At a distance of more than a thousand kilometers from the nine children of Xiaobei who are listening to the story, a tent covered with snowflakes is called in various formations to echo each other, and cows and sheep that have been frozen to death are piled up like small hills. Pile of children.
The blue smoke from the burning of cow dung floated out as the tent was opened and closed, and soon disappeared into the vast night.
Surrounded by several tents, the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard faintly in the largest and most luxurious tent in the middle.
The curtain used to cover the tent opened a small mouth, but there was no cold feeling inside. A dozen women with very little clothes were twisting their waists with the sound of music, and the pot filled with milk wine was mostly on the fire. On the shelf, the wine inside was bubbling and gurgling non-stop.
The two people sitting next to each other on the wide felt blanket did not even show a slight smile on their faces at this time.
Maybe the woman didn't dance well, or maybe the fire couldn't make people enthusiasm in the cold weather. One of the two waved "Go down, go down, go down."
The woman who was still dancing suddenly stopped, saluted almost at the same time, turned around and left with the smallest steps, afraid that the loud voice would disturb the two people.
"It's cold again." The waver waited for all the women in the tent to leave, staring at the slightly swaying flame, and said three words that didn't seem to have any meaning.
"Cattle, sheep and horses have also frozen to death a lot. If the snow falls until tomorrow morning, it is estimated that there will not be fewer dead people. The snow is small and cold, and the snow is heavy... It will be colder in two days, and the road will not move."
The person next to him seemed to understand the meaning of the previous speaker, and his face touched by the cold wind showed a deep sense of helplessness.
The previous speaker lowered his head. After a while, when the firewood in the fire suddenly crackled, he raised his head again, looked to the front, which was the place facing south, and said, "The Tang Dynasty is near the north. The place is not too snowy, and the northern part of Hebei Province, Jilizhou might be covered with ice."
"So what? The nearest to us is Fengzhou. If it was over ten years ago, maybe a snowfall would kill a lot of people and livestock, and the contact with the outside world would be interrupted, but now you don’t have to expect them to pay too much. Thing.
Datang disaster relief has always been the army first. Fengzhou’s army is under the management of the local prefecture. In fact, whoever says it counts you and I understand that the cargo supply capacity of the Zhang Wang family, oh, they call the logistics ability. No more tests are required.
The year before last, I remember the year before last, there was also such a heavy snowfall, which almost all fell to Fengzhou, what was the result? After half a month, the supermarket in Fengzhou City will not only have enough food, but also sell fresh cucumbers and watermelons.
This is to provoke Changshengtian. When the road is good, it takes at least one month to deliver the goods. When the road is blocked by snow, the goods must be delivered in half a month. In fact, I understand that they are in Tell us, whenever Datang starts with my Turks, they will have the ability to send supplies at an unimaginable speed, just like the original Yizhou logistics camp, where the soldiers and horses were not moved, but the grain and grass went ahead. "
Those who said this were very reluctant to admit the logistics speed of the Zhang Wang family, but they had to admit that they had admiration in their tone, and more helplessness.
The person who had spoken before pursed his mouth, then sighed, and said: "Yes, Yizhou Logistics Camp, the first to provide supplies, as long as they are still there, no one dares to take the lead and deliver the materials in half a month. Who the hell would have thought that they use dogs, dogs can pull goods, they can pull people, if they find our place now, transport ten thousand sergeants here, with the speed of dogs on the snow, we want to run and run If you can't get it off, the cavalry can't even lift the hoof."
"Since you know, you don't have to expect any loss in Jilizhou. The people in the Zhang family have long been accustomed to facing various difficulties. According to the legend, they are paper kites, flying in adversity, and becoming stronger in the face of adversity. Que Teqin, it really doesn't work, let's go back, admit a mistake, Li Longji will not kill."
The person called Que Teqin couldn't help but shivered, closed his eyes, and sighed again, "Ah... Silence, are you scared? Go back, is there a Turk in the way back? Zhang Xiaobao's damn child used to treat the people. I don’t know if you don’t know, he will let Li Longji separate us Turkic people and send them to the prefectures of Datang. Tubo is already doing it."
Mo Jilian didn't answer right away. He scooped a bowl of wine into the pot, smelled the familiar taste, drank his head up, returned a wine burp, and used a knife to cut a piece of roast on the shelf of another fire. The slightly burnt mutton, when I ate it in my mouth, I didn't think it tasted a bit, and then I said:
"I'm afraid, I'm so afraid. I'm afraid that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan will spare their hands in the northern part of Hebei Province and bring soldiers to run here. Then it will not be a question of whether we will not return, but how many lives and how much we need to pay. I don’t think the two of them would be afraid of seeing blood when they murdered, so they wouldn’t be able to deal with it.
