Outside Jiaozhou City, the wind howled fiercely. In the first half of November, Jiaozhou had already seen a change in weather. After a torrential rain, it turned even colder. Fengyu grew increasingly anxious. The longer Xie Xun stayed within Jiaozhou City, the greater danger it posed. Ships had ceased docking at Bei River, and there were barely any grain-transporting vessels at Lanzhou Port either. Among the twelve states, only Jinzhou had surplus grain, yet even Jinzhou struggled to supply all the state capitals.
