Travel through the small peasant girl and go farming with the trading system

Chapter 216 What to do if the treasury is empty

Without waiting to think about it, the officials opened the packages one after another to see what happened.

In addition to a piece of clothing, there is also a quilt in the package. The whole set is light and warm, and the surface is coated with something. It is very smooth, and it is not easy for water to penetrate.

There is also a felt hat on the clothes, which can prevent wind and rain after wearing it.

It is worth the curiosity of the officials that the buttons on the clothes are very unusual. They have seen various styles, but there are a row of iron buttons on both sides, but they have never seen them in their lives.

Some people didn't understand what the deduction method was, so they hurriedly asked Du Jinyi for advice.

Du Jinyi showed them with a smile, and then explained, "This is called a zipper, which is simpler than a button. It can be pulled up like this, and the clothes are airtight when worn, which can well block the cold.

This quilt is also a twin quilt made of zippers. When the weather is warm, you can remove a bed cover. When it is cold, you can put it together. There are pockets for personal items inside. If you need to move the position, you can put The quilt is folded in this way and zippered so that the contents will not fall out.

The quilt and clothes are filled with duck down, and the outside is coated with a layer of wax and fish oil. It is not afraid of being wet in rainy and snowy weather. This suit is put in this cloth bag, which is very light and everyone can wear it. Speaking of which, when moving positions, these things don't need to bother the supply team. "

Du Jinyi spoke logically and explained the characteristics of this set of clothes and quilts very clearly. Even if the clothes were not made by her, then she has understood them and done enough homework.

All the officials looked over and over in amazement, and some female family members couldn't help but stepped forward to look at it. After getting Huangfu Mohan's consent, someone tried it on and said in surprise that the clothes were more expensive than those filled with cotton. When it was warm, everyone couldn't sit still and wanted to try it for themselves.

The overcoats they were wearing were all wet, not to mention the severe winter on their bodies, and they felt extremely uncomfortable, but when they put these clothes on behind their backs, the cold outside could not come in immediately, and some generals even took off several pieces of clothes to take When I got up and tried it on, I couldn't help but feel happy and authentic,
"The capital city is not as cold as the border. If you wear this clothes on your body, you won't be able to freeze even if you don't wear clothes inside. It's also breathable and light. It's really beautiful!"

Huangfu Mohan smiled and said, "It's not just about this. Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If a soldier is injured, he needs to bandage and apply medicine. It's not good for the wounded place to be airtight. Covering it like that with the cotton coat before, many wounded The wounds of the soldiers are festered, if they are treated properly, it will not be the price of paying a human life."

Huangfu Mohan and the generals agreed unanimously, but the civil officials were silent.

In fact, not to mention the emperor and those generals, even they thought the clothes were good, but a problem followed.

An official asked worriedly, "Your Majesty, this set is really warm and light, and it is extremely beneficial to the soldiers at the border. I am also very optimistic about this set of cold protection. However, I think that 30 soldiers at the border will not be able to build such a thing." It will take a lot of money to come down, and the national treasury may not be able to afford it now."

Hearing this person's words, Huangfu Mohan paid more attention to it. He nodded with his heroic brows, "It's indeed a question, Minister of the Ministry of War. I wonder how much it cost to make the soldiers' clothes before?"

Li Zhen, the Minister of the Ministry of War who was named, thought about it and replied, "Your Majesty, before this, all of these were selected from various royal merchants through bidding. Generally there is no problem.

The cotton coats distributed by the soldiers last time cost 50 taels of silver. "

The minister of the Ministry of War can't figure out what the emperor means. Now that the treasury is empty, there is really no money to spend on it. The last time the padded clothes were made was a chance for some imperial merchants to bribe them in private. Except for a part of the 50 taels, they went into their pockets , and some of them went into the pockets of bureaucrats like them.

Now this batch of clothes and quilts seems to cost at least 100 million taels of silver to buy. Naturally, the treasury does not have money to make this batch of clothes and quilts. The money will not be paid by these ministers, right?

Although there are hundreds of officials in this court, how many are really rich, and how many of them have an annual salary of tens of thousands of taels?

If each official can give a few thousand taels of silver or 1 taels of silver, that would be enough, but the key point is that most officials can't give it out!

Huangfu Mohan immediately laughed when he heard what Minister of the Ministry of War said, "Concubine Jin has done a general calculation. This set of clothes and quilts costs about one tael of silver, and 30 soldiers at the border border needs about 30 taels. How about this price? Are you satisfied?"

Everyone couldn't help being surprised, the clothes and quilts only cost 30 taels of silver for a whole set?This... this... Such a good set of clothes and quilts is actually cheaper than cotton clothes?

The eyes of the women's relatives looked at Du Jinyi even more inconceivable. How could she be so powerful, not only able to make such convenient things, but also keep the price so low?
Is this why the emperor likes her?

If this is the case, wouldn't they have no chance to get the emperor to look at them differently?

At this time, another official thought about it and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, and you will be sent to Liang State in the next year. It is really inappropriate to build military equipment. Why don't you wait for a period of time before discussing this matter?"

When Huangfu Mohan heard this, his face immediately collapsed.

Before he could speak, Du Chenyu couldn't help standing up. He glanced at the official who was speaking, and snorted coldly,

"What is the meaning of Master Chang, Shaoqing of Honglu Temple? Is it important to go to Liang as an envoy or to distribute convenient cold items to the border soldiers as soon as possible? The adults usually accuse the imperial concubine of concubine Jin for not abiding by the palace rules. In other words, now that the concubine Jin proposes such a convenient method, it’s fine if Mr. Chang doesn’t support it, but she still wants to expose this matter without discussing it, what’s the reason for that?”

Mr. Chang stared at Du Chenyu with an old face blushing and explained,

"It's not that I don't support Concubine Jin. This method is very good, and I appreciate it. It's just that the treasury is empty, so it's not suitable to do this at the moment. Now there are more than two months before I go to Liang as an envoy. What I want is Zhu Guo. To win in the arena, only to win, no matter how many suits and quilts you make are enough!"

Du Chenyu didn't agree with this, and said, "Your Excellency, don't you know that Zhu Guo has never won this kind of competition before. It's a good thing to win, but if you can't win, it will not only cost you money, but also give you money." The soldiers can’t even make clothes to keep out the cold. The border is bitterly cold. We people can endure it for a while, but how can the many soldiers at the border be able to endure it? One day less, the clothes will be distributed to them. I don’t know that the border guards will bury me Zhu Guoyou The corpses of many good men.

Furthermore, even if Zhu Guo can win in the competitions in various countries, how can those treacherous people in Liang Guo be allowed to let us go smoothly? In the end, there will be a tough battle to fight if we have to. "

Mr. Chang was utterly refuted, he stared at Du Chenyu with a swollen face and neck, "Then what do you think we should do?"

Du Chenyu smiled lightly, and threw the ball out again, "This requires everyone to think of a way together."

(End of this chapter)