After spending a few days in Zhuo County, Gongsun Yi left.

Although he said that he did not have to worry about the problem of exposure, Gongsun Yi still chose to take the sea route in the end. Gongsun Du did not express any opinion on this, but in fact, he agreed with Gongsun Yi a little more in his heart.

You can't escape caution in everything! You can't be too careful.

The change of clothes is because Qingzhou does not have a large population, even if the entire territory of Qingzhou is captured, Gongsun Yi's soldiers and horses are only about 50,000, which can be said to be far worse than the neighboring Xuzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou. It is difficult to increase the number of soldiers and horses, if you don't increase your strength, in case Cao Cao suddenly attacks, Youzhou will be beyond the reach of the whip! The land route is separated by Jizhou, and the sea route is not a day or two to arrive, at least for several days, and when the support arrives, it will have already been disabled.

Food, the people take food as the sky! Everything is less important than the people, and only when the people's lives are better can they support the rulers; Only when the people's lives are better will the number of the population be increased, and the number of soldiers and horses will be increased.

Therefore, Gongsun Du would rather be exposed, but also arrange these two things, not only for his son, but also for the people.

Gongsun Yi brought the news back to Qingzhou, and Zhang Hong and the others were all ecstatic, especially the generals led by Dian Wei, Tai Shici and others, who went directly to the armory to select armor. If the weapon is considered a son, then the armor must be regarded as a godson, so if you are not in a hurry, you can't do it! Before that, their armor was just ordinary general's armor, there was no way, who made them pay attention to it even higher, and naturally it had to be hidden.

Let's not mention how happy the people in Qingzhou are, and say that now that winter is gradually falling, the war in the north has completely stopped.

Gongsun Du first recalled Xu Rong, Huang Zhong and others back to Youzhou, leaving a few fires in order to add some warmth to Jizhou. It's just that this winter this year is more fierce than imagined, goose feathers and snow are flying all over the sky, and it is difficult to survive the frozen three-foot human life!

In addition to Liaodong, where the fire kang has been built a long time ago, there are many counties and counties in Youzhou, such as the land of annexing the state, but it is too late, and there are still many people who do not have this thing at home. Even if Gongsun Du had already discussed with Xun You and others when he saw that the snow was not stopping, and then took measures, this had limited effect.

When Gongsun Du learned about the situation in Bingzhou, he could only look up to the sky and sigh in the end: "The power of heaven and earth is really the most powerful force, and it is beyond the power of man!" However, the road must be repaired in the coming year, even if the problems of houses and towns are delayed, the road must be repaired first, and there is no good road, which is really too great. ”

According to the news sent back by Tian Chou, there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 people who froze to death due to the heavy snow in Bingzhou, and this was because Gongsun Du gave the order first, otherwise there would be more. However, if the roads are built and the news is delivered, it will be much easier to rescue the people in the surrounding villages and towns. Because the people who died were basically people in villages and towns, some were directly frozen to death, and some were stoned to death by the snow crushing the houses, or smashed and then froze to death.

And the state is miserable, and Jizhou is even worse.

Before Xu Rong and Huang Zhong left, the two fires that they put down burned half of the grain and grass that Yuan Shao got from the Zhen family, which was more than 200,000 stones, which can be called a heavy loss.

In addition, Yuan Shao was in a trance because of Yuan Xi's death and failed to detect the problem of heavy snow as soon as possible, resulting in heavy losses not only in the surrounding villages and towns, but also in the city, many people were frozen to death.

It's really miserable! Miserable! Miserable! Pretty miserable!

The tragic situation in Jizhou made Yuan Shao anxious, and even the original plan to discuss how to deal with the Youzhou Army after the beginning of spring was directly forgotten.

Although the prefectures and counties controlled by Cao Cao, such as Yanzhou and Yuzhou, were much southerly, Cao Cao was too poor, had no money and lacked food, and the impact was even worse than Yuan Shao's. Anyway, Yuan Shao still has a lot of grain and grass that can be used for disaster relief, and Cao Cao, the food and grass of his army are insufficient, and he still provides disaster relief? It's just delusional.

Xuchang, above the court, Cao Cao was directly involved in one because of the heavy snow.

"Your Majesty, the snow disaster is very heavy at the moment, and hundreds of people have frozen to death, but our Prime Minister Cao Cheng has never opened a warehouse to release grain, causing many people who could have survived to starve to death. Therefore, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order for Prime Minister Cao Cheng to open a warehouse and release grain for disaster relief! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

No less than ministers who were not accustomed to Cao Cao took the opportunity to squeeze Cao Cao.

"Do you want to die?" Cao Ren turned into an angry King Kong, and looked at the ministers who stood up with murderous intent.

