Hearing the two of them say this, Lou Zheng laughed.

"I have a batch of blue coarse cloth in my hand, and I am going to make new clothes for the soldiers, I wonder if the two aunts know how many of our men we have now?"

Listening to Lou Zheng's words, the two women first glanced at each other in surprise, and then hurriedly asked, "What the little lady said is true?" ”

Lou Zheng didn't answer, just smiled and looked at Aunt Xie and Aunt Huang.

Aunt Xie was uncomfortable by Lou Zheng, turned her head and patted Aunt Huang beside her, "What do you say, how could the little lady lie to us old women who don't know big characters." ”

Lou Zheng knew that they still didn't believe it, and continued: "I have asked Steward Wu to take someone to procure, and it is estimated that the fabric can be made within a few days." ”

Aunt Huang secretly glanced at Lou Zheng, remembering that day the little lady invited them women and children to dinner, there was also one to say one, two to say two, pursed her slightly thick lips, and said calmly: "Little lady, we are all veterans' mothers-in-law, we know best what kind of life men live in the barracks, if the little lady's words are true, even if the old woman is blind when she makes clothes, she is happy!" Now we have 58 women and girls in the house who can hold needles and threads, and if you count the wives and daughters of the generals outside, I am afraid there will be more than 200 people. ”

This number is higher than Lou Zheng's estimate, but the more women who can do needlework, the better, and their time is urgent.

"Not enough, two sisters-in-law, can you gather some more women? It's better to have five hundred. ”

Aunt Xie swallowed in surprise, "Five...... Five hundred? ”

"Yes, five hundred. For I will not only make new clothes, but also new boots. "Where can you do it without clothes and shoes?

Two days ago, Aunt Huang also heard her man come back to talk about the situation in the barracks, and the soles of many soldiers' shoes were worn out, and some even wore straw sandals. Her eldest son was a soldier in the barracks, how could he not feel distressed when he heard it.

Aunt Huang clenched her fists, "As long as the little lady can get fabric, cotton and linen, the old woman can find these people!" ”

Lou Zheng nodded in satisfaction. "Then I wonder how many copper coins a day you need to hire these women?"

Lou Zheng said. Aunt Xie laughed, "Little lady, you don't have to give money, now you are in Liangzhou." It's good that the women and children are well fed. They only need to take care of two meals when they come to work. Where would they ask for any copper coins? Let's save our copper money and buy a few more pieces of cloth for the soldiers to make clothes. ”

Lou Zheng nodded, he didn't expect the women in Liangzhou to be so cheap in labor, Aunt Huang and Aunt Xie have lived in Liangzhou for many years. Naturally, she knew better than she knew that it was better to leave these things to them to do at will, and besides, she had many other and more important arrangements.

"Okay, this matter will be handed over to the two aunts, we will provide two meals, you are responsible for recruiting enough people, and the last time the Shuai Mansion enters the courtyard, the workshop will be vacated to temporarily make clothes and shoes, and I will only give the two aunts two days, is it feasible?"

Aunt Xie saw that the little lady's battle was indeed real, and she also made a name at the moment, "Little lady, it won't take two days, the two of us can handle this matter in one day." ”

The two women glanced at each other when they came out of the study, smiled and waved their hands, and quickly left the Marshal's Mansion.

Lou Zheng sat in the study and ticked the one that had just been done on the paper, and then called out to the medicine slave who was boiling soup on the small stove outside.

The medicine slave hurriedly walked in, "What does the little lady command?" ”

"What about the person you called?"

"The little lady is waiting outside."

"You call them in."

The medicine slave agreed, and hurried out again.

After a while, Shou Feiyang, Ban Gaoyi and Zhang Deye entered the study in turn.

"The family will guard Feiyang/Ban Gaoyi/Zhang Deye to the little lady to say goodbye."

The three of them were all born in the army, and they were General Lou's old guards, so they naturally understood the position of Lou Zheng in General Lou's heart.

This little lady is the eye of a great general, and no matter what, it is always right to please her.

Besides, the general has only one daughter, and he will definitely marry the generals when he goes out in the future, if he can be favored by the little lady, they don't even have to worry about the family business of their children and grandchildren.

"Uncles don't need to be polite, sit down, I invited you here today to ask for your help, but not for any other reason."

The three were obviously people who were used to staying in the army, and even their sitting postures were straight.

Shou Feiyang was a lean middle-aged man with beard, and he clenched his fists towards Lou Zheng, "Brother Wu has already ordered, as long as it is the little lady's order, we dare not obey it." ”

Lou Zheng smiled, "A few uncles are serious, what I want to do is not to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, a few uncles are in the brick kiln and iron shop business, I want a few uncles to find me some knowledgeable people, the sooner the better." ”

Hearing Lou Zheng say this, several veterans blushed, and they also understood that they were not the material for eating this bowl of rice at all, if it wasn't for making a living, whoever was born in the army would learn to make bricks and iron. Fighting a war and killing people is a hundred times easier than these.

Ban Gaoyi laughed, "Don't hide it from the little lady, although the lord will hand over these businesses to the brothers, but we are really not this piece of material, and it is good to barely be able to eat." But if the little lady really needs this kind of person, we all know a few. ”

Lou Zheng wanted to hear these words, so he asked the three of them to go back, find the people, and wait for her in the brick kiln and the iron shop, and she would go there in person in the afternoon.

After seeing these three people, Lou Zheng asked the medicine slave to go to the backyard to select a dozen or so younger daughters of the family, and handed over the meals in the women's workshop to the medicine slave to take care of.

It was the first time for the medicine slave to receive such a major task, and he didn't dare to slack off immediately, and happily went to the backyard to pick people.

Lou Zheng then ordered the two guards of the Marshal's Mansion to go to the Liangzhou Bazaar to buy some animal skins, and wrote down the price of each fur, and told her when he returned to the Marshal's Mansion.

After arranging these, half of the morning has passed, and time always flies so quickly in the busy.

Lou Zheng ate two pieces of dim sum and drank a cup of barley tea, then went into his father's study again, spread out a piece of paper, and began to draw drawings with very fine charcoal.

It wasn't until noon that the medicine slave came in to find the little lady to eat, and Lou Zheng put down the pen in his hand, folded the finished drawings and put them into a small wooden box with a lock, and then followed the medicine slave to the Shuaifu Flower Hall for dinner.

When Lu Hongxiu walked out of his small courtyard, he found that there seemed to be something different about today's Dashuai Mansion.

The scenery and people have not changed, but the mental state of everyone in the Marshal's Mansion has changed.

Although everyone was in a hurry, everyone was full of energy and energy.

The original depression and numbness completely disappeared from the faces of these people! It's like I've been given a new lease of life!

(To be continued.) )

PS: Ahem! Lou Mei paper is going to be powerful! Don't vote yet!