Chapter 36 Section VI

But Shi Yue was driven crazy by the sudden events: Wang Shao kept asking for money, food, weapons and clothes, winter was coming, how could the soldiers do without cold clothes?On the one hand, he had to communicate with the old man Wen Yanbo, on the other hand he had to be careful with his relationship with Wang Anshi, and he had to go to the Armed Forces Supervision, a nominally subordinate institution, to deal with Lu Huiqing. Shi Yue spent almost half a day in the carriage.Fortunately, Zeng Bu has a good relationship with him, and the communication with the third division is relatively smooth; and Lu Huiqing is also very happy in handling things, quick in handling things, and kind to others, which Shi Yue can't help but admire.Many times, Shi Yue almost doubted whether "Song History" listed this man in "Biography of Treacherous Officials" out of prejudice.

"Seeing that winter is coming day by day, it is too late to mobilize cold clothes from workshops all over the place. It is not a trivial matter for soldiers to suffer from the cold and affect the battle situation." "The capital's silk, cloth, and cotton can't all be requisitioned. As soon as October comes, there will be routine rewards. Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, tens of thousands of officials, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people all need these things for the winter. After all, the capital is the fundamental place. If you go to recruit again at that time, it will be too late to say anything. I just took up the position of military supervisor, and I didn't prepare enough before, so I also feel embarrassed." Lu Huiqing spread her hands to Shi Yue.But Shi Yue didn't go to see him, it was not his responsibility that he couldn't gather the cold clothes he should have. If Lu Huiqing wanted to complain to him, Shi Yue, he might have found the wrong person.He turned his gaze to Wen Yanbo, and sure enough, Wen Yanbo said anxiously: "Soldiers are a major national event. We must mobilize some from Shaanxi, transport all those from the Sichuan Gorge to the front line, and add the reserve of the capital, it should be enough."

Lu Huiqing shook his head, and said: "The reserve of the Military Weapons Supervision is less than 20,000. However, because of the reform of the Military Weapons Supervision Case, incidents happened one after another. No one paid attention to this matter. It was midsummer at that time, who would How about winter clothes?" Wang Anshi looked at the big tree outside the Political Affairs Hall, and said with a sullen face, "In any case, the supply and demand of frontline soldiers must be guaranteed." Every victory of Wang Shao is a boost to the emperor and the new party. Lu Huiqing heard that Wang Anshi had set the tone, and quickly changed his tune and said with a smile: "Although there are many difficulties, it may not be impossible."

"Jifu, what's your plan?" Wang Anshi asked. "The cotton and cotton cloth of the Tang Family Cotton Spinning Company in the capital is worth 100,000 yuan. The imperial court can buy them all first, and then recruit private households and clothing stores to start work overnight. But then, I will ask Xue Xiang to collect cotton cloth from all the Jianghuai roads to sell. Then we can deal with this emergency first." Lu Huiqing laughed.Xue Xiang is the envoy of the six-way all-transfer method, and is in charge of the practice of the six-way all-transfer method in the new method.

Wen Yanbo frowned and said, "How much does one hundred thousand pieces of cotton cloth cost? Besides, it's going to be August soon, Xue Xiang has three heads and six arms, and he is only recruited now. It is impossible for these cloths to enter Beijing before October. The cotton cloth of Tangjia Cotton Textile Co., Ltd. is gone." , What should the common people do? The price of cloth will definitely skyrocket by then.” Lu Huiqing said with a smile: "I don't believe that Xue Xiang doesn't have any reserves. The Tang family's cotton cloth and cotton in the Jianghuai area will never be less. If the court urges the Tang family to rent official and private ships to transport cotton cloth to the capital, or let Xue Xiang first The Tang family borrowed a little to supply the capital first, which should solve this problem."

Wang Anshi glanced at Shi Yue inadvertently, and asked, "Ziming, what do you think?" The relationship between Shi Yue and the Tang family is well known. Shi Yue pondered over Lu Huiqing's words, not knowing what his intentions were.Except that the idea of ​​letting Xue Xiang "borrow" cotton cloth from the Tang family is not good for the Tang family, everything else seems to be beneficial to the Tang family.Is this Lu Huiqing so good?Seeing Wang Anshi asking, Shi Yue quickly replied: "This may not be a good way. But if you only buy from the Tang family, I'm afraid it will cause controversy, so it's better to buy from several more."

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "That's fine. But there's no need to 'borrow'. If Xue Xiang is not enough, you can just buy it from the Tang family, so as not to provoke disputes. The court can't even do this well, what use is it for me? "