Great Qin Shi Empress

Chapter 48 105~108

==·Escape·==

Xiang Yan was about to die of anger.

Especially when he saw all the soldiers under his command looking eagerly at the cotton-padded jacket on Qin Jun's body, he felt even more angry and worried.

But he can't do anything: First, he doesn't know what the clothes on Qin Jun's body are made of, and why they not only look bulging, but also seem to keep them extra warm, which makes Qin Jun, who was originally pale with cold, look pale quickly. It became rosy; secondly, he also knew very well that it was impossible for the rear of Chu State to send them more clothes to keep out the cold.

Because apart from animal fur and wearing more clothes, there is really no good way to keep out the cold these days.

But cloth is really scarce.

Standing on the city wall, he couldn't understand why Qin, the poorest of the countries in his impression, could suddenly come up with so many clothes——

Didn't the soldiers of the Qin State always have to bring their own armor?I heard that in the past when the weather was very cold during the war, the soldiers had to write letters home to ask their families to send clothes to the front line. This is why the post station in Qin State was very prosperous.Now, is the Qin court already rich enough to buy the clothes of so many soldiers?

Where did their fabric come from?Who made so many clothes?Why is Qin so rich all of a sudden?

Xiang Yan was full of doubts and couldn't figure it out.

If I didn't understand it before, it wouldn't affect my life, and if I didn't know it, I didn't know it anymore.But now I can't figure it out, there is no way to bridge the gap in the treatment of soldiers from the two countries, and the soldiers of the Chu army may mutiny.

Because the military systems of the two countries are fundamentally different.

Qin soldiers can exchange military merits for titles. On the one hand, like the Chu army, they are fighting for the Qin royal family, and on the other hand, they are also fighting for themselves, so even if they need to prepare their own armor when going to the battlefield, they have no complaints; However, most of the soldiers in the state of Chu were private soldiers of nobles, pure wage earners, so the nobles were fully responsible for all the treatment of soldiers, such as armor, horses and clothing.

Otherwise, who is willing to fight for the nobles with their lives?

But the current situation is that soldiers from the state of Qin can not only earn titles when they go out to fight, but the court is also responsible for their clothes;

When the temperature is getting lower and lower, Chu Jun will be sorry for his suffering if he does not mutiny.

After Xiang Yan retreated from the city wall, she walked around her room anxiously.When the lieutenant general came to discuss how to restore the affected morale of the soldiers, he couldn't hold back and yelled at the lieutenant directly: "Tell me, besides taking out more clothes for the soldiers to keep out the cold, what else can I do?" Restoring soldiers' morale? Hmm?"

The lieutenant was taken aback, unable to speak in embarrassment.

Looking at the deputy general, Xiang Yan took a deep breath for a while: "Do you know what happened to the clothes on the soldiers of Qin State? Isn't Qin State always poor?"

The deputy general glanced at Xiang Yan in surprise, and after hesitating for a moment, he took out a booklet from his arms: "This is something that a businessman from my humble hometown bought from Qin State. It records some of the situation in Qin State. After reading it, the general It should be possible to understand."

Xiang Yan looked at the palm-sized roll of paper in her hand and frowned: "What is this?"

The deputy general whispered: "It seems that Qin Mo has recently researched a recording tool that can replace bamboo slips and wooden tablets. They named it paper. The general can see the contents inside by pulling it along the scroll, although it is not written in detail. , but also mentioned potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes... and cotton, and coarse cloth spun by a mixture of cotton and ramie. I heard that the output is very high, so the price of cloth and grain in Qin State is quite low, and the court and the people are much richer than before. few."

Xiang Yan has heard of potatoes and corn, and even planted some in her own field, but what are sweet potatoes and cotton?

He opened it, and after scanning it with a glance, his expression changed drastically: "Where did you get this thing?"

The deputy general was puzzled: "I bought it at a high price from a merchant."

"How much does the merchant sell?"

"That's not much," the lieutenant general glanced at Xiang Yan, "but those businessmen specially opened a shop, and they specially let people preach the above content in the shop, and every time they can attract many people to come to listen to the lecture."

