Chapter 98 This New Winter Coat Must Be Very Expensive!

There were other guards practicing fighting in the training ground, but it was not important at the moment.

"Is this acting?"

Duke Dingguo stared at the five fallen guards and quickly refuted himself.

"No, it's not acting, it's real."

"Their movements and speed are almost not affected by the winter clothes!"

Duke Dingguo rushed forward and grabbed the victorious guard who was still standing with his bare hands, and was about to take off his clothes!

But when he reached out and touched it, Duke Dingguo was stunned. The touch of this new winter coat - down jacket!

It was bulged into pieces, bulging and ugly, but it was unusually fluffy and soft, not hard at all, which he had never felt before.

"So thick, but so light..."

Duke Dingguo was stunned for a moment, then forcibly took one off the guard and put it on himself!

The guard who was stripped off had a trace of obvious reluctance on his face.

Duke Dingguo didn't miss his look and snorted, "I'll try and return it to you later!"

"It's just a winter coat. I have all kinds of mink and tiger skins. How can I steal your clothes--"

Duke Dingguo has a bad temper and his mouth is faster than his brain.

But he got stuck after putting on the clothes when he was halfway through.

Duke Dingguo couldn't say the rest of the words.

This down jacket is made of dark cloth. It looks ugly and ordinary, and it's particularly bloated.

But when he put it on, it's so light!

He didn't feel any weight on his body at all.

He felt so light that he could fly in the wind!

Duke Dingguo was stunned, and then took two steps forward, pulled out the knife from the guard's waist, and showed off his power on the spot!

The rustling sound of the wind cut through the sky of the parade ground and whistled into the ears of all officials.

One after another, the generals stared with wide eyes.

The civil officials didn't know the secret, but the military officers understood it.

"Duke Dingguo's style is still the same as before."

"Hey! How come this winter coat doesn't seem to hinder Duke Dingguo's movements at all!"

"Is it really so light?"

"How did you do it?!"

"Let me try too!" The older generation of military officers, who had similar qualifications to Duke Dingguo, were bold and rushed to grab the 'bear winter coat' on the remaining four victorious guards!

"Don't worry, don't worry, we are the same as Duke Dingguo, we will give it back to you after you try it——"

The four new older generation military officers said so.

And then, there was nothing else.

After a while of playing with swords and guns, they touched their bear coats, no, down coats, and their eyes were shining!

What to give back to the guards? It doesn't exist!

"Hey, Your Majesty, how many winter coats do you have now?"

"Give this one to me. I don't want any other rewards from you this year."

"Well, guards of the parade ground, Your Majesty, will you give me a new one? I've worn this one so much that I'm sweating all over. I won't give it back and cause trouble for others."

Five guards who were stripped of their clothes: "..."

All the ministers in the court: "..."

Speechless.

Shameless, shameless.

Would you put it on and not take it off? You just want to rob it!

Duke Dingguo's face didn't even turn red.

He had already returned the knife to the guard, and his two old wrinkled hands calmly reached into the down jacket - the pockets on both sides of the hem!

This jacket has big pockets!

Duke Dingguo was shocked.

Xiao Yunzhou looked at him and nodded, "This can be used to store some marching supplies, such as charcoal pencils, fire sticks, and knives."

"What do you think of Concubine Liu's idea, Duke Dingguo?"

Duke Dingguo opened his mouth.

It's very useful, damn it's very useful!

Some soldiers now put their knives and other things in their boots and lapels, and the sweat smells bad.

The key is to bend down, stand up, take off shoes, and touch the chest, which takes time!

This down jacket is light and can hold things, it has multiple uses!

Xiao Yunzhou laughed, "Women have never been on the battlefield. Concubine Liu knows far less about marching than Duke Dingguo."

Ah.

Duke Dingguo blushed.

He knows a lot, but he is good at killing enemies and leading troops, but he is not as good as women in making military winter clothes.

"This winter coat pocket was thought up by Concubine Liu when she was watching a play in the palace two years ago. In the play, a young man took out a token of love from his sleeve."

"Concubine Liu was thinking whether she could add two 'sleeve pockets' to this winter coat to store things at the hem closer to the soldiers' hands."

"She is not as knowledgeable as Duke Dingguo, so she needs your advice to see if there is anything that can be improved."

What, improvement?

