Li Xiuning was very satisfied with the cold-proof effect of the down jacket. She happily danced her sword in the snow.

Ma Sanbao said on the side: "Whether it is riding a horse or slacking a bow or shooting an arrow, it will not be affected! If you fight again in winter, wearing a down jacket will not be affected!"

Li Xiuning said: "Three treasures, you have reminded me!"

"What?" Ma Sanbao was stunned.

Li Xiuning said: "I didn't expect that the problem of Hu in the north that had caused trouble to the Central Plains for thousands of years was solved by General Chen inadvertently."

"Well……"

When Ma Sanbao first started, he didn't think so far. After Li Xiuning reminded him, he also understood.

Since the end of Qin, the Xiongnu tribes have invaded the Central Plains from time to time, killing people and setting fires, and doing all kinds of evil. The Xiongnu gradually became a major concern for the Chinese clan. Although during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, he used his power to conquer the northern part of the Mobei region, almost defeating the Xiongnu tribe to the point of being destroyed, but this problem was not fundamentally solved.

Later, Emperor Xuan of Han defeated the Xiongnu and divided the north and south. With the surrender of the Southern Xiongnu, during the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, Ran Min led the Han people in the Central Plains to resist the tyranny of the Hu people and destroyed the Xiongnu and Jie tribes, but the Xianbei people rose again on the northern grasslands. The Northern Wei, Northern Zhou and other regimes established by the Xianbei people ruled the north for more than 300 years. As the Xianbei people killed each other and gradually fell, the Turkic people began to rise again.

Of course, Li Xiuning didn't know that after the Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia and other tribes would rise one after another on the grassland.

This problem has not been seen for thousands of years. However, even if you see it, it cannot be solved. It is just that the northern border is really bitter and cold. As long as you cross the Great Wall, the colder it will be. Even when the Central Plains dynasty was strong, it could overwhelm the Huhu militarily or fight them for thousands of miles away. However, due to the bad weather, the Han people could not take root in the north of the Mo.

If the Han people could take root in Mobei, rely on the few water sources in Mobei, reclaim land and form a gathering place, and gradually assimilate the local Hu people and form a family in China.

The main reason is that the weather is too bad, and the Han people cannot withstand the severe cold that has been cold here for 30 years.

However, although the down jacket made by Chen Ying only weighs less than two pounds, it can perfectly solve the problem of cold protection. In this way, as long as the down jacket is promoted, the Han people can take root in the northern desert and be suitable for the local harsh climate.

Thinking of this, Li Xiuning didn't dare to be careless.

"Three treasures, get a car right away, I will enter the palace!"

...

Chen Ying didn't know that Li Xiuning had already entered the palace with the down jacket and down quilt he had tinkered with, and Li Xiuning elevated the thing Chen Ying "invented" to the national strategic level.

In fact, Chen Ying’s down jacket cannot be considered a down jacket. Because it is not puffed, it does not have the same beauty as that of later generations, but the effect of keeping cold is very good.

Chen Ying, based on the principle of not taking advantage of it, was a bastard, and almost wiped out the duck and goose feathers in Chang'an City at a free price.

Chen Ying plundered the city of Chang'an and obtained more than 6,000 kilograms of various downs. Although the number sounds quite large, because it is impossible to puff, it cannot make many down quilts and down jackets.

At this time, Chen Yingfu's mansion had become a busy factory. Chen Ying temporarily recruited thirty or forty gangs from the street for ten cents a day, and these gangs were busy cleaning down. Originally, the four large pots in the kitchen were no longer enough, so Chen Ying had to temporarily build twelve pounds of four-foot diameter in the yard to continuously steam and cook down at high temperatures. Similarly, the fire in the drying room was day and night.

The servants and thirty or forty gangs in the mansion were all too busy. Of course, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of these people, Chen Ying not only gave them wages to start a wage, but also gave them extra meals. Not only could they eat rice, but each person could eat a piece of fat meat that weighed about half a pound of every meal.

"Langjun, we can't continue like this!" Lan'er was very dissatisfied with Chen Ying's generosity, and pouted and said unhappy: "We have to eat more than 200 kilograms of grain a day and more than 30 kilograms of meat. Even if there is a mountain of gold and silver, we will sooner or later be defeated by Langjun!"

"It's okay!" Chen Ying smiled disapprovingly: "When our batch of down jackets are processed, we will get rich!"

