In the end, the wind and snow did not follow the will of the people and endured it for a while, and soon huge snowflakes flew all over the sky. However, at this moment, the wind and snow were no longer enough to stop the way, because Shen Zhezi joined in, and the whole team was filled with a warm atmosphere.

When Shen Zhezi said that he would continue to move forward to arrive at the fort outside Shouchun City before nightfall, a series of high-pitched promises broke out in the ranks, and the tone was so loud that Shen Zhezi even made Shen Zhezi suspect that what the soldiers wanted at this moment was not to brave the wind and snow for another journey, but to cross the Huai to fight a fierce battle. However, from this, he can also feel his high prestige in the eyes of these armor soldiers in Jiangdong now, even if there is a pain in the wind and snow, it is also used as a small encouragement.

Shen Zhezi rode a horse near Princess Xingnan's car, and the princess sat on her knees in front of the car door, opened the curtain and looked at him, her pretty face was ruddy and delicate by the wind and snow, and her lips moved slightly. He frowned slightly, and raised his hand to press on the smooth forehead to push the girl into the carriage, but after a moment of progress, the curtain was lifted again, revealing the pretty face that was pleasant and disgusting, and stared at him with thin eyes.

Seeing this, Shen Zhezi simply got off the horse and boarded the car to hold the reins himself, and heard a slight sound in the carriage behind his ears, and after a while, Princess Xingnan had already put on a hood and wrapped her coat tightly, hunched her waist out of the carriage and sat next to Shen Zhezi, and put the warm copper furnace in her arms in front of his knees.

"No matter how willful you are, if you suffer from the cold, don't blame me for sending you across the river immediately."

Shen Zhezi raised his hand to block the wind and snow, and said to the princess sideways.

"I'm not acting willfully this time, I have the queen's edict on me, you can't shout at me and drive me away!"

When Princess Xingnan heard this, she lifted her hood and lay in Shen Zhezi's ear and laughed, the cold wind blew her sideburns, swept over her red face, and there was a sassy beauty that seemed to melt into the environment.

"Go back to the carriage and stay honestly, and wait until the snow is clear, and then I will accompany you on an outing to enjoy the scenery of Huaishang."

Shen Zhezi picked up the girl sideways and threw her into the carriage, and told Cui Ling and a few other ladies to guard the princess and let her settle down, and then sat back on the throne and walked forward against the wind. Although he did not deliberately pursue anything to share weal and woe with the soldiers, he never treated himself too favorably, which was also a kind of tempering for himself, and he had to feel what kind of environment the soldiers were in and what kind of training they were undergoing.

The snow was so heavy that it took nearly half the time to complete the last stretch, and the horses pulling the carts were frozen in thick felt, until they finally reached the fort outside the city. It was admittedly hard for the princess and her entourage to travel against the wind and snow, but it was not easy for these villagers and clans to stay in the fort. Originally, they could stay in the fort to avoid the cold wind, but when the snow fell, the snow on their shoulders showed whether they were sincere or not. Therefore, they stood in the wind and snow one by one, and it was really difficult to survive, and finally looked forward to the ceremonial drive into the fort.

This fort is not small, and can accommodate thousands of people. At this time, a roaring bonfire had already been lit within the high walls of the fort, and there were underground dragon culverts under the entire fort, which baked the room dry and warm.

Shen Zhezi personally drove the princess's car and the accompanying palace people to an independent bunker in the fort, and the family members of the township sect had already hurried out to greet them, Shen Zhezi stood under the court and beckoned to the princess who was sent into the room by the daughters of the township clan. Then he turned into another room, took off his snow-covered coat and his uniform, and changed into a dry and light robe before turning to the front of the fort.

The fort had already prepared hot soup, medicinal soup and other things to keep out the cold, and when Shen Zhezi walked out, the entire team of honor drivers had already been accepted into the fort. The generals' armor was stuffed with dried velvet grass to prevent the snow from melting and moisture in the sudden cold and warmth.

Because there are a large number of soldiers from Jiangdong in the Huainan army, Shen Zhezi also attaches great importance to the winter cold. Previously, the town had widely stored dry firewood, charcoal and other heating materials, and because of the seizure of a large number of slave ordnance, there was no shortage of use in this regard. Under the wall of the fort, the camp tent is set up in a row, and the hot soup in the camp tent is steaming hot, and there is a wall road around the wall, the hot water is flowing loudly, and the bamboo water is used for bathing and washing.

The soldiers in the team were quickly placed in these tents in batches, and when the cold dissipated and their hands and feet regained their dexterity, they realized that there was a difference in the heating in the fort. Instead of setting a separate stove in each tent to start the fire, the heating mainly came from the earth dragon under the feet and the wall passage through the camp. The main source of this heat came from several huge blast furnaces built at each of the four corners of the fort.

This is also the main heating method taken by the Huainan Army today, so the first heating, on the one hand, it eliminates the need to distribute heating materials to the battalions, which can be more effective in fire prevention and salary saving, on the other hand, these blast furnaces also have the ability to cook and smelt. Of course, due to the loss of heat circulation, these blast furnaces are not up to the professional smelting and casting standards, but the intermittent heating, in addition to meeting the heating purpose, can also fire some simple pottery or create some iron farm tools with low technical requirements.

