Chapter 919: Borrowing Money
The weather is cold, there is no cotton clothing to protect against the cold, once the enemy attacks, the consequences are unimaginable.
The Marquis of Dongxiang and the old prince and a few generals discussed the matter of the soldiers to protect themselves from the cold.
No one can do anything.
Once the soldiers have typhoid fever, they will consume a lot of medicinal materials, and the cost is much greater than that of making cotton clothes.
They all know about the emptiness of the treasury.
Just this batch of cotton clothes has been made by the Marquis of Dongxiang urging the emperor to make them.
Now it's too late to send people 800 miles back to Beijing urgently.
Dongxiang Hou angrily pounded the table.
Xie Jingchen led the troops to transport the stones up to the city tower and came back, and listened to the king of Nan'an County and Chu Shun eavesdropping outside the military tent.
The king of Nan'an County said, "Do you think that the Marquis of Dongxiang will take off the cotton clothes on the Nanliang soldiers for the winter?" ”
"It's possible," said Hou Shizi of Beining.
"But how much is it going to take?" The corner of the eldest young master of the Dingguo Mansion twitched.
“……。”
"Let's pick one piece at a time."
“……。”
Xie Jingchen listened to his ears and stepped into the barracks.
The kings of Nan'an looked at him.
They are not afraid to enter the tent.
Before, they were also discussing in the military accounts, and the Marquis of Dongxiang asked them to express their opinions.
Several people were very obedient, not only expressing their opinions, but also helping to come up with ideas.
It's just that the idea is not ordinary rancid.
After a few times, the Marquis of Dongxiang only allowed them to listen outside the military tent.
Xie Jingchen walked in and saw Dongxiang Hou's angry face.
The other soldiers were also indignant.
Xie Jingchen looked at Dongxiang Hou and asked suspiciously, "Didn't the lady prepare warm clothes for the Flying Tiger Army alone?" ”
Dongxiang Hou looked at Xie Jingchen, "Jin'er prepared warm clothes for the Flying Tiger Army, why didn't I know?" ”
Dongxiang Hou looked at Su Chong.
Su Chong shook his head, "I haven't heard my sister talk about this. ”
The corners of Xie Jingchen's mouth twitched, he thought that Dongxiang Hou knew.
He looked at Dongxiang Hou and said, "The imperial court and the Northern Desert communicate with each other, and the lady bought all the wool for the emperor's part of the profits, and she once said that the wool was used to make clothes for the soldiers to keep out the cold." ”
Su Jin bought a lot of wool, and the soldiers at the border knew about it.
They didn't feel less sorry for the money Su Jin spent to buy that cart after cart of wool.
When the news was transmitted back to Kyoto, Xie Jingchen asked casually, and Su Jin replied very casually.
Su Jin also asked Xie Jingchen to find her a reliable steward, and let him be responsible for finding someone to make wool into clothes.
After Xie Jingchen helped Su Jin find someone, he didn't care about it.
The cotton clothes have not yet been delivered to the barracks, so has they not been made yet?
Dongxiang Hou didn't expect that Su Jin still remembered the Flying Tiger Army's winter, so he asked Su Chong to follow Xie Jingchen to take a look.
The wool was pulled from the Northern Desert to Daqi and was not transported back to Beijing.
Wool is not very valuable, and it takes more manpower and material resources to transport it back to Beijing than that carload of wool, which is really not worth it.
At first, the wool was placed in a town a few miles away from the border, and there was more and more wool, and there was no way to fit in a yard, so it was pulled to a town twenty miles away.
Twenty miles away, hurry up, and it will be half an hour away.
Entering the small courtyard, Xie Jingchen, Su Chong, and the king of Nan'an County were dumbfounded.
Dozens of women in the small courtyard were busy working, and when they saw them walking in, they all stopped what they were doing and looked at them, and praised, "These Lang Jun look so good." ”
It was Xie Jingchen's people who were in charge of the small courtyard, and when they learned that he was coming, they hurriedly came over to greet him, "Why is the prince here?" ”
Xie Jingchen looked at the wool and said, "How are the clothes prepared for the Flying Tiger Army?" ”
The steward of the small courtyard thought that he was here to urge, and hurriedly said, "The princess wants to prepare two bodies for the Flying Tiger Army, and I have already asked people to rush around the clock, and after so many days, there are still two thousand pieces left, and they will be sent to the barracks the day after tomorrow." ”
Saying that, the steward of the small courtyard said, "There are too many cotton clothes, I don't have enough manpower here, and I will have to send someone to pull it when the time comes." ”
"Let's go check it out."
