The weather in the south has just become colder, but in Mengchi, thousands of miles away, it is already icy and snowy. At this time, for the people of Mengchi, it has come to the season of cat winter, close the door, sit on the hot kang, a few dishes of side dishes, warm a pot of old wine, a few friends draw fists to guess, win and rejoice, lose is also happy, a cup of wine into the mouth, the hot wine is intended to turn into a stream of heat in the laughter and transpire away.

For the people of the Third Military Region, they have now fully experienced the fun, and the mood when they had no choice but to drag their families and immigrants to Mengchi, a place where birds don't, is a world of difference, and they are even glad that they have made the most correct choice in this life.

The vast world, the fertile soil, the tall houses, and the welcoming township, all of which have allowed them to take root here in a few years.

The population of the Third Military Region has now expanded to more than one million people, and the farms that were originally raised in order to unite the people's hearts and gather the masses are now beginning to be restructured, and the soldiers in the farms have begun to take off their military uniforms, quit the army, and become out-and-out peasants. Each family was allocated land, cattle and sheep, and the great development of Mengchi and the completion of the construction of the transportation lifeline with Dayan County have also provided countless development opportunities for the two places that are more closely connected.

Especially after completely opening up the connection with the new Qin state on the other side of the desert, Mengchi has become the link between the Han state and the new Qin, every day, there are countless caravans from the territory of the Han Dynasty, to Mengchi for a little rest, and then once again embark on the journey across the desert. Mengchi has become their transit station, and more and more powerful businessmen have built large warehouses in Mengchi as their transit stations. What's more, they simply set up their own factories in Mengchi to reduce production costs.

All this has provided an opportunity for the great development of the Third Army. The Third Military Region is becoming another rising star in Dahan. The Han Dynasty was also planning to set up counties under the rule of the Third Military Region and completely break away from military control.

Zhao Xilie was sitting in his office, concentrating on making kung fu tea, above the stove, the water in the small copper kettle was boiling loudly, indoors. The fragrance of tea is overflowing. He is always the one who will enjoy the most, a wall in the office was completely demolished by him, all of which were installed with glass, sitting in the office, you can have a clear view of the outside scenery, which is a lot of money, it is said that it also attracted the inspection court at that time, but in the end it was found out that this was the deputy commander of the third military region out of his own pocket. Who calls people rich!

He not only installed a set for himself, but also installed a set for Commander He Lanxiong, and it is said that the project was completed at the beginning. However, the technicians of Mingbo Company were very troubled and lived in Mengchi for more than a month, so that the problems found could be solved one by one. Of course, now this method of decoration. has already swept Jicheng, compared to Mengchi, there are too many rich people in Jicheng. Zhao Xilie was very complacent for a while. After all, this trend is self-inflicted. Mei Fu, the controller of Mingbo Company, also wrote a special letter to express his gratitude to Zhao Xilie, because in this way, Mingbo Company's product sales have greatly increased. In the Han Kingdom, after all, glass is still a luxury, the average flat-headed people still can't afford to play, when all the capable people are installed, the sales of Mingbo Company inevitably fell into a trough, but Zhao Xilie is so whole, immediately there is a trend, so that Mingbo company's products are hot again.

Compared with those one- and two-story buildings, the six-story headquarters building is indeed a monster, but now, there are many such tall buildings in Mengchi, and the first name has long been given to Cao's free ride.

Cao's hitchhiker, in the past two years, has been shifting the focus of the industry to Xinqin, of course, in China, although they have given up a lot of market share, they are still the well-deserved boss.

Cao Tiancheng made the decision to build a ten-story Shunfeng building in Mengchi, which served as Cao's industrial headquarters, making the building of the commander of the Third Military Region suddenly become the second.

However, this did not hinder Zhao Xilie's mood. Over the years, he has abandoned the armed forces and entered politics and has been in charge of all civil affairs of the Third Military Region, and on the basis of his administration, the development of the Third Military Region has been booming day by day; starting this year, the Third Military Region has completely shaken off the situation of relying on central financial appropriations to survive the day, and thus has become self-sufficient, and from next year, they will also be able to pay taxes to the central government. In just a few years, the barren land and the barren land have become rich, and what else can make the officials in charge more excited?

He Lanxiong is a good partner, as the commander of the Third Army, for civil affairs, the commander said to let it go, and never interfered, let Zhao Xilie toss, but he himself was bent on the military. Although the Third Military Region was not the main battle military region in the Han Kingdom, and the establishment of the army was only given to them by Gao Yuan at the beginning, he still wanted to build an elite among the elite, and regarded 30,000 people as the leader of 100,000 people.

