Chapter 981 What is in Northern Hubei
Zhao Ling looked calm, but cold sweat had already begun to form on his back. He stood up and walked before King Zhao, bowing and saying, "Father, recently..."
With the precedent of people migrating to Ezhou before, the people under King Zhao took strict precautions from the beginning.
However, the temperature dropped too much. They could still stand guarding in various places during the day, but it was really not possible at night. The cold wind penetrated into the bones. If they dared to guard at night, who knows how many people would die.
However, King Zhao was strict in his military discipline, and there were people guarding the army at night some time ago. It was only in the last seven or eight days that they began to neglect their duties. After all, the guards could not stand the cold, let alone ordinary people.
Who would have thought that there would actually be people who would risk their lives to go to Ezhou? Zhao Ling was shocked when he received the news.
Now that King Zhao asked, he could only bite the bullet and explain.
"It was all my fault, Father. Please punish me! But I promise that I will keep a close watch on him from now on and will never let him go to Ezhou again!"
After Zhao Ling finished speaking, he lifted up his clothes and knelt in front of King Zhao.
Perhaps in the past, these children of aristocratic families would think that ordinary people were nothing and they could just leave if they wanted to. But now, Zhao Ling realized that population is one of the most important resources of a force.
Everything needs people. Without people, many things will be difficult to do.
Let alone other things, the warm clothes needed by the soldiers in the army have to be sewn by women, if there is no one, who will do it?
King Zhao's expression was relatively calm. He stared at Zhao Ling for a while before speaking, "Get up. You must be more careful and thorough in your work from now on."
"Thank you, father!" Zhao Ling felt relieved and quickly stood up.
The ground is really cold!
King Zhao's study had no floor heating, but a burning wall. The room was warm around him, but the floor was cold.
"Your Highness, what is there in northern Hubei and why do people so frequently want to move there?" an aide raised the question.
They all knew the situation in Ezhou. In the past, people from the six northwestern states avoided it. Why did people now risk their lives to go there?
King Zhao looked at him and said nothing.
In fact, he was also puzzled. He knew that the Hubei Northern Army had new weapons, and the Zhao Wang Army was also actively researching gunpowder weapons, but with little success. At present, there were only some defective products. They were even worried about using them themselves, let alone equipping the entire army.
It's freezing cold now. What happened in northern Hubei that made the people have to go there?
King Zhao thought for a moment, then said to Zhao Ling, "Take good care of the people you find. Find a way to get some information out of them and see what is attracting them to northern Hubei."
"Yes, son!" Zhao Ling immediately accepted the order and went out.
He really didn't want to stay in the same room with his father. No matter how warm the room was, he would still feel cold.
Zhao Ling had just accepted the task of extracting information when half an hour later, he caught a group of people who wanted to sneak to Ezhou.
Zhao Ling hurried to the place and saw that his men had locked the people in a woodshed, where they were so crowded that they were deformed.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he shouted angrily, "Who told you to treat our fellow villagers like this? Let them go immediately! Go get some hot tea and snacks to warm them up."
If you want to trick people, you must be nice to them!
The people below did as they were told, but the people who were caught felt even more uneasy.
Zhao Ling had to lower himself so much that his face almost froze with smile before he got some useful information.
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