"My lord, I heard that the snow north of the Great Wall is even heavier, and it has even reached the neck. The cattle, sheep, horses, and slaves of the Xiongnu froze to death in large numbers. When spring comes, there will inevitably be a slaughter on the grassland, and the Xiongnu may even go south to attack our Zhao Kingdom." Wei Wuji reminded.

Under normal circumstances, the Hu people in the north like to go south to raid when the horses are fat in autumn, because this is the period when their combat effectiveness is the strongest.

After a summer of feeding, the war horse has grown a thick layer of fat, and the swords and arrows have been sharpened very sharply, and the strong clansmen are gearing up.

At this time, it was the harvest season of the Zhao Kingdom, and going south could loot more money and food to help them survive the bitter winter.

And in the spring, the tribesmen were hungry for a winter, their combat effectiveness was low, the fat on the horses had also fallen out, and the cattle and sheep were skinny, and the Xiongnu would try to avoid war with the Zhao people.

However, there is one exception, that is, a large-scale snowstorm occurred on the grassland, a large number of livestock froze to death, the tribesmen had no way to eat, and the tribes continued to fight and grab limited resources.

At this time, the Xiongnu Shan Yu would call on all the tribes to go south, not to plunder, but to reduce Ding.

Let the people under his command continue to die in battle when attacking Zhao State, until the population is almost reduced, and then turn back to the grassland.

In the end, not only did it achieve the goal of reducing Ding, but it could also weaken the strength of Zhao State, and by the way, there was another wave of robbery.

Zhao also organized a large army to go north to plunder the Xiongnu, and finally returned with a great victory, but the territory that was fought could not be occupied for a long time, and the cattle and sheep looted were not enough for military expenditure.

After a few times, it can only turn from strategic offense to strategic defense.

"I'll let Li Mu pay attention." Zhao Kuo nodded, "Have all the people of the hundred workers been settled?"

"They have all been placed in Congtai, and everyone's praise for the king continues. Even though the roads are blocked by heavy snowfall, there are still people coming from all over the world these days." Wei Wuji said with a smile.

This is the power of fame, and everyone chooses to believe in Zhao Kuo.

Even though countries are openly and covertly preventing people from moving, and even setting up checkpoints at the border, people continue to come from all over the country.

is not to be the guest of King Zhao, as long as he has a piece of land that belongs to him, it is far beyond now.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in later generations, let alone in this era. The long border is not something that can be stopped by a few levels.

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Yanmen County, Woyang County.

Felt used to be a leader of the Linhu tribe, but now he often considers himself a Zhao person and is proud of it.

Although he was sometimes ridiculed by other Zhao people, he didn't care, because his son studied at Handan Academy, and worshipped a great Confucian as a teacher, learning the purest Zhao script and language, which is an opportunity that many Zhao people do not get.

He originally wanted to kill a cow for a while and take the beef to visit his son's teacher, but he heard that the Zhao people were going to send them to the apprentices, and he didn't know if his son had sent them at that time, and he wanted to make up for him.

He also heard that beef is not allowed to be eaten in the Central Plains, even if it is difficult for nobles to eat it, presumably the same is true of Da Confucian, and he will definitely gain the favor of Da Confucian by sending beef by himself.

By the way, take a look at King Zhao again, it was he who gave his children the opportunity to go to school, and Yumu has always been very grateful to the other party in his heart.

However, a snowstorm interrupted all of the felt's plans, and most of the cattle and sheep in the tribe froze to death, and even a few of the tribesmen froze to death.

In the morning, with a bag on his back and a large knife hanging from his waist, he turned over and got on his horse, ready to go to the city for help, he didn't know if the high-ranking officials would take care of them, but at this time he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Without support, they probably won't survive this winter.

As soon as Felt Mu opened the gate of the tribe, he suddenly saw a group of Zhao soldiers walking in his direction not far away, and he was suddenly frightened.

"Will ...... General, what are you doing here?" Yu Mu asked in horror, could it be that Zhao Guo was going to be wiped out?

"Disaster relief." Li Mu pointed to the carriage behind him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, these are coal and winter clothes to help you

, send it to everyone immediately. The food is behind, the snow is too slippery, the vehicle can't come, you take the people to move it."

"Disaster relief? Save us?" Felt Mu said in disbelief as he stared at himself with his fingers.

This news was even more unbelievable than Zhao Guo coming to kill them.

For so many years, even if they were hit by a big snow disaster, how could Zhao Guo have taken care of them?

"Are you from Zhao?" Li Mu asked in a deep voice.

"Yes." Felt immediately said without any hesitation.

"That is to save you." Li Mu said loudly.

"Subordinate...... Subordinate General Xie." Felt Mu trembled excitedly, and then performed a non-standard Zhao State etiquette, "Haven't consulted the general's name yet?"

"Li Mu." Li Mu strode inside, "Are there any other tribes nearby?"

"There are two more small tribes to the east, and one more to the west." Felt said immediately.

"Two men were sent to bring our men over, and it took two hours to find your tribe." Li Mu said as he walked forward.

Just a few steps to see a collapsed tent, a spear sweep, sweeping away the snow on it, into the look, Li Mu's face instantly gloomy, only to see an old man lying in the tent who was frozen to death.

"Didn't your tribe buy coal?" Li Mu withdrew his fingers from under the old man's nose and asked in a deep voice.

"We want to buy it, but we can't." Felt shook his head bitterly.

Although Zhao Kuo has limited the price of coal, the output is not enough, and even if the price is restricted, most people still can't buy it.

Although Zhao has many open-pit coal mines and has drilling technology, it is still unrealistic to supply the whole country with limited manpower.

"Didn't the king already give an order that you could exchange your work for coal? And there is a coal mine in Yanmen, and for every ten catties of coal dug up, you can take home a catty." Li Mu said.

This was another order given by Zhao Kuo.

In order to encourage the people in the vicinity to dig coal, as long as they hand in nine catties of coal, they can take home a catty, even the poorest families, as long as they dig coal for a few days, they can save enough coal for the winter.

Of course, this benefit is only available in a few areas with coal mines, such as Yanmen and Taiyuan.

"It's not that my subordinates haven't led their clansmen to do work, but every time the road is repaired, those officials say that the coal has been distributed, so let's wait. We have waited until now, and we have not waited for coal, but we have been paid a lot, so we have no complaints."

According to the previous practice of these officials, it was beyond his expectation that he would be able to get paid.

"Later, my subordinates led some of my people to mine in the mines, but the officials in charge of the mines told us that although there was such a policy, it had to be approved by the local county ordinance. The subordinates went to the prefectural magistrate again, but the prefectural magistrate kept rejecting it under various pretexts."

"Isn't it because of the identity of the leader...... And against the chief?" One person guessed.

Yumu understood what the other party meant, and suspected that the county commander looked down on his identity as a Hu person, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, the Tiege tribe not far away and we are all Hu people, but they can not only get coal by helping the government build roads, but also lead the clansmen to the mountains to mine."