A few cups of hot tea in the stomach, the body slightly oozing some sweat, although it is cold and snowy outside, the house is warm like spring, and the heat seeping out of the pipe makes the whole room hot. The heating of the entire building is boiled by the boiler room at the back of the building, and then the hot gas is sent into each room through the pipes, and now this technology has basically matured, and the first to install this equipment is the headquarters building of the Third Military Region.

In the Great Northwest, all government agencies now use this kind of heating equipment, and there is no shortage of coal in the Great Northwest, which provides them with convenient conditions.

Through the floor, Zhao Xilie saw a team of people in the compound of the headquarters, look at the logo, it is a convoy of hitchhiking, this is a behemoth of the Han Kingdom, the background is scary, the senior management of the carriage and horse shop is out of the headquarters building, it is very simple, Zhao Xilie does not care, Cao Tiancheng is really a smart person, no wonder the king trusts the Cao family, and now the Cao family will shift the focus of the industry to Xinqin, or even more satisfied with the king, after all, let the Cao family control the domestic military transport and other heavy business, for the country, it is not a good thing. What's more, the Cao Twin Stars, Cao Tianci and Sun Xiao are too powerful, one controls the domestic police force and security department, and the other is now the Minister of Construction, according to rumors, it is about to enter the political hall. In Zhao Xilie's view, the Cao family will continue to prosper like this for at least fifty years.

A familiar figure inadvertently appeared in his eyes, Zhao Xilie hummed, stood up, walked to the window, and it happened that at this time, the man was also raising his head, took off the cloak on his head, looked at the direction where Zhao Xilie was and smiled slightly, waved his hand, and immediately lowered his head and put the cloak on.

Zhao Xilie suddenly pushed open the window, and let the cold outside pour in from the window with wind and snow.

Cao Tianci, how could he be here? Shouldn't he be by the king's side now in a vigorous battle to destroy Chu?

Closing the window, he strode towards the door, Cao Tianci came, he always needed to meet him, his hand was on the doorknob, but he stopped, Cao Tianci obviously saw him, what does it mean to wave his hand?

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xilie let go of his hand, but walked back to the desk, reached out and pulled a piece of rope on the wall behind him, the sound of jingling bells rang outside, and an officer immediately pushed open the door and strode in.

"Deputy Commander!"

"Just now I saw the hitchhikers coming, and I happen to have something to look for them, so you go and call me the person in charge of them." Zhao Xilie commanded.

"Yes!"

A moment later, Cao Tianci, wrapped in a cloak, appeared in Zhao Xilie's room, closed the door, lifted the cloak, wiped a handful of wet hair, and stomped his feet, as if to expel the cold from his body.

"Brother Zhao, enjoy the blessings! This kind of day is really envious! Cao Tianci sighed.

Zhao Xilie laughed, reached out and poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Cao Tianci, "Let's drink a cup of warm and warm first, I am here to be happy, but I hope to serve the king in Jingzhou now, or, let's change, you come to enjoy the blessings?" ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed.

After a cup of hot tea, Cao Tianci's somewhat pale face finally became rosy, and he sat on the chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at Zhao Xilie with a smile: "What's the matter, your hands are itchy, and you want to fight?" ”

Zhao Xilie looked at the other party and said thoughtfully: "Can you travel thousands of miles, brave the wind and snow, and appear so mysteriously on the territory of the Third Military Region, I'm afraid that there is really a big event, what's the matter, does the king want to use the Third Military Region?" ”

"Amazingly smart!" Cao Tianci applauded lightly: "That's true, the general chess is huge, and now the king is dropping chess pieces one by one on the chessboard, how can the Third Military Region stay out of the matter?" ”

Zhao Xilie suddenly became excited. "There's a fight?"

"Naturally, and it's not a small battle, it's a big battle, an extraordinary big battle, after this battle, if we win, then the world will be peaceful from now on. By the way, Commander Helan hasn't come back yet, has he? ”

"He's training now!" Glancing at the heavy snow outside the window, Zhao Xilie laughed and said: "He always thought that there would always be a day to set foot on the battlefield, so he has been practicing diligently!" ”

"With such a heavy snow, what kind of soldier is he training?" Cao Tianci was puzzled.

"You'll understand when you see him, how about it, why don't we go and have a look together?" Zhao Xilie said with a smile.

"Naturally!" (To be continued.) )