Yun carefully sewed the cotton coat.

Last year, more cotton was planted and more planted, which also meant that there were many loopholes in management. Some of the cotton flowed from the "private road" to the north. In addition, the high prices of the imperial court gave these "private cotton" the opportunity to sell well.

So after the autumn of this year, Zhang Dun was preparing to issue an order to severely punish private cotton merchants, but he instinctively felt uneasy about the result of the enforcement of this order, so he found Wang Ju to ask.

Wang Ju told Zhang Dun not to be too nervous, otherwise he would have to give someone a lesson.

Then he discussed a sentence from the Book of Songs with Zhang Dun.

&n/;"Bin Feng July": The fire in July is flowing, and the clothes are given in September.

"July" mainly talks about the life of the people of the Bin Kingdom all year round, and is also the longest poem in "Bin Feng". This sentence appears twice and is the first of the first two paragraphs.

Most people understand that Mars falls in July, which means that the weather is hot. In September, a woman teaches clothes.

Why is it taught? "Mao Shi Zhuan Jian Tongshi": Anyone who says that he is given clothes is given to him. This poem teaches clothes, and he also teaches winter clothes for him. It is because the woman in September has completed her work and has finished her silk and hemp. It is not that the winter clothes for the moon have been completed, so she can teach people.

This is still very vague, but you can see it by looking at some of the laws and regulations of the Qin and Han Dynasties, which is the ancient garment system.

Some laws and regulations of the Qin and Han dynasties clearly stipulated that in winter, the state sent garments to teach poor people brown clothes. One piece of large brown uses eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms (a kind of linen cloth) and is worth 60 kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of eleven kilograms of el

If you understand this sentence, perhaps later generations will understand how cotton in ancient times was not popular and how the people kept warm.

The use of fur in ancient times was a long history. By the Qin and Han dynasties, crude wool products and clothing appeared, as well as felt blankets and furs. Of course, if you are rich and powerful, you can also use real kapok with very little output.

However, in ancient times, ordinary people could only pile up thick linens to keep warm. Until later, the mulberry silkworm industry developed and many poor families began to stuff waste silkworm heads into linens.

This is not what Wang Ju wants to say.

Although the Song Dynasty has improved compared to ancient times, the way of keeping cold is roughly the same.

What he wanted to say was that in ancient times, he also attached great importance to the lower class people.

After hearing this, Zhang Dun expressed his envy of ancient times.

Wang Ju asked back: "How much is Bailixi worth?"

"How much is Baili Xi worth?" Zhang Dun did not reflect for a moment. He was a famous wise minister of Qin. Can he be measured by money?

Wang Ju said again: "Five sheepskins. This is an open business. Brother Zihou, there are still people selling women's mouths in our dynasty, and the country prohibits it. In the south, many barbarians forced to capture Han people as slaves. Some of the livestock of the Han people were caught and sold in Jiaozhi. However, Brother Zihou, let me ask which important minister dares to say publicly. If a person is buying or selling, even if it is a female person!"

So it may not be as good as everyone said in ancient times.

But even in such a backward ancient times, they still respect the poor people very much.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, clothing are the first priority.

If Zhang Dun seized too much in order to make money, it would inevitably attract more opposition.

It was precisely because of this persuasion that Zhang Dun finally gave up the punishment for private cotton merchants, and more cotton was sold in the private market.

That's still the story after autumn, not the story after autumn, and Yunshi couldn't know it. Even if he knew, the price of cotton products could not fall in a short period of time.

First, the original price was too high and the demand was high. Second, there were originally cotton products, Dashi cotton cloth and Lingnan Li cloth. In terms of craftsmanship value, Li cloth was higher. First, it was mixed with silk, which was smoother. Second, Li girl weaving arts had many exquisite ethnic patterns. However, in the original price of Li cloth was above silk, while Dashi cotton cloth was far above Li cloth because it was an imported product, "foreign goods, and all cotton cloth, with strong sweat absorption function. Wang Ju didn't want this whole cotton cloth for the time being, because Dashi and the Western Regions were long lint cotton, but long lint cotton could not be planted in Lingnan and the Central Plains. Even in later generations, the cotton products introduced were fine lint cotton from the Americas. Although the yield was higher and the quality of cotton fibers was better, it was still not as good as long lint cotton. The distance was too long, even if it was a lump of mud, the cost from Dashi to the Song Dynasty was unimaginable.

