"Report to the general. There are signs of a large crowd of people moving in the distance!"

When Gao Shun and the soldiers of the training regiment forcibly advanced to the north to a hundred and thirty miles, a staff officer who was standing on a high place and was in charge of lookout shouted loudly to Gao Shun, who was directing the soldiers to build a road not far away.

At this time, ten days had passed since Zhao Xing left Crouching Tiger City, three days had passed since the training regiment had broken north from Wuyuan, and sixteen days had passed since the beginning of the snow disaster in the north.

After Gao Shun heard the report of the staff officer of the army, he came to a slightly higher place on the side of the road, took a telescope and looked carefully to the north for a while, and then said calmly: "It's not the enemy, it should be the men and horses in the direction of the surrendered city who are clear about the snow on the road." Tell all divisions to hurry up and ram the road, and strive to join up with the men and horses in front this night!"

Gao Shun saw the Yan Sheng division in the north, and Yan Xi also discovered the troops in the south not long after, although he couldn't see the number of this army, but he firmly believed that it was his own people. It is not difficult to come to such a judgment, on such a cold day, there are no hostile elements who are interested in wandering in the wilderness, not to mention that the shadows in the distance are clearly coming from the direction of Wuyuan City.

So Yan Xi also shouted to the soldiers who followed him out of the city to clear the snow on the road: "Brothers, the brigade that came to the rescue from Wuyuan City is not far away, everyone hurry up and clear the snow on the road, and strive to meet them at the end of the day today!"

With a clear goal, the people on both sides worked harder. The troops in the south were tampling the snow, and the troops in the north were shoveling the snow, although they were a little twisted, but it did not affect the enthusiasm of the two teams in the slightest.

When it was almost dark, Yan Xi's hand and Gao Shun's hand were tightly clasped together.

Yan Xi's emotions were a little excited, he took Gao Shun's hand and said with emotion: "I just said that the Jin Kingdom would not abandon the Yansheng clan, and even let General Gao lead the team from Crouching Tiger City to open the way! Hey, why didn't you shovel the snow to both sides?" Yan Xi said, his eyes widening and widening.

As a result, Gao Shun's words followed by a non-answer to the question made Yan Xi's eyes almost pop out.

"I'll explain this to you later, you hurry up with me to meet Master Taifu!" Gao Shun didn't explain why he led the team to smash the snow.

"What? You—you mean Taifu...... Lord Taifu, did he personally lead the team to the surrender city?" Yan Xi, who was originally fluent in Chinese, asked Zhao Xing a little stammering. It's no wonder that Yan Xi was so surprised, he really didn't dare to imagine that Zhao Xing would come to the surrendered city in person because of the snow disaster.

"The last general, Yan Xi, greets Master Taifu!" In Zhao Xing's marching tent, Yan Xi knelt on one knee and made an extremely solemn salute to Zhao Xing.

"General Yan has worked hard, get up quickly!" Zhao Xing helped Yan Xi up with both hands and brushed the snow off Yan Xi's shoulders with his own hands. "The Yansheng clan has suffered this time, and I have come to your rescue with a large army!"

Zhao Xing's simple two words made Yan Xi, who was born as a tough guy, suddenly have red eyes, and the tears he held back only swirled in his eyes.

Yan Xi said a little choked: "Master Taifu, it's really miserable, many cattle and horses have been frozen to death, if you don't come again, the people in the city will not be able to hold on......"

"Don't panic, now that we're here, everything will be fine. Let's go, take a look at the relief materials I have prepared for you!" Zhao Xing comforted Yan Xi, and then pulled him to the temporary station of disaster relief materials that Qin Yilu was in charge of.

When Yan Xi saw that Zhao Xing actually let the horses drag a large number of relief materials from the sled, he slapped himself on the head fiercely, and then said with some concern: "Oops, this is terrible. We have bulldozed the snow on the roads dozens of miles ahead, how can these supplies be transported into the surrendered city?"

Zhao Xing had already learned about this from Gao Shun's mouth, so he said calmly: "It's okay, immediately set up a temporary field warehouse at the place where the two armies meet, order all the materials that have been transported from the south one after another to be unloaded on both sides of the road, and then untie the horses from the sleigh to transport the goods into the city!"

On the morning of the third day of the meeting of the two armies, 5,000 soldiers of Yansheng's division opened the way in front, and Zhao Xing arrived at the surrendered city with a large amount of relief materials. Suddenly, the whole city was in a sensation, and many herdsmen braved the cold to kneel beside the main road in the city, welcoming Lord Taifu into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Zhao Xing immediately ordered Qin Yilu to organize a team to distribute all the relief materials to the people in the city for free, while he, accompanied by Yan Xi, personally visited the herdsmen's homes and inspected the disaster situation at the location of the horse pen and sheep pen.