Today's Huainan is not only used for heating with bioenergy such as firewood and charcoal, but also coal on a large scale. Huaibei Qiaojun, Qi County and other places, in later generations is the famous Xu coal production area, and in the current era, rural coal mining heating has become a trend. Even when Shen Mu and his men rushed into Qiaocheng and seized a large amount of baggage abandoned by the slave army here, including tens of thousands of catties of coal. Taking advantage of the last period of navigation of the whirlpool, this part of the coal was transported back to Huainan.

But this is completely Shen Zhezi's curious ideas, in fact, in the current era of vegetation coverage, or ordinary cold and bitter people are still worried about the Haozong Gaomen closed the mountains and forbidden Ze and have nowhere to pick, such a huge military group as the Huainan Army, as long as there is enough labor, can be cut down nearby to meet the use, and it is not a good deal to use such precious transportation capacity on heavy coal.

Even in Huainan, it is more convenient to explore mineral deposits and find minerals than to transport them from other places. It's just that Shen Zhezi can't spare much time to operate this matter at the moment. And not only that, there are many quite grand ideas in Huainan around the military industry and people's livelihood in the future, which are waiting for the opportunity to schedule and promote.

In fact, in the production areas of some high-quality coal mines, not only the use of coal has become a common practice, but even as early as the Three Kingdoms period, there was already a quite professional mining technology.

When Shen Zhezi walked to the front of the fort, he was amazed to see Xie Shang and Yu Bin surrounding a burning stove in the fort. The principle of this kind of heating facility is not complicated, as long as you look at its structure, you can figure it out with a little thought.

Because there are not too many materials that can withstand high-temperature calcination, this blast furnace is actually relatively primitive compared with the large boiler that collects heating in later generations, and the heat that can be provided is not so large, and the scrapping cycle is very short, often three or five days to rebuild a blast furnace. But compared with the meticulous need to build a stove for heating in every barracks, this is still a relatively efficient way.

Therefore, after observing for a while, Xie Shang and Yu Bin only slightly appreciated this wonderful use, but they did not arouse much interest. When the nearby side told the horse to come, he quickly turned around and greeted him.

"It's hard in winter, this time the princess crossed the river into the town, it was really hard for Dao'an and Brother Renzu to escort all the way."

Shen Zhezi thanked the two from afar, and walked close with a smile.

"The horse is really serious, compared with the previous heroic achievements of the Huainan Wangshi, how dare I boast of my hard work when I wait for this journey."

Xie Shang returned the salute, this journey has been hard, but when he saw the road from Liangjun in Jiangbei to Huainan along the way, he already had an orderly posture, which also made him feel quite excited. Seeing that Huainan was full of vitality despite the cold winter, he also felt that his choice was not wrong.

Compared with Xie Shang, Yu Bin's demeanor is a little more restrained. After the end of Su Jun's rebellion, he spent his life in the countryside to mourn, and several years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the world has been very different. In the past few years, the local hibernation has also made the originally high-spirited young man pass away, and even when facing Shen Zhezi, he was a little stubborn and couldn't let go.

Shen Zhezi faced Yu Bin, there was still a little lingering guilt in his heart, he stepped forward and pulled Yu Bin's palm and patted the other party's shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice: "As big as the national fortune society, it is inevitable that there will be difficulties and declines, not to mention us and other vulgar people." The old things are declining, and although the wind is gone, the future world will be virtuous, and it will still come from my generation. If Dao'an is not afraid of the bitter cold of Huainan, he may wish to stay here for a long time in the future, there are many peers here, no matter what personal feelings and national responsibilities, they will not be lonely. ”

"I, I've been neglected by the world for a long time, and I'm indifferent to people, and I want to learn more from Wei Zhou, but now that you're in a high position, I'm afraid of my own clumsiness, and I don't dare to force it......"

When Yu Bin heard Shen Zhezi say this, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and there was no lack of joy, and when he talked about himself, he was always a little weak. In the past, he was the son-in-law of the ruling door of the Chinese book, although he was not very old, he was looked down upon by people when he entered and exited, no matter who Zang commented on whether he was a first-class young man in the world. But before returning to the capital, the favors have been very different, such as Shen Zhezi and other old friends are fighting fiercely for the country in Huaishang, while some other old acquaintances in the early years, and even a few wives and brothers of the wife and clan treat him less kindly than in previous years, and for a time there is indeed a bit of a gap in chance.

"People are not born to know, and who is not skilled from clumsy experience. For example, your family and people, what a stubborn embryo it is, and now he has become a famous king general! The journey is at your feet, no need to hesitate, your own peers help you forward! ”

As he spoke, Shen Zhezi turned around again and pulled Xie Shang up, when he first saw Xie Shang in the capital in previous years, he was still a childish teenager, and now his body is even a few points taller than Xie Shang. Taking the hands of these two people, he walked towards the lobby in the fort: "I'll introduce you two to these colleagues and township sages in Huainan today. ”