In March of the eleventh year of Tianbao (752 AD), Chen Qingying and Nie Sanniang managed three factories that were already on the right track, and the blankets made by the garment factory began to supply to the Beiting Duhufu military, regardless of the size, thickness, warmth effect, or comfort level are quite popular among the soldiers, this thing is lightweight, stacked together in a small size, does not occupy a position, but carries it on the back, whether it is a march or camping is very convenient, Beiting does not produce silk wool, it is too troublesome to buy and introduce from the Central Plains, and it costs a lot, It's best to use a thick blanket instead of silk wool for bedding, and in winter it's good to put a linen duvet over the blanket. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this era, people basically use silk wool to make bedding and linen cloth to make fabrics for winter, and the poor people do not have silk wool to make bedding, so they can only wrap themselves in linen cloth for the winter, which is very miserable. Since Zhao Ziliang began to introduce the Han people from the Central Plains on a large scale, the number of people who planted hemp here began to increase, and therefore there was linen, plus large-scale planting, the output of linen was not low, so people wore linen clothes in spring and summer, and fur clothes in autumn and winter, which were worn by ordinary people; And the wealthy officials and eunuchs wore silk and satin in spring and summer, and fur fur cloaks in autumn and winter.

After the weather began to pick up, the three factories began to the military ** should be regular clothes and shoes and socks, are made of linen fabrics, hemp fabrics are the most common and main textile materials in this era, ordinary people wear clothes are linen as raw materials, followed by silk, but silk is valuable, ordinary people can not afford to wear, only rich and noble eunuchs have conditions, the use of wool textiles only in Anxi has a small number of tribes, and the textile level is extremely low, there is no climate.

After careful consideration, Zhao Ziliang canceled the task of making regular clothes, shoes and socks and bedding for the army that was originally owned by the Xilin Weapons No. 3 Factory, and the three textile, printing and dyeing, and garment factories presided over by Chen Qingying and Nie Sanniang were responsible for providing the army's regular clothes, shoes, socks, and bedding, and the Xilin Shou Weapons No. 3 Factory was only responsible for making armor.

In order to facilitate management, Zhao Ziliang classified all the craftsmen in Tingzhou, Xilin Shouyu and other places in Beiting, and all the craftsmen who forged weapons, made bows, crossbows, arrows and armor were transferred to Xilin Shouchuang, and were assigned to the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 Weapons Factories respectively, while the steel parts forging factory in Xiayechuan was responsible for providing steel plates for the No. 3 Ordnance Factory, and the three factories in Tingzhou provided regular clothes, shoes and socks, underwear, and bedding for the army. In addition, a special military secrecy department was set up -- the Second Secrecy Department of the Jiedu Embassy -- to be responsible for the technical secrecy affairs of these weapons factories and equipment factories.

On May 17, Wang Can, who was in charge of intelligence affairs, came to the front hall of the Jiedu Embassy to see Zhao Ziliang and reported: "Qiqi Jieshuai, the political situation has changed in terms of resettlement!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was puzzled when he heard this: "There is a change in the political situation in Anxi? What happened? ”

"Anxi deputy capital protection, four towns of the festival degree made Wang Zhengjian died of illness, military and political affairs are temporarily assisted by the section judge Feng Changqing, the deputy section degree Liang Narrow and the soldiers and horses Cao Lingzhong, but Cao Lingzhong is now leading the troops in Kangguo, the deputy envoy Liang Narrow has no real power, and although Feng Changqing is only a judge of the festival, he is the doctor of the scattered dynasty canonized by the imperial court, and the record of the Qingwang Mansion joins the army, and the official rank is greater than Cao Lingzhong, so now Anxi is actually in charge of Feng Changqing!"

"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang said: "Although Wang Zhengjian is older, his body is still very strong, why did he die suddenly?" ”

Wang Can shook his head and said: "Jieshuai, last year, Wang Zheng was already ill when he left Beiting in October to go to Anxi, and he was bumpy and tired on the way to Anxi, and he was bedridden on the way, and finally his family hired a car to send him to Anxi, stopping and stopping on the way, and when he arrived in Anxi, he was already about to celebrate the New Year, and after arriving in Anxi, he couldn't afford to be ill, and he was unable to take charge of Anxi's military and political affairs, plus there were insatiable people like Bian Lingcheng, how could he stand it, and he couldn't stand it for half a year!" ”

Zhao Ziliang got up, touched his chin and said, "Between you, who will take over as the next Anxi Jiedu envoy?" ”

Wang Can thought for a while and said: "If the imperial court doesn't transfer people from other places, I'm afraid that the person who will take over Anxi will be Feng Changqing, who has been serving as a post-envoy during Gao Xianzhi's many expeditions, and has already mastered the military and political power of Anxi!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Anxi has been eventful in recent years, we must guard against the big cannibals in the west, and we must guard against the big cannibals in the south, on the contrary, although the task of our Beiting is heavy, but it is very calm, after these several wars, the strength of the barbarians in Beiting has been greatly damaged, even if they are tempted, they can't afford to make big waves, if the Zhaowu countries are placed under the rule of the Beiting Protectorate, the pressure on Anxi is much lighter!" ”

Wang Can nodded, but did not speak.