After looking at the simple furnishings and some shabby warm clothes in the herdsmen's homes everywhere he went, Zhao Xing's mood couldn't help but become heavy. After he looked at the three pens where most of the livestock had been frozen to death, his originally gloomy face became even more solemn.

This is still the case in the affected cities, and further north, the situation will only get worse, and there will definitely be herders who will freeze to death, not to mention livestock. The disaster this time was even more serious than Zhao Xing expected.

Zhao Xingqiang fought his spirits and came to a square where the people in the city gathered, stood on a temporary wooden platform, looked at the dense heads of people under the stage, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

After a short period of emotional brewing, Zhao Xing's incendiary speech began: "Folks, you have suffered! The snow disaster is merciless, but the people of our Jin Kingdom are heart-to-heart, your disaster is our disaster, and the Jin Kingdom will do its best to save you!"

"Master Taifu, our horses and sheep are frozen to death, and there is nothing left...... a middle-aged herdsman in the crowd shouted with tears in his eyes.

"Sir, please have mercy on the poor Yansheng people, and take our children back to the south, the children are still young, they should not be frozen to death!" one mother cried out without hesitation.

The sadness was completely ignited by the two people who spoke, and for a while, the audience burst into tears.

Zhao Xing saw that his emotions were in danger of getting out of control, so he immediately picked up the copper loudspeaker that Yan Xi had prepared beside him, and then raised his voice a lot, and shouted loudly to the audience: "Folks! Don't worry, I have not only brought you the necessary supplies for life, but I have also brought you many disaster relief measures! The frozen horses, cattle and sheep are all purchased by the government at the price of live livestock, and this year the government will also provide you with a batch of horse breeds and sheep breeds transferred from the direction of Liangzhou to help you resume animal husbandry production!"

As Zhao Xing made a loud promise, the people in the audience gradually woke up from their sadness, and then some of them didn't believe their ears and began to ask each other what the Han ** master said just now. After everyone was convinced that Zhao Xing was buying frozen horses, cattle and sheep at the price of live livestock, everyone's originally dead hearts finally burst out with eager sparks.

Yan Xi lost no time in standing up and shouted at the people in the audience: "Long live the Jin Kingdom!

"Ten thousand years of the Jin Kingdom!"

"Long live Master Taifu!"

The herdsmen in the audience shouted loudly from the bottom of their hearts.

After meeting the herdsmen, Zhao Xing came to Yan Xi's mansion and discussed with everyone the specific steps for disaster relief. Qin Yilu, who couldn't help himself, finally spoke at this time: "Lord, do you know how much property you want to put in?" Now that Liangguo and Youzhou are in ruins, both of them are reaching out to ask for money from the Jin Kingdom, and we still have so much money to help the herdsmen who are guarding there?"

Zhao Xing seemed to have thought that his big butler would be furious, so he said calmly: "It's okay, take advantage of the cold weather now, and marinate these dead livestock that have been purchased into jerky as soon as possible, and then reserve them as war-ready meat, and consume them by the Protector Army this year! So many meat products can save a lot of money!"

Who knew that after Qin Yilu heard Zhao Xing's words, he became even more excited, waved his hands and shouted: "Don't do this, even if these horse meat and mutton are rotten, don't marinate them into salted meat!"

Zhao Xing was a little dizzy by Qin Yilu's action, and asked Qin Yilu a little depressed: "Manager Qin, can you tell me why not?"

"Lord, have you ever calculated the accounts, there are hundreds of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep that were frozen to death in the north this time, if such a huge quantity is all salted into salted meat, how much salt is needed?" Qin Yilu asked Zhao Xing with a flushed face.

"I really haven't calculated this account, I guess I also need a million catties of salty salt, right?" Zhao Xing returned helplessly. For himself, the big housekeeper who picks the door, he really can't get angry.

"It takes at least ten catties of salt to marinate the flesh of a horse! According to the current market price, an ordinary horse can be exchanged for fifteen catties of salt, and if all of them are salted into salted meat, the salt spent in front of the flower alone will be enough to compensate the herdsmen who have been affected by the disaster!" Qin Yilu said the crux of the problem.

At this moment, Zhao Xing was completely stunned. From later generations, he was accustomed to the price of more than a pound of salt, and even ignored that in the Han Dynasty, salt was a very expensive condiment. If it is according to what Qin Yilu said, then it really can't be done like this.