"Come with me, let's go buy something!" Zhao Junsheng said as he handed over the horse to the soldiers behind him and walked towards a copperware shop next to him.

Lu Xuanbo and his two personal soldiers had no choice but to lead the horse and follow him.

Zhao Junsheng took them around the county town of Shanwu, bought a lot of things, and packed them in a few cloth bags, which could not fit on the backs of the two horses.

In the morning, when Zhao Junsheng and Lu Xuanbo and others left, the soldiers were still practicing under the leadership and supervision of Gao Xiu and Xue Andu, and not long after Zhao Junsheng and others returned in the afternoon, snowflakes fell in the sky, which was the first snow this year.

Zhao Junsheng was sewing a pair of sheepskin gloves in his tent, the woolen sheepskin and thick thread were bought in the morning when he was shopping in the city, and he planned to sew a pair of warm and wearable leather gloves for Mulan and himself.

Li Bao, the captain of the pro-soldiers, walked in and hugged his fists and said: "Captain, it's snowing heavily, Gao Xiu, the head of the first battalion, and Xue An, the deputy of the third battalion, both ask for the soldiers to make progress to avoid the wind and snow!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's eyelids jumped, what he was worried about finally happened, for the logistics baggage team, rain and snow are one of the biggest enemies, he couldn't sit still, put down the leather gloves that had not yet been sewn and got up and walked outside the camp tent.

Heavy snow was falling from the sky, and under the cold wind, the snow fell quickly and violently, and it did not take long for the helmets and armor of the soldiers who were training in the camp to have a thick layer of snow.

The soldiers' drills could not be carried out, so Zhao Junsheng could only order: "Li Bao, give orders to Gao Xiu and Xue An to cancel the outdoor drills and conduct them indoors." Except for the sentry and patrol, all the other soldiers went into the camp tent to take shelter from the wind and snow! Give an order to the captain of the horse convoy, Liu Qi, and ask him to organize the coachmen to strengthen the stables for the official, and then let them go around to find some hay to warm the livestock, if the stable is blown down by the wind and snow and crushes the livestock or freezes to death, the official will not spare him! ”

Livestock is as important to the baggage team as the importance of war horses to cavalry, if there is no livestock, even if there is more grain and grass materials, they can only sigh and cannot be transported!

Zhao Junsheng's tone was very serious, completely different from usual, Li Bao couldn't help but become serious, straightened up and agreed: "Yes, Captain!" ”

"Wait! Tell Gao Xiu and Xue Andu that it should be very cold tonight, and let them organize some people to go around and pick up some dry firewood to keep warm, don't freeze the brothers! ”

Li Bao nodded, and quickly ran over to the soldiers who were training.

Lu Xuanbo didn't know when he came to Zhao Junsheng's back, looked up at the snowflakes that kept falling in the sky, and sighed: "Heaven is not beautiful!" ”

"The grain and grass materials haven't landed yet, and now it's snowing heavily, and this time it's a big trouble!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he looked up at the sky.

He suddenly thought of something, and immediately summoned a personal soldier and ordered: "You quickly go to the carriage and ask Liu He to send a carriage over, this official is in urgent need!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" The soldiers clasped their fists in agreement, turned around and ran towards the convoy.

Zhao Junsheng instructed Lu Xuanbo again: "You go and ask Pei Jin to prepare some money, and let's buy things!" ”

"Buy again? Didn't you buy it in the morning? ”

"You used to be a murderous high-roller, how did I find that you are getting more and more verbose? If you are told to go, you will go, how can there be so much nonsense? ”

Lu Xuanbo pursed his lips, turned around and left, and came back with a bag of money after a while, "Young master, Pei Jin said that the money we brought this time is not much, and more than half of it has been spent yesterday, you can save a little use!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the cloak handed by Lu Xuanbo and put it on, stepped on the war horse, took two personal soldiers, and asked the coachman to drive the carriage into the city with him.

After entering the city, Zhao Junsheng began to sweep the goods, as long as he saw a stall selling shoes, he went over to buy all the straw shoes on the stalls, and the vendors who sold shoes did not sell a few pairs of straw shoes for a whole day, but he didn't expect Zhao Junsheng to be such a rich man, so he sold all the straw shoes to him cheaply, and they all closed the stall early and went home.

Lu Xuanbo followed behind Zhao Junsheng, and kept beckoning the accompanying soldiers to load the straw sandals he bought into the carriage, and he asked suspiciously: "Young master, it is snowing so hard, what are you doing with so many straw sandals?" ”

"Naturally for the soldiers to wear, tomorrow if we receive food and grass materials, we have to rush back to Jinling, if the road surface is frozen, let the soldiers put on a pair of straw sandals outside the shoes can be non-slip and moisture-proof, if you don't wear straw shoes, the road is slippery, and the shoes are soaked in snow, how to hurry?"

Lu Xuanbo felt that this soldier was really very knowledgeable, and he was a little puzzled: "Young master, you have never led soldiers before, how do you know so much?" ”

"I haven't brought any soldiers, but my grandfather has brought them!"

Lu Xuanbo had nothing to say.

Several people drove the carriage to run the entire Shanwu County, all the straw shoes were bought by Zhao Junsheng, and finally made up more than 700 pairs, and each of the baggage soldiers who came to Shanwu County this time could receive a pair, but the money he brought was almost spent.

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng walked out of the tent, his eyes were covered in silver, white and white, the snow had stopped, but the snow on the ground had submerged his ankles.

The cold wind was still raging, and the soldiers used the copper basin they bought yesterday to bring hot water from the room, and Zhao Junsheng washed up and ate a big bowl of corn porridge and a few steamed buns with pickles.

"Lu Xuanbo, bring the official documents, let's go to the Quartermaster Governor's Residence!" Zhao Junsheng shouted, and ordered his own soldiers to lead the horse over.

Lu Xuanbo promised: "Yes, young master!" ”

A few people rode into the city after a large group of people, and the snow on the streets was swept away by the shopkeepers and juniors on both sides of the street, and there were still many pedestrians coming and going.

Zhao Junsheng and the others soon came to the Quartermaster's Residence, and the two people standing guard at the door were still the same as yesterday.

"As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that Zhao Junsheng, the captain of the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army, came to ask to see Governor Dabo!"

The soldier on the left looked at Zhao Junsheng and said, "It's you again, you may have run in vain today, it snowed so hard yesterday, my governor may have been stranded on the way and couldn't return!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was quite disappointed, today is the third day of arriving here, it took two days when he came, four days have passed, and it will take at least three days to escort a large amount of grain and grass materials back, that is to say, he can only wait for three more days at most, but the governor quartermaster is not here, and he can't take the troops to the treasury to rob, so he can only continue to wait.

For the next two days, Zhao Junsheng didn't see Da Bo Xinyi, his pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and the weather didn't get better, not only did the snow not melt before, but it also froze after the low temperature at night, and it snowed again after an interval of one day, and the temperature was getting lower and lower.

On the sixth day, the ice and snow began to melt, Zhao Junsheng was still not happy, the result of the melting of the ice and snow was mud, which was a nightmare for the baggage team that needed to hurry, but until now, Zhao Junsheng still had not been able to see the Governor of Dabo Xinyi.

"This brother, we really can't wait any longer, there are still thousands of people in the barracks waiting for dinner, if there is no food and grass, and something happens, it will be a catastrophe!"

Zhao Junsheng explained anxiously to the sentry at the door of the quartermaster's residence, and then took out a piece of gold and quietly handed it to this person, "A little heart, please have a drink and help!" ”