Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

After he took all the cloth, the soldiers of Datang asked him to gather the things first and contact the place where the straw sandals were made to wait.

When he arrived at the gathering place, Pu Er sat down on the haystack on the ground again. He couldn't help touching the sackcloth inside his hand... Isn't this too thick?There is also linen in Silla, but the linen in Silla is not thick, and you can even vaguely see the opposite side between the linen, with a large gap, which is the quality of Silla linen.

But the linen cloth of Datang...Pu Er didn't know how to weave it, but the stitches were too dense, not only the stitches were dense but also he didn't know how to weave it, it seemed far thicker than ordinary linen, he Don't know how this is done.

But was such linen distributed casually to these workers in Datang for use?

Besides the clothes, this piece of cloth also made him very happy. This batch of linen was very heavy. From the weight, he knew that this piece of cloth might be enough for the whole family to have a set of clothes, and there was more than enough.

After all, the two children are still young.

And these cloths mean to him that people will not freeze to death in winter, no matter whether the clothes are filled with straw or other things, in a word, they can resist the severe cold.

Just stroking the cloth in his hand, stroking and stroking, Pu Er fell silent, Da Tang...is he really so generous?

Why did Datang distribute these?Really just to hire them?Reminiscent of the composition of those people employed by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty before, even if Pu Er had never read a book, even if he had little knowledge, he would understand something.

His eyes were a little blurry, but he didn't know how to express his gratitude. What else could he do besides working hard?

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Standing in his barracks, Niu Jinda looked at Li Daozong and said, "General, can they understand what we mean?"

"They're not fools. If they can't even comprehend this point, aren't they dumber than pigs?" Li Daozong said, "Besides, they can't comprehend it. Why don't you ask colleagues from the Intelligence Department to publicize it to them? "

"General, your methods are powerful." Niu Jinda said directly in admiration.

"Do you think this is my method?" Li Daozong was a little helpless.

"Hey, I know it belongs to His Highness, but it's not that you can't be so straightforward here." Niu Jinda smiled, "But aren't these cloths expensive in our Tang Dynasty?"

"Expensive, not expensive." Li Daozong shook his head and said.

"What do you mean?" Niu Jinda scratched his head.

"Expensive means that their prices in the market are not cheap. Even if they are specially purchased by the military, their prices are not cheap. They are only about [-]% lower than those on the market, and they are not cheap."

"But the reason why it is not expensive is that its cost is not expensive, at least it is much cheaper than we imagined, and it can even be lower, but the reason why its cost is not lower is because His Highness has raised the cost of growing various kinds of hemp. The purchase price of similar crops."

"As for the profits we give to state-owned commercial banks, these profits will return to Datang at that time. That is to say, for our entire Datang, what we pay is only the actual cost." Li Daozong said with a smile.

"What's the point of this? Isn't it just the left hand and the right hand? Why is it so troublesome, wouldn't it be over if you provide us with the direct cost price?" Niu Jinda couldn't understand the problem, and shook his head helplessly.

"If you don't understand this, don't ask. Anyway, you know that it is good to do so. For us, these linen clothes seem to be of very good quality, but they are actually cheaper than the linen in Silla. They are It's even lower than the price of food, and it's not a burden to us at all." Li Daozong shook his head.

The profit of these cloths is extremely high, and it is not a complete consumable like food. At least for these people, if a set of clothes is not used to do heavy work all the time and work with serious wear and tear, they will wear a set of clothes. Have had no problems for many years.

"Understood." Niu Jinda nodded, and he stopped asking. Indeed, he didn't understand such questions as money, economy, and profit.

"Actually, the cost we paid is not much, as long as you know it." Li Daozong smiled.

After everyone distributed the clothes, the soldiers of Datang began to explain some precautions to them. In fact, the precautions for working are nothing, the main thing is to cut down trees, and then build some barracks. The way to build barracks is also very simple. They were cut down, and then under the command of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the wood was steamed dry in several strange houses where the wood was steamed with water, and then the house was built.

It seems that they have done this before, but this time it is on a larger scale. They just need to keep going to the mountains to cut trees.

Anyway, there are enough trees here, and it is impossible for them to cut them down even if they want to.

After talking about this, the soldiers of Datang let them all go back and told them what time to report here tomorrow morning.

When Pu Er returned home with these clothes, his wife was stunned. After asking him about the origin of these cloths, his wife was silent.

"Father, tell me... why did the people of Tang Dynasty do this?" Pu Er's wife asked with some doubts.

This question stopped Pu Er's hand, and it took him a long time before he said softly: "Why do you think it is? Do they really need people to work? You know them, when selecting people to work today, they deliberately Every family chose one, and some old people, women, and half-grown children who came to look for work were all chosen by them."

Hearing Pu Er's words, his wife also understood that those old people, women, and half-grown children had suffered accidents in their families, and either they were the only ones left, or they were the only ones in the family who could move.

But these people are obviously not ideal workers, and the Datang people have all chosen them.

"The point is what do they want to build? They want us to build barracks. Datang's barracks have already been built, and their soldiers have already had a place to live, and when the weather is not so cold in the past few months, they They don’t even build barracks, but this winter is coming, they want to build barracks.”

"Why are they? They're just... just looking for an excuse to let us live!" Pu Er's voice was a little choked up, he couldn't help but not move, even his own officials, nobles, and people from his own country would not let them go To the heart, regardless of their life or death.

But the people of Datang made excuses to find ways to provide them with food and clothing so that they would not starve to death or freeze to death, but could still live.