"Go to the army to be the chief of the fire?"

Xia Dingmao was a little surprised: "The gentleman is only 18 years old and is not yet at the age of serving."

In the Qin Dynasty, he had to join the army at the age of 17, but the Han Dynasty set the age of men to serve as a 20-year-old. Firstly, it was because wars were not frequent, and secondly, it gave men enough time to marry and have children. After all, when they were on a long journey, they might encounter wars, "because of things", that is, the possibility of accidental death is quite high.

A few years ago, the new emperor succeeded to the throne. In order to implement the spirit of "banning harsh violence, stopping tyranny, and promoting the tyranny", General Huo Guang even postponed Fu Ji to 23 years old, which was a very tolerant good governance.

Therefore, unless Ren Hong takes other ways, he will not find the opportunity to join the army and become an official.

Ren Hongdao: "Duke Fu is in good condition with the central Dunhuang commander. He will recommend me to him and recruit me by the central Dunhuang commander."

The local county magistrates in the Western Han Dynasty had the power to remove officials on their own. Some people were even directly recruited as officials of the Caoshu from their white body, and the Wei Shishi... recruited a small official to do something like Shucheng, and even did not need the Duke to come forward, and the waiting officer could make the decision.

"Next, I will try to grow for the frontier for several months. If Gong Fu is still alive when he travels west again, he will not lose his guard. If I go to the missions of the Western Regions, I will have a place, but if I am not lucky, I will die..."

Ren Hong smiled and said, "In this world, there is another lesson that is like Di Shan, but it can be inconsistent with the truth and achieve nothing in the last time."

"This is my agreement with Mr. Fu."

"Have the gentleman agreed?" Xia Dingmao also served and said worriedly: "Although the beacon tower is not far away, the hard work is not comparable to that of Xuanquan."

Xu Fengde said, "Young people suffer hardships, it is not wrong to sharpen their skills." He patted his lame legs: "Just don't just break your legs like an old man."

Ren Hongdao: "Xu Sufu is right. I actually want to ask for it. The prime minister must be sent from prefectures and counties, and the general must be promoted from the army. This is also a rare experience."

"What's more, although Chief Shue is also a young official, his rank and salary are equal to a hundred stones, which is the same as the chef and the stable. If I can get ahead, I will be considered promoted, and my salary will be twice as high as the fighting food assistant."

Ren Hong pointed to the brown mare tied to the stable and laughed at himself: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to feed the horse given by Mr. Fu."

The three of them walked to the stable. The stable man with experience in horse shooting had already checked the horse up and down, and asked Ren Hong to find a wooden note and register the horse's name.

The husband of the stable pinched the horse's mouth, looked at his teeth, squinted for a while and said:

"In the July of Jima, the Junmao Gong, the Junmao Guanfu Gong gave Ren Hong a private horse, with a leap, female, left pirate, four years old, six feet and five inches tall, top foot, and practice..."

Ren Hong knew that in the early Han Dynasty, after the rebellion of the Chu and Han dynasties at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the people's livelihood was in decline, and the emperor's carriages could not be filled with four horses of the same color, and the ministers of the Legal and Houqing often rode ox carts.

However, after the recovery of generations in the early Han Dynasty and the promotion of horse raising industry, by the 70th year of Emperor Wu, there were already horse raising in every village among the people, and there were groups of people riding bad horses and mares, and they were embarrassed to attend aristocratic gatherings.

Therefore, looking at horses became a big problem. In order to accurately describe the characteristics of horses, dozens of special words were invented, such as "王" means red all over, while "王" means white forehead.

As for Zuojiu, it is because there is a brand on the horse's left buttock.

The stable husband evaluated this horse as a top-notch, but because he was young, he was only suitable for daily riding and was not suitable for heavy work and going to the battlefield.

"As a strong horse from 5 to 12 years old, this mare must grow a little longer." The mare man said to Ren Hong: "Come and give her a name!"

Because there are too many horses used by officials, in order to facilitate registration, the horse owner will usually give the horse a name. For example, the horse in the Xuanquan Stable is named "Huang Jue", which is named because it is a black-mouthed yellow horse, and the name "Cang Bo" is named because the color of the horse is blue-black.

Xu Fengde's private horse is called "Full-happy", for good luck.

Ren Hong even saw a horse called "Iron Pillar"...

