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Although it hasn’t snowed yet around Yask, the temperature has also dropped sharply. Zhao Qiang estimated that it is about zero degrees, and the temperature is dropping every day. The most obvious thing is that people feel colder every day, and the nearby rivers are also cold. Frozen, some small rivers that are not wide are so frozen that people can leave. 【】uu The local people said that within half a month, thousands of miles around will become a world of ice and snow, and the river is not only for people to leave, but also for horses to run.

Such a cold weather made how to keep out the cold an equally important matter as expanding the Guanning Army.Now is the non-war period, Zhao Qiang doesn't want the Guan Ning Army to lose unnecessary combat personnel due to frostbite, so Zhao Qiang has been thinking about how to keep warm these days.

As for the army, the fur coats that Min Cao hastened to produce have been distributed, ensuring that [-] soldiers will have a set of leather coats, while the rest will only be issued a set of cotton coats.Compared with leather clothes, cotton clothes are naturally not as effective in keeping warm and resisting wind and snow as leather clothes, but there are only a few thousand sets of leather clothes, and there are too many monks and less porridge, so they can only be distributed according to the rank of the military. for one piece.

Less than half of the [-] pieces of leather clothing were sewn by Wu Jun's family members who accompanied the army to the north, and the rest were sewn by those untouchable women. In addition, women from free folk families also participated in the sewing, but they were converted into food and paid for wages.The leather jacket that Zhao Qiang was wearing was sewn for her by Feng Yun himself. The whole body was made of black bear fur, and the waistcoat was made of mink fur. Both warm and majestic.After wearing the leather jacket, Zhao Qiang seemed to have fallen into a secret jar, and his heart was full of sweetness.

In the more than ten days since returning to Yask, Zhao Qiang only met Feng Yun three times. The first time was to eat the dumplings she cooked, the second time was to give her some captured Russian women's jewelry, and the third time was to accompany her. Followed her for half a stick of incense time along the periphery of Yask.In addition, it is very difficult for Zhao Qiang and Feng Yun to meet each other, because Zhao Qiang has too many things to do.Moreover, Zhao Qiang never took care of Feng Yun and the Zhang family's termination of the engagement. He was worried about sending someone else there, fearing that things would be messed up, and he couldn't leave by himself.

Zhao Qiang felt somewhat ashamed that Feng Yun could not marry him with peace of mind, and because he had a lot of affairs, he deliberately reduced the chances of meeting Feng Yun, so as not to be asked about Zhang's marriage contract every time.But in order not to make Feng Yun worry too much, Zhao Qiang would send his personal guards to deliver some food or small items to her and her younger brother every day, and send a word or something.

Apart from sewing clothes for the army in Yask, Feng Yun spent the rest of his time helping out in the hospital. When he gets busy, he naturally thinks less, so Feng Yun doesn't really feel that there is anything wrong with Zhao Qiang.But going on like this is not an option. Zhao Qiang wondered whether he should go to Beijing City after the Guanning Army’s rest and reorganization began to operate normally. Anyway, there are more than six months, and if two or three months are spared to go south, there is still time. .It also happened to take this opportunity to explore the terrain, inquire about the trends of the Qing court, and recruit some talents I remembered, and purchase some non-prohibited books by the way, so that the school can have teaching materials.

Once the idea of ​​going to Beijing arises, it will be out of control. The more Zhao Qiang thinks about it, the more tempted he becomes. It is a pity not to go to Beijing in this era, not to mention the benefits of going south. The military capital is of great benefit, so he let Liu De know about the idea of ​​going to the capital, and wanted to hear Liu De's opinion.Unexpectedly, after Liu De heard it, he strongly agreed with it. The reasons were similar to what Zhao Qiang thought.

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In order to sew as many leather clothes as possible, the Min Cao of Wei Ji intensified the search of the common people. Basically all the fur clothes hidden by the untouchables were confiscated, and the fur clothes of the free folks were also compulsorily purchased, but the income was not much.After Zhao Qiang checked the surrounding mountains and forests, he sent all the reorganized First Regiment of the Guards Division to go hunting in the mountains. In this way, they could not only obtain meat, but also peel off the fur of animals for military use.It also requires the reorganized troops of each division to go to the mountains to get food on the spot after training.

