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¡ª¡ª    The snow that Li Min encountered was heavy. It started falling from midnight until the afternoon of the next day, and the goose-feather-like snow fell.  It began to slow down and stopped completely at night. However, there was already more than a foot of snow on the ground, and the road was blocked by the heavy snow. Without clearing it in a few days, it would be impossible to walk.  In other words, Li Min and the others were temporarily trapped in Kinmen City.

    "This is a natural disaster. No matter how anxious Li Min and the others are, it's useless. In addition, Jin Shengman was plotted again and almost died, so they need to rest for at least a few days.  However, in the past few days, Li Min and the others were not idle. They interrogated all the maids around Jin Shengman and finally found the maid who participated in the assassination that night. And to Li Min's expectation,  The person involved in this matter was not two maids as he had imagined before, but one, but one of them did not do it herself that night.

    After catching the maid, Li Min followed the clues and quickly found the person who gave them the order. It was the Jin Gong Qi Jin City Lord who was passionate about Li Minqi. However, when he found the Jin City Lord, the other party had already been killed.  Even the wife and children at home all died unexpectedly, which can be said to be very miserable.

    The line was suddenly disconnected. As for the maids, although they all had their own backgrounds, they usually mainly contacted Jin Gongqi, so they couldn't find any important clues at all.  Jin Shengman knew who was going to harm her, but unfortunately she couldn't find any evidence now. Otherwise, as soon as she returned to Jincheng, she could immediately capture the person behind the scenes.

    Li Min didn't care at all whether there was evidence or not. He even didn't care much about Jin Shengman's assassination. Although he chose to save people at the last moment, it didn't prove that he cared about Jin Shengman's life or death.  What he cares about is to completely control Silla in the shortest possible time. This is the first step for him to run here personally.

    After living in Kinmen City for four days, the road ahead was still not clear, but Jin Shengman's health was almost healed. After all, it was just gas poisoning.  And it wasn't very serious, so it didn't leave any sequelae.

    Today¡¯s weather is good. Although it is still very cold and the thick snow on the roof has not melted away, the warm sunshine is shining down freely, making people feel comfortable in the harsh winter.  Feel a rare warmth.

    Because of this heavy snow.  <>Li Min has been sleeping in the house for a few days. The weather looks good today, so he can just ask Shang'er and Hua'er to go for a walk on the street. After all, he has been busy since he entered Silla.  I was in such a hurry that I never carefully observed the folk customs in Silla.

    But in the end, she begged to bring Jin Shengman with her. After all, she is the Queen of Silla. If she is here, she can also help explain.  Li Min thought about it and felt that it was a good idea. It was indeed a good idea to let the Queen of Silla be the tour guide, so she agreed.

    The four of them, Li Min, were traveling. Because Jin Shengman was assassinated last time, for the sake of safety, they brought a lot of guards with them this time.  And he was riding in a special carriage. After all, it was still very cold now, so riding a horse was definitely a very painful thing.

    Kinmen City is a medium-sized city. Although it is mainly the acropolis of Jincheng, there are also many residents in the city. In Li Min's opinion, the situation in this city cannot be compared with the Tang Dynasty city of the same size.  But at least it should be very lively. Unfortunately, when he walked around the streets in person, he discovered that the situation in the entire city seemed to be very bad.

    Although Kinmen City is considered a medium-sized city in Silla, it is relatively smaller than the Tang Dynasty.  That is to say, the size of an average county town. In addition to one main road, there are four relatively large streets, which can be easily walked around. However, Li Min, who was sitting in the carriage, found that there were few pedestrians on the streets of the entire city, and even  Almost all the shops on both sides of the street were closed, and no one was doing business at all.

    And when their carriage turned to the northeast corner of the city, Li Min suddenly discovered that this place was supposed to be an open space for a trading market, but now it has become a refugee camp, with countless tattered simple tents set up here.  The unkempt refugees huddled in their tents, looking at Li Min and his group with great awe.

    Seeing these scenes in front of him, Jin Shengman in the carriage couldn't bear it anymore and said very coldly: "Have you seen it, Your Highness? These are refugees who escaped from the front line. There are some in every city behind.  Especially in Jincheng, the number of refugees there is more than ten times more than here."

    The reason why Jin Shengman said this to him was simply to blame him for this incident. After all, if he hadn't caused the trouble, the war between the two countries would have ended long ago, and no matter the outcome, at least there would be no doubt in Silla's country.  There will be so many refugees.

