It is undoubtedly a very troublesome thing to process the cotton that has just been picked by hand, especially when Li Yuanjia requires that all the cotton seeds must be protected and must not be treated with a type that will produce loss.

Pick out the cotton seeds one by one, and then beat the cotton into a flocculent shape little by little.

Fortunately, manpower is the least valuable in these years, especially when there is an anxious master, Han Shan simply sent more than 20 people to Sun Zhan's side, and transported hundreds of catties of cotton back to Chang'an Mansion in a few days.

Looking at the large pile of white cotton in front of him, Li Yuanjia was in a particularly comfortable mood.

"Chunyan, make a few sets of cotton clothes for me and the princess first!"

With the inventory, Li Yuanjia's first thought was naturally himself, and he immediately gave an order to the maids beside him: "In addition, make us a few beds from thin to thick quilts!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

Chunyan's face was not surprised, and he immediately nodded.

As Li Yuanjia's side, almost all of them are masters of female popularity, and the clothes worn by the king on weekdays are also made by them. And after the cotton was harvested last year, they had used them to sew two cotton clothes and a thick quilt for Li Yuanjia, and now they are already proficient.

Cotton clothes and quilts, very simple.

After listening to their conversation, Fang Fengzhu asked with some curiosity: "King, can this cotton still be used to make clothes and quilts?" ”

“…… Yes, you didn't wear a cotton coat or a quilt. ”

After glancing at Fang Fengzhu, Sun Peng remembered that she only got married in May this year, when the weather was already very hot, and everyone naturