The words of Xiao Er had some sighs, and I thought that he was also lamenting the difficulty of this world.

In the cold winter, there are no traveling merchants, and the Karasuma people are making trouble again, in this land of western Liaoning, the natural figures are barren, and the appearance of Liu Zheng's gang is unusual.

After hearing Xiao Er's explanation, Liu Zheng also understood that it was no wonder that the gates of the county seat of Yangle County were all hidden, and there were few people entering and leaving the city gate for a day.

"That's right, by the way, why did the Karasuma people suddenly come to make trouble at this time?"

Liu Zheng saw that Xiao Er was actually able to talk to him, so he talked a lot this time, and began to ask Xiao Er more things.

"As soon as you look at the guest officer, you are not a native of Youzhou, you should be from other places."

Xiao Er did not answer Liu Zheng's words, but smiled at Liu Zheng and told the fact that Liu Zheng was a foreigner.

Liu Zheng was slightly embarrassed, and smiled awkwardly, although what they said, they could all hear that Liu Zheng was a foreigner, but obviously Xiao Er affirmed the idea that Liu Zheng was a foreigner from the sentence Liu Zheng just asked.

"How do you know we're not from Youzhou?"

"Needless to say, not only do I know that you are outsiders, but I also know that you are coming to Youzhou for the first time, coming to Liaoxi County."

Liu Zheng was a little curious when he heard that this Xiao Er saw that they were outsiders, but the other party even knew that he was here for the first time, which surprised him a little, and his face immediately showed a little surprise, and without waiting for Xiao Er to speak, he continued to ask Xiao Er.

"Little second brother, how did you see it, I'm curious."

"Haha, it's actually not difficult, in fact, if you often come to Youzhou, you will definitely not choose to come at this point in time, after all, once you come to this point, it is the coldest time in Youzhou, and it is freezing outside, which is not suitable for traveling far at all."

"Secondly, the people of Youzhou know that every year, those Xianbei and Karasuma people will take advantage of the cold winter to come here to loot the grain of our people, because at this time, it is the day of the grain harvest, and those Xianbei and Karasuma people in Youzhou will not grow grain, they can only come to us to loot enough food for the winter."

Xiao Er's words gave Liu Zheng a lot of inspiration, and then he remembered that the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people are both nomadic people, and these nomadic tribe gathering points have no fixed residence, they are all tribes one by one, temporarily living in a certain area, where there is grass, where the grass is fat, where to live today.

When the grass in this area is eaten by cattle and horses, then change to another place, so that it is impossible to grow crops in this habit of walking for a while and stopping for a while, and these crops will take several months to mature, especially in the north, where only one season can be planted a year.

Naturally, it is even more unlikely that the crops will be in the middle of the crop, and every winter, when there is no food, these Xianbei people and Karasuma people will go to the Han court to loot for the purpose of looting.

This is Youzhou, when it comes to winter, it is even more deserted, and they are afraid of being captured by those Xianbei people and Karasuma people.

After Liu Zheng understood, he also knew that this time the Karasuma people were in turmoil, but it was just the same nature as in previous years, but this year just caught up with the internal and external troubles of the Han court, and they knew that the Han court did not have any intention to deal with the Kasuma people and Xianbei people in the north, so they wanted to take the opportunity to unite with Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and others to expand the territory of plunder.

In fact, the Karasuma people have been in this Liaodong subject country for so long, and after so many years, they have long been tired of the nomadic people's days of one day in the east and one day in the west, and they also want to settle in a certain place like the people of the Han court, and then have a house of their own, which can live without being invaded by the cold wind.

That's why he wanted to take the opportunity to occupy Youzhou, and even go south to capture the Han Dynasty.

This idea has existed since ancient times, and the five chaos of later generations, the Mongol invasion, the entry of Qing soldiers, etc., can prove that the nomads in the north are thinking about going south all the time.

"Then where are those Karasuma people fighting now, isn't this Yangle County the closest to the Liaodong subject country, it should be the first to be captured by the Karasuma people, how do you look like it, it doesn't seem to be the appearance of the Karasuma people."

Liu Zheng pondered in his heart, thinking left and right, according to his spies and his description, it seems that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun and others are in Yuyang County at this time, Yuyang is still a day away from here, it stands to reason that this place is closer to the subject country of Liaodong, if the Karasuma people attack the Han court, the first place to attack must be here.

However, Liu Zheng did not see the Karasuma people here, and he did not even see the shadow of a battle, which made Liu Zheng very curious.

"Alas, we here, the Karasuma people don't look down on it at all, they have long been clear about how much food and how many people there are in our county, as the saying goes, rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, those Karasuma people, naturally they won't waste their troops in a small county like Yangle County, in their opinion, a place like Yangle County may be beaten down by them at any time."

Xiao Er's explanation made Liu Zheng understand, not so much that the Karasuma people in a place like Yangle County can't look down on it, but better, the Karasuma people have a more far-sighted vision, what they value is that the place closer to the Han Dynasty is far more than a Youzhou.

"Thank you, little second brother, I will reward you."

Liu Zheng took out a small piece of broken gold from his cuff, and then threw it at Xiao Er's body.

The little second didn't see what Liu Zheng threw over at the first time, but reflexively reached out to catch the thing, and then took it in his hand and glanced at it, and his face suddenly turned happy.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

After thanking Liu Zheng repeatedly, this little second was very happy, after all, he worked here for half a month, and he may not have as much as this small piece of money that Liu Zheng threw out, although it was only broken gold, it could also be worth a thousand hundred baht.

After Liu Zheng understood the current situation in Liaoxi, he also had a general understanding of the situation of the Karasuma people, and he originally wanted to ask this little two, what kind of strength the Karasuma people are now, how many people there are, and how many soldiers and horses.

But when I think of these things, how can I know about the inn junior in Yangle County.

Therefore, it is in vain to ask, and it is even possible that because Liu Zheng asked about these things, some people will listen, which is not good.

He knew what he wanted to know, and it was enough.