Ah Yi was gently wiping Yang Ming's body with hot water.

Last night, Yang Ming had another nightmare and was sweating profusely.

Yang Ming reached out and rubbed his temporal chin.

When he was in Luoyang, he rarely had nightmares, and he never thought that he had only been away from Luoyang for two months, and he had a second time, and he still had similar dreams.

After helping Yang Ming wipe his body, Ah Yi hurriedly changed into a cotton robe for him, and then brought ginger soup.

Recently, the weather has turned extremely cold, especially last night, to the point where it can wake people up from freezing.

With a bowl of ginger soup in his stomach, Yang Ming suddenly felt that his whole person warmed up.

He got up and went outside the house, and a chill hit him.

When I looked up, there was a gloom in front of me.

There was no snow, but it was like being in an ice cellar.

Turning his head to look, there were upside-down ice picks hanging from the eaves.

He subconsciously reached out and folded one down, waved it a few times, and then threw it aside because it was too cold.

Just then, he heard a knock behind him.

He walked to the back and saw that it was Zhang Liao holding the ring head cone and chiseling ice there.

Buqi Mountain is not a lonely mountain, but is connected to Bishan Mountain, and there are many streams on the mountain.

Yang Ming chose to settle in front of a stream, but at this time, the surface of the stream was frozen.

Although it is not frozen to the point of three feet, it is half an arm's thick layer, and no water can be taken out.

"Falcon, go get some salt." Yang Ming said.

Zhang Liao responded and went to the house, and after a while, he took some coarse salt.

When it was sprinkled on the ice, after a while, he chiseled it with an awl and succeeded in breaking the ice.

Looking at the gurgling stream in front of him, Zhang Liao's small eyes were full of curiosity.

Yang Ming remembered something at this time, turned around and went to the academy.

Passing through the path next to the academy, he reached the field in the backyard.

Zheng Xuan was already there, with a sad face.

In front of their eyes, a large area of wheat seedlings had been frozen.

Winter wheat is most afraid of this extreme weather.

Moreover, the remedies that can be done in this era are very limited, which means that there is a high probability that there will be no harvest next summer.

Yang Ming looked helpless.

has just experienced locust plagues and plagues, and such extreme low temperatures, God really "favors" Qingzhou.

After returning to Luzhong, Zhang Liao was boiling water, and Yang Ming sat on the side to warm his hands.

"You go down the hill later, and let people buy more wheat for stock." After a while, Yang Ming said, this winter is not easy.

"By the way, send some to Wang Hu, and send them some salt too." When Zhang Liao got up, he admonished again.

……

In a flash, it's another month later.

Because it was cold, and there was enough food on the mountain, they did not come down this month.

But Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, and they will go down the mountain in a few days to celebrate the New Year.

But before they could set out, someone came up the mountain.

"No, the county lieutenant is straight, and I have seen Shaojun." The person who came reported his home was a person from the Fu family.

Moreover, he also brought a team of soldiers with knives.

"What's the matter with Lieutenant Fu?" Yang Ming was very puzzled.

"My brother asked me to go up the mountain to find Shaojun, saying that there was something important to discuss." Fu Zhi spoke.

"What?" Yang Ming looked at the team of officials and said.

The brother that Fu Zhi said should be Na Fuya.

Since the last time he knew about the situation under the mountain, he had taken a wait-and-see attitude towards the struggle under the mountain, and he was also wary of Fuya.

"Brother never said it, but don't worry, Shaojun, these officials are protecting our safety, and there is a famine at the foot of the mountain at this time." Fu Zhi explained after seeing Yang Ming's reaction.

Yang Ming was stunned when he heard this, famine?

Even if the cold freezes the winter wheat and causes a famine, it should not be until the beginning of spring next year.

However, he still quickly beckoned Zhang Liao and Ah Yi, and went down the mountain with Fu Zhi and others.

If there is a famine, his more than 100 people must also be taken care of.

They followed Fuzhi all the way down the mountain, and when they were almost at the foot of the mountain, they saw someone with a knife scraping the bark there.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they were even more stunned by what they saw.

Almost all the trees had been stripped of their bark, and there were no weeds in the ground, giving the land a sense of desolation that it had never felt before.

And just above this wilderness, there are still people searching for something.

Along the way, they saw many hungry people dying of starvation in the fields, and this scene made Yang Ming's face solemn.

However, the county has endured the locust plague and the plague, but after all, it has not escaped the famine.

Not long after, they arrived in Buqi County, and from afar they saw that the gate of Buqi County was closed, as if they were facing a great enemy.

When they got closer, there were many hungry people sitting on the ground outside the city gate, and their eyes all looked at the city with the same eyes.

The officials all drew their swords at this time, and all of them looked nervous.

Seeing this, many hungry people stood up, but when they saw the bright blade, they subconsciously sat back again.

When he got to the city gate, he shouted, and the city gate was wide open.

When they entered, the gates were shut again.

Yang Ming asked Zhang Liao and Ah Yi to go home first, and then got into the ox cart with Fu and went to Fu's mansion.

As he passed, he looked left and right, and there were few people on the street.