"what?"

The deputy general thought that Xiang Yan didn't believe it, and explained: "Before I visited the barracks in my humble position, I heard the above story mentioned by soldiers and colleagues. Many people should have heard of it. If the general doesn't believe it, you can find some The soldier asked."

wow-

The booklet in Xiang Yan's hand slipped to the ground.

The lieutenant was startled, and subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but his body froze when his eyes touched Xiang Yan's terrifying face: "General?"

Xiang Yan rushed out in stride.

The lieutenant quickly picked up the booklet, put it in the lapel of his clothes, and then patted it, before chasing it out.

After not running far, he saw Xiang Yan standing behind a few chatting soldiers, seeming to be listening to the soldiers, so he hurried over.

then……

"It is said that the Qin law is strict, but listening to the stories told by those businessmen, it seems that it is not the case."

"That's right, they also said that the state of Qin treated the soldiers very badly, and the soldiers had to spend their own money to buy even the armor, but if this is the case, how could the king of Qin give clothes to the soldiers? I saw it on the city wall before, and the clothes It's very thick, and I don't know what it's made of, but it looks so warm."

"I know that. Those clothes must be made of cotton. Cotton is a new crop discovered by Qin. Not only can it be spun like ramie, but it can also be stuffed into the middle of clothes to keep warm."

"Ah, don't we have any in our country?"

"Probably not? Otherwise, why didn't King Chu give us clothes made of cotton? We're going to freeze to death!"

"But they have clothes made of fur, and they didn't give it to us, did they?"

"That's right, those nobles are stingy, and they won't give real good things to us big soldiers."

"Oh, what a wonderful state of Qin, it even distributes clothes..."

……

When the deputy general walked over, he found that Xiang Yan's expression was completely unreadable.

He was frightened half to death, and immediately yelled at several soldiers: "What are you doing here if you don't go to train? Qin Guo can't tell when he will beat him, and he is still in the mood to chat and fart here, and he is not afraid of Qin Jun rushing in and cutting out of your heads!"

Several soldiers immediately got up and turned around when they heard the voice, and their faces turned pale when they saw Xiang Yan.

Thinking of what they said before, the soldiers were scared to death.

But what was unexpected was that Xiang Yan was about to smoke with anger, but instead of pursuing the soldiers, he turned around and walked in another direction.

Seeing that Xiang Yan didn't intend to pursue it, the deputy general hurried after him.

but……

The deputy general followed Xiang Yan all the way, and listened to the chats of the soldiers all the way. He was shocked by the unanimous praise of Qin State and belittling Chu State.

He even suspected that if the Qin soldiers were not too brutal on the battlefield, these soldiers might not be able to surrender directly after meeting the Qin army on the battlefield.

What's the matter!

The lieutenant touched his chest, feeling like he was touching a hot potato——

He had read the contents of the booklet, but he only took it for fun. Apart from being particularly greedy for the yield of crops such as corn and potatoes, he was not affected by the contents at all. He did not expect this booklet to have such a great impact on ordinary soldiers.

The lieutenant looked at Xiang Yan in panic.

Xiang Yan was silent all the way, and locked herself in the room after visiting the barracks.

He didn't come out until a day later.

But before he took action to rectify military discipline, he heard a report from his subordinates that the Qin army had already lined up outside Pingyu City and was about to attack them.

After a moment of silence, Xiang Yan couldn't help looking up to the sky and sighing, "Time doesn't wait for me!"

Without waiting for the deputy general to ask, Xiang Yan immediately went to the city wall.

……

In this siege battle, Wang Jian led the troops to press the front, Meng Tian and Li Xin were responsible for attacking from both sides, and then sent a young general to lead the troops to harass in the last direction to disperse the Chu army.

Because of the quantitative suppression, the Qin army did not fight this siege battle urgently.

