The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 312 Sudden Snow Disaster

Soon, Wang Sang, Zhou Ping, Zhao An, Liu Ming, and Liu Xia were enfeoffed as Tinghou one after another, and received food for 2,000 households.

As for their positions, Wang Sang became the general of Zhennan, Zhou Ping was the general of Zhendong, Zhao An was the general of Zhenbei, Liu Ming was the general of gangsters, and Liu Xia was the general of Huwei. Under them, the officers and soldiers were also rewarded.

No way, with the development of the times, Wang Sang, Zhou Ping and Zhao An gradually developed in the direction of legion command, so they gradually distanced themselves from Liu Ming, Liu Xia, Ge Xin and other generals. Even if Liu Ming and Liu Xia It’s also understandable.

However, Liu Tai specially promoted them in the title allocation, so that the rewards they received were not inferior to those of Wang Sang, Zhou Ping and Zhao An, who had gradually widened the gap with them. This was Liu Tai's comfort to them.

Among the marquises in Guannei, Ge Xin, the experienced and successful general Zhechong, was suppressing him, which also prevented other generals from being dissatisfied.

These people were rewarded one after another. All the upper-level people received meritorious service and official positions, and the lower-level people received rewards and materials. A group of people were also beaming with joy.

Therefore, the military camp also began to arrange holidays for the soldiers one after another, so that they could go back to visit relatives as much as possible during the Chinese New Year, thereby eliminating the hostility accumulated during the war.

Whenever these soldiers return, it is basically the busiest time in Yecheng.

Although Liu Tai consumed a large amount of the property seized by the soldiers through factory pre-purchase, the soldiers did not consume all the money and salt stamps at once.

Especially some single soldiers who have suppressed their anger on the battlefield and cannot vent their anger due to military discipline. Now that they leave the military camp, their expenses will be even more lawless. If they have no money in their hands in the end, they will just go back to the military camp.

There is no other way. For these happy single soldiers, the military camp is their home. When all the money is spent, they can just go back to the military camp and have bread, food, and shelter.

Even Liu Tai would have a headache when he saw this pure Yueguang tribe's consumption method, but there was nothing he could do about it. Liu Tai couldn't control these warriors if they couldn't start a family or start a business.

After all, I have never heard of anyone directly managing single adult men. Basically, it is through their wives and children that they can be driven to work hard without any complaints.

Otherwise, as long as an adult male still has a piece of steel in his hand, why would he be interested in listening to other people's lectures on how to spend money?

However, at least they are quite satisfied with Liu Tai's model. They basically live a single life of risking their lives on the battlefield and receiving rewards.

In fact, it's partly because these people have experienced a lot on the battlefield. Without the restraints of their wives and children, they don't know how to integrate into normal life, so they all live in this way for the time being.

Most of these people can only reach the rank of village chief. If they are promoted higher to the rank of song chief, then the aristocratic families may take the initiative to seduce their concubines.

After all, the aristocratic family also knew that Liu Tai's army was divided into government soldiers and combat soldiers. The commander of the combat soldier system already had a chance to gamble on the possibility of becoming a prince.

For the village chiefs, if they want to marry a wife, they must want to marry a woman who can read.

But under normal circumstances, this woman was at least a concubine from a noble family. As the Han society stabilized and a large number of people were not displaced, it became increasingly difficult for village chiefs to marry concubines.

For aristocratic families, even if they want to make friends with soldiers, they cannot specially train a concubine to marry the village chief.

Therefore, even though the aristocratic family is working hard to train women to be literate and then marry soldiers to integrate into Liu Tai's political system, this process takes time.

For Liu Tai, it has almost become the instinct of the family to find ways to control new loopholes and weave their own network of relationships like a spider web. Liu Tai knows that he cannot stop this.

Because this is how the aristocratic family survives. Even if he destroys the current aristocratic family, their way of survival will still be passed down.

Liu Tai reviewed the memorials left by Chu Hui that could not be processed as quickly as possible, and completed the rewards for the soldiers.

Then he lay down in the harem to rest. Wang Wei was dignified and skillful, Xi Xuan was elegant and pure. As for staying with Concubine Wen Guang, she would try various snacks made by Wen Guang from time to time.

Compared with Wang Wei who keeps her harem in order, Xi Xuan likes to write calligraphy, and Wen Guang is best at making various snacks.

