Chapter 82: It's Snowing

Coming out of Princess Rongxiang's room, Zhang Yang breathed a long sigh of relief, it was too tiring to deal with the princess, and it was better to come less in the future.

"The second little grandfather came out?"

Seeing Zhang Yang coming down from upstairs, Wangcai hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand and greeted him.

"Well, let's go home."

Zhang Yang waved his hand and went out with Wangcai.

As soon as he went out, a cold thing fell on his face, so that Zhang Yang couldn't help but stop, at this time it was only the tenth month of the lunar calendar, counting the days, according to the solar calendar, it was only the end of November, how did this snow come?

Could it be that the Xiaoice River era during the Jiajing period was already so obvious?

"Second little grandfather, what's wrong with you?"

Wangcai saw Zhang Yang suddenly stop, very curious.

"No, didn't you notice the snow?"

Wangcai nodded.

"It's normal, it's snowing, and the first snow last year was earlier than this year."

"Oh, you think it's normal?"

Zhang Yang was very curious.

"yes, I didn't feel like much autumn every year since I was born, what's wrong? Second little grandfather, you won't feel uncomfortable again, right? ”

Zhang Yang glared at Wangcai.

"...... You're not feeling well, I'm just thinking, this snow, I'm afraid my project is going to run aground. ”

Wangcai laughed.

"The second little grandfather is too worried, this snow will melt as soon as the sun comes out tomorrow, it's still early, and what are we afraid of, what should we be afraid of are those poor people, this snow falls, there will definitely be people who get frostbite, and our medicine will be sold at that time."

Hearing Wangcai's words, Zhang Yang couldn't help frowning, and gave Wangcai a kick.

"Bastard, are you glad that someone else is sick?"

"But we're selling medicine, isn't it true that the more sick people there are, the better?"

Wangcai was very aggrieved, he was also very sad and worried when he watched Zhang Yang post money every day.

"I can't explain it to a bastard like you, it's true that I want to make money, but the money I want to make is conscience money, understand?"

Seeing Zhang Yang raise his foot to kick himself, Wangcai hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Second little grandfather, I understand, I understand."

"It's good to understand, hurry back quickly, I have something to do tomorrow."

The snow didn't fall too much, just like Wangcai said, the sun melted as soon as the sun came out the next day.

But Zhang Yang understands that things are not so simple, I am afraid that there will be windy weather as soon as the snow melts, and it will cool down, looking at these soldiers under his own who are working, Zhang Yang can't help but feel pity.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was actually very harmful, especially these hereditary soldiers, who were actually very poor after layers of exploitation.

Take these people under Zhang Yang's hands as an example, there are still people who owe foreign debts after the drought last year, so not to mention that they are well fed and clothed, most of them don't even have decent clothes.

This may make people laugh when they say this, but this is the case, otherwise these people really have good treatment, who will come to give him a cheap job?

"Second little grandfather, you see that I said that the sun melted as soon as it came out, and you still don't believe it."

"Yes, of course, but it's getting cold, and I'm going to do something good."

"Huh? What's the good thing? ”

Wangcai's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"I'm going to buy more clothes and make a dress for each of our soldiers."

"Do I have it?"

When Wangcai heard that there were new clothes, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Yang glanced at Wangcai's clothes that he didn't wear before, and glared at him fiercely.

"What? Are you short of clothes to wear? ”

"No, no, no...... Of course, there is no shortage, the clothes given to me by the second grandfather are enough for me to wear for several years. ”

"That's it, follow me to Lu Wen's shop."

I heard that I was going to Lu Wen's shop, Wangcai followed happily, the two of them arrived near the store, and someone happened to come to buy cloth, Lu Wen came to say hello, but Zhang Yang waved his hand at him, signaling him to be busy first.

When the cloth was pulled for the man, he also found Zhang Yang, saluted Zhang Yang, and left in a hurry.

"My lord, why do you have time to come?"

"Not welcome?" Zhang Yang asked.

"No, no...... Of course you are welcome, I don't know what the adults have to say? ”

"I'm here to inquire with you."

Zhang Yang wanted to inquire about things, where did Lu Wen dare to slack off, and asked Zilan to make tea, and invited Zhang Yang into the house.

"My lord, let's talk in the house."

Entering the house and sitting down, Zhang Yang asked Wangcai to go outside to help look at the shop before speaking.

"Brother Lu, how much will I get if I ask you to make six thousand sets of new clothes for the six thousand people in my barracks?"

"This? You don't have any specific numbers, do you? And it also depends on the fabric, a good linen cloth is thick, a horse also needs three taels of silver, if you look at it according to the figure of an adult, to make a blouse and a trousers, it will take about seven feet to eight feet of cloth, and it will also take two hundred and twenty wen if you make a discount of seven and a half feet. ”

Seeing Zhang Yang bowing his head to settle the account, Lu Wen hurriedly added.

"Of course, there are also cheap linen cloths, which cost about one or two or five, and seven feet is seventy-five wen."

"Isn't the sackcloth unwarm?" Zhang Yang couldn't help but ask.

"How so? Linen clothes are still suitable for them to wear, after all, cotton cloth is not strong, especially they often sweat, a piece of cotton clothes is estimated to be worn for a year before it will break, of course, silk is even worse, the cost is higher, not to mention, it is also easier to break. ”

Listening to Lu Wen's calculations, Zhang Yang understood why many ancient people would rather run **, according to this price, a piece of clothing is hundreds of catties of food, who is willing to buy new clothes in ordinary poor families?

"It seems that if you want everyone to live a good life, you still have to increase productivity, and what purchasing power can a group of people who worry about eating and drinking all day long?"

Hearing Zhang Yang's muttering, Lu Wen couldn't help but ask.

"What did you just say, my lord?"

"It's nothing, then use good linen, I asked Zilan last time I bought one and it's still in the barracks, you help me calculate how much cloth I need, take it from you, I'll give you the money later."

Lu Wen swallowed hard.

"My lord, I don't have that much goods."

"Oh? So how many do you have here? Didn't we pull back several cars last time? ”

"I am mainly engaged in the silk business, and when I passed through Kaifeng on the road, I saw that the price was right, and I received dozens of horses by the way, but the clothes of 6,000 people, where are dozens of horses enough?"

"Oh, so? Then you calculate how much cloth you need, and if you don't have enough here, you can buy it back from the city, and I will leave the business to you. ”

Hearing Zhang Yang say that he would hand over this business to himself, Lu Wen had the heart to cry, where is Zhang Yang's business so easy to take? Losing money is a small matter, if you can't do it in this Xiaoyangzhuang's one-third of an acre, no one will dare to intercede for him even if Zhang Yang kills him.

"My lord, I can't take this job, I just arrived in the capital, and I'm not familiar with many things, not to mention that I don't know a few tailors, don't say that I don't have enough cloth, even if it's enough for this job, I can't do it."