The undeveloped and inaccessible primeval forest is a paradise for wild animals. Even if all the Guan Ning troops are sent to hunt, Zhao Qiang doesn't have to worry about ecological imbalance.After the hunting order was issued, the reorganized regiment rejoiced. Hunting was different from fighting. You could get food and leather clothes without shedding blood, so why not do it.For a while, the soldiers who had no training missions all ran to the mountains under the leadership of their respective officers. In just half a month, they hunted more than 4000 large and small animals, and the peeled fur was enough to sew [-] leather clothes.The hunted meat-eating soldiers couldn't eat it at all. It wasn't because they were too full to fill their stomachs, but because they ate too much and couldn't digest it. They didn't have any tea bricks. In addition, salt and oil were also starting to run out. Bottom soon.

After learning about the lack of salt, oil, and tea, Zhao Qiang was also very anxious, but the intelligence from the Qing army had not yet come in, so he could not dispatch for the time being, so he told the divisions to reduce the supply of meat, and the staple food was coarse grains and wheat. Noodles are the main food, and animal meat that cannot be eaten clean is distributed to the husbands and the common people.

The folks who participated in the construction of the city and the people of all ethnic groups have always eaten corn buns. Now that they have meat to eat, they are all very happy. The soldiers who gave out the meat did not forget to tell them that this is the commander who sympathizes with you. Building the city is hard work, and the rations are specially distributed to you from the army. After you finish eating, you should remember the commander in chief, and you have to work harder... Under the instigation of these soldiers, looking at the large pieces of meat and bones in the bowl, It was the first time that the peasants and common people felt the presence of the Marshal, and all of a sudden, the huge Yask was full of praises for Zhao Qiang, such as "Our Marshal is considerate of us", "The Marshal is the Marshal, and knows our hard work".After Zhao Qiang heard this, he was right. He didn't expect that these peasants and common people who were enslaved by the Guanning Army would be so moved. Not only should they be kind to the soldiers of other races, but they should also be changed. , Zhao Qiang thought so.

Because of the arrival of winter, the construction of roads and post stations under construction in various places has been suspended, and the peasants and the people involved in the construction all went to the nearest city.The post station is in charge of the military cao, while the road is in charge of the transportation department, but now all the civilians and civilians who have been withdrawn are transferred to the transportation department, because Zhao Qiang gave Xu Ping, the director of the transportation department, an important task to build the kang.

It is not enough to just dress warmly, but also to solve the problem of accommodation at night. Now the temperature at night has dropped to minus ten degrees, and there are few quilts, so it is strange that it is not cold.Those people without leather clothes were even more miserable, so Zhao Qiang drew a schematic diagram for Xu Ping according to the Northeast Kang that later generations arrived, and then asked Xu Ping to gather all the manpower of the Transportation Department to mobilize the people from all over the place to build fire-proof houses in the houses they lived in. Big kang.

After the first kang was built, experiments proved that it was indeed feasible. Not only was the kang warm, people slept comfortably, and even the house was warmed up.Soon, under the command of the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, various localities began to build large kangs for the tribesmen who lived in wooden houses, and then organized people to cut wood for fuel. The military departments also used the form of large kangs for heating, that is, the kangs were built to a height of 20 meters to 20 meters. meters, and then burn fires at both ends to keep warm, so that a kang can sleep ten to [-] people, just enough to deal with a small flag soldier.During the Jiankang Movement, the bricks produced by kilns in various places were very popular. Some military officers even led people to block the entrance of the kilns.

The location of each division was finally determined on October 27. The stationing plan is as follows: Guards and cavalry divisions are stationed in Yask, and the headquarters of the rear guard division is in Tugursk.After confirming the station, the units of the Guards and Cavalry Divisions arrived in Yask one after another, and Zuo Mingnan rushed to Turgulsk with the officers of the Guards Division.

The appointment of senior officers of each division was also finalized after discussions between Zhao Qiang and Liu De.