Wei Yan slapped his palms with a horsewhip, squinted at Yang Yi, who had a smug face, and said slowly: "So, not giving my martial arts with winter clothes is not out of mistake, but intentional in Changshi?" ”

"Has there ever been such a mistake in this long history?" Yang Yi said-for-tat: "I am acting according to the law, not against the general alone. The same goes for the general who travels with you, you don't know it, do you? ”

"I know that Changshi is calculating and never makes mistakes." Wei Yanpi said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I would like to ask Yang Changshi." Who manages my manor in Chang'an? ”

Yang Yi was stunned. After Wei Yan was transferred from the general of Zhenbei to the general of Zhenxi, his manor in Chang'an should also be transferred from Chang'an to the station. However, Wei Yan's time in Liangzhou was very short, and Chang'an's manor had not had time to turn around, and there was no one to manage it during this time. Yang Yi took a fancy to the environment of the manor and set up her residence in the manor, in fact, she wanted to occupy the magpie's nest and take the manor as an own.

After Wei Yan left, all the subordinates followed, there were actually only a few old and weak people in the manor, and there was no problem for Yang Yi to enter the manor, but there was a lack of formalities. But he didn't expect Wei Yan to bite back now, believing that Yang Yi was "managing" his manor and wanted to ask Yang Yi for winter clothes.

This is the blackmail characteristic of the Wei family. Can Yang Yi deign to manage the manor for the Wei family, and he is not a subordinate slave of the Wei family.

"The general misunderstood, I just live there temporarily, and I am not responsible for managing the manor for the general."

"You don't manage, but you live there." Wei Yan nodded, his eyes becoming fierce: "Then my manor has been stolen." Are you suspicious? ”

"! What is there in your manor that you would lose it? Yang Yi couldn't help it anymore, Wei Yan actually framed him as a thief and stole the property of the Wei family's manor, which was simply a big joke in the world. What's in the Wei family manor? Wei Yan himself was not a good manager at all, and there was nothing in his manor except for some necessary houses. Could it be that my dignified Yang Changshi will steal your broken house?

"There's nothing left." Wei Yan said neatly: "That is, Bixia's previous rewards, the savings of the past few years, and the armaments, military clothes, battle armor, and battle robes of three thousand soldiers. Yang Changshi, you have to give these back to me. You can't leave my warriors empty-handed. Wearing a single coat, isn't it? ”

"Wei Yan, you are so bold, dare to spew blood?" Yang Yi was furious. The halberd refers to the big drink. Wei Yan's eyes were cold. Reach out and pat it. slapped Yang Yi's hand aside, and said in a cold voice: "If you refuse to give me winter clothes today, I will go to the prime minister with you to reason in front of the prime minister." ”

Wei Yan's strength is great. He slapped it casually, almost breaking Yang Yi's wrist. Yang Yi felt that his entire arm was unconscious, and being so accused by Wei Yan in front of so many people made his face even more irrelevant. He couldn't help but roar angrily: "Just go, will the prime minister believe your nonsense?" ”

"Let's go." Wei Yan didn't say a word, stretched out his hand, grabbed Yang Yi's collar, and dragged away. He was tall and walked like the wind, where could Yang Yi keep up, he was dragged to the ground without taking two steps, embarrassed. He desperately grabbed Wei Yan's hand and wanted to push him away, but his strength was too small to move Wei Yan at all, and he was dragged out alive by Wei Yan.

Yang Yi lost face, and a wave of grievances came up, and she couldn't help crying. By the time they came to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Yang Yi had already burst into tears and was extremely miserable.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, and sighed involuntarily. These two rivals collided again.

After asking the reason, Zhuge Liang waved his hand. "Wei Gong, although you have done a good job, but Wen Chang's situation is special, he has been running around for state affairs in the past two years, the manor is deserted, where there are winter clothes available, you can allocate 3,000 people's equipment to him, ordnance, food, everything should be complete."

Yang Yi cried and said, "Prime Minister, which material is not in short supply now?" He set this precedent, what about the other generals? If all of them are brutal, won't they have to spend tens of thousands more on equipment? Prime Minister, if you kill me, I won't be able to change it. ”

Zhuge Liang supported his forehead with his hand, and he was embarrassed. He knew that what Yang Yi said made sense. In this expedition, all kinds of materials are very tight, Guanzhong has been barren for a long time, only in the past few years Tuntian has a little reserve, to supply 80,000 troops and 40,000 or 50,000 people, it is really stretched. Li Yan grasped Yizhou and didn't dare to help, the materials promised by Wei Ba were still on the way, at this moment, Yang Yi could only make careful calculations and save as much as possible.

"Wen Chang is about to leave the teacher, you pay him first, so as not to delay the big event." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but say: "Think of a way for the rest." ”

Yang Yi wiped her tears and felt very aggrieved. The prime minister was obviously partial to Wei Yan, which was very unfair to him. He can't collide with Zhuge Liang face to face, which will make it difficult for the prime minister. But what if he didn't object, where would he go to draw 3,000 winter clothes for Wei Yan.

