General Gong questioned his personal guards in his tent.
"General, we've been sending cotton-padded clothes and weapons from the capital for the past few months, and now that it's getting cold..."
All the soldiers have been given new cotton-padded clothes and new weapons.
The guard immediately replied loudly, his face beaming with a smile.
He also received two new cotton-padded coats. Today is the happiest day for him in recent years, and it must be the happiest day for the soldiers as well.
These soldiers guarding the border rarely get to go home. They send any of their salary home, and rely on the military camp for food and clothing.
However, the treasury of Dayong did not have enough money to buy them new clothes.
Most of the money was allocated to areas in need of disaster relief, so they haven't worn new clothes for several years.
In the past, even if there were new clothes, there wasn't much cotton padding inside, so that the cotton saved could be used to make more winter clothes.
But this year is different. News from the capital says that all these things were prepared well in advance by Princess Anle.
They wouldn't even let anyone pocket it.
It took several months of rush production to deliver the cotton-padded clothes to the military camp before winter.
He also heard that the weapons that came this time were produced from a large iron mine that Princess Anle accidentally discovered.
How could he not be excited?
"By the way, General, Princess Anle also sent over a lot of grain, just in case we don't know what to do with it."
The people who came with them were already preparing in the kitchen.
General Gong was none other than Jing Le's maternal grandfather, Gong Hongbo.
"Hahaha, good, good, good, let the soldiers all have a taste of this fresh food later."
The general felt honored to have his clothes on.
He knew perfectly well who Princess Anle was; his daughter had written to him long ago.
She also told her father about everything that had happened in Beijing over the past few months.
Therefore, even though they hadn't met Jing Le yet, their family had a very good impression of her.
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