Chapter 1240: To Keep Us Alive
After he took all the cloth, the Tang soldiers asked him to gather before taking the things first, and contact the place where the straw shoes were knitted and wait.
When he arrived at the meeting place, Pu Er sat down on the haystack on the ground again, and he couldn't help but touch the linen cloth in his hand with his hand...... That's too thick, isn't it? Silla also had sackcloth, but the sackcloth of Silla was not thick, and the sackcloth could even be vaguely seen between the sackcloths, and the gap was very large, which was the quality of Silla sackcloth.
But Datang this burlap ...... Pu Er didn't know how to weave it, but this stitch was too dense, not only the stitches were dense but it didn't know how to spin it, it seemed to be far thicker than ordinary linen, he didn't know how to do it.
But did such linen cloth be casually distributed to these workers in Datang for use?
And in addition to this piece of clothing, this piece of cloth was also the reason for his joy, this batch of linen cloth was very heavy, and from this weight he knew that this piece of cloth was probably enough for their whole family to have a set of clothes.
After all, the two children are still young.
And these cloths meant to him that he would not freeze to death in winter, and whether the clothes were filled with straw or something else, they could resist the cold.
Just stroking the cloth in his hand, stroking and stroking, Pu Er was silent, Datang ...... Is it really that generous?
Why did Datang distribute these? Is it really just to hire them? Thinking of the composition of those people hired by the Tang Dynasty soldiers before, even if Pu Er hadn't read a book, even if he didn't have much knowledge, he understood something.
His eyes were a little blurry, but he didn't know how to express his gratitude, what else could he do but do his job?
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Standing in his barracks, Niu Jinda looked at Li Daozong and said, "General, can they understand what we mean?" ”
"They're not stupid. If you can't understand this meaning, isn't it stupider than a pig? Li Daozong said, "Besides, they can't understand it, so don't you know if you ask your colleagues from the Intelligence Department to publicize it?" ”
"General, you are very powerful." Niu Jinda directly admired the opening of his mouth.
"You think it's my means?" Li Daozong was a little helpless.
"Hehe, I know it's His Highness, but it's not so straightforward here." Niu Jinda smiled hesitantly, "But aren't these cloths expensive in our Datang?" ”
"Expensive, not expensive." Li Daozong shook his head and said.
"What do you mean?" Niu Jinda scratched his head.
"Expensive means that they are not sold cheaply in the market, even if they are specially purchased by the military, their prices are not cheap. It's only about 50% lower than the market, and it's not cheap. ”
"But the reason why it is not expensive is that its cost is not expensive, at least it is much cheaper than we imagined, or even lower, but the reason why its cost is not lower is because His Highness has raised the purchase price of various hemp crops planted by the people."
"And the profits we give to the state-owned commercial banks, when the time comes, these profits will go back to Datang, that is to say, for our entire Datang, the expenditure is just the actual cost." Li Daozong said with a smile.
"What's the point? Isn't it just the left hand to the right hand? Why is it so troublesome, isn't it over if you provide us with the direct cost price? Niu Jinda couldn't figure out the problem here, and shook his head helplessly.
"Don't ask if you don't understand this, anyway, you know that there are benefits to doing this, for us, these linen clothes seem to be of very good quality, but in fact they are cheaper than the linen cloth of Silla, they are even lower than the price of food, and they are not a burden for us at all." Li Daozong shook his head and said.
The profits of these cloths are extremely high, and it is not like a complete consumable like food, at least for these people, if a set of clothes is not always done heavy work, and they do more worn-out work, they can wear a set of clothes for many years.
"Understood." Niu Jinda nodded, he didn't ask, it is true that he didn't understand these money, economy, profits and other issues at all.
"Actually, it's not that much for us, you just know it." Li Daozong smiled and said.
After everyone finished distributing the clothes, the Datang soldiers began to explain to them some precautions, in fact, the precautions for work are nothing, the main thing is to cut down trees, and then build some barracks, the way to build barracks is also very simple, just cut down the wood, and then under the command of the Datang soldiers, in a few strange houses that steam wood with water, steam the wood to dry, and then build a house.
It seems that they have done this before, but this time it is on a larger scale, and they just need to keep going to the mountains and cutting down trees.
Anyway, there are enough trees here, and they can't cut them all if they want to.
And after telling this, the soldiers of Datang asked them all to go back, telling them what time they would officially report here tomorrow morning.
When Park Er returned home with the clothes, his wife was stunned, and after asking him about the origin of the cloth, his wife was silent.
"Dad, you say...... Why is this Datang people? Pu Er's wife asked with some doubts.
This question made Pu Er's hand stop, and it took him a long time before he whispered, "Why do you think it is?" Do they really need people to do it? You know them, when they chose people to work today, they deliberately selected one from every household, and some old people, women, and half-grown children who came to look for work were all selected by them. ”
Hearing Pu Er's words, his wife also understood that those old people, women, and half-grown children all suffered changes in the family, and either these people were the only ones left, or they were the people who could move in the family.
But these people are obviously not ideal workers, and the Datang people have all been selected.
"The point is what are they going to build? They asked us to build barracks, the military barracks of Datang had already been built, and their soldiers had already had a place to live, and they did not build barracks when the weather was not so cold in the past few months, but when this cold winter came, they wanted to build barracks. ”
"Why are they? They're just ...... Just to find an excuse to keep us alive! Pu Er's voice was a little choked, he couldn't help it, even the officials of his own family, the nobles, and the people of his own country didn't take them to heart, regardless of their life or death.
But the people of Datang are looking for excuses to find ways to provide them with food and clothing, so that they will not starve to death or freeze to death, and they can still live.