"Wang De, send someone to send an order to the north, strengthen the defense of the north, and be sure to guard against the Turks at all times."

Li Shimin did not wrinkle, although the snow in the north has not yet reached the point of disaster, but once the snow disaster occurs, then the northern border of the Tang Dynasty will be extremely dangerous.

The bitter cold and desperate grassland people will inevitably bring endless pressure to the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

"In addition, send two leather jackets to each of the cities in the north, the border may be in danger, and the lord must not fall ill!"

Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something, and gave another order before Wang De went out.

"Yes."

Wang De nodded in reply, although he knew very well in his heart Li Shimin's intention to make this decision, he must not show it, this is related to Li Shimin's biggest secret.

……

Li Yan didn't know what happened in Chang'an, he still trained his troops on time, and occasionally took some time to go to the commercial building to concentrate on the affairs of the commercial department.

Although it is now winter, there are still many businessmen who have come to Toyosu after hearing about the new regulations of the Toyoshu Commercial Bank Department this year.

They either did small business with the people or traded large sums of money between caravans.

In this process, the first floor of the commercial building has to sit in at least half of the position almost every day, and the office area on the second floor is full of people, and the documents are constantly handed over.

It can be said that eighty percent of the caravans that are still operating normally in the north have come to Toyosu, which has greatly promoted the commercial development of Toyosu, directly driven the economy of Toyosu, and made Toyosu full of vitality in the winter world.

In a private restaurant next to the Fengzhou commercial building, Wang Yu talked to Li Yan with a ruddy face, and his mood was quite good.

"Envoy Li, Fengzhou can have today's weather thanks to you, I, Wang Yu, toast you!"

Wang Yu raised his wine glass, as if he had put Li Yan in a very high position in his heart.

"The army is busy, so I shouldn't drink alcohol."

Li Yan didn't think about dealing with Wang Yu at all, so he casually found a reason and prevaricated.

Li Yan was a game house in his previous life, even if he crossed the Tang Dynasty, just like the predecessors of the traversers, he suddenly had a habit of drinking, and what he liked was some kind of black, sweet, and liquid that could make people happy.

"Then let's drink tea, drink tea......"

Wang Yu smiled awkwardly, he forgot that Li Yan was still the guard general of Fengzhou.

"Envoy Li, now the future of Fengzhou is very good, and recently, almost all the caravans in the north are trading in Fengzhou, and the business tax you set for trading in Fengzhou is thirty taxes and one, is this too little."

Wang Yu began to talk to Li Yan about business after taking a sip of tea, and he was a little worried about the business tax problem in Fengzhou.

Such a low commercial tax is very likely to cause dissatisfaction among other states in the north, and if the situation is in the eyes, someone in the court may impeach Li Yan.

"It doesn't matter."

Li Yan didn't explain the deep meaning of the thirty taxes to Wang Yu, but continued to drink tea calmly, still thinking about the war that would come sooner or later in winter, and after feeling the bitterness of the tea in his mouth, he flashed a few times with the beauty of a certain black liquid.

Just when the last sip of tea went into his throat, Li Yan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly thought of something that he had overlooked.

"You go on drinking tea, I'm going back to the camp for another matter."

Li Yan directly left Wang Yu alone and hurried back to the barracks.

Now Li Yan is going to arrange for people to arrange some fortifications against cavalry outside the city as soon as possible, especially near those villages outside the city.

At that time, the snow disaster was severe, and the first target of the Turkic raids must have been the scattered villages.

Even if Li Yan had now arranged a team of 100 people to be stationed in each village, it would be difficult to form an effective defense.

Therefore, fortifications are necessary.

In this regard, Li Yan still has to go to find Cheng Biting Jin, after all, although Li Yan has a lot of modern routines in his mind, if he really wants to use it practically, then he has to let a veteran like Cheng Biting Jin help analyze it.

In this way, Li Yan first returned to Beiying, instructed Zhang Dazhu to mobilize people to prepare to leave the city, and then went to Nanying and invited Cheng Yanjin.

The two of them soon left Toyosu City with their men.

……

At the same time, above the steppe.

The Turks were not aware of the seriousness of the problem, and they paid no attention to the snowflakes scattered in the sky, only as if it were normal weather before the onset of winter.

Due to the colder weather and scattered snowfall, the Turks entered winter mode ahead of schedule.

They began to reduce the number of grazing and the outings of the tribe, and they also began to plan for the consumption of resources.

"Chief, the tribe traded with merchants in the Western Regions a few days ago, did they use too many sheep?"

In the Mukun tribe, an old man expressed concern after counting the tribe's sheep herd, their tribe's grazing situation is not bad among the surrounding tribes, basically about 3,000 sheep are always in stock, and after the transaction, the number of sheep in the tribe has plummeted by one-third.

"It doesn't matter, 2,000 sheep are enough for us to survive the winter, and by the spring of next year, those ewes will not be lambs in a litter?"

According to the experience of previous years, even in winter, cattle and sheep will become thinner and thinner due to lack of pasture.

But at most, seven or eight hundred sheep will be consumed in one winter, plus they have obtained a lot of wheat and other items from Datang this year, they will only be more comfortable this winter than in previous years.

Even after the beginning of spring, when the tribal leaders went to the royal court to offer gifts, he could still bring out the luxury of fine silk.

The more he thought about it, the more beautiful he felt, and he didn't realize any crisis at all.

"But Chief, the snow fell too early this year, I'm afraid this year will ......."

The old man wanted to say more, but was directly interrupted by Mu Kunluo.

"Needless to say, it doesn't matter! What if it's snow? Is it possible to freeze people to death? ”

In his memory, the grassland had not experienced a snow disaster for many years, and it was so long that he had almost forgotten the horror of the snow disaster.

The old man had no choice but to stop his worries, anyway, the matter had come to this point, and it was useless to say more.

At this moment, not only the Mukun tribe, but also all over the grassland, similar things are basically happening.

The Turks began to prepare for the winter, and the arrogance of the past slowly fell silent under the plummeting temperature.

No steppe man could have imagined how unusual this year's winter would be, and that the merchants had taken with them almost a third of their meat reserves before the perilous winter arrived.

The foreshadowing of the crisis is laid, and they will not taste the bitter fruit until the snow disaster and cold disaster really come, but it is this bitter fruit that will make them more crazy when they are desperate.