Just as the official army was in the autumn war in the territory of Wuchang County, Ezhou, the atmosphere in Xiyang City was a bit special, although there was no official news, many people knew that the court was going to use troops against the Sui State.

Could it be that Qiu Cao was too disturbed and leaked the news?

No, when there was no movement in Shannan, there was a rumor from the distant Yecheng. After all, large-scale military mobilization cannot be concealed, not to mention that there are no secrets in the major events of the court these days.

The general's voice may not be tight, and the soldiers at the bottom are even more unstoppable. The military mobilization will definitely involve the issue of separation from their families. This family's shortcomings can make people with interest see the clues in less than half a day.

So what? What's wrong with this these days?

Whether north and south, the army is about to be dispatched, the news leaked out a few days in advance. It is nothing more than whether the listeners believe it or not, or whether they pay attention to it.

For ordinary people, the need for war to fight means that they will be recruited to serve in the military and go to the battlefield to die, or be recruited to serve in a dedicated military service to transport food and grass, which is exhausted and will be avoided by military disasters.

But for the people of Huangzhou today, there are some other things.

When the official army wants to use troops, the situation will naturally be more tense, but although the atmosphere in Xiyang City is tense, it is for other things.

Large-scale military use in autumn will definitely be held for the New Year. The soldiers are out of the war, and the military uniforms must consider the effect of keeping cold, so cold clothes are indispensable. The merchants in Xiyang City have now received orders.

I prepared cold clothes for the government troops in Shannan. The number was 10,000 pieces. This was the first batch that had been delivered. Later, another order was 20,000 pieces.

The owners and men of the cloth shop, tailor shop, duck farm, goose farm are already busy and are recruiting workers everywhere, and those who are recruiting tailors and pluckers.

Some people who don’t know the truth asked, what is the relationship between making cold clothes and raising duck farms and raising goose farms?

Of course it has something to do, because the cold clothes made by merchants in Huangzhou for the government army are somewhat special in style, and the name is down jacket.

In this era, there were clothes made of bird feathers, called feather clothes or robe clothes. When worn, they looked like bird feathers, saying they looked like cranes, but many people privately thought they looked like roosters. Of course, these are only affordable for officials or wealthy people.

The down jackets in Huangzhou are as good as cloth and are cheap, so they were selected as cold clothes for the government army, and the price is not expensive.

What is down? Of course, it is the reed-shaped down on the belly of ducks and gooses. Cold clothes are usually filled with cloth or cotton tundra, while down clothes are filled with down, which has excellent warmth.

Logically speaking, if a cold clothes worn by adults are filled with down, the amount is quite large. I don’t know how many ducks and geese will be killed, plus the fabric and tailor’s wages, the price of such a piece of clothing may be not low.

A fifty-day-old duck has a maximum down volume of about two taels, and the goose should be more, but not much more. The cold clothes customized by the government army are made of crotch shape, and the amount of down is at least ten taels, so such a down jacket requires at least five ducks to be pulled down.

The order to make down jackets has so far totaled 30,000 pieces, and at least 150,000 ducks or geese are needed. Are there so many ducks or geese in Huangzhou?

Of course, there are ponds and lakes everywhere, and the demand is also very high. Large-scale duck and goose farms are common in Huangzhou. The cumulative inventory of more than 300,000 feathers not only ensures the production of down, but also makes the cost of down jackets that are outrageously low.

Therefore, in the southern part of Shannan, only Huangzhou can produce high-quality and inexpensive down jackets in large quantities, which can help soldiers who go to war to keep warm in winter. Although the duck down smells good, it is nothing compared to the cold weather.

This down jacket was not just released. It was made in a cloth shop last winter and was made of goose down. It is said to be related to the Yuwen Manager in Xiyang City. Later, many people went to tailor shops to customize it and thought that the effect of keeping cold was really good.

It is rumored that the official army tried it on a small scale, and the response was very good, so they would place an order this year with confidence. Of course, this is also related to General Manager Yuwen. The owners of various cloth shops, tailor shops, duck farms, and goose farms were almost grateful to Yuwen Erlang.

