Things are basically normal, and Zou Yu doesn't have to worry about it, he either goes out to hunt every day, or cuts down trees, and has the right to exercise.

The people who went out to inquire about the news finally came back, and the news they brought back, as expected, Yang Guangjun's army had already retreated without even beating Liaodong City, which made everyone very disappointed, of course, Zou Yu had known for a long time, but fortunately, he had already gained a foothold in Liaodong, so the soldiers were not affected too much.

After living in depression for a few days, when the second transaction came back in mid-September, no one panicked anymore. This time, Zhang Zhongjian brought 1,000 catties of refined salt and hundreds of pieces of pottery in exchange for a thousand sheep and 20 war horses, which greatly inspired people's hearts.

Of course, what makes Zou Yu happiest is the three hundred deer antler velvets and one hundred ginseng, this is only because many of the deer antlers have not been preserved before, and the ginseng is also collected by the Khitan people in the last half a month, and there will be other tribes to help collect them next time, and there will be more.

The materials are abundant, Zou Yu is not stingy, and quietly added ginseng twice to the big pot of rice, and added deer antler velvet several times to replenish everyone's body, so that although it is in a poor countryside and a difficult environment, everyone has a ruddy complexion, a strong body, and plenty of meat, the soldiers are stronger, and their muscles grow crazy one by one, unlike before, although they have strength, most of them are noodles.

The detachment hunts, cuts down trees, collects wild vegetables and wild fruits, and of course does not forget to train, especially the intact five hundred soldiers, who can now be said to be the elite of the elite, except for the inferior equipment.

Before the heavy snow comes, it can be traded twice, and everyone is sprinting for the last reserves, but fortunately, in the mountains of the northeast, the gifts of nature are very rich, and a large number of prey are captured and captured every day. In the golden autumn season, there are also a lot of wild fruits in the mountains, wild jujubes, persimmons, autumn peaches, and everything that can be stored are stored.

The people of the Central Plains have a habit, just like a squirrel, will desperately store food in order to bring a sense of security to themselves, this is the reason why the people take food as the sky, this is a habit from the bloodline, every day can have a harvest, a day of tiredness seems to disappear, even if they eat a little less every day, but also save a little more, this is the real Chinese people.

Zou Yu has always been proud of his own nation, and he was also fortunate that he was not reborn in Europe, or other barbarians, and the Central Plains was the most advanced place during this period, and he did not regret entering China in this life, which is an eternal belief.

Practicing martial arts and cultivating diligently, one meal of ginseng and deer antler soup every three days made Zou Yu more and more powerful, and his movements became more and more flexible.

Tiger roaring knife method, Zhang Zhongjian's mastery, with the power of a tiger, like a tiger down the mountain, heavy in a fierce, the move is wide open and closed, pay attention to the momentum of the strong sinking, the move is deadly, and like a tiger hunting, simple and fast, straight to the point.

A set of tiger roaring knife techniques are used in Zou Yu's hands, which is different from Zhang Zhongjian's, he is more flexible with the knife, and he walks with the knife, which looks a little elegant.

Fangzheng, who practiced together, couldn't understand the tiger, but visualized the wolf's potential, calmly took out the knife, fast and ruthless, and mostly split and sweep; His younger brother Fang Zhi is even more excessive, and he is actually used to bears! Visualizing the bear's potential, every move is accumulated, and a heavy word is all embodied by him.

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Winter finally came, and at the beginning of October, the first heavy snow arrived, and the work on the salt works had completely stopped, and everyone had returned to the village.

Selling sheepskin with salt, only Zou Yu can do such a luxurious behavior, hundreds of people are all sheepskin jackets, sheepskin hats, sheepskin shoes, sitting on the bed of Ula straw, the warming effect is good, Zou Yu still thinks in his heart that next year will definitely make people make a fire kang.

"The sheep were all locked up in the hayloft, and none of them froze to death." The young man named Dingfang who followed Li Keshi pushed the door in, brought in a breath of cold air, shook the snowflakes on his body, and then came over and said.

"Let's settle the prescription and drink hot water!" Li Keshi handed over a clay bowl, lifted a clay pot from the fire, and took a bowl of hot water.

"Thank you, Captain!"

"It's a good thing that the sheep aren't dead, but we don't have that much hay in stock, so what do we feed them in winter?" Liu Jin said with a frown.

"Kill a few more every day! Forage and wild herbs, as much as possible, are left for the war horses. Li Keshi knocked on the case a few times.

"It's okay, I changed a lot of beans from the Turks, you can take half of them out and feed them to the horses, and the wheat plus some miscellaneous grains is enough for the winter." Zhang Zhongjian continued.

"As soon as the snow stops, all the fish must be fished, otherwise the snow will be thick and they will all freeze to death in the field, and they will not be able to catch them." Zou Yu reminded.

"The snow has become lighter just now, I'll go and tell everyone, and I'll do it later." Dingfang stood up and said.

"Xiao Su, wait a minute, let's go together." Zhang Zhongjian greeted.

"It turns out that his surname is Su!" Zou Yu also blamed himself slightly, he forgot to ask his name for so long.

"Su, Su Dingfang! it! Su Dingfang! Zou Yu silently read a sentence, and was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that there was a later cow man beside him, this is recorded in the official history, a guy who destroyed the Three Kingdoms by himself.

"Xiao Yu! Why are you stunned? Zhang Zhongjian turned around and shouted.

"It's coming!"

The order was given outside, and everyone came out of the house, but fortunately, they were all northerners, accustomed to cold weather, and they were used to seeing heavy snow, and there was nothing uncomfortable with it.

The crowd came to the edge of the field with all kinds of tools and baskets, dug a few openings, and the water flowed out quickly, and a few crucian carp tried to escape, but they crashed into the basket.

As the water level quickly became shallow, the fish were clearly visible, and when there was only a little water left, the warriors couldn't wait to take off their coats and shoes and jump into the mud.

"Haha!" A soldier grabbed a big fish of more than ten catties and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Although these fish were put in one after another for the past two months, everyone still had a kind of harvest joy, and soon, baskets of fish were carried to the water's edge, and some people were already waiting with knives and began to kill the fish.

The fish that can't be eaten will be smeared with salt, hung up and dried, of course, today's big fish feast is inevitable, Zhang Zhongjian has caught a big fish with Li Keshi, cut it into fish fillets, put it on a pile of snow, freeze it for a few seconds, and then eat it raw.

"Haha! Xiao Yu came to try the fish belly! It tastes so good! Or are you smart, freeze it with snow, it's more refreshing. Zhang Zhongjian laughed and invited.

"It's a pity there is no wine! What a fly in the ointment! Li Keshi sighed.

Looking at the two guys who were vassals and elegant, Zou Yu hurriedly shook his head, he didn't want to eat raw, who knows if there were any parasites, after settling down, everyone was forced to drink hot water, and now it has become a habit.