At this time, I only heard a servant girl from outside to report, saying that it was an important report from Jiang in the front court to join the army.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Huang Yueying with some embarrassment.

Although Huang Yueying loses her temper in private, she still distinguishes between public and private and severity.

I saw her sigh and said helplessly, "State affairs are important, Ah Lang should go and have a look first." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, "After dealing with government affairs, I will come over to accompany Xijun again." ”

Although she knew that Zhuge Liang was gone, it was estimated that it would be difficult to come back, Huang Yueying still nodded, "It's okay, the concubine is not a weak woman, she knows how to take care of herself." ”

After watching Zhuge Liang go out, Huang Yueying asked the maid beside her, "Prime Minister, is it normal to eat these days?" How long do you sleep in a day? ”

The maid replied, "Mrs. Hui, these days, the prime minister eats less than before, only eats five liters of rice a day, and sleeps at night after the end of the day, and gets up at the end of the day." ”

Huang Yueying was taken aback, "I haven't looked at the prime minister for a month, and it's become like this?" ”

Her face changed for a while, and then she ordered, "Go, call me all the women in the house who are under the age of twenty and have never been married." ”

Zhuge Liang returned to the study where he was dealing with government affairs in the vestibule, and saw Jiang Wan, who had been waiting there for a long time, handing over a letter, "Prime Minister, Jiangzhou Li Zhongdu has escorted the letter." ”

Li Yan is now the governor of Jiangzhou, ruling the land of Ba County, and Chen Zhi, who guards Yong'an in Badong County, is still Li Yan's belonging.

One of these two counties is the choke point between Dahan and Jingzhou.

One is that the place is rich, which is one of the logistics bases of the Han Dynasty. Li Yan moved to Jiangzhou to facilitate the collection of materials for the Northern Expedition and the conscription of soldiers.

Now that he holds such an important place as the Han Dynasty, the letter that can be specially delivered to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty cannot be taken lightly.

After Zhuge Liang opened the letter and read it carefully, the expression on his face suddenly became gloomy.

When Jiang Wan saw the prime minister like this, he guessed a few points in his heart: This Li Zhengfang is afraid that he will commit selfishness again!

After a long time, Zhuge Liang looked up at Jiang Wan, sighed, and said, "Gongyan, the Northern Expedition is imminent, but what Li Zhengfang did is becoming more and more excessive. How good is that? ”

"I don't know what Li Zhongdu Hu has done?"

Jiang Wan asked cautiously.

"He built a forty-six-mile city in Jiangzhou (now Chongqing), saying that it was used to store grain, and then he planned to levy and send people again, preparing to cut off the mountains around Jiangzhou and connect the Han River with the Yangtze River."

"Cutting through the mountains and rivers?"

Jiang Wan was surprised, "How much people's power does this cost?" ”

Consuming people's power like this before the Northern Expedition is equivalent to consuming the power of the Northern Expedition in advance, what does Li Zhengfang want to do?

"Now Jiangzhou is surrounded by Han water and river water, if the mountain is cut through the two waters, Jiangzhou will become a place facing the water on all sides, as long as there is enough food stored in the city, whoever wants to enter, I am afraid that it is up to him to decide."

Zhuge Liang's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, so that he could say these words when he had planned to endure with Li Yan for the country, you can imagine how angry the Han Prime Minister was in his heart.

"Li Zhongdu protects the great joy, there is a precedent when he was in Qianwei County, may he have such a mind?"

Jiang Wan said tentatively.

"If that's the case, it's for the best."

Zhuge Liang sneered, "He also proposed to cut out the land of Sanba, Fuling County, and Jiangyang County, and combine these five counties into one state, and want to be the governor of the state, how can this be explained?" ”

Jiang Wan took a deep breath, "Isn't this a desire to support the army and become a place of its own?" ”

"That's right, it is true that he wants to have troops to form his own, and he also said that the Bai Yu soldiers guarding Yong'an are not elite, and the number is too small, and he wants to replace them with Jiangzhou soldiers."

