The weather is getting colder and the people in Wuchang City do not go out much except buying daily necessities.

As the New Year is over, they are preparing for purchasing New Year's goods one after another.

There are really a lot of things that happened this year.

Wuchang first had a surname of Qing, and then turned to Ming.

The king's flag changed from the top of the city, but for them they were just changing the object of paying taxes.

However, judging from the current performance of the Ming army, it seems that it is indeed good. At least there is no such thing as the army looting the people.

According to the old people in the city, after breaking the city, the victorious party would instigate the soldiers under his command to loot the people for three days.

This has nothing to do with the faction.

But the Ming army did restrain themselves, which made them very pleased.

As for the Qing army's heads hanging on the top of the city, they actually didn't care much.

Where can one die in war?

As long as they are not dead, they are fine.

According to the old people in the city, Wuchang used to be named Ming.

However, after the Qing army entered the pass, they headed south all the way, and the defenders all offered the city to surrender.

Wuchang was lost, which was confused.

In fact, the Qing army had only been in power for more than ten years, and now it is just a return to the original owner.

Cao Laosi finally believed it.

There were actually many people who expressed their willingness to join the army, which was absolutely impossible when the Qing army controlled Wuchang.

As long as the Qing army did not capture the strong men, it would be impossible for anyone to take the initiative to join the army!

It seems that the Ming Dynasty still has a status in everyone’s mind!

However, Cao Laosi would not join the army.

He is the only one in his family, and I still have to serve him, so I can’t live without him!

But this day, Cao Laosi went out to buy New Year's goods and met his friend Zhao Yuanliang.

Zhao Yuanliang is the owner of the largest cotton cloth shop in the city. On weekdays, Cao Laosi went to his house to buy cotton coats.

"Oh, Brother Zhao, I happened to meet you. Then I will order two cotton coats in advance. For my wife and boy."

Zhao Yuanliang cleared his throat and said, "This... I'm honest, the cotton in the shop has been used up. I just received a big order not long ago...why, brother, please look for something else?"

Cao Laosi grew up with his mouth in surprise.

"The cotton has been used up? How is this possible? Brother Zhao, have you met a noble person?"

Zhao Yuanliang nodded repeatedly and said, "Neople, a great nobleman."

He stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky.

Cao Laosi scratched his head when he heard this.

What does this mean?

"I said, Brother Zhao, can you not hide half of your words? What's going on? Explain it clearly."

Zhao Yuanliang smiled bitterly and said, "It's the emperor, the cotton jacket he bought."

"ah!"

Cao Laosi shouted in surprise.

"The cotton jacket bought by the emperor?"

When Zhao Yuanliang saw him so loudly, he was shocked. He hurriedly stepped forward to block Cao Laosi's mouth and said, "You speak softly, for fear that others won't know, right?"

It is a great thing to do business with the royal family. Zhao Yuanliang is worried that he will be envied, so he has never shown it to others.

If he had known that Cao Laosi was so big, he wouldn't have told Cao Laosi!

"Okay, okay, I'll keep silent!"

Cao Laosi lowered his voice and said, "Be serious about this?"

"It's absolutely true."

"Tsk tsk."

Cao Laosi swallowed and said, "Then I have to congratulate Brother Zhao. You are about to make a fortune."

"It's hard to say. You can't go wrong when dealing with the royal family. Take one step at a time and see you."

"But what does the emperor buy cotton clothes?"

Cao Laosi said suspiciously: "No matter how poor the Ming Dynasty is, it will not be short of the emperor's cotton jacket, right?"

Zhao Yuanliang shook his head and said, "The emperor didn't buy it for himself, but for the soldiers of the Ming army."

"Ming soldiers?"

Cao Laosi's eyes were staring like cowbells, and he smashed his mouth and said, "One person, one set?"

"That's right!"

Zhao Yuanliang nodded.

“This is really interesting.”

Cao Laosi has seen the world, but he has never seen anyone buy cotton clothes for soldiers. Everyone has one set.

Although the winter in Wuchang is very cold, it will not freeze to death.

In this case, the superiors will naturally save as much as possible.

The Emperor Yongli was really interesting to take the initiative to buy cotton clothes for the soldiers.

"This emperor is really interesting, and the means to win people's hearts are awesome."

"Shh! Sigh down, you're not going to die! What does this emperor mean? Don't look at who is the one in Wuchang City now."

"Didn't I just say it casually? Looks like I'm scared you. Besides, if you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows?"

Cao Laosi spread his hands and said, "But I really admire this emperor. If it were me, I wouldn't have done it."

Zhao Yuanliang gave Cao Laosi a blank look and said, "Or why are they the emperor? You are a commoner."

After a moment of pause, Zhao Yuanliang continued: "The first batch of cotton coats have been made. The key now is that there are not enough people to make cotton coats, and cotton is also in a hurry."

After finally becoming an imperial merchant, Zhao Yuanliang naturally hoped to do this job beautifully and leave a good impression on Emperor Yongli.

"Then you have to keep an eye on it, otherwise if something goes wrong, good things will turn into bad things."

Dealing with the Royal Family is not a joke.

If you do business with ordinary people, you will be scolded at most if you can't deliver goods.

If you can't hand over the royal goods, you will lose your head.

"Don't worry, brother, I'm not stupid!"

It's time to run, it's really time to run!

Now Zhao Yuanliang really hopes that the Ming army can gain a foothold in Huguang so that he, the imperial merchant, can be a long time.

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"Brother Xuzi, come and see my new cotton jacket!"

Li Shitou waved to Zhao Xu very excitedly.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "You, you are all participating in the generals now, why are you still like a child?"

"You can't say that. So what about General Shen? General Shen also eats grains and grains. Brother Xuzi is not both the deputy generals, so you have been happy for a long time after getting a new cotton coat."

"I'm not as stupid as you have always been."

Zhao Xu quickly corrected.

"If you want to say that Your Majesty loves soldiers as much as your son, I really didn't expect him to give everyone a set of cotton clothes. I heard that even the Fire Soldiers have one!"

"Your Majesty is such a benevolent monarch!"

Zhao Xu agrees with this.

No king would care so much about ordinary soldiers, at most he would be concerned about some senior generals.

This is also due to interests.

In fact, Zhao Xu can understand it too. After all, the emperor cannot pay attention to everything and everyone cares about it.

But today, I really treat ordinary soldiers as humans.

This is extremely rare.

Maybe this is why the soldiers support the emperor very much.

Zhao Xu felt extremely honored to be able to do things for today's son.

"This winter can be comfortable."

Although he left his hometown, Zhao Xu did not feel sad at all. On the contrary, he was full of excitement and was eager to create the world with the emperor!

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Chapter completed!