At the beginning, they still focused on harassment and did not attack the city by force. They basically sent people to attack the city first. Once the Chu State concentrated its troops in a certain direction, they quickly retreated. 80 soldiers took turns to rest, harassing the Chu army day and night, and soon made the defenders of Pingyu City miserable.

However, the Qin army was not in a hurry, relying on enough warm clothes, the attacking rhythm has been slow.

However, as the temperature got lower and lower, the clothes on their bodies became more and more unable to protect their body temperature, and they felt a lot of resentment. Coupled with Qin Jun's constant harassment day and night, they couldn't get a good rest, etc. Reason, morale is affected more and more.

Wang Jian saw all this in his eyes.

When it was the coldest twelfth lunar month, the Qin army harassed Pingyu City more and more frequently.

And just when the Chu army was overwhelmed by harassment and almost gave up resistance, and the arrows and other things in the hands of the Chu army were almost consumed, Wang Jian finally seized the opportunity and launched a general attack on the day of the great cold.

The densely packed Qin army rushed to the city wall with countless long ladders, and climbed to the top like a knight who knew how to do light work. More Qin soldiers still chose to stop at the same place and wait for their comrades to come up to be safe, and then rushed up together to harvest the lives of the Chu army.

At the beginning, the Chu army was able to fight against the Qin army by virtue of its superiority in numbers, but when more and more Qin troops climbed up the city wall and reduced the Chu army's numerical advantage, the strong Qin army instantly Suppressed the soldiers defending the city of Chu.

When Xiang Yan got the news and rushed over, she saw the scene where her soldiers were being chased away by a group of vicious Qin soldiers, fighting for their heads.

Xiang Yan was horrified, and quickly turned to look at the lieutenant general: "Go and call other soldiers over for reinforcements!"

The deputy general said with a bitter face: "General, the direction of other city gates has also been attacked!"

And at this time, a more bad news came out——

Some people who had had enough of the harassment of the Chu army rushed to the gate of the city in chaos, and directly opened the gate of the city while the Chu army was fighting with the Qin army!

When Xiang Yan heard the news, she almost didn't pass.

The deputy general panicked: "General, with the current situation, the Chu army is powerless, so let's run!"

Seeing that Xiang Yan didn't seem to want to give up, and there was even a bit of fierceness in his eyes, as if he wanted to fight the Qin army to the death, he immediately turned pale with shock: "General, if you leave the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood! The Qin army is unstoppable, we What should be done now is to immediately return to help Shouchun and protect the King of Chu!"

Only then did Xiang Yan come to his senses, and immediately ordered people to rectify the remaining troops, and found a place where the Qin army was weakest, and led them out directly.

The Chu army who were left behind saw that they lost their defenses, and turned around and ran away one after another.

The Qin army still wanted to chase again. Wang Jian looked at the Chu soldiers who had completely lost their combat effectiveness, worried that the Qin army would arouse the opponent's blood and cause unnecessary casualties, so he decisively ordered: "It is also possible to capture a Chu soldier alive. In exchange for the same feat as the leader!"

The soldiers of Qin State no longer obsessed with the heads of the soldiers of Chu State, but arrested the soldiers of Chu State in small groups.

And those Chu soldiers knew that the Qin army would not kill people, so they didn't run away at all. They put down their weapons and stood in a conspicuous place, waiting for the Qin soldiers to "catch" them.

After Wang Jian gave the order, he immediately led his troops to pursue Xiang Yan.

== Death of Chu ==

Li Xin immediately led his troops to chase after him.

Meng Tian stayed in the rear to sit in town, and by the way appease the people of Pingyu and the captured Chu soldiers.

Xiang Yan and his men quickly fled to Shouchun. Unexpectedly, the king of Chu, Xiangchu, learned that the Qin army was chasing him, so he closed the gate of the city tightly and refused to welcome Xiang Yan into the city. He even ordered Xiang Yan to guard outside the city.

Xiang Yan was going to die of anger.

