After November, the weather in the north was so cold that it could freeze people to death. At the end of October, Liu Yi came hurriedly and sprinkled a lot of coins to build a military camp, but he did not stop. He even left in a hurry without even seeing Zhao Yun. The supervised construction was completed by Ma Su. Liu Yi stayed here for only an hour. At that time, Zhao Yun was still inspecting the training of the recruits. When he received the news, Liu Yi had already left in a hurry.

In the winter of this year, the whole world fell into silence. Cao Rui was silently licking his wounds, working hard to govern and innovating the administration of officials. Sima Yi and Chen Qun, who had not been to court for a long time, all came out to take the lead in innovation.

This is to cut off your own flesh. If there is a choice, no one will do this. However, the Battle of Guanzhong and the Battle of Heluo allow these people who are standing at the highest point to see the situation clearly. If they cannot follow the footsteps of the pseudo-Han and take it back to wait for the pseudo-Han to rest and rest and raise troops again, then the one that will fall will not be Guanzhong or Heluo, but the entire Central Plains.

Although it is reluctant to let go of some of the rights and interests now, the pseudo-Han political system is even more unfriendly to scholars, and it is not impossible to survive. In fact, the scholars of the Han Dynasty have not reached the point where they really threaten their survival, but the rights or privileges cannot be compared with Cao Wei. If the world is really gained by the Han Dynasty in the end, then the attitude of these people as surrendered ministers and the Han Dynasty towards scholars will be much worse than the current conditions.

This is a question that concerns the overall interests. Even if some people are dissatisfied with the significant increase in the treatment of craftsmen and the special establishment of craftsmen, they have to shut up at this time. Under the pressure of the Han Dynasty, coupled with the strong support of the two auxiliary ministers of Sima Yi and Chen Qun, Cao Rui's reform of the political system was surprisingly smooth this time.

After Cao Wei sent Jiang Ji on an envoy, the Eastern Wu also fell silent. The intelligence personnel of the Han Dynasty found that it became difficult to obtain the intelligence of the Eastern Wu. However, at the same time, the Eastern Wu increased its efforts to purchase equipment from the Han Dynasty, almost twice as much as before.

As for the Han Dynasty, it was also quite busy. The court was digesting the results of war. Liu Yi began to enter Xiliang after the beginning of winter and was responsible for building some cold-resistant buildings in various places to improve the living conditions of the people. At the same time, after the wooden tracks communicated with Guanzhong and Hanzhong, a large amount of supplies were sent over. Chang'an City and Luoyang City began to be built one after another. In addition to going back regularly to check the progress, Liu Yi spent most of his time running around, scattering money, and laying the tracks of Xiliang. The entire Han Dynasty was busy with the construction of Xiliang and Guanzhong in this winter.

As Sikong and also the planner of the entire Guanzhong and Xiliang reconstruction, Liu Yi naturally became the busiest group of people.

Recently, the Huns have been quite at peace. After all, the water and grass in the Hetao area are rich enough to support them, but the Qiang people are in a fierce situation. Zhao Yun does not have the reputation of Ma Chao, and can only use the most iron-blooded means to suppress it. Over the past two months, he has been familiar with some of the situation in the Xiliang area. For the Qiang people, they did not blindly rely on their powerful military armor and fight with them, but instead made a fight with the Qiang people.

It’s not that there are other ways, but this can minimize the harm of war to the people. After the change of power, the people’s hearts cannot afford to lose at this time. Moreover, for the Qiang people, if you use conspiracy and tricks to defeat him, you may not be convinced, unless you can always destroy the other party’s clan, but this is impossible. A dignified battle seems stupid, but in fact it is easier to shock people.

Set rules: If you win, give them money and food. If you lose, you can't come to cause trouble this winter.

Although there is no explicit regulation that people cannot be harmed, if the rules are set in this way, the other party will consciously follow their own routines for the sake of their interests. Of course, it will not work for everyone. After all, most of the Qiang people sent troops to plunder because they did not have enough survival supplies. For this reason, Zhao Yun would show his most ruthless and cold-blooded side, defeat them with elite troops, chase them all the way to the other party's territory, kill his leader, take away the Qiang people, and enrich the population.

Zhao Yun's reputation was quickly established during this period. According to the rules, even if he was defeated, Zhao Yun would not do too extreme. He had a better attitude and would support some food. However, if he did not follow the rules, Zhao Yun would get angry. Usually, several tribes could not stop them. The tribes were lost and the population was stolen. Even if there were those who survived, they could only be incorporated by other tribes. It was in this case that Xiliang radiated to the surroundings with Lingju as the center, and the Qiang chaos gradually decreased a lot, and the Han people in this area gradually returned to their hearts.

In mid-November, large-scale snowfall occurred in Hexi, and the world was vast. A caravan walked slowly in the snow and struggled to move forward.

