The next day, although Nangong Anshan had suffered from insomnia the night before, she still woke up very early the next day. As soon as she woke up, she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast with the servants.

After the family had breakfast, those who needed to rest rested and those who needed to study went to study.

What made her happy was that Nangong Sheng and Nangong Xiu had originally planned to attend the class for one day, but Ji Weihao was also a knowledgeable person and was humorous during class.

Not only does it teach reading and literacy, but it also teaches them what they see and hear in books or in life, which can help people learn a lot.

Although Nangong Sheng and Nangong Xiu learned how to read from others before, they only learned how to read and nothing else. Therefore, after Ji Weihao started class, they have been studying with their younger brothers and sisters, and they have not fallen behind for a day.

Before lunch, Zitian and Ziyun also came back, bringing two prey as before. She also had one sent to the backyard of the cooking oil shop for people from other villages to eat.

It's cold and freezing right now, so it's not suitable to open up wasteland. Even if we open up wasteland, the land will be frozen again soon.

When the ice on the ground melts, the ground will have to be plowed again.

Therefore, she asked the people working in the fields to basically work in the greenhouse during this period, so that it would be warmer.

It's just that something was unusual about Zitian today. In the past, when Zitian came back before noon, he would definitely wait until after noon to have something to eat before leaving, but today he left as soon as he came back.

Nangong Anshan didn't think much and sent someone to deal with the wild boar.

At the same time, Prince Li's Mansion.

King Li said solemnly: "I have received the news that King Yong has decided to take action against us as soon as the weather warms up next year. Now each fiefdom is in charge of its own affairs, and many of them have the intention of proclaiming themselves emperors. If other fiefdoms hear the news, they will

The land that annexed King Li's fiefdom is very likely to cooperate with King Yong and attack us together."

General He said: "Your Majesty, is it confirmed?"

"It's confirmed." King Li said: "According to the news I received, the weather is getting cold now. Although many fiefdoms have ceased fighting, they have not withdrawn their troops. Many people are staying put. Taking advantage of the leisure time now

At that time, all the fiefdoms were recruiting troops and they were training hard so that they could go to the battlefield when the war starts next year."

General Qin said: "Now is indeed a good time to practice, and our soldiers are practicing every day. It's just that the weather is cold, and soldiers are frostbitten and sick every day. It's a good time to practice, but it's not very suitable for practice."

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King Li said: "The soldiers under my command, and now the soldiers in all counties combined, are hundreds of thousands. As long as other fiefdoms don't attack us together, we can cope with the number of people, but in terms of weapons, there is a big problem."

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General Chai said: "My lord, you are right. Most of the things in King Li's fief are available, but only the iron ore used for weapons has not been discovered yet."

"Yes." King Li said: "The most important thing now is the issue of weapons. Our neighbor, King Ming, has iron ore in his fiefdom. We had a good relationship with him before, and he sold us several batches of iron ore every year.

, but since everything was in chaos, he sent a message saying that he wanted to save himself first and would not sell us iron ore."

General Chai said in shock: "In other words, if we increase the number of soldiers now, then the soldiers in the future may not have weapons to use?"

King Li sighed and said: "Yes, I have also asked other fiefdoms, but they all said that they want to keep it for self-protection and cannot give it to us."

General Qin said: "This situation is not good. If a war really starts next year, the enemy only needs to attack us with weapons, and then we will have no power to resist."

"Yes." Prince Li said, "The main reason why I asked you to come here today is for this matter. If this matter is not resolved, my fiefdom will be in danger."

Dugu Huanxu thought for a moment, then stood up and said: "Father, why don't we send people to the mountains to survey the situation now? The scope of our fiefdom is larger than that of King Ming. I don't believe that what King Ming has in his fiefdom will not be available here."

General He said: "Yes, as long as we find iron ore, we will no longer be controlled by others. The ministers also agree and send people everywhere. There are many of us, so I don't believe that we can't find it."

General Qin and General Chai also said: "Wei Chen means the same thing."

King Li said: "Okay, you can just send people to look for it, but now that there is ice and snow everywhere, it may not be easy to find it. The people who look for it should put their own safety first and don't get frostbite."

Although he had sent people out to search before but never found it, he might be able to find it this time.

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King Li said again: "Okay, let's move on to the next topic, which General Qin just mentioned. This year's weather is much colder than in previous years. Every day when soldiers go out to train, some people will be injured. We tried to reduce the difficulty of training before, but

Soldiers will become slack and often retreat during simulations. When the time comes to go to the battlefield, they will have no choice but to die. I wonder if you have any way to solve this problem."

Dugu Huanxu said: "I also understand this situation. In fact, the clothes worn by the soldiers are too thin, which freezes their bodies and makes them less flexible than usual, so they are easily injured. In fact, this matter is simple to say.

, but it’s hard to say. It’s just a matter of letting them wear thicker clothes. But if they wear too thick clothes, they will still have difficulty moving, and if an army of hundreds of thousands of people changes their clothes at the same time, it will probably require a lot of wadding.

Military spending will also increase a lot."

"His Royal Highness is right." General He said: "Based on two hundred silver for each soldier, an army of half a million will require one hundred thousand taels of silver. Now that military expenditures are tight, and we have to deal with next year's war, this amount

It’s really a lot of money.”

King Li said: "Everyone, do you think this money should be used?"

Dugu Huanxu said: "Father, of course you need to use it. You can make money, but the soldiers are injured or have slacked off in training. But their lives are at stake, so I will use it if I see it."

The three generals said at the same time: "I second the proposal."

"Okay." King Li said, "I will allocate one hundred thousand taels of silver, and leave this matter to..."

"Father," Dugu Huanxu said, "Ashan still has a lot of cotton there. Why don't I buy some cotton from her and wear it for the injured soldiers, so that they can live better in the winter."

"Although that cotton is not enough for hundreds of thousands of troops, it can be mixed with cotton wool, which is much better than clothes made only from cotton wool."

"As for the one hundred thousand taels of silver, let it come from my private treasury. I have made a lot of money with Ashan in the past few months, and it's time to use it."

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