Therefore, high-priced cotton will remain for a long time, even if it will get cheaper, especially this year, cotton is not sold by pound, but by two, which is almost the same as the price of raw silk.

Yun didn't know, but only knew that the price had dropped a lot this year. Although it was almost the same as the price of raw silk, seeing its softness, I thought it would be warmer than raw silk, so I bought 14 taels for my husband who was about to leave the capital and go to the border to guard the border and made a cotton coat.

"Husband, the cold outside the border is hard, you must take good care of yourself," Yun reminded her while sewing clothes.

"Yeah," Kang Cheng replied.

Compared with the garrisons of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was undoubtedly more kind.

However, there are many flaws. First, they are kept in the capital. With the prosperity of Tokyo, many soldiers are infected with exaggerated temperaments and drag down the country's finances. At the same time, the soldiers' family also live a hard life, mostly living a divorced life.

This was also one of the crisis of the Song Dynasty. The system of dismissal proposed by Wang Ju was not enough, so Wang Ju thought of the combination of the five-year conscript system and the system of raising troops.

However, this road is still far away to realize. Even the second step of layoffs has not been implemented yet.

But Yun was not too worried.

This has happened to these years. Although my husband went to the northwest, there were not many wars in recent years. On the contrary, the most dangerous distant garrison area was not the north, but the south. Many of the injunctions were unable to come back because of the distant environment and the land.

Besides, her husband Kang Cheng is also the ten generals of the cavalry Guangrui Battalion, which is equivalent to the salary of one and a half ordinary soldiers. Therefore, although the family cannot be said to be good, they can still maintain a living in food and clothing.

"Husband, the northwest seems not very quiet." Yun continued one by one.

"That's better, I'm good at making contributions."

"Don't talk nonsense, I heard that many people died in the battle of Dashun City."

"That's a person who is incompetent. With my martial arts, can I die in the battlefield?"

"You have good martial arts skills. But do you have that Hu Qian?"

The two were just talking jokes. The northwest has not been very peaceful in recent years, but the situations of the four small roads are different. Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road have some conflicts, but the scale is not large. The Fuyan Road seems to have fought a few battles, and it is not a big battle, and not many soldiers died. Moreover, Kang Cheng went to the relatively calm Huanqing Road.

However, the dialogue between husband and wife and careful analysis can reveal many problems.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the pensions for the families of the martyrs who died were more kind, but these pensions may not be truly distributed to their families after being deducted from them. On the contrary, the promotion of the meritorious generals was not very good. For example, Zhang Kang, Cai Ting, and the battle in Dashun City was really rewarded, but Cai Ting continued to float in Weizhou, so Cai Ting had no choice but to write a poem:

In the frost, the purple blocks are in the old building, the yellow clouds are in decline, the grass is in decline, the Han horses are neighing, the geese call the moon, the iron clothes on the ridge are cold in the morning, the swords are singing and riding songs are tragic, the Tao is the best, the grace must be repaid, the joy of the walls is blocked, the wind is neighing, the geese are neighing, the geese are young, Shanxi is young.

Talk and laugh. Be confusing and fighting, beacons, and bring peace and despair. The saint lord is worried about the border, his power is far away, and the arrogant enemy is still broad in the sky. The year is bright and the night is sad, who thinks about the old man in Yuguan? It is peace, and you are happy, don’t cherish the golden cup falling frequently.

I have made contributions, but did the court really forget that I was the old man Yuguan?

For example, Yao Yi was not promoted to many officials and continued to stay in Liyuan Fort.

And Wang Ju.

Therefore, general soldiers would rather not make contributions than go to the battlefield to fight to the death.

Secondly, the border is relatively calm, and ordinary people cannot think of the following wars, or in other words, most soldiers have not prepared for the following wars.

Again, no matter whether Wang Ju and Wang Shao saw these situations, it didn't matter, because their trump card was not the imperial guards, but the border troops and the foreign troops. The imperial guards further marginalized on the battlefield.

The couple talked, but had nothing to do with life and death, just separation from suffering...

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What Wang Ju values ​​most is military affairs, and what he values ​​most in military affairs is speed.

