Zhao Xu was very anxious, Tang Ning was very clear about this, but if it was useful to be anxious, Zhao Kuangyin had already taken back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun more than a hundred years ago.

Don't think that Zhao Xu is the only one in a hurry, and Tang Ning's mood is not very relaxed. If Zhao Xu died and he took Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures back, then who would he do it for?

Only when Zhao Xu is still alive does it make sense to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun by himself, otherwise he is just doing something that has not been done.

Holding this letter with only three words in his hand, he read it for a long time. During this period, Fang La came in and was about to ask about something, but when he saw Tang Ning in such a state, he shuddered, closed the door and left.

The winter in Shunzhou is very cold, but it is still acceptable. The temperature in Downing's room is difficult to enter.

In the end, Tang Ning still put the letter away, went out and called Zhao Li, asking him when the officials appointed by the imperial court would arrive in Shunzhou.

As a prison soldier, Zhao Tong was not very clear about this matter. But in addition to his status as a prisoner, he is also the prince of the Great Song Dynasty. With this status, when officials are ready to come to him to take up their posts, they must solemnly write to inform him.

So when Tang Ning asked, Zhao Yan thought for a moment and replied: "Three days ago, when we had just entered Shunzhou City for two days, he had already sent a letter saying that he had set off from Yizhou.

If you get here, it will take two days at the earliest. ”

After speaking, Zhao Yan looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about this, is there something wrong?" ”

"Nope." Tang Ning sighed and said, "I'm just asking, after all, when will he come, and when will we be able to go to Zhuozhou." ”

Zhao Yan smiled and said: "You don't have to be so anxious, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been trying to recover since the beginning of the founding of the country, but until today, there is a chance to recover."

I've endured it for more than 100 years, are you still in a hurry for this time? ”

Tang Ningxin said that you kid really doesn't have a backache when you stand and talk, your imperial brother is already in a hurry and is about to go crazy, you can still say this.

After taking a deep look at Zhao Yan, Tang Ning suddenly felt that there were only two people in the world who were eager to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, himself and Zhao Xu.

For the rest, from the three princes and nine kings to the skin-based pawns, everyone will not feel anxious.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been lost from the hands of the Han people for more than 100 years, and the places that have not been recovered for more than 100 years have suddenly become hopeful, who wants this hope to turn into despair in the end?

What the people of the world hope most is that Tang Ning can fight steadily and slowly collect the land of Yanyun. It is better to let him go for a year for every piece of land he receives. When the local people have their hearts set on the Great Song Dynasty, they will go to recover other places.

Thinking of this, Tang Ning couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Zhao Li's attitude represents the attitude of the vast majority of the Song people, as a member of the royal family, as a member of the interests of the Song State, he is not in a hurry, so who else will be in a hurry?

It's already January, but the weather in the north is not getting warmer at all, but getting colder. It just snowed yesterday and today is slightly better.

With money, a lot can be improved.

For example, in the past, every winter, when soldiers were fighting outside, there would always be some people who were frozen to death because they couldn't survive the cold weather, or they were so frozen that they had to cut off their hands and feet.

However, after having money, sufficient cold materials arrived, and it was difficult for the soldiers to freeze to death even if they wanted to.

As early as the Han Dynasty, cotton has appeared in the vast land of China. But no one has been able to discover its value for a long time, so the cotton can only nest in Danzhou, which is as warm as spring all year round.

Three years ago, under Tang Ning's activities, the imperial court issued an order to transfer Su Shi to Beijing. But Su Shi died of illness halfway through. Downing did not meet the great poet who moved the world, but he did meet his son.

After his father died of illness, Su Shi's son wrote to the court to explain the matter, and Zhao Xu ordered him to keep filial piety until the end of Su Shi's mourning period before entering Beijing. Three years later, Su Shizi entered the capital and brought a lot of Danzhou local products as gifts to his father's friends in the capital.

Among them, cotton is a very eye-catching existence in Downing's eyes.

