Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 314

The trip was quite fruitful. The two soldiers carried a long string of wild game, all kinds of pheasants and pheasants, with different feather colors and sizes. Most of Yao Cunhui didn't know what they were, but they looked amazing Brilliant and very beautiful.

Back in the open forest, the other three came back not long after. They were lucky and hunted three hares, two goats, and a gazelle. The gazelle was not very big, thirty or forty Looking like a catty, one of them broke the leg of lamb and carried it on his back.

Yao Cunhui was very happy to see it, and looked at the gazelle and mountain otter curiously.This is all real game!

Everyone rested for a while, packed up the prey and hung it on the horse's back, then got on the horse and drove back.Taking advantage of the remaining light of the sky to rush on the road, I must be able to return to Zhuangzi before dark.

Shen Quan shook off the cloak he brought, tied it carefully on Yao Cunhui, smiled and helped her get on the horse, after thinking about it, he hugged her down and said: "It's dark and the road is not easy to walk, you'd better ride with me!"

Yao Cunhui didn't refuse with a smile, and threw the reins to a soldier, and got on Shen Quan's horse.

"So happy, I'll take you to the real hunting ground when I have time later!" Shen Quan wrapped her cloak tightly around her, bowed his head and smiled in her ear.

Yao Cunhui smiled and hummed, and suddenly remembered the incident of hunting with Yun Xiaodie outside the city of Luntai in the Western Regions, paused, tilted her head and smiled and asked: "By the way, where is your righteous sister Yun Xiaodie?" ? Are you still in the Western Regions?"

"Yes," Shen Quan didn't think about other places, and said naturally: "She and General Yun are used to life there, and there are no relatives in their hometown, so they don't plan to go anywhere else! Anyway, the Western Regions The side also needs to keep people permanently, so let them stay there!"

Yao Cunhui nodded lightly when he heard the words, "Oh".

"Why do you suddenly think of her?" Shen Quan asked with a smile.

"I'm just asking casually!" Yao Cunhui smiled and averted his eyes without showing a trace.

Shen Quan smiled and fell silent.

Yao Cunhui leaned in his arms with peace of mind, and couldn't help secretly laughing, she was already married to Shen Quan, so what else could there be?It's strange to say, at that time in Luntai, she didn't have any doubts about Shen Quan and Yun Xiaodie, why is it that they are more concerned now?

When the group of people returned to Zhuangzi, it was just the beginning of the Chinese lanterns.

"You guys are back! It's going to be dark!" Yao Cunjia stretched his neck and looked around at the gate of Zhuangzi for an unknown amount of time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw them come back on horseback.

"Sister!" Yao Cunhui hurriedly got off the horse, stepped forward to hold Yao Cunjia's hand and smiled happily: "I'm fine, it's fun! Sister, look, you've gained a lot!"

"You're so grown up, you still want to play!" Yao Cunjia nodded her nose with a smile, and asked her to come into the room to change clothes and clean her face.By the way, he glanced at the prey carried by the guards and smiled and praised: "My lord is indeed extraordinary in martial arts, tomorrow we will be lucky!"

Shen Quan smiled and said politely, and ordered people to take down the game, and Yao Cunhui hurriedly ordered to keep the colorful long feathers of the golden pheasant and pheasant for play, and the servants agreed to go.

After washing up, dinner was served, Yao Cunhui smiled and told Xie Fuyun that he would take him and his sister to a place tomorrow, and there would be a big surprise for him.Xie Fuyun agreed with his mouth, thinking secretly in his heart, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any surprise Yao Cunhui would just say to him.

A night without words.

After breakfast the next morning, Yao Cunhui ordered the maids in charge to prepare it on the grass next to the waterfall pool behind Zhuangzi. In the afternoon, he went to have a barbecue, and then happily called Xie Fuyun and his wife to go out.

Xie Fuyun couldn't help but leaned over and quietly asked Shen Quan what surprise Yao Cunhui was going to give them?Shen Quan smiled and shook his head, he didn't know either.

When everyone came to the small village with barely neat houses, they were even more puzzled.Both the scenery and the scale of the village here are much worse than Xingling Village, and there is really nothing remarkable about it.

The couple guarding Zhuangzi had already been fully dressed and waited at the door. When they saw them coming, they hurried forward to salute with a smile.

Yao Cunhui got off his horse and asked with a smile, "Are you all ready for what I want?"

The woman quickly nodded with a smile and said: "Don't worry, princess, it's ready! Please come in, my lord, my lord and my wife, to sit down and have a cup of tea. There is nothing else in the village. I just picked it up." The grapes, pears, dates, and pomegranates here are still pretty sweet, nobles, please try it if you don’t mind it!"

"It's rare that you have the heart!" Yao Cunhui nodded with a smile, and called everyone to go in. Red Polygonum and Hongling had already rushed in first, and went in to make tea with the tea they brought.

"Second sister, tell me quickly what kind of medicine you sell in this gourd, it makes people feel very itchy!" Looking at Yao Cunhui who was sitting and drinking tea calmly, Xie Fuyun became more and more restless. stand up.

