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Once it is winter, the people on the pass are not very good, the north wind is cold, the cold seems to erode to the bones, the snow is all over the sky, as far as the eye can see, it is a white expanse.

As a last resort, the defenders on duty had no choice but to light bonfires on the city walls and curl up one by one to keep warm.

And the drills and singing under the city have never stopped, there have been rumors in the army, saying that it is the thief army under the city, not only wearing leather clothes, but also wrapped in cotton cloth, the whole body is wrapped like a zongzi, not afraid of the cold at all, occasionally, there will be some thieves under the city to the moat here to dig ice and water, they are wearing heavy boots, the whole body is really tight-fitting leather clothing, and there is a light armor on the outside, thick enough to keep out the cold, but this outfit is a bit bulky, it doesn't seem to have much impact on them, after all, daily exercises, food is good, These sturdy guys have long been trained to be a pair of steel and iron, and they have long been not afraid.

The defenders only have envy, even if it is a forbidden army, it is obviously impossible for the imperial court to be extravagant to this extent, compared with the people under the pass, they suddenly feel that there is a heaven and an earth, which makes people want to die.

And in Qin Shaoyou's warm tent, more than a dozen charcoal basins were burning with reddened charcoal fires, and they were placed around the big tent, it was already warm as spring, and the generals in the army were already hungry and thirsty, and the voices of asking for war were endless.

It has been a full year under this pass, and everyone has long held their breath, but these voices begging for war have been ruthlessly suppressed by Qin Shaoyou again and again.

Qin Shaoyou obviously didn't want to attack Hangu Pass, or rather, for him, he had more important things to do than to break through this iron wall.

Nearly 80 million yuan. has been squandered, and then, Yang Wulian, who is familiar with the construction of canals, took his disciples and grandchildren, requisitioned and hired 130,000 people, and began to build canals everywhere, and the canals in all counties and states started construction at the same time, using almost all the most advanced equipment, and now all the river sections have a look.

Of course, I want the canal to take shape a little bit. Finally, it was connected to other canals, but it was still very early.

However, because of the large amount of local civil power, coupled with the fact that the officials stationed in the Shence Mansion and the Five Military Governments gradually took over the rights of various prefectures and counties, the local governors and private soldiers also began to select a group of strong people to go to Weizhou for training and training, and the seven towns of Huainan have now gradually been controlled by Qin Shaoyou.

The land of CHU women is always the most attractive, and the major commercial houses have also spontaneously taken action, although the transportation is not convenient enough. Many of the regulations are not perfect enough, but for those tycoons, making money is the second and most important thing. It's just the first opportunity, if you wait for the canal to be built, and when everything is perfect, you can run again. I don't have a chance for you for a long time, but I'm afraid that when the time comes, you won't even have a little leftovers. Big businessmen are different from small businessmen, especially the kind of business houses composed of big businessmen, they are even more different, they have a long-term vision, and they don't care about temporary gains and losses, so although there are many problems in the seven towns now, they still don't spare capital, formulate various plans to go south, and a large number of business talents are stationed there, and they also begin to hire some manpower, and would rather lose money than maintain their existence there.

In this way, on the one hand, a large number of hired workers for the construction of canals, coupled with commercial employment, the Seven Towns created many jobs out of thin air, coupled with the crackdown on the powerful and tried their best to free slaves and maids, and released a lot of labor, so this kind of prosperity smashed with money has begun to ferment in the southern states.

In fact, repairing the river and commerce and fighting against Haoqiang are complementary to each other, the reason why Wang Mang's new policy failed is that although he fought Haoqiang and liberated the slaves, it looks extremely advanced, but it is actually an unprecedented moral policy, but everyone knows that even if these slaves are released, you can't provide them with jobs, give them the capital to maintain food, clothing, housing and transportation with their hands, so in the end, once these people get rid of the original 'master', they will inevitably become homeless, but become the main force against Wang Mang. And once you want to build a river, you need to open trade, it is bound to need a lot of manpower, if you don't fight Haoqiang, where will you get enough manpower?

