Chapter Eighty-Three: Heaven chooses the strong to be respected

Usually a nap is half an hour at most, but Ko Wentai waited for an hour and a half, and still no one came to pass the word. Ko Wentai can't stand it, he is the prince of Gaochang Kingdom, although he is a descendant of the Han people, but Ko Wentai has never been to the Central Plains, he thinks that the four counties and eighteen counties of Gaochang Country are already big and boundless. Of course, the eighteen counties of Gaochang are dozens of times larger than the counties of the Central Plains.

However, the population can only barely count the county. Of course, during the Gaochang Dynasty of the Koji Dynasty, he formed an alliance with the Western Turks in the early stage, and was later pressed on the ground by the Turks by soldiers and horses, and he really did not suffer any grievances. What turtles, what Cheshi Qianguo, Cheshi Houguo, or Loulan Guo, Shanshan Guo must rely on Gao Changguo's snort. Gao Changguo, the prince of the Western Regions, and Lu Wentai have been held by countless people since he was born, when did he suffer such grievances.

"Woo yo ......" Lu Wentai snorted coldly, and said indignantly: "Don't wait, if you want to fight, you will fight!" ”

When Ko Wentai said this, if it wasn't for his snotty face, he was full of domineering. It's just a pity that these words scared Ma Mengming a lot. He stepped forward and covered Lu Wentai's mouth and said, "My little ancestor, don't invite disasters and cause trouble, let others hear this, and our Gaochang Kingdom will be finished!" ”

More than 30 years ago, when Ma Mengming was not the commander of Gaochang State, but only the head of the household house of Juliu County, he had seen the Turkic army, the chariots, the horses and horses, and only 3,000 iron cavalry, and he defeated the 13,000 soldiers and horses of the Gaochang State.

In the end, it was the king of Gaochang who became a vassal, and the split between the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks made Gaochang's state Zuode continue. Now even the 200,000-strong army of the Western Turks has not returned, and such a strong enemy can not be resisted by a small country in Gaochang State.

He had never seen the world, but he could also see that the Tang Dynasty had a lot of troops, densely packed with the kind of mobile tents, which surrounded the Gaoche City in a large circle.

Chen Ying slept very comfortably this night, until he woke up at three o'clock. After Chen Ying woke up, he accidentally found a very novel thing in the backyard of the high-speed car prime minister's mansion.

"Cotton!"

These are cotton flowers that have not been bounced, and there is enough cotton in the warehouse. However, when he saw these cottons, Chen Ying was somewhat disappointed, which was different from the long-staple cotton seen in later generations, but belonged to Indian short-staple cotton, which was not only gray in color, but also very short in cotton fiber.

"Cotton is a treasure all over the body", it is not only the most important fiber crop, but also an important oil crop, but also a high-protein crop, or a textile, fine chemical raw materials and an important strategic material, in addition to cotton can be woven fabric, and the use of its fiber textile, cottonseed oil is used for salad oil and edible oil, hydrogenated for ghee and margarine, and the cake residue or seed kernel after oil extraction is used as poultry and livestock. Approximately 200 million gallons of cottonseed oil are used each year to produce food products such as chips, butter and salad dressings.

However, Chen Ying found that although these cotton did not sell well, the high-roller people were still tyrannical. They still only use cotton as flowers, and the cotton that grows is thrown away in the storeroom.

Chen Ying pointed to the maid and asked, "What is this for?" ”

But the maid was so frightened that she ran out of the door. After a while, the Gao Che King hurriedly ran to Chen Ying and knelt down, and said a lot to Chen Ying, although Gao Che Wang's Tang Yan was a little tongue-twisting, with a serious Western Regions tongue warping, but Chen Ying could still understand it in general. The king of the high car said that his daughter could not speak Tang Yan!

Chen Ying's face was pale, and he looked at the king of Gaoche and said: "You and others will be the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and they won't be able to say Tang Yan, but anyone who is more than four feet tall must immediately learn to speak Tang Yan, and those who can't speak Tang Yan can't be officials, can't become nobles, and you are the same!" ”

The King of the High Carriage had a sad look on his face.

In fact, whoever is spread out has a headache. If you are in your forties, you will definitely be blind to learn a foreign language, and it is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn.

However, Chen Ying immediately thought of the difficult problem of governing the Western Regions. That's cultural identity. Although during the Han Dynasty, the culture of the Western Regions was influenced by Han culture.

However, during the great turmoil of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, although the official name was the so-called scumbag assimilation, the Western Regions were inevitably Hu.

During the Jin Dynasty, there were actually more than 300,000 Han people in the Western Regions. However, with the imperial court not taking care of the Western Regions. In order to survive, these Han people in the Western Regions were surrounded by the Hu people, and during the occupation of the Rouran, they switched to the Rouran language, and during the occupation of the Turks, they switched to speaking the Turkic language.

Now don't talk about the Hu people, even the Han people in the Western Regions, there will definitely not be more than 100,000 people who can speak Chinese. Chen Ying felt that he had to issue an official written thing of the Tang Dynasty, and he could not speak Tang Yan, even if he was a tribal leader, he could not serve as a local official.

If you want to do the opposite, you can. Anyway, Lao Tzu has an army of 100,000 and is sharpening his sword.

Chen Ying looked at the cotton in the room and said, "King Gaoche, what do you say these things are for?" ”

It took Gao Che Wang to understand what Chen Ying meant after listening to it for a long time, and he hurriedly said: "General Hui, this is a white stack, it is a flower, but it is easy to burn, and it can be used to start a fire!" ”

"What, ignition!" When Chen Ying heard this, he almost choked on his own saliva. He thought that these people would be tyrannical, but he didn't expect that they would be so tyrannical.

