Chapter 9: Winter
Since the last summons, the entire Yunzhou City has fallen into an eerie calm.
The local forces are waiting for this cross-river dragon prince to make a move, but the cross-river dragon lord is just doing some very ordinary things on his own.
Supervise the follow-up construction of the palace, put forward suggestions for modifications to the areas that he is not satisfied with, and let the craftsmen repair according to their own ideas, and the daily activity is to take a group of guards to the grassland every day to hunt and shoot rabbits.
And every day he returned with a full load, carrying a nest of rabbits back to the city.
Seeing the results of this prince's battle, the other civilians in the city also moved.
Secretly follow the team to see where the team hunts every day, and how many rabbits can be caught.
Who knew that every time after the Cloud King's hunting team left, when these people who were secretly following were looking in place, they didn't find a single rabbit.
I can only watch King Yun and his entourage return with a full load every day, but they are helpless, and they can't get any cheaper.
And when Zhao Jun's daily activities continued for a period of time, the other forces that were originally extremely vigilant gradually relaxed their vigilance, feeling that this Cloud King was also a lazy person and would not do anything to threaten their interests anymore.
Although he still keeps an eye on Zhao Jun's movements just in case, he no longer has the nervousness and caution he had at the beginning.
The daily life of Yunzhou City passed quickly under this strange calm, and in the blink of an eye, the time came to November.
The weather has also entered the early part of winter, the weather is gradually getting cooler, and the grass on the grassland is gradually turning yellow.
At this time, herders who have lived on the grasslands for generations will begin to desperately collect forage for their cattle and sheep to feed in the winter.
But they don't have a long-term storage method, this behavior is tantamount to drinking water to quench their thirst, only in the early winter has some use, to the real winter, they can still only resign themselves to fate, let God decide how much their cattle and sheep will survive this year?
And the snow in winter is called the White Plague by the steppe people!
White horror disaster!
Snow big enough is enough to turn a large tribe into a chicken-dog overnight.
Winter is a real-life battle royale on the grassland, and no grassland force can avoid it, which is why every winter, the former northern grassland tribes will always go south to invade the Great Song Dynasty.
Everyone wants to live, and the grassland tribes that have suffered from the white plague can only survive the white plague if they grab enough living materials in the prosperous Great Song Dynasty.
Therefore, every time they fought, they came with the determination to die.
Even if he knew that there would be heavy casualties, he would attack the Great Song Dynasty like a moth to a fire again and again.
It's all about survival.
Since Yunzhou County was annexed fifty years ago, the herdsmen of Yunzhou County took the initiative to allocate money and grain to help the affected herdsmen live after the disaster in winter, which also led to the gradual stabilization of the herdsmen in Yunzhou County, and even became a barrier in the north of the Great Song Dynasty in winter, as a line of defense against the invasion of nomadic tribes from the grasslands further north.
This year is the first year of Zhao Jun's feudal domain, because it is close to winter when he became a feudal domain, the imperial court still promises to be responsible for the support of Yunzhou County this year, but next year these will be solved by Zhao Jun, the king of Yun, himself.
Seeing that the day was getting colder and colder, one night in mid-November, snowflakes were falling quietly.
After only one night's work, the surface of the grassland outside has been covered with a thick layer of snow, and even the city of Yunzhou has been covered with "snow quilts" everywhere, and there is a silver coating everywhere.
Crunch~
Pushing open the door, a cold air hit instantly, and Zhao Jun, who was about to go out, almost retreated to the room on the spot.
Stabilized his body, looked at the snowflakes that were still falling outside, and subconsciously touched his chin and began to think.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I also felt that at this moment, I only had the word WC to express my complex emotions of wanting to write a poem but without any ink in my chest.
After thinking about it, if I really spit out those two words, it didn't fit my own personality a little, so I swallowed it back.
Turning his head, Zhao Jun instructed Wang Huaien, who was following behind: "The snow is so heavy, let the craftsmen stop working, and give a reward to each craftsman's family so that they can go back for a good winter. ”
Wang Huaien immediately nodded: "Don't worry, these slaves and maids will definitely do it for you, and they will never let people gossip about the prince." ”
Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, and asked again, "How is the escort over there?" Have thick military uniforms and sufficient carbon fire subsidies been issued? ”
Wang Huaien immediately said: "Not long after the snow fell last night, the slave maid had already notified the quartermaster to issue thick military uniforms and carbon fire subsidies to the brothers, and the brothers were very grateful to the prince after receiving it." ”
Zhao Jun nodded again, then looked at the snowflakes that were still falling outside the door and said slowly: "You can do things this king rest assured, this escort army is the foundation of our foothold in this Yunzhou City, no one can be bad to them, they are the confidence of this king to lift the table, don't be sloppy."
In addition, not only these two places, but also the other people who followed us from Bianjing can't be left behind, and none of the children who should be given can be missing, we don't lack this, but we can't make people feel cold, otherwise who will give us their lives? ”
"What the prince said is that the slaves and maids strictly follow the prince's teachings." Wang Huaien bowed his head and listened respectfully, responding from time to time, and tirelessly listening to his prince's chattering instructions, with a proud look on his face.
This is their own prince, the reason why the big guy only took three months to recognize the prince, is because the prince has been recognized by everyone for his style of acting, not to say that he leads by example, but he will never let people find fault, on the contrary, compared to others, the prince's sympathetic behavior of his subordinates is more heartwarming, and it is also the reason why everyone recognizes the prince the most.
Perhaps thinking that everything that should be said had been said, Zhao Jun quickly stopped his chatter, wrapped his clothes, stepped out of the door, and said lightly while walking towards the front hall:
"It's almost time, let them do it.
Although it is a boiled frog in warm water, let the bottom pay attention to it, and be prepared to cover the lid at any time, so that the frog that detects the clue does not jump out and become a boiled duck and fly. ”
"Yes, Lord Wang!"
With the snow falling, this winter may not be as good as usual.
It's just that I don't know how many people and things will turn into dust and be swept into the garbage heap of history.
Become an insignificant, a stepping stone under the rolling trend!
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