At the end of October, Liu Yi came in a hurry, sprinkled a lot of coins to build a military camp, but did not stay, and even left in a hurry without seeing Zhao Yun's face, the things that supervised the construction were completed by Ma Yan, Liu Yi stayed here for only an hour, Zhao Yun was still inspecting the training of recruits, and when he got the news, Liu Yi had left in a hurry.

In the winter of this year, the whole world fell into silence, Cao Rui was silently licking his wounds, making great efforts to govern the country, innovating the rule of officials, Sima Yi and Chen Qun, who had not been in the court for a long time, came out and took the lead in innovation.

This is to cut the meat from oneself, if there is a choice, no one will do it, but the battle of Guanzhong, the battle of Heluo let these people standing at the top see the situation clearly, if you can't follow the footsteps of the puppet Han, take it next time and wait for the puppet Han to recuperate, and when the army is raised again, then it will not be Guanzhong or Heluo that will fall, but the entire Central Plains.

Although it is reluctant to release some rights and interests now, the political system of the puppet Han is even more unfriendly to the scholars, not that they cannot survive, in fact, the scholars of the Han Dynasty have not reached the point of really threatening survival, but there is no way to compare with Cao Wei in terms of rights or privileges, if the world is really obtained by the Han in the end, then these people as vassals plus the attitude of the Han towards the scholars will be much, much worse than the current conditions.

This is a matter related to the overall interests, even if some people are dissatisfied with the current greatly improved treatment of craftsmen and the special formation of a craftsman battalion, but at this time, they all have to shut up, so that under the pressure of the Han Dynasty, coupled with the strong support of Sima Yi and Chen Qun, the two auxiliary ministers, Cao Rui's reform of the political system this time was surprisingly smooth.

After Cao Wei sent Jiang Ji as an envoy, the Eastern Wu also fell silent, and the intelligence officers of the Han found it difficult to obtain information about the Eastern Wu, but at the same time, the Eastern Wu increased its efforts to purchase equipment from the Han Dynasty, almost twice as much as before.

As for the Han side, it is also very busy, the imperial court is digesting the fruits of the war, Liu Yi began to enter Xiliang after the winter, and was responsible for the construction of some buildings that can resist the cold in various places to improve the living conditions of the people, and at the same time, after the wooden rail communicated with Guanzhong and Hanzhong, a large number of materials were sent over, Chang'an City and Luoyang City began to be built successively, and Liu Yi spent most of his time running around in addition to going back regularly to see the progress, throwing money and laying the track of Xiliang, The entire court of the Han Dynasty is busy with the construction of Xiliang and Guanzhong in this winter.

Liu Yi, as the commonplace, is also the planner of the entire Guanzhong and Xiliang reconstruction, and naturally became the busiest group of people.

Recently, the Huns are quite peaceful, after all, the land of Hetao is rich in water and grass, enough to feed them, but the Qiang people are very fierce, Zhao Yun does not have the prestige of Ma Chao, can only use the most iron-blooded means to suppress, more than two months, has been familiar with some of the situation in the Xiliang area, for the Qiang people, did not blindly go to the armor to fight hard, but with the Qiang people about the war.

It's not that there is no other way, it's just that in this way you can minimize the damage of the war to the people, just after the change of regime, the people's hearts can't afford to lose at this time, and for the Qiang people, you use intrigue to defeat him, you may not be convinced, unless you can always wipe out the other party, but this is impossible, a dignified covenant war, it seems stupid, but in fact it is easier to deter people.

Set the rule that if they win, give them money and food, and if they lose, they can't run around to make trouble this winter.

Although there is no explicit provision that the people cannot be harmed, but the rules are set in this way, the other party will consciously follow their own routines for the sake of interests, of course, it does not work for everyone, after all, the Qiang people sent troops, most of them are not enough survival materials, to loot, for this, Zhao Yunhui showed the most ruthless and cold-blooded side, with elite soldiers to break it, all the way to the opponent's territory, kill its leader, take the Qiang people away, and enrich the population.

Zhao Yun's prestige was also quickly established during this time, according to the rules, even if he was defeated, Zhao Yun would not do too much, his attitude would be better, and he would support some food, but if he didn't follow the rules, then Zhao Yun was furious, usually several tribes combined couldn't stop it, the tribe was gone, the population was also robbed, even if there were those who survived, they could only be co-opted by other tribes, it was in this situation that Xiliang radiated to the surroundings with Lingju as the center, and the Qiang chaos gradually decreased a lot, and the Han people in this area gradually returned to their hearts.

In mid-November, there was a wide range of snow in the Hexi area, and the sky and the earth were vast, and a caravan slowly moved through the snow with difficulty.

"Thirty miles further to the Yunwu realm, everyone work harder, and strive to arrive before tonight." The horse dealer led by him spat and looked around, and secretly screamed bad luck, this halfway to the sudden encounter of heavy snow, this cool land in the west is vast and sparsely populated, and there is not even a place to stay, so he can only rush to the road, praying that the snow can stop as soon as possible.