These two links are indispensable, Qin Shaoyou is very lucky, or rather, it is precisely because the Shence Mansion has enough money to dispatch, so he can eat a big fat man in one go, thinking that at the beginning, although he also developed the five towns, but just by repairing the canal, the money and grain that can be taken out is only twenty or thirty million yuan, and it is impossible to squander it like today. On the other hand, naturally thanks to the growth of the business group, these people's capital has been more abundant than before, and these powerful giants, the understanding of business has been more profound, who has mastered the present, who can master the future, who can open up the current market, who will be able to make money in the future, they are no longer short-sighted baht must be compared, only look at the immediate benefits of the gains and losses, their vision is farther, and for the investment of money, they no longer care about how much they can earn after investment, they are concerned about the prospects, In Luoyang and the Five Towns, the pattern of commerce and trade has been roughly stable, so even if an astronomical amount of money is invested, it is difficult to shake the market, and it is difficult to get a piece of the pie from the opponent, but the seven towns in the south are different, whoever gains a firm foothold there first will get the future.

This kind of fight has actually been quietly launched, even if it is a loss of money, but the businessmen and the big shopkeepers of the commercial houses have also begun to lay out, they are not stingy with money to acquire land, and hire a lot of manpower, even some workshops, even if they know that the people in the southern states can not afford to consume for the time being, they must build up first, hire a lot of manpower to maintain the operation, and now the warehouses that are not needed for the time being have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the cities and markets in the states and counties have also become the targets of the fight, all kinds of ready-to-wear stores and inns, The liquor stores are the first to open, just waiting to be opened.

This kind of all-round infiltration, to a certain extent, is crazy to the extreme, and because of this, the seven towns in the south are almost firmly controlled in Qin Shaoyou's hands.

The vast majority of people either worked as farmers, became hired laborers to build rivers, were drafted into the army, or were employed by major trading houses, and there were no idle people. Haoqiang, who was hit, was also lonely, and in the end he had no choice but to obediently obey.

Even, the southern states were more enthusiastic about the Five Military Administration, and this sudden increase in living standards, especially after a large number of hired workers, enabled them to find a new way out, so the decree of the Five Military Administrations was very smooth and supported by the bottom. Haoqiang has completely curled up, and the support of the businessmen, this momentum, can destroy all opposing forces at any time.

In this warm tent, there are urgent reports every day, and the news brought by the urgent reports is good, Qin Shaoyou urged Yang Wulian to continue to speed up the construction period, at least some of the main roads of the canal should be opened immediately. As for the defenders on the pass, he took more of a tender offensive.

The war has been fought for so many years, and what is the point of continuing to fight?

Attacking the heart is often more effective than killing.

Therefore, I heard that many defenders froze to death on the pass. There was also typhoid fever that caused a lot of losses on the pass, and Qin Shaoyou actually sent someone into the pass, saying that he was willing to provide a batch of medicinal materials and warm clothes. So that the defenders on the pass can survive this winter.

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At this time, Wei Xuanzhen's brain was actually a little confused.

In fact, most of the people are not much different from him.

Originally, Qin Shaoyou's envoy entered the customs. Wei Xuanzhen probably thought that Qin Shaoyou was planning to persuade him to surrender.

Hmph, surrender? Of course, this is impossible, he Wei Xuanzhen is not a fool, others have a way out, but he has no way out, let himself surrender, it is crazy.

Just in time, in front of everyone, let everyone see their determination.

So Wei Xuanzhen set up a battle, looked at Qin Shaoyou's envoy, and the other party gave a military salute: "I've seen Wei Shizhong." ”

Wei Shizhong......

The other party is still polite.

