back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 194 Cotton
Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "Li Qing, let me ask you, this persuasion of Nong Sang is a reconciliation? As the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, should you persuade Nong Sang?"

Hearing this, Li Jie said with a simple and honest face: "Returning to Your Majesty, to advise on farming and mulberry is to encourage and supervise farming and silkworm rearing."

"Then what should I do if I raise silkworms?" Lu Chengqi asked immediately.

"It's weaving." Li Jie said as a matter of course.

Lu Chengqi laughed, Li Jie is too honest, he always follows what others say, such a subordinate is hard to come by!Immediately said: "After weaving, isn't it to keep out the cold? I know that Dashun built a country based on agriculture, so naturally we can't forget the fundamentals. But I found that not all of my people can afford to wear silk and satin, so what?" Is good?"

Li Jie was taken aback for a moment, but he hadn't thought about this question.His family is well-off and there is no danger of shortage of clothes, so he naturally does not feel the pain of a leaky house and naked clothes.Li Jie is an honest man, he thought hard about this question, but he didn't have an answer.He knows that it is difficult to keep out the cold with only hemp clothes and jackets.Over the past few decades, the temperature has been getting colder every year. Although the imperial court has not received reports of people freezing to death, Li Jie has heard of such things.Now that he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Jie didn't expect that this problem would fall on his head, and he thought for a while that he forgot that he was meeting the Holy Master.

Seeing that Li Jie didn't answer for a long time, Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "I don't know Li Qing, but have you heard of Kapok?"

Li Jie was very knowledgeable and immediately understood what Lu Chengqi meant, and said joyfully, "Your Majesty means to use kapok to make clothes?"

Lu Chengqi laughed, and said, "Li Qing, you finally understand. Yes, I do have that intention. If it wasn't for the fact that I can't find cotton, I actually don't want to use this kapok."

Li Jie was stunned and asked, "What is this cotton?"

Lu Chengqi didn't know how to describe it, so he had to draw a specious picture.After Li Jie looked at it, he suddenly exclaimed: "Your Majesty, isn't this Bai Diezi!" Li Jie is knowledgeable and talented, and has also dabbled in exotic flowers and plants, so he also happened to know this cotton.In fact, Lu Chengqi didn't draw it like it, but he just sketched it roughly, and Li Jie remembered it by describing its shape.

Lu Chengqi was also very pleasantly surprised, and said, "Li Qing also knows about cotton?"

"I have read a book, which has such a description. This is what the book calls this thing Bai Diezi. The book says 'grass is like a cocoon, and the silk in the cocoon is like a fine silk', but I don't know This thing is the cotton His Majesty said."

Lu Chengqi laughed loudly and said: "I thought I couldn't find cotton, so I wanted to use kapok instead, but now it seems that I don't need it. Li Qing, do you know where this cotton is produced? I want to plant it on a large scale. The common people will not be afraid of the cold."

Li Jie recalled it carefully, and said: "It is said in the book that cotton is produced in the Western Regions, and it is owned by the Uighurs. However, I have also heard of it, and it is also found in Dianzhong, Guangnan West Road and other places." Lu Chengqi was stunned when he heard this. After a while, yes, Xinjiang does produce cotton, but the relationship between the Uighurs and Dashun seems to be not good, and it is unknown whether they can get it.But there is cotton in Yunnan and Guangxi, which is beyond Lu Chengqi's expectation.

In fact, as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, a type of cotton called Asian cotton had been introduced from India to Yunnan and other places.This kind of cotton, also known as coarse cotton, does not have a high yield.But the advantage is that it has strong adaptability, strong disease resistance, good elasticity, and has a good effect on keeping out the cold.Before finding high-yield long-staple cotton, it would be nice to have this kind of coarse-staple cotton.