Liu Tai quite encouraged Wen Guang to do this, because in this way he could satisfy his little appetite.

However, Liu Tai thought that he could spend this winter comfortably and start trying to regain Luoyang next year. While Liu Tai was resting, Chu Hui hurriedly came over to report.

"Due to this year's sudden heavy snowfall, houses have collapsed in Xingyang and Yanzhou areas!"

"Damn! How could Xingyang and Yanzhou...?" Hearing Chu Hui's words, Liu Tai hurriedly got up from the bed. Xi Xuan put on clothes for himself, and Liu Tai got up eagerly and headed to the Interior Department.

After arriving at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chu Hui handed Liu Tai the memorial sent by Xi Jian from Yuzhou.

Wen Qiao said, "Xingyang, Yuzhou and other areas have just experienced a war, and the material consumption is quite serious, and the snow keeps falling. Even if Dao Hui has all kinds of means, the material supply is insufficient, and it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!"

"I can only say that the winter snow came too quickly today. I originally thought there would be some accident in the north, but I didn't expect that the real problem would be in the south. It's really unexpected!" Liu Tai couldn't help but shake his head.

To be honest, things are so strange sometimes. Although the north was somewhat caught off guard because of this winter snow, the north has long been accustomed to winter snow every year, so they all have the habit of digging cellars to store supplies, even if they bury them Well, at least we can wait until the snow stops.

Not to mention, due to the coal resources that Liu Tai vigorously promoted, most of the buildings in the north have been converted into houses with heated kang technology, so the people in the north are much more resistant to the cold winter.

Their main problem is that the winter snow came too quickly and too urgently, so they suffered some economic losses because they were not able to respond in time, but there is no problem in terms of personal safety.

But the area south of the Yellow River is different. Although the climate difference between the two sides is not big, wars have broken out one after another around Yanzhou this year. Don't think that Li Ju, Zu Yue, Huan Xuan and others surrendered. Material loss is not serious.

After all, the food transported on the road will not be reduced in any way, so whether it is the other party or Liu Tai, they will eat local food as much as possible.

At the same time, the confrontation between the armies has also destroyed the normal life of the surrounding people, so it is not certain whether they will have food for the winter after they return.

Not to mention that the winter snow was coming so fast and heavy that these ordinary houses couldn't withstand it at all and collapsed directly.

There is no way, compared to the north where brick houses are used as much as possible, because Liu Tai vigorously promotes the use of charcoal fire as an energy source in life, and there will be much more fires in wooden houses.

Therefore, Cao Yi's corvees often had to undertake the task of rebuilding houses. The imperial court provided half subsidies and half gifts to renovate the houses. The most important thing was to facilitate the popularization of coal energy among the people. After all, if some supporting facilities are not well built, it will not be easy to implement them.

If we use the management standards of the Jin Dynasty, basically if the people do not rebel, it will be regarded as a meritorious governance. If they want to collect taxes, they can directly go to the aristocratic family to ask for money and food, and then they will distribute it to the grassroots through their own methods.

Although the sudden heavy snowfall this year naturally does not cause any damage to this place, after all, we have experienced a lot of wars in the past few years, and it is nothing to be killed by the snow.

But the problem is that now these places have been taken back by Liu Tai. Under Liu Tai's rule, Liu Tai will naturally try his best to save and treat these people.

After all, for Liu Tai, each of his people is his precious property, and the existence of each labor force is precious to the development of the country.

After all, since ancient times, there have always been few people who hate working, and many people hate eating. Naturally, the more people the better, they are mere civilians. The more they have, the faster they will build a new Han Dynasty!

Although Xi Jian didn't know Liu Tai's thoughts, what Xi Jian knew was that Liu Tai was very fond of ordinary people, especially the census work, whether it was the initial registration or census, Liu Tai Taidu has done it.

Such a large-scale snowstorm caused houses to collapse, resulting in casualties. If the officials at Jinting did not need to hide it, they could only say that there was no need to report such things.

But Xi Jian would not hide it at all. On the contrary, Xi Jian would immediately ask Liu Tai for material support at this time, so as to minimize the loss.

After all, Xi Jian knew Liu Tai well and knew that Yecheng must have stored a lot of materials to keep out the cold. If these materials could be transported, it would definitely give many people in Yanzhou who had lost their houses more possibilities to survive this winter.

