However, at this moment, Mu Qingyuan, who was in Hanzhou, only had bitterness and anxiety when facing the heavy snow. As a strategic front line of Hanzhou, there are troops stationed, there are people to live, soldiers farming in their spare time, wartime operations, but due to the continuous war in recent years, this farming thing has been abandoned, since Mu Qingyuan took office to carefully count the treasury only to find that the stored grain has been stretched, so please order to be located in the rear of Hanzhou 500 miles away Liyang warehouse to withdraw grain for the people of Hanzhou to spend the New Year. Who would have expected that since the grain team left, it has snowed heavily for several days, and the road is blocked, if they can't return on time, the people in Hanzhou City are afraid that they will be hungry for the New Year.

"Wood-sama!" The personal guard Xiang Kejian walked into the palace and replied: "I still haven't received any news from the food team today!" ”

Mu Qingyuan, who was bent on politics, was no longer mellow and bright at this time, his body was clear, his face was black and yellow, his face was full of anxiety, he heard Xiang Kejian's reply, and asked again after sighing: "Then how many days can the military rations last?" Is there any news from Commander Yan? ”

"The new army of the imperial court failed to arrive as scheduled due to heavy snow for several days, and the garrison in the barracks is still the same at this moment, and because of this, the military food can still last for a few days, and the strict command envoy asked his subordinates to bring a message to you, he said that such weather is also unfavorable to Yuan Wei, and the matter of the garrison can be handed over to him, so that the adults do not have to worry, and when the food team returns, they should be leisurely to ensure that the people are safe, and at the same time, the commander also specially instructed the adults to take care of their health!"

Hearing this, Mu Qingyuan also relaxed, leaned on the chair, and sat down obliquely, "This is the best, three days later will be the New Year of my Daliang, Xia Tang still has to be guarded, fortunately, there is a strict command, the first task at the moment is to wait for the food team to come back, but this is useless."

"This snow is heavier than a day, and it is not appropriate to send people out of the city rashly," Xiang Kejian said: "My lord, it is better to wait another day, if there is still no trace of the grain team at noon tomorrow, then my subordinates will lead people out of the city to find it!" ”

"Just as you say!" Mu Qingyuan stood up and dressed neatly, "Now, you go out with me to see the progress of today's grain distribution." ”

Under the escort of Xiang Kejian, Mu Qingyuan walked out of the small official residence of Yin, the capital of Hanzhou, and was greeted by the Guoren District of Hanzhou, with two vertical and two horizontal streets, where more than 1,000 people lived, most of whom were military families who were stationed here. Because of its remote location, and it is the closest southern Qizhou county adjacent to the Yuan Wei Dynasty, Hanzhou has not paid attention to the development of people's livelihood for many years, but has focused on arming the army. Ten miles away from the outermost street is the location of the garrison of one of the Chiwei Army, which was originally garrisoned with 30,000 troops, but because of the previous battle to destroy Hu, the Chiwei Army suffered a lot of losses, so it had to transfer the Hanzhou garrison, leaving 10,000 people to be garrisoned led by Yan Yuxin.

The goose feather snow did not mean to stop at all, Mu Qingyuan ignored the cold, came to the location of the treasury, and could see rows of people waiting to receive food from a distance, and the grain officials were distributed according to the name of the head of the household registered in the civil register, according to the family unit, according to the number of people in the family. The people who waited to receive the food did not make noise or talk, but quietly squirmed along the procession until they received their family's share.

This situation made Mu Qingyuan sigh, he was originally determined to be an official for a term and benefit one party, but now under his rule, the people not only did not live a worry-free life, but fell into a situation of no food when the New Year came, Mu Qingyuan blamed himself in his heart.

Seeing his gradually embarrassed face, he said to Kejian: "My lord has been the Yin Shi of Hanzhou Mansion, and he has worked hard for the livelihood of the people, and his subordinates and the people of Hanzhou are grateful to the adults, and I hope that the adults will not blame themselves again!" ”

Mu Qingyuan strode into the Fuku Square, looked at the people waiting for relief, and said loudly: "Father, old folks, the grain team is on the way back to the city, everyone should be patient for the time being, as long as Mu is in Hanzhou for a day, he will protect everyone for a day, and I hope everyone can believe in Mu!" As he spoke, he clasped his hands into fists and shook them deeply.

