Great time travel

Chapter 35. Going straight to Huanglong is not enough
The morning sun in winter pierced through the diffuse morning mist and sprinkled on the majestic Yanshan Mountain like a black dragon.

The vast mountains and fields are covered with snow, all kinds of birds, animals, flowers, plants and trees are still sleeping soundly in the embrace of snow.

Although the mountains in winter are deserted and birds and beasts are extinct, the strange rocks scattered among them and the towering cliffs still maintain a majestic posture.The plum trees in full bloom between the cliffs add a touch of bright color to this white ice and snow land.

In the lobby of the floating castle "Third New Tokyo", Yue Fei, who just woke up, yawned and sat down next to the spacious and bright sealed glass window while holding breakfast, looking down at the winding towering tower below his feet with some curiosity. Yanshan——Since the rise of Khitan in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, there have been no Han flags for 200 years, and the people in the Central Plains feel familiar and unfamiliar.
Since the pre-Qin period, Yanshan Mountain has been the natural boundary line separating the grassland and the Han land, and it is also the frontier of the struggle between Chinese civilization and nomadic barbarians.Since Emperor Shi Jingtan of the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, for nearly 200 years, the Han patriots in the Central Plains have been obsessed with retaking the northern gate of the Central Plains. For example, Song Huizong's "Xuanhe Northern Expedition" five years ago, as if he was obsessed with sending troops to the north again and again... However, the result was repeated setbacks, and even a complete defeat.

In fact, both Yue Fei and Han Shizhong also participated in the two Northern Expeditions five years ago, but at most they were only on the outskirts of Yanjing. Can climb over Yanshan Mountain and stride forward towards the farther north!

And it is still in the twelfth lunar month of winter when the snow is flying and the dripping water is freezing!

Thinking of this, Yue Fei couldn't help but shiver slightly, and subconsciously wrapped his down jacket tighter.

——The floating city "Third New Tokyo" built by Doraemon temporarily has a magnificent and magnificent appearance, like a palace in the sky, but the inside is crudely made (by the standards of the future world), with neither Electricity and running water are available, and there is no central heating.When flying in the Bianliang area, it was already terribly cold.When the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, where the weather is cold and frozen, are blown by the first wind in the twelfth lunar month, it is really like an ice cellar. No matter how prosperous you are, it is useless.

In this regard, Guo Jing and others were not unprepared. When they were in Bianliang and Xiangzhou, they wanted to collect a batch of cotton-padded clothes and quilts to prepare for the cold when they went north... Then they were surprised to find that in the Song Dynasty At this moment, cotton cloth has not been popularized yet!People are actually wearing paper clothes!

——During the Northern Song Dynasty, because cotton production was very small, cotton cloth was rare, and silk was expensive, poor families often used paper to make clothes.In Wang Yu's "Tao Fu" poem, there is a cloud: "Chu Guan cloth brown soap gauze scarf." (Chu was the main raw material for papermaking at that time, so it was called Chu Guan.) ."etc.In addition, there are paper accounts, paper quilts and the like.Therefore, there is a saying that "Song people wear paper, and Yuan people wear cotton"...

As for the large-scale popularization of cotton planting and cotton weaving, it will have to wait until the Ming and Qing dynasties—specifically, Huang Daopo went to Hainan Island in the Yuan Dynasty to learn the technology of weaving cotton from the local Li people. After going back to my hometown in Jiangnan for promotion.

Before that, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the areas where cotton was planted were limited to the remote wild lands of Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. It was not until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty or the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that cotton was grown in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Shaanxi gradually spread.

In fact, the cultivation of cotton is not very troublesome, but the problem that really hinders the popularization of cotton is its seed removal process-because the cotton seeds are born inside the cotton bolls, there are many of them, and they are wrapped around the cotton wool. It almost seemed like a nightmare.It was not until the Li people invented a new cotton peeling tool that solved this difficulty that the popularization of cotton cloth among the Chinese people became possible.

Therefore, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, cotton cloth was still called "white folded cloth" by the people of the Central Plains. It was a luxury that was even rarer than silk, and it was not popular among the people at all.It is completely impossible to equip an army with a full set of cotton clothes and quilts in a short period of time.

Before the popularization of cotton clothes on a large scale, the ancient Chinese had been using linen as the main material except for the kind of paper clothes that looked shabby.Although linen has different thicknesses, it is impossible for people to wear linen as rough as a sack, but compared to cotton, it is far behind in terms of warmth and comfort.If someone really went into Manchuria wearing a sackcloth in the twelfth lunar month of winter...then they would probably freeze to death!
The reason why ancient Chinese farmers have the custom of "cat winter" is because in such a severe cold season, if there is no good warm clothes, no one dares to wander in the wild for a long time, so they can only stay in the house obediently Warm up by the fire and wait for the end of winter.

Fortunately, Guo Jing, a real person who protects the country, has enough face, and finally mobilized the rich and powerful, and managed to collect a batch of leather clothes and felts, but the number was still not enough to spread to [-] soldiers... So, Doraemon Nobi Nobita had no choice but to go home again, and together with his mother, took the Japanese yen banknotes they had just pawned property, and went to the flea market to buy a lot of old quilts and second-hand down jackets, which was considered to make up for the gap in winter clothes.

Yue Fei and his colleagues expressed their extreme admiration and love for the warm winter clothes they wore beyond the times - this "down jacket" is far more comfortable and warmer than the sheepskin jackets they are usually reluctant to wear .Although they couldn't figure out how to make such fine clothes out of chicken and duck feathers...