Zhuge Liang said this, his teeth rattled, "Bai Yu soldiers are the first emperor's personal guards, with the first emperor to fight in all directions, the battle of Yiling, the first emperor can return to Yong'an safely, it is the work of Bai Yu soldiers, and now in Li Zhengfang's eyes, it is not considered an elite soldier?" ”

"He wants Jiangzhou soldiers to replace Bai Yu soldiers to guard Yong'an, what do you want to do! What does he want to do! ”

When the prime minister of the Han Dynasty said this, he couldn't hold back any longer, crumpled the letter paper in his hand into a ball, smashed it directly to the ground, and scolded in a low voice with anger on his face, which was a rare gaffe.

Connecting the Hanshui River, making Jiangzhou City a place surrounded by water, and then cutting five counties to become a state to serve as the assassin, and finally wanted to withdraw the Bai Yu soldiers......

All kinds of actions, saying that they want to fight for power and profit, are all light, and if they want to support the army and stand on their own, I am afraid that it is reasonable......

Jiang Wan thought of this, and cold sweat flowed.

"Prime Minister, this Li Zhengfang is acting like this, I'm afraid that it will cause trouble for a long time!"

After thinking about it again and again, Jiang Wan couldn't help but whisper.

Zhuge Liang nodded, "Why don't I know?" It's just that he is the first emperor's entrusting person after all, he is in a high position, and he is indeed talented......"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh, feeling a little constrained, "And the most important thing now is the Northern Expedition." He has an old relationship with Na Mengda, and although Na Mengda has the heart to return to Han, he has not yet made up his mind. ”

"If it suddenly seizes its power, it will not only cause the hearts of the Han people to fluctuate, but also Meng Da's side is afraid that there will be suspicions......" Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang's brows furrowed tightly, "I'm afraid that Li Yan, it is precisely when he thinks of these that he has no fear." ”

When Jiang Wan heard this, he immediately felt tricky, "Then what should I do?" ”

"Li Yan can't be moved lightly. Fortunately, now Hanzhong has been producing grain since last year, and he has been able to do it as a child, and he began to store grain in Hanzhong as early as last year, so he doesn't have to rely too much on Li Yan's grain collection in Jiangzhou. ”

Zhuge Liang mentioned this, and he was a little glad in his heart, thanks to the fact that Dahan has produced a lot of grain in the past two years.

There are also troops of the Northern Expedition, and the Dingkou found out this year is enough to make up for the gap in Jiangzhou soldiers.

"But although you can't move him easily, you can't agree to his conditions, and just hang it like this, and then slowly break its foundation."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, and finally a fine light flashed in his eyes.

"Didn't he say that there were few soldiers? Let's draw a part of the Jiangzhou soldiers to supplement the Bai Yu soldiers. ”

"On the grounds that the march is unfavorable, he is not allowed to penetrate the water of the two rivers, and as for the matter of pumping five counties to become a state alone, it is not trivial, and I will talk about it later."

Zhuge Liang said so much in one breath, but only Meng Da's matter made him hesitate.

His eyes flickered for a long time, and then he made up his mind and said, "Gongyan, help me sharpen the ink, I want to write a letter to Sun Quan." ”

Jiang Wan hurriedly walked to the front of the case, poured some water in the inkstone, and asked at the same time, "The prime minister wants to write a letter to Sun Quan about Meng Da?" ”

Ma Jian and Jiang Wan are Zhuge Liang's right and left hands and possible successors cultivated in the plan.

Now that Jiang Wan took the initiative to ask, Zhuge Liang patiently explained, "That's right, Meng Da is valued by Cao thieves, one is to be friendly with Wei Chongchen's Jingzhou assassin Shi Xiahou Shang, and the other is to gain Cao Pi's trust. ”

"Xiahou Shang and Cao Pi both died this year, and now he has no support, but I am afraid that my heart is uneasy, and Weixing County next to Xincheng County is too shou Shenyi and Meng Da have a gap."