The people were stunned for a moment, and an elder with white hair walked out of the crowd and said tremblingly: "Lord Mu, after you came to Hanzhou, the old man's life is getting better day by day, and the old man is willing to spend time with Lord Mu and Hanzhou for the time being!" The old man then knelt on his knees, and then all the people present knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "We are willing to advance and retreat with Hanzhou!" ”

Although the weather was very cold, Mu Qingyuan's heart was hot, and there were tears in his eyes, and any words seemed superfluous at this moment, he made another move, and then turned to leave, and as soon as he came out of the gate of the treasury, he ordered: "Lead the horse!" ”

Mu Qingyuan and Xiang Kejian galloped through the streets of Hanzhou and came to the barracks, where the guards were already too familiar with the Hanzhou Mansion Yin and did not stop them; And Mu Qingyuan was too familiar with the military camp, so he dismounted and ran straight to the commander's mansion.

"Strict Command!" Following Mu Qingyuan's voice, a middle-aged man who was reading military documents raised his head: two distant mountain eyebrows, a pair of eagle falcon eyes, a mountain beam nose, and an angular face, combined with a righteous and shrewd image. When the man saw Mu Qingyuan, he stood up from behind the desk, dressed in a crimson uniform, and was a whole head taller than Mu Qingyuan.

Yan Yuxin looked at the beads of sweat on Mu Qingyuan's forehead, he couldn't be more familiar, every time he was so hot, doing things refreshingly, and leaving immediately after the incident, if he was someone else, he might think that this person didn't understand etiquette, but this just met Yan Yuxin's appetite.

"You, I'm afraid you can't change your fiery temperament!" Yan Yuxin pulled Mu Qingyuan and forcibly asked him to sit down, "Serve tea!" Remember when you first came to work, it wasn't so urgent! ”

"What Commander Yan said is that when I was in the Qizhang Academy, I really wasn't like that."

"It seems that the situation in Hanzhou has changed you."

"How can you not be anxious? It has been seven days since this grain team went to Liyang Cang, and there has been no news; At this time, Tang took the opportunity to focus on our land, Hanzhou is the front line, if the people cannot be stabilized, how can they assist the strict command to concentrate on the use of troops? ”

"I really hope that Daliang can have more parents like you!" Yan Yuxin made a cup of hot tea and handed it to Mu Qingyuan, "On weekdays, it would be enough for a fast horse to go back and forth from Hanzhou to Liyang Cang for five days, but with the grain truck, and it coincided with heavy snowfall, it was inevitable that there would be a delay on the road." If the people's rations are insufficient, I can squeeze out some of my rations. ”

"Never!" Mu Qingyuan stood up and said very seriously: "My duty is to ensure the safety of the people of Hanzhou, and another important duty is to stabilize the rear of the Chiwei Army. ”

Glancing at the heat of the tea that was spilled, Yan Yuxin also stood up and comforted: "How can it be said to be a drag?" The heavy snow is not good for our army, and it is also true for the Tang Army, now the number of garrisons is 10,000, and the hoarded military rations are still according to the original 30,000 people, although the military rations have not been supplied for a period of time, but they can fully hold on until the food team returns! He stopped Mu Qingyuan's words in time and continued: "Once the grain team comes back, can't you replenish our army first?" You are the official of Hanzhou's parents, and the people's stomachs can't be ignored, not to mention that the New Year is only three days away, is it possible that you want to let the people of Hanzhou go hungry to welcome the New Year? ”

It is undeniable that what Yan Yuxin said is quite reasonable, although he is still a little reluctant in his heart, but Mu Qingyuan still nodded in agreement, this time it is not only Yan Yuxin, even Xiang Kejian is relieved, he knows very well how stubborn his boss is, what he believes is basically difficult to reverse, looking at the whole Hanzhou City, the only one who can have this ability is the commander of the right guard of the Red Tail Army in front of him.