Wei Xuanzhen had a cold face, looked at the generals, and then said with a smile: "No need to be polite, now that the two armies are fighting, then Qin Shaoyou called you, what is the matter?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei heard that the soldiers on the pass are short of food and clothing, especially in this cold winter, many people have caused the wind and cold, and there is not enough to keep out the cold, I am willing to send a batch of warm clothes, as well as herbs, so that the soldiers on the pass can survive the temporary difficulties in front of them, His Royal Highness the King of Wei said, since it is a war between the two armies, if there is a day to attack Hangu Pass in the future, although the soldiers on both sides are their own masters, fighting hard, but His Royal Highness the King of Wei has the virtue of a good life, and does not want these soldiers on the pass to be hungry and cold, so he specially ordered me to come. Please rest assured that all the materials will be transported to the pass, and at that time, the Shence Army and the Fifth Army Battalion are willing to retreat ten miles and let the soldiers on the pass carry the materials into the pass, and will never take advantage of this to intrude. ”

After these words, everyone was shocked.

Is Qin Shaoyou crazy? Where in this world are there people who think that their opponents are not warm enough to wear and are not sick enough.

This......

Wei Xuanzhen was stunned for a moment, his first reaction was, then Qin Shaoyou must have some conspiracy, not bad...... There is definitely some conspiracy, you must not fall for that Qin Shaoyou, then Qin Shaoyou must be trying to buy people's hearts, hum...... Such a small skill of carving insects actually dares to get an axe.

He was about to refuse harshly, and even reprimanded him a few words.

But at this time, the expressions of the generals below were strange.

At least Zhang Jin was a little anxious at this time.

He hurriedly said: "Wei Shizhong, since this is Qin Shaoyou's kindness, as long as they don't play any tricks, why might as well deal with this matter, depending on the general, then Qin Shaoyou can't play any tricks." ”

Zhang Jin was afraid, he was afraid that Wei Xuanzhen would refuse sternly, and then be ruthless.

Wei Xuanzhen didn't know the situation in the army, but Zhang Jin did.

This year's cold winter is colder than in previous years, many soldiers have been recruited to Hangu Pass, to be honest, there have been many people who have begun to feel homesick, this mood has already begun to infect, in fact, this is okay, as long as it is restrained, there will be no big difference.

The problem is that it has always entered the cold winter, although the imperial court will supply all kinds of cold things, but the ability of the court is limited after all, coupled with some chaotic reasons in the organization, many cold clothes are issued in the hands of soldiers, this cold thing, most of them are not enough to shelter from the wind and rain, this is wartime, everyone is cold hands and feet, and many people have fallen ill because of the cold.

In this case, there was already resentment in the army, in fact, it was originally fine, but everything was afraid of comparison, look at the Wei army under the pass, one by one tightly wrapped, fur and cotton clothes, the wind can't pour into the water and can't splash in, one by one at ease, look at yourself? This comparison, the resentment is even greater.

In addition, many familiar robes fell ill, but the level of medicine in the army is limited after all, and the cold can only be said to barely keep people from freezing to death.

It's just that Qin Shaoyou gave a big gift, in front of so many people, once he refuses, what kind of consequences will it be?

Those big-headed soldiers, if they hear this news, the first time they will be resentful of the Wei family, oh, we are so driven to protect your Wei family from starving and freezing, and no one cares about it when they die of illness, but our enemy Qin Shaoyou is so sympathetic to us, worried about our body, you are good, you enjoy wealth in Chang'an, even in Hangu Pass, you live in a warm tent, and refuse to take out clothes and medicines, so that everyone can tide over the difficulties, but Qin Shaoyou kindly sent the materials, You also look like a thief and a thief, and you sternly refuse.

Zhang Jin can almost imagine what kind of consequences will be caused once such emotions permeate the army.

This kind of consequence is too unpredictable, Zhang Jin was afraid that Wei Xuanzhen would refuse, so he hurriedly jumped out and wanted to change Wei Xuanzhen's mind.

Wei Xuanzhen paused for a moment and looked at her son-in-law incredulously.

But soon, he seemed to understand what his son-in-law meant, because he obviously felt that the eyes of many generals were flashing with scorching heat, leading troops to fight, especially at this time, watching his subordinates turn blue from the cold, and some people could die at any time once they fell ill, even if they were hard-hearted, most of them also had some compassion.

Okay now, no matter what Qin Shaoyou's idea is, at least people are willing to send these things, thousands of miles to send goose feathers, and the courtesy is light and affectionate.

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