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What's more, people in non-coastal areas these days are always afraid of things in the sea. Whether it is grass or insects in the sea, there is a huge difference between them and the ones on the ground.

Dongsu taught them how to make seaweed cakes, put them in baskets and dry them on the rocks on the beach, dry them in the sun, put them away, and then soak them to make soup.

In order to prevent the princelings from discovering that Youzhou was doing business, they terminated the court's support and even labeled her as a bully.

She discussed with Ling Moxiao that before the business became bigger and stronger and her own strength could not compete with the princelings, this business would be handled by the Jiang family.

Youzhou soldiers dried kelp and seaweed along the coast, and the Jiang family's boats collected them directly from the sea, and then pulled them ashore in the south of the Yangtze River for sale.

But this will have to wait until next year, because this year’s stockpile is only enough for Youzhou City to survive the winter.

As soon as July is over, Youzhou passes directly from autumn to winter. The wind in August is already very cold. It is said that it snows in some places in Mobei in August.

Shen Dongsu had no time to think about business at all. He had to stock up on all the supplies for the winter in Youzhou. The three most important things were firewood, cotton-padded clothes and food.

For ordinary people, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are the most important.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone. More people freeze to death than starve to death!

Therefore, for the people of Youzhou, where winter is extremely long, stocking up on firewood is the most important thing.

Older people have developed the habit of picking up any grass or branches wherever they go and take them home to use as firewood.

In inhabited areas, it is extremely rare to see lush wild branches while walking on country roads. There has always been a charcoal cylinder beside the stove in farmhouses.

This seems to be the same across the country, every family in Shenjia Village has it, and it’s also here in Youzhou.

There are few people in Youzhou, but just to use firewood for the army, a lot of it is needed. Ling Moxiao said that when he came last year, he risked being discovered by the Tatars and sent a small team to the mountains to cut firewood.

But this year, the firewood problem has completely disappeared!

Because we have endless coke to dig, we also have endless briquettes.

The skill of making coal stoves has become so perfect that according to Lu Yunzhou, it is easier for him to roll iron sheets than dough!

The small coal stoves used by the common people can burn three pieces at a time, while the large coal stoves used by the army can burn nine or twelve pieces at a time, and there are matching pots and teapots.

There is also a thermos box next to the small coal stove. You can put the porridge in it at night and it will still be warm in the morning.

Briquettes are extremely cheap. Even if ordinary people don't have money to buy them, they can get work points in exchange for them.

As long as you help the army carry charcoal, or follow the instructions to build roads, twist hemp rope, make bamboo arrows and other simple tasks, you can get work points in exchange.

One work point can be exchanged for a piece of briquettes. If you have a family, if you work together as a family, you can stock up on coal for three months in half a month.

In addition to being able to exchange for coal, you can also exchange for food and cotton-padded clothes.

There is no shortage of firewood in Youzhou, but the most lacking thing is cotton-padded clothes. Cotton has not been widely cultivated these days. Can you believe that the clothes worn by the people at the bottom to keep out the cold are mostly grass?

It is the coir raincoat worn by the man in the boat, made of coir raincoat or palm leaves. He relies on it to protect himself from the wind and snow when he goes out.

If you have a sheepskin or dog fur coat, it will be better. Very few people in Guangzhou can afford pure cotton clothes, let alone Youzhou.

Fortunately, among the supplies sent from Chang'an, there was cotton; among the second batch of supplies sent from Guangzhou, there was duck down that Grandpa Shen had saved for more than half a year.

Then Jiasi led the team to hunt wolves in various mountains, not only to eliminate the wolf problem in advance for the people, but also to obtain wild wolf skins.

But these were not even enough for military use. The bulk of the cold-warming clothes came from the finished cotton coats sent by the Jiang family.

There are also leather materials traded with foreign races in the mountains and forests.

Anyway, Shen Dongsu led the entire bodyguards and servants of Prince Ling's Mansion and worked until September, finally making clothes for all the soldiers to keep out the cold.

The Ministry of Revenue was supposed to send clothes, but the Ministry of Revenue said they had sent them last year, but the clothes of the soldiers were obviously thin and old!

If you want to reason with the court, it will take several months for the news to come and go. By the time you win the quarrel with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the cotton-padded clothes are delivered, it will be next summer.

Everyone has been frozen to death this winter!

So Mr. Pang was responsible for quarreling with the court and preparing cotton-padded clothes for next year. This year, he relied on the supplies he got from crying for poverty.

There are also fur trades with foreign races, and hunting wolves with Jia Si everywhere to make winter clothes to survive this cold winter.

But what makes her embarrassed is that the speed of making clothes cannot be compared to the number of people who defected to Youzhou City!

Shen Dongsu wanted to be humble about the so-called shadow of a famous tree, but the fact was that she, the peasant queen, held great weight in the hearts of the people.