The Xiang family was originally a great aristocrat of the Chu state, and their domestic power was not much worse than that of the Chu royal family, but they were abandoned like pawns. How could he be reconciled with his aristocratic pride?After several times of persuasion, seeing that the king of Chu still refused to open the door, and the Qin army was about to pursue him, Xiang Yan simply didn't do anything, and ran away with the remaining soldiers.

When Wang Jian and Li Xin arrived in Shouchun with hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, they thought it would be another time-consuming and labor-intensive siege, but who knew...

Wang Jian looked at the pitiful number of soldiers on the city wall of Shouchun, and asked with a question mark on his forehead: "Boy Li Xin, I remember that Xiang Yan did bring troops to Shouchun? Why do you see that the strength of Shouchun's troops is different from what I expected?" How big is it?"

Li Xin was also a little confused: "It seems to be a little little."

Wang Jian snorted coldly: "I don't know what kind of scheme these bastards from Chu State have, but don't worry about it. Anyway, Shouchun lacks troops, so it's definitely easier to fight than Pingyu."

So the troops were rectified and the city was about to be attacked immediately.

Unexpectedly, a small soldier on the city wall shouted at them in panic: "General Xiang has already led his soldiers towards Qichun!"

Wang Jian: "???"

Li Xin: "???"

The two looked at each other, not believing the news at all.

Didn't Xiang Yan run away to help Shouchun and protect King Chu?How could it be possible to lead troops to Qichun suddenly?Isn't this bullshit?

The two continued to order and prepare to attack the city.

The little soldier was frightened and yelled again: "The king of Chu hated Xiang Yan for being a deserter on the battlefield. When he saw that he returned to Shouchun and wanted to enter the city, he was furious immediately and ordered the city gate to be closed and ordered him to fight to the death. Fearing death, you actually fled with your troops in disregard of the military order, you—”

boom--

A little leader directly drew his sword and killed the man.

Wang Jian looked at the remaining soldiers who were getting more and more panicked, and for a moment he didn't know what to say: Does the king of Chu really have a brain?

Although Xiang Yan failed to take away all the soldiers, there are still hundreds of thousands, right?

If it is allowed to enter Shouchun, even if it cannot resist the Qin army for a long time, it is better than welcoming the Qin army with the current empty city defense, isn't it?There is really no suspense in such a city that doesn't even have many guards!

Wang Jian looked directly at Li Xin: "Boy, you lead troops to chase Xiang Yan, maybe you can take him down?"

Li Xin nodded decisively.

So Wang Jian and Li Xin split their troops, Wang Jian stayed behind to attack Shouchun, while Li Xin led his troops to pursue Xiang Yan.

There was almost no pressure on Shouchun's fight here. Wang Jian took Shouchun in less than half a month, and had sent someone in advance to summon Meng Tian, ​​who was staying in Pingyu, to Shouchun, so that he could Responsible for guarding and confiscating property of the royal family and nobles in the city.

But Wang Jian led his troops to chase in the direction of Qichun again.

It wasn't that he didn't believe in Li Xin, but that Wang Jian had just received news that Lord Changping had been sent to Qichun by the King of Chu after he returned to Chu.However, Mr. Changping is also from the royal family of Chu, and his blood is very close to that of King Chu——

He is the son of King Chu Kaolie.

A general of the Chu State with more than [-] troops, and a Changping Lord who has the blood of the royal family and almost caused a big event in the Qin State. When these two people get together, I am afraid that they will create another Chu State court.

And the fact is just as Wang Jian expected.

After he reconciled with Li Xin, he learned that Xiang Yan supported Lord Changping as the new king of Chu.

Li Xin had a fight with Xiang Yan on the way. Xiang Yan was defeated, so he fled directly to Qichun with his troops. He recruited soldiers and bought horses as Lord Changping. In Qichun, a rough version of the military merit nobility system was created.

This undoubtedly brought some troubles to Li Xin, which made him unable to win Qichun until now.

When Wang Jian arrived, Li Xin was preparing to charge for the last time.

He directly led troops to join, and the two cooperated tacitly, and soon attacked Qichun and opened the city gate of Qichun.

Li Xin entered the city first and quickly captured Mr. Changping.