The only place where people are seen gathering is where people are selling wild vegetables and tree bark.

When he arrived at Fu Mansion, Fu Ya saw Yang Ming and immediately greeted him.

"Shaojun can be counted back, at this time, people outside the city are panicking, and Ji Shang is very worried." Fuya said.

"It's only been a month, how can the situation be so serious?" Yang Ming said curiously.

While speaking, the two entered the main hall and sat down one after another.

"Hey, it's hard to put into words." Fu Ya sighed and motioned for the servant to serve Yang Ming some wine and food.

Yang Ming looked at Fu Ya and was already listening.

"It seems to be a natural disaster, but it is actually a man-made disaster, that Zhao Yan bought empty wheat a month ago, and went to the township to scavenge it, and now the price of wheat has risen wildly, it has been 50,000 yuan a stone, where can ordinary people afford it." Fuya said angrily.

Yang Ming's face tensed when he heard this.

Zhao Yan did something bad in a disaster year, and he was more stupid and unscrupulous than Wang Fu.

It's just that Zhao Yan acted like this, and Fu Ya didn't react at all?

Isn't this the time they have to wait for to leave Tong Hui?

"Didn't Tong Governor Post take action?" Yang Ming asked.

"Then Zhao Yan has recruited more than 100 dead soldiers to guard the granary, and he is helpless." Fuya replied.

Yang Ming reacted instantly when he heard this.

After the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu defeated the world's troops, and only a few areas such as Luoyang, Bianjun and Sanfu had troops.

The other inner counties not only have no soldiers, but also do not even have captains.

This led to a very embarrassing phenomenon, and the local court officials had no troops available.

In peacetime, it is enough to punish the people, and there are small officials, but if you encounter local tyrants, especially those who arm slaves and maids and build Wu forts, there is no way.

This can also be seen from Cao Cao's experience in governing Dunqiu.

If he hadn't recruited more than 100 villagers and used the art of war, how could Cao Cao have governed that place.

"Does the young gentleman have a good plan?" Fuya then asked.

This should be the reason why he invited Yang Ming down the mountain.

Yang Ming shook his head.

Fu Ya invited him, most likely because he wanted to cooperate with him, but he still didn't want to clash with Zhao Yanqi head-on.

And even if he really wanted to, there was nothing good to do at this time.

In a place, even if there is no family power available, and there are no other troops and horses, what can those dozen or so guards do alone?

Fu Ya was also helpless when she saw this, but she still got up and said: "Shaojun doesn't have to worry about food, although my Fu Shi is no longer able to help the disaster at this time, but there is still winter surplus food, if Shaojun is in need, I should send it to the house." ”

"Thank you." Yang Ming also got up to say goodbye.

When he returned home, the first thing he did was to have the surplus checked before he went to buy some wild vegetables and bark for a rainy day.

Now the situation inside the city is treacherous, and there are so many displaced people outside the city, they can't leave if they want to.

Then he arranged for guards to guard the front and back doors, and men were like wild beasts under hunger.

After arranging everything, he continued to study Zheng Xue in his room.

Despite the turmoil, we still can't afford to fall behind in our studies.

"Will there be something going on over there for Gong Zheng?" Zhang Liao was also watching "Pick Up" in the house at this time, and couldn't help but ask after watching it for a while.

Yang Ming shook his head.

Zheng Xuan is famous all over the world, like a saint in Qingzhou, which is why there was a famine at the foot of the mountain, but they did not see the hungry people on the mountain for a month.

Moreover, if the Fu family can take them down the mountain, they will naturally protect Zheng Xuan's safety.

"Where do you see it?" Yang Ming shook his head and looked at Zhang Liao, with a reproachful face, and he was most distracted when reading a book.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War is a virtual and real chapter, excerpting 'Therefore, those who are good at fighting will cause people but not others', and there is no annotation on the bamboo slips." Zhang Liao replied.

Cao Cao's "Summary" is not a full annotation, and some of it is just an excerpt that he personally thinks is important.

"How do you solve it?" Yang Ming asked.

Zhang Liao thought for a while and replied: "The prophet knows himself and the other, knows the truth and knows the truth, but mobilizes the reality of the other, and then hits the void." ”

Yang Ming nodded with satisfaction after listening.

He decided to take the road of hegemony, and he studied the book of natural soldiers, which means that the battlefield must take the initiative.

There are many ways to grasp the initiative, such as showing the enemy weakness, luring the enemy to go deeper, attacking the east and west, encircling the point to send reinforcements, and so on, all of which are the embodiment of this sentence.

Only by mobilizing your opponent and letting them follow you can you take the initiative and not passively pin your hopes on your opponent.

Zhang Liao has never read military books, but he can combine fiction and reality, and it is not easy to have this kind of understanding.

"Keep reading, don't get distracted." Yang Ming admonished, and then picked up the scripture and looked at it again.

After a while, he himself couldn't help but put down the scriptures.

Zheng Xuan will be fine, but what about Wang Hu?

Although he asked Zhang Liao to send some salt and grain before, it was not much.

Besides, Wang Hu's family doesn't have much ability to protect themselves, and if someone finds that they have surplus food, they will inevitably be robbed.