In the past, when winter came, the people of Youzhou City just wanted to flee south.

But this year, winter is approaching, and the people near Youzhou City are running to the city.

Now you can't just enter the city, but you have to work first.

It’s okay, we do it!

The whole family, old and young, went into battle together, the young and the strong picked charcoal, the old and the children kneaded hemp rope, made bamboo arrows, tanned leather, sifted sand...

Some people have work to do, and some people can earn work points. Likewise, there are people who are qualified enough to enter the city.

And Shen Dong has to be responsible for how these people spend the winter!

She is worried! She is anxious! At a young age, he was still a miracle doctor, but he started to lose his hair.

I really want to look up to the sky and scream, I am just a part-time worker! Why bear so much pressure?

But when I see my boss, wuwu, he trusts me too much. Also, he was under more pressure.

Look at those people again, wow wow, how pitiful they are.

It was September, but everyone was still wearing straw sandals, and the children were all bare-legged.

It doesn’t matter if you didn’t come. Even though you came, if you don’t work, is it really like Lu Yunzhou said, you want to eat every day!

What to do with cotton-padded clothes? From the moment she opened her eyes to falling asleep, Shen Dongsu was still thinking of a solution.

As for the food, Ling Moxiao calculated that the food stockpile would only be enough for three months.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest is coming soon. Although there are few people in Youzhou, they can still collect some grain tax.

If we don’t have enough food, I’ll get some non-staple food. Hunting, fishing, drying kelp, let me take action!

Shen Dongsu was extremely anxious. She didn't come to Youzhou, so forget it if she couldn't see her.

But now that she is here, she feels that she has a responsibility to freeze to death and starve to death.

And she was the one who tried to attract people to Youzhou, but when they came, you let them freeze to death in this cold winter.

Who will believe you in the future?

Mr. Pang has been advising that there is endless salt to eat this year. The soldiers are already very satisfied, and the princess does not need to worry so much!

How could she not worry!

When the long winter comes, the lack of food and clothing is not a big deal. The most important thing is that every autumn and winter, the Tatars will kidnap the people in the border towns.

When Ling Moxiao went home every day recently, Shen Dongsu fell asleep and didn't even come back for many days.

Fortunately, before the large-scale Tatar siege, the first group of foreigners who entered the hinterland of northern Xinjiang to trade brought back a group of war horses.

At the same time, he also brought back an important piece of news, which was the place where the Tatars camped.

Ling Moxiao decided to take the risk and attack the Tatar camp first. Regardless of the enemy's casualties, he would disrupt their position and prevent them from attacking Youzhou City on a large scale.

Ling Moxiao told the soldiers plausibly, we can't defend the city all the time. This year, the soldiers in Youzhou have eaten meat and salt and built up their strength. It's time to fight back!

The soldiers were also greatly encouraged and decided to follow the prince out of the city to sneak attack on the enemy.

Only Mr. Pang could see clearly that King Ling changed his usual fighting style because of the princess.

In the past, King Ling regarded Youzhou City as a base and a barrier. So now, Youzhou City is his home.

A place he would risk his life to protect!

Because his wife is in the city!

As for the Tatars' plan to kidnap the princess, even the princess herself had long forgotten about it. Only Ling Moxiao still remembered it clearly.

Even in the middle of the night, he would have nightmares, dreaming that Dong Su was kidnapped by the Tatars.

Therefore, he must not let the Tatars get involved in Youzhou! Dong Su must not be put in danger.

He wants to be the first to fight back!

But Ling Moxiao couldn't guarantee that Youzhou City would be safe when he was not in the city.

After all, the checkpoints here are like a sieve, and it is easy for Tatars to sneak in.

That night, when he returned home, Dong Su was already asleep.

She just slept uneasily and frowned, as if she was haunted by government affairs in the city in her dream.

Ling Moxiao stroked her hair distressedly, thinking about when she first came here, he wanted to wait until she had rested and recuperated before talking about the wedding.

As a result, it has been delayed until now, because not only Shen Dongsu, but also himself, are too busy to have a moment of leisure.

He was worried that Dong Su would lose weight on the way north, and she did lose a little weight. But since she came to Youzhou City, she has lost a pound of flesh and has become even thinner!

The little girl followed him and never had a day off.

How could such a good girl be put in danger?

At this moment, Dong Su woke up in a daze, and lifted up the quilt as usual. His voice was soft and waxy, as if he was holding a piece of roasted maltose:

"My lord, are you cold? Come in and warm yourself up."

No matter how many times he hears this sentence, Ling Moxiao's heart will still soften into a puddle of spring water.

The words came to his lips, but he didn't dare to say them.

With the little girl's temperament, knowing that he was going out of the city to attack the enemy, but asked her to hide, she would definitely not do it.