At this time, a soldier pressed his sword and walked in with his fists in his fist to report: "Qiyu Festival Marshal, the imperial court has sent an envoy to read out the holy decree, and the envoy's men and horses have arrived fifty miles east of the city!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and Wang Can glanced at each other, and Zhao Ziliang immediately shouted outside: "Come on, prepare the incense case!" Inform the officials of the whole government to go out of the city to greet the imperial envoy! ”

The eunuch sent by Chang'an this time was not known to Zhao Ziliang, and the emperor issued an order to include the Zhaowu countries in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and in accordance with Zhao Ziliang's proposal, it was allowed to move the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate from Tingzhou to Hengluo City, strengthen the western defense, and call the west of the Green Ridge Taixi, and set up the Taixi Protectorate, which was in charge of the Zhaowu Kingdoms, Tocharian and its surrounding seventy-two countries, which belonged to the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and Zhao Ziliang concurrently served as the Protector of the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate! After the Taixi Protectorate is completed and on the right track, Zhao Ziliang will recommend a candidate to succeed him. The Taixi Protectorate can command 20,000 troops, and a part of the Han army will be transferred from the North Court, and the other part will be recruited from the various tribes of the North Court and the local people in the Western Regions! The emperor also said in the holy decree that Zhao Ziliang should pass on the decree to Cao Lingzhong and order him to escort the lords of the Zhaowu States to Chang'an to sacrifice prisoners."

Zhao Ziliang finally breathed a sigh of relief the moment he received the holy decree, he had long known that this matter would most likely be approved by the emperor, Emperor Xuanzong paid more and more attention to the side merits, and being able to expand the territory made his face shine, as if only in this way could it appear that his merits could overshadow Gaozu Taizong.

Zhao Ziliang's thinking is different from Emperor Xuanzong, he is strategically considered, in the past, the Zhaowu States were vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and the Anxi Protectorate could only coordinate the contradictions of the countries, and had the right to transfer troops in wartime, but had no right to intervene in the internal affairs and military affairs, let alone garrison troops, the countries were actually a strategic buffer zone between the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty, but once this buffer zone was occupied by the Great Food State, the Tang Dynasty's strategy in the Western Regions would be greatly restricted, and its influence would also be reduced to the bottom! The distance between the Zhaowu countries and Anxi is too far and there is a green ridge barrier, it is really powerless to manage the Zhaowu countries, but if the Zhaowu countries are directly incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the establishment of a special capital protectorate management is completely different, in the past, out of political considerations, the Zhaowu countries could not be incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but now it is different, the Zhaowu countries rebelled to assist the Great Food State to attack the suzerain, this crime gave the Tang Dynasty enough reason to encroach on its territory!

After Zhao Ziliang received the holy decree, he asked the eunuch who passed the decree: "Father-in-law, has the content of this holy decree been spread?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly shook his head and said: "This miscellaneous family doesn't know, this holy decree is not a secret decree after all, and many ministers must know it when the internal service province issued the holy decree."

Zhao Ziliang frowned tightly and said: "When we counterattacked the Great Cannibal before, the lords of the Zhaowu countries led troops to assist us in attacking the Great Cannibal Army, so we did not imprison them after the war, and now the lords of the Zhaowu countries are handling government affairs on their respective territories, if the news that the imperial court wants to escort them to Chang'an to sacrifice prisoners is known to them, I am afraid that they will not obediently obey!" It is not known if there will be a rebellion at that time! ”

When the eunuch heard this, he immediately panicked: "Zhao Dashuai, how is this good?" ”

Zhao Ziliang's eyes froze, and he yelled at the officials and generals present: "Pass on the order of the general, order the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth battalions of the Han Navy to quickly assemble and standby, and the logistics officers will quickly allocate grain, grass and ordnance, and the commander will personally lead the troops to Kangguo early tomorrow morning!" ”

The officials and generals made a loud promise: "Obey orders!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the eunuch again: "Father-in-law, I am afraid that I will not have time to entertain you, so I must immediately prepare for the dispatch of troops, and then rush to Kangguo in the Western Regions to control them before they have time to organize a rebellion, and you are afraid that it is too safe for you to stay here, it is only right to return to Beijing as soon as possible!" ”

This eunuch looked chubby, originally thought that he could extort some finances from Zhao Ziliang and make a windfall when he came to Beiting this time, but at this time, I heard that it was so dangerous here, where did he still have the intention of extorting money? It was important to run away for his life, and he immediately agreed: "That's right, that's right, this place is really not a place for people with fine skin and tender flesh like me to stay, and the miscellaneous family should immediately return to the Holy Lord!" Let's go back right now, little ones! ”

The accompanying eunuchs and soldiers of the forbidden army complained in their hearts for a while, they didn't even drink a sip of water when they just arrived, and they didn't sit next to the stool to rest for a while, and now they want to go back? You are afraid of death, and you don't need to be so afraid of death, right? Although these people scolded the eunuch in their hearts to the blood, they didn't dare to show it, so they could only agree weakly: "No! ”

The eunuch said to Zhao Ziliang again: "Zhao Dashuai, the miscellaneous family will leave, Dashuai doesn't have to send it, let's prepare for the dispatch of troops cleanly!" ”

Zhao Ziliang still sent the eunuchs to the gate of the palace, and sent people to find some grain and dried meat for them to take on the road to eat. (To be continued.) )