In fact, as the king of high cars said. Because the oil content of cotton boys is about 18 percent, which is about the same as Xinjiang soybeans, and cotton is flammable, it is inevitable that these people will use cotton as a fire after it is dried.

Chen Ying thought that these people would make cotton into bedding or the filling of cotton shoes or boots, but he didn't expect that they would actually start the fire.

Chen Ying pointed to the cotton and said: "Remember, let people separate the cotton boy from the cotton, this general is of great use!" ”

The king of the high car didn't understand why Chen Ying was angry, so he was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed like a chicken.

Chen Ying said again: "Are there many white stacks like this in Gaoche Country? ”

King Gao Che thought for a while and said, "It's not too much, this kind of thing is planted by the nobles for ornamentation!" ”

"General Ben doesn't care, you go find me this kind of thing now!" Chen Yingdao: "You can announce to the outside world in the name of General Ben, although General Ben is cotton, the more the better!" ”

The King of the High Cars nodded repeatedly.

Actually, it is not difficult to play cotton. Chen Ying has watched a TV series, and has seen the use of a big wooden bow to play cotton, when playing, the wooden air is used to frequently hit the strings, so that the cotton on the board gradually loosens, and then the two of them will use yarn on both sides of the cotton wool to form a net to fix the cotton wool. After the gauze is ready, it is pressed and ground with a wooden disc to make it flat, solid and firm. After this kind of cotton is bounced, it can be sewn cotton clothes, cotton pants, cotton bedding, cotton hats, so that the soldiers will have a great effect on keeping out the cold.

Of course, down jackets work better. However, down jackets are too easy to fall off, especially in battle, once worn or scratched clothes, the down inside will quickly fall out, so that many soldiers actually have no down on their buttocks or knees, only two layers of cloth left, and many people have frostbite of different severity.

Chen Ying didn't even have to make a wooden bow now, and directly asked people to take the Persian longbow equipped by the captured Western Turkic army and directly take the cotton.

After briefly instructing the maids on how to play cotton, Chen Ying found that it was already night.

But every time he thought that the high-speed car people actually used cotton as a fire-starter, Chen Ying was very angry. It is conceivable that if the Gaoche people do this, then Gao Changguo's cotton is estimated to be treated like this, Chen Ying thought that he didn't know how much cotton would be burned in vain as a fire, Chen Ying trembled in pain.

After all, there is no way to popularize this thing in the world, and now most of the people in the Tang Dynasty either use kapok or straw to keep out the cold, Chen Ying is very angry.

Chen Ying was very angry, causing him to eat half a bowl of rice when he ate dinner at night.

Fortunately, Luo Shixin inadvertently mentioned that the little prince of Gao Changguo came to ask to see Chen Ying.

Otherwise, Ko Wentai may freeze to death outside.

It's inconceivable to say it, Cao Dan threw Ma Mengming and Lu Wentai outside the Prime Minister's Mansion and went to do his own business, but everyone forgot about the envoy of Gaochangguo.

If it weren't for Luo Shixin's inadvertent mention, I'm afraid they would still be frozen.

Hearing that Prince Gaochang came to ask for a meeting, Chen Ying's first thought was cotton. In historical records, there was cotton in Gaochang Kingdom, which was transmitted to the Central Plains.

When Chen Ying summoned Ma Mengming and Li Wentai, both of them were shivering with cold and speechless: "Gaochang ordered Yin and Gaochang Wang Shizi to visit General Chen!" ”

After Chen Ying saw the two of them, it was as if he had seen countless cottons, and of course his mood was much better.

Chen Ying asked: "Gaochang Ling Yin and the prince of Gaochang are exempt from courtesy, please take a seat!" ”

The attendant hurriedly carried the Hu bed behind the two.

Ma Mengming and Lu Wentai sat down slowly, saying that they were sitting, but in fact, they were just a little bit of their buttocks.

Ma Mengming was very worried, he couldn't figure out what Chen Ying's attitude was now. I am thinking in my head how to speak.

Suddenly, Chen Ying took a handful of cotton and asked, "Ma Lingyin, do you know what this is?" ”

Ma Mengming nodded and said, "Back to the general, the foreign minister knows that this is Bai Diezi!" ”

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Gao Changguo can have this thing!" ”

Ma Mengming nodded and said, "Yes"!

"Good, good, good to have!" Chen Ying smiled very brightly, and he paused and said, "You go back now and tell King Gaochang to bring all the white stacks of Gaochang Kingdom to General Ben...... No, don't bother so much, let him put the white stack in Gaochang City and get ready, and General Ben will go and get it himself! ”

As soon as he heard this, Ma Mengming's face was as frightened as earth.

Chen Ying didn't plan to accept the surrender of King Gaochang. This is to destroy Gaochang Kingdom with an iron heart.

Ma Mengming pounced, knelt on the ground, he walked on his knees, and moved in front of Chen Ying: "General Chen's mercy, General Chen's mercy!" ”

Chen Ying was confused: "Kai En what? ”

Ma Mengming said: "Please General Chen be gracious and allow me to continue the Gaochang Guozuo!" ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "There are no two days in the sky, there are no two lords in the country, there can only be one emperor in this world, then my majesty." Ma Lingyin, you go back and tell King Gaochang, smart people don't do stupid things, if you are smart, you will step down from the throne, go to Chang'an to ask for attachment, this general can ensure that he is rich and noble for a lifetime, if not, Gaochang will definitely be bleeding and pestle, and the bones are like mountains! ”

At this moment, Lu Wentai got up suddenly, he pointed at Chen Ying and roared: "The surname Chen, don't deceive people too much!" “

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "This is not too much deception. This is natural selection, the strong are respected, and the fittest survive. “