"But godfather, since cotton can be grown in the south, why don't you find some people who can grow cotton in the north? The most dear and bankrupt people, it really shouldn't be, if you want me to say that the person is also stupid, he won't pay for someone to plant, with his net worth, there must be a lot of people who will be tempted! Xia Zhi scratched his head, not understanding these facts.

This is not to blame for the summer solstice, although the place where she stayed is the closest to the south, but as an illiterate peasant girl, she does not know much about some of the systems of the Wu Dynasty, which also causes her to not understand why the people who went bankrupt at the beginning did not invite people from the south to plant cotton.

"You little girl, you know what to say!" Xu Ming knocked on the head of the villain of the summer solstice, obviously very uninterested in the whimsical statement of the summer solstice,

"When the first emperor was there, there were no cotton clothes in winter, two pieces of fabric were stuffed with straw, which is like now there are cotton clothes in every cloth village" Xu Ming had an emotional expression, thinking that when he was young, how could there be any cotton clothes and cotton pants, the best thing was animal skin, which was only bought by rich people, according to the situation of his family, although he also bought skin, but almost all winters have to wear a full body of skin.

Either stuff straw in the cloth like a farmer, or just stay at home and don't go out, which requires you to have a kang at home, otherwise you will really freeze to death, which naturally became the most worrying thing when the first emperor was in power.

To say that the old emperor is most worried about two things in his life, the first is food, the second is to keep warm, and then there are other things such as natural and man-made disasters. You must know that the Daowu Dynasty is not like a modern city, it is very common to have more than ten degrees below zero.

In winter, because of the lack of food, it is impossible to keep warm. Almost a lot of people freeze to death every year. The old emperor had been worried about these two things for almost his whole life, and he had not come up with any good solutions. At that time, with the addition of foreign wars, the people were almost miserable.

It wasn't until today that he registered, stopped the outstation, and began to recuperate, and the life of the common people gradually got better, but the problem of insufficient food and clothing still hung over the emperor's head.

In particular, the north spends half of the time in the cold wind, because the number of people who die from hunger and cold is almost several times that of the south. This made Jinshang's head almost white, but the people under his hands did not have any substantive solutions.

In the end, there was really no way to hand over the grain and grass of the garrisons to the leaders of the garrisons, and at the same time authorized the garrisons to use half of the taxes paid by the nearby four counties as grain and grass. The rest is to be handed over to the state treasury.

In fact, the emperor has no way to do this, the ministers under his hands can't use it, and he can't think of a solution, the emperor can only pin his hopes on the generals, and the most famous among the generals is naturally the leader of the various garrisons, the emperor thought. I will not provide you with grain and grass, but only say that half of the taxes paid by the four nearby counties will be used as grain and grass. Then you, a general, don't have to find a way to increase the output of the station.

Now I think about a good thing, but this thing to increase the output is not achieved overnight, more than ten years have passed, the grain and grass do not have to be a headache for the emperor, and the lives of the common people have also improved, but there are still not a few people who starve to death and freeze to death every winter.

"How did you find the cotton, and how did you grow it?" Xia Zhi saw the sadness that Xu Ming said, and on the one hand, he wanted to divert his attention. On the one hand, I also wanted to know who found cotton, and after the most successful planting, he started a business with cotton, so he couldn't wait to ask, and when he said that, Xia Zhi jumped off the bench in a hurry and took two steps to Xu Ming's side.

Xia Zhi was anxious, but he didn't notice that Xu Ming, who was originally sad, saw her movements, and his eyebrows were imperceptibly raised, thinking that he felt that Xia Zhi's movements were too rude, and he didn't look like a girl at all.

"You little baby is young, it's not good to be in such a hurry, go back and sit down, what's the hurry, hurry back and sit!" In the end, Xu Ming didn't say anything unpleasant, because he knew that Xia Zhi was only a little like a child in his place, even in front of the Tian family, Xia Zhi was very mature and polite, and he didn't feel the need to be too harsh on such a sensible child.

"Later, a slave of a merchant surnamed Huang accidentally found cotton,"

"So where did he find the cotton? What's the environment like there? Xu Ming's words had just begun, and he was interrupted by the summer solstice. Xia Zhi thought to himself, this cotton could not also be found growing in the mountains. Xia Solstice lowered his head in contemplation as he sat back on the stool he had used to be.

"No one knows where he found it, because at that time, no one knew the role of cotton, and when he did, he couldn't find any trace of it! Hey, I said little girl, do you still want to listen to it, why do you always interrupt me, and don't let people say it! ”

"Listen to it, why don't you listen, godgrandpa, you hurry up, I promise not to interrupt you!" Xia Zhi said a little flatteringly, for these things it knows about me, I don't know about it, Xia Zhi still wants to know about it, so he saw that Xu Ming was impatient, and hurriedly gave it to the hair, for fear that Xu Ming would pat her ass and leave, and hang her here and not be able to get up.

