At the beginning of December, the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting, the entire land of Youzhou seemed to be covered with a white blanket.

Zhao Xun took 3,000 guards and 3,000 soldiers of the Nufeng battalion, drove a large number of horses, and marched towards Luoyang, the national capital.

Zhao Xun needs, out of the letter capital, into Jizhou Mansion, then through Wuyang Mansion, Weizhou Mansion, into Yongzhou, and then through Dongzhou Mansion, Henan Mansion to Luoyang, the national capital.

Because he greeted him in advance, he was not stopped after entering Jizhou Mansion. Otherwise, this mighty brigade will not even be allowed to enter the northernmost city of Jizhou Capital.

Because of the close of the year, Zhao Xun also made it clear that he entered the court, so the Su Mo Yan Ministry, Liaodong Kingdom, Beihai Zhubu, and Khitan all sent a large number of gifts, one was to Zhao Xun to make an early New Year's gift, and the other was to Zhao Xun, so that he could replace himself and express his submission to Emperor Dayan. This surrender is naturally a surrender to the Xiaoguo Army, but Dayan Guo is still the top boss of the Xiaoguo Army.

More than 6,000 people and 50,000 war horses can really be said to stretch for miles, and the momentum is extraordinary. Fifty thousand war horses are nothing to the northern Zhuhu, and to the current Xiaoguo army, it is nothing. Even if you have a million horses, it doesn't mean that you can pull up a million cavalry. The cavalry needed much more logistical supplies than the infantry army. The Tang Dynasty had an annual output of 300,000 war horses, which was also the guarantee of Li Jing's northern attack on the Turks.

The Xiaoguo Army has nothing else now, and there are really a lot of horse farms, so this gift to enter the dynasty is a scarce war horse in the Central Plains.

Zhao Xun mostly went around the city and did not enter the city, not because he did not dare to enter the city, but because this large group of people entered the city, it was not easy to settle. In addition to buying supplies in various cities, most of them were stationed outside the cities.

After entering the Jizhou Mansion, Zhao Xun sent 1,000 horses to the Governor of Jizhou Mansion and 2,000 horses to Feng Meng, the Governor of Jizhou. For the war horse, they are naturally happy to accept it. And the Jizhou Xuanfu envoy and the assassin of Jizhou Mansion received thousands of gold coins from Zhao Xun as gifts.

Zhao Xun also specially met with Feng Meng, the governor of Jizhou, a former enemy he had never met.

One is in his forties, the other is in his early twenties, and the two sit together, which makes the people who sit with them sigh. In his early twenties, he did more than forty years of people, and climbed higher than everyone else. But these people can't be dissatisfied, they change places, and they are confident that they are not as good as Zhao Xun.

Zhao Xun met Feng Meng as a junior, which made Feng Meng feel more than emotional, and he was not embarrassed. Although Feng Meng is the governor of Jizhou, his position is still under Zhao Xun. The Governor of Jizhou and the Governor of Youzhou are not subordinate to each other, but the champion general is the head of the military attachés and generals.

"Governor Zhao, as expected, he is worthy of his name, he surrendered to the Northern Zhuhu, the merit is in the country, the benefit is in the people, Feng admires it!" After Feng Meng met Zhao Xun, he said with emotion.

"Feng Dudu's praise is all the work of the soldiers, and Zhao Xun is ashamed." Zhao Xun said with a smile.

"Haha...... You don't need to be humble, change places, Han thinks he can't do your step. A gift from the Grand Duke. Feng accepted it, and the land of Jizhou, the way to and from the city, has always been opened by the metropolitan governor. Feng Meng said in a deep voice.

When Zhao Xun heard this, he said happily: "Then thank you Dudu!" What Feng Meng said, naturally, is to tell Zhao Xun, no matter what is sent, the passage from Jizhou will be left for Zhao Xun. Maybe it's because of the help of Xiaoguojun last time, so that he was exempted from being questioned for dereliction of duty, or maybe Zhao Xun's courtesy and gifts, in short, there will be no big problems here in Jizhou. Of course, even if the Governor of Jizhou wants to intercept it, Zhao Xun has a countermeasure, but it is naturally the best to get the care of the Governor of Jizhou.