Although she sometimes looks timid, she is actually very courageous and not afraid of death.

He suddenly had an idea and said, "Tomorrow, you, eldest brother and Mr. Mo will go out to the city together."

Dong Su's sleepiness gradually faded away, so she got up and asked, "Why?"

"Let's go check out the progress of the harbor. If it snows, construction won't be possible. Didn't it say that another batch of supplies from the Jiang family is about to arrive?"

Dong Su was overjoyed. She had wanted to see the harbor for a long time, but there were many things going on in the city and it would cause trouble to Ling Moxiao, so she never mentioned it.

But she soon realized, why are you saying this kind of thing in the middle of the night and three nights?

And his expression seemed to have something else on his mind.

"Where are you, Your Majesty? Don't you want to go with us?"

Ling Moxiao's expression did not change at all, he chuckled and said: "There are some levels of defense that I will go to see in person tomorrow, and I will accompany you next time."

She tried hard to read something from his expression, but found that if her face was like a calm stream, she could see everything at a glance.

And his expression is like a thousand-year-old cold pool, and you can't even hope to see a trace of what's in the pool from above.

She could only use the simplest method, hold his hand and ask softly: "Is it dangerous?"

Ling Moxiao rubbed her fingers and shook his head with a smile: "It's just like the usual patrol. Don't worry, I will wait for you to come back in the city."

Before dawn the next day, Yue Jian began to prepare for the princess's trip.

Shen Linzhong and Mo Xiujin also got up early. Shen Linzhong was making salt at his house and was unaware of the situation outside.

But Mo Xiujin often met with Mr. Pang, and he clearly felt that the princess' travel was not easy.

He didn't say anything, but carefully reminded Yue Jian what things he had forgotten.

When Shen Dongsu woke up, Ling Moxiao had already gone to the military camp, just like every day before.

But her strong sixth sense told her that today was different.

But what can she do? Her forced stay in the city would only distract Ling Moxiao.

She knew that the most important thing she could do in this city was to protect herself.

Just when he was about to leave the house, a letter came in a hurry.

It was the letter from Brother Big Fish from Jiangnan. Several letters arrived at the same time, one of which was addressed to Lu Yunzhou.

Mo Xiujin originally put it in his arms, but then took it out and had someone give it to Lu Yunzhou.

If that stupid spy dies in the city today, he won't see this letter.

Shen Dongsu opened it and saw that it was Brother Dayu's handwriting. It was uglier than hers and was as big as an apricot kernel.

When I saw Shen Dongyue being beaten by Xiao, she had a miscarriage, and Xiao jumped into the river and committed suicide.

She felt so sad that she felt pity for Shen Dongyue, but also felt that Mrs. Xiao's madness was pathetic.

Feng Wensheng's sentence was not the death penalty. Why didn't she wait for Feng Wensheng's sentence to expire?

Why is she clinging to Shen Dongyue? He killed her child and lost his life.

I wonder how Shen Dongyue's health is? There is an imperial doctor in Yangzhou. Da Yu should ask the imperial doctor to look at her, right?

Shen Dongsu was already extremely uneasy, but after receiving such bad news, her uneasiness became even stronger.

She hesitated several times, should she be willful and stay in the city?

As a result, Mr. Pang came to see her off in person and was escorted by an army of a thousand people.

Riding on the little red horse, she looked back several times until she left Youzhou City and looked at the tall and majestic towers, but she did not see Ling Moxiao.

Are you too busy to see her off?

Or, don’t you dare come to see her off?

Yes, Ling Moxiao didn't dare to give it away, fearing that if he gave it away, his reluctance would reveal the truth.

He was afraid that the little girl would make a noise and not want to leave, and he couldn't bear it for a moment, so he really wouldn't let her go.

It wasn't until Shen Dongsu's carriage had gone very far that the figure in silver armor who was hiding on the tower came out.

Mr. Pang sighed softly: "The prince should give it to the princess."

Ling Moxiao's eyes were distant, as if he could see the people sitting inside through the thick carriage wall.

The voice was also extremely gentle: "She will cry. I don't want to see her cry the last thing."

Mr. Pang shook his feather fan and wanted to say something, but even if you didn't send it, the princess would still cry!

Mr. Pang even thought that there was no need to hide it from the princess. She was so smart, how could she not guess it?

Shen Dongsu in the carriage was indeed crying. She was holding the letter, and her tears fell on the paper drop by drop, making Big Fish's ugly words as big as apricots appear.

Tsukimi wanted to ask her, was she crying because of what was written in the letter? Or is it because you don’t want to leave the prince?

She thought about it without asking, she just silently handed over a handkerchief and said:

"Don't cry."

He paused and said again: "The wind will hurt your eyes."

Shen Dongsu raised his eyes and looked at her: "Yue Jian, the way you comfort people is like a straight man!"