Horse on the World

Chapter 262 Accident
It didn't take a few days for the news that Li Qing had accepted a Mrs. Ru to spread in Dingfu and Dingfu states, and soon spread throughout Dachu along with the caravan traveling from south to north and all-pervasive intelligence personnel.Regarding Li Qing's sudden act of taking a concubine a few months before the big wedding, except for a very few people who knew a little bit of inside information, most of the rest smiled knowingly. Although Li Qing is a peerless fighter, he also has a man. It's a common problem!It’s hard for a hero to be a beauty. It won’t be so convenient to be a son-in-law in the future. Before the princess enters the door, the beauty will be brought in first. Even if the princess regenerates, I’m afraid she can only sit in the palace and sulk now. .Smart!Countless comrades of Da Chu praised it in unison.

Compared with the huge commotion in the hinterland of Dachu caused by Li Qing brazenly accepting a concubine in disregard of the princess's face before the wedding, the two prefectures in Dingfu are relatively calm, and they only occasionally chat after tea and dinner. The people of Zhouzhou are more concerned about the final battle against the barbarians.

Even ordinary people feel that the war is getting closer and closer. The endless convoys are driving on the road leading to the grassland day and night, and groups of soldiers who have just finished training are rushing to the battlefield under the leadership of officers. front. "Defeat the barbarians early so that you can go home for the New Year!" Some passers-by waved their arms and called out to the soldiers loudly. He waved his fist vigorously, and responded, "Defeat the barbarians, and go home for the New Year!"

"Defeat the barbarians and go home for the New Year!" The soldiers under the officer shouted in unison.Soon, this slogan was shouted in the ranks of these recruits who left the city.

In a newly opened workshop, Li Qing listened attentively to the shouts from the street, smiled and said to Shang Haibo beside him: "Mr. Shang, the soldiers hope to defeat the barbarians before the Chinese New Year. I really don't have much confidence?"

Shang Haibo was in high spirits, "Commander, the time is not important, what is important is the confidence of the soldiers to win, the morale of the soldiers can be used, and the victory can be expected."

The owner of the workshop standing opposite the two is Long Sihai from Jing'an County. Since he took the lead in paying 10 taels of silver to buy the debts incurred by the marshal, this gentleman has been lucky. Li Qing also gave him another opportunity to make a fortune, which was to produce some military items.These military items were not large items such as tents. These items had long been established as cooperative businessmen in the two prefectures, but what Li Qing handed over to him were some small items that looked inconspicuous, but the profits were definitely considerable.

One is gloves. There was no such thing in the army before. In winter combat, most soldiers' hands were frozen and cracked. If they fought outside for a long time, the bloody cuts would often stick to the weapon. It would be a tear to take it off. Heartbreaking pain, many veterans wrapped their hands with cloth strips, but this kind of cloth strips could not protect their fingers, and secondly, after wrapping the cloth strips, the flexibility of the hands was also greatly reduced. Li Qing saw this situation Then I remembered gloves.

The second is the hood. Similarly, the helmets worn by the soldiers were simply lined with a layer of cloth. Li Qing designed a hood. When wearing a helmet, the hood should be put on first, and then Wearing a helmet not only keeps you warm, but also adds protection.

"Commander, this is the sample we produced. Look at it. If you agree, then use this as a model and mass-produce it." Long Sihai was full of energy and became a regular supplier of the military. Even pigs can guess the wealth contained in it.

Picking up the exceptionally beautiful gloves made by Long Sihai, Li Qing laughed loudly, "Mr. Long, are you making military gloves for us? It’s more cool to ride a tall horse.”

Sweat broke out on Long Sihai's face. The commander meant that he was dissatisfied. I put my heart into making these gloves, and if I made them at this cost, I didn't make much money. It must be noted that it is a long-term investment, fishing for big fish, and making long-term investment in Dashuai!

"Please give me your advice!"

"Mr. Long, these things of mine are for the soldiers. The first thing is to keep warm, the second is to be non-slip, and the third is to be strong. When these three conditions are met, comfort can be taken into account. As for beauty, if you promise It doesn't matter if the above points are mentioned!" Li Qing said with a smile.

"Little one understands!" Long Sihai suddenly realized.

"Mr. Long, the first batch of goods will be delivered in one month. Can you guarantee the delivery on time? If you fail to deliver the goods on time, you will not only be punished, but also follow-up orders will not be accepted. Here you go."

"Don't worry, Marshal, the small ones will be delivered on time and with high quality and quantity. Now that the workshop is fully open, I'm planning to expand production and recruit more workers."