Liu Xie was secretly happy above, dreaming of taking the opportunity to get rid of Cao Cao, but when he saw such a scene, his heart suddenly recalled the prime minister of Dong Cheng back then, and he couldn't help but tremble and kept silent.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

Cao Cao didn't look at Cao Ren, and bowed: "Although what the ministers said is true, there is no grain and grass in the treasury, and in the previous war to destroy Yuan Shu, all the grain and grass have already been consumed. ”

"However, in order to deal with the snow disaster, there are still some hundred stones on the minister's mansion, and I am willing to donate half of them for disaster relief!"

"The prime minister is wise, and Cao Ren is also willing to donate fifty stones for disaster relief!"

"The prime minister is wise, and Xiahoudun is also willing to donate fifty stones for disaster relief!"

"The prime minister is wise, and Cheng Yu is also willing to donate fifty stones for disaster relief!"

"The prime minister is wise, and Xun Yu is also willing to donate fifty stones for disaster relief!"

……

"The prime minister is wise, and Wang Lang is also willing to donate twenty stones for disaster relief!"

The ministers of Cao Cao's family "gave generously" one after another, which made the faces of those who spoke before quite ugly, but even so, they did not want to open their mouths at all.

"Hey, why are our loyal doctors speechless? The people are so pitiful, don't you donate some money and food? Cao Ren's words were like a cold dagger, stabbing into their hearts fiercely, and then even in this way, no one spoke, just lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.

Cao Cao stood up straight, but there seemed to be something wrong with his ears, and he couldn't hear it for the time being. However, when Cao Ren's voice fell, Liu Bei wanted to stand up not far away, but when he was stopped by a red-faced man, his eyes flashed.

Since the defeat of Yuan Shu, the victory and return, and the title of prime minister at the city gate, Cao Cao has no confidence in Liu Xie. After that, a series of small actions made him completely lose confidence and stood on the opposite side of Liu Xie.

"You Aiqing have a heart, although the treasury has no money and food, but when I left Chang'an, I still had some treasures, why don't I let Prime Minister Cao Cheng help and find someone to exchange some grain and grass for disaster relief, how about it?" Liu Xie didn't want to embarrass his ministers, so he could only hold back his fear and speak, but he was not so scared by Dong Zhuo that he could only be a turtle with a shrunken head much stronger.

Cao Cao's eyes flashed again, and he replied without any emotion in his mouth: "Your Majesty has a heart, and the minister is willing to help." ”

After the court meeting, Cao Cao really got a few treasures from Liu Xie, and he really exchanged them for food for disaster relief.

However, to Cao Cao's surprise, this year's snow disaster is just the beginning, and there will be more deadly disasters waiting for him next year.

At this time, it is not mentioned, but the impact of this year's snow disaster is huge, but it has affected Jiangnan.

Yizhou and Jingzhou are abundant in grain and grass, but the impact is not large, and the loss is very small. However, Jiangdong and Jiaozhou had a huge impact, the former because of several years of war, the treasury of money and grain consumption was very heavy, and the latter was poor and poor, and there was no way to provide disaster relief.

Jiaozhou Shixie asked Liu Biao in Jingzhou for help for this, and even said that he was willing to surrender to him, but Liu Biao refused his request for help after consulting with his subordinates.

Shi Xie had no choice but to ask Sun Ce for help.

"What do you think of Shi Xie's proposal?" Sun Ce looked at the letter of help sent by Shi Xie, and asked his subordinates helplessly.

"My lord, the grain and grass used in Jiangdong for disaster relief at this time are still insufficient, how can I support Jiaozhou, yes, my subordinates think they should refuse." Zhuge Jin's words are old-fashioned, so they have been supported by many people.

Zhang Zhao persuaded: "My lord, Meng Sheng has a saying, 'There is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust', if you can exchange some grain and grass for the land of Jiaozhou, your subordinates think they should agree." ”

Zhang Zhao's words are also quite reasonable, and many people agree.

Lu Su said: "Lord, there is still a warehouse of surplus grain in the minister's house, and I am willing to help the lord." ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he refused: "Zijing has already taken out 3,000 grains before, which is a great righteousness!" However, if you want to take out the remaining 3,000 Hu now, isn't this a trap and injustice? ”

"The subordinates didn't mean that!" Lu Su hurriedly bowed, "It's just that there are only three or five people in the minister's family, and only the monthly income from Su Lu is enough to feed. ”

No matter how Lu Su advised, Sun Ce just didn't allow it, and in the end he could only break up unhappily, and there was no response to Shi Xie's request for help.

Originally, this matter was going to be put on hold for the time being, but one day Sun Ce went to the street and smelled the smell of meat wafting from a certain mansion, which made him furious, and then led troops to raid the house and obtained nearly 100,000 stones of grain and grass.

Zhumen dog meat stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road.

The grain and grass he got made Sun Ce's eyes red in an instant, and he attacked some families who were already dissatisfied with him. More than ten days later, more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass were obtained. So, Sun Ce allocated grain for disaster relief on the one hand, and agreed to Shixie's request for help on the other hand, and sent nearly 100,000 stones of grain and grass three times before and after, and won the loyalty of the other party.