However, his dream is not only speed, but an army that can fight in various complex environments and advance at high speed. For example, the epic 25,000 miles, and the Yuan and Mongolian army that could detour Dali from Xixia.

There are further marchs in history, such as the Western Expedition of Yuan and Mongolia, or the army of Alexander. But the marching environment of these two armies is not as complex as the marching environment, including tropical, temperate, snowy plateau, Gobi desert, grassland and snow-capped mountains...

This Wang Ju doesn't want to do it anymore.

However, the Song Dynasty also had miraculous marching speed. For example, when Gao Jixuan supported Linzhou, his daily itinerary reached five routes.

But the speed of the march may not be as fast as possible. Cao Bin's troops entered Zhuozhou, and more than 100,000 troops could reach two routes. The result was very tragic. Zhong Yan was also very fast in the five routes of attacking Xia, and the result was equally tragic.

That is a special situation, and ordinary people are the faster the better.

In early February of Xining, tens of thousands of imperial guards left the capital and went to various places on Shaanxi Road to change defenses.

Their marching speed was exactly two routes.

It's not too fast, because the road conditions of their voyage are good and there is no need to worry about logistics. It's not too slow. After all, it's two journeys, and you have to travel 60 miles a day, and you still have to set up camp.

However, the speed of the Guangrui Army where Kang Cheng is located is not ideal. They are both on two journeys. Although they are cavalry battalions, they are helpless and lack horses. After the reduction of layoffs, there were fewer soldiers who were vacant salaries, reaching more than 360 people, almost close to the standard configuration of 400 people. However, there were only 180 horses, and half of them continued to dismount and march, which would be fast.

However, no one noticed that this has been happening for so many years.

In March, some of the imperial guards arrived on Huanqing Road.

"Brother Kang, look, there are many horses over there."

That is the Pochet Army's horse.

After the Battle of Dashun City, Cai Ting and Wang Ju pulled out part of the captured war horses and distributed them to the Poche Army. However, Huanqing Road did not have the Weiyuan area of ​​Qinfeng Road, nor the Huluchuan area of ​​Jingyuan Road, and the Dasanchuankou area of ​​Fuyan Road, so they could only extract the barren mountain areas in the rear to raise horses for the Poche Army. Half-grass and half-determined. The soldiers took turns to plant and cut alfalfa green reeds, feed war horses, and were equipped with special veterinarians. Wang Ju arrived in the capital soon and was responsible for Zheng Baiqu. Cai Ting continued to preside over the leadership and extracted some arable land from the surrounding areas of various horse farming sites and distributed it to the Poche Army for planting. Some wastelands were drawn out and used as horses. They were collectively called horse fields.

These horses are equivalent to their own. The soldiers are kept carefully and the environment is suitable, so the horses are raised far stronger than those of the imperial guards.

Kang Cheng looked at these horses and his eyes flashed with envy. How can a cavalry not love horses or horses?

But the Poches were looking at them, and the light of contempt flashed in their eyes.

Kang Cheng didn't care. It was indeed that the border troops had too strong combat power compared to the imperial guards. But no matter how powerful they were, their salary was not as good as that of the imperial guards. When they arrived at the battlefield, they were cannon fodder, so why bother to eat?

Thousands of troops continued to advance.

Within a few days, Guangrui Camp where Kang Cheng was located arrived in Qingzhou.

After settling down, training is also indispensable, but everyone is doing it.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter day by day. Kang Cheng heard a news in Qingzhou that the Xixia people sent 20,000 troops to attack Suide City but failed, so he built eight forts around Suide City and surrounded them. He was defeated by Guo Kui's general Yan Da. Then Guo Kui sent an edict to Youzhou: Xia State violated the oath and invaded the Han Dynasty. His crime was very serious. If he could regret it, he would listen to you and refuse to follow him. After hearing this, the remaining Xia soldiers quickly fled back to the country.

"It turns out that the people of Xixia are not good either," this is the discussion in the army.

With May coming.

At this time, the Guangrui Camp suddenly received an order to go to Huziling.

Kang Cheng had outstanding martial arts skills, but he was only one of the ten generals. He didn't know the specific inside story, so he asked suspiciously where Huziling was.

Soon I got the news that Huziling is a mountain ridge belonging to Hengshan, in the northwest of Dashun City, and it has already left the Song Dynasty controlled area... (To be continued...)

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