The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

The defenders along Dayu's Great Wall had undergone changes in terms of equipment and discipline. Beidi soldiers and horses raided four passes along the Great Wall, and without exception, they all suffered a disastrous defeat.

The only army that was completely wiped out was the Shahukou team. Except for those who died in the battle, the rest of the 5 troops were captured.

The morale of the Beidi army was low. God seemed to feel their mood. The sky, which had been gloomy for several days, started to fall with snow. As time went by, the snowflakes became bigger and bigger, and after an hour it turned into heavy snow.

The generals of Beidi were particularly unwilling, but the cold winter was coming, the weather was not favorable, the location was not favorable, let alone the harmony, and morale was low.

If the weather, location, and people are not taken advantage of, even if they attack again, there is only the possibility of a disastrous defeat.

The generals of the other three passes were overjoyed when they received the news that all Beidi troops at Shahu Pass had been wiped out!

Shahukou can annihilate all the enemies. There is no way they can't do it. They are waiting for the generals of the third pass to prepare for another battle with the Beidi soldiers and horses before the ground is covered with thick snow.

But they planned well. When they were preparing to hold a military meeting at dawn the next day, the defenders on the city wall discovered that all the Beidi soldiers and horses originally stationed outside the pass had disappeared. They all disappeared overnight.

"If we can completely annihilate the enemy, such a great achievement, if we can achieve it, it will not be in vain to station at the border for many years! It's just that the Beidi Tatars don't seem to give us this opportunity, which is very annoying!"

"General, don't worry. Now that we have both equipment and morale back, there will be a day when we can deal with the Beidi Tatars."

"Hmph, the Beidi Tatars had agreed upon the kowtow this time, but the result was not satisfactory. I think they were very smart and chose to avoid the attack temporarily. It's just that Dayu is so easy to mess with. I guess the snow will melt next year at the latest, and the court will We will organize a cavalry counterattack again!"

Then it will be a good time for them to make a contribution!

It's freezing and it's not feasible to dig defensive fortifications, but the soldiers can't do less daily drills. When the weather gets better next year, the soldiers can be asked to dig more defensive fortifications, such as horse pits and the like.

The cold north wind blowing southward seems to be getting stronger day by day. The temperature drops again and again, and the border defenders also begin their usual daily life of guarding the winter.

Winter is also the relatively calmest season at sea.

Xia Jing, who was in the capital, had recently collected a batch of porcelain and tea, and sent people to the beach in Qingzhou. After seeing off Li Dingguo's fleet, the good news from the border had arrived.

At this moment, Xia Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Li Chengmu was very happy, and Bian Guan was safe before the snow melted.

This is true for Beijing, and even more so for Jiankang.

When the civil and military officials in the court heard about the victory at the border, they were so happy that they wanted to laugh to the sky. They even wanted to go back and have a banquet for three days and three nights to vent their fearful feelings in the previous days.

There has never been a series of defeats for Beidi soldiers and horses in a hundred years. This time, I was very happy to know that the four soldiers and horses of Beidi did not take advantage and even lost their troops and generals.

So much so that on the day when the escorted prisoners arrived in Jiankang, the entire Jiankang community, including civil and military officials, royal relatives, nobles, traffickers, and ordinary people, all poured into the streets.

Looking at the people crowded on both sides of the street, Beidi Zuoxian Wang Bater, who was involved, felt a little proud.

He had no consciousness of being a prisoner. For the people of Dayu who were dispatched throughout the city, he felt that they were valued by Dayu, which also reflected his noble status.

He despised the crowd around him and said to his generals who were also sitting in the prison car next to him: "Dayu only defeated us once with his sword this time. He is so happy. He is really a bumpkin who has never seen the world."

General Beidi echoed: "They are really insidious. If it weren't for the conspiracy this time, how could we have been fooled? If it were a real battle on the battlefield, they would not be our opponents at all!"

Battle agreed very much, "Don't think that you are strong just because of this battle. That's really ridiculous. I tell you, Beidi is the king of the world. One day, we, Beidi, will flatten this land and let them All the people are prostrate under our Beidi cavalry, working like cows and horses!"

"My lord, they are not qualified to be cows or horses. Cows can produce milk, and horses can accompany us to conquer the world. What can these people from Dayu do? They are all cartilage. It is useless to accept them. It is a pure waste of food! "

The two of them spoke without deliberately lowering their voices. The people passing by heard their conversation and became so angry that they took out rotten vegetables and leaves from the baskets they carried and threw them on the prison car.

