Chapter 1994: Sewing Cotton Clothes
"I know you care about my body, but there have been so many things recently, how can I rest early, don't worry, it's okay, when Yunli and the Buddha mark they win, I will rest and recuperate for a while, this will be fine." As he spoke, a little coldness fell on Yinzhen's face, and when he looked up, he saw small snowflakes hovering and falling in the air.
Ling Ruo also saw the snowflakes fluttering all over the sky, and said with emotion: "It's only snowing in November, it seems that this winter won't be too easy." Speaking of this, she remembered something and said nervously: "Your Majesty, are the two armies fully stocked with cotton clothes?" They are all located in bitter cold places, but I am afraid that it will be colder than ours. β
Yin Zhen said solemnly: "The cotton clothes were distributed early, but the number is not enough, almost half is missing, and the military department has already made people rush to make it, but all of them are done, at least until next month." β
"Next month...... Ling Ruo muttered a sentence, then shook his head and said: "The system will be completed next month, and then it will be sent, and when it is actually delivered to the soldiers, I am afraid that it will be January, and many soldiers will be frozen to death by then." β
Yin Zhen nodded and said: "This is also something that can't be helped, the military department has already used a number of resources that can be used to catch up with the system day and night, but after all, the manpower is limited." After all, no one expected that one fight would be two battles, and it would start in such a hurry. β
Ling Ruo also understood the dilemma of the military department, dealing with two such big battles at one time was simply overloaded, and he really couldn't say anything. After thinking for a moment, she said: "Your Majesty, it's better to let the court tailor go to the military department to help sew cotton clothes together, and the concubines can also help with it. β
Yin Zhen categorically refused: "No, sewing cotton clothes is very hard, sitting all day, how can you stand it, but the palace court is okay, I will order them to go to the military department later." β
Ling Ruo said lightly: "It's just sitting and holding a needle and thread, how hard can you go." Seeing that Yinzhen was about to speak, she said, "Can the emperor listen to the concubine first?" β
After Yinzhen motioned for her to continue, Ling Ruo said: "These two battles are not just the battles of the emperor or the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they are the battles of all the people of the Qing Dynasty. If you lose, maybe there will be no Qing Kingdom in this world. The concubines are the people of the Qing Dynasty, and they should do their part for the Qing Dynasty, and they also ask the emperor to agree. Speaking of the last sentence, she knelt down, and before her knees reached the ground, a pair of warm hands had already grabbed her, "You have said everything about this, what reason do I have not allow, okay, I promise you, in addition, those palace people can also use it, and after making these winter clothes one day earlier, one less person will be able to freeze to death." β
"The concubine understands, and the concubine will arrange it." The matter was settled, and on the second day, all the palace tailors went to the Ministry of War to help, and the Ministry of War also sent a part of the fabric and cotton for sewing winter clothes into the palace, Ling Ruo asked Yang Hai to take a part and send it to the Xin Zheku to let their palace people sew it, and some of them were sent to the Internal Affairs Office, so that Qian Moduo arranged for the more idle palace people to do things, and the rest was sewn by herself and a few palace people.
After Liu went to the Xin Zheku, his hands were soaked in cold water every day, and it was better in summer, it was nothing more than hard work, but in winter, it became a kind of torture, every time he washed and washed, his hands were numb, and it was difficult to even move, but as soon as the overseer saw her stop washing the action, she couldn't help but say that it was a whip that was pumped over, she couldn't resist, otherwise she would suffer more, so she could only grit her teeth and continue to scrub her clothes with two frozen hands, until now, her hands were already covered with chilblains, and she didn't dare to put her hands in the quilt when she slept at night, Otherwise, once it gets hot, itchy, I can't wait to chop off my hands, and Begonia is the same as her, the only thing that supports them to survive is the hope of leaving here alive.
On this day, she and Haitang washed all their clothes, stroked their stiff waist for a day and were about to go to sleep, when Mama Song put on a straight face and threw a large pile of materials and cotton in front of them, "From now on, in addition to washing clothes, you must also sew these winter clothes for the expeditionary soldiers, and only after sewing them are allowed to sleep." β
After being silent for a while, a man whispered: "Mama, we only have two or three hours a day to sleep, and if we sew these winter clothes, won't we even have time to sleep, and ...... It's not our job. β
Mama Song didn't say anything, just glanced at the overseer with the whip, who nodded knowingly, then walked to the side of the person who had just spoken, waved the whip and whipped it down fiercely, and the people standing next to her were as far away as they could to hide, lest they be contaminated. The man soon cried out for mercy, but the whip continued one after another, and did not stop until she was dying.
Mama Song glanced at the silent palace people, and said coldly: "This is the Xin Zheku, not a place where you can bargain, and I am not discussing with you, do you hear clearly?" β
The palace people responded in a low voice, and no one dared to say a word, just when Mama Song was about to leave, a weak voice suddenly came from behind her, "Mama, sewing winter clothes for soldiers should be the business of the military department, why do you want us to do it?" β
Mama Song looked back and saw a panicked and frightened face, her whole body was trembling, she recognized this face, it was the begonia that was demoted to Xinzhiku with the Liu family.
Haitang was very afraid of this Mama Song, seeing her look over, her legs trembled, those words just now were not what she wanted to ask at all, but what Liu forced her to ask, I hope Mama Song will not treat her like the person just now, otherwise she will really lose half her life.
Haitang didn't find out what she was worried about, and after taking a look, Mama Song said: "Presumably other people have the same doubts in their hearts, just sΓΉ sΓΉ you." Now that the front line is fighting, the weather is cold, and the military headquarters can't catch up with winter clothes, knowing that many people may freeze to death a day late; After Concubine Xi found out, she took pity on those soldiers, so she asked the palace to help her rush to the winter clothes, this matter can be regarded as a merit, you all move faster, you know? β
In fact, Ling Ruo asked her to appropriately reduce the labor of some of the Xin Zheku Palace people during this period of time, and take out the time to sew cotton clothes, but Song Mama wanted to show more in front of Ling Ruo, so she naturally squeezed them to death, and it was normal to influence the dead people of Xin Zheku.
Niu Hulu's ...... It's her again! Liu hated to clench her hands full of frostbite, she didn't say that she had been relegated to Xinzhiku, and now she wanted to make these things, it was clear that she wanted to die by herself, and she could take advantage of this opportunity to win a good reputation, really damn it!