Changping Jun wanted to resist, but he decisively drew his sword and slashed to death, and went to find Wang Jian with his head.

And Wang Jian was in charge of besieging Xiang Yan, and successfully killed him when he wanted to escape.

Since then, the Chu royal family has taken full control.

At this time Meng Tian came.

After leaving the lieutenant general who was good at appeasing the people, Wang Jian, Li Xin, and Meng Tian divided their forces into three groups, and went straight to other cities that had not yet been captured.

In less than two months, all the remaining cities were captured.

After taking down Chu State, Wang Jian and others did not call for money to withdraw their troops. Instead, after a period of rest and recuperation, they took advantage of the boost in morale and directly set out to fight towards Yue State.

The so-called State of Yue is actually the descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue, who lived on his salary and tried his best.

After Goujian’s death, the first king of Yue who did not know how many generations went to the north to attack Qi, but because he listened to the slander, he turned his spearhead and attacked Chu State, and then was suppressed and beaten by the powerful Chu State at that time, and he himself was defeated and died because of an ambush. .

He had no heirs during his lifetime, so the eldest son and the second son fell into disputes, tossing and torturing the country of Yue.

The Yue State before the split could not pose any threat to the Qin State, let alone after the split?

And the descendants of the two sons who split the Yue Kingdom back then, Minyue Wang Wuzhu and Donghai Wang Yao almost heard that Wang Jian and the three were rushing towards their capital with hundreds of thousands of troops. Without hesitation, he ordered people to pack up all the belongings and the king's seal, and waited for the three of Wang Jian to take all the major cities and arrive at the king's capital, and then voluntarily handed over the property and the king's seal.

Other members of the royal family followed suit. Except for some inconspicuous possessions, they also handed over all their wealth to Wang Jian and others.

Wang Jian: "..."

This is the first time I have met such a cooperative king.

But he could easily win a city, and he didn't want to trouble, so he decisively accepted the surrender of the two kings.

In view of the attitude of the other party, Wang Jian did not order someone to tie up the two kings, but only sent a few soldiers to guard them, and the cost of food and clothing was the same as before.

Then Wang Jian left some soldiers to guard, and he took the two Yue kings back to Shouchun, waiting for Qin to send officials to take over the various places.

== Lu Pheasant ==

In this battle, Ying Zheng was supposed to arrive in Ying Chen to supervise the battle when Wang Jian attacked Chu, but because of the frequent snowstorms in various parts of Qin, Ying Zheng had to stay in Xianyang to handle emergencies in various places at any time.

Because the garment workshop has been working non-stop, coupled with the cotton cloth and cotton shipped to various places in advance, except for some beggars who live on the streets and have no ability to prevent risks, there have been no people who have been frozen to death so far.

But the hazards of snow disasters are not just cold.

The houses of many people were not strong, so that after the snowstorm became more and more serious, many people were crushed to death or suffocated by heavy snow because their houses collapsed due to snow.

Some were inconvenient to travel and died of illness due to failure to receive timely medical treatment.

Some fell while walking and accidentally fell to their deaths.

……

and other surprises.

Qin State had never encountered a snow disaster, so it could not foresee these incidental accidents in advance.But after the incident was reported, Ying Zheng immediately ordered officials from all over the country to organize manpower to clean houses and streets during the day, which reduced the casualty rate to an extremely low level and quickly controlled the development of the situation.

But this snowstorm is really too serious.

The side hall where Lin Qian lived was also heated with underfloor heating, but even so, it still felt a bit cold at night.

And because the fire opening for floor heating is outside the house, the servant in charge of the fire must also be on guard at all times.While it wouldn't be particularly cold next to the fire, it obviously couldn't compare to the room temperature.

Besides, apart from the main hall where Ying Zheng lives, and the side hall where Lin Qian lives, other palaces don't have such good treatment.

