It's not the channel of Zhou's Inn, Zhou's Inn has gradually withdrawn from the intelligence system of Yingwei, after all, an intelligence department on the bright side has no meaning. Shadow guards have become more and more formalized, and they can act independently.

Since last year, a large number of so-called Kunlun slaves have appeared in Guanzhong, with darker skin than Chinese people, speaking a language that they do not understand, which is obviously not the Chinese language system. This group of Kunlun slaves is from the Western Regions, I don't know where they are, I only know that most of them are more obedient, and most of them can work hard when they have a bite to eat.

Mining and agriculture used these Kunlun slaves in large quantities, relieving the relatively tight population of Guanzhong. The women of Kunlun Nu also appeared in the major kilns, so that the gentlemen in Guanzhong also tasted the exotic customs, although it was the same thing.

Even a few were sold to Da Chu's side, but the price was slightly expensive, and those poisonous women were not beautiful, so the sales were not ideal, and in the end it seemed that they were secretly executed by slave traders.

Compared with these poisonous slaves, whether it is the Qiang people who are known for their beautiful women, or the Hu people who know how to speak Chinese, they are more valuable. They all knew how to graze herd, and they were good at breeding, and Li Ming bought a large number of them and transported them to Yazhou and Yizhou for use as herdsmen and miners.

After the population problem was alleviated, after a year of development, Dahan's economy began to recover. In addition, the loot from the poisonous side came back one after another, and the cotton was also brought back by Cao Cao.

The cotton cultivation on Li Ming's side expanded rapidly like an explosion, and unless the Han did not send secret agents, how could he not know about the cotton crop? Seeing that more and more soldiers have changed into cotton armor in winter, the Han side naturally knows the importance of this crop, but Li Ming's control over the cotton field is too strong, it is difficult for them to get cottonseeds, Cao Cao can get cotton is a surprise.

The people below reported this matter, and Li Ming didn't care. After all, there is no way to keep this secret, but the key is to protect the cottonseed from leaking out of the existing cotton fields, after all, this is not the kind of coarse fiber of Indian cotton, and the American fine staple cotton court should not want to get it outside of him even if he racks his brains.

"Confidence is starting to swell?" Not to mention Wang Yu, Li Ming also received the news that the successful start of cotton planting last year, Liu Ting's actions were not less, and after the first batch of cotton was produced, he was in a hurry for a while.

After all, without a machine to remove cottonseed and spin yarn, it is difficult for Liu Ting to do it. In the end, it seems that a young man named 'Ma Jun' developed it by himself, which solved the urgent need.

With cotton, the first batch of cotton armor was naturally produced, and then it was directly transported to the soldiers in northern Xinjiang and Jizhou. Obviously, this is to prepare for the battle for hegemony in Hebei. The grain was constantly mobilized from Yizhou and Jizhou, and then transported secretly, no one knew where they were transported, and the leader of the shadow guard could only guess that the transportation target should be somewhere in the Taihang Mountains from some transportation routes, but I don't know the specifics.

"How likely is it that you will be attacked?" Li Ming looked at Guo Jia and Jia Xu, the report of the shadow guard was mainly from the transport vehicles on the Han side, but no one knew what was in these cars.

"Actually, Your Majesty doesn't need to be so nervous...... Guo Jia stepped forward, "The offensive line of the Han Dynasty is nothing more than to take the five roads of Yong, Nanyang, Nanzhong, Hujiao and Jizhou. The wild roads in Nanzhong are difficult to walk, and there are many miasma, even the locals are not easy to walk, let alone the army of the Han Dynasty. Shangyong and Nanyang are also difficult to go, after all, we have mountain troops stationed there, and Lu Bu is in charge of the tiger prison. The other party's only choice is to start a war with us in Jizhou, and at most involve Youzhou. ”

"Today's question is where to ......fight," Jia Xu also stepped forward, "It's better to worry about when the other side will fight, whether it is summer or winter, the battle damage will be doubled, and it is not an ideal time for war." In the same way, wars in summer and winter will have a surprise effect, and the imperial court has tasted the sweetness, and it may not be that they will start a war in winter, and they also have cotton. ”

Indeed, it is better to pay attention to the season in which the other side goes to war than to care about where the other side is going to war. The person who practiced Qi was originally prosperous, and with cotton clothes and fur, he might really be able to start a war in winter. There is no need for a large army, 10,000 Qi practitioners, even if they are practicing Qi practitioners who are rubbish things like "Fighting Battles", they can become a top soldier in winter.

"If we really want to fight in winter, we are not afraid, they will only suffer! Think it's nice to have cotton? The cotton species are different, their kind of coarse fiber cotton, the cotton cloth made of them does not have a good warmth effect, or it can only be thickened, and the result will be very cumbersome and affect the activity. Li Ming waved his hand, and he was really not afraid that the other party would start a war in winter.

I am not afraid of summer, and if the production process of artificial ice and Chuhou marching is not leaked for a day, then I am not afraid. It was really not until July or August that the attack was launched, and the opponent was directly killed, especially those soldiers who had been wearing helmets for a long time, and one day when they took off their helmets, they couldn't say that a large piece of their hair was torn off. The so-called ghost shaving head is actually the same thing.

"If you make an agreement with the other side, what about the specific time of the war?" Zhang Mo said weakly on the side, "The Son of Heaven is an upright teacher, agree on the time and place, and the winner will be a dignified one." ”

"Haha, you two really don't understand it better than Zhang Mo. Also, we don't need to guess when the other side will attack, just send someone over to discuss it. Could it be that if we are afraid that they will come suddenly, they will not be afraid that we will suddenly attack? Fear is reciprocal, and no one takes advantage of this regard! Li Ming laughed when he heard this.

No, Liu Ting was also worried that he would call in summer or winter.

"Do you want to do a second preparation?" Guo Jia asked.

"Yes, definitely! Don't say it's us, the other party will do it too, focus on where to put it, Tiger Prison Pass or Nanyang? Li Ming looked at the map and asked.

"Tiger Prison is more likely!" Jia Xu stepped forward and said.

"Then the tiger is imprisoned, and Lu Bu is ordered to be careful of the enemy's surprise attack, Zhang Liao has also grown up, and he will bring him a message in private, let him supervise Lu Bu well, and don't let him be greedy for merit." Li Ming commanded.

After more than ten days, a 'letter of state' naturally came to Chang'an City and fell into Liu Ting's hands. There is only one sentence in this national letter: "How do you want to fight?" Time and place to give one! ”

Liu Ting's recent large-scale mobilization of soldiers and materials was indeed intended to carry out a major war, at least to recover this area of Hebei, for which he even contacted Xianbei and Wuhuan, and the Southern Xiongnu also sent elite troops to assist. In the predetermined plan, the focus of the attack was set by him as the area of Youzhou. Yuan Shao, just need to drag Li Ming.

Even if they can't hold on, it doesn't matter, let Li Ming's army drive straight in, and the rear can't look around, and when the time comes, the army going south will naturally make them unlucky! In the end, he lost his wife and lost his soldiers, which means this, of course Liu Ting didn't know this allusion that didn't happen.

"This letter of state has been spread, and everyone knows it today, but the minister feels that he doesn't need to care, he can fight how he wants, and the history books are the result of the victor's writing. The final victory is the key, and it is not too much to play a little trick during the period. Shen Ye reminded on the side.

"If he wants to be upright, then we will be upright with him!" Liu Ting threw the national letter aside and smiled faintly.