    After hearing this, Li Min smiled slightly and said as if he didn't care: "You and Ji were greedy and took advantage of our expedition"During the Goguryeo Dynasty, they occupied part of Goguryeo's territory, which laid the root of this war. If it weren't for your greed, how could there be today's disaster?  "

    Li Min's rebuttal was also very powerful. The reason why the conflict broke out between Silla and Ji was because the newly occupied Goguryeo homeland of the two countries broke the balance between the two countries. Of course, this situation was deliberately caused by the cunning and cunning Li Shimin.  It came out to cause conflict between the two countries to reduce the pressure on the Andong Protectorate. It seems to have worked well now.

    Regarding Li Min's words, Jin Shengman had no way to refute. Although she also vaguely felt that when the Tang Dynasty occupied Goguryeo's homeland, it seemed that Tang Dynasty did not see it. This kind of reaction was a bit strange, but she can't say this now.  Generally speaking, it was because of their greed in the first place.

    Seeing that Jin Shengman was silent, Li Min did not shut up, but continued to ask: "We just turned around a few streets, but found that most of the businesses in the city were not open. What is the reason? Is it also because  The reason for the war?¡±

    Hearing that Li Min asked questions knowingly, Jin Shengman became angry again, but she also knew that only the hateful guy in front of her could change Silla's miserable situation, so she had to suppress the anger in her heart and tell the reasons.

    It turned out that, as Li Min had guessed, after nearly a year of war between Silla and Ji, domestic supplies had reached an alarming level. The merchants in the city did not want to open their doors, but they had nothing to sell, because  Most of the supplies have been requisitioned. Even if they are not used by the army, they can be taken to Pyongyang or Dengzhou and exchanged for urgently needed food and weapons.

    In addition, Jin Shengman also emphasized that there was a shortage of food in Silla. Not only did the refugees in front of them have nothing to eat, but most of the ordinary people in the city were also hungry. In addition, winter came very early this year, so  Ordinary families simply did not have the ability to store food for the winter, and even in most areas of Silla, people had begun to starve to death, and this was one of the sources of domestic unrest in Silla.

    When he said this, Jin Shengman suddenly sighed, and his attitude towards Li Min became a little softer, and there was even a hint of pleading in his tone: "Your Highness, our Silla has really reached a life-or-death moment. If  If this situation is allowed to continue, a famine will definitely break out across the country. Thousands of people will die of cold and starvation this winter. Therefore, I ask Your Highness to show mercy and save my Silla surname.  !¡±

    Jin Shengman didn¡¯t know what was wrong with him. He actually showed such a weak side in front of Li Min. Not only did he tell the truth about Silla, he even couldn¡¯t help but shed tears.

    In fact, had it not been for the persecution of her cousin before her death, Jin Shengman was unwilling to sit on the throne. Moreover, after becoming the second queen of Silla, she not only had to deal with the offensive of the Ji army, but also to win over domestic  The major forces simultaneously attack those who have ulterior motives for their throne.

    Although in the eyes of others, Jin Shengman has done a good job and can even be said to be an excellent country leader, but don't forget that she is still a woman under twenty years old after all. It would be difficult to cope with the current situation in Silla.  It already made her feel physically and mentally exhausted, not to mention that there was Li Min secretly causing trouble, making the situation in Silla even more difficult to control.

    It is precisely because of the above reasons that Jin Shengman, who had no good impression of Li Min to begin with, became even more angry with him.  However, in order to retain a glimmer of hope for Silla, Jin Shengman put aside his personal feelings and married Li Min regardless of domestic reactions. At the same time, he also hoped to use Li Min's power to help Silla survive this unprecedented famine.  .

    With Jin Shengman¡¯s strong character, even though she was married to Li Min, she would never show her weak side in front of him, let alone beg him.  But maybe it was after Li Min unexpectedly saved her life last time that Jin Shengman's mentality towards Li Min changed slightly, so he showed his weak side so abruptly today.

    Looking at Jin Shengman's pleading expression, Lian'er and Hua'er felt a little unbearable. Although they had not known Jin Shengman for a long time, they also knew that the queen of Silla was a strong person and never asked for help.  She didn't care about others, even when Li Min bullied her, she still dared to find a way to come back.  But it was such a strong woman who now put down her pride and interceded with Li Min on behalf of her own family name. This made them all very sympathetic.

    Li Min looked at Jin Shengman, who shed tears in front of him for the first time, and then turned to look at the refugee camp outside the window. When the cold wind blew through, he saw some tent curtains that had been blown up.  With their frozen limbs, it seemed that some people had died in the heavy snow.  ______________________
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