The change of seasons, Xilin ushered in a land of ice and snow, and the number of merchants who came to Xilin slowly decreased due to the climate, but the merchants who stayed because they did not have time to leave gave the originally cold Xilin an unprecedented liveliness. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The people of the Han tribe were surprised to find that the winter was not only monotonous, but also the entertainment brought by the merchants opened the eyes of many people, and the newly opened taverns and other entertainment venues became the place of winter pastime, where they talked about recent events and friends gathered to enjoy the short leisure of winter.

The recent topic is more unified, because the Western Regions wants to be closer to the Han Department, Kunmo Hunting Jiaomi, who is far away in Wusun, sent an envoy, the envoy is Wei Lixu, who has been to Xilin last time, he came to greet Lin Bin on behalf of Kunmo Hunting Jiaomi, and at the same time ask for instructions on the movements of next spring.

The Han people have always felt that their power is very strong, but this does not prevent them from seeking a sense of superiority from outsiders, and the humility of the Western Regions is something that the Han people want to see, and they all feel that someone pleading for help is a part of showing the strength of the tribe.

A sense of superiority can give people a strong sense of belonging to the collective, the most obvious being that the new people who had only become members the year before gradually felt that being a member of the Han tribe was something to be proud of. Some people, such as the Han people who used to live in the border counties of the Han Kingdom, are basically satisfied with their current life, because no one dares to go to the Han sphere of influence twice in three days to cause trouble, let alone have enemy cavalry enter the Han sphere of influence to plunder, and the sense of belonging generated by the security of life is strengthened by the frequent victories of the tribal army in foreign expeditions, so that many people are extremely satisfied with their new identity.

The speed at which the people are satisfied with the development of domestic affairs will naturally be rapid. Of course, the morale of the army is linked to the satisfaction of the internal population, and the effect is that the morale of the soldiers fighting abroad does not become depressed because of the cold climate.

The army is about morale, but that is not the only thing, in fact, the key to success or failure depends on the replenishment of military supplies. And Hanbe has never relaxed on this.

Because of the climate problem, outdoor work has been basically abolished, and the Civil Affairs Department, as the department in charge of civil affairs, has found new jobs for the people, and the men have recruited them to work with the women, except for the part of the winter military training, and some of the processing procedures that can be carried out indoors are extremely productive.

According to the statistics of the Department of Quan Zheng, there are currently more than 830,000 free people (common people) in the Han Ministry; The number of slaves was enormous, with more than 1.3 million slaves due to the constant war.

Sufficient labour is fundamental to progress. At the same time, because of the special social system of the Han Dynasty, the productive forces were very concentrated and easy to deploy, so that the simple industrial system was established very quickly.

The Han social system is different from all the countries in this world. With Lin Bin's permission, the current Han Dynasty has partially implemented private ownership, which means that the class above the slave level can have their own legal rights and interests, and they will own their own property. Law enforcement authorities do not have the power to confiscate personal property if they have not committed an offence.

Due to the state of war for more time. At present, there are not many ways to obtain private property, and the only option for ordinary people is to join the army and become soldiers, and they can rely on the military merit system to be rewarded or captured on the battlefield. Of course, people who could not join the army could do business, or farm, or graze cattle to accumulate their wealth, but because of the martial culture, those who could afford to join the army were not willing to give up becoming a soldier.

According to the secular concept of this world, the wealth of the entire tribe automatically belongs to the supreme ruler, Lin Bin has relaxed private ownership on the one hand, but he has a strict grasp of institutions such as arsenals. Borrowing from the system of later generations, the state ownership system was adopted. Of course, Lin Bin is well aware that the so-called state ownership is tantamount to being usurped by private individuals (such as some princelings) in some cases. When he matures, he will naturally improve this system.

Since Lin Bin agreed that under the conditions of permission, the Han Ministry could go south to participate in the struggle for control of the Central Plains, several high-ranking officials were greatly encouraged, and the efficiency of work was further accelerated, and it seemed that because of the influence of senior generals, the army fighting abroad had become fierce in its offensive against the enemy country?

Lin Bin knew that at least eighty percent of the generals were in favor of going south to fight for control of the Central Plains, and the remaining two percent were also very strange, neither opposing nor supporting, and adopted silence. He saw one thing clearly from here, it was inevitable to fight south, and once he carried out strong suppression, he would suffer a backlash.

This also shows one thing, in the past, the Han Ministry has been fighting in the movement, and there is no fixed base to make the generals' obedience very high, but now it has settled down, and with the development of time, the influence of individual generals is also expanding, and if it is not dealt with in time, the seeds of turmoil will be planted.

Lin Bin's attention to the law is increasing, and he now urgently needs a set of effective laws to restrain it, and Zheng Yuan's speed in compiling the law is really not flattering, the initial thirteen volumes and twenty-six chapters have only been completed in eight volumes and sixteen chapters, and the completed laws are all restricting the common people, and the laws of the samurai (scholars) and the aristocratic class still have only one framework.