Later, this move was like pressing the start button, and the people watching on the roadside followed suit. They also took out the waste in their hands and threw it on the prison car.

It's like a rotten egg. It's perfect for smashing evil people. It's disgusting and makes you smell bad.

What's interesting is that when the officers and soldiers escorting the prison van saw a large number of civilians throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them, they stopped and stepped back to make it easier for the civilians to hit them, and at the same time to avoid accidentally injuring them.

Zuo Xian Wang Battle had rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs on his head, and he was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.

He glared angrily at the retreating officers and soldiers and cursed: "You cowards are so afraid of rotten eggs, why don't you take us to your prison right away!"

The escorting officers and soldiers ignored them and continued to move forward slowly. No matter what the people threw, as long as they did not come forward to kill them, the officers and soldiers would not care.

King Zuo Xian felt heartbroken when he thought of the soldiers and horses he had lost.

Beidi does not have enough food and supplies, and most places are barren. In this case, if you want to cultivate elite soldiers and horses, your efforts will increase exponentially.

So King Zuo Xian felt sorry for his soldiers and horses. Without them, he would be like a phoenix without its hair.

So what if we were noble in the past?

In the end, he didn't end up in a worse situation than them.

If Beidi was as prosperous as the Central Plains, would there be any need for him to be captured and humiliated by Dayu?

"Why are you so arrogant? No matter how arrogant you are, you haven't been forced to move south by us, and you haven't returned to the capital yet."

"Why are you all looking at me like this? Oh, I see. You all have a crush on me, right? You want me to marry you and go home?"

After almost smashing the rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, the officer and soldier walked up to him with a knife and asked calmly: "Try saying what you just said again!"

Battle's expression immediately changed, and he shouted in a stern tone: "What do you want to do! I am the King of Zuoxian who is inferior to one person in Beidi and surpasses ten thousand people. You must not use force."

The officers and soldiers raised their knives and knocked them down, hitting Bart's head with bruises and slapping his mouth until it was full of blood.

"No matter how noble your status was before, remember your current status, you are just a prisoner here. If you are still dishonest, don't blame me for smashing your dog teeth!" Battle wiped a handful of them. With blood flowing from his mouth, he stared at the officers and soldiers hatefully, and was so angry that he said, "You"

"I have wanted to beat you for a long time. You are the heinous sinner of our Dayu. How many people on our border with Dayu are murdered by you every year!"

The beating was in vain. The prisoners were put in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and then handed over to the three divisions for trial and the emperor's disposal. The final outcome was probably to be chopped alive.
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In the imperial palace of the capital, in Xia Jing's study.

Li Chengmu finished handling the matter and asked Xia Jing: "Mother, my uncle has moved his troops back to the court. The prisoners were escorted to Jiankang, and the soldiers returned to the capital. My son couldn't understand, why not escort the prisoners to the capital together?" "

Xia Jing raised her head from the book and said with a smile: "The fate of these prisoners, especially the generals such as King Zuo Xian, will not be good. They will either beheaded alive or disemboweled. Do you really want your mother to get involved in such a bloody and violent matter? "

Li Chengmu: "."

Didn't you teach me that no one in power can be kind-hearted and soft-handed? It's like being kind-hearted and not wielding troops.

Xia Jing glanced at him, "What's that expression on your face? Do you think your mother and I are vicious in your eyes?"

Li Chengmu shook his head: "It's not vicious, at best he's a ruthless person!"

Be ruthless to yourself, and be even more ruthless to others. To your enemies, you are afraid that the other party will not survive another reincarnation.

Aunt Xia snorted and talked about another matter, "Next year there may be many herdsmen attached to us in the grassland. Then you can ask the officials below to make corresponding arrangements. Make plans early so that you don't get overwhelmed. "

Li Chengmu asked: "What if you don't want to rely on it? Not all herders want to come to Guan Nei to farm in peace. In their opinion, grazing is more suitable for them."

Based on this situation, Xia Jing smiled faintly: "Kill the Beidi people who are unwilling to attach themselves to eradicate the root cause of the problem. I believe that most ordinary herdsmen still want to live a good life. As long as we have the good life they want here, I will I don’t believe it, they are not moved!”

"If Beidi is wiped out by us, the grassland will be left in the north and become deserted?" Li Chengmu felt that this situation was impossible to happen.

Sure enough, after hearing his question, Xia Jing's face became a little more serious, "How can the fat prairie be abandoned? For example, the Hetao Plain I told you last time, where the Yellow River has nine twists and turns and turns around that area. , the Hetao Plain is a natural agricultural production base. As long as we make good use of the Yellow River and build water conservancy projects, it will become a big granary in the north!"