Duke Dingguo carefully recalled the 'satisfying feeling' of wielding swords and guns just now.

He really couldn't think of it.

The only problem with this winter coat is probably that it costs a lot of money!

Now that military pay is tight, can they afford to make so many of these extraordinary winter coats to supply all the soldiers at the border?

Although the people are borrowing money from the treasury now, the military pay and military supplies are a bottomless pit with only money coming in but no money going out.

What can the army use to pay back the people?

Duke Dingguo knew in his heart that the money from the bank could only be used for other purposes, not for the army.

"There is nothing wrong with this winter coat." Duke Dingguo thought and sighed.

"If there is a problem, it is the Ministry of Revenue's problem, it is the problem of those cabinet ministers."

"Concubine Liu is a good person, there is nothing wrong with her."

Ministry of Revenue, Cabinet: "???"

Where did this conclusion come from?

It's really that they are standing in the parade ground, and the pot comes from the sky!

Fu Cha cabinet frowned.

The second assistant behind him couldn't help but stand up and refute, "What does Duke Dingguo mean by this?"

Military generals are unreliable and brainless. They just formed a united front with their civil officials to criticize the emperor for establishing female officials.

Now they turn around and stab their civil officials in the back!

Rude, vulgar, brainless!

"Why are you dragging us into this when you can talk about Concubine Liu's appointment as a female official and winter clothes?"

Duke Dingguo glared at him, "Shen Mian, you idiot! What do I mean? Of course I mean that you are incompetent!"

"The harem made such good winter clothes. When I think that you are incompetent and don't have the money to make 200,000 or 300,000 pieces so that every soldier in Jingguo can have them, I want to scold you!"

After Duke Dingguo said this, the military generals and even the ministers of the Ministry of War began to nod.

"Is this winter coat really that good?" The civil officials who were listening were all curious.

Duke Dingguo was just like them, a little slow in his movements and pale in his face due to the cold.

Now that he put on this winter coat, not only was he moving more easily, but his voice was louder... his forehead was sweating from the heat!

Five well-known dukes and generals refused to take it off after wearing it.

From criticizing Concubine Liu to criticizing the cabinet.

From criticizing winter clothes to praising them.

"This is good, whoever wears it will know." Duke Dingguo waved his hand, "I suggest everyone try it. If everyone in our army can have it, we will no longer be afraid of marching in winter!"

"..."

Except for these five generals dressed like bears, the rest of the civil and military officials in the court were all stunned.

Let them try it, what to try it with?

You guys take it off.

"Well, let the ministers try it another day," Xiao Yunzhou smiled and spread his hands, "There are only these five pieces for now."

"Hey!"

Duke Dingguo frowned, "I knew that this dress must be very expensive, and the workmanship must be complicated? So light but so warm."

"I knew that anyway, if this dress cannot be popularized, it is right to blame the Ministry of Revenue and the Cabinet!"

The corners of the Ministry of Revenue and the Cabinet twitched.

Fu Cha Gong Lao coughed lightly, "Silver charcoal can also be used for heating, but the price is too high and it cannot be promoted in the army. Duke Dingguo, please stop being unreasonable."

"Concubine Liu has made contributions, but this winter coat cannot be promoted to everyone and is of little use. Forcing it to the army will be too laborious and costly."

"Your Majesty, I still say the same thing. I don't oppose rewarding according to merit, but Your Majesty should be fair and just, measure the merits, and please think twice about the matter of conferring a female official."

Fu Cha Gong Lao bowed down.

Duke Dingguo touched the winter coat on his body with care, and liked it very much, but he could only sigh when he heard it.

"Alas."

It's too expensive, I can't use it.

I'm happy in vain.

If only the generals can wear it, but the soldiers can't wear it, no matter how good it is, it's useless.

Duke Dingguo and several other generals looked disappointed, but when they were about to take off the winter coat dejectedly and give up the matter, they heard Xiao Yunzhou laugh.

"Both Fucha and Duke Dingguo have a point."

"What a coincidence, Liupin's winter coat - Jiang Li, tell me, how much does it cost?"

Among a group of civil officials, the 'traitor' Jiang Li finally raised his head and stood up.

He said his first words to Duke Dingguo and Fucha in the morning court today.

"This winter coat is not expensive, just a bag of duck feathers."

"......?"

"???"

"......???!"