The temperature in Henan in winter is lower than that in Jiangxi and lower than in Hangzhou, but squad leader Zhao Qian threw off his military coat.

Compared to the south, this part of the Central Plains is much drier in the north. As long as the neckline is tightly tied and worn a little thicker, it can be well protected from the cold. In the south, there is plenty of humidity mixed with cold or heat. The heat capacity of moisture is much greater than that of air alone. In other words, it is much more difficult to warm up or cool down the humidity than it is to warm up or cool the air.

With a scarf issued by the army around his neck, squad leader Zhao Qian felt that he could withstand the temperature of zero degrees. He didn't throw off his military coat to sell cold pulp, and it was not easy to wear a military coat to set up measuring equipment.

At this time, Zhao Qian's squad leader's unit had crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the border area. Now there is an armistice treaty between the Great Yuan and the Great Song Dynasty, and the war is to be fought, and the Great Song Dynasty will be 324 years. But it's so close to the enemy's territory, and everyone is still very careful. If the Mongols attacked the Song army, they would inevitably be severely punished by the Great Song Dynasty, but the attacked Song army probably would not end well. So everyone tensed up, for fear that they would suffer misfortune because of their negligence.

In the binoculars, the village of Dayuan on the other side of the border looks no different from the village of Dasong. If you think about it, you can understand that two years ago it was still a country that also belonged to the Great Yuan, and if you go forward 170 years, this is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Qian set up the telescope on the frame and carefully scanned the warning range. All you can see are deserted villages and deserted fields.

A gust of wind blew, and Zhao Qian felt some chills. At this point, the frame is set up and the focal length is adjusted. Zhao Qian picked up the coat, patted off the dust, and put it on his body.

At this time, the platoon commander came over and said to Zhao Qian: "Squad leader Zhao, you go and cut some dead branches and build a fire." It's also good to bake the fire when everyone is in shift. ”

"Will it be noticed by the Mongols?" Zhao Qian asked.

"That's why you have to look closely." The platoon commander replied.

After standing in the field for a while, Zhao Qian also felt cold. Although he was still a little worried, Zhao Qian still preferred to light a fire. Zhao Qian took three soldiers with firewood knives to cut down dead branches.

Ten minutes later, they returned with a few bundles of dead branches. Because of the exercise, my body is warmer again. Waiting for the fire to rise, Zhao Qian first received the heat radiation of the fire head-on, and when he felt warm, he turned around and let his back feel the heat radiation. This was repeated twice, and the whole person felt much warmer.

Zhao Qian couldn't help but think in his heart, although theoretically speaking, everyone had to pursue their own maximum safety, but from a practical level, unless it was to break out immediately. Under normal circumstances, everyone is still looking for a more comfortable feeling.

Based on this cognition, Zhao Qian found that he could somewhat understand what it was like to "drink to quench thirst". Originally, Zhao Qian actually couldn't understand why he knew that he would be poisoned if he drank the wine, but he still drank it. It is pleasant to bake a fire when it is cold, and it is also comfortable to drink alcohol when you are extremely thirsty. It is this little comfort that people often pursue, or this little comfort is more precious in a harsher environment.

After thinking about this problem, Zhao Qian felt that he had a new understanding of life. Greedy, lazy, naughty, rebellious, Zhao Qian has been fighting with Zhao Jiaren since he was a child, and he failed to succeed in front of his father every time.

When he was a child, Zhao Qian often questioned aggrievedly why his father could know what Zhao Qian was thinking, and his father Zhao Jiaren would say: "Because I thought the same way when I was so old with you." ”

However, when Zhao Jiaren wanted to play Zhao Qian, he could basically turn Zhao Qian around. Zhao Qian summed up his experience from these painful lessons and explained in the words of his father Zhao Jiaren, even if he lived with pigs 24 hours a day, he didn't know what pork tasted like if he hadn't eaten pork.

After standing in the cold wind for such a while, didn't Zhao Qian begin to understand the reason for 'drinking to quench his thirst'.

Also north of the Yellow River, Hao Ren Wanhu is also having a new understanding through life. Da Yuan had no intention of starting a war with the Great Song Dynasty, let alone a surprise attack on the border Song army. Dayuan was determined to avoid war at this time. Therefore, Hao Renwanhu's feelings have nothing to do with external expansion.

Great Khan Kublai Khan issued an order for Hao Ren to participate in the winter military parade and training. In the past, Wan Hu spent a lot of energy to establish the government army, but now he is a little lacking in it. First of all, because Hao Ren actually didn't have much interest in cavalry, he had been engaged in naval forces and artillery in the past ten years. Cavalry is not his forte. In addition, it was Kublai Khan and Boyan who were in charge of the review and training, and with the two of them there, Wanhu couldn't intervene at all.

Now Hao Renwanhu's perception is that Gentle Township is a hero's tomb. has a good wife, Hao Ren just wants to soak in the hot spring with his wife and sleep in such a cold winter. Take the kids for a walk and have fun together. If you are in a bad mood, take the baby out and reprimand it. The baby born with ability is of course qualified to clean up.