There are some things that can't be rushed, and Lin Bin knows this better than anyone else.

It had been a while since the envoys of the Sleeve Kun Mo Hunt Jiao came to Xilin, and Wei Lisu's main job now was to contact the middle class of the Han Dynasty to understand each other's speed of preparation for war and conduct some trade.

Wei Lisu had already completed part of his mission, and in the process of negotiation, he purchased the urgently needed livestock from the Han Ministry in the Western Regions, for which he became more and more grateful to the Han Ministry, because the Han Ministry was also preparing for war, and livestock, as a kind of strategic material, was also needed by the Han Ministry. He originally hoped to buy some weapons and armor from the Han Ministry, but failed to achieve the purpose of the purchase, he partially guessed the preparation of the Han Ministry, and the weapons and armor of the Han Ministry were immediately digested by his own army, so he only explained two points, one is that the productivity of the Han Ministry could not keep up with the progress of the army's equipment, and the preparation of the Han Department should not be smooth, and it is difficult to judge whether it can support the Western Regions in the coming year; The second is that the productivity of the Han Ministry is not bad, but the Han Department is expanding its army on a large scale.

Two different guesses will have completely different results, Wei Lixu very much hopes that he is the second guess right, the expansion of the number of Han troops is currently only good for the Western Regions, not harmful, having a militarily strong ally is the guarantee of the security of the Western Regions, in fact, it is precisely because of the strong military strength of the Han Dynasty that the Western Regions are so humble and pleaded for help.

Wei Lixu's biggest mission to Xilin this time has not been completed, and he has not even had the opportunity to meet Lin Bin yet.

The Western Regions sent an envoy this time instead of an envoy, the envoy represents the Wusun King Sleeve Kun Mo Hunting Jiaomi personally, the envoy is on behalf of the Western Regions, commercial trade is just incidental, his biggest mission is to ask Lin Bin to marry the princess Ling to the little prince of Wusun Cen Jun Su Mi!

And pro? Maybe it's a political marriage? However, the name change will make no difference at all.

Wusun King Kunmo Hunting Jiaomi hopes to use marriage to enhance his strength, after all, marrying with a powerful force is the most powerful deterrent to many states in the Western Regions, which shows that the Western Regions are not very stable?

The Wusun people generally desire to be able to form a family with the Han tribe, of course, the desire of ordinary people is different from the ruling class, those ordinary Wusun people have a very simple idea, they insist that as long as the Wusun royal family and the daughter of the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty combine with Wusun, they can get the maximum security, and the army sent by the Han to the Western Regions will definitely protect the Wusun country from being invaded by the Huns.

The news of Wusun's intention to marry the Han Ministry was absolutely blocked in the Western Regions, and the Wusun King Kun Mo Hunting Jiaomi did not want to increase his competitors, and once the news was exposed, one of the three major powers in the Western Regions, the Cheshi Kingdom would definitely try to grab the relatives, after all, no one could refuse the benefits brought by the marriage, even if it was an effect and the success of the marriage with the Han Department, it might become a powerful country in an instant with the support of the Han Department.

Wei Li Xu waited anxiously, but he was not worried about the competition of other states in the Western Regions, he was very aware of the relationship between the little prince of his country and the princess of Hanbu, the two honorable lords had been together for more than a year, and it seemed that both sides had a very good impression of each other? More importantly, the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to Wusun and should not give up the marriage to strengthen the relationship between the two sides!

Lin Bin, who was not clear about the Wusun people's thoughts, did not deliberately avoid meeting with the Wusun envoy, he was very busy, so busy that he had no personal time, and he didn't even know anything about the arrival of the Wusun envoy Wei Lixu, trade was under the jurisdiction of the Civil Affairs Department, and the report submitted by the Civil Affairs Department was on the desk and he hadn't even been passive.

Lin Bin was indeed reorganizing the army, and the first batch of reorganization targets were the Leopard Army returning from Wei's Korea, and after communicating with Jiahe, he issued an instruction to transfer the infantry units under the Leopard Army, and at the same time replenish the cavalry. This change determined that the Leopard Army would no longer participate in the war of Wei's Korea, and that in the future, the Leopard Army's main mode of combat would be exclusive cavalry warfare, and the battlefield would be in the grasslands outside the Saiwai.

It is not only the formation of the Leopard Army that is changing, in addition to a few regiments on the front line, three infantry regiments will be added to the framework of officers who have participated in Wei's Korea. The structure of the cavalry corps will also be changed and improved, and the two completely different corps will have their own battlefields in the future.

At the present stage, it is still relatively simple, the training and combat objectives of the cavalry remain unchanged, and the newly formed infantry corps will be sent to Weishi Korea to participate in the war after the recruit training period, so as to increase the combat experience of the infantry corps.

At this point, the intention of the Han army to fight south has basically been determined......

. (To be continued) (To be continued.) )