The wind was like a knife, and it hurt to blow on his face, and the horse dealer named Zhang Zhong tightened the leather clothes on his body, sighed, and said, "I don't know when this snow will stop." ”

The young man next to him looked up at the sky, and he couldn't see much expression on his indifferent face, but said coldly: "It will take at least three days." ”

"Brother Cheng said that it will be three days, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop within three days, everyone go quickly." Zhang Zhong glanced at the young man, he didn't care about the indifference on the other party's face, since he met this young man, in Zhang Zhong's memory, the other party's expression has not changed.

For the young man's ability, but from the bottom of his heart admiration, not how high the other party's martial arts are, in fact, along the way, I have also encountered a horse thief robbery, but this young man has never made a move, although he has a nine-foot silver gun on his back, but it is more like an ornament, what is really admirable is that this young man seems to know everything, before this trip, the young man has actually said that there will be heavy snow in this area recently, it is best not to go on the road, but this time they made an appointment with a group of Western Regions merchants to send a batch of horses, it is not good to delay, and now Liu Bei began to form a cavalry, This horse is very sought-after, but in the end, it still failed to withstand the temptation, and as a result, it still failed to reach Yungo before the heavy snow.

"This area belongs to the territory of burning Dangqiang, and I don't dare to go on weekdays, but now that the snow is so big, those horse thieves and Qiang people are afraid that they will not come out, which is in response to the old saying, blessings and misfortunes depend." A middle-aged guard laughed.

"Blessings and misfortunes are just a certain chance, although they are related, but they should not be in one person." Brother Cheng said lightly: "There need to be someone who is unlucky for a lifetime, and someone who is lucky for a lifetime, and the blessings created by the unlucky person are obtained by another person, and the two sides may not have anything to do with each other at all, even if they are separated by hundreds of miles or thousands of miles." ”

In a word, some of the atmosphere that had just risen was lowered to freezing, just like this weather.

The muscles on the middle-aged guard's face twitched twice, and he glanced at the young man a little speechlessly, the young man is good at everything, but he is a little unreasonable, this kind of thing, is it necessary to say it in such detail?

Zhang Zhong on the side said with a smile: "Let's just say now, I'll wait for this trip to be unexpected." ”

"The odds are a bit big!" The young man looked at the weather and said: "Now General Pingxi has been quite effective in dealing with border troubles since September, and the Qiang people or horse thieves in the area of the West River have settled down a lot. ”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Zhang Zhong was puzzled.

"For the people in this place, it is naturally a good thing, but for us, it is snowing heavily, and the army cannot always patrol, horse thieves and Qiang people are suppressed by General Pingxi this year, and their livelihood is difficult, at this time, it is an opportunity for them, and we travel in the snow, and the chance of being robbed is extremely great!" Brother Cheng still had an indifferent expression.

The smile on Zhang Zhong's face was a little stiff, he could probably sense that this young man's background was definitely extraordinary, not clothes, but that kind of temperament, which was definitely different from ordinary children, and he knew a lot in his chest, which was not impossible for ordinary people or even ordinary rich families to raise.

God knows that this kid doesn't do it well, and he comes to sell horses with them, but guessing that the other party's identity is extraordinary, Zhang Zhong naturally wants to take this opportunity to climb a high branch, so he didn't break it, but he took care of the young man on weekdays.

To be honest, this young man named Cheng Yuan doesn't have too many habits like a gentleman, and even cooks by himself, takes care of his own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is not easy to get along with, but he will not reject people thousands of miles away, but there is a little ...... I don't look at the occasion! "In that case, why did Brother Cheng wait with me?" The middle-aged guard was a little unhappy and said, although this kid was right, but people couldn't help but want to smoke him.

"I haven't met the Qiang and the horse thieves, and I want to see how they live." The young man named Cheng Yuan looked at Xue Mudao indifferently, and seemed to be looking forward to those people coming soon.

Zhang Zhong's cheeks twitched, this time, he couldn't catch it, God knows what these smart people were thinking in their heads? He can't wait to run into a horse thief for the rest of his life, this young master is good, knowing that the chance of encountering a horse thief and a Qiang person is high, and he specially followed him, is this a long life?

"Coming?" The boy suddenly lay on the snow and listened, then stood up, I don't know if it was an illusion, he rarely had mood swings, and there seemed to be a little excitement in his eyes.

"Crazy!" Zhang Zhong's face changed, he also heard the movement, his vision was blocked by the heavy snow, and he couldn't see the front, but the vibration under his feet could be felt.

"Quick, put the car in front of you, everyone hide behind the car!" I didn't care about what Cheng Yuan's inexplicable excitement was, Zhang Zhong, who had enough experience, hurriedly commanded people to circle the carriage in a circle, and the hundred or so people hid behind the carriage, listening to the avalanche-like sound in the distance, and their faces turned pale.