Lu Chengqi was naturally very happy, and immediately issued an order: "Li Qing, no matter how much you spend, you must find this kind of cotton!" Li Jie readily accepted the order, and he also intended to make some achievements. Are you happy?
After Li Jie took the decree and left, Lu Chengqi realized that the promotion of cotton is not easy.Now is the Little Ice Age, and it is too late to grow food. How can we care about growing cotton?Chinese peasants have never believed in good seeds. They only borrowed some seeds from others when they saw the quality of other people's millet.So after so many years, China's grains have not changed much, about [-] catties per mu.

This stubbornness is due to the cautious character of Chinese farmers.The lives of their family are all on these few acres of thin land. If they change the seeds rashly and fail to harvest, they should drink the northwest wind.This is still the case for grain and food, let alone cotton?I can't eat this thing, and I don't know how to use it. How can I convince farmers that this kind of thing can be exchanged for money?
"Headache!" Lu Chengqi couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart: "If it really doesn't work, I have to spend money in Huangzhuang first, buy some Susukida, and try planting it. Yes, there are also looms, too. A difficult problem... Having cotton is only the first step. If I knew that I could be reborn, I would have seriously studied history, physics, and chemistry before, but now I am really stumped..."

Lu Chengqi felt the embarrassment when he used the book. As a reborn person, he knew a little about everything, but he was not proficient in everything.In addition to grasping a general direction, nothing else can be done.But Lu Chengqi didn't know that he had a lot of knowledge, but what was often lacking was finishing touches.What is missing between great things and ordinary inventions is a flash of inspiration.

Lu Chengqi inadvertently and quietly changed the direction of history.Although history has already changed, with the appearance of Lu Chengqi, this change will become more and more.After all, Lu Chengqi knows the progress of human history. With him, China's development is at least much faster than the real history.In the official history, China took many detours. When the Song Dynasty was closest to capitalism, it was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty; after the Southern Song Dynasty reached its peak, it was destroyed by the Mongols because of the weak follow-up; at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when capitalism sprouted , and was wiped out by the sudden small ice river, refugees and Manchurians.At this point, the Chinese nation began to lag behind the world.Even before Lu Chengqi was reborn, China still failed to catch up.

Now, with Lu Chengqi from the later generation, the knowledge he possesses that surpasses this era for thousands of years is the most precious wealth!
"Forget it, don't think about it. Let Shen Kuo and Su Song solve this problem. There is no reason why Huang Daopo can invent a three-spindle spinning wheel. These scientists can't invent it! Professional things should be left to professionals. Right..." After Lu Chengqi stopped looking for troubles, he was relieved.It is wise not to compete with your own weaknesses.It's like knowing that your level of ancient prose is limited, so don't think about arguing with those imperial envoys who have read poetry and books.They will easily defeat you in the most familiar way, and then force you not to do what they want, as if Dashun is about to perish.

At this moment, not only Lu Chengqi has figured it out, but also Lu Chenhuan has figured it out.He was also very depressed before, but this time leading the army, he suddenly found that he didn't seem to know these forbidden soldiers.Even his personal soldiers were transferred to train for a long time.Now that they are going on an expedition, even Lu Chenhuan is not sure about the behavior of these soldiers.Not to mention those middle and low-level officers below, such as Captain Peirong, Deputy Captain Peirong, Captain Renyong, Deputy Captain Renyong, Captain Yuwu, Deputy Captain Yuwu, Captain Xuanjie, Deputy Captain Xuanjie Waiting, it seems that he didn't need to arrange it. All the marching, stationing, logistics, dispatching scouts and other matters were done in an orderly manner, which made Lu Chenhuan, who was originally high-spirited, very depressed.

However, he finally figured it out, this time he came out to seek capital for promotion, what do you care about?If it is done well, I am afraid that I will become a general of the first guard, and then I will be honored as the captain of Qingche, then I will really honor my ancestors and make others envious.

After Lu Chenhuan figured it out, he was also happy to be the hands-off shopkeeper, letting his hands go about work.On the other hand, he rode a tall horse, happily maintaining his bow and arrows, waiting for the day when he would go to battle.

(End of this chapter)