After all, the temperature has dropped too fast this year, and there is an urgent need for charcoal firewood everywhere. In the past, hawkers and ordinary people who sold charcoal everywhere had to ensure their own heating before they dared to take out charcoal fire to sell on the street.Charcoal firewood and other items are not sold as much as last year, but the demand is greater than the sum of the previous years, so that the price of charcoal firewood remains high, and ordinary people can't afford it.

And at this price, Xianyang Palace couldn't supply the consumption of every palace, so it simply didn't install floor heating in other palaces.

Lin Qian didn't feel much about concubines - they wouldn't freeze herself anyway - but heard Lin Mo mentioning that the original owner's old people lived unsatisfactorily in winter several times. After thinking about it, he thought of two big killers : The fireplace that was popular in the West, and the kang, a fetish for winter that often appeared in various infrastructure texts in later generations.

She first reported the two to Ying Zheng, and then told the Mo family Juzi about the two heating fetishes.

After some comparisons, Juzi of the Mo family decisively chose the more practical kang: "One piece of firewood can do two things, and it must be more popular with the common people, and it is not suitable for open fires in the palace."

Lin Qian had no objection at all.

So the Mohist giant went back to follow what Lin Qian said, and after recreating the heated kang, he immediately called all the Mohist children and all the craftsmen in Xianyang City to the Mohist work place, and directly taught him the technology of the heated kang.

Under the escort of the soldiers, the Mohists went to other counties and counties to teach how to build the heated kang, while the craftsmen in Xianyang City immediately took their relatives and friends to the streets to sell the benefits of the heated kang. It only takes less than ten coins to help build a kang; if the craftsmen make the mud themselves, the price will double.

But no matter which method you choose, you can learn from the sidelines the technology of the heated kang. If you can help them, you can also get personal guidance from the craftsmen——

It's not that they don't want to make more money, but Ying Zheng ordered that all the people must be able to use the kang as soon as possible.

If you really can't afford the money, the previous interest-free loan method is also applicable.

This method not only attracted the people of Xianyang, but also people in other places where heated kang was not popularized came to learn from it.

So in just half a month, the kang spread rapidly from Xianyang City like cancer cells, and soon spread to nearby villages and counties, and then spread to every county at an extremely fast speed.

When the news of Wang Jian's complete defeat of the Chu State was sent back to Xianyang, every family in the Qin State basically had a kang.

When Wang Jian's squadron returned to the court, he unexpectedly found that the people not only did not show sorrow after a particularly difficult winter, but they ran out of the city to meet the army in a particularly leisurely manner. When Wang Jian brought some major generals into Xianyang City Afterwards, he was welcomed by the common people, and everyone was very happy.

Wang Jian: "..."

He only knew that this year there was a national snowstorm that was rare in a century, and he didn't know the follow-up treatment, but the mental outlook of the people would never be fake. Wang Jian looked at the thick clothes on the people on the side of the road, and the smiling faces that did nothing On the return journey, after seeing the scene of heavy snow and ice all the way, the slightly depressed mood became agitated.

There was a particularly inspiring sentence in his heart——

Their Qin State is really getting stronger and stronger!

After the Kingdom of Chu was conquered, Wang Jian and others sent responsible officials from Xianyang, and then they took Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin and others directly back to Xianyang.

Although the three of them have also studied the art of war, they are pure military generals and are not good at governing the country. Staying directly in the local area as county guards to manage the people, they really don't have much effect in staying in the local area except to suppress the rebellion.

So after the imperial court sent the county guard, the three of them returned directly to the imperial court.

It was a coincidence that Gong Eliu, who had previously recommended herself in Zhaodi and became the first female official besides Lin Qian, had been successfully promoted from county magistrate to county magistrate after several years of experience, and because she really He did a good job and was promoted to the position of Juncheng because of the lack of people.

After Chu State was taken by Wang Jian this time, many counties were established because Chu State was too large.

And Liu, who has been doing well during this period, was recommended to Xianyang by the local sheriff. After inspecting the other party's past achievements, he was sent to a county in Chu to serve as the sheriff.

Zhang Liang, who had the same experience as Liu, also studied with Wang Wan for a period of time.

