Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 163 Cotton

Chapter 163 Cotton
After walking out the back door, I found a large field.Rice, wheat, millet, millet, soybeans, etc. are grown here, and all common crops are available here.There is a yard next to the farmland, where chickens, ducks, and geese are raised, and there are cattle and sheep grazing in the grass on one side.

After looking around, Wang Ruohai asked, "Zhi Zhi, what is this place?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is a special place for growing grain and raising livestock and poultry. We have selected grains from all over the place that are suitable for growing here, planted them in different areas, and have a special person watch over them. Compare the pros and cons of each grain, and choose the best from the inside. If it succeeds, it will be sold to the common people. The same principle applies to raising livestock and poultry, select good breeds and then sell them to the common people. The government does not do this kind of thing, and the common people are too slow to do it.”

Wang Ruohai nodded, but did not speak.This is a good thing, but in this chaotic world, it always makes people feel a little strange.

But Wang Xiaolie knew that this matter was very important.In ancient society, it was very difficult to select and breed good breeds.It often takes a long time and several generations of hard work to form local good varieties.If there is no special opportunity, it is difficult to promote it to the society.And entering the industrial society, even if you just use the most traditional method, as long as you persist in doing it, you will be able to achieve great results in a few years.

In the past life, people will find that the food and fruits they eat are changing with each passing day.Foreign fruits that have never been eaten before, new varieties that have never been heard before, suddenly appear everywhere in a few years.When I first saw it, people had a lot of speculation.For example, fruit corn, some people say it is genetically modified, but it is actually just a different variety.For example, colored cotton is said to be genetically modified, but they don't know that cotton is originally colored.These are the fruits of breeding, and what they eat changes rapidly.

The country will come forward to conduct unified breeding and promotion, and improved varieties can quickly spread all over the world.The improvement of seeds is of great significance to crops.The progress of agriculture will promote the rapid progress of society.

Lu Qing pointed to a nearby field and said, "What is growing here? I haven't seen it before."

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is grass cotton from the Western Regions. I heard that this kind of cotton fabric is the best quality in the Western Regions. But in the Central Plains, no one knows how to use cotton to weave fabrics. It is only occasionally planted. I think Cotton can be grown like grain, and its yield is higher than that of hemp. I heard that the fabric is better than hemp, and it will become popular in the world in the future. Therefore, I specially found seeds, planted them here, and studied them slowly.”

"So it's straw cotton—" Lu Qing nodded.

At this time, there are two types of cotton, kapok is generally grown in the south, and grass cotton is grown in the western regions.Grass cotton, also known as cotton in later generations, is a herbaceous plant produced in the Western Regions.Cotton weaving has been used in the Western Regions for a long time, but the weaving technology is immature and the cost is high.In addition, since the mid-Tang Dynasty, the communication between the Western Regions and the Central Plains was cut off, and there were not many people in the Central Plains.

Wang Xiaolie was overjoyed when he saw the cotton seeds a few months ago.Does he know how important the status of cotton is.To a large extent it was the cotton textile industry that drove the Industrial Revolution.Even in China, the cotton textile industry in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was extremely important.They took the seeds specially and opened up a field in Xinye to plant them.Even if it can't be woven into cloth, it's still good to make padded jackets in winter.

Cotton fibers are relatively short, and it was difficult for China, which is accustomed to the textile technology of long fibers such as silk and hemp, to use them for a while.By the time of the Song Dynasty, cotton had already been introduced to the Central Plains.However, due to immature textile technology, it has not been popularized yet.The key is cotton weaving, and spinning is an important process.

China has long had spinning machinery, and a lot of improvements were made in the Song Dynasty.However, the raw materials spun in the past were long fibers and could not be directly used to spin cotton yarn.The lack of spinning technology limits the promotion of cotton.

In history, 200 years later, Huang Daopo improved the spinning machinery and promoted the rapid development of cotton in China.For Wang Xiaolie, as long as there is cotton, everything else is not a big problem.

Seeing that Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing were not very interested in cotton, Wang Xiaolie was a little disappointed.Apparently the two had no idea how the crop had influenced human history, only that it was part of Wang Xiaolie's various whims.

After walking for a while, Wang Ruohai looked at the field, and said to Wang Xiaoli: "There is everything here, and the pictures are not small."

Wang Xiaolie smiled: "There is no way. Now I have to support the army, and I don't want to squeeze money from the farmers, so I can only do everything like this. The more I do, the more money I make, the army can't afford food and clothing. worry."

Lu Qing said: "The court has been in a difficult situation for the past few years, and everyone can only find a way. After a few years, when the court has money, it will naturally have military salaries distributed to the troops. This will not be the case. Let the generals who lead the army make money for themselves , What a system!"

Wang Xiaolie looked into the distance.After being silent for a while, he said: "It depends on whether the imperial court can make money. Now it seems that the imperial court doesn't even have the ability to protect itself. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for them to send money. Moreover, since the emperor took the throne, he has only thought about making money with Jin. It is also difficult for people to see the peace talks between the military and the military.”

This is the deadliest.Since Zhao Gou came to the throne, he no longer has the vigor of the past.He only wanted to be the emperor and negotiate peace with the Jin army.It's not about defeating the Jin army, but about getting the Jin army to admit itself and divide the north and the south.For several years, Zhao Gou kept sending envoys to the Jin Dynasty, but the Jin army believed that its military strength was strong and ignored Zhao Gou.

The soldiers and civilians all over the country are thinking about resuming the Northern Expedition, but the emperor doesn't want to fight, what is it like?As a result, history has been difficult to find an answer. Zhao Gou would rather kill his most capable general than negotiate peace with the Jin Dynasty.How can you have a good impression of someone who fought?
Wang Ruohai sighed.In the past few days, he could tell that Wang Xiaolie was not an honest general.Although he did not rebel against the court, he did not show respect to the court either.After visiting Xinye, this feeling is even stronger.

Although Xinye is small, Wang Xiaolie has all the internal organs.If this place really develops, Wang Xiaolie's clubs will be able to expand rapidly if they succeed.With money and soldiers, Wang Xiaolie was like this at that time.

Back in the yard again, Wang Ruohai looked at the busy crowd around him, feeling an inexplicable feeling for a moment.Now the emperor Zhao Gou is held by the rebel army, the Jin army in the north is staring at it, the people in the Central Plains are displaced, and the strength is like Wang Xiaolie, how can he not have his own ideas?

Wang Xiaolie led the two of them to the living room, sat down, and ordered someone to make tea.

After inviting tea, Wang Xiaolie said: "We will go back to Xinye City in the afternoon, the two of you will stay here temporarily for a few days. When the imperial court has news and the rebellion is quelled, you will escort Shen Yudong together. Relax, there is no need to live What annoyance."

Wang Ruohai said: "It's Ji She who should be worried. The two of us are just companions, why worry so much? It's just that the world is in chaos now, and the Jin people are constantly invading south. As a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, how can we feel at ease!"

Lu Qing said: "The prison is right, it's exactly what it said. In the past two years I was stationed in the eastern and western capitals, and I saw a lot of people dying. Sigh, as a soldier, I can't keep the country safe. I'm really ashamed to say it."

Wang Xiaolie wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.As bureaucrats, many are blaming themselves.But as an emperor, Zhao Gou only thought about romance, and even forced his own soldiers to rebel.In such a world, what can we say?

Only by training well and earning enough money can one's own abilities become stronger, and you can fight to the death with the Jin army.This imperial court is really unreliable.

(End of this chapter)

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