Winter was a difficult time for the ancients, as people simply did not have clothes to protect themselves from the cold. The thing that everyone uses to keep out the cold is just the fur of animals.

Tiger skins were a top-notch material for keeping out the cold during this period, but only the wealthy could afford it. The poor are either dressed in low-quality robes or cheaper dogskin robes - then don't think about mink fox furs, go to bed early, you have everything in your dreams.

Tang Ning thought that cotton had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains during this period, so he had to let it go. But when Su Guo took this toy to visit his neighbors, Tang Ning was no longer calm.

Tang Ning, who was drinking tea in Qiu Wanjia at the time, held the cotton, grabbed Su Guo's neck and asked angrily why this thing was not taken out earlier.

Su Guo was frightened, he was about the same age as Tang Ning. But Tang Ning is both the lord of an army and the marquis of a country, with such an identity, how dare Su Guo go against him, and how dare he say no in front of him?

Later, Tang Ning also knew that he was too excited, and he was preparing for the Northern Expedition at that time, and he was upset. Suddenly, seeing such a good thing, Tang Ning hurriedly took Su over to see Zhao Xu.

After detailing the use of cotton, Zhao Xu immediately cared about it. this

Zhao Xu has never let go of major issues related to people's livelihood.

So he specially ordered Su Guo to be the manager of this matter, and gave Su Guo a task, that is, to find a way to increase the yield of cotton, and to be able to make a large amount of cotton into clothing.

Su Guo is the smartest and most knowledgeable of Su Shi's three sons, although he is still young, but this kind of thing is naturally not a problem. When he went to Danzhou with his father in his early years, he found that the Danzhou natives had special cotton spinning technology.

So for most of the year, he has been running at both ends, combining the cotton spinning technology of the Danzhou natives with the cotton spinning technology of the Central Plains, and finding a lot of textile masters, so that they can put forward suggestions for improving the cotton spinning equipment, so as to create a special cotton spinning loom.

The first batch of cotton clothes and pants manufactured were those worn by the Zhenguo Army. Each person had two cotton clothes and pants to change into, and a dogskin jacket. Under such protection, this year's winter is much more comfortable for the Zhenguo Army than the previous winter.

The people in Shunzhou City were very frightened by the arrival of the Song army at first, but after a few days, they found that the Song army did not massacre after entering the city, nor did they do anything to harm themselves, so they became bold and dared to come out of their homes.

Some of them also started a business with Song Jun, and the experience was not bad, no one in Song Jun took credit, and they were too lazy to bargain, which was much better than the Liao people.

Some Qinglou women also admired the wolf-like tiger of the Song Dynasty, and Tang Ning repeatedly warned his subordinates to pay attention to the influence, but in the end it didn't make any difference, and Tang Ning had to let it go.

Tang Ning has always turned a blind eye to the things that the soldiers run to chic when they have nothing to do, this kind of thing is impossible to put an end to, they are all men of this age, and they fight and kill all day long, if they don't find some way to vent, sooner or later the whole army will be a murderer.

Downing didn't want to build an army full of butchers, so he acquiesced to this behavior.

In the courtyard outside the door, I don't know who is in the mood to build a snowman, but seeing Qi Fu standing at the door with an expectant look, he should be undoubted.

In the past, Tang Ning might have praised him, but today Tang Ning is not in the mood at all. After leaving the marshal's mansion without saying a word, he went to the stable to lead a horse, and rode out of the city on the horse.

Qi Fu and Lin Wei hurriedly followed, and saw Tang Ning arrive at the Zhenguo military camp outside the city.

Xiao Shi and the others had just finished their morning training and were having breakfast, and as soon as Tang Ning came, he called a meeting of the generals.

Several people hurriedly grabbed the steamed buns with their rice bowls and ran into the handsome tent, and after entering, they saw Tang Ning with a black face.

"Who messed with him?" Xiao Shi immediately asked in a low voice, "Which of you made him angry again?" ”