Mohist Tang

The Ruixue Zhaofeng year, the first day of the Lunar New Year, was covered with snow and covered the entire Guanzhong land again.

“Emperor Grandpa, Empress Grandma!” Mo Suo, dressed in fur, was extremely cute, stepping on the snow track beside Empress Zhangsun and Li Shimin, shouting sweetly.

“pay respects to Father Emperor and Mother Empress!” Princess Changle saluted.

“Get up!” Empress Zhangsun looked at his daughter’s granddaughter with a loving expression.

Empress Zhangsun feels distressed that Princess Changle and Mo Suos mother and daughter spend the Spring Festival alone. The New Year sends them to the palace, and the task of receiving visitors from Mohist Village is naturally handed over to Wu Meiniang.

“What a good child! This is your new year’s money!” Empress Zhangsun drew out six one or two silver tickets and handed them to Mo Suo.

I dont know since when, Chang’an City has become popular to use silver bills to distribute New Year money, especially the Great Family has a large population. The annual New Year money is not a small amount, plus the money is in children In his hands, children lose copper coins and silver every year, making it unpleasant. The silver ticket is just a piece of paper, which is simple and convenient to carry. It is much more convenient than hard silver and copper coins.

“many thanks Empress Grandma.” Mo Suo took it sensibly, thanking him.

“Go! Go and play with your Sizi aunt!”

Mo Suo got the New Year’s money, and then happily went to Sizi aunt to play, Princess Changle watched With her daughter and Younger Sister playing in the snow, the sadness between her brows can’t disappear.

Empress Zhangsun didnt know her daughters mind yet, stroking Princess Changles hand and complaining: Changle is worried about Mo Dun, and Your Majesty is also true. The Chinese New Year will be around in a few days. Mo Dun must go out immediately.”

Li Shimin couldn’t help but said with a stern face: “Military law is ruthless. Mo Dun has been half a month behind the others. If you can’t reach the front line on time, you will lose your time. Even I cant keep him from the crime.”

“The crime of losing time?” Princess Changle couldn’t help but was taken aback, and said, “What should I do? Yumen Pass is thousands of miles away. If you lose your time due to wind and snow, what should you do?”

Li Shimin couldn’t help but snorted: “Don’t worry, Mo Dun, the youngster, is very thief and cannot afford to lose.”

As an emperor, he naturally knows to be more detailed. Mo Dun, the youngster, is a very thief. He used the post of horses to turn around under the banner of escorting substances along the way. There is also Mohist Family Son’s younger brother to manage the road ahead. In addition, there are many Carriage, the brick road is unblocked, and the marching speed is as high as 200 miles per day. At this rate, Firearms Squad can reach Yumen Pass in less than a month. Even if it is delayed for a few days due to wind and snow, it will not affect the Imperial Court army’s march.

Use one word to describe the march of Firearms Squad, that is, rich and powerful, that is, marching with all strength regardless of money and cost.

“Two hundred miles a day! I have passed Lanzhou!” Empress Zhangsun heard Mo Dun’s marching speed and was sighed in relief. In just a few days he had already traveled one third, and Lanzhou The brick road to Yu Sect has also been half paved. In this way, even if the rest of the journey is difficult to walk, Mo Dun will have enough time to reach Yumen Pass as scheduled.

However, they dont know about the snow and wind in Chang’an City, but its just for the Spring Festival. But in the northwest, the snow and wind here is not too big. Little, and extremely cold.

For ordinary people, they can hide in the house and light the stove to keep warm, but above the vast official road, the team has been facing the wind and snow and marching in the snow.

“Lord Libation Chancellor, I can’t go anymore. The wind and snow are too big, and the sky is too cold. If you march rashly, the soldiers will be frostbited.” Xue Rengui looked at the wind and snow and couldn’t help being worriedly said.

“Frostbite?” Mo Dun’s heart sank. He looked around the soldiers all around. He couldn’t help being frowned. Although the soldiers in the army had military coats on their bodies, their hands and faces were still exposed. Stiff, if you force the march, I am afraid that Firearms Squad will have suffered heavy losses before the war.

“There is a village ahead, not equal to me, etc., first camp, and then make plans.” Xue Rengui suggested that there is a village chief five miles ahead of the map, and Firearms Squad can also be supplied.

Mo Dun looked at Firearms Squad and the soldiers were cold and hungry and could only be nodded.

“Accelerate forward, five miles away, set up camp in a small town.” With Xue Rengui’s shouting loudly, the entire Firearms Squad immediately beat the spirit, working with a common purpose, soon , Has reached the town.

There are not many people in the town, but there are only hundreds of families. After Firearms Squad was stationed, Mo Dun looked at the map and couldnt help being frowned. Due to wind and snow, Firearms Squad only left 30 li. That’s all, such a marching speed, compared with the previous two hundred miles a day, is simply a tortoise speed.

