Iron Dynasty

The snow outside the attic is getting heavier and heavier, and the traces of people and carriages on the road will be covered in only a short time.

A cold wind blew, and Xiao Ming tightened the tiger skin cloak tightly on his body. This tiger skin was the treasure of Lu Fei's family, but he lost the bet last time.

However, he didn't make Lu Fei too painful. He gave him some money, but it made him happy for a lot of time. After all, he had to sell this tiger skin for a good price.

"His Royal Highness, the snow is so heavy, it seems that this year's life for the barbarians will be tough again." Pang Yukun looked at the silvery Qingzhou City with some worry in his heart.

Last time Luluo's words reminded Xiao Ming of the Little Ice Age, but now this year, the winter is getting colder than the year, which convinced him a little bit.

He said: "Wang Xuan brought news. Just like last year, many barbarian cattle and sheep were frozen to death. Last year, in order to produce soap, this king asked the Wang family to exchange food for the dead cattle and sheep. Now that there is no royal family, the barbarians can It's uncomfortable."

"No, the dead cattle and sheep are at most enough for the barbarians to eat for one winter, but as soon as the spring begins, the barbarians will be hungry. I have lived in the barbarians for a few years, and every time the barbarian tribe will go deep into Dayu. Country looted."

Lu Tong used to be a barbarian slave and was bought by Liang Dahai when the barbarian cattle and sheep were frozen to death.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said: "Although the Wang family is destroyed, the commerce with the grassland cannot be interrupted. Moreover, we should take the opportunity to exchange more slaves to come back. As a result, the barbarians will become more and more slave soldiers. Less, and Qingzhou’s labor force will increase."

Pang Yukun nodded, "Now the population of the fief is indeed a problem. The re-counting of this household registration is really shocking."

Last year, Pang Yukun only gave Xiao Ming a rough data based on his previous household registration records in Qingzhou, but after the New Year, he asked Pang Yukun to re-approve the population of the fief, only to find that the population of Qingzhou was actually only about 600,000 households.

This is because Pang Yukun only provided data from many years ago. Since the fall of Youzhou and the massacre by the barbarians, many people have been killed or fled Qidi.

He finally understood why the ministers did not object when Xiao Wenxuan granted Qidi to him. After all, Qidi was not very rich at the time, but it was also named as one million households.

Now he understands, it turns out that these officials have long been concerned about it.

Earlier, when Pang Yukun gave him the re-counted number of households, Xiao Ming could say that his mood at the time was almost broken, because 600,000 households indicated that the actual population of his fief was only 1.2 million to 200. The half-million range, this is also the reason why Xiao Ming always felt that the fief was somewhat desolate this year.

Except Qingzhou, he felt this desolation everywhere he went.

It is precisely because of this that he will allow Pang Yukun to launch a refugee policy and absorb the refugees from the country of Da Yu to settle in his fief.

Although these refugees may be uneven, he can't avoid doctors, after all, the real population data makes him cold.

Almost half of the population was lost. The severity of this incident was even greater than that of the barbarians attacking Cangzhou. The lack of labor is basically equivalent to the lack of industrial power.

For the sake of the population, Xiao Ming doesn't care about continuing to trade with the barbarians, because for him, the purpose of all his actions now is to strengthen himself.

Moreover, the new city wall of Cangzhou City is about to be completed. At that time, Cangzhou is an insurmountable fortress for the Barbarian. The only thing he needs to worry about is that the Barbarian will attack Jizhou.

Because once the city of Jizhou is broken, the flanks of his fief will be fully exposed under the iron hooves of the barbarians. At that time, infantry and cavalry could not be described as sour.

Even if by then he already had a Musketeer team, the Barbarian Cavalry would naturally run away if they were frustrated, and he would not be able to chase him, but once the Musketeer team was broken, then it would be a complete massacre, and a thousand miles away.

But now that Jizhou is the residence of King Yong's palace, Xiao Ming has no way to interfere. He can only hope that King Yong will not be a pig teammate.

"Let Liang Dahai and Li Kaiyuan continue to go to the grassland, and the grain will be replaced by slaves."

Xiao Ming thought a lot in an instant, and he became more firm in his thoughts.

This trades food for slaves. One can stabilize the barbarian for several years and prevent the barbarian from going south quickly. Secondly, this is also a disguised weakening of the barbarian. This is his real goal.

The food is gone, but the number of slaves continues to decrease, and the impact of this on the barbarians will slowly manifest in the future.

Pang Yukun nodded, "When the next official goes back, Li Kaiyuan and Liang Dahai will prepare the caravan to go to the grassland."

After talking about this, the three of them went downstairs and in the courtyard he saw the fireworks sent by Lu Tong.

"His Royal Highness, these fireworks still use bamboo tubes, which are filled with gunpowder, copper powder, iron powder and other metal powders. After the official experiment, the fireworks sprayed out are really colorful." Lu Tong smiled.

He has never seen such beautiful fireworks.

Xiao Ming smiled and nodded. The carriers on the ground were bamboo tubes. One side of the bamboo tube was drilled, and there was a fire rope inside. As long as it was ignited, the gunpowder inside would be ejected from one end of the firework, forming a beautiful firework.

However, unlike modern fireworks, there are no fireworks that are thrown into the air and then explode. After all, this kind of fireworks involves the principle of blooming bombs.

Although the people in the city cannot see the effects of modern ordinary fireworks, these fireworks are enough to entertain themselves.

After all, there are really few pitiful entertainment projects in places like Da Yu Country.

Taking advantage of the New Year, he has to play enough.

Asking Aster to take the fireworks, Lu Tong and Pang Yukun said their goodbyes. In addition to those on duty, the New Year's House also has a holiday. After a busy year, everyone can take a rest for seven days.

This is also the rule of the Great Yu State.

After the two left, Aster and Lulu came over~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and asked: "Your Majesty, what can I do with the quilted jackets in this textile workshop? It's all the New Year, and there are so many quilted jackets accumulated. A loss-making transaction."

"This king has already solved it for you just now." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Perhaps due to the influence of the modern New Year, Xiao Ming's mentality will relax during the time of the New Year.

"Solved? How to solve it?" Aster said in confusion.

Xiao Ming raised his head and looked at the flying snow in the sky, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, "If you let this king take a bite of rouge, this king will tell you."

Aster and Luluo suddenly turned crimson.

Naturally, there is no such language as kissing in this country, and the euphemism is only to use mouthful of rouge, because women’s lips contain rouge, so eating a mouthful of rouge means kissing.

PS: To correct, Youzhou is the fief of King Kang. Maybe the battle of Cangzhou was written as King Yong when he was excited. King Yong is the feudal king on the west side of Xiao Ming.

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