Broken meat, there is no salt at all, and our tea is gone. After a while, it is estimated that the wine and fire things will be used up. Do you dare to plunder like before? I guess people are waiting for us. You didn't see the power of artillery. I saw it with my own eyes. After the thunderous sound, there was a stump on the ground.
A person flying in the sky throws a torch at the grain, save it or not? The generals we command can't run around, can they continue to command while avoiding aerial attacks? "
As soon as Mo Jilian's voice fell, there was the sound of footsteps outside the tent, followed by a report voice followed by "Report, another six thousand two hundred and thirty-three sheep in each circle in this department was frozen to death."
"I see." Mo Ji replied again, then turned to look at Xiangque Teqin.
Que Teqin grew older in an instant, with muddy tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, she squeezed her mouth for a while, made a whine of crying, and nodded twice: "Wait for dawn, call the leaders of the ministries to come over and discuss matters about going back. Then I will stay. Down, be born in the world of eternal life, and die in the world of eternal life."
"No, if you stay, Li Longji will definitely get angry, thinking that you are fighting with him and will kill me Turkic people at that time." He quickly persuaded that he didn't want to watch Que Teqin die like this.
"Then I will live for a few more days, go to see Li Longji, see the capital of Datang, maybe I still have a chance to meet Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan." Que Teqin said in accordance with the meaning of Mo Jilian.
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This heavy snow in winter was not specially given to Turks and Datang, and even Silla and Japan felt the aura of freezing.
Li Longji doesn't know how to live in Japan, but he knows a little bit about Shilla.
When he was soaking in the hot spring and experiencing this kind of comfort, his face did not show the slightest joy. The letter in his hand was wet with water. He read it over and over again, and then faced the height of the agarwood that had just been lighted. Lux said angrily:
"How did you teach your son? I prepared a soup for them, and I want them to come to bubble. They are good. They don't need to stay in Jilizhou during the winter. They have to find Turkic people. The journey is far away. The danger is hard to know, if something happens, I... I will only ask you the question."
"Yes, the minister is convicted, and the level of your majesty is that the minister's teaching is not strict, so the minister sent someone to look for it." Gao Lishi nodded repeatedly.
"Send someone to find? It's a joke, it's weird to find them. When they come back, I will never be merciful. It will be useless for anyone to intercede at that time. I will punish them for a month not to leave the capital and cook for me every day. , Um, for a month, I want them to take a bath every day, see if they dare."
Li Longji said angrily.
Gao Lishi continued to nod his head: "Yes, yes, it must be punished, and it must be punished. I dare not. The minister estimated that they must dare not, especially if it is so hot."
"It's okay if you don't dare. I heard that the people of Silla have had a good year. Is there any new news? Tell me." Li Longji has gained face and no longer struggles with this issue. He believes that the two can come back safely. Asked about Silla again.
"Yes, the minister said to your majesty that the people of Silla have a better life, and the price of food has dropped again and again. Now it only costs four pennies to fight rice, even less than a penny for a chibu, and the snow is heavy in winter. Every family has good charcoal, almost no money. Compared to my Datang, it’s better than that."
Gao Lishi smiled and briefed the emperor.
A smile appeared on Li Longji’s face. He knew that the food was cheap not because Datang had cut prices. Datang’s rice was still worth five words and one bucket. The local farmers had to reduce the price because they could not sell the grain because they had grown it. No money, no other necessities of life.
As for the charcoal, of course it was burned out of the Silla trees. The people in charge of the Zhang family used a large amount of luxury goods to bribe local officials in Silla to allow them to cut down trees locally and recruit local laborers. Part of the charcoal burned out is transported back to Datang, and part of it is directly used as wages in Silla and distributed to the workers. In large quantities, even if the workers sell them very cheaply, they will make a lot of money.
If Silla doesn't stop it, all he waits for is the subjugation of the country.
"If it weren’t for the people of King Zhang’s family to tell me, I really didn’t know that trees are so important to a country. The source and the tributaries have to be planted. I wonder what will become of Silla in the end?"
"Your Majesty, the minister expects that there will be constant disasters. At that time, we can't wait for them to fight. We need to get their people to Datang through various excuses. Xiaobao should have arrangements for this."
Gao Lishi is also waiting for that day to come, and a big problem can be solved without blood.