If it is said that Liu was promoted to the position of sheriff step by step, Zhang Liang's promotion path is somewhat legendary.In fact, before Zhang Liang left Xianyang, Wang Wan even quietly hinted that if he could manage a county well, he would be able to directly serve as one of the nine ministers when he was transferred back to Xianyang.

Coincidentally, the counties and counties where these two people went to serve are also well-known in history books——

Liu was sent to Dang County as the sheriff. Dang County itself is not very famous, but because it has a place called Shanfu County under its jurisdiction, this place has a famous Empress Dowager Lu, so it is famous in history books; Zhang Liang was sent to Sishui County, which is the same as Dang County. There is nothing special about Sishui County, but because there is a Pei County under its jurisdiction. name annals.

……

After learning that the Chu State was defeated, Lu Gong immediately ordered people to pack all the bags.

When the localities initially settled down, the officials sent by Xianyang arrived in various places in Chu State one after another, and after quickly calming down the anxious people in various places, Lu Gong felt that the timing was just right, so he immediately took the whole family in a carriage and fled to Pei County, which had been set before. and go.

Unexpectedly, Liu was eager to take office, and he wanted to make some achievements in Dangjun to enter Xianyang, so he came to Dangjun ahead of schedule.

After arriving in Dang County, Liu didn't even take a break, so he took his confidants to the counties under the county to inspect and visit. By the way, he went to major counties to post announcements to recruit literate people from all counties to serve as officials in order to deal with the backlog of affairs as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, Lu's carriage collided with Liu who was riding his horse at the gate of the city.

Liu glanced at Lu's carriage and ordered someone to stop it.

The Lu family held their breaths in unison, fearing that what they did before would be revealed, and now they will be settled by the queen.

But unexpectedly, it was a female voice who spoke: "Are you locals from Shanfu County? The official should not have arrived yet. Have the local officials registered your household registration? Why did you leave suddenly at this time? But what trouble did you encounter? "

Lu Zhi listened to the series of questions thrown at him, and suddenly became a little curious about the person who asked the question.

She had never seen such a neat woman.

Lu Zhi glanced at his mother, then quietly opened the curtain to look out.

Lu Gonggong and Liu replied: "The next family members are all locals in Shanfu County, and they have not registered for household registration. Because I am planning to move to other places to settle down and live, in order to avoid trouble, I thought about finding the local government office after arriving at the destination. Register your household registration."

After a pause, he said, "Miss Lao is worried, and she has never encountered any trouble in the next family."

Liu's eyes lingered on Lu Gong for a moment, and said: "It's nothing, I am the sheriff of Dang County sent by the imperial court. It is my duty to care about the people's livelihood, and it is not a big deal."

Lu Zhi screamed in astonishment: "Women can also be sheriffs?"

As soon as the words fell, not only all the Lu family members, but also all the soldiers and passers-by at the gate of the city swiped to look at Liu.

Liu was very satisfied with the effect, and immediately laughed: "What's so strange about this? It's not just me, in many parts of our state of Qin, women are officials and officials. His Majesty saw that we did a good job, and specially ordered people to work in the academy. Training female petty officials."

"By the way, I will post announcements in all counties and counties in the future. As long as there is someone in your family who can read and write, both men and women are welcome to sign up." After she finished speaking, she turned her head and smiled into Lu Zhi's eyes, "This girl He looks like he can read, and when he gets older, he can go to the government office to apply, maybe he will become a sheriff just like me?"

Lu Zhi's eyes lit up, and she was about to speak, but suddenly felt that someone grabbed her arm, and instantly pulled her back into the carriage.

Lu Gong, who was at the front, frowned subconsciously when he saw Liu's self-confident expression, and seeing her trying her best to instigate the people of Shanfu County to send their literate daughter to the government office to apply for an official position as a petty official. He disapproved with a disapproving face, but he still endured it after thinking about the trouble he had caused himself.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Liu waved his hand at Lu Gong: "Since you already have the idea of ​​relocating, I won't stop you. Remember to be careful on the way."

Lu Gong thanked you again.