As for the sumptuous meals in the floating city, they are full of motivation even if it is a relatively simple breakfast, there are enough noodle cakes, pickles and bacon to accompany the meal, plus a bowl of golden oil droplets floating in it. Vegetable soup with a few slices of green vegetables, the officer also had fruits and candies for entertainment after meals... Yue Fei really couldn't imagine how the army got fresh fruits and vegetables, don't forget that it's winter now!

——Well, these out-of-season fruits and vegetables, which are regarded as rare treasures by Song people, are just slow-moving goods that Wang Qiu bought at a low price from the small vegetable market in the next street after returning home through the Doraemon Dimension Pocket.The reason why Nobi Nobita was not allowed to buy it in yen is because Japanese fruits are too expensive, and they are sold by the gram. A watermelon can be sold for two to three thousand yen, which really makes Wang Qiu, a poor man, terrified ...

Just as Yue Fei was fiddled with the green vegetable leaves in the bowl with a spoon, and was staring blankly at an apple at hand, he suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder.Looking back, it turned out that Han Shizhong was holding a large dinner plate piled high, walked up to him and sat down.

Compared with Yue Fei who wakes up refreshed in the morning, Han Shizhong looks much more exhausted now, because he and his soldiers have just done some intense exercise—since the takeoff, the [-] infantrymen have been divided into ten groups. The second squad took turns shaking the magical prop [Fengshen Fan] outside the back door of the castle, driving the floating city northward day and night.And Han Shizhong, the infantry commander, was curious about the "magic weapon" and also wanted to show it in front of the immortals, so he set an example and took the lead in participating in the first shift in the morning.But... Although this [Fengshen Fan] is indeed miraculous in use, shaking it for a long time really makes people's backs ache and arms ache.In order to give a good impression to his new boss, Han Shizhong didn't dare to slip away halfway. After insisting on shaking for an hour, he was exhausted and hungry, and his stomach was beating like a drum.

"...What are you thinking about when you don't eat early in the morning? The soup is getting cold!" Han Shizhong said vaguely while chewing on the noodles, "...the weather is so cold now, don't hurry up and eat it The mouth is hot, be careful to freeze into ice cubes in the bowl!"

"...It's nothing. I just recalled what Guo Zhenren said before, and I feel a little puzzled. I don't know what the meaning is."

Yue Fei pondered for a moment, then replied casually, "...go straight to the Huanglong Mansion... the capital of the Kingdom of Jin is Huining, which is further north of the Huanglong Mansion. If the real protector of the country wants to break through the capital of Jurchen and capture the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Wu If you are begging to buy, how can you just fly to Huanglong Mansion and be done?"

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On the castle tower of the "Third New Tokyo" in the floating city, Wang Qiu and the others had already had their breakfast and were chatting, drinking tea and eating snacks.

Although the ice-like weather in the northern part of Saibei is simply crazy, drinking tea while admiring the heavy snow seems to have a special taste.

In the center of the tatami is placed a Japanese-style kerosene stove brought from Nobi’s house. This thing is shiny, very small, and very beautiful. There are small red flames dancing in the transparent glass cover, emitting bursts of warmth. The smell... Put a small metal teapot on the kerosene stove, then add tea and water, after a while, with the humming sound of the kettle boiling, the strong tea fragrance and white steam permeate the room, The feeling of that scene is really wonderful.

"...Go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, and have a drink with the gentlemen... Hey, I didn't even think about it at the time, and I just quoted that famous saying from Grandpa Yue. But now looking back, it's really a joke! Mistaking Huanglong Mansion for the location of the capital of the Kingdom of Jin at this time..."

Professor Guo held the teacup and blew on the hot air, and laughed at himself, "...I didn't expect that Huining City is actually in the north of Huanglong Mansion, and those Song Dynasty officers and soldiers don't know how to laugh at me, an immortal!"

——Yue Fei's famous words in history, "Go straight to Huanglong Mansion, and drink with the lords", let people remember this famous military town in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, but also made many people misunderstand Huanglong Mansion It became the capital of the Kingdom of Jin at that time.

But in fact?Huanglong Mansion is located in Nong'an County, Jilin Province in the future. It was originally Fuyu Mansion of Bohai State. After the Khitan conquered Bohai State, it was renamed Huanglong Mansion. It was one of the first major cities to be developed in the Northeast.The earliest capital of the Kingdom of Jin was located in Huining City on the banks of the Yachuhu River, near the future Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, and was the headquarters of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe. The two were separated by hundreds of miles.

The reason why Yue Fei wanted to go straight to Huanglong Mansion was not because it was the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, but because the Five Kingdoms City under the jurisdiction of Huanglong Mansion was the place where the Jin people imprisoned the two deposed emperors Song Qinzong and Song Huizong!

But the problem is, since these two emperors are not being plundered to the north, but are staying safely in the "New Tokyo" and "Second New Tokyo" in Bianliang to practice immortality, then the Huanglong Mansion is very important to the people of the Song Dynasty. , which is an ordinary important town of the enemy country, has no special meaning... So, before he knew it, Professor Guo made a joke.

"...Let's just make a joke. I don't think anyone will come to tell you the truth." Wang Qiu took a sip of hot tea, looked down at the snowy scenery outside the Great Wall, and said casually, "...I care more about The question is, how long will it take to reach Huining, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin?”

"... Well, judging from the current speed, we only need one day and one night to fly from Xiangzhou on the bank of the Yellow River to Beyond the Great Wall north of Yanshan Mountain. Then we should be able to reach Huining by tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow." Duo Doraemon put down the teacup and dorayaki, and after gesticulating on the electronic map, he replied, "...Now it's time to discuss how to fight this battle against the capital of the Kingdom of Jin..."