“Lord Libation Chancellor, now the wind and snow are blocked, or I will wait for the wind and snow to stop before starting.” Xue Rengui suggested.

Mo Dun shook his head and said: “No, Firearms Squad has already been postponed. If it is blocked by wind and snow, I am afraid it will be lost.”

The population of Northwestern China is very small. There is a small town far away. There is not much manpower to clean the snow along the road. It can only wait for the snow to melt slowly. In this way, it is still unclear when the road will go.

“Go, find the local village head!” Mo Dun instructed,

Soon, Xue Rengui came with a gray beard head,

“Farewell to Marquis of Mo!” old man excitedly said, the official news is extremely well-informed, he naturally likes thunder piercing the ear about the name of Mo Dun, and even the amazing performance of Mohist Family Son in the recent Mohist Technology Exhibition. What I heard, but I didn’t expect to be summoned by the famous Mohist Family Son.

“I don’t know the name of the village Changgui!” Mo Dun asked.

“Thank you, Mohou asks, old man is free of your surname horse!” The village chief replied.

Mo Dun is slightly nodded, Ma Family in the northwest is a common surname. There is no clan in the local area, and I am afraid that I can’t be the village head of the real power faction.

“This Marquis asks you, there can be cotton growing here.” Mo Dun asked, staring at the padded jacket on Village Chief Ma.

Mr. Ma proudly said: “That is natural. The bitter cold in the northwest is in urgent need of protection against the cold, and Marquis of Mo promotes cotton in Great Tang, and we naturally grow cotton in the northwest. Now every household grows cotton, manufacture quilts. To keep out the cold with the padded jacket, the padded jacket on the old man was planted in his own field and sewn by his own hands.”

Mo Dun’s heavy sighed in relief, his previous layout finally paid off, and now cotton Blooming everywhere in Great Tang, with cotton, the Firearms Squad can be solved. If there is no cotton grown locally, then he can only remove the quilt of Firearms Squad soldiers.

“Now This Marquis needs your help. You will find women from all over the town. This Marquis needs them to sew two pieces of cotton overnight, each with a thousand sets.” Mo Dun seriously said.

Mr. Ma was taken aback and couldn’t help but frowns saying: “There are a thousand sets a year, and there are not many people in the town. Even if the quilts are removed, I am afraid it is not enough!”

Mo Dun shook his head and said: “Don’t worry, this thing is very small, it doesn’t use much cotton and fabric, and This Marquis won’t let them dry out for nothing. Each set of hundred renminbi, this is a hundred silver bills. It can be cashed on the spot.”

“A set of hundred dollars!” Village Chief Ma felt that a hundred dollars is not a small amount. If you have money to get it, then this matter might be easy to handle.

“Please also Marquis of Mo’s instructions, the old man will do his best to do it.” Village Chief Ma clenched the teeth said.

At the moment, Mo Dun picked up the pen and paper, drew two very simple patterns on the paper quickly, and handed them to the village chief.

“This is a hat.” Village Chief Ma looked at the pattern of a hat on the drawing. The only difference between this hat was two long pieces of cloth.

“Yes!” Mo Dun nodded and said, what he prepared for Firearms Squad is the famous Divine Artifact, a hood for the later generations.

The **cap was originally a winter hat of the Soviet Union, which was originally used to keep out the cold. Later, China was improved to become a famous **cap and became the military’s winter standard.

If there is a hat, he believes that the cold problem of Firearms Squad will be solved, even if it is snowy and windy outside, the entire Firearms Squad can still march normally.

“This is forgiving the old man’s eyesight.” Village Chief Ma can understand the cap, but he can’t understand another pattern. The painting by Mo Dun is very much like two cylinders with a Connected by a line.

Mo Dun could not help but Hao Ran said: “This is a glove. Because of the time is urgent, you only need to make a cylinder and put it in. It will not affect the horse grabbing rope and the cart. There is a rope in the middle. Connecting the two gloves, you can hang them around your neck for easy carrying.”

“See you Marquis of Mo!”

Cun Mayor Ma was suddenly surprised and couldn’t help but praised. Come, it can keep warm, the workmanship is extremely simple, even ordinary village women can easily manufacture. I have to say that it’s so easy to make a hundred dollars.

With the departure of Village Chief Ma, the whole town suddenly boiled over. A hundred cents cost only a little cotton and cotton cloth, and the workmanship is simple. This is probably a good business that has never happened in a century.

The snow fell all night, and the whole town was sleepless all night, brightly lit, and every household was trying their best to make hats and gloves.

