Xu Miao was overjoyed when he heard this, Liangzhou is a bitter cold place, the winter is cold, and the people freeze to death every winter, if the cotton is really as good as Liu Chan said, then the people don't have to worry about freezing.

Xu Miao hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know where this seed is, and how to plant it?" What about its production? ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "I will personally guide the planting, and in terms of yield, one acre of land should be enough for a family of five in winter." ”

Liu Chan had planted cotton in his previous life, but because it was not planted systematically and various fertilizers were applied, the yield was not high. But one acre of land can also harvest two or three hundred catties, and a few quilts in winter are more than enough, and the excess can be sold for a little money.

"Isn't that great?" When Xu Miao heard this, he was overjoyed, and then he remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty personally guided the planting, is this cotton fast from planting to harvesting?" After all, doesn't Your Majesty plan to leave for Yizhou next month? ”

Originally, Liu Chan was not in a hurry to go back, but last year came the news that the three daughters-in-law in the family were pregnant and would give birth around June, so he planned to return to Yizhou in early May.

Liu Chan sighed and said, "If you plant now, you have to wait until August and September to harvest." ”

"Isn't Your Majesty ......?"

Liu Chan's child was born in June, but the cotton could not be harvested until August or September, so Liu Chan could not rush back to Yizhou before the child was born.

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "State affairs are important, and my private affairs can only be put down first." Go and gather a group of peasant officials, prepare dung, bamboo strips, and tarpaulin, and I will teach them how to sow seeds tomorrow. ”

"No!" A sense of admiration rose in Xu Miao's heart, and he retreated.

The next day, Liu Chan took Wenwu to the field and taught the agricultural officials how to sow cotton.

Cotton is sown very differently from other crops, such as corn, which can be planted in a hole in the ground, but cotton cannot be grown in this way.

Cotton has to be made into a nutrient bowl to raise seedlings, with large manure and mud, to make a cylindrical clod, leave a small hole in the clod, put the seeds into the hole, and wait for it to germinate and grow to a certain extent, and then transplant it together with the clod.

In later generations, this kind of nutrient bowl was made by a special machine, but now, it can only be made by hand, so these agricultural officials in Liangzhou have poured blood mold for eight lifetimes.

I saw that in a farmland outside the city, several agricultural officials rolled up their sleeves, held their breath one by one, squatted on the ground and stirred with the soil that came out with dung water, and then made cylindrical nutrient bowls according to Liu Chan's guidance.

"Vomit ......" An official finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the side and vomited viciously.

"Alright, that's all!" Seeing that the officials had done dozens, Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "I just told you the general method, you don't need to do more, but you have to teach this method to the people everywhere, if you can't grow cotton, I will ask you about it." ”

The officials hurriedly said: "We will teach the people carefully." ”

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Plant the cotton seeds, sprinkle a layer of fine soil, make a bow with bamboo strips, cover the oilcloth, and I will come back after the germination." ”

After teaching the officials how to sow seeds, Liu Chan returned to the government office, and the cotton seeds exchanged were also transported by the officials to various parts of Liangzhou to teach the people to sow seeds.

A month later, the cotton had already grown, and when it was a few inches long, it could be transplanted, and Liu Chan taught the officials how to transplant them one by one. After that, the cotton gradually grows, and it needs to be weeded and topped.

In mid-July, Liu Chan and a group of officials inspected the cotton growth in the fields.

Xu Miao pointed to the pale red flowers on the cotton that grew one person deep, and said to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, you see, the cotton has bloomed, I don't know where the cotton you said can be used to make clothes?" ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "When the flowers are gone, they will grow fruits, and when the fruits are old, they will spread out, and the cotton will be in it." The cotton in this field is growing quite well, and when the cotton is harvested, I will bring some back and make some cotton jackets for my children. ”

Just yesterday, Yizhou sent a message that Guan Feng, Shui Luoyi, and Sun Shangxiang had children one after another.

Among them, Guan Feng's child was born first and was a boy, while Sun Shangxiang was the second born and was also a boy, and Shui Luoyi's was the third born and was a girl.

Mrs. Mi, Mrs. Gan, who was originally depressed and ill because of Liu Bei's death, saw the birth of her granddaughter, and she was overjoyed, and the disease was cured without medicine.

Xu Miao nodded and said, "Weichen must let them take care of it." ”

Liu Chan inspected several fields with Xu Miao, Pang Tong and other officials, and a soldier ran over: "Report ......"

Liu Chan asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier replied: "There is news from the great Sima of Yongzhou that Cao Pi has retired from the army, and now he is settled by Liupan Mountain, east of Liupan Mountain is the land of Wei, and west of Liupan Mountain is the territory of my Han Dynasty." ”

Liu Chan clapped his palms and said, "Cao Pi has been attacking and stabilizing for more than half a year, and he can be regarded as a retreat. ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he said: "According to the report from the scouts, the locust plague broke out in Guanzhong, which was quite serious, and the winter wheat in many places was eaten up by locusts, and there was no new grain to maintain. ”

"A plague of locusts?"

"Tut, there have been locust plagues in Guanzhong every year these years, and the people in Guanzhong are going to starve again."

"It doesn't seem that the disaster in my Liangzhou is serious,"

"This is all thanks to Your Majesty's method, otherwise those winter wheat would have been eaten up by locusts a long time ago, and we didn't eat the locusts and eat the rest in these years."

Hearing of the outbreak of locust plague in Guanzhong, a group of officials discussed it.

Liu Chan looked at Xu Miao and asked, "I don't seem to have any news of locusts in Liangzhou this year, right?" ”

Xu Miao replied: "Yes, there is, but the disaster is not serious, which is like the past, this year is a good year, the people should be able to have a good harvest, or Your Majesty's method is good, so that the locust plague has been controlled." ”

As he spoke, everyone came to a thatched hut at the edge of the field and sat down, Liu Chan nodded and said, "We have to let the people raise more chickens, ducks and other poultry, this is a sharp weapon to deal with locusts."

By the way, how is the city built on the Qiang side? On the grassland pasture, get more cattle, so that the fields can be renovated on a large scale in the winter, and there will be fewer locusts in the coming year. I have been busy with cotton matters these days, and Aiqing has a good time talking to me about the situation of the Qiang people. ”

Xu Miao got up when he heard this, Liu Chan pressed his hand, motioned for Xu Miao to sit and said, Xu Miao arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, now that the Qiang people have entered Liangzhou, there are 230,000 people who have changed from pasture to farming. These Qiang people ......"

When Liu Chan heard this, he interrupted Xu Miao's words: "It's not the Qiang people, they are attached, they are classified as Han nationality, they are Han people, and they must be treated equally, otherwise how can they be reinstated?" ”

"Yes!" Xu Miao nodded and changed his words: "These attached people have a population of about 230,000, and now they have allocated land and established villages. ”

Liu Chan asked, "They didn't make any trouble, did they?" ”

Xu Miao replied: "When they were on the grassland, they were also ordinary herdsmen, they didn't have enough food and clothing, and when they arrived in the interior of Liangzhou, although they changed their living habits, they lived almost the same, and nothing happened." And they also have to cultivate on the grassland on weekdays. ”

Although the Qiang people are nomadic people, they can actually farm, livestock is precious, can not be eaten casually, many people also farm, for example, the Qiang people grow barley, which is their staple food. Only those noble chiefs and the like are the big fish and meat all day long.

Therefore, these ordinary herdsmen on the grassland did not have much problem when they went to the interior of Liangzhou and changed their grazing to farming.