The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Xie Changshi was busy reporting the mulberry paper issue, but Chen Dianyi led Gu Yuzhi to the textile factory.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the textile factory, Chen Dianyi couldn't wait to say: "Your Highness, I have another good news to tell you..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Yuzhi jumped up: "Chen Dianyi, please stop talking and let me guess!"

Chen Dianyi had no choice but to close her mouth tightly and look at him eagerly, her eyes unable to conceal her excitement.

Gu Yuzhi chuckled: "Is the cotton production this year very good?"

All his staff knew that he was very eager to make cotton-padded jackets for the soldiers in Mobei.

So Chen Dianyi dragged herself to the textile factory and was still so happy. There was only one possibility, and that was a bumper cotton harvest this year!

Chen Dianyi marveled at His Highness's intelligence from the bottom of her heart, but she just raised her eyebrows slightly: "Your Highness is absolutely right, this year's cotton harvest will be bumper!"

After the cotton bloomed, all the people in Xinliang temporarily put aside other things and took the lead in picking all the cotton back to the textile factory.

"The first batch of cotton and the second batch of cotton have all been picked, and there are still some left in the fields. During this period, the people who are looking after the cotton fields are picking them one after another."

"Your Highness, the steward of the textile factory asked me whether cotton should be spun directly into cotton cloth or made into cotton-padded jackets. I made my own decision and chose cotton-padded jackets."

Gu Yuzhi nodded his head repeatedly and gave Chen Dianyi a thumbs up: "Chen Dianyi did the right thing. Now we have to make cotton-padded jackets first."

He turned to look at the textile factory and bit his lower lip: "But Chen Dianyi, have you ever asked the manager how many cotton-padded jackets this year's cotton production is enough to make?"

For the 100,000 soldiers of the Mobei Army, even if this year's cotton harvest is bumper, it will definitely not be enough!
Thinking of this, Gu Yuzhi couldn't help but pouted: "Chen Dianyi, I'm afraid that Beidi people will invade at the end of the month, so why don't we make cotton-padded jackets and make vests instead?"

"Also, we are pressed for time. Let us women in Xinliang who are sewing clothes come to the textile factory to get cotton and Gebu to sew vests."

Chen Dianyi opened her mouth and was about to speak when she heard Gu Yuzhi continue: "That's right, contact Magistrate Ke and ask women from all over the state who can sew clothes to come here to help."

Mr. Huo said that the common people are the strongest backing of the soldiers. With the war imminent, it is natural to mobilize all the common people who can be mobilized.

Chen Dianyi nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yes, I will make arrangements right away."

He turned to leave, but quickly retracted his foot and turned to look at Gu Yuzhi: "Your Highness, you have grown up."

Not just height, but maturity.

If it had been the time when he first came to Mobei, how would His Highness know how to join forces with the prefect of the whole state to make cotton-padded jackets?

As soon as he finished sighing, he saw His Highness suddenly staring at him with bright eyes. The composure on his face had completely disappeared, replaced by a little childish pride.

Gu Yuzhi put his hands behind his back and shook his head slightly: "Yeah, I feel like I've grown up too!"

He is no longer an ordinary young prince, but a young prince who has been on the battlefield and killed enemies. Of course he has grown up!
Chen Dianyi smiled and was about to leave, then slapped his forehead: "Your Highness, I forgot to tell you that I know that Your Highness wants all the Mobei Army to wear cotton-padded jackets, so the cotton-padded jackets I asked them to make are very thin. "

They knew that the Beidi people might invade this year before the young prince went to Jiangnan, so Chen Dianyi had already considered this matter when he asked the textile factory to sew cotton-padded jackets.

"Although the cotton harvest was bumper this year, it was still very small compared to the number of cotton-padded jackets, so I took it upon myself to fill each cotton-padded jacket with some catkins."

Gu Yuzhi pouted and nodded: "I understand."

The quantity is really too small, and now he has no good solution.

Chen Dianyi saw that His Highness, who was in high spirits just now, became a little droopy now, so she resisted the urge to rub his head and left in a low voice.

The hard work of the long journey suddenly swept over me at this moment.

Gu Yuzhi's little head drooped and he strolled towards his residence. Seeing this, Guard Zhang could only sigh and follow him.

He couldn't change this kind of thing.

Just when Gu Yuzhi was about to lie down, Shu Xiaohan suddenly shouted: "Little Prince!"

Gu Yuzhi blinked and looked confused: "Teacher Shu, what's going on?"

"My dear prince, don't use catkins."

Although most ordinary people in the Sang Dynasty filled their clothes with catkins to protect themselves from the cold, Mobei was not an ordinary place.

According to her estimation, the coldest time in Mobei can reach minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius!

As long as it snows, people will hardly go out and will burn firewood at home to keep warm.

But the soldiers had no choice, they were still wearing cold armor.

Last time I followed the young prince to the military camp, I saw that the soldiers had signs of frostbite that had healed.

Ordinary life is so difficult, wouldn't it be even more difficult to go to war?

Shu Xiaohan banged her head hard, wishing she didn't think of this earlier: "Little Prince, do you remember that when we established Xinliang, I told you to build a breeding farm."

Gu Yuzhi nodded his head: "I know!"

The scale of his breeding farm is not small. This year, the people of Xinliang purchased all their meat from his breeding farm.

Not only that, the pork and poultry meat from his farm was also sold to other Mobei prefectures, making a lot of money.

It's just that the money is much less than his other businesses, so Gu Yuzhi didn't put too much energy here.

He thought Shu Xiaohan was going to talk about the health issues of the breeding farm: "Teacher Shu, don't worry. When I built the breeding farm, I strictly followed your instructions and asked the workers inside to maintain ventilation and pay attention. health."

"The most important thing is that there are three veterinarians at the farm."

Shu Xiaohan shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about duck down! We can fill the cotton-padded jacket with some duck down!"

Duck down?

Gu Yuzhi frowned and thought for a while: "Duck down, does it have anything to do with ducks?"

To fill it into clothes...

Gu Yuzhi suddenly sat up: "Are they duck feathers?"

Shu Xiaohan nodded repeatedly: "No, no, no! Duck down is the reed-flower-like fluff that grows on the belly of the duck. The kind that grows in patches are called feathers!"

“Not just duck down, but goose down.”

It's just that this thing needs to be handled properly, otherwise it will easily carry bacteria.

Shu Xiaohan continued: "My dear prince, you should immediately send someone to the breeding farm and ask them to collect duck and goose down as soon as possible."

"In addition, send people to the textile factory and ask them to suspend the sewing of cotton-padded jackets and dismantle all the rush work..." (End of Chapter)