However, it turns out that it is not the manpower and Public Welfare that restrict the production of hats and gloves, but the raw materials. After all, cotton has only been promoted for a few years, and there is not much cotton in the hands of the people.

“The folks don’t have any cotton anymore, they can’t do it anymore!” Village Chief Ma’s wife said with a sad expression.

“How many sets have been made.” Ma village chief asked.

“Only five hundred sets.” The wife replied.

The head of Village Ma shook his head and said: “No, this is far from enough. It really is not. Let the villagers take down the quilt and make them into hats and gloves.”

The wife was surprised and said: “These are all the quilts just made this year. Now the snow is full. If the folks dont have a quilt, how can they spend the winter.”

“How to spend the winter? It’s nothing more than a fire. These thousand sets of hats and gloves must be completed. First, Marquis of Mo is a western expedition. If the military situation is delayed, you and I will not be able to finish eating. Second, Marquis of Mo is very generous, but it is enough. We have money and a set of 100 characters, which is a rare good price. After passing this village, there will be no such shop.” Village Chief Ma analyzed.

Wife nodded helplessly: “Dang! Persuade the folks.”

“It still needs to be persuaded? Who is Marquis of Mo? But the God of Wealth, who has turned a stone into gold, Anything that he has passed through is not worth 10,000 gold. Today’s hats are nothing more than Marquis of Mo’s handiwork that’s all. He naturally doesn’t like it, but it can become a cash cow for my Ma Family Village.” Village Chief Ma is excited. Tao.

My wife’s heart moved: “You mean, I will continue to make this hat and gloves in the future.”

Cun Mayor Ma without the slightest hesitation’s nodded and said: “That is natural Now that the weather is cold, how can Marquis of Mo need a hat for heating, other soldiers do not need it? Ordinary business travelers do not need, the herdsmen of the northern grasslands do not? Not to mention that this hat is made by Marquis of Mo, it must be a best seller. Tang.”

The chief of Village Ma knows about Mo Duns ability and influence. Once this hat comes out, it will definitely become the first choice for protecting against the cold in the north. If Ma Family Village can seize this opportunity , It will be useful for a lifetime.

Sure enough, when the head of the village Ma told the opportunity, the whole Ma Family village boiled again. They thought it was a one-off sale, but they didnt expect it could become a livelihood. Now, The villagers of Ma Family Village didn’t hesitate anymore, they took down the newly laid quilts and made them all into hats and gloves.

2nd day, snowflakes are boiling, even if the sky is already bright, the sky is still extremely dark.

“The army immediately, ready to go!” With Xue Rengui shouting loudly, the entire Firearms Squad camp was suddenly mourned.

“The weather is so cold, how can you march!”

“Yes! There is already snow on the road, even if there are brick roads, it is not conducive to marching!”

Many Firearms Squad officers complained.

“why do you shout? Lord Libation Chancellor ordered that there will be a way to march! Don’t hurry up and prepare.” Xue Rengui shouted.

“Yes!” the soldiers led the command.

The military discipline in Firearms Squad normally is extremely strict. Although the weather is severely cold, the military orders are still implemented in full accordance with the military orders.

Soon, the entire Firearms Squad was ready, but Mo Dun didn’t have to order to set off, but seemed to be waiting for something.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the direction of Ma Family Village, and a group of villagers stepped on the snow, headed by the head of the village.

“Reporting to Marquis of Mo, Ma Family Village is fortunate to live!” Ma Village Chief respectfully said, and with a wave of his hand, a group of villagers’ parcels revealed hats and gloves familiar to later generations.

Mo Dun picked up one and looked at it, satisfied, nodded, although it can’t be seen compared to later generations, but the warmth is no different.

“You did good, this is a hundred-consecutive note, you point it.” Mo Dun reached out and took out the hundred-consecutive note and handed it to the village chief.

Cun Mayor Ma took over and said: “Marquis of Mo is famous all over the world, so the villain can trust it.”

“Go ahead!” Mo Dun waved his hand and told Xue Rengui Tao,

Soon, the soldiers received their hats and gloves one by one, and a group of soldiers put them on their heads, suddenly a warm feeling rose in the mind, and the cold was no longer the same.

“It’s really warm!”

“This hat is good, it can protect the ears, even the face is not cold.”

“This glove Although it’s a bit stupid, it’s good enough.”

One by one Firearms Squad soldiers got the new equipment and couldn’t help but be overjoyed. They immediately knew the reason for ordering them to continue marching.

“I heard that this is a hat personally designed by Marquis of Mo, specially prepared for the cold.” A soldier said one after another.

“In my opinion, this hat is called the Marquis of Mo hat!” A soldier proposed, and the whole army responded immediately.

For a while, the Marquis of Mo hat spread in Firearms Squad, and I believe it will spread throughout Great Tang soon.