"Junpeng is still in the grassland?"

"A few of the green towers have collapsed, and Feidi is supervising the construction of firebreaks. In July, a pasture was burned, and now there is a lot of hay in autumn, so it is necessary to guard against fires. ”

It's not easy to live on the grassland, and it's even harder to make money. Do you really think that the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep very close to nature? Mosquitoes in spring, summer and autumn can directly bite people, why are some people reluctant to take the northern line of Jinshan? Because every year when the caravans that go there, the mules and horses alone will be bitten by mosquitoes and die.

Then the winds in autumn, winter and spring roll up the yellow sand, which can make people unable to open their mouths, let alone eat. The heavy snow in winter and spring does not come a little later than singing, and every year, not to mention how many cattle and sheep freeze to death, the number of cattle and sheep crushed by the snow alone is more than three digits.

The snow melts but it's not over, the mud, months of mud can break the legs of the best horses, and the extremely simple wooden carts on the grassland can collapse directly.

Therefore, the main income of the people who can live on the grassland has only one thing since three generations of ancestors: robbery.

In his previous life, Lao Zhang also felt strange, the world is so big, how can the ancestors occupy such a place to fight for life and death, and there is so much land outside.

Now, Lao Zhang just wants to say: This kind of ghost place, before entering the industrial society, was simply a meat grinder.

"Dadu Hu didn't say anything, did he?"

"Most of the special staff members of the capital protect rewarded Brother Fei, and in August, the imperial court sent someone to plug it, probably to buy some green materials for preparation."

"Household Department or Military Department?"

"It's not, it's from the Prince's Mansion."

, there is vision, Li Chengqian. OK.

"Jun Kun, where is the fruit of the white stack? Show me. ”

The dark-skinned young man of the Jia family, Jia Qian. Unpacked his bags, and said with a happy face: "Zhang Gong." This white stack, as it is said in the Nanliang Agricultural Book, Gaochang white stacks, as white as silk. ”

"It's like cotton."

Jia Qian handed over an open cotton fruit, and he could already see the white cotton silk inside, but the fruit was a little small. Zhang De was a little disappointed, but he still took out a small iron ruler from his cuff, and a scale was about one centimeter.

That's it.

I rubbed it and measured the approximate length of the cotton silk. It's less than two centimeters, and it's shorter.

"Good stuff."

Zhang De was full of emotion, "This year, I started interplanting, and I have read the agricultural books of wheat and white stacks, right?" ”

"I've seen it all, and now the apprentices with the big lecture hall are in the field."

"Ditch irrigation is different from rice, it needs to be drained by waterlogging and replenished by drought. It is no more difficult to plug it than anywhere else, and it is very difficult to use water. The river is unrestrained and tight. ”

Zhang Gong is relieved. 3,500 acres of land have been opened in the east of the river, 500 acres of which are half-cooked land left by the Qiang people, and although the rest are raw land, they were originally overgrown with weeds. A fire burned, just to fertilize the field. ”

"That's right, there are eight oxen plows anyway."

Lao Zhang nodded again and again. With cotton, you can make a lot of money. Cotton spinning light industry. Directly hang the silk linen. Silk is too expensive, linen is too much, cotton is just right. And it has an excellent cold protection function. If it is made into a single coat, it is very stealing and sweat-absorbing.

In short, he Boss Zhang is going to send it.

"Is there enough cottonseed?"

"It's not enough, the Fuwei Dart Bureau has taken two trips to Jinshan, and you can bring some with you. These white stacks don't seem to be the best. ”

Jia Junkun said seriously.

"How do you know it's not the best?"

Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was very amazing.

"There was a Persian in the palace of the king, who looked peculiar, but who claimed to be not a Persian, but a member of Yemen, a subject of Persia. He said that he was a merchant family of Hill Konoha merchants, hey, merchants can still become a family, this barbarian is very interesting. ”

After that, Jia Qian said again, "This person's name is Sha Xin, and he is very daring to fight, he said that in the south of the country of Flyn, there is a large estuary of a large river, and the white stacked seeds have huge fruits and can produce filaments. ”

“……”

This is a, that place should be the Egyptian Nile estuary on the Mediterranean ground, right? Lao Tzu is not the mission of the Dongfeng missile, just relying on two small short legs, to the year of the monkey.

"Forget it, don't think about him, let's hurry up and replant first." Zhang De repeatedly emphasized, "This is the most important thing, and no one can peep, that is, the king of the county, if you can hide it, you can hide it." ”

"Zhang Gong rest assured, the white stacks fall on others, but they are just the peony and peony medicines, and my generation can only use them for the people."