Feng Meng waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, I'm here for the people of Youzhou." By the way, Feng is also going to gather this time, let's set off together. ”

"Glad to be!" Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Maybe it was Zhao Xun's gift that played a role, and everyone began to get acquainted with each other after a drinking feast. Although they had been opposed to each other before, they were also ordered. Now they are all ministers of the same palace, so naturally they will not hate each other.

Especially those government army officers, they are full of curiosity, admiration and a trace of envy for the Xiaoguo army. The treatment of the Xiaoguo Army is so good, as we all know, being a military officer in the Xiaoguo Army is a very desirable profession. Even if you die on the battlefield, you can give the whole family a guarantee.

When he set off from Jizhou Mansion, he added a team of thousands of people behind him. These more than 1,000 people were not all Feng Meng's guards and entourage, as well as the convoy of Jizhou Xuanfu's envoys. In addition, most of them are caravans from Jizhou Prefecture. This time, with Zhao Xun, not only is it safe and secure, but it is also exempted from some private taxes from local governments. Wherever the Flame Qilin Banner went, who dared to intercept and collect taxes? Don't say that there are also Jizhou Governors and Jizhou Xuanfu Envoys.

At the end of each year, the chief officials of the state government who have nothing important to do are required to enter the court assembly, in addition to assessing merit, but also to prevent local officials from becoming bigger and not obeying orders. Therefore, all these officials have to go to Hajj.

For these businessmen to accompany him, Zhao Xun did not stop them, so he let them follow, and for this reason, Li Xinyan, who was with Zhao Xun, also received a lot of gifts. Giving gifts to Zhao Xun, these businessmen didn't dare, but giving gifts to Mrs. Dadu Governor naturally reduced the pressure. For these various gifts, Zhao Xun asked the lively Li Xinyan to accept them calmly. Originally, Su Ziyan also had to accompany him, but because he was pregnant, he stayed in the Dadu Governor's Mansion to recuperate. And Su Ran is everyone's best girl, with a soft temperament, and she doesn't want to cause trouble to Zhao Xun, so she didn't accompany her, and this time she was with Li Xinyan.

Watching Li Xinyan running back and forth in the snow like an elf, Zhao Xun couldn't help but feel quiet in his heart.

Not only that, but the people everywhere were watching from afar when Zhao inquired about Guò. Watch and see this general who has made great contributions in the north, regained lost territory for the country, and reduced or even exempted taxes for the people.

Different from the stable life in Youzhou, the faces of the people here are full of dishes, full of overwork and bitter expressions. Even, during the journey, I saw a lot of displaced people, and saw a lot of corpses frozen to death on the road.

Seeing this scene, not only Zhao Xun and Xiao Guojun, but also Han Meng and the officials of Jizhou also had deep faces. Hearing that it was Zhao Xun transiting, these displaced people who migrated north all flocked to Zhao Xun and came to meet Zhao Xun.

Li Xinyan had already jumped off his horse, and under the escort of the internal guards, he mixed with a large group of children.

Seeing the look of hope on the faces of these people, Zhao Xun was also speechless. Seeing the corpses all over the ground, and seeing the eyes of those hopeful children, he threw all his achievements away.

"They are so pitiful, such a cold day, so thinly dressed!" Li Xinyan looked at the dozen or so children around him with red eyes, said astringently, and at the same time hurriedly asked the internal guard to put on his fox fur cloak for them. He also asked the guards around him to send their own dry food to these suffering children.

"You are the protector of the people, General Zhao Xun?"

A little girl looked up in front of Zhao Xun's horse and said.

"Don't blame the general, the child is not sensible, I have made amends to the general!" Seeing Zhao Xun silently looking at the child, the mother who was still there hurriedly ran over, knelt in front of Zhao Xun's horse, and said in a trembling voice. The thin clothes made him shiver from the cold.

Zhao Xun turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly said, "Get up, I don't blame her!" ”

The little girl was a little dark, a little thin, with jet-black hair, and a little disheveled. On her face, there is almost no flesh, and her eyes are set off wide. Originally, the eyes were pitch black, slightly yellowish.

She still held the small dry cake given by the guards in her hand, and broke half of it for her mother, still biting carefully, for fear that crumbs would spill off. A pair of small hands that are also thin and thin, and there are still cracks on the fingers that have not yet healed, and they are red and red.

A pair of cloth shoes with cotton wool exposed, and even the toes can be faintly seen. He was covered with patched clothes and pants.

"Wei Dong, let people buy food and winter clothes around! Ordered merchants from all over the country to help these migrants move to Youzhou, and all expenses were settled by the government in Youzhou. Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

As he spoke, he took off his cloak and put it on the little child who was trembling all over.

"Huh...... It's so warm...... Thank you, General! ”

"Han Meng, set up camp! Zhao Mang, immediately send someone to inspect the surrounding fifty miles, and bring all the people over, one of you and three horses. By the way, bring dry food, I don't want to see corpses all over the road! ”

"Hu Xiang, let people send an order to Youzhou and take countermeasures. I think there will be many people who will move to the north in the future, so as not to cause any big trouble. ”

"Strange, why are you migrating in the middle of winter now?" Han Meng touched his head and muttered puzzled.

"That's because if you move in winter, you won't be harassed by local governments." A majestic voice came from behind. Without looking back, Zhao Xun knew that this voice was the voice of Feng Meng, the governor of Jizhou.

"Alas...... It's the people who are really suffering! Jizhou Xuanfu envoy Cheng Zifeng said softly.

Zhao Xun turned to Feng Meng and said, "In this case, I want Feng Dudu to help you, so that these people can quickly cross the border, enter Youzhou, and wait for proper settlement." ”

Feng Meng nodded and said: "Don't worry, Feng is not as benevolent as the Metropolitan Governor, these things are what I should have done." I'll have people gather these outcasts and wait for the Xiaoguo Army to send someone to collect them. ”

"Then thank you Feng Dudu, the food and materials consumed by the government army, my Xiaoguo army is responsible for supplying, I only hope that the government army can prevent them from starving to death and freezing to death on the road."

Feng Meng smiled bitterly: "Then I will thank the Metropolitan Governor, compared to the Metropolitan Governor, it is really embarrassing for the old man!" I'm ashamed of myself, I'm ashamed of myself! ”

As he spoke, he shook his head, and hurriedly asked the soldiers around him to give the order.

Within fifty miles, the Nufeng camp brought back two or three thousand displaced people, gathered in the camp, put on newly purchased winter clothes, and ate food. These homeless people have nothing but to thank Zhao Xun for his kindness.

Later, he contacted the merchants of the surrounding cities and asked them to bring these displaced people to Youzhou, and the Xiaoguo army gave them a reward, so that these displaced people were properly settled.

Subsequently, the Jizhou government army also began to act, and the governors of each state capital took out old winter clothes and old grain, gathered these displaced people, and waited for the Xiaoguo army to receive them.

Because they can trade these old things for new ones. You can also get the reward of a thousand war horses, in addition to the love of the people and the friendship of the Xiaoguo army, even the state capital assassin history, and still enthusiastic, because they will get shiny gold coins.

Perhaps because of the homeless people, the whole team was much lower, and it was no longer as lively as before. Subsequently, Jizhou's Pingyuan Mansion, Xiangguo Mansion, Wu'an Mansion, Qizhou Mansion, Wuyang Mansion, Boling Mansion, and Weizhou Mansion's Lieutenants and Thorn Shi joined the team successively, and in addition to expressing gratitude to Zhao Xun, they couldn't help but praise Zhao Xun's benevolence. Only Youzhou and Northern Hebei, only the governor of Youzhou entered the court to participate in the court gathering.

It may be that these officials are greedy for money and love power, but it does not mean that they are really hard-hearted.

In addition, the assassins and governors also asked Zhao to ask for yì and asked Huitong Qianzhuang to also open to the state capitals. Even Feng Meng also mentioned to Zhao Xun and asked Zhao Xun to open the money village to Jizhou. Now, in the south of Jizhou, a silver coin can be exchanged for huàn one, two or three dollars of silver. Both the assassin and the lieutenant assured Zhao Xun that they would not harm the interests and safety of Huitong Bank.

With the assurances of these local governments, Zhao Xun naturally readily agreed, and then someone sent an order to let the money village open to the governments of Jizhou.