The steward led Xie Jingchen to the backyard warehouse.
Room after room of cotton clothes, people are frightened.
If you accidentally splash the sparks, I'm afraid that nothing will be left.
The cotton clothes transported by the imperial court were burned, and these must not have an accident, "Send these to the barracks first." ”
Su Chong didn't have many people to bring with them to the town, so he asked people to go back to the barracks and ask people to drive the carriage.
Xie Jingchen asked the steward, "How much wool is left?" ”
The corners of the steward's mouth twitched, "The princess has bought too much wool, and there are still three large yards of wool that have not had time to be disposed of." ”
"After processing, only a small half of it was used."
These are not the most important things, the most important thing is that "the used up has not been sent to the ......." ”
Wool is cheap in the Northern Desert and is worthless.
The price of wool collected by the princess was high, and the wool in the Northern Desert was sold to them by carriage.
Under the pretext that there was no place to put wool to send those people from the Northern Desert, the officials of the Northern Desert were kind enough to fill the yard with wool......
What can they do?
I can only continue to buy it.
Fortunately, the balm is profitable, so I didn't lose money.
Well.
It's not easy to lose money.
Bei Mo looked at them like looking at the wronged boss, under the pretext that there was no place to put wool and failed, and then under the pretext that there was not enough money.
After the Northern Desert government lent Zhuangzi to them, it took the initiative to lend them money to buy wool......
The person in charge is very convinced, and he is not afraid that they will not repay the debt.
The king of Nan'an took a piece of clothing and asked with a suspicious look in the steward's eyes, "It's not very thick, can this keep out the cold?" ”
The housekeeper of the small courtyard said with a smile, "The prince of the county might as well put it on and try it." ”
Chu Shun stretched out his hand, and in three or two clicks, he took off the waist of the king of Nan'an County.
King of Nan'an, "....... ”
He put his garment on.
The clothes fit well, as if they were tailor-made.
He moved, and it didn't affect the activity.
It's just that after a while, his eyes widened, and Chu Shun looked at him and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's a little hot," said Nam'an Wang.
“……。”
It's not easy to get hot.
The king of Nan'an took off his clothes, and Su Chong said, "I don't know when it will snow, so I have to hurry up and make these clothes." ”
The steward's face was grim, "It can't be any faster, almost all the women who can weave in the town are here." ”
"There is no one in this town, there are in other towns, and when we return to the barracks, we will send someone to help transport the wool," Su Chong said.
"It's important to turn all this wool into clothes in the shortest possible time."
The steward nodded in response.
After waiting for more than an hour, the officers and men drove the carriage to the small courtyard.
Loading those clothes into the carriage, the group returned to the barracks.
These clothes were prepared by Su Jin for the Flying Tiger Army, and she didn't know that she could buy so much wool, and she couldn't take care of everyone, so she could only cling to the Flying Tiger Army first.
When she told the steward, she said, "Try to have two things per person." ”
You can't have a cotton coat for the winter, you always have to change it.
The cotton clothes are good, but Dongxiang Hou didn't give any to the Flying Tiger Army.
The Flying Tiger Army, which he brought out with ten years of hard work, is far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers, and these cotton clothes have to be used on the blade.
The left and right are still rushing to make it, and it's not too late to give it to them in a few days.
Dongxianghou's decision, no one has any objections.
The old prince smiled, "It seems that this crisis was easily resolved by the princess." ”
Although it was Su Jin who was praised, Dongxiang Hou was comfortable.
"My daughter is really in the middle of the strategy, and she is thousands of miles away."
"It's a pity that it's a daughter."
Xie Jingchen, "....... ”
Dongxiang Hou regretted.
If it is a man, he will not lose to Su Chong.
It's just that the emperor is so easy to fool, how did he give birth to such a smart daughter?
Sure enough, who raised it like whom.
Your Majesty, "......." ”