The planting of winter wheat was gradually completed, and there was relatively little land around the county, and there were many people, so it was completed first.

And so gradually some of the people became idle.

Chang Ning immediately arranged for people to hire many women and girls who were good at needlework to make quilt covers and winter clothes.

The men sent them out to cut firewood and experiment with charcoal burning using the methods taught by Fu Tinghan, of course, not all firewood had to be burned, and most of them were saved in the form of firewood.

Although firewood heating is smoky, it is no worse than charcoal.

There's so much work at this time, you don't have to burn all the charcoal, just stock up on some.

The most important work was the construction of thatched huts and the preparation for spring ploughing in the coming year.

In addition, some of the more faithful and flexible people were selected to be sent in all directions of the county.

It was the workshop built by Zhao Hanzhang and them.

Among them, the most valued is the papermaking workshop, Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan went to see the progress after returning to the county.

The soaked raw material has softened and can be pulled out, but it is not enough.

Zhao Hanzhang asked the time and said: "I have to wait for another twenty days or so, make a few more reaction pools, and soak in some new materials every day, so that after starting to make, we can maintain material tests every day." ”

The steward was right, but he was apprehensive, because he had never made paper, and he had never known that paper was made from such messes as wheat straw and bark and weeds.

Every time he looked down at the contents of the reaction pool, he was in a trance, thinking that he was crazy to believe the girl's words.

But the girl was full of confidence, and he ...... And can only be believed.

After sending Zhao Hanzhang away, he immediately turned around and instructed the long-term workers, "Dig another reaction pool, and don't forget to soak today's materials." ”

The crowd should go down.

The paper-making workshop is in the south of the city, just downstream of the moat, where there is a large area of farmland and houses, mostly fertile land for some residents of the city, and a little official land from the county government.

This part of the official land belongs to the county order, and it is used for him to grow vegetables and fruits.

Because it is not very safe outside the city now, Zhao Hanzhang temporarily placed the papermaking workshop in the city and used this piece of land to build the workshop.

Don't look at the land for planting melons and vegetables for the county, in fact, it is not small, several acres.

Then buy some land next to it, and if the owner of the house runs away, he will take back the county government and vacate more than a dozen acres of land to build a papermaking workshop.

Zhao Hanzhang was thinking about papermaking, so he let the horse walk back slowly, and I don't know how long it took for the horse to stop.

Zhao Hanzhang came back to his senses, raised his head and looked forward, and saw that there were many people blocked in front of him, and the horse stopped when it was blocked.

Qiu Wu behind him immediately asked the guards to step forward to catch up, Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand to stop it, and stretched his neck curiously to look.

I saw that the two messengers of the yamen were surrounded in the middle, and everyone had clothes and fabrics in their hands, because there were many people around, even if she had stretched her neck, she still didn't see the people inside too clearly, but she could hear the voice.

I heard a young girl say indignantly: "Take reed catkins and catkins to fill winter clothes and bedding, and dare to say that it is not grass and human life, Zhao Girl will not do this, you must be waiting to fill your pockets." ”

"That's it, that's it, it's going to be you who have filled your pockets."

Someone else shouted: "I'm already so miserable, but you are still greedy, this is simply forcing us to death!" ”

The two messengers who were surrounded in the middle were ashamed and angry, and shouted, "This is what was sent from above, where am I greedy?" ”

"That's good, and who said the futon and winter coat were for you? You are only the ones we have invited to make clothes and bedding, have you been paid? ”

Zhao Hanzhang heard the girl shouting: "Even if it's not for us, you can't be greedy!" Aren't soldiers not people, and refugees not people? ”

"That's it, that's it."

Zhao Hanzhang saw that the errand officer who was surrounded in the middle was so angry that his nose was about to smoke, and the people around him were also said to be righteous, and when he saw that he was about to roll up his sleeves and beat people, he hurriedly said loudly: "Well said!" ”

When everyone heard the voice, they looked back, and when they saw Zhao Hanzhang riding on a horse, their eyes immediately lit up, and they took two steps back respectfully and hurriedly saluted, "Girl!" ”

Someone else turned his head and shouted at the noisy crowd behind: "Miss Zhao is here!" ”

And the crowd parted, revealing the man in the middle.

When the girl in the middle saw Zhao Hanzhang, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Zhao Hanzhang excitedly.

She stepped forward with the clothes in her hand, Ying Ying saluted, and said with a slightly red face: "Girl! ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "It's the girl of the Fan family." ”

She jumped off her horse and took a few steps forward to straighten her, "No need to be polite. ”

She looked at the clothes she was holding.

Fan Ying immediately explained: "I heard that the county government wants to make winter clothes and quilts for the garrison and the refugees affected by the disaster, and there is a shortage of manpower, so I also went to get a few pieces of cloth back to make them, but after they were done, the county government sent cotton wool to fill the quilts and winter clothes, but I didn't expect it to be all catkins and reed catkins." ”

"When I asked, I found out that the people who received the living in our street received all catkins and reeds, and the catkins and reeds were not warm, so I couldn't get angry, so I brought people to theorize, and as a result, these two messengers guarded the gate of the county government and did not let us in."

The two messengers were also very aggrieved, and their eyes were slightly red and said: "Girl, this fabric and the filled catkins and reeds are all sent from above, and I will just be ordered to send them down to make them, and then ordered to take them back." ”

"As for not letting them enter the county office, it's because Master Chang is meeting with the distinguished guests inside at this time, so what should I do if I let them rush in like this and disturb the distinguished guests?"

Zhao Hanzhang didn't ask who the distinguished guest was, but carefully looked at the clothes in his hand, whether it was catkins or reeds, they were very light, Fan Ying filled in a lot, it seemed very thick, but it was not very heavy.

She turned around and stood up two steps, so that the surrounding people could see her, she first said to Fan Ying: "Miss Fan is right, these catkins and reeds are indeed not very warm, if the weather is too cold, wearing such clothes will freeze to death, Fan Girl's question is good." ”

The onlookers were filled with righteous indignation when they heard this, and they all thought that someone in the county government had embezzled, and the officials on the side almost had blood on their faces.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "But I know about this. ”

She faced everyone apologetically, bowed deeply and said, "I mean to fill the reed and catkins." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Fan Ying looked at her in disbelief.

"Everyone should also know that now the Huns are attacking Luoyang and Yuzhou in the south, and the places outside Xiping are very chaotic, and the previous chaotic army invaded the city in a hurry and chaos, and more than half of the materials in the city were lost.

"Filling catkins and reeds is a last resort," she turned her head to look at the two errand officials, and sighed deeply: "This is Hanzhang's helpless move, but it is also Hanzhang's fault, and it has nothing to do with the officials in the county government. ”

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