Maybe it's the dull days that pass faster, after all, the same thing is repeated every day. Liu Tao sometimes wakes up in a dream, and he is a little unclear whether he is yesterday or today...... There is also the element of drowsiness.

Time passed day by day, from September 186 to December. In the winter, it snowed heavily, and Budugen sent people over, hoping to exchange meat and fur for some food, and even some coal stoves, and of course, honeycomb coal.

After careful questioning, I learned that the heavy snowfall on the grassland had frozen a lot of livestock, and the heating problem was also very serious.

In the past, it is estimated that in order to make a living, I had to go south to plunder, and by the way, divert the contradictions within the clan. Probably this is the main reason why Xianbei went south in December 186 in history.

It's just that now because of the relationship between border trade, Budugen has a new choice. In other words, there is no ability to go to war with Liu Tao with all his might.

The trade took place ten days later, and a large number of livestock frozen into popsicles were delivered. Liu Tao ate a meal of lamb that day, and although he usually had the conditions, he was not willing to waste it so much.

"It seems that it was a very wise choice to propose border trade at the beginning...... "Budu is rooted in his own big tent, roasting the fire, the stove that burns honeycomb coal is very hot, it is very convenient to cook rice and water, and the heat emitted can also be used for heating.

Some time ago, Liu Tao said that there was also coal on the grassland, and probably pointed out a place, and Budugen had sent someone to find it. After finding it, it is estimated that some people can be mobilized to dig it. Whether it's for tribal use or sold to the Han Chinese, it's very good.

In fact, not only coal, but also iron ore, Liu Tao is still very interested in the Baiyun Obo mining area under the jurisdiction of Baotou City in the later generations, but at present, this mining area is still in the territory of Budugen.

If Liu Tao remembers correctly, the iron ore reserves there are as high as 1.4 billion tons, which is one of the important iron ore mines in China. The Dazhi Iron Mine in Hubei, the Ma'anshan Iron Mine in Anhui, and the Panzhihua Iron Mine in Sichuan are all too far away from his territory......

It's just that this iron mine, he won't tell Bu Dugen, it's the enemy. When will he lay down this grassland, and start to build a city to start managing this area, and when will he start to develop this mining area.

Another point is that the winter warmth measures have to keep up, after all, generally speaking, after July and August, the weather is a little cold. The temperature at this time was slightly lower than it was 2,000 years later...... Seriously, it's not right to compare a period of global warming with a period of this one.

"Pack up and get ready for war!" Budugen quickly made a decision, this winter, he is very bad, and it will be very bad for Na Kebineng, and this time is the most suitable time to fight.

plunder, so as to better compensate for the losses of the tribes under his command. Relying only on border trade is obviously not enough!

These have little to do with Liu Tao, everyone prefers to hide on the kang in winter, and before the promotion of warm means, such as sweaters and down jackets, there is really no ability to fight in winter.

Unless, once a day, purify the light, restore their frostbitten hands, and treat them with healing. Yes, he will still fight if necessary!

At the beginning of spring, Budugen came over to trade again, this time about 3,000 slaves traded. It can be seen that in the battle last winter, the root of Budu won a big victory.

This time, the purchase of medicinal materials, mainly hemostatic drugs, occupied the lion's share. It can be seen that although their tribe won a great victory, they also paid the price. Just say that these 3,000 slaves can be sold, which means that they can't see it.

Two days later, Cai Yan was in the pot, and the entire Taishou Mansion was in chaos, for the first time, including Liu Tao, he became an ant on a hot pot. Signs began to appear from the hour, and then after waiting for three hours, the uterine opening began to expand, and it took half an hour for childbirth, and Cai Yan's painful cries and suffocating voices continued to be heard in the delivery room.

"Wow, wow, wow, wow......" With a strong and powerful cry, a new life was born. This eight-pound child almost tossed his mother to death.

"The head of the family is a big fat boy who weighs eight pounds!" The attendant maid walked out and announced excitedly.

"How is Cai Yan?" Liu Tao is more concerned about Cai Yan's situation.

"Madame, everything is well!" The maid was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "It's just that I'm a little out of strength and need to recuperate." ”

The eldest son of the old Liu family was born at this time. In terms of names, Liu Tao and his father-in-law have some differences, and Cai Yong's chosen name is 'Cong', which is also a kind of beautiful jade, which is very in line with his old man's naming habits.

The eldest daughter Cai Yan and the second daughter Cai Ying are actually jade, but his grandson actually plans to use this trick.

At first, Liu Tao refused, after all, the name Liu Cong felt a bit of a loser. can't bear Cai Yan's liking, and this person has a tendency to postpartum depression, maybe the literary girl herself is prone to sentimentality......

There is no choice but to compromise, Liu Cong will be Liu Cong! Anyway, now that he is still young, he can slowly teach Liu Cong to grow up, make him sensible, and it is impossible for him to become a puppet of his relatives...... If he could, he didn't want to make a move to abolish the elder and the younger.

More than a month later, the eldest daughter was also born, more than seven pounds, but the process was also a little thrilling. is mainly Ren Hongchang's age, a little small, and his figure is also slender. The seven-pound baby is also a burden to her.

Then, according to Cai Yong's naming rules, he named Liu Qiong, which is also a kind of beautiful jade...... Liu Tao suddenly wanted to take Liu Yuanqi over, Cai Yong, the old man, relying on the old and selling the old is very hateful!

But the old father-in-law, who is also half a father, Liu Cong has come out, and Liu Qiong seems to be acceptable.

This may be the biggest thing in 187, after all, nothing else can even attract much attention from Liu Tao. Xiliang's counterinsurgency also had to be temporarily stopped as the thieves retreated to Jincheng County, and at the same time, there was a lack of supplies.

Of course, it is inseparable from Dong Zhuo's passive sabotage. Zhang Wen has begun to understand that he can't control Dong Zhuo at all!

Liu Hong planned to replace Zhang Wen, but he was worried that frequent changes would be unfavorable to the battle, so he planned to give Zhang Wen one last chance.

This year is not unusual, at most around August, Yunzhong County completed a academy, called 'Normal Academy', and the next month another academy was established, called 'Hongdu Gate School'.

Everyone is curious about what the two academies teach. After careful inquiry, I learned that the Normal College, which specializes in training teachers to teach, will open Mongolian schools and county schools in various counties in the future, and the teachers who teach are all normal graduates.

Hongdu Men is a school that teaches a variety of vocational skills, such as agronomy, carpentry, craftsmanship and medicine. Liu Hong opened this thing, but at first it was just to teach song and dance music theory, and Liu Tao expanded it.

There are even plans to open an agricultural university dedicated to the cultivation and improvement of crops and livestock. It's just that there is a lack of teachers, so it can only be merged into Hongdu Gate School first, as an academy inside.

In the blink of an eye, 188 years later, Liu Tao felt that time passed so quickly, as if someone had passed it by......