At this moment, a military soldier walked in and whispered a few words in Wei Yan's ear. When Wei Yan heard this, he immediately smiled, he glanced at Yang Yi with disdain, and waved his hand generously: "Forget it, I won't worry about villains like you." My son just sent 10,000 sets of winter clothes, so you can keep those 3,000 sets of winter clothes for your own use. ”

After speaking, Wei Yan smiled and arched his hand at Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, the matter is settled, I won't bother you." I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'm afraid I won't have time to say goodbye again. Wait for my good news. ”

Looking at Wei Yan's back, Zhuge Liang was speechless. That's it? 10,000 sets of winter clothes, Wei Ba is really generous to his Lao Tzu.

Wei Yan went out and ran into Fa Miao head-on. Fa Miao respectfully saluted, led Wei Yan to Weishui Wharf, pointed to the boats coming from afar and said: "General, this is the material that General Zhennan has prepared for you, there are a total of 10,000 sets of cotton clothes, 5,000 crossbows, and 2 million arrows of various kinds......

Wei Yan interrupted Fa Miao: "Cotton clothes? Not a wrinkling? ”

Fa Miao smiled and unbuttoned his coat, revealing the padded jacket inside. "This is made of cotton imported from Tianzhu, which is warmer and lighter than the wadding clothes, and it was specially prepared for the general by General Zhennan. This kind of clothing is not available in Jiaozhou. ”

Wei Yan was very curious, reached out and touched it, as if he understood a little: "This is a white cloth?" ”

"Pretty much." Fa Miao nodded.

Wei Yan's eyes suddenly widened.

In fact, a small amount of cotton was cultivated in the Han Dynasty, most of which was concentrated in the Western Regions, and the quantity was very small. The woven cotton cloth is different from the linen cloth and silk commonly used by the Han people, also known as the white stacked cloth, which is a relatively expensive fabric, and only the powerful can occasionally have a few horses. Now that he heard that Wei Ba used white folded cloth to make winter clothes, and that there were 10,000 sets of winter clothes, Wei Yan really wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.

Fa Miao didn't explain much to him, pulled him onto the boat, asked people to untie a package, and took out a set of cotton winter clothes and put it in front of Wei Yan. The brand new cotton clothes feel smooth and soft to the touch, which is much better and lighter than ordinary wadding winter clothes. Wei Yan couldn't believe that such a light winter coat could keep him warm, but looking at Fa Miao, he really only wore such a thick winter coat, and he couldn't see a little chill.

"A set of winter coats is divided into five pieces, an outer coat, an inner jacket, outer trousers, cotton shoes and a hood." Fa Miao explained: "Although it is a little bloated to wear, it is not heavy, and the warmth effect is good, such a set of winter clothes is worn on the body, and then covered with leather armor, even if it is outside the plug, it will not be frostbitten." ”

Fa Miao shook off a light leather coat again: "This is a special fish skin coat from Jiaozhou, which is made of the skin of big fish in the sea, which may be waterproof." When camping in the wilderness, put this fish skin jacket on your body to protect it from moisture. When it snows, put it on your body to prevent the snow from soaking your cotton clothes. Cotton clothes are good at everything, but they are easy to absorb moisture, and once they get wet, they will be very cold, and it is much more convenient to have this. ”

Watching Fa Miao explain the wonders of the new winter clothes, Wei Yan was overjoyed, he thought about it, and said to Fa Miao: "You take two sets of cotton clothes that fit my figure and give them to me." ”

Fa Miao pointed out: "The general's is there, and five sets of haode are prepared, with a special family crest on them." ”

Wei Yan didn't say a word, stepped forward, unwrapped the package, took out two sets from it, turned around and left. Fa Miao didn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly followed. Wei Yan jumped on the horse, went all the way to Zhuge Liang's temporary prime minister's mansion, jumped off the horse, and went straight to the lobby.

Looking at Wei Yan who had gone and returned, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, not knowing what had happened.

Wei Yan put the two sets of winter clothes on the table and arched his hand: "Prime Minister, this is the winter coat sent by Xiao'er, the prime minister is not in good health, he is afraid of the cold, I hope these two sets of winter clothes can worry about the prime minister a little." ”

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized, and said with interest: "This is the cotton introduced by Jiaozhou from Tianzhu?" ”

Wei Yan was ashamed for a moment, and asked in surprise: "The prime minister also knows?" ”

"Well, Ziyu told me. He said that some crops have been introduced from Conghua, the most useful of which is cotton, in addition to rice seeds. Zhuge Liang picked up the winter coat and looked at it carefully, and nodded again and again: "I didn't expect that in just two or three years, he was successfully transplanted and mass-produced." Boyuan, how is the output? How much is this winter coat worth? ”

Fa Miao gave a deep salute: "Dare to tell the prime minister that nearly 100,000 hectares of cotton are planted in the counties under the rule of General Zhennan, with a yield of about 300 catties per mu, and the price of a set of winter clothes is around 1,000 yuan." ”

"A thousand dollars?" Zhuge Liang sat up straight in surprise: "So cheap? ”

Famiao smiled. This price is indeed cheap, even if you don't compare the price of white stacked cloth close to Shu brocade, the price of ordinary waddling winter clothes is higher than this price, not to mention that the warmth of padding winter clothes is far inferior to this kind of cotton clothes. Such a cotton garment is sold in Guanzhong, even if it costs 5,000 yuan, someone will buy it, of course, ordinary people must not be able to afford it, and they can only buy it from large families.

A thousand dollars, this price is affordable for ordinary people. If a strong laborer is a hired laborer, the monthly salary is about 2,000 yuan, which is enough to buy two sets of cotton clothes...... (To be continued......)