Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 755 Land Use Cotton Planting
The next day, Li Zhiyun left Changle Hall contentedly.

My bravery is still as terrifying as ever!
After winning my money, do you still want to be kind?

impossible.

How can this be done without tossing you like a puddle of mud.

Arriving at Ganlu Hall, Li Zhiyun began to deal with government affairs.Although the new year's court has not yet started, there are some things that he has to prepare in advance, and some issues that he has to think about before he can throw them out for the ministers to discuss.

After two or three years of accumulation, the imperial treasury finally started to be in surplus, and the lives of the people are getting better and better. After the disaster is over, some things should be put on the agenda.

The first is whether to build a university residence.

Right now, no one has been admitted to a university, and the school at the Imperial College is sufficient, so it seems that there is no need to spend a huge amount of property to establish a university.Prior to this, the six prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall have already clarified the pros and cons, so it is best not to break ground for the time being.

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and suppressed the memorial.

It really doesn't have to be now.

Secondly, there is the University of Medicine, which has established a team, mainly composed of Sun Simiao and other imperial doctors.Thinking of this, he approved a piece of land for them in the memorial, and then allocated some funds to let them establish the basic school first.

At the very least, let them accept disciples first.

In the past few years, the imperial court did not have such surplus money. In the past two years, it has become rich, and it can be regarded as fulfilling its promise.

In addition, it is the taxation of each state, the promotion and relegation of officials, illegal crimes, the disposal of prisoners and so on.

These are routine government affairs, in addition to the dredging of rivers and canals.As for this area, Li Zhiyun approved five thousand slaves without hesitation.

Now at the cost of tens of thousands of slave deaths and injuries, the cement road from Guanzhong to Luoyang has been connected, in addition to the carriage tracks, and the construction of cement roads in various major cities in the pass has finally been completed.

It can be said that it is extremely convenient for people in Guanzhong to travel now.

In the next step, starting from this year, Guanzhong only needs to build carriage tracks and repair cement roads.Most of the slaves will be transferred to two places.One is from Taiyuan, and the other is from the Central Plains.

The first step of the plan is completely completed, and of course the second step must be started to connect the major cities in the Central Plains.

"I'm afraid it will take about [-] slaves." Li Zhiyun rubbed his chin in thought.

Although the grassland has a large population, according to the extensive consumption of the Tang Dynasty, the grassland has become more and more inaccessible in recent years.

The tribes of the Qi, Xi, Khitan, Tongluo, Xueyantuo, Uighur, etc. are rapidly decreasing.

"Why do you care so much? After death, there will still be people from Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Tuyuhun."

According to previous statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, at most fifteen years, the grassland will be drained of blood and the population will drop sharply.

There is no way, the Tang Dynasty used slaves too harshly.Slaves are used to dig mountains, build bridges and pave roads, and dig canals and rivers.These jobs that should have been labor labor for the Tang people are now all passed on to the slaves.Coupled with the massacre by Tang Jun, the population will naturally drop sharply.

In addition, a large number of grassland women were bought back, rewarded to meritorious soldiers, or arranged for them to marry into Tang families, which caused problems in the source of grassland population.

In this way, how many people can there be?

But Li Zhiyun is not worried, the eyes of the court have begun to turn to the area north of the Juyan Dudu Mansion, which is the two major groups of Shiwei and Mohe.After these two major groups are captured, at least it will be enough for the court to use it for another ten years.

In addition, it will be enough to lay down Goguryeo slaves in the future.

After a few decades, when the slaves are exhausted and the population of the Tang Dynasty explodes, large-scale immigration can be arranged.

After finishing all these, it was already dark, Li Zhiyun had some dinner, and continued to deal with government affairs.

The next step is to consider the land use on the Tuyuhun side.

First of all, it must follow the old grassland system, capture slaves, and plunder the female population, which remains unchanged.

The second is to adapt measures to local conditions, support the local nobles, oppress the Tuyuhun people, force them to raise horses and cattle and sheep, and transport them into the Tang Dynasty.

This area is similar to the grassland.If there is any trick in it, it is probably that Li Zhiyun will make it easier for some people to support the imperial court with money and food in private.

They themselves are naturally making money, just like the wool on the grassland, needless to say.

In addition, it is the Shanshan Governor's Mansion.

"This area seems to be the Tarim Basin." Li Zhiyun was thoughtful.This is the largest inland basin in the Tang Dynasty, located between the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains.If it is said that what is best grown in this area, it must be cotton!

Here, the light conditions are good and the heat is abundant, which can meet the natural needs of mid-late maturing cotton.The large temperature difference between day and night is conducive to the accumulation of nutrients and can prevent pests. It belongs to the high-yield and stable-yield area of ​​cotton.

In any feudal dynasty, cotton played little role, and even belonged only to ornamental plants.But Li Zhiyun is such a treasure here!

The hydraulic loom at the Weihe workshop has been built, and no one knows better than him the process of spinning cotton into thread and then into suede.With a stable supply of cotton, people will not be afraid of not having enough clothes when they immigrate to the Northeast in the future.Datang soldiers and horses conquered, and they were also not afraid of being frozen.

Let cattle and sheep eat grassland people, let sugar cane eat southern barbarians, and let cotton eat people from the Western Regions.

It really is beautiful!
"Well, we have to grow cotton." Li Zhiyun began to write the edict.

Cotton is made into cloth, the simplest process is probably like this, first pick the mature cotton, then remove the cottonseed and cotton husk, then put the cotton in the sun to dry, after completely removing the moisture, it can be twisted with a textile machine, Finally weave.

To be rough, just stuff dry cotton into the cloak, which is quite warm.

Li Zhiyun has a hydraulic loom, which can definitely weave large-scale clothing.This is definitely another income. In the future, the manufacturing process will be disclosed, and the common people will still be able to plant one or two crops and get some cotton to supplement their households.

After finishing writing the imperial edict, Li Zhiyun put it aside and prepared to be handed over to Luo Shixin, the governor of the Shanshan Governor's Mansion after a while.

The governors guard one side, and Li Zhiyun usually gives them some benefits to make them a small profit.For example, the governors of the grassland can earn some wool price difference in private, or collect wool or something.

Li Zhiyun also considered that when Cotton hit the road in the future, those aristocratic families would start begging for him again.

Now that he monopolizes the power, the aristocratic family dare not give a fart. The fundamental reason is that he has military power in his hands and a money bag in his hands.

Whoever follows him can make money.

Whoever opposes him, huh, huh, then die.

"When I have you all locked up, you have to be obedient if you are not obedient. I will definitely continue to do so."

As long as the people continue to feel his love, he will be able to suppress the family and beat them violently.

Now one-third of the success has been achieved, and it will be enough to wait a few more years.

At that time, he will have a follow-up gift package for these aristocratic families.

These tumors are good tools for foreign development.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night." Gao Liangzhong reminded: "Please pay attention to the holy body, Your Majesty."

Li Zhiyun looked up at the dark night sky outside and put down his pen.

"Clean up everything."

"Yes." Gao Liangzhong tidied up the memorabilia and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, which lady are you going tonight?"

During the whole process, he didn't look at the memorial, nor did he dare to look at it.It is precisely because of his sensibility that he can always serve the emperor.

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Xiao Zhaorong's place."

"According to the order."

Gao Liangzhong quickly packed up the memorial, and served the emperor meticulously before heading to the harem.

(End of this chapter)