Chapter 46: Out of Place
"Straw sandals?"
Feng Changqing was stunned for a moment, the thing in his hand was indeed like a shoe, a straw bottom, tied to his feet with a few straps, revealing most of the tops and toes.
"That's what Liu Guoyi said to his subordinates." The one who brought this shoe was the commander in charge of the battalion, and when he saw Feng Changqing's puzzled face, he explained to him.
"This thing is made of straw ropes, these straw ropes are made of hay from the back camp stables, and the military academy in charge reports to his subordinates here, and the subordinates know that they went to the camp to find Guo Yi, and when they asked, they learned that he intended to use them as shoes, according to the sergeants in his camp, these days, they have to march nearly 100 miles every day, and there are countless discarded shoes, and the craftsmen in the camp have long been miserable, so they will come up with such a method, no leather and no sewing, simple and easy to learn, and the sergeants will learn it."
Feng Changqing listened to his statement, a little crying and laughing, Liu Ji and the hundred or so people under him, almost every day there are new things coming out, first every day will buy a sheep, and then it will become two, this is not enough, left and right are his own Lu Lu out, even if others have some discussions, they can't be put on the table, the military law does not say, it is not allowed to eat with the sergeant privately.
Why do you want to eat sheep, Feng Changqing also knows a thing or two, their amount of exercise is increasing day by day, from a 60-mile march back and forth every day, and they have to climb a mountain peak that is not low on the way, and add it together one by one, isn't it about a hundred miles?
Running like this, it's strange if you don't waste your shoes, I didn't wait for him to come to him, Feng Changqing was a little strange, I didn't expect it to be such a method.
"Then you came to find the official, what is the matter?"
"My subordinates tried this kind of straw sandals, although they look rough, they are good when they walk on the ground, they are light and do not hurt their feet, and they are more comfortable than leather boots."
"Oh?"
Feng Changqing became interested, he took off his boots, stepped into the straw sandals, only felt that the soles of his feet were soft, pulled the fixed straps to his ankles, as if tied to his feet, tried to walk a few steps, and immediately understood the meaning of the words of joining the army.
It's already May, and it's about to enter the summer, wearing this kind of shoes, in addition to the low level of protection, comfortable and breathable, and more importantly, cheap.
"Wearing these shoes, my subordinates walked all the way from the rear camp to the Chinese army, and they were not tired at all."
Feng Changqing saw clearly that he was stepping on such a pair of straw sandals on his feet when he joined the army.
"If it doesn't take any trouble, you can do it at your discretion, let's talk about it, what else?"
He started from the logistics home, and he knows everything about it, if it's just such an idea, it's not worth a trip at all, is it really so idle to be the commander of the first army?
"Zhongcheng is wise." Joining the army first slapped a sycophant, but I didn't expect to hit the horse's tail.
"It's just temporary, I can't call it Zhongcheng, and I will speak up if I have something."
"Yes, the subordinates said this, or Liu Guoyi's business, they have to slaughter more than two sheep every day in the camp, remove the flesh and bones, and all the sheepskins have been sent to the back camp by him, saying that he asked the craftsmen in the camp to make leather robes."
"Leather robe?" Feng Changqing was stunned, if you want to say that straw sandals are still a serious military use, what is this leather robe for?
Although it is close to the glacier, in fact, the climate in this area is not low, and it is still a little hot in the summer, and it makes no sense to prepare a leather robe now, is it that he is going to engage in out-of-season sales and sell to merchants? to make up for the shortfall of these days.
"It's not an ordinary leather robe, and it has to be white."
"What?"
Feng Changqing couldn't help the surprise in his heart anymore, this area is rich in alpine horned sheep, the fur is already thick, and the robe made of such leather can be imagined, and the ability to keep out the cold can be imagined, only one piece will be taken in the army on weekdays, inlaid into the iron armor, or shoulder collar, or hat helmet, Liu Ji uses it to make the whole robe, this is originally a very extravagant behavior, he is actually not enough, to add a lining to it, and fill it with white stacks.
White stack is the post-secular call 'cotton', in this era, it is still a rare thing, because there are quite a lot of grass seeds, threshing all by hand, it is very difficult to obtain, therefore, although the white stack itself is not rare, but if it is spun into cloth, a horse is more expensive than the big practice.
Dalian is silk, in this era, it can be directly used as hard currency, and the so-called "tune" in the rent tune is this Dongdong.
"What did he say?"
"No, because of dozens of pieces at a time, the lower officials had to mobilize more than a dozen people, day and night to work, the matter is not small, I have to report it first, so far someone asked, the lower officials can also explain clearly."
To ask for so much, and to be in a hurry, Feng Changqing couldn't help but think, this is not like a commercial act, but like some kind of ulterior action, thinking of the recent series of abnormalities in this son, his heart moved, and he seemed to have some clues.
"What else?"
"There is also a kind of wood root, which is said to match the leather robe, and each robe is matched with a pair."
"What's the use of that?" Unexpectedly, Feng Changqing didn't bother to use that brain, and asked left and right.
"Xia Guan is wrong, it's not the ordinary kind of wooden scorpion, but wood-soled boots, with hardwood as the bottom and leather boots, which are so long."
He gestured, the length almost covered the entire calf, such long boots? Feng Changqing was even more firm in his conjecture.
"The wooden bottom is also strange, isn't it strange to carve deep marks on the entire underside, like carvings?"
"No matter what he still wants to do, you try to be satisfied, if there is anything that can't be the master, report to the official, and the expenses should be paid, if he is short, withdraw it from the account first, and the official will sign."
"The subordinate obeys."
There is no surprise in joining the army, who in this big camp doesn't know that the young Captain Guo Yi is the fast son-in-law of the newly promoted envoy of the festival, and if he talks about such an idea, even if he is out of line, who will chew his tongue? Don't you want to mess around?
After the person left, Feng Changqing dealt with a few official matters in the big tent, and felt that his body was becoming more and more unable to sit still, what was the plan of that kid, did it coincide with his own conjecture, he planned to take a look in person, if he didn't figure it out, his heart was like a cat's paw scratching, itching.
As soon as he said it, he pushed open the bookcase, got up from the bed, and before he could move his steps, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and a tooth soldier opened the door of the tent and walked in.
"Sima, something happened in the camp."
At present, he is only spending time with the marching Sima Festival, and there is no official edict from the imperial court, so he does not want people to be called "Zhongcheng" or "Jieshuai" prematurely.
"What's going on?"
Feng Changqing did not panic, all the garrisons here can be said to be his descendants, unless it is the Tubo people who attack, there should not be any big chaos.
"Liu Guoyi's people and Lifei's people have fought."
"Can the two of them do it themselves?"
Feng Changqing didn't ask the reason, because most of the people who came to report didn't know it.
"Exactly."
Hearing this, he couldn't help but have a big head, and he didn't want to stop it.