Duck farms, goose farms initially provided meat ducks and meat gooses, and also provided military weapon supervisors with feathers needed to make arrows. After several years of operation, they had already recovered their costs and started to make profits. The large-scale demand for down has emerged, resulting in new profit points.

Unheard of profit points, who has ever thought that worthless down can be so useful!

In a corner of a duck farm outside Xiyang City, there were endless rattles. Countless bamboo cages filled with countless ducks, all of which poked out their heads and shouted loudly.

More than a dozen people sat on the Hu bed, each of which was filled with a jar of hot water. They were sweating all over their heads and plucked duck feathers, and their bodies were filled with duck smell.

Wu Laoliu, the owner of the duck farm, is also one of them, including his son, daughter-in-law, and relatives. Anyway, everyone who can be mobilized has been mobilized, in order to pull down duck down and duck feathers quickly and well.

Huangzhou Military Control Commission purchases feathers, which is a lot of money. Tailor shops and cloth shops purchases fluff, which is also a lot of money. The duck itself can also be sold for money, anyway, it is all money.

No one can't get over money, the only problem is that there is insufficient manpower, so young and old all go into battle.

The down should be pulled out and washed and dried. The duck down has a scent, so it should be dried for at least a few days, and try to make the taste smaller. No matter which process it is, people will do it.

Wu Laoliu, who was originally smiling and counting money at home, could only go on stage in person. After all, he also gave the deposit after ordering in the tailor shop. If he could not deliver the goods on time, the late payment fee would not be a small amount.

Not to mention that this is an order from the government army. If the deadline is missed, the government will not be a joke to pursue it.

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a scream, a duck whose neck was cut and bloody but not dead was suffocating, rushing up in the yard, and a group of people rushed to chase him in a mess, and the scene was in chaos.

Wu Laoliu's daughter-in-law failed to kill the duck, and cut the duck's neck but failed to kill it. He couldn't blame him. After all, everyone was killing the duck and plucking the hair for several days, and both hands had begun to lose control.

"Behead the head, cut the head directly!"

"Don't stand there and keep plucking hair!"

"Aye, I'm hungry!"

This is the little grandson crying. He is only seven or eight years old and is also called to pluck his hair. Seeing that noon is approaching, the little guy can't stand hungry.

"Don't cry, don't cry, there will be food for a while, and take the dustpan over there first."

"Owner! Someone from the tailor shop urged me and asked if the down is ready, and I'm waiting to use it!"

"Where is Lao Liu? Where did he die? Didn't I ask him to load the car?"

"Owner! The military weapon supervisor came over to collect the feathers. Old Liu is handing over the handover. If he missed it, he would have to transport it himself."

Wu Laoliu was busy and ran to the handover by himself. After finally returning, his younger son ran over in anger.

"Dad! Cutting...sewing shop...and then..."

"Send it now, send it now!"

"No...no...ah..."

The youngest son finally recovered and said after he got angry: "Dad! Zhang Dongjia from the tailor shop said that the government army has sent new orders to Xiyang, with a total of 30,000 pieces, and the share is divided by each tailor shop and cloth shop. I asked us if we can still take orders here, and they want down, as much as they want."

With a bang, the duck-killing sword in Wu Laoliu's hand fell to the ground. He looked at his son, then at the helpers who killed ducks and plucked hair in the yard, and then at the duck house in the distance, and he was speechless for a moment.

There are also suitable ducks in his duck farm, but they are just human...

"Check, we've taken this order!"

Speaking of this, Wu Laoliu made up his mind: "Go to the city to recruit workers immediately, and the wages will increase by 20%... No, 40% of them, both men and women can do it, including food and accommodation!"

"Dad! Many duck farms recruit workers in the city, and their wages have increased to 50%, so they have already recruited people in the street!"

"Baby, why don't you go to recruit workers... to grab people! This transaction must be done!"

Seeing his son running out in a panic, Wu Laoliu felt a little dizzy. Happiness came too suddenly, and people at his age could not bear it.
Chapter completed!