The monarchs and ministers talked very happily, and it can be said that Yang Mu has been the most enthusiastic in the past two months.

Because, after analyzing the affairs of the alliance, Kong Shangxian explained to Yang Mu in detail the situation of the major vassal states, as well as what Kong Shangxian saw and heard when he traveled to various countries.

Compared with those big countries, the newly rising Cangguo is a bit out of reach, and if it doesn't work hard to develop now, it will have to be annexed by neighboring countries sooner or later.

That night, Yang Mu did not go to the harem, but stayed in the Wanshou Palace, and carefully checked the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" by candlelight.

"Your Majesty, in the evening, the queen mother came to the Wanshou Palace." A little eunuch reported.

"Queen? What's the matter with her? Yang Mu asked casually.

"The mother brought a few sets of clothes and told us not to mess up the order."

Clothes?

Yes, some time ago, in order to cooperate with the major rectification of the entire army, he and a group of generals combined to replace the military uniforms of the entire Cangguo army with the style of the previous four hundred new troops, in order to match the characteristics of crossbowmen and cavalry, combined with some feedback from the soldiers, it is necessary to make some improvements in places such as kettle belts and shoes.

To achieve the best results, of course, you need professional people to design.

So, the matter was handed over to the queen.

Although the queen is not good at female celebrities, after all, she has the experience of the last time, and when she organizes the Shangyi Supervisor to design clothes, she can be regarded as handy.

Moreover, after sending the clothes down in the future, I told the soldiers that this was designed by the queen mother herself for everyone, which would definitely greatly boost morale.

Yang Mu put down the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", asked the eunuchs to bring over all the military uniforms, and then spread them out to see.

There are three styles in total.

Generals, infantry, cavalry, and in addition to this, there are also auxiliary items such as belts and buckles.

The three styles are all winter clothes, all of which are satin fabrics, similar to the warm fabrics worn by those rich families, but a lot of bloat has been removed, similar to the military uniforms of later generations, and it is very convenient to wear, and more importantly, it is conducive to high-intensity combat and is very flexible.

This is very important, especially in the pants, which can save a lot of effort in the face of enemy attacks at night and long-distance attacks, and also improve the combat ability of individual soldiers.

Of course, simplicity and convenience in appearance are only part of the equation, and underwear and underwear are also different from those worn by ordinary people.

In the case of underwear, considering that the soldiers are often injured, it is a striped structure, which can be torn along the way, and after the soldiers are injured, they can be bandaged very lightly, and in terms of underwear, the place where the little brother is protected, there is a slight curvature, which can make the crotch more relaxed.

Hey?

How can there still be a set of armor?

Seeing the end, Yang Mu found that there were two little eunuchs behind him, holding a set of armor made of bamboo pieces.

Different from the expensive chain mail, this set of armor is made of the most common materials, made of bamboo, and then strung together one by one with tough twine, which can protect the critical places and deal with ordinary slashing and stabbing without a problem.

In Cangguo, bamboo is very common, and this armor can be manufactured in large quantities.

"Hmm...... It's really hard. ”

Yang Mu smiled knowingly, he didn't tell the queen about the armor, nor did he give any sketches, obviously the queen noticed this problem, and then ordered someone to design it after the military uniform.

Of course, now we are also facing a problem, how to make these military uniforms in large quantities after they are designed?

As far as the current Cangguo is concerned, not counting the 40,000 recruits who are being trained, there are also 90,000 soldiers.

Two sets of military uniforms per person is 180,000 sets, plus 90,000 sets of armor.

This is a terrifying figure, if this task is handed over to the Ministry of Industry, it will not be possible to complete it in a year and a half, and whether it can be used next year is a question.

The purpose of the new military uniform is to provide convenience and warmth for the soldiers, and it will be next winter...... War has broken out, right?

"Shen An, early tomorrow morning, you take my edict and ask the Ministry of Commerce to issue a notice, ordering the ready-to-wear shops in each city to make these military uniforms, as long as the military uniforms are qualified, all wages will be paid, by the way, for a month!"

Ready-to-wear shops?

Shen An was surprised, and when he thought about it, he suddenly realized.

In each city, in fact, there are garment shops, especially in the past six months, the common people have money in their pockets, and they are willing to buy clothes, and garment shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, there are more than a dozen in the imperial city alone, and there are hundreds of more than 30 cities in the whole Cangguo combined.

As soon as the order for these 180,000 sets of military uniforms goes down, those ready-to-wear stores will definitely go crazy with joy, and each will receive an average of one or two thousand sets, which is worth a few years' profits.

Moreover, with such a large order, those ready-to-wear stores must rush to work, and they will inevitably spend money to hire a large number of women, and the common people can also get a lot of income.

Thinking about it like this, Shen An admired His Majesty the Emperor more and more.

For the next few days, Yang Mu spent the next few days in Zichen Point and never went to the harem again.

Simple looms were already on sale, and after purchasing a batch of cloth from merchants from various countries, the production of military uniforms proceeded in an orderly manner.

Then, the sales of "Fables" began to weaken, and the sales of various countries fell sharply, and under the instruction of Yang Mu, the second volume of "Fables" also began to be printed.

It's just that in terms of price, this time Yang Mu didn't dare to set it too high, only half of the first volume - five hundred yuan a book.

However, there is also enough silver to be earned.

The caravans of various countries were like chicken blood, especially the nine caravans that had been given priority, because they had priority in supply, so each of them had ordered 500,000 copies.

Originally, the digestion capacity of the caravans was more than that, but they were afraid that it would be like last time, and a price would be reduced halfway, so they didn't dare to hoard too much.

Nine caravans were like this, and the rest of the dozens of caravans were not far behind, and they were purchasing aggressively, and the orders of the printing house had been lined up for three months, and a series of receipts had come down, making the officials of the Ministry of Commerce almost numb.

Therefore, the Imperial City of Cangguo has been very lively recently, and there are a lot more caravans coming and going on the official roads outside the city.

It was also after these few days that the envoy to the Yan Kingdom returned.

The monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom were very enthusiastic and very politely received the envoys of the Cangguo Kingdom, and also expressed their willingness to communicate with the Cangguo.

But there is one thing that is daunting.

When I went, there were eight officials in total.

When I came back, there were only five.

Of the three who died, one fell from a narrow mountain path into a deep ravine, and the other two were bitten to death by wolves in the forest.

As for the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion, there were even more, and more than two dozen people died on the way.

All in all, there is no problem with the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom, but the geographical environment along the way is not optimistic, and it will take a lot of effort to open up a road for the two countries to communicate with each other.

For a while, Yang Mu also hesitated.