"The Shen family is a wealthy family in the Weixing area of the new city, Meng Da is there, but he is an outsider, so Shen Yi will definitely not let go of this opportunity, so Meng Da's life in the new city may not be good."

"I wrote to Sun Quan and deliberately mentioned that Meng Da was willing to accept it, and when Dongwu got the news, he would definitely have the heart to solicit it. After all, the new city where Meng Da is located has a condescending tendency to Jingzhou. ”

"If Xincheng and Nanjun are attacked from north to south, Jingzhou in the hands of Cao Thief is afraid that it will easily fall into the hands of Eastern Wu, so Sun Quan, Lu Xun and others will definitely think of recruiting Meng Da."

Jiang Wan still didn't understand, "If Meng Da took refuge in Soochow because of Li Yan's matter, wouldn't we have fallen short?" ”

Zhuge Liang sneered, "Meng Da has a lot of heart, and he rarely has the meaning of gratitude. Previously, he was abused by Liu Feng and betrayed the Han, but now he is abused by Shen Yi, so why wouldn't he betray Cao Thief? ”

"If he is unwilling to return to Han because of Li Yan, then I will give him one more choice and let him go to Soochow! As long as he can make trouble during my Northern Expedition and contain the Cao thief. ”

"Anyway, this person is also capricious, so even if the Han uses him again in the end, he must be cautious."

Jiang Wan listened, and then he completely understood, and looked at Zhuge Liang with some awe.

In the Han Dynasty, he can repeatedly violate the will of the prime minister, and in the end he can live well, and he can be promoted to the rank of knight...... Come to think of it, it seems that there is only one person?

"Hello, hello!"

Feng Yong, who was far away, sneezed twice in a row, rubbed his nose, and tightened the clothes on his body.

It doesn't make sense!

Although it has entered the coldest time of the year, here in Yueshan, according to the experience of spending the winter in the Great Northwest in the previous life, the lowest temperature is about zero degrees.

What's more, I have always paid attention to exercise, as long as I go out, I will wear a down jacket, how can I suffer from the wind cold?

Guan Ji glanced at Feng Yong, his face was a little hesitant, but in the end he still ordered Ah Mei, "Go, bring the down jacket sent by Hanzhong." ”

"No, no, no!" When Feng Yong heard this, he was frightened, and hurriedly refused, "No need, I'll just add one more piece of clothing when I go out later, and I don't need that down jacket!" ”

Because of the promotion of chicken and duck raising technology, Xinghan will finally save a lot of fluff, this winter, down jackets not only sold in Jincheng, and even in Liangzhou sent people over, urging the second batch of goods.

It's just that as a positioning of high-end clothing, how can down jackets be said to be available?

What's more, it is necessary to supply a batch to middle and senior generals in the army.

According to Feng Yong's estimates, next year's breeding business is likely to break out - at the same time, the probability of chicken and duck plague outbreaks will increase accordingly.

Feng Yong has no way to stop all this, and the drive of profit is likely to make people take risks, and there will definitely be people who will throw their warnings behind their ears and increase the breeding density in private.

But whatever he is, Feng Yong doesn't care about these details at all.

Even if there are ten farms, seven or eight die, and the remaining two or three are still profitable on the whole.

Anyway, the fluff is to be disinfected, plucked from the chickens and ducks that died of pestilence, disinfected, and sewn into the clothes, as long as you don't say it, who knows where it came from?

Wouldn't it be okay to sell it to Cao Wei or Dongwu when the time comes?

As for whoever encounters the plague, it should be regarded as bad luck and buy a lesson—who told you not to call me?

It stands to reason that this down jacket should be the exclusive supply of Xinghan Society, but when the supply of Xinghan Club was tight, someone dared to insert a lever from it.

Outside the control of the Xinghan Society, in the major backyards of Jincheng, a down jacket made of goose feathers has appeared, and the thermal quality seems to be a little better than the down jacket produced by the Xinghan Society.

