Perhaps ordinary days pass faster, after all, they repeat similar things every day. Sometimes when Liu Tao wakes up in a dream, he is a little confused. Whether he was yesterday or today... he also has the factor of sleeping confused.

Time passed day by day, from September 186 to December. It snowed heavily in winter, and Budugen sent people here, hoping to exchange meat and fur for some food, even some coal stoves, and of course honeycomb coal.

After asking carefully, I found out that the snowstorm on the grassland has frozen a lot of livestock, and the heating problem is also very serious. If it continues, many tribe members will probably be frozen to death.

In the past, in order to make a living, I had to go south to rob and transfer the conflicts among the tribe. This is probably the main reason why the Xianbei went south in December 186 in history.

But now, because of the border trade, Budugen has a new choice. Or, there is no ability to do his best to start a war with Liu Tao.

The transaction took place ten days later, and a large number of livestock frozen into popsicles were sent over. That day, Liu Tao ate a meal of lamb. Although he had the conditions, he was reluctant to waste it so much.

"It seems that it was a very wise choice to propose border trade..." Bu Dugen was in his big tent, roasting the stove with honeycomb coal was very powerful, and it was very convenient to cook rice and water, and the heat emitted can also be heated.

Some time ago, Liu Tao said that there was also coal on the grassland, and probably pointed out a place where Budugen had sent people to search. After finding it, it was estimated that some people could be mobilized to dig it. Whether it was for tribe use or sold to Han people, it was very good.

In fact, it is not just coal or iron ore. Liu Tao was still very interested in the Baiyun Obo Mine Area under Baotou City in later generations, but the mining area is still in Budugen's territory.

If Liu Tao remembers correctly, the iron ore reserves there are as high as 1.4 billion tons, which is one of the important iron ore sources in China. The Dazhi Iron Mine in Hubei, the Ma'anshan Iron Mine in Anhui, and the Panzhihua Iron Mine in Sichuan are all too far away from his territory...

But he would not tell Bu Dugen that this iron ore was the enemy. When would he capture this grassland, start building a city and start managing this area, and when would he start developing this mining area.

Another point is that the winter warming measures must be kept up. After all, generally speaking, the weather is a bit cold after July and August. The temperature these days is slightly lower than that in two thousand years... To be honest, it is not right to compare a period of global warming with a period of this period.

"Put it out and prepare for war!" Bu Dugen quickly made a decision. This winter, he was very bad, and Ke Bi would be very bad. At this time, war was the most suitable.

Only by robbing can we better make up for the losses of the tribes under his command. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on border trade!

These have nothing to do with Liu Tao. In winter, people are more willing to hide on the warm kang and do not have the ability to fight in winter before the promotion of warming methods, such as sweaters and down jackets.

Unless, once a day, he will restore their frostbite hands and use healing techniques to treat them. Yes, he will still be beaten if necessary!

In the beginning of spring, Budugen came to trade again, and this time there were about 3,000 slaves trading. It can be seen that in the battle last winter, Budugen won a complete victory.

This time, the purchase of medicinal materials and hemostatic drugs occupied the majority. It can be seen that although their tribe won a great victory, they also paid the price. Just saying that these three thousand slaves could be sold means that they could not bear it.

Two days later, Cai Yan was about to give birth, and the entire prefect's mansion was in chaos. This was the first time, including Liu Tao, who became an ant on the hot pan. Signs began to appear from the hour of Mao, and then after waiting for three hours, the uterus began to expand. It took half an hour for the delivery, and Cai Yan's painful cry and holding power kept coming from the delivery room.

"Wow wow wow..." With a strong and powerful cry, a new life was born. This eight-pound child almost tormented his mother to death.

"The head of the family is a fat boy weighing eight pounds!" The maid who was accompanying him walked out and announced excitedly.

"How is Cai Yan?" Liu Tao was more concerned about Cai Yan's situation.

"Mrs. Everything is fine!" the maid was stunned, then smiled, "It's just a little exhausted and needs rest."

The eldest son of the Liu family was born at this time. In terms of name, Liu Tao and his father-in-law had some differences. Cai Yong chose the name "Cong", which is also a kind of beautiful jade, which is very consistent with his naming habits.

The eldest daughter Cai Yan and the second daughter Cai Ying are actually all named Yu, but his grandson actually intends to use this trick.

At first, Liu Tao refused, after all, the name Liu Cong felt a bit of a prodigal. He couldn't stand Cai Yan's like, and this tendency to have a little postpartum depression, perhaps the literary girl himself is prone to sentimentality...

There is no way, I can only compromise. Liu Cong is just Liu Cong! Anyway, he is still young now, so he can slowly teach Liu Cong to grow up and make him sensible. He can never become a puppet of his relatives... If so, he doesn't want to act like abolishing the elders and establishing the young.

More than a month later, the eldest daughter was born, more than seven kilograms, but the process was also a bit thrilling. The main reason was Ren Hongchang's age, a little small and slim figure. A child of seven kilograms was also a burden to her.

Then, according to Cai Yong's naming rules, naming Liu Qiong is also a kind of beautiful jade... Liu Tao suddenly wanted to take Liu Yuanqi over. This old man Cai Yong is very hateful to rely on his seniority!

But his father-in-law, who is half a father, has come out, and Liu Qiong seems to be able to accept it.

This may be the biggest thing in 187. After all, nothing else could even attract Liu Tao's attention. Xiliang's suppression of rebellion also had to stop temporarily as the thieves were hiding in Jincheng County, and at the same time, the lack of supplies was scarce.

Of course, it is also inseparable from Dong Zhuo's passive slackness. Zhang Wen has begun to understand that he can't control Dong Zhuo at all!

Liu Hong planned to replace Zhang Wen, but was worried that Yu Zhan would be unfavorable, so he planned to give Zhang Wen a last chance.

There was nothing rare this year. At most, around August, Yunzhong County built an academy called "Northern Academy". The next month, another academy was established, called "Hongdumen Xue".

Everyone was curious about what the two academies taught. After a closer look, they found that the normal academies specialize in training teachers will open primary schools and county schools in each county in the future, and the teachers taught will be held by normal graduates.

Hongdumen School teaches various professional skills, such as agronomy, carpenter, craftsmanship and medicine. Liu Hong has opened this thing, but at first he only taught singing, dancing and music theory, and Liu Tao expanded it.

He even planned to open an agricultural university to specialize in the cultivation and improvement of crops and livestock. However, there was a lack of teachers and could only be incorporated into Hongdumen School as a college in it.
Chapter completed!