Li Qing walked and said: "Mr. Long, most of the female workers you need here are female workers, and a large part of these female workers are military and martyrs of our Dingzhou Army. You can't treat these workers badly in terms of wages! If you let I heard a hint of wind, and you know the consequences."

Long Sihai said with a smile: "Commander, that's fine. The villain is a disciplined businessman who pays according to his work. The situation that the commander said will never happen."

"It's a pity!" Li Qing bent down to pick up a handful of stuffing in gloves from the workshop, shook his head and said, "Although the silk stuffed inside has the effect of keeping warm, it is far inferior to cotton. Unfortunately, although I Asked around, but couldn't find anything like this."

"Cotton?" Long Sihai opened his eyes wide, "What kind of flower is that? Commander, what role can he play?"

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Cotton is a good thing!" Then he briefly told Shang Haibo and Long Sihai about the use of cotton, "It's a pity, it seems that we don't have this thing? "

"I don't know what this thing looks like? Marshal, have you ever heard that there is such a thing?" Long Sihai's eyes lit up.

Li Qing described the appearance of the cotton, and said: "I haven't seen it either, but I heard people say that this kind of thing is said to have this kind of crop in the far west. If there is cotton, we can use it Come to him to make cotton-padded clothes, quilts, military tents, shoes and socks, and you won’t be afraid of being twice as cold in winter.”

Shang Haibo on the side became more and more surprised the more he listened, he looked at Li Qing and said, "Marshal, is the flower you mentioned called cotton? Does he really have such a use?"

"Of course!" Li Qing said: "It's nothing, why should I lie to you?"

"Marshal, what color are these flowers when they bloom?" Shang Haibo asked again.

"Not necessarily, red, pink, white, any color!" Li Qing replied indifferently.

But Shang Haibo jumped up all of a sudden, Li Qing and Long Sihai were startled by his reaction, "What's the matter with you, Mr. Shang?"

"I've seen it, I've seen this thing." Shang Haibo said loudly.

"What?" Li Qing was both surprised and delighted, "Where are you seeing cotton? Has someone already planted it in Dachu?"

Shang Haibo shook his head, "No, it's not, I saw it at Mingyan's. Mingyan raised him as a kind of flower. I asked her curiously once, and she said it was from Shiwei people. , I saw this kind of flower on the mountain and thought it was very beautiful, so I dug it back and raised it."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing was overjoyed, turned around and left, "Go, Mr. Shang, let's go and have a look!"

The yamen of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department was located in the former residence of Mingyan, Tao Ranju. The sudden visit of Li Qing and monk Haibo made the Military Intelligence Investigation Department flustered for a while. Very calm, except for an older door, not even a guard could be seen at the door. If it weren't for the black and white plaque of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department at the door, people passing by would never have imagined that this is an extremely important Dingzhou army. Yamen.

"Marshal, Mr. Shang, why are you two here together when you have time?" Ming Yan rushed out to greet him. Mr. Shang often comes to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, but the Marshal only came once when it was established. Didn't something particularly important happen when the two giants of Dingzhou came at the same time today?Mingyan felt a little uneasy.

"Mingyan, where are your flowers?" Shang Haibo asked impatiently.

"Flowers? What kind of flowers?" Ming Yan was puzzled. Tao Ranju was originally her former residence when she was a popular girl. There were all kinds of flowers, trees, gardens and pavilions in it. There were dozens or hundreds of flowers.

"It's those potted flowers you brought back from Shiwei people!" Shang Haibo said loudly.

Mingyan said strangely: "Mr. Shang, what time is it now, the flowers have already withered."

Li Qing didn't care about Shang Haibo's disappointed face, and said, "Is there any fruit, are there any seeds?"

Mingyan, who was baffled, nodded and said: "Of course, this flower is very beautiful. I specially collected some seeds and plan to grow a few more seedlings here next year."

"Bring it here!" Li Qing ordered.

The cotton seeds were quickly delivered to Li Qing, along with the familiar cotton, and Li Qing laughed happily, "It's this thing, it's this thing, Mingyan, you've done a great job, this kind of thing is worth it." How can the Wei people have it?"

Shang Haibo explained to Mingyan in a few words. Hearing Li Qing's question, Mingyan said: "Yes, I have seen it from Shiwei people, but it seems that they don't know the purpose of this flower!"

"Mingyan, send someone immediately, send someone to the people of Shiwei to collect the seeds of this flower, the more the better, we will have cotton next year!" Li Qing laughed as if picking up a treasure.

(End of this chapter)