After the Tunmin Movement started the construction of caves, they invented the clay kang.

In this era, there were no beds for the time being, and people mostly slept on couches. However, in the humid regions of the very south and the cold regions of the farther north, the couch is limited.

The ground is too wet, or very cold, which is not conducive to the rest and recovery of the human body. At this time, it is best to keep some distance from the ground, or avoid moisture or heat can be heated.

At the beginning, the people from Hedong and Taiyuan were very uncomfortable, so they set up coal stoves and pipes in their houses according to the previous methods to ensure heating and ventilation.

But the people lying in the corner are too miserable, always waking up by the terrible temperature difference between day and night. Some people simply learned to march into the mountains and made a hammock on the charcoal stove.

Seeing this scene, some veterans of the Xinxi Liang Army thought of the bed frame on the charcoal stove.

With Tong Yuan's gradual excavation of the Yinshan Hetao and the trade of the Hexi Corridor. Hedong and Feng Yi have circulated a kind of furniture from the Hu people in the Western Regions, which is the Hu bed.

He came up with the idea in the team, and the group quickly tried it out in the context of encouraging discussion and motivation.

It's a pity that the material is a big problem.

Since the beds are generally made of wood, the cutting of trees is now controlled in the northern part of the state, and it is obvious that they cannot be made of wood. Moreover, wood is prone to fire, and it certainly cannot be heated directly on the stove.

Fortunately, there were people in the tun who knew the situation, and made a large bed with loess and stones, with a mat on the top, and a hole under it to communicate with the chimney and the pot stove, so that it would not be poisoned.

The kang is not cold after heating, but it needs to be added several times a night. After switching to coal, you only need to change the inner stove, and you don't need to add coal. Save labor and effort, and don't worry about burning wood falling out and causing fires.

In addition to coal mines and clay kangs, some iron ore and granite were also discovered.

It was easy to smelt iron, blacksmith shops appeared, and a large number of agricultural tools and weapons were produced to meet the needs of local agriculture and handicrafts, and they could also exchange skins, wool, cow hair, and meat with ethnic minorities.

Due to the lack of gunpowder, granite mining is relatively difficult, but there are still many parts that are naturally formed and easy to mine.

These granites are good materials for building cities.

Previously, there were not many cities in the northern part of the state, and there were even fewer fortified cities, which were very difficult to resist the frequent harassment and very flexible nomadic enemy.

Tong Yuan asked the Juntun armed forces to pacify the nearby bandits, and asked the Mintun Engineering Department to build a number of small fortresses. In peacetime, the Tuntian army took turns to guard the trade routes, and it could also expand the actual control area, allowing Mintun to explore a larger area for coal and iron.

In fact, this level of security alone is not enough to deal with the looting of more than 1,000 people, but there is no need to worry about this matter in the near future, because Xianbei is born in Budugen and adopts a friendly policy towards the Han Dynasty.

Further north from Pingcheng is a plain, hills, mountains junction area, there are many lakes, rivers and grasslands, currently at the junction of Tuoba Xianbei and Western Xianbei, the real power is currently in the hands of Western Xianbei.

This western Xianbei is different from Tuoba Xianbei, at this time the power is larger, and the various tribes obey the orders of Shan Yu Budugen.

This western Xianbei is Xianbei after the death of Tanshi Huai, and it has been divided into four parts after several twists and turns.

Among the four departments, the area is the largest, but it has lost its unified power and returned to the tribes to develop on their own is the various departments west of Yanmen and Daijun, among which Tuoba Xianbei and Bald Xianbei have developed relatively well.

The other three, due to their geographical location, are called Western Xianbei, Central Xianbei and Eastern Xianbei.

Among them, this western Xianbei, located in the north of Yanmen and Daijun, occupies the former single royal court. Its leader, Budugen, was relatively young and slightly closer to the Han Chinese, but due to frequent internal rebellions, this part was not the strongest.

In the central Xianbei, its leader Kebineng was originally from a small tribe, but he was very ambitious, scheming and powerful, and absorbed some Han people who were displaced by Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and Zhang Yan to fight for hegemony, so he imitated the Han Dynasty to form a set of regimes.

In the second year of Jian'an, he became close to Yuan Shao's Yan Rou by separating one side, paid tribute to the imperial court, and brushed his presence with various princes.

This person is currently a newcomer and the most prominent.

According to the introduction of Haoqiang and big merchants who often trade at the border, their troops have nearly 100,000 people, and there are thousands of elite soldiers, and it is likely to follow the example of the late Tanshi Huai and want to unify Xianbei.

The eastern Xianbei is distributed in the north of Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Liaodong, and several tribes under the original Tanshihuai are now mainly led by Suli, Que Ji, Micah, Mo Huba, etc.

Tong Yuan has no time to take care of the central and eastern Xianbei, but the western Xianbei lives in the area close to Yanmen and Daijun all the year round. If you want this place to develop well, you must contact this Xianbei single step root.

Of course, this task was handed over to Geng Qing to carry out, and with the cooperation of the Guo and Wang families, who were familiar with the situation, they did not worry that they would have no one to act as guides and translators.

Guo Yi and Wang Rou selected ten guides who were familiar with Xianbei affairs and could speak multiple languages to cooperate. However, they have a cold attitude towards Geng Qing and other soldiers of the Xinxi Liang Army, and it is estimated that they can only help with some basic affairs, and it is difficult to appoint important content.

Tong Yuan was also a little anxious, and there was no Wenchen who could be entrusted with important tasks, so it was inconvenient to communicate with Bu Dugen about some in-depth things.

If you insist on using the people selected by the Taiyuan family, I am afraid that the news will soon become known to the world, and when the time comes, it will be too unpleasant to give the forces that oppose him and send a blow to him.

At this time, Sun Zi, who had come to Yanmen from Taiyuan, suddenly thought that there was someone who might be able to give it a try.

Sun Zi said: "In the fourth year of the first peace, not long after we recovered Qi County, Taiyuan County, there was a local young scholar who was famous for his filial piety and kindness. I had a little contact with him, and maybe I could take on this responsibility. ”

"His name is Wen Hui, the word is Mankey, and his father is the Taishou of Zhuo County, Youzhou."

In the fourth year of the first peace, Wen Hui's father died of illness in office. Wen Hui, who was 15 years old at the time, escorted his father's body back to Qi County. Later, he scattered all his property at home and subsidized those in need in the county and township at that time, leaving a reputation comparable to that of Xun Yue in the former Han Dynasty. ”

Tong Yuan nodded, and said slowly, "Very good, I think this person can be called a model for young scholars, then please contact Yanlong and invite him to come and wish me a helping hand." ”

I didn't expect Wen Hui to be here, I remember that he is also a very good talent in the game. Now he is no longer in a state where he is new to the country and will be surprised when he hears the historical figures he knows, so he has no special performance.

The matter of meeting Bu Dugen was handed over to Geng Qing and the others for the time being, and he looked to the east, as long as he passed through Daijun, it was the war zone where Yuan Shao strangled Gongsun Zhan, right?

As long as Bu Dugen gets it done, he will work with Zhang Yan to rescue Gongsun Zan and curb Yuan Shao's development.