So Feng Yong's brothers were angry on the spot, isn't this smashing everyone's jobs?

While tracing the origin of the goods, some people sharpened their knives, ready to let the other party know what the angry iron fist of the children of the powerful was.

Then this check, I found Hanzhong, Nanxiang, and the head of a little lady surnamed Zhang.

So the little brothers were all cowardly, they couldn't be provoked, they couldn't be provoked!

The little lady surnamed Zhang was not only not afraid of those little brothers, but even provoked their leading brother and sent Feng Yong a refined goose feather down jacket.

In the name of beauty, please ask Brother Feng to see if there is anything to change?

Feng Yong was more cowardly than his little brothers, and he didn't dare to take it, let alone put it bluntly, so he directly let Amei hide.

So now when he heard that Guan Ji was going to take it out, he hurriedly refused.

When he was about to go out, Guan Ji came over with a down jacket, and he had to change it for Feng Yong, and at the same time said in his mouth, "It's so cold, I heard that this goose feather down jacket is warmer, and it is a waste for Ah Lang to throw it in the warehouse." ”

Feng Yong felt a little uncomfortable, twisted his body, and glanced at Guan Ji.

"What does Ah Lang think? It's just a piece of clothing, and the concubine is not an unreasonable person, and she hasn't been stingy to that extent. ”

Guan Ji seemed to know what Feng Yong was thinking, and smiled tolerantly, "Ah Lang's body is the most important. But speaking of which, Siniang's goose raising seems to have become? ”

"According to the news from Hanzhong, it should be done."

"It's just that she is not afraid of causing the dissatisfaction of those Langjun in the Xinghan Society?"

Guan Ji asked casually.

Siniang ran away from Hanzhong, which also has the credit of the Xinghan Society, or the credit of the families behind them, and that matter also involved her own relationship with Ah Lang, and she also knew about it.

"Afraid of what? Even the down jacket can't get enough supply from the Xinghan Club, even if Siniang can be in charge of the Zhang family's industry in Hanzhong, what can her own family do? ”

Feng Yonghun said nonchalantly, "There are not a few sets of this goose feather down jacket now, that is, it is given to a few familiar people as a gift." If you want to sell like Xinghan, how can it be so simple? ”

"Otherwise, why did the people in the Xinghan Club know that it was Siniang behind them, so they stopped so easily? Isn't it because you know it's not a threat at all? ”

Guan Ji listened, nodded, took his fingers, leaned over to Feng Yong and sniffed, "But the concubine looks, the down jacket made by this Siniang is indeed better than the one you made." Not only is it thick, but it also has no taste. ”

"Isn't Ah Lang afraid that Siniang's goose will raise too much in the future, and compare your down jackets to you?"

Feng Yong sighed, "Things are good things, but the cost is too high, and it is destined to be only a small number of people who can afford to wear them." How much is goose breeding worth compared to raising chickens and ducks? The goose eggs look big, but they don't even taste oily or watery. ”

Geese are vegetarians, not only do they lay fewer eggs, but they don't have much oil and water.

Duck is omnivorous, meat and vegetarian are not taboo, although the egg has a fishy smell, but it can't stand the oil and water.

In these days, even the pork with a taste is delicious, let alone the duck eggs with a little fishy smell?

Not to mention eggs, which are delicious and nutritious, and have a high yield.

Therefore, in this era of poor food, and under the breeding technology supported by Feng Yong, raising chickens and ducks is destined to have a greater future than raising geese.

Then goose feathers will naturally not be as abundant as chicken feathers and duck feathers.

Goose feather down jackets, at most, can only be produced in small quantities, and it will not have much impact on Xinghan.

However, if you can make use of the advantages of the product and make it into a high-end luxury product, it is not a bad industry for Zhang Xingyi.

After listening to Feng Yong's analysis, Guan Ji nodded and said meaningfully, "It seems that Ah Lang still cares about Siniang very much, and even the way of this goose feather down jacket has been thought of for her." ”

it!

Feng Yong shuddered on the spot.