"The sky is cold and the north wind is green and the mulberry is called withered. The thick ice has no cracks, and the short day has cold light. It is really cold weather." Fang Jun just finished speaking.

"Okay, it's such a good poem."

"Master, why are you here?" Fang Jun asked,

"Today is the Little New Year. Master comes here to ask you what you lack," Qin Qiong asked.

"Nothing is short of anything, it's just a shortage of people. Master, otherwise I'll spend New Year's Eve with us today. General Chai will come here today," said Fang Jun.

"Okay, let's see if there is anything else today. If not, come and celebrate New Year's Eve with you," Qin Qiong said,

"That's a good master," Fang Jun said,

"I've been homesick for so long, but I've missed homesickness," Qin Qiong asked.

"It's a lie to say that you don't miss home. It's definitely a homesick one, but fortunately there's a master," Fang Jun said with a smile.

"Yes, I hope this battle can end as soon as possible, but if you want to enter the army, there are often things like this," Qin Qiong said.

"This war will end soon," Fang Jun said.

"Yi Ai, Yi Ai is ready to eat, come and have a meal." Then Chai Lingwu was walking here with food,

"General Qin is here too, have you eaten?" Chai Lingwu asked,

"I've eaten it, you guys go and eat it. I'll go and see how the soldiers train," Qin Qiong said, and then walked to the school grounds.

"You Ai, go in and have a meal. How did General Qin come here?" Chai Lingwu asked,

"The master comes here to ask if I am still used to it in the military camp. Isn't it Xiao New Year?" Fang Jun said,

"Yes, I'll tell you the Little New Year so soon. It seems that I can't go back to the New Year this year," Chai Lingwu suddenly said in disappointment.

"Do you regret it?" Fang Jun asked with a smile.

"How is it possible to regret it? It's just a little homesick," Chai Lingwu said,

"But I got a message that this year, the Turks suffered a very bad natural disaster such as frost and drought, which made the people tired and thin. Many sheep and horses were frozen to death and starved to death," Chai Lingwu said.

"Yes, the Turks are no longer the same Turks as before. The Turks have been fighting for years and are now suffering from natural disasters. This is how God helps me with the Tang Dynasty," Fang Jun said,

"Then aren't we going to win?" Chai Lingwu asked,

"That won't be there, it's just that our Tang Dynasty has a greater chance of winning, and the Turks are not without a chance of winning, but they are afraid that we will defeat one Turks today and another Turks will come tomorrow," Fang Jun said lightly.

"Can't mine wipe out the Turks?" Chai Lingwu asked,

"It's just that this land is not suitable for the life of the Tang people. You can think about the northern grasslands in all dynasties are not the biggest concern of our Central Plains court, but you just finished singing and I will go on stage," Fang Jun said lightly.

"Yes, it's true to say this to you," Chai Lingwu said.

"But now our enemy is the Turks. We can do it until we defeat them. Don't think so much. Come and have a meal," Fang Jun said.

"I don't want to eat anymore," Chai Lingwu said,

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Slowly night fell, Fang Jun and Chai Lingwu prepared food and waited for Chai Shao and Qin Qiong to arrive. Not long after, the curtain was opened and Chai Shao and Qin Qiong both came in, "General Chai, Master, sit down," Fang Jun stood up and said,

"Yes, Father, General Qin, please sit down quickly," Chai Lingwu said,

"Okay, my love, your father and I are old friends. If there is no outsider, don't call the general. Just call Uncle Chai," Chai Lingwu said with a smile.

"Yes, Jinwu, call me Uncle Qin, too," Qin Qiong said,

"Uncle Chai", Fang Jun shouted,

"Uncle Qin", Chai Lingwu shouted,

"Okay, today is New Year's Eve to see if it's impossible to go home. Let's raise our glasses together to drink tea instead of wine," Chai Shao raised his cup and said,

"Wait, why should my father use tea instead of wine?" Then Chai Lingwu suddenly stood up and came to the side and searched,

"Finished," Chai Lingwu raised a bottle of wine and said,

"This is Yubing Bar, how can you have Lingwu?" Chai Shao asked,

"I brought this secretly. If Uncle Cheng hadn't finished drinking all my wine, how could I have hidden it there?" Chai Lingwu said with a resentful look on his face.

"Haha, you kid," Chai Shao shook his head and smiled speechlessly.

"But drinking is not allowed in the army, but today is New Year's Eve, it will be a case," Chai Shao said.

"Thank you, father," Chai Shao said with a smile.

"But there is no lot of drinks," Chai Shao said seriously to Chai Lingwu,...

"By the way, General Chai, why didn't you see General Li Jing and Uncle Cheng?" Fang Jun said,

"Yes, why are my father's other troops missing?" Chai Lingwu suddenly asked curiously, and saw Chai Shao, Qin Qiong suddenly became serious and said,

"Yi Love, Ling Wu originally wanted to tell you later, but since you will ask, let me tell you in advance. Those armies have set out. The exact news that we have attained enlightenment is that the Turks suffered natural disasters this year, and the cattle, sheep, war horses, and many of them were frozen to death and starved to death. Today is the most important festival for our Han people. I believe that the Turks are at the time of the most relaxed defense, so Li Jing and our generals discussed and decided to take action on the first day of the Lunar New Year. They wanted you to have a good New Year's Eve, so General Chai and I discussed and told you that they had prepared for this meal." Qin Qiong said,

"Uh, then we will go to war tomorrow," Chai Lingwu suddenly said excitedly,

"Yes, what's wrong with Lingwu?" Qin Qiong said,

"That's not great, we can go home early," Chai Lingwu said happily.

"Yes", Qin Qiong and Chai Shao looked at Chai Lingwu with a smile on their faces.

"But when I was discussing with Yiai today, we thought of a bad thing, that is, our Tang Dynasty's control is too weak on this grassland. Today, we defeated a Turk and came out of another Turk on the grassland tomorrow." Chai Lingwu said,

Chai Lingwu and Qin Qiong suddenly thought: "Yes, I have been thinking about how to destroy the Turks, but I have never thought about what will happen after the Turks are destroyed." Qin Qiong said to himself,

"It will expand the territory of our Tang Dynasty," Qin Qiong said,

"But what influence does my Tang Dynasty have on here?" Fang Jun asked,

"Yes, what do you think Fang Jun?" Chai Lingwu asked,

"Uncle Chai, now the Turks and my Tang Dynasty are going to war, it can be said that my Tang Dynasty has a great chance of winning, but how can we make the most profit in this war depend on us," Fang Jun said.

"Don't be with us," Chai Lingwu asked,

"Yes, Uncle Chai might as well think about what I lack most in the Tang Dynasty now," Fang Jun asked.

"What is the Tang Dynasty lacking? The Tang Dynasty lacks people," Chai Lingwu said after thinking for a long time,

"It is my Tang Dynasty who lacked people. Since the fifth year of Emperor Yang of Sui, there were more than 9 million households across the country. After the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population was sharply reduced, the fields were deserted, many people starved to death, and there were refugees everywhere. In the early years of Wude, there were only more than 2 million households.

Although Emperor Gaozu ordered the "block the household registration of the world" in September of the fourth year and issued the equal-field system in seven years, all of which encouraged refugees to return to the land to resume production. Although the population has recovered to nearly 3 million households, there are still too few people. What do you think is the shortage of my Tang Dynasty now?" Fang Jun asked quietly,

"The Tang Dynasty lacks people," Chai Shao said.
Chapter completed!