He gently stroked the little mare, and heard from Fu Jiezi that it was given by the Suo family of Dunhuang. After giving it to each other twice, the mare was a little afraid of being alive and was reluctant to eat the food. It was not until Ren Hong handed over a radish that he started chewing.

Ren Hong suddenly laughed and said, "Just call her 'radish'!"

"In the future, no matter how my horse is replaced, it will be called radishes. I hope they can be on call with a whistle, even if they are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers."

Ren Hong likes to give new names to some fruits and vegetables, such as Hail Tsuku, and Ren Hong has to call it radish.

The Kuaishoufu and Xu Fengde looked at each other and did not go into it. After all, there were all those who gave horses any strange names.

However, just like the later generations who can afford to buy a car but can't afford to maintain a car, raising a horse also requires a certain amount of financial resources. With Ren Hong's current salary, it is estimated that all of them will be spent on this horse.

Horses are prone to illness and thinness when eating grass, but if they eat food, their monthly appetite is at least five times that of humans...

Ren Hong, a young man who was not wealthy, would probably be dragged to bankruptcy by this horse.

After the sun set, after a period of time, the carrot was not so afraid of Ren Hong, but looking at the two dou of wheat beans that it had eaten silently, Ren Hong also became frowning:

"I can only expect to be a chief of fire as soon as possible and have a higher salary, otherwise I will not be able to support you!"

...

As usual, Xuan Quanzhi waited for waves of garrison soldiers and merchants, and sent away batches. Ren Hong was still diligently welcomed and sent off, only riding his carrots in his spare time and circled the Silk Road twice.

After waiting for a few days, Su Yannian and Chen Pengzu came to Xuanquanzhi again and were about to meet Ren Hong coming back from outside.

"Su Jun, Chen Jun!"

Ren Hong dismounted and bowed: "Can you send Gong Fu out of the county?"

"We are only responsible for welcoming Duke Fu to the capital of the Central Commander." The mission was successfully completed, and Su Yannian looked very relaxed: "It just so happened that the Central Commander sent Chen Pengzu to run errands again, so I came together and just had a meal."

After just a few days, Su Yannian became greedy for the delicious dishes from Xuanquan Restaurant. He said that he had eaten this food, but it was like chewing wax from other places.

After saying that, he looked at Chen Pengzu who was a little unhappy and smiled and said, "Ren Hong, do you still remember that in the house where the house was stored that day, Chen Pengzu shouted loudly, if the Han army really wanted to return to the Western Regions, he would give you a good horse..."

"A good horse is paired with a saddle! I didn't finish my words at that time. Didn't Mr. Fu have given him a horse? Could it be that I still have to fight with him!"

Chen Pengzu blushed and corrected loudly. At the Central Commander's Office, through the conversation between Fu Jiezi and the Commander, they finally confirmed that returning to the Western Regions would be really the court policy in the next few years...

The bet was a good time, but when things came to an end, Chen Pengzu couldn't bear it anymore. He was not as rich as Fu Jiezi, so he gave him a good horse casually, so he changed his words to a saddle...

As he said that, he reluctantly handed a pair of saddles to Ren Hong.

There were indeed soft saddles in the Han Dynasty. The surface was made of leather, with wool thick saddle pads stuffed in the middle, and the perimeter was sewn with very fine leather thread. It was more like a seat cushion than a saddle.

From soft saddles to hard saddles with saddle bridges, there is still a long time to go to the evolution of horse harnesses. Ren Hongning spent more time to adapt, but did not intend to speed up this process...

Su Yannian teased Chen Pengzu without trust, and agreed to send the horse to the saddle, but Chen Pengzu argued that the saddle was made of excellent materials, at least worth a few hundred yuan.

Ren Hong did not go into it in depth and secretly complained in his heart:

"Good, a horse will almost break me. If you want me to eat braised vegetables every day?"

"Enough is enough, so hurry up and talk about the serious matter!"

Chen Pengzu asked Su Yannian to shut up, and slowly took out a document from his arms and handed it to Ren Hong solemnly. This is why the two of them were coming to Xuanquanzhi today.

"The commander of the central Dunhuang recruited the official Xuanquan Zuo Ren Hong, and was under the command of Bu Guang, and defeated the captive Sui Sui!"
Chapter completed!