"Walking another thirty miles will lead to Yunwu. Everyone will work harder to reach the destination before tonight." The leader of the horse vendor spitted, looked around, and secretly screamed bad luck. Halfway through the walk, suddenly encountered heavy snow. The land of Xiliang is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no place to settle down. He could only bare the bullet and rush to the road, praying that the snow can stop as soon as possible.

The north wind was like a knife, and it hurt a lot on his face. The horse vendor named Zhang Zhong tightened his leather jacket and sighed, "I don't know when this snow will stop."

The boy next to him looked up at the sky, and there was no expression on his indifferent face, but he just said coldly: "It will take at least three days."

"Brother Cheng said that he would not be able to stop within three days. Everyone should leave quickly." Zhang Zhong glanced at the boy and didn't care about the indifference on the other person's face. Since he met this boy, the other person's expression had not changed in Zhang Zhong's memory.

I admire the boy's ability from the bottom of my heart. It's not how high the other party's martial arts are. In fact, I have encountered a robbery along the way, but this boy has never taken action. Although he was carrying a nine-foot silver spear on his back, it was more like a decoration. What is really admirable is that the boy seemed to know everything. Before this trip, the boy had actually said that there would be heavy snow in this area recently, so it would be better not to go on the road. But this time they made an appointment with a group of Western Region merchants to send a batch of horses to deliver, which was not difficult to delay. Now Liu Bei has begun to form a cavalry. The horse is very popular, but in the end he still couldn't withstand the temptation. As a result, he still couldn't arrive at Yunwu before the heavy snow.

"This area belongs to the territory of Shaodang Qiang, and you don't dare to leave on weekdays. However, with such heavy snow now, those horse thieves will probably not come out. This is in line with the old saying, good fortune is the basis of misfortune." A middle-aged guard laughed.

"Goods and misfortunes are just certain chances. Although they are related, they should not be on one person." Brother Cheng said lightly: "Someone needs to be unlucky for the rest of their lives, while others are lucky for the rest of their lives. The blessings created by the unlucky person are obtained by another person. The two sides may have nothing to do with each other, and even a hundred miles apart may not be impossible."

In one sentence, some of the rising atmosphere has been reduced to freezing point, just like this weather.

The muscles on the middle-aged guard's face twitched twice, and he glanced at the boy speechlessly. The boy was good at everything, but he was a little confused. Is it necessary to say such a thing in such detail?

Zhang Zhong, who was standing aside, smiled and said, "Just say it's time for me to not be answered for this trip."

"The probability is quite high!" The young man looked at the weather and said, "Now, General Pingxi has been effective in managing border troubles since September. The Qiang people or horse thieves in the Xihe area have been much more at peace."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhang Zhong said in confusion.

"It is naturally a good thing for the people here, but for us, heavy snow falls from the sky, and the army cannot keep patrolling. The horse thieves and Qiang people have a difficult livelihood this year because of the suppression of General Pingxi. At this time, it is an opportunity for them. Moreover, when we travel in the snow, the chance of being robbed is extremely high!" Brother Cheng still had an indifferent expression.

Zhang Zhong's smile was a little stiff. He probably could have noticed that this young man must have an extraordinary background. He was not clothing, but his temperament, which was definitely different from ordinary children, and he also had a lot of knowledge in his heart. This was not something that ordinary people and even ordinary wealthy families could not raise.

God knew that this kid was doing well and didn't do anything about the rich man, so he came to sell horses with them. However, he guessed that the other party had an extraordinary identity, so Zhang Zhong naturally wanted to take this opportunity to climb a high branch, so he didn't point it out, but he was quite caring for the young man on weekdays.

To be honest, this young man named Cheng Yuan does not have much habit of playing dandy boys. He even cooks by himself, manages his own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is difficult to get along with, but he will not keep people from thousands of miles away, but there is one thing... he can't look at the occasion! "Since that's the case, why do Brother Cheng still have to wait with me?" The middle-aged guard said a little unhappy. Although this kid is right, it makes people want to beat him.

"I have never seen Qiang people and horse thieves yet, so I want to see how they live." The boy named Cheng Yuan looked at Xue Mu indifferently, as if he was still looking forward to those people coming soon.

Zhang Zhong's cheeks twitched. This time, he couldn't take it anymore. God knows what these smart people were thinking in their minds? He wished he would not encounter a horse thief for the rest of his life. This young master was fine. Even though he knew that the chance of meeting a horse thief was high, he still followed him specifically. What's wrong with long life?

"Come?" The boy suddenly lay on the snow and listened, then stood up. I wonder if it was an illusion. He had few emotional fluctuations, and there seemed to be a bit of excitement in his eyes.

"Crazy!" Zhang Zhong's face changed, and he also heard the movement. His vision was blocked by heavy snow and he could not see ahead, but the vibration under his feet could be felt.
Chapter completed!