For the occasional dog leg on the summer solstice, Xu Ming said that he was used to it, so he repeatedly bearded, and continued, "The servant felt that the cotton was as beautiful as a snowflake, so he planned to dig it back and raise it and give it to the master Master Huang, maybe he could exchange it for some silver." Unexpectedly, Master Huang received the cotton sent by the servant, but he was very happy and couldn't put it down, and he didn't see it for a day, but the good times didn't last long, and the cotton branches dug back quickly withered and died, leaving only cotton one by one.

Because Mr. Huang loves cotton, he asked people to pick it off the branches, threw away the dead cotton branches, and didn't care about it anymore, but he didn't expect that the people in the family saw that Mr. Huang liked this thing, so they took it upon themselves to put the cotton on the couch where Mr. Huang rested in his study, so that Mr. Huang could see it every day.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Huang had forgotten the stubble of cotton, until one winter morning, the hostess of the house found the lump of cotton, and found that it seemed to have the effect of keeping warm, and told Mr. Huang, and then he remembered the cotton that people picked.

Mr. Huang knew the role of cotton, and he was naturally very pleased, appreciating and making money, Mr. Huang naturally liked the latter, so he couldn't wait to find the servant who gave him cotton before, but unfortunately it was white everywhere in winter, and he could still find cotton, and the last servant proposed that he found cotton in the autumn, and when he came next autumn, Mr. Huang had no choice but to give the servant a silver reward, so that he always paid attention to the place where the cotton was found.

The servant is also a clever man, knowing that Master Huang wants to find cotton, he naturally has to go to the place where the cotton was found from time to time to take a turn, and later let him find a few seedlings suspected of cotton, the servant was afraid that it was not, so he pulled out one or two, and went back to try planting, thinking that if it was really cotton, then he learned how to plant, presumably Master Huang would definitely be rewarding him, and maybe he would be reused by Master Huang.

The servant was a farmer, and he didn't know if he was lucky, or what, he actually planted the cotton, and when Master Huang found him again, it was a big surprise, so the cotton was planted in the hands of the servant.

Then sold to various places by the old man Huang, there is now cotton clothes, I think the cotton clothes just came out, but the price is outrageous, only the real rich and noble family can wear it, more than ten years have passed, the Huang family now does not know how many fields to buy to grow cotton, but the cotton has not been high yield, the price has been high. I think that the Huang family is probably rich because of this cotton business. ”

"Ah, it won't be that only the Huang family can grow cotton now!" Listening to Xu Ming's meaning, it seems that the technique of this cotton has always been controlled by the Huang family, if it is true, then the Huang family has always been doing a monopoly business, no wonder Xu Ming wants to say that Tian Jiafu's oil flow. Broken! If she grows cotton, won't she break the Huang family's monopoly business, and people won't come to trouble her at that time.

"That's not it, such a profitable business, naturally can't let his family dominate, and later there are many people who also think about growing cotton, but they can't compare to the scale of the Huang family. But whether it is the Huang family or others, they all cover up the skills of this cotton, especially after other families secretly learned the skills from the Huang family, and also planted cotton and began to sell it, those few people who planted cotton were offered up by several families with delicious food and drink, and no one saw it easily! ”

"Oh" After listening to Xu Ming's words, Xia Zhi obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and he was afraid that he would be in trouble then, but after breathing a sigh of relief, Xia Zhi thought of another question:

"Then grandpa, since the cotton has been planted, why don't the imperial court do anything, the emperor directly promulgated a decree, and let the Huang family take out the skills of planting cotton!"

"Hey——, things are as simple as your little girl thinks, at that time, the first emperor's body was no longer good, and when he registered today, when he knew the news, the merchants had already opened the cotton business, and the technology was completely monopolized by them, and he also sent someone to say this in private, but these few families saw the money and opened their eyes, relying on the fact that they had just registered, the foundation was unstable, and there were people behind him as backers, and they couldn't say this matter openly, every time someone came, they pretended to be confused, and there was no way to do it today, Kill and can't kill! ”

Tsk, it seems that the current emperor should be angry among these merchants, if she can grow cotton, it is estimated that if she is not wiped out today, then at least a few families will be skinned and cramped and bone-cut. If that's the case, those merchants still don't have to hate her to death, no, no, it seems that this cotton is not easy to grow, hey, she didn't want any cottonseed in the caravan if she knew that she wouldn't have brought any cottonseeds. (To be continued......)