If the matter is not important, the scholar can solve it himself. He specially sent someone to ask Ying Yi, which means it is not a trivial matter.

Ying Yi cheered up and listened with his ears.

The scholar said, "I have always kept it in mind about military uniforms and armor. I have never come up with any good idea these days. But the mountains and rivers are full of water, and I didn't expect to accidentally hear an idea from a woman."

"Oh?" Ying Yi's eyes lit up: "Let's talk about it quickly."

I heard from the scholar: "It was a woman who prepared a gun and said it accidentally..."

The scholars have now sorted out the manpower in Crescent Valley. There are more than 23,000 people in Crescent Valley, of which nearly 9,000 are young and middle-aged. The number of healthy women is slightly higher, and the remaining are the elderly and weak. After more than 3,000 recruits, more than 5,000 young and strong men are all going to be invested in the construction of Crescent Valley and Bibo Valley. Therefore, the choice of manpower in preparing guns can only be young and strong women.

While urging the preparation of the gun, the scholar heard something from a woman.

This is an era of desolation. Ordinary people cannot afford to eat or wear clothes. The woman accidentally said that there is a kind of thorny vine in Fangcheng Mountain. It is cut off and put in water to ferment. It will be fermented for about half a month, and then taken out and washed and cleaned. After tidying, it will turn into handfuls of twine. Soak these twine in tung oil for three days, dry it, and then put it in water to ferment for two days. After taking it out, it can be used as textiles. The clothes made are extremely durable.

"This woman also said that if she soaked tung oil several times repeatedly, the clothes made of this thorny twine will be more durable."

After hearing this, Ying Yi couldn't help but say, "Have the scholar seen the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

The scholar laughed: "I know what the lord means. In the Romance of the Romance, Kong Ming conquers the Southern Barbarians. There is a Wutuku who has a vine armored soldier, which has caused quite a lot of trouble for Kong Ming."

"Yes, it's the vine armored soldiers." Ying Yi said: "I heard of this vine armored jacket, and I feel like I have a déjà vu."

The scholar nodded: "The subordinates were the same at that time. Therefore, they felt that it might meet the requirements of the adults."

Ying Yi nodded: "If it can be compared with the vine armor, no, as long as it has half the effect, I will remember you for a great achievement. But is this kind of thorn vine common? Does it meet the needs of thousands or even tens of thousands of military uniforms?"

The scholar said: "My lord's concern has also been thought about it. I asked the woman, saying that this kind of thorn vine is very common in Fangchengshan. I thought that tens of thousands of sets would not be possible for a while, but thousands of sets should be OK, right?"

Ying Yi smiled and said, "Since that's the case, why are you hesitating? Let it go."

He said: "The manpower silver is as you want. Without delaying the preparation of the gun, try to make the rattan armor as much as possible."

"Yes." The scholar was very happy: "I will live up to the expectations of the adults."

Ying Yi was also very happy. An army must have all the troops and armor to get on the battlefield. But the current situation is extremely difficult. If you can find a replacement, it is tantamount to opening up a new situation. This is self-evident.

"If this kind of thorny armor-making effect is very good, remember not to break the roots of the thorny vine. It is best to prepare for large-scale planting like planting grain. We cannot only have these 3,000 soldiers, and there will definitely be more and more in the future." He then instructed carefully.

Xiucai Sun understood it.

"The situation near Ye County is getting worse and worse." Ying Yi said: "Maybe for a short period of time, I can't take care of the mountains. I'll leave everything here to you."

Sun Xiucai bowed solemnly.

In the Crescent Valley, Ying Yi did not stay for much. After meeting the scholar, he returned to Bibo Valley overnight, quietly took the woman surnamed Yuan away, and returned to Xiaowangzhuang.

Now this woman has no need to hide it. She used to be careful to hide it from Zheng Yunzhi. Now that Zheng Yunzhi has been under house arrest by him, there is no need to cover up any more.

"This woman is a descendant of Yuan Chonghuan."

Ying Yi called Zhou Li and Zhu Bingkun: "The news of military pay was leaked to the thief."

When the two heard that Zhou Li had nothing, Zhu Bingkun cursed: "It turns out that the mouse son can dig holes. What kind of guy is Yuan Chonghuan? What kind of guy is this bitch?" Yuan Chonghuan died of cutting into pieces, and the whole world was in an uproar. At that time, the people in the capital even ate his meat.

It can be seen that he attracts so much hatred.

As the Liaodong commander, he commanded hundreds of thousands of troops and even allowed the Tartars to attack the capital.

If the capital is caught off guard, you can imagine what the people will end up in. How can you not hate him?!

Zhou Li might not know very well, but Zhu Bingkun knew that he couldn't help but get angry for a moment and scolded the bitch.

"Okay." Ying Yi waved his hand: "This woman is already crazy. What's the point of having to worry about madman? She is useful. She is temporarily detained and optimistic."

After handing over the woman surnamed Yuan to Zhou Li to guard him, Ying Yi said, "The thieves' army is heading south. I'm not worried about Zhang Shi's side. I plan to go and see him immediately. Be careful and remember my previous instructions."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Li hurriedly said, "You sir, running around and working hard all night, why not stay with me, right?"

Zhu Bingkun said the same thing.

Ying Yi said in an unquestionable tone: "I'll go, you guys keep this place."

...

South of Ye County, by the woods.

An army camped here.

The fire and the torches are dotted and shine together.

At the fifth morning, except for the occasional neighing of horses, patrol and watch, there was a complete silence.

On a grassy slope about two or three miles away, several figures were crawling. Zhang Shi held his arms and curled up in a ball. While staring at the thieves' camp, his teeth trembled: "Mom is so cold. Wang Er and Li San, you sleep for a while, I'll stare. Continue to rotate later."

"Sleep fart." One person said: "The cold Kier hurts so hard that he can't sleep."

Zhang Shi grinned and breathed out a breath of white air from the darkness: "If you are cold, eat some dry food."

Another man suddenly said, "Boss, you said that this thief suddenly went south. What would we, Lord Ying, do? I heard that Lord Ying is unparalleled in courage and killing people is like killing chickens. There are no 1,000 thieves who die in his hands. Will they fight against the thieves?"

Zhang Shi laughed and said, "Why, are you scared?"

"I'm afraid of it." The man said disdainfully: "The thieves are all beasts, and I, Li San, are afraid of beasts?! I want to kill a few more of him!"

Wang Er patted Li San on the shoulder and said, "Boss, you don't know, Li San's hometown was slaughtered by a thief..."

In this era, there was probably no pain in the areas where the thieves had not been ravaged by thieves. How many people in the world don’t hate thieves? Burning, killing, slaughtering, plundering, and robbing all the consciences that thieves cannot do?!

Although the government in the Ming Dynasty was corrupt to the root of the root, it still maintained stability. For the vast majority of the people, stability is greater than the sky. As long as labor can make them survive, no matter how difficult it is, they will not break the stability.
Chapter completed!