Relying on the military rations "borrowed" from the right guard barracks, they made up for the already empty treasury in time, so that the people of Hanzhou successfully survived another day. The time came two days before the New Year of Daliang, that is, on the eighth day of the grain team leaving the city, Xiang Kejian was ordered to go along the grain road to find it. When Xiang Kejian led a team of people out of Hanzhou City, there was only the vast world in front of him, the original grain road had disappeared without a trace, and as he left Hanzhou City farther and farther, it was more and more difficult to identify the grain road. The weather was unfavorable, and the road was difficult to identify, and the march towards Kejian and his party was quite slow, and after a whole day, everyone was exhausted, but there was still no food team in front of them.

"Let's fix it in situ!" Xiang Kejian, as a young man with strong blood, was also exhausted after tossing in this ice and snow for a day, and several entourages swept away a piece of snow, and a few people didn't want to stand up as soon as they sat down. The only thing that can be eaten is the dry cake that you carry with you when you go out of the city, and the only thing you can drink is a small amount of cold water, and the hot water in the kettle has frozen into ice slag at the moment, and everyone has no choice but to pick up a handful of snow and stuff it into their mouths.

"Xiang, do we want to continue to move forward?"

"Yes, this heavy snow has no intention of stopping, the grain road is so unrecognizable, what if we and the grain team miss it?"

"Lord Xiang, why don't we go back and resume our lives."

Xiang Kejian looked at his entourage and asked calmly, "Go back and resume your life?" How do I get back to life? Said that we had only been walking for a day, and we had no food team, and that we were hungry and cold, so we fled back to the city, can we? ”

As soon as these words came out, several people were a little embarrassed, and it was difficult to say anything more, the atmosphere froze for a while, no one spoke, and even the sound of snowflakes falling around was quiet. But in this cold and quiet environment, the sound of feet stepping into a snow pit came faintly from not far away. Several people first looked at each other, and then no one dared to gasp, pricked up their ears to carefully identify the direction of the sound, poof! Poof! The footsteps seem to be getting closer! Xiang Kejian immediately stood up and pressed his hand on the handle of the straddle knife at his waist, and several entourages were also immediately alert, staring nervously ahead. As the sound got closer and closer, beads of sweat began to ooze from everyone's foreheads, and the figures of the comers began to come into view, first two snowmen walking side by side, and then behind them a carriage, the wheels of which rolled in circles in the knee-deep snow, and on which a yellow pennant was erected, embroidered with the word "beam".

It's the grain team! Xiang Kejian immediately identified the identity of the comer, and he ran over excitedly, shouting, "Is it the grain team?" The comer was obviously startled by the sudden appearance of the person, and instinctively stepped back and was about to draw his sword, but he heard the other side shouting, "It's me!" Hanzhou Thorn History's personal guard! ”

The snowman hesitated for a while, until he saw Xiang Kejian jumping in front of him, the two snowmen let down their guard, struggled to shake off the snow on their bodies, revealed the official uniform of the beam, and shouted excitedly: "You guys are coming to pick us up!" ”

Xiang Kejian immediately took out the official badge he was wearing, "It was Master Mu who sent me to greet the grain team!" ”

"Great!" One of the snowmen was so happy that he was in tears, and he turned around and shouted, "Brothers, Master Mu has sent someone to pick us up!" Then, a cheer came from the rear of the convoy.

"It's been a hard trip!"

"We have finally fulfilled our mission and transported the grain back to Hanzhou! Look, there's twenty carts of grain in the back! ”

Xiang Kejian looked up at these tall grain trucks, his heart was overjoyed, and he turned around and shouted, "Come and help!" Together, we helped our brothers bring the grain back to Hanju! ”

Maybe I saw hope, maybe it was the increase in manpower that made the road no longer difficult to walk, this original one-day trip, the grain team took more than half a day to complete, and when it arrived at the city of Hanzhou, it was already the last day of the Great Liang New Year. The soldiers defending the city saw the grain team and immediately opened the city gate, and the twenty carts of the grain team slowly entered the city in an orderly manner, and no one noticed that a drop of blood dripped from the last car, which fell into the snow, and soon fainted a red plum, which was gorgeous and bloody.