Lan'er said: "Two good catkins quilts with eight feet wide and long can be sold for 1,200 yuan. How much does our down quilt cost?"

The down quilt and down jacket that were first made quickly were not sold by Chen Ying. Except for the two bedding and two sets of down jackets given to Princess Pingyang and Ma Sanbao, the rest were distributed to the servants in the mansion for free by Chen Ying.

Chen Ying said: "Willow catkins are only used by ordinary wealthy families. I heard that nobles are covered with fox white slants. Four 100 slants of fox white slants are sold for at least twenty-eight slants. Our four 100 slants of down quilts are sold for fifty slants, and each set of down quilts is used for six kilograms. With silk and labor costs, each down quilt is sold for one hundred slants!"

"What? One hundred coins?"

Lan'er looked at Chen Ying with a dazed look. She wanted to say if Chen Ying was crazy about money.

Chen Ying said: "Don't think that a hundred guan is very large. There are many rich people in Chang'an. Our down quilts are lighter than fox white scent and have better cold protection. If I hadn't considered that it was easy to imitate, I would also like to sell a thousand guan per bed!"

Just then, Li Chuqi said panting: "Mr. Langjun, there is an old man without beard coming outside the door!"

Chen Ying came outside the door and looked at a man in a white-faced green robe with a folded face.

Behind the man was a team of left guard soldiers.

Seeing Chen Ying come out, the white-faced man cleared his throat and said in his husband's duck-like voice: "General Ningyuan Chen Ying received the order!"

When Chen Ying heard this, he was very confused. He was actually a eunuch.

Should I kneel or not?

However, before Chen Ying could kneel down, the eunuch said, "General Chen, what we passed on in our family is an oral order, and we will not kneel down and give a big gift!"

Chen Ying quickly bowed and obeyed the order.

The eunuch said: "According to the oral order of Your Majesty, General Chen Ying of Ningyuan will immediately go to Ganlu Hall to see the emperor and do not delay."

"I obey the order!"

Chen Ying bowed to the eunuch and said, "Didn't ask me what to call my father-in-law?"

"Our family can be called the title of father-in-law!" The white-faced eunuch lowered his eyebrows and smiled slightly: "Our family's surname is Chen Qi, and we are also the regular attendant of Ganlu Palace."

"It turned out to be Chen Changshi in front of us. We were still one of us five hundred years ago." Chen Ying reached out to invite him in and smiled: "Mr. Chen is so sloppy. It is too unruly to go to see him like this. Chen took a shower and changed his clothes and then Chen Changshi went to the palace to see him! Please wait for him!"

Chen Ying couldn't figure out what Li Yuan wanted to see his intention. If he didn't figure out what Li Yuan wanted, he wouldn't dare to enter the palace. Even if he was in exile, Chen Ying would never let himself be a fish that could be slaughtered.

Chen Qi smiled slightly and followed Chen Ying into the front hall of Chen Mansion. After a while, a maid slowly entered the hall with tea.

Chen Qi was also feeling thirsty at this time, and his eyes suddenly became straight with his teacup.

There was not a drop of water in the tea cup, nor was there any tea leaves, but a silver ingot of about ten taels was placed.

Chen Qi looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him. He covered the ingot of silver and put it into his sleeve quietly.

At the beginning, Chen Ying thought that eunuchs in TV series love money, which is a scam. From Chen Qi's skillful action of collecting money, Chen Ying knew that Chen Qi usually collected a lot of black money.

Chen Ying smiled knowingly: "Shi Chen, how does this tea taste like Chen?"

Chen Qi said with a sarcastic smile on his face: "General Chen's mansion is very good at cooking. Chen Qi has drunk this time and will definitely come to the mansion to bother him in the future!"

"Welcome Chen Chang's grand ceremony at any time!" Chen Ying took out another generation of copper coins, no more than 200, and handed them to Chen Qi and said, "Brothers come in the wind and snow. It's really hard. Take it to buy wine to warm up your body."

"How does this make!"

Although he was talking about how to do it, Chen Qi put away his wallet.

Chen Ying followed Chen Qi out of the front hall and asked in a low voice: "Shi Chen, don't know why Your Majesty summoned Chen?"

Chen Qi whispered: "It's not that our family talks too much. General Chen just needs to understand that it's a good thing!"
Chapter completed!