This kind of lifestyle doesn't look like a Mongolian boy who robs everywhere, and even a normal court minister.

After self-reflection, Hao Ren still packed up his arms, took his eldest son Hao Kang to bid farewell to his wife and children, and went to the camp for the review and training of the winter soldiers.

When he arrived at the camp, the eldest son Hao Kang couldn't help but say, "It stinks!" ”

Hao Ren also felt helpless about his baby's evaluation. He was born in the north and raised a Jiangnan baby. So Hao Ren said to his son with a straight face: "You are not allowed to say such things again, do you hear?" ”

"Why?" Hao Kang, who is less than ten years old, asked.

Hao Ren replied decisively: "Because others will be unhappy when they hear it." And if you say anything more, I won't give you candy. ”

As soon as he heard his father's threat, Hao Kang immediately shut up. This is also the time when there is no way, Hao Ren's decision, Bao Xiweak will not work against Hao Ren. After Hao Kang tried a few times, he knew that he couldn't resist his father. You can only choose to be obedient.

Unlike the upper class of the Southern Great Song Dynasty who brought it out after they were educated, for Mongolians, it is common to see the world with this kind of baby less than ten years old in a big scene. Including the Great Khan Kublai Khan, who also brought out his young grandchildren.

After the ceremony, Kublai Khan smiled and said, "You have gained weight these days." ”

Hao Ren also had self-reflection on his laziness along the way, and the Great Khan said so, and Hao Ren replied: "What the Great Khan said is true. ”

Kublai Khan was not a hypocrisy, and since Hao Ren said so, he would not pursue it. So the Great Khan chatted with Hao Ren and several other important ministers about the review first. There are 10,000 government soldiers and cavalry assembled this time, which is the same as the government soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty, and these are all cavalry.

Because of the cooperation of Hebei Racecourse, all the government soldiers are one person and two horses. Kublai Khan smiled: "I didn't expect that military horses could be sold for this price." ”

Boyan is cold, and the right prime minister Ahma is full of smiles. Other important ministers echoed two sentences. After hearing this, Hao Ren remembered in his heart that he sold the horses he sold to the Song Kingdom for iron farm tools, not based on the cost of iron farm tools manufactured in the Song Kingdom, if calculated by the sales price of iron farm tools in Dayuan, he Hao Ren probably created the sales peak of Mongolian horses.

Of course, such a thing cannot be said in any case. Hao Ren Wanhu just waited to hear the others speak. Kublai Khan did not ask Hao Ren for advice on how to use the government soldiers, and he only asked Hao Ren when the question of the formation of the government soldiers was unclear.

Listening to the Great Khan's evaluation and thinking about the construction of the government soldier system in his heart, Hao Ren's mood was a little heavy. Originally, the purpose of his intention to establish the government military system was to build an army that could continue to remain young, and even gradually replace the Tanma Red Army, which served until it could not carry a gun and ride a horse.

Seeing the dolls who went to school in the Song Kingdom, Hao Ren Wanhu found that the Song Kingdom did it more thoroughly than Mongolia, and he started as a soldier from the dolls. Moreover, being a soldier is linked to finding a job after retirement. In Mongolia, if you want to have an official job, you have to have a background. Ordinary people will never be able to play.

In the Song Kingdom, as long as you can get by, you can be a soldier for three years, and the court will arrange a way out after retiring. Those who perform well as officers can go to work in various departments. If there was such an opportunity in Dayuan, those soldiers would definitely fight with their lives and make meritorious contributions. However, Da Yuan does not have this kind of opportunity, so the fate of those ordinary people will change because of being a soldier, but it will not change like the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Great Khan Kublai Khan was satisfied that he was able to gather 40,000 cavalry in Yandi, and he was happy that the 40,000 cavalry brought actual benefits to the Dayuan Horse Farm. Hao Ren Wanhu really couldn't be happy.

With the situation of the Song State, they could raise 40,000 troops in the city of Hangzhou with one million people. And the entire Hebei of Dayuan collected 40,000 decent cavalry at most. Da Yuan can proudly say that my government soldiers have horses. The Great Song Dynasty can still proudly say that my army has guns.

After Kublai Khan's ten thousand households were discussed, those people went out to work, and Kublai Khan took Hao Ren to the school with him. The air was mixed with the smell of horse and human excrement, as well as the smell of various forages. Tens of thousands of people and more than 20,000 horses gathered, and the smell was really a little choking. Although Hao Kang's 'stinky' is inappropriate, it is not nonsense.

Looking down from the heights, I saw that the troops participating in the parade were divided into twenty large formations, each of which was now only assembled. Such a large group of people is really spectacular to look at.

These days in Gentle Township, although Hao Ren is very relaxed, he is not doing nothing, just relaxing and enjoying. He also read a lot. I thought about it a lot, too. After arriving in the Song Kingdom, Wanhu keenly felt that the people of the Song Kingdom, who were once poorer than the ordinary people of Dayuan, were rapidly becoming rich.

The military system of the Great Yuan Dynasty needed a large number of wealthy people as the foundation, and the system of the Song State also needed a large number of wealthy people as the foundation. In such a competition, Hao Ren does not feel optimistic.