Chapter 56: Cotton

I felt a little emotional, that pot of broth didn't seem to be so attractive, Xiaodong and the stunned man borrowed a few bowls from the cook, wanting to scoop a few bowls of ordinary rice, but the gang leader dragged the bowl to death, and he had to make broth for Xiao Han!

"I'm not pretending to be a public servant, Master Hou is here to save our brother's life, if you can't even eat a good meal, let the brothers know, I won't be able to live, don't be embarrassed......"

The cook's voice was almost crying, Xiaodong didn't resist the cook, someone snatched the bowl over, and beat a bowl full of meat!

And none of the people in the queue at the back were as noisy as when they had just closed the big meal, but they all looked like they deserved, not to mention asking the cook to get him an extra piece.

But when it was time to give Xiao Dong and them a meal, Xiao Dong would rather die, the rules are the rules, he and the stunned man and the stunned uncle didn't contribute, so they couldn't eat this, the cook pushed a few times, and had to give a thumbs up to give the three of them an ordinary meal, but the broth was given two more spoonfuls.

It was too far to go back to where he lived, and the four masters and servants sat on the ground here with the head army and finished eating, washed the dishes and chopsticks, and returned them to the nodding cook, and they were ready to go to Xue Shu.

I returned to Xue Shui's temporary residence with a familiar car, and as soon as I opened the door, I didn't expect that the yard was full of people!

Xue Shui, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Du, and most of the generals in the army who knew each other before are here......

Xiao Han stood at the door, he didn't expect such a scene, a large group of people were staring at him, not entering or retreating for a while, and there was a wooden man like a pestle.

Xue Shui happened to have his back to the gate, but he also heard the sound of the gate opening, the door was guarded, and there were only a few people who could come in without a roll call, so he guessed that it should be Xiao Han.

When I looked back, it was really him, stuffed the things in his hand into the hands of the person next to him, smiled and greeted him, saw Xiao Han standing at the door and didn't come in, and didn't be verbose, pulled Xiao Han up and walked to the courtyard.

Xiao Han was a little twisted, but he still didn't say anything to Xue Shu, and was dragged into the courtyard.

"Come in, still shy?" Someone in the crowd quipped.

Xiao Han smiled embarrassedly: "You guys are talking about business, I don't understand that, come here and make a mess......"

Du Ruhui stood up, pulled Xiao Han to the table with a smile, pointed to the sand table and said, "Who said that?!" We've just been studying how you got this sand table, yes, it's good, even the auxiliary machine has to say that you're really smart! ”

"Hens? Who? Xiao Han was a little confused.

"Hahahaha......"

A burst of hearty laughter suddenly erupted from the surrounding crowd, laughing one by one, leaving only the inexplicable Xiao Han and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had turned the color of pig liver, still standing there......

After a long time, Xiao Han finally figured out that the auxiliary machine turned out to be the word of the eldest grandson Wuji, this joke was too big, and he quickly apologized to others, the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head with a wry smile, seeing that Xiao Han didn't mean it, what else could he do, just suspect the consequences of him.

Fortunately, everyone here is their own people, and when a joke is laughed, it's just that, and no one will take it seriously.

When everyone returned to normal here, Xue Shui remembered that Xiao Han should have come to him for something, so he smiled and asked Xiao Han: "By the way, Xiao Han, you came here in a hurry, is there something?" ”

There was a big joke just now, Xiao Han was still a little embarrassed, and waved his hand again and again when he heard the words: "There is something wrong, you talk about yours first, I am not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry......"

Xue Shu laughed when he saw Xiao Han's embarrassed appearance: "It's okay, we've finished discussing this, you say, this is not an outsider, and I have good news to tell you later!" ”

When Xiao Han saw Xue Shui say this, it was not easy to shirk, to be honest, he did have something important to come!

Originally, when he saw the big lunch box, Xiao Han realized that he seemed to have forgotten something, until he realized that they had now defeated Xue Ju and occupied Longxi, and then he suddenly realized.

What's in Longxi? Longxi connects Longyou, directly to Arabia, India! This is the ancient Silk Road! Such a Silk Road is right under your nose? I didn't even think of it?

Silk Road...... At the mention of this name, in addition to the golden gold coins in Xiao Han's mind, there were countless special products imported from other places

It is this ancient road opened up by Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions, which has spread the splendid civilization of China to all parts of the world, and in the same way, it has also brought back countless exotic treasures!

Peppers, corn, rubber, and even all kinds of spices were all imported to China from this road, of course, these need to be after the Age of Discovery, and now, Xiao Han is most interested in cotton!

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, the four major things of the common people, and this first one is clothing!

Although Xiao Han is wearing brocade and silk now, this thing is really not as comfortable as his cotton shirt of 20 yuan a piece, and then think about the coming winter, without a big, warm quilt, how will you spend this winter?

This excitedly told Xue Shu about cotton, but Xiao Han didn't expect Xue Shu to be at a loss, he didn't know what cotton was at all......

Xiao Han was helpless, so he could only make a comparison: "Oh, so ignorant...... It's the kind of thing that is white, clumpy, like a flower, with a very hard shell......"

