Happy Farmer's Life

In a flash, it was late autumn, and Du Weiming did not expect that he would stay at the border for such a long time. It turned out that he only brought some light summer clothes, and he was really unprepared for thick clothes. It is much colder in Pingfu Town, and Du Weiming has already put on cotton clothes now.

During this period of time, there have been many wars, large and small, especially the two relatively large wars. Even with the help of gunpowder, Jing Guo suffered a lot of casualties. It is conceivable that if there is no gunpowder, it is estimated that Zhou Guohe Wu Guo has already entered the customs with the Samos.After having gunpowder, they didn't dare to act rashly anymore, and now small-scale conflicts continued, but major conflicts did not happen much.It's just that this is not a long-term solution. If it is consumed like this for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to Jing Guo itself. After all, the current situation is one against three.

"Jing Yuan, have the follow-up items arrived?"

"Some of them have arrived, but some have not arrived." As the saying goes, soldiers and horses have not moved food and grass first. Now that soldiers and horses are at the border, the transportation of food and grass has become the key. If the follow-up materials cannot keep up, it is useless.

"Hurry up and write a letter to the emperor. These supplies must be delivered before winter, otherwise it will be more troublesome later."

"I've already passed the letter to Brother Huang by Feige, it should be soon."

Du Weiming doesn't care much about gunpowder anymore. With the formula, Wu Cheng, a weapon expert, is much better than himself, a three-legged cat. It is estimated that he will really be able to work out a musket in the near future, because for muskets. Du Weiming was also ignorant, he could only describe the general appearance and the desired effect, and he couldn't help with the actual operation. Wu Cheng also gradually took over, and was in charge of the gunpowder.The current production capacity can probably supply about 700 people. Of course, if there is no large-scale conflict and production can keep up during this period, the supply of gunpowder should be more.

Zhou Wen wrote a letter two days ago. The harvest at home this year is good, and the situation in the shop is quite stable. The autumn potatoes have been planted. Everything is fine, but the baby often talks about when his brother will be able to go back. .Du Weiming planned to go back next spring, and now the situation in Jingyuan has not stabilized, Du Weiming wants to wait until the situation is stable before going back.On the other hand, I also want to spend the Spring Festival with Jing Yuan.

"Master, the hot pot you want is ready." Wang Wu has also resigned from the position of coach now, and many soldiers have learned how to use gunpowder, so Wang Wu is still mainly responsible for serving Du Weiming.Now that the army is in turmoil, Du Weiming doesn't know kung fu. Even though he has gunpowder, Jing Yuan still sent Wang Wu to take care of Du Weiming. On the other hand, the two have spent a long time together and are familiar with each other.

"Wang Wu, go and call Jing Yuan here, let's eat together." Although he knew that Jing Yuan was the prince, under Jing Yuan's insistence, Du Weiming called him by his name directly. Yes, deep down, as a modern person, I am still not used to these class ideas.

Of course, the materials here are not as rich as those at home. Du Weiming still started a small stove in his tent. He really can't get used to the big pot meals in the army, and he doesn't want to go to Jingyuan's to eat every day.On the contrary, after he started the small stove, Jing Yuan came to eat every day, how could he be missing from the hot pot today?Of course, the ingredients for the hot pot are only mutton, pork, and some potatoes, cabbage, radishes and so on. Du Weiming has tried his best to use all the ingredients, and there are only a few varieties that can be had. The amount is quite a lot. let's go.Du Weiming gradually got used to his military career during this period of time. He had only had military training in school before, and that was just a formality.

"Wow, it smells so good, Wei Ming, eat it quickly, I'm starving to death."

Du Weiming felt a little helpless about Jing Yuan's exaggeration, seeing this appearance by the soldiers below, he really didn't know how they should feel.You must know that Jing Yuan always looks serious and serious at ordinary times, how could he think that he is so greedy.

"Sit down quickly, and be careful not to be seen by others. You will be the one who will lose face."

"Don't worry, you can't come in here without my permission."

Du Weiming was also speechless, forget it, let him do as he pleases.Pork is chopped into puree today, seasoned and kneaded into small balls. The oil here is not like home, so it can only be like this.Jing Yuan didn't care about these things, picked up a few meatballs and radishes with his chopsticks, and started eating.Du Weiming put the mutton slices into the pot. The mutton can't be cooked for a long time, or it will be easy to get old. After a few back and forth, it can be eaten after the color changes.

