The cold of winter made the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty quite guilty, especially in the Central Plains, the soldiers who had just moved to the land of Yanyun, they lived in the barracks but did not have the warm kang of the people of Beiping Mansion, and the best heating tool was just an iron stove, even so, the supply of charcoal was a big problem.

The best means of keeping warm is to rely on yourself, the body must be strong, well-fed, warmly dressed, plus half a day of training, half a day of patrol, the temperature of the soldiers is not a problem, for this reason, Zhao Zhen values the sweaters of the Great Song Dynasty, if you can provide sweaters for every soldier on the border, it can not only make the winter of the soldiers guaranteed, but also buy the heart of the army, right?

The so-called pay will be rewarded, in Zhao Zhen's view, the problem that money can solve is not a problem, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are bitter cold, then they will be given warm sweaters and good food, the courtiers began to have objections, but when Zhao Zhen said angrily: "The soldiers are fighting the bitter cold and defending the frontier for the country, shouldn't they wear the same clothes as the people of the Great Song Dynasty?" Shouldn't they eat the same food as the people of Beijing? Since then, the opposition has been much quieter.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty do not all need sweaters, only the soldiers of the border in the northwest region need them, especially in the land of Yanyun and Yanzhou, Hongzhou, sweaters must be equipped in the army, according to the records of Si Tianjian, this winter's cold is not encountered in a hundred years, Zhao Zhen himself also found in Chongwen Yuan to find that it is now likely to usher in the so-called Xiaoice period.

This is just a harbinger, the historical Ming Dynasty encountered the real Xiaoice River period, and the current Song Dynasty is not much better, even the warm Jiangning Mansion in the south, Suzhou Province has begun to fall heavy snow, which has a great blow to the farming people.

Fortunately, the grain reserves of the Great Song Dynasty have been fully able to cope with the arrival of the disaster, and after all, there are still many places in Lingnan that have not been affected, plus there are grains from the countries of the South China Sea, the life of the Great Song Dynasty is not sad, but it is not the case for the Western Xia and Liao Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty needed a large number of sweaters to equip the troops and send warmth to the cold soldiers, so a huge order appeared, and no firm in the Great Song Dynasty could eat this huge order, not even Cai Boxi.

So according to the original method, led by Cai Ji, a number of merchants joined forces to jointly complete the orders of the imperial court, for which the appropriation of the three divisions was even sent to the hands of the merchants first, so that they could have money to buy wool and hire people to make sweaters.

Nowadays, sweaters are sewn by people, and there is no other way, of course, the machine for weaving wool into cloth, Gewuyuan is stepping up research and development, if successful, it will greatly improve the efficiency and speed of the factory, and reduce costs.

With so many orders for sweaters, the purchase of wool became a top priority, because the purchase volume was huge, and in order to prevent the Liao people from robbing them of their wealth, the Western Xia continued to increase the number of goats, and the goats had to dig through the frozen and stiff ground to eat the grass roots under the frozen soil in order to survive in the cold winter.

The ranch area of the party has reached an unprecedented level, even Li Yuanhao is a little scared when he sees it, because there is not much farmland in the party item, and the best farmland has been replaced by grassland, and the reason why Li Yuanhao does not change the status quo is not because he did not find the problem, but because he has money.

This year's Zhengdan Dynasty will be held in the Qianyu Palace, which has been closed for a long time, and the cold in the north has made many officials who have been accustomed to the climate of Tokyo City uncomfortable, so Zhao Zhen specially rewarded some more charcoal money, not to mention, this year's envoys in Beijing City for the Great Song Dynasty Zhengdan did not decrease because of the cold.

There are even more and more signs, many countries have profited because of the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, and they love and hate the goods of the Great Song Dynasty.

It was naturally convenient for the Liao and Western Xia people to do business in Datong, because the two countries were close to the Great Song Dynasty, and after buying things, they could easily transport them back to China, so that they did not have to spend a lot of money on the road.

But it is not convenient for other neighboring countries. Who dares to enter and leave the land of Western Xia at will, Li Yuanhao, as the king of a country, has ruined the reputation of Western Xia, others don't look at how the people of Western Xia are, but only look at what kind of character the emperor of your country is.

Before the Great Song Dynasty could say anything about this, it was strongly opposed by the envoys of the Western Xia and Liao Dynasty, because they were afraid that these small countries would divide the good goods of the Great Song Dynasty...... Faced with the threat of the Western Xia and Liao dynasties, the proposal of the envoys of the small countries could only be dismissed.

When all the courtiers and Zhengdan envoys left, the Western Xia envoys asked to stay, and took out another letter of state written by Li Yuanhao, and the foreign ministers could also stay to do things, mostly some private remarks between the two emperors, so no outsiders were present.

Zhao Zhen's face was calm after reading Li Yuanhao's national letter, but his heart was already stunned by the stupidity of the Tangut people, Li Yuanhao actually asked the Great Song Dynasty to sell a large amount of grain to the Tangut, and exchange wool!

Obviously, this is telling Zhao Zhen that the fertile fields of Western Xia have been turned into grasslands, and the destructive ability of goats is displayed, Zhao Zhen smiled: "As far as I know, Western Xia occupies the entire Xitao Plain, and even the Houtao has fallen into your hands. ”

The envoy Tuoba Yuhui bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case, my food in the summer is enough to support the spring of next year, but my emperor is worried that this winter will pass slowly, and the spring will need to be met for a while, so I will make all preparations in advance, and I hope that Your Majesty will issue an order to start selling grain." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, what he said was quite level, but others didn't know, but Zhao Zhen knew the situation in Western Xia through the Imperial City Division, and what kind of goods were sold in the field were calculated by the Great Song Dynasty, and food was an important resource, and the Great Song Dynasty generally did not sell it to the outside world.

Now that Xixia has opened his mouth like this, Li Yuanhao even used a national letter for this, which obviously shows that the grain in Xixia is no longer enough, and Li Yuanhao has realized this problem and began to prepare grain and grass.

"Okay, I'll help you with Xixia, and get through the difficulties, how about the Great Song Dynasty exchange grain for your wool in the future?"

Tuoba Yusun's eyes lit up, for Western Xia, the amount of wool is very large, and now sheep are being raised everywhere, so there is no wool, and compared to growing grain, raising sheep is much easier, and the benefits are very high! This is a good thing that fell from the sky, so he agreed to come down without hesitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Very good, the introduction of Western Xia fell into his trap, Zhao Zhen was extremely excited, but on the surface, he still had to show indifference and casualness. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future