Jiang Xinyan thought that if it wasn't for the man calling her into the space, she would definitely be found if she was still climbing on the roof.

Although they can't catch themselves, it would be a bad thing if they were discovered.

The Dragon Shadow Guard and the palace guards searched methodically for a while, and there were no clues before they stopped.

No wonder no one easily assassinates the emperor, no matter how high this martial arts is, it is difficult to approach.

"Shin Shin, where else do you want to go?"

"Since you have come to the capital, let's go to the mansions to see if they all eat so well?"

Chu Lixuan took Jiang Xinyan to visit several mansions, but there was no pomp and circumstance in Jia's mansion at all.

There are a few slightly better ones, there is fish and meat, but there is no fruit, many are white porridge with pickles, no meat and no fish.

Jiang Xinyan was puzzled, "The outside of this mansion is also very arrogant, why do you eat white porridge and pickles?" ”

"This year's locust plague has suffered a lot of losses, and their food has been donated." This mansion was given by the emperor, and it is naturally luxurious.

Chu Lixuan wouldn't tell his little wife, he just deliberately took her and let her see these officials who are usually more honest and upright.

If she saw those traitors, not only did they have big fish and meat to eat, but also the opera in the house, she would definitely be angry again.

"Do you want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to have a look?"

"The Prime Minister should still be in the palace, when will the palace banquet end?"

"Around the second watch, the ministers and their families will pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and queen, and then rest until the Lantern Festival and start to go to court."

"Then let's go to the military camps on the border first, especially the southern border before you."

"Okay."

The couple appeared in the Lujia military camp and saw the soldiers eating meat, there was a meat dish, a wild vegetable, and a relatively thick porridge on the table.

The soldiers seem to be reincarnated as hungry ghosts, they should not have eaten so well in normal times, and they have a good meal for the New Year.

The weather in the south is not as cold as in the north, and after a few heavy rains, wild vegetables grow like crazy, and it is normal for them to have wild vegetables on their table.

The meat on the table, I really can't tell what kind of meat it is, seeing that they are living so hard, Jiang Xinyan is relieved.

If they eat nine pots and ten bowls, Jiang Xinyan is estimated to be stunned, not to say how vicious she is.

If this bad guy is doing better than her, how bad it is!

If it was the New Year, there was not even a single meat dish, Chu Lixuan would not be too happy, after all, he was a soldier who had followed him for many years.

If the couple went to the Huotou Army to take a look, they would know what kind of meat they were eating!

Pity! Neither husband nor wife is a good gossip person, and if they know about it, they will be so angry that they don't want to.

Chu Lixuan took Jiang Xinyan to the military camp of General Zhenxi, and the soldiers ate well during the New Year, including wild boar, pork ribs and wild vegetable soup, and wild donkey meat.

Because Jiang Xinyan herself has eaten wild boar and wild donkey meat, she can see at a glance that there are fish and fried wild vegetables.

There are five large plates on the table, and the food is also dry, and the soldiers are drinking, which is very in line with the atmosphere of the New Year.

The soldiers did not snatch food like starving ghosts reincarnated, and they were not hungry even when they were not hungry.

"Husband, the same people who eat military salaries, they have five dishes here, as well as wine and dry rice, why does Lu Jiajun only have one meat and vegetable with porridge?"

"Military salaries are generally paid once a quarter, and this year's locust plague was in August, and the imperial court did not know that there would be a locust plague, so the winter military pay and grain had already been distributed."

"If the management is good, there is no problem until the New Year, looking at them like this, the spring food should be received during the New Year, but it has not been distributed."

"Obviously, their meat is game that the soldiers went to hunt, the vegetables are wild vegetables picked in the mountains, and there has been no war on the western border in recent years."

Chu Lixuan popularized the Western Chu State again, and due to the fierce infighting, the battle for the throne has not yet been decided.

The Western Chu State is similar to the Dongchen Kingdom, both of which are cultivated countries, with a large area of cultivated land, and self-production and self-sale are enough for the domestic people to eat and clothe themselves.

The Western Chu State was not in its heyday, and generally did not take the initiative to invade, and when the national strength was strong, it would be itchy and unbearable.

Ten years ago, Xichu wanted to expand its territory, because General Zhenxi was also a fierce general, and no one got any benefits after two years of fighting.

Xichu declared an armistice, and because there were wars every year in Dongchen Kingdom, the emptiness of the treasury could only be suspended, and there was nothing to do for several years.

The Southern Barbarian Kingdom in the south of Dongchen Kingdom, because of the heavy miasma, the crop harvest is very low, and the people can't eat enough, so they often invade and grab grain.

The couple came to the military camp of the king of Zhenbei again, but there was no one, which is strange.

This Zhenbei King is the emperor's younger brother and the eldest princess's younger brother.

Xuanyuan Dong is in his forties this year, and he really has the talent of a pillar, guarding the northern border for more than 20 years, and the battles of all sizes have not been broken.

North Vietnam did not grab half an inch of territory, and the army of the king of Zhenbei was also 500,000, and it was located at the pass two hundred miles away from Youzhou.

Chu Lixuan and them were three hundred miles away from the capital city of Youzhou, so the military camp was about five hundred miles away from the mud town where they were located.

"There is no one in this military camp, it should be retreated to Youzhou City, could it be that North Vietnam has launched a fierce attack this time?" Chu Lixuan muttered to himself.

The North Vietnamese in the north are herders, and the people grow tall and big, and the nomads live on the grasslands and migrate with the water and grass.

Whether it is civilization, science and technology, and productivity, the nomads of North Vietnam are not as agrarian as Dongchen.

For example, the North Vietnamese nomads could not produce their own iron pots and could not extract salt on their own.

When the agrarian Dongchen entered the Iron Age, the nomadic people of North Vietnam were still in a primitive society.

If the North Vietnamese Kingdom wanted to obtain iron pots and salt, they had to trade with the Dongchen Kingdom.

But trade was a voluntary choice between the two sides, and the scale of trade was relatively small, which simply could not meet the needs of North Vietnam.

Moreover, when the two sides of North Vietnam and Dongchen Kingdom have been in a state of hostility for hundreds of years, Youzhou Futai closed the trade channel at every turn for selfish desires.

The economic blockade of North Vietnam was imposed, so that North Vietnam could not obtain the products they needed, so the only option was to choose the means of war.

In previous years, North Vietnam was often prone to natural disasters, but this year, especially the extreme weather, the locust plague in Dong Chen did not affect North Vietnam.

Because North Vietnam does not grow crops, but this year's heavy snow weather is worse than usual.

North Vietnam's means of production are livestock, that is, cattle, sheep, and horses, which are very susceptible to weather changes, and a heavy snowfall can freeze most livestock to death, and livestock will die.

North Vietnam has lost the resources to live, and when winter strikes again, North Vietnam may face a situation of not having enough to eat.

The peasants who lived in the north of Dongchen could not eat enough for themselves and fled to the famine, so the border trade was terminated because there was no grain to trade.

The people of North Vietnam were fierce and brave, and in previous years, they would make a small fight and grab some food and run away.

(End of chapter)