Yao Cunhui smiled slightly, turned his eyes away from everyone, glanced lightly, and asked Xie Fuyun with a smile: "Brother-in-law, do you still remember that you asked someone to bring me cotton seeds at the end of last year?"

"Cotton seeds?" Xie Fuyun was stunned and didn't react for a while.

Or Yao Cunjia smiled and said, "Is it the seeds you got from Western businessmen?"

"Yes, yes!" Xie Fuyun patted his forehead and suddenly remembered, with great interest in his eyes, he hurriedly asked: "What? You have already planted the thing? The fruit is fruitful? Take me to see it quickly What does it look like!"

Shen Quan didn't know the reason for this, and he didn't know that Yao Cunhui once exaggerated the benefits of cotton to Xie Fuyun. Seeing Xie Fuyun's reaction at this time, he couldn't help but feel funny. , Why are you so interested in farming!

"Okay! Come with me!" Yao Cunhui said, getting up and leading them into a room.

There is a long table in the middle of the room. On the table are several bamboo baskets of different sizes covered with indigo cloth.

Yao Cunhui uncovered the largest bamboo basket, and the three of them looked over, only to see that the basket contained more than half of the fluffy white lumps.

"Look like this!" Xie Fuyun and Yao Cunjia looked at each other in surprise, and they expressed deep surprise that the fruit of a certain plant was like cashmere and rabbit wool.

Shen Quan raised his eyebrows, not knowing why.

"You'll know it by touching it!" Yao Cunhui held a ball of cotton in his hand and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about how to make this cotton into silk and weave it into cloth, it's just used to stuff and sew it into winter clothes and quilts." , isn’t it warmer than kapok, reed flower, and hemp, and much cheaper than silk!”

Xie Fuyun was stunned, and hurried forward to hold a handful in his hand. The tentacles are soft and thick. As Yao Cunhui said, it can be used to fill jackets and quilts in winter, and it will definitely keep warm from the cold!
"That's right," Xie Fuyun's eyes sparkled, but he said with a smile, "However, this rare item may not be cheaper than silk!"

Yao Cunhui smiled and said: "That's different! It's hard to increase the production of silk, but this is very easy! As long as the production is large and the quantity is large, it will naturally be cheaper! This thing can be planted almost everywhere in Dazhou. The promotion will pay off!"

Of course, it will not be so easy to promote it.There is always a process for people to accept new things, and they believe that seeing is believing, not just because you say you are good.Moreover, in this era, farmers value food more, and the first consideration is food cultivation, and of course the others have to stand aside!The transportation is inconvenient, and the exchange of information is naturally very slow. If you really want to promote this thing nationwide, it may be difficult without more than ten years of effort.

"Hui'er!" Shen Quan also came up, and couldn't help laughing a little excitedly: "If this cotton and cotton are made into winter clothes and quilts, the soldiers at the border will be blessed!"

Xie Fuyun's eyes brightened, and he couldn't help being more happy.It's really done, this is a big deal!
"That's right, cotton coats and quilts are very effective in keeping out the cold! At least they are much better than the current ones!" Yao Cunhui smiled proudly.

You know, to keep out the cold in winter, wealthy families can now use silk quilts, and ordinary people can use kapok, reed flowers, hemp, etc., and some even use chaff to sew in the quilt to keep warm.Bianguan often uses wool and other woolen felts, which are often frozen in winter.Cotton is a wonderful thing.

"Not only for making winter clothes and quilts, but also spinning cotton into cotton yarn, cotton thread, and weaving cotton cloth for making clothes, which is also excellent!"

Xie Fuyun carefully looked at the cotton in his hand, pondered for a moment and said: "This is not difficult, this cotton is similar to wool and rabbit down. When I go back, I can ask someone to try weaving it into yarn and making it into cloth!"

"So you have to discuss this matter with your brother-in-law!" Yao Cunhui clapped his hands and smiled, "Your Xie family is the best at this, we are all laymen! Brother-in-law, it's all up to you!"

Xie Fuyun was very proud, nodded and smiled and said: "Don't worry, when it is woven into cotton cloth, I will send it to Beijing for you as soon as possible!"

"Get me some cotton yarn, too. Cotton yarn is also very useful!" Yao Cunhui said and opened the second bamboo basket, "Here are untreated cotton bolls picked from cotton branches. The cottonseed inside is removed, and what is obtained is cotton."

Xie Fuyun picked up a ball, squeezed it, nodded and said: "I'll go back and ask the craftsmen to figure it out and see if they can make a tool for removing seeds!"

Yao Cunhui glanced at Xie Fuyun in admiration, what she meant was exactly what Xie Fuyun understood without her needing to say anything.

"Then I'll ask someone to wrap it up later, and my brother-in-law will take it home and study it slowly! By the way, I left some seeds for myself, and I will give the rest to my brother-in-law to take away. There is also a booklet that I recorded, It records some land requirements, breeding, field management, harvesting treatment, fertilization, pest control, etc., I can't guarantee 100% correct, brother-in-law should also take it back as a reference!"

(End of this chapter)