1. Dong Zhao was a '' xiaolian '' and served as a county official in his early years under the warlord Yuan Shao before being promoted to a military adviser .
2. Dong Zhao was a '' Xiaolian '' and in his early years served as district official under the warlord Yuan Shao before being promoted to a military consultant .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?

(A). no
(B). yes...I think the answer is
(B).