Strictly speaking, Yuan Rui is not a real businessman, and he doesn't pay so much attention to business and wealth, especially in his previous life, he worked hard to make money, but he didn't spend it, and he didn't know who was cheaper.

So now, he thinks more simply, as long as this thing is done, everyone will make money, and he will definitely be beneficial.

"Since the Sun family wants to become bigger, they will not let go of this opening, as long as we give up enough interests, there is nothing that cannot be negotiated."

The second son was stunned by what he said, that's right, someone has the idea of playing this piece, as long as the Sun family thinks clearly, the best way to cooperate, after all, any business, eating alone, can't go far.

The two discussed the details again, and it was best for the Lu family to take the lead in this matter, not to mention that there was a relationship in front of them.

Sure enough, within two days, the Sun family agreed to this business without too much hesitation, and at the same time expressed enough sincerity, not only in terms of raw materials according to the lowest cost price, but also with real money as an investment.

At this moment, even Lu Ergongzi was a little shocked, he had never heard the Sun family speak so well, it may not really have anything to do with Yuan Rui, this kid.

Yuan Rui felt a little taste, first, it can be said that the Sun family did not pay attention to the charm of this duvet and down jacket, and it is unimaginable for them to sell 100 million pieces per year in the future, and this is still the case of cotton clothes.

The second is that they do have confidence in the Lu family, especially the favor last time.

Yuan Rui guessed about the same, but there was one thing he didn't expect, it had something to do with him, and it was because of him that the Sun family made a major concession, of course, not paying attention to it was also the reason, but it was really not Miss Sun's second.

Seeing that it was about to be the middle of September, Yuan Rui thought about going to Jianye, after all, the weather was already cold, and he had to go home before winter came, and if he didn't go to Jianye, there would be no time.

When Xiaohe heard this, she was also overjoyed, in fact, she was a little homesick, and she wished she could go back early, this little girl was away from home for the first time for so long, and it was indeed rare to be able to endure it for so long.

The second son also agreed, ready to arrange the boat, and even thought about whether to follow along, but was interrupted by Yuan Rui, during this time, the second son was really busy, and there were a lot of things to do.

Here, the two of them packed their luggage and prepared to go to Kyoto Jianye, when a sudden change occurred.

Since the beginning of August, the 500,000-strong army of Hua Thorn, under the leadership of Generalissimo Mudolata, has continuously broken through Wuning, Shapo, and Ding'an for a month, and is attacking Shenmu and Yanshui.

Once these two places are lost, Ansai, the rear base of Yulin Town, will be in the frontal attack of the thorn, and the 200,000 troops of Yulin Town will also become a lone army and become the food of the thorn's mouth.

When the news reached the court, a month had passed, and it was still unknown what the situation of the battle had been.

In an instant, all the officials in the court were stunned. They all know that once the border army of Yulin Town is destroyed, Longzhou will have no soldiers to fight and no danger to defend, and if Chang'an is lost, the Wuwei army will also be unable to escape, and the entire northwest will be completely lost.

After urgent consultations, the emperor decreed that King Huai was appointed as the general of the expedition to the west, and 10,000 soldiers were drawn from the left army of Duwei, and 10,000 veterans were sent from each of the four prefectures of Yangzhou, Qingzhou, Jingzhou, and Longzhou, for a total of 50,000 troops to march westward.

In addition, 30,000 people were recruited from the militia groups in various counties along the way, and the time limit was to arrive in Chang'an before the end of September, and go to Ansai through Chang'an to ensure that Ansai was safe.

Now the biggest variable is in Ansai, where there are still 20,000 border troops in Yulin Town, if the Longzhou Guards can be reinforced in time, according to Ansai's material defense, I hope to be able to prevent it in a month.

At the same time, in order to ensure Ansai, Ling Wuwei and Yulin each dispatched 30,000 people to respond to Ansai.

These things didn't have much to do with Yuan Rui, and they didn't affect Yuan Rui wandering around, but Jian Ye's current situation was not suitable for him, and the eldest prince had returned to Tonghai.

Another point is that many prefectures and counties in Yangzhou are now recruiting veterans to go on the expedition, which has caused a lot of panic to the local people, and there are also a lot of rumors in the countryside of Tonghai.

On the carriage on the way back, Yuan Rui didn't feel a little sleepy, the official road was a little upside down and could stand it, and the weather was still comfortable, but Yuan Rui always felt that something was wrong.

Now this season, thorns go south, are they crazy?

Yuan Rui went through all the historical events in his mind, and found that he rarely went south in this season, and it snowed there immediately.

According to the habit of thorns, they all leave after a robbery, could it be that this time the thorns have changed direction and are ready to occupy the Central Plains like Mongolia.

In fact, he didn't expect that the Flower Thorn Man would start to go south in June, taking the road on the edge of the desert, just to bypass the important town of Yulin.