To be honest, it's really cool to eat hot pot in this cold day. After a meal, Du Weiming has already dragged his coat, so the sweat on his forehead is still constant.Wang Wu also ate together, and the three of them ate with relish for more than half an hour, knowing that everything was wiped out.Du Weiming was not allowed to drink the soup from the hot pot. Drinking it would be bad for your health, so just pour it out. Wang Wu packed up the things, and Du Weiming talked to Jing Yuan to digest the food.

"The Satsuma people don't seem to be coming to attack much recently."

"Well, when it's cold, their activities are much less. Usually they will rest on the grassland at this time."

"What did Wu Guo and Zhou Guo say?"

"It's still the same. I don't plan to retreat, but I don't want to commit any crimes. At most, there will only be a little friction. We can just take advantage of this time to rest."

Jing Yuan brought two lieutenants himself, and in the past two years, the lieutenant has really grown a lot. Generally, they are sent to lead troops in small battles. With actual combat experience, the two have grown rapidly. .Liu Jingyuan didn't want to stay at the border for the rest of his life. At that time, the emperor's elder brother had just succeeded to the throne and there was no one available. Liu Jingyuan had no choice but to come to the border.The old generals will be in Kyoto and the other two fortresses. When the lieutenants below mature, they can rest.

The two chatted about other things. To be honest, there is really no gossip to talk about in this army. It is nothing more than talking about family affairs, or some things about Zhou and Wu. After returning to his camp to do some work, Du Weiming was free.These days, because the weather is getting colder, Du Weiming saw that Jing Yuan was always rubbing his knees, and his back hurt from time to time. The doctor said that it was the sequelae of the injury, and because of the armor he was wearing, he couldn't wear too many clothes at ordinary times. It is easier to catch cold.Du Weiming asked Wang Wu to collect some chicken feathers and duck feathers, and was going to experiment to see if he could make the most original down jacket.I only wear down jackets. I have never done this before, and of course I don’t plan to do it myself. I just want to see how to make these down jackets.

Feathers include chicken feathers and duck feathers. For the sake of warmth, Du Weiming remembers that only the top fleece is used for good down jackets, and the fur has a strange smell of blood. Du Weiming threw all the feathers into the pot and boiled them first. After a while, wet hair is easier to cut.When cooking, I put some deodorizing materials into it. I asked the doctor for it, otherwise no one would wear the clothes after they were made. It smells bad.It is also more convenient to cut wet feathers, but it is quite laborious to take only a small part of the front of each feather.Du Weiming and Wang Wu didn't produce much in one night, and only continued tomorrow.

Du Weiming made this thing without telling Jing Yuan, so this was given to him as a New Year's gift, and of course it was kept secret before giving it.After more than ten days of fiddling, he finally got a small bag of down. Du Weiming asked the person in charge of clothing in the army to help him make two knee pads, an empty cotton coat, and a small vest.The kneepads and cotton coats are for us, and the vests are for the dolls.Du Weiming only needs to fill the down and sew it up.It's just that the filling process is not mentioned, Du Weiming took a lot of effort to finish this thing.I tried it, and the warmth retention is much better than cotton clothes.And it's relatively thin, so it can be worn under armor without being heavy. Du Weiming is very satisfied with this.Although the seams of the self-sealing are a bit crooked, the effect of keeping warm is really good.If I have time to go back and let Xichun and Lianqiu do it, I think they can do better.The doll's vest was still short of down, so Du Weiming asked Wang Wu to get some chicken feathers and duck feathers back.With experience, it can be done quickly, and it was completed years ago. Du Weiming sent a small package back to Pingfu Town with his experience, and asked Jing Yuan to try it at night.

"Jing Yuan, try this?"

"What is this? Hey, did Weiming make this for me?"

"Try it, it's colder here, but I tried it and it's still quite warm."

The size of the clothes is not bad, the sleeves are a little short, if you look at Jing Yuan's happy face, you can tell that he must be very satisfied.

"Seeing that you have nothing missing, I don't know what to give you. This is my New Year's gift to you early."

Seeing Jing Yuan's appearance of being reluctant to take it off, Du Weiming thought it was really funny.The most important thing in giving a gift is the heart, as long as your own heart arrives, it will be fine.Seeing that those who received the gift are so happy, the hard work these days must have been rewarded.

"Wei Ming, this is very warm, I like it very much, thank you."

Liu Jingyuan knew that Du Weiming was tinkering with something these nights, but he didn't expect it to be given to him. His heart was sweeter than eating honey. Weiming gave him such a thoughtful thing, what should he give him?