Then, he couldn't wait to drive the horses away.

Liu stood there for a while, then sneered for a while: "The people who have done bad things are just different, they all run faster than others."

Jun Cheng, who had been with her for two years, was curious: "Why don't you stop her?"

Liu shrugged: "Because of his ability to tell people with one's hand, Mr. Lu is quite famous in Shanfu County, but I also heard that he is good at Confucianism. For a female official like me... tsk, I can't stay anyway." He stole his home and ran away."

"Where will he go?"

"It should be Sishui County, right? I heard that he has old friends in Pei County, so he should go to him."

"Do you want to tell Governor Zhang about Duke Lu?"

"What are you thinking about? If Zhang Junshou can't even suppress Lu Gong, Wang Xiangguo doesn't think so highly of him."

"Too……"

While talking, the two walked into the gate of the county seat of Shanfu County.

But they didn't know that just after they turned around, a head popped out of the Lu family's carriage, looking at their backs with longing eyes.

== · Sleeper · ==

After the severe cold, the temperature stopped dropping, and even rose slightly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt that they had survived the catastrophe.

However, at this moment, news suddenly came from Liaodong that the Huns had invaded.

Yingzheng was happy to win the powerful enemy of Chu State, and last year's New Year's Eve and Spring Festival were sloppy and ignored due to the heavy snow, so he wanted to celebrate together when the temperature warmed up, but unexpectedly heard such news, Mood instantly turned bad.

He immediately ordered Meng Tian and Li Xin, who had just returned, and Wang Ben, who had recuperated in Weidi for a long time, to go out on behalf of his father——

After all, Wang Jian was getting old. He had been fighting for more than half a year, and fell ill not long after he came back.

Although the imperial doctor sent by Yingzheng cured his illness, he had just recovered from a serious illness and had to take care of his health. Therefore, after consulting Wang Jian for this expedition, Yingzheng asked Wang Ben to go to Liaodong instead of Wang Jian.

Among the three young generals, Wang Ben is as stable as his father, Li Xin is good at winning by surprise, and Meng Tian is better at adapting to local conditions.

Throwing these three people to fight the Huns, and the main force of this battle is the Daibei Army who knows the Huns very well, everyone can't be more at ease.

A heavy snowstorm befell the land of China, but in the end it survived without any danger by relying on the plane trader.

But those who are as lucky as Qin are very few.

For example, the Xiongnu in the north also encountered this severe snow disaster, but because the nomadic people's ability to resist risks was poor, they could only slaughter all the cattle and sheep when the snowstorm hit, peeled off the fur of the cattle and sheep to keep out the cold, and froze the cattle and sheep. Mutton is used to satisfy one's hunger.

This winter, they had a very difficult time.

But for these nomads, they can barely live when the snow disaster occurs in winter, and the spring after the snow melts is the biggest disaster for their entire tribe——

Because all the cattle and sheep are killed in winter, even if some lambs and calves can be captured in spring, their food will not be available.

So everyone turned their attention to Qin State in the south.

This country is so powerful and rich that the common people can hoard a lot of food every year, and they can eat from last year's autumn harvest until next year's autumn harvest without ever going hungry.

Enviable and jealous.

Especially when I was hungry, thinking that those people in the south could still eat and drink, people from all the tribes of the Xiongnu began to sharpen their knives.

When Touman Shanyu gave the order, all the tribes sent their strongest warriors across the grassland on horseback and headed straight to the south.

Then, they met their old enemy——

On behalf of the Northern Army.

The Xiongnu had known about Li Mu's death for a long time, and even celebrated it.

That's why the Xiongnu always felt that Li Mu, who had led the northern army to resist them in the past, was dead, so they rode their horses to the south, this rich land, wouldn't they wantonly burn, kill and loot as if they were entering a no-man's land?

But the fact is that when they arrived near Daidi, Qiang Li and Xin Sheng, who stayed there, relied on the terrain of the Great Wall and beat them all up.

A group of Huns were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers. After they escaped by chance, they were punished