After all, the snow is not going to stop, and Xi Jian is not sure whether many old wooden houses can survive.

Therefore, this requires some people to move from the suburbs to live in the city, which naturally increases the cost of living.

Liu Tai looked at the memorial sent by Xi Jian and the details in the other appendices. After reading it, he immediately said to Chu Hui:

"Let's allocate some of the cold-proof supplies first. Yanzhou needs emergency help!"

“These materials have been prepared, but the problem now is transportation.

We initially thought that a snowstorm would break out in the north, so all the main preparation work was done towards the north.

Whether it is the cleaning of canal roads or other scheduling work, the preparations in the south are not very complete.

At least the snow doesn't stop, and it will take at least half a month to transport supplies. "Chu Hui said with a serious expression.

To be honest, if this was not the first snow this winter and the canals in the north could freeze a little more solidly, then it would not be so difficult to dispatch supplies.

But the canal has just frozen over. If you pull out a dagger and stab it on the ice of the canal, you can make a hole, causing water to bubble out.

On such an ice surface, you can't skate or walk on a boat. This is the most troublesome thing.

"Use soldiers!" Liu Tai said solemnly, "Our army of the Han Dynasty is the army of the Han people. Now that the people of the Han Dynasty are affected by the disaster, if normal material transportation cannot transport food and materials, then use the army to transport the food and materials. Ship it over!"

After hearing Liu Tai's words, both Chu Hui and Wen Qiao were startled, but their expressions became serious.

Wen Qiao came out at this moment and said, "Your Majesty, please sit in the center and dispatch supplies. Leave the transportation to the generals!"

Wen Qiao knew very well that if it were another king, he would probably leave it to other generals.

But Liu Tai is very likely to be on the front line in person. It's not that Liu Tai can't do this, but that now that Liu Tai has changed his position from a general to the King of Han, he must do his duty well.

In a war like conquering the Central Plains that determines the fate of the Han Dynasty, Liu Tai was on the front line in person, and Wen Qiao would not say anything. After all, Liu Tai relied on the military to establish himself.

But now, if Liu Tai is on the front line in rescuing the victims, it will appear that his ministers are too incompetent.

And in such a cold weather, it would be a joke if Liu Tai caught a cold and died immediately.

When Liu Tai heard Wen Qiao's words, he nodded and said, "Let Zhao An lead his headquarters there!"

Liu Tai also understood his responsibilities, so his concession was also for the smooth operation of the entire political system.

Hearing what Liu Tai said, Wen Qiao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and Chu Hui said: "Li Ju, Zu Yue, Huan Xuan and other generals are familiar with Yanzhou, but not familiar with the style of our army. We can let them follow Zhao An as deputy generals. Support Yanzhou!"

Liu Tai couldn't help but be startled when he heard Chu Hui's words. He took a deep look at Chu Hui and nodded: "Yes!"

Chu Hui saluted Liu Tai and immediately began to issue decrees.

After Liu Tai's approval, the order was quickly passed to Zhao An's war department, as well as generals such as Li Ju, Zu Yue, Huan Xuan and others.

In contrast, Zhao An immediately began to return to the military camp and count the soldiers. Generals such as Li Ju, Zu Yue, Huan Xuan and others were all a little confused at this moment.

Wasn't it just the snowstorm in Yanzhou that killed people? Do we need troops from Yecheng to transport supplies there?

Although generals such as Li Ju, Zu Yue, Huan Xuan and others did not understand Liu Tai's military order, as soldiers, especially those who were surrendered, they did not dare to delay after receiving the mission.

When they arrived at the military camp one after another, they saw that the military camp was already in operation. Even the soldiers who were on vacation rushed back to the military camp as quickly as possible.

They were dumbfounded by the operational efficiency of this kind of soldiers, because they never thought that it would take less than six hours for an army to go from the time the order was issued to the soldiers in Yecheng returning to their positions. This speed is really too fast. .

But what was faster was that Liu Tai arranged for the supplies to be delivered directly to the military camp on sleds.

Liu Tai came to the general ordering platform, looked at the soldiers below and said: "I, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and the people of the Han Dynasty need you to save them. All the rescue supplies are there. Now I ask you to make a hard trip!"

"All for the big man!" The soldiers at this moment replied in unison with a bit of fanaticism.

(End of this chapter)