I admire your lofty ideals, but I just want to ......

"Is it difficult to use?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the labor is quite insufficient."

"Lack of labor to find the king of the county."

If you are undecided about internal affairs, you will find Simo if you are undecided about external affairs, and the two laws of Huaiyuan are very easy to use.

Mere Labor ...... Old Mad Dog will definitely satisfy you.

The cotton planting cycle is one year, and the breeding generally starts in August, and there are 3,500 acres of land, which is actually not much. As for the cotton in Zhang De's hands, I am afraid that the yield of 300 catties per mu is enough to choke, and this is still due to the fact that insect pests in the Hetao area may not affect the cotton.

"By the way, Jun Kun, how is the poplar replanting?"

"The Qiang people are reluctant to plant trees, if it weren't for Xue Buqi and people watching, they would have to run." Jia Qian's face was depressed, "I'd rather hide in the mountains than sell coolies." ”

"Well, if this kind of thing is troublesome, find the county king."

Qiang people...... Old Mad Dog will definitely satisfy you.

"How effective are poplar branches at trapping insect pests?"

"There are ten acres of land without poplar branches, and twenty acres of land are much more intact than the white stacked fruit with poplar branches. If it is not arranged, the yield will be reduced by nearly 100 catties, and the silk thread is not white, slightly gray and black. ”

If only I had studied chemistry back then, I would kill these bollworms!

"Did Bai Diezi try to make cloth?"

"It's done."

"Where?"

"Guogong Mansion."

"Go back first, let me see."

There was a white cloth in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, not later than the Southern Liang, but the cotton yield was very low at that time, and the production was extremely difficult, and it was already very troublesome to husk, let alone remove the cotton seeds. In addition, cotton was an ornamental plant even in Gaochang at that time.

So, there are cotton-like species.

And even if it is made into cloth, it is mostly monk's robes and the like, and the bald people pretend to use it, which is more expensive than Suzhou silk.

However, Lao Zhang has a way to remove cottonseeds, which is a mechanical problem, as for whether to build a set of cotton spinning machinery, we have to look at the scale of cotton planting first.

When he went to Hebei, within two or three years, the cotton planting area would definitely reach 200,000 mu before it was enough to pretend to be forced. As for the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it is a nest, and it is a great crime not to grow cotton in the Jianghuai land.

Back at the Guogong Mansion, Princess Langya personally took him in, Li Ko saw that he was in a hurry, and asked curiously: "Da Lang, why are you so frizzy?" ”

"I'm going to Hebei in a few days, and I'm about to arrange Huaiyuan's personnel. Many people pointed to the big river workshop to eat, and the little nephew couldn't do nothing. Let the aunt worry. ”

Li Ko smiled, walked over and whispered, "This time, the emperor didn't embarrass you." ”

Seeing that this aunt was snickering, Lao Zhang was suddenly embarrassed, watching the young and beautiful girl menstruate, he really didn't want to come back for a second time.

"The little nephew retired."

"Go ahead."

Lao Zhang fled and led people to the side courtyard, and several large cars were parked in the courtyard. There are dozens of big boxes, guarded by veterans from Chonggang Town, dart masters from Fuwei Dart Bureau, and Zhang De's henchmen.

"I've seen Gong Zhang."

"Hmm."

Zhang De nodded, "You have worked hard, as long as you work hard, I will not forget you." There is some tea money here, so let's go to Chang'an City. ”

Two tall and strong servants carried a box of Kaiyuan Tongbao out, and a plate of silver bills. Silver bills are used to save money, and Kaiyuan Tongbao is used to spend money and spend money.

Each person got an extra 100 wen foot money, another 20 wen tea money, and 10 wen rewards, a total of 130 wen. This extra 130 wen is enough to eat for several days.

Jia Qian let the box with cotton cloth move into Zhang De's room, Lao Zhang hurriedly opened it and took a look, and then he was disappointed, and the cotton cloth he thought about was 108,000 miles away.

Originally, I wanted to make a cotton T-shirt, but now it seems that I can only make **.

"Can't weave too wide?"

"Easy to break."

Jia Peng answered honestly.

"Well, let's raise the output first, and stock up enough white stacks, it's always useful."

Now, Zhang De is going to find Anping and make a few simple Anerle or Sophie. (To be continued.) )

PS: This is yesterday.