.

The chariot was carried by a male horse, nine years old and six feet tall, entering from the south.

The Han bamboo slips that Guo Jie read recorded in detail the horses entering and leaving the pass, and the number, color, gender, and height of the horses were recorded.

This will make it easier to check next time you pass by to see if the horses are still the same ones you had when you left the pass and the city gate.

Otherwise, it is a serious sin.

There are exactly the right number of horses in the stables at Duting in Gaojie, and their colors, genders, and heights all match.

No one took advantage of Guo Jie's absence to replace the expensive stable horses with cheap skinny ones.

Even though Gaojie Duting was full of people from Chen County and Linjin, Guo Jie still took inventory every few days. This was an occupational dread that allowed him to survive in this treacherous system.

You can never go too far wrong.

Guo Jiefang handed over the name of Ma Mingji and walked back to the Extraordinary House. Just as he was about to have dinner, a gorgeous figure of the Ti cavalry rushed into the Extraordinary House in a hurry.

"Brother, great joy!"

Wei Guang jumped off his famous horse, Stanley, and said with great joy, "Not long after returning to Chang'an, I invited my friends to drink at the market in Liushi. Don't be angry, brother. Every friend who came over gave some money to me to select the people who value loyalty, as you said."

He suddenly lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously, "At the time, after getting drunk, a herdsman secretly told me a piece of news. A few days ago, Wan Zimeng, the flag chief of Liushi, bought a batch of excellent Hexi horses and planned to secretly give them to the King of Huainan."

Guo Jie was shocked at first, then overjoyed.

"Haha, I was just worrying about having no excuse to arrest Wan Zimeng, but he showed up on his own. Good job, you invited all your friends for a drink this time, and they drank well!"

(End of this chapter)