Following the Northeast Plain, North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, the Hetao Plain will become Dayu's fourth largest grain-producing area.

Another thing is that the grassland is not only grassland, it also has a lot of minerals buried underground. As long as the grassland is unified, the court can build cities in the grassland, build roads or railways, and make transportation more convenient.

Xia Jing didn't believe that if the imperial court focused so much on the grassland areas, the grassland herders would be reluctant to return.

This time the hardware facilities will only superficially change the lives of the herdsmen. Of course, Xia Jing also plans to open schools so that the herdsmen on the grassland can learn Chinese characters, speak Chinese, preach patriotism to them, and ideologically integrate them into Dayu's Chinese culture.

After so many years, it may take several generations of efforts before Dayu could truly control the grassland.

Li Chengmu was told by Xia Jing with a look of longing. He wondered what it would be like if the Hetao Plain became the granary of the north.

Speaking of culture and transportation, Xia Jing thought of the steam train and asked: "The railway in the Gyeonggi area has been repaired. How long will it take for the first railway line to Yuzhou to be repaired?"

Li Chengmu thought of the news he received some time ago and replied: "The road has been repaired, we are just doing the final debugging. I think it should be completed in two days."

Upon hearing this, Xia Jing said excitedly: "When the train opens, let's take the train together and experience the internal combustion engine train we have developed for two years and feel its speed."

This is possible. Li Chengmu had doubts about whether the train could really carry people, but he didn't dare to show it because he was afraid that Xia Jing would lose face.

"Your Majesty, your highness, it's already noon. Are you going to have dinner now, or wait a little longer?" At this time, Bai Mei walked in.

Xia Jing glanced at the hourglass and said, "Let's eat now. You can take a nap after the meal."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

Within a few minutes, a palace maid brought the lunch meal on a tray. The mother and son's stomachs rumbled when they smelled the aroma. They were really embarrassed to see people.

When the palace maid placed the dishes, Xia Jing noticed rare green leafy vegetables on the table, "Baimei, what's going on with these green vegetables? Can we grow out-of-season vegetables in the Gyeonggi area? Or does someone have a hot spring villa?"

Baimei helped Xia Jing fill a small bowl of soup, placed it in front of her, and said with a smile: "Madam, these vegetables are difficult to find in the Gyeonggi area. As for why the kitchen cooked so many vegetables today, it is entirely because Lingnan sent a batch of vegetables. Come here, we just arrived today."

Xia Jing picked up a fried green bean and said, "Vegetables from Lingnan?"

As she spoke, she looked at Li Chengmu and said with a smile: "It has been two years since we left Lingnan. Unexpectedly, we have eaten vegetables from Lingnan again. Green vegetables are common in Lingnan, but rare in the Gyeonggi area. In fact, living in Lingnan also has the benefits of Lingnan. .”

Li Chengmu smiled and nodded: "Actually, living in Lingnan is better than Lingnan. That's true. Nowadays, Lingnan's industry has formed a large scale. For example, off-season vegetables can be easily grown in Lingnan. Huadian If your thoughts are transported to the north, you can sell them at a high price, which can be regarded as increasing the income for the people of Lingnan!"

Xia Jing strongly agrees with this. Lingnan not only has off-season vegetables, but also dried longan meat, dried lychees, and jasmine tea. Now they have formed an industrial chain and scale.

Caravans from all over the country went to Lingnan, and apart from the extras, the rest were the specialties of Lingnan.

Now in the capital, Xia Jing wants to drink longan tea. It can be easily bought in the capital, so there is no need for others to bring it here for her.

This greatly enriched the diet of the people in the capital.

Xia Jing looked at Baimei: "How many vegetable varieties have been planted in Lingnan this year?"

Bai Mei had already learned about it from the steward from Lingnan, and the caravan from Lingnan also left a can of dried longan for her.

Seeing Xia Jing ask, she replied: "Eggplants, beans, gourds, and peppers. There are a lot of them. Most of the vegetables that are delivered are shelf-stable vegetables. It is not easy to transport them from Lingnan."

Xia Jing: "It's really not easy. The colder you go north, the colder it gets. If the vegetables are not properly insulated, the vegetables may freeze during the journey. At least half a year's work will be wasted!"

"The steward has been arranged by the slave to take a rest first. Madam, do you want to see him?" Bai Mei asked with concern.

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