(In the history of Mongolia's southward movement, it was mostly summer, and the early Ming Dynasty chose to go south in autumn, resulting in the defeat of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was captured, and the entire military army was wiped out)

It seems that the thorn must have made a lot of preparations this time, this battle is difficult to fight, the thorn's combat effectiveness in the winter is not good, and the summer army is even worse, and the army staying in the south may not even be able to withstand the severe cold, let alone go to war.

Yuan Rui remembered one thing, in the future armament, there is really a light down military uniform, while there is still time, if you can hurry up and make the thickened down before the snow and send it to the border pass, at least in the cold can reduce a little loss.

For the next few days, Yuan Rui didn't do anything at home and began to prepare to make down jacket samples.

He knows that there are two key reasons why down jackets will become a must-have in the future.

First, the down cannot be pulled out after scalding with boiling water, and the second is to clean it with soap.

The most important thing now is soap, and now soap is the most primitive kind, and if you want to make stinky soap, the most important thing is the use of alkali, and according to the relative proportion, the quality of soap will change.

He asked Wang Bo and Dashan to buy more than 20 ducks and came back, and after slaughtering, he completely plucked the down by hand, and finally collected two catties of down, and he completely processed it according to the procedures he knew.

In short, with a lot of effort and with the help of Xiaohe, two down vests were made, and yes, only down vests were made.

Yuan Rui knows that it is useless to be a scholar after all, and he really can't do these professional things, but fortunately, as long as there are samples, make sure that they have a role, and let the others be done by professionals in the future.

Yuan Rui didn't delay anymore and called Lu Ergongzi over.

Next, everything was simple, the second son sent one to the Songjiang Sun family with a fast horse, and later the dress was sent to Xu Lian, the squire of the Ministry of Industry in the capital.

Here, the Lu family and the Sun family produced cloth, and the family looked for people, and a small workshop in Jijiazhuang was built in this way.

There are many women in Jijiazhuang, and they are all from their hometowns, so there were more than 300 people at the beginning, and later, nearly 500 came one after another.

As more and more samples were produced, the Lu family also built a large workshop on the shore of Tonghai, and there were 500 women working at the beginning.

Yuan Rui made a simple version, not the kind that can be reused at all, it is all sewn to death directly, and it is lost when it is worn out, so it is very quick to do.

A woman with fast hands and feet started slowly, barely doing one piece a day, and then became proficient, and could do almost two pieces a day.

Half a month later, the first batch of 10,000 down vests was shipped to the border.

A month later, another batch of 30,000 down vests was shipped to the border.

The patrol made Yang Kun stretch out his numb arm, during this time, he was indeed too tired.

He thought that he would not be able to escape the fate of being dismissed this time, whether it was the fall of Guangling or the robbery of Fu'an, he would not be able to avoid his responsibility, not to mention that there were thousands of casualties in Tonghai, no matter who was in this position, it was estimated that it would be difficult to be spared.

But in the end, the saint only issued an order to reprimand himself, first put Dong Lu in prison, and then removed the official positions of Cui Zhifu, Guangling Zhixian, and Fu'an Zhixian in Shuyang Prefecture.

For this reason, he also secretly sent a letter to his mentor Yu Gong, wanting to know the court's final handling opinions.

Yu Gong didn't reply to the letter, but just said a few words to the sender, and let the sender come back.

Yang Kun thought about it for a long time before he finally understood, thanks to General Chen Zhihe's layout, at least most of the people of Yangzhou were saved.

There is also Tonghai Xiaolizhuang and Jijiazhuang being set as role models, which is also a recognition of him.

I heard that several adults in the military department showed great interest in Jijiazhuang's three-plate axe defense, and believed that all villages along the coast should follow this arrangement to fight against the pirates.

Later, he made a special effort to find out, and only then did he know that it was the stupid nerd who came up with this method. For this reason, he also took the time to go to Jijiazhuang once and summoned Yuan Rui.

He didn't expect that when he arrived in Jijiazhuang, it would bring him a greater shock.

Now Jijiazhuang is like a lively bazaar, with horse-drawn carriages transporting back and forth from official roads one after another, bringing cloth, furs and various materials.

And there are small vests that are shipped out, occasionally mixed with a few heavy quilts. Later, he learned that these things were transported to the border gates, both by land and by water.

This is a targeted purchase by the Ministry of Industry to supply the border army, and priority is given to the Huaiwang army currently gathering in Longzhou.

He really couldn't understand where such a nerd came from these ideas.

If you want to do some business and make some money, in Yangzhou, Gusu, Hangzhou, these places, there are too many such people, it is indeed not unusual.

Yuan Rui's family also has a business, and this kind of thing is not original, relatively understandable.

However, he couldn't understand the defense with the pirates, such an arrangement was enough to independently lead the army to defend the city, and it contained a very clever sense of anticipating the enemy and the art of retreating from the enemy.