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side was stunned when he listened to Xiao Han's gesture, suddenly remembered something, looked at Xiao Han and asked, "What you said, is it called Bai Diebu?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Han is overjoyed, in the end, he is a smart person, he is well-informed, he knows this!

Hearing the name Bai Diebu, Xue Shui finally knew what Xiao Han was talking about at this time.

His sister also showed him this white cloth, but he never cared, and now after listening to Xiao Hanyi, he finally turned over some impressions in his mind, but he was a little surprised in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "The one you said seems to be from the West, the price is very expensive, we don't have it at all, why are you asking that?" ”

"None? Won't we plant? Xiao Han glanced at Xue Shu with disdain, and just praised him, and in the blink of an eye, the chain fell!

He had seen cotton in his previous life, and it was a very good thing to feed, and he could live by throwing it on the ground! It's just that there are babies in it at the time of picking, and it's hard to clean it, but it's okay to bring this thing from such a long distance, so that it will definitely bring a few seeds more or less.

Xue Shui still doesn't understand a little, maybe he understands the military and politics very well, but he doesn't know much about this little thing.

"What are we planting that? Ball by ball, said to be cloth, scattered in two days, and still flying around, useless! ”

Xue Shui still remembered that his sister saw that it was soft and absorbent, so she made a towel out of this thing, but it turned out that her face was covered with fluff everywhere, which made her sulk all day, and she didn't know how much money she spent to get such a piece back......

Xiao Han glanced at Xue Shu, and said angrily: "Hey, you big masters don't know, that thing has a high yield!" Good to feed! Take it off and flick it with that bow, put it in the quilt, it's warm in winter, I've seen it these days, the logistics support in the barracks is nothing more than that, if it's winter, the soldiers are so frozen that they can't stretch out their hands, with it, we can use it to make a glove, so that we can hold the sword in winter, and then sew some cotton in the clothes, make a cotton coat, and it won't freeze people in the cold winter and September, do you say it's useful? ”

It's over, Xue Shu's eyes have the precursor of changing stars, not only him, but everyone here is stupid again, yes, it's flying around, why can't you find something to wrap it up?

The eldest grandson Wuji saw Xiao Han "invent things" for the first time. So spontaneous and natural, as if it should be taken for granted, no experiments, no doubts, as if he had already seen the real thing!

But the eldest grandson Wuji thought from the bottom of his heart that this was impossible, not that his idea could not be realized, but that the white cloth was not something that Xiao Han could see as a pawn before!

At that time, everyone who walked the Silk Road and brought back the things that traveled thousands of miles could be seen?

What he saw was specially sent by the caravan manager at home, but when it was a novel foreign product, he didn't think of its other functions at all, in other words, this thing was basically not sold in Datang!

Only high-ranking officials and powerful people can see this rare thing, admire its whiteness, and throw it into the treasure house to collect ashes, who will study its effect? I guess in the Gentiles, I haven't found that it can still make clothes!

"Xiao Han, have you seen Bai Diebu before?" The eldest grandson Wuji had a toothache and hissed.

"I've seen..."

"Where have you seen it?"

"I don't remember, they all know, I have amnesia......"

“………”

Xue Shu on the side covered his head and shook his head, he knew that Xiao Han was like this every time, once there was a problem, he would immediately lose his memory, and if he said that he had amnesia, he would lose his memory, unequivocally!

The eldest grandson Wuji was a little stunned, and their group of acquaintances have long been used to it, according to what King Qin said, who can not have a secret, whether he is really amnesia, or there is something unspeakable, it is good if the heart is not bad, we take his person, but also his talent!

Du Ruhui squinted his eyes and looked at the appearance of the eldest grandson Wuji, which was also a little funny, but he didn't expect that the eldest grandson Wuji, who has always embarrassed others, also has today~

"Auxiliary, okay, you are not used to it, when you get along more in the future, you will naturally know Xiao Han's magic, watching others strike iron, you can create a new method, ordinary food, and he can toss countless tricks! There are incredibly stupid people in this world, so it is not surprising that there are such clever people! ”

"Okay, listen to Mr. Du's ......"

Listening to Du Ruhui's words, the eldest grandson Wuji had to give up his hand helplessly, but he was used to exploring others, and the first time he hit the wall here in Xiao Han, it aroused his interest in Xiao Han.

"Okay, okay, don't be happy, this white cloth, most of us haven't seen it, and it is estimated that it is also a rare thing, but according to what Xiao Han said, it seems to be a very useful thing, so let's find a few reliable people, go to various places to find seeds, and when it blooms and bears fruit, it will naturally be able to see its effect!"

Fang Xuanling finally gave the final word on this matter, Tang people are always like this, materialistic, they have never seen the real thing, they are always a little skeptical, if this is not brought up by Xiao Han, it is estimated that they are too lazy to listen to it, this thing is so good, so why does no one use it?

Of course, Xiao Han didn't want to build a cotton factory now, he didn't even know where this thing was now, it would not be a loss to have Fang Xuanling arrange someone to collect seeds, this thing would not be planted for a few years, it would not be of great use at all, and if you want the Tang people to accept it, you don't know how long it will take.