"Your Highness, it seems to be colder than before this winter?"

In the dormitory, the pothos was holding a dark trimmed royal blue satin round-necked robe, which was sewn with a layer of cotton, and the clothes looked a little heavy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the aristocracy generally wore fur in winter, and the cotton cloth and cotton jackets were mostly worn by merchants and common people.

Green pothos' casual words at this time made Xiao Ming frown, this sentence seems to be just a common sentence, but it proves that an objective fact in history is happening, that is, the Xiaoice River era.

According to historical records, the Xiaoice period lasted from 1350 to 1850, reaching its peak in the seventeenth century, when the Xiaoice period was the coldest period.

It is precisely because of this period that the grain production of the Ming Dynasty was reduced, civil unrest broke out, and the northern Jurchen tribes were even more short of food and clothing.

Although the Jurchens attacked the Ming out of hatred, there was also a part of it for survival.

Such historical events also occurred during the Yuan and Song dynasties, when the warm climate in the first half allowed the Mongols to multiply in large numbers, and in the later period, the cold fell into chaos in the grasslands, when Temujin unified Mongolia and then moved south.

Although each historical event has multiple factors, in Xiao Ming's view, this climate still has a huge impact on the ancients who relied on the sky for food.

Last year, many livestock froze to death on the grassland due to severe cold, and this year another cold winter is coming, if there is a large-scale famine among the barbarians, the only way for the barbarians to obtain food is to rob it.

If the weather continues to be so cold, I am afraid that the situation will become more and more severe next year and the year after.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming was a little worried in his heart, after all, when one race invaded another race in order to survive, the war was not just an invasion, but a battle of life and death.

The victory in the first battle of Cangzhou can be said to be a fluke, and this second battle of the city wall can be said to be Bei Shan's order to preserve his strength.

Xiao Ming knew very well that just relying on gunpowder canisters and artillery could not stop the barbarian attack, and the final result could only be that the soldiers withdrew to the city and continued to rely on the city wall to defend.

And in the two wars, the barbarians' losses were basically the same as his, the real barbarians did not lose much, only the slave soldiers died, and the barbarian slave soldiers were more than the regular army, and the barbarians would not feel distressed.

After all, the countries of the Western Regions are now under the rule of barbarians, and it is easy to catch some slaves and come back, and the local residents of Youzhou are also the source of slave soldiers.

Therefore, until now, Xiao Ming has not been exposed to the real combat power of the barbarian at all, and this is what he has been worried about.

In the event of a real field battle, will his army be able to withstand the barbarian attack?

"Your Highness, how is it, this padded jacket still fits, right?"

The voice of pothos' inquiry broke Xiao Ming's contemplation.

He shook his head, as if to put the problem aside, and at this time, he looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a long robe, but his body became a little more bloated than before, which was supported by cotton.

"Well, that's good, you're pretty good at it with Aster." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Being praised by Xiao Ming, Lu Potho's eyes immediately smiled into a crescent moon, and while she was tidying up Xiao Ming's clothes, she said softly: "The slave maid and sister are still afraid that His Highness will not like it, after all, His Highness is the prince, and I am afraid that His Highness will dislike it." ”

"How so? This king and the people are flesh and blood, and the people can wear them, why can't this king wear them? And next, this king will promote cotton clothes and cotton pants in the fiefdom, and the people can no longer suffer in the cold winter. Xiao Ming said.

Although there have been bumper harvests of grain in the two seasons this year, and the people basically have no problem eating, other materials in the six states are still scarce.

After all, it's only a year, and there aren't many things that can be changed, and Xiao Ming focused on maintaining the stability of the fiefdom, steel mills, military workshops, equipment divisions, cement, printing imitations, glass mills, fine wine, soap, some of these industries are to resist barbarians, some are to trade to make money to buy raw materials, and some are to build city walls, but in general, he has invested very little in the people's livelihood.

After all, only by blocking the barbarians can he continue the next step of development, and the textile workshop is his further efforts for people's livelihood.

Once the textile mill can produce a large amount of cheap cloth, the people's food and clothing opportunities will be slowly solved, and only when there is no problem with food and clothing, the people will think about sending their children to school.

Otherwise, at this stage, Xiao Ming's promotion of education will only be resisted, and the biggest obstacle is the people themselves, after all, they can't eat, how can the people send their family laborers to school.

In the modern remote mountainous areas, many ordinary people are still illiterate, let alone his fiefdoms.

Wearing a cotton jacket and a long shirt turned around in place, Xiao Ming walked out in a cotton jacket with a big grin, and the family members of the palace saw Xiao Ming coming out in a cotton jacket, and they all showed a knowing smile, and they felt more and more that King Qi was getting closer and closer to them.

"What are you laughing at, isn't this padded jacket pretty?" Xiao Ming asked.

A family member carefully glanced at the aster who was eyeing him and said, "Your Highness, it's good-looking, it's so good-looking." ”

Hearing this, Aster smiled smugly, and a pair of dimples appeared on her face.

Standing in the cold wind and feeling it, I have to say that this padded jacket is quite thick, very wind-resistant, and his body feels warm after a while.

He became more and more satisfied, and said to Aster: "How many pieces of this cotton jacket can be sewn every day in the textile workshop?" ”

"If it's a delicate cotton jacket, it's only about ten pieces a day, and if it's an ordinary cotton jacket, thirty pieces a day is still no problem." Xiao Ming said.

"Thirty pieces a day? It's still too little. Xiao Ming said: "In this way, now the textile workshop is responsible for weaving cloth and sewing cotton jackets, you might as well separate the two, one part is responsible for weaving, and the other is responsible for weaving, now it is winter, and the people are idle at home, you recruit more female workers, and pay them a little more." ”

The textile industry will be the main industry in Qingzhou in the future, this industry belongs to the light industry, and no pollution, is very suitable for vigorous development, the seventeenth and eighteenth century Britain is relying on the textile industry to accumulate a lot of wealth.

Xiao Ming has great ambitions, not only to occupy the market of Dayu in the future, but also to sell padded jackets overseas.

However, in this way, the number of women workers required is very large.

Hearing this, Aster nodded and said, "That's no problem, but Your Highness, this has to be used by your newspaper, otherwise there are too few people who know about this textile workshop, and during this time, there are female workers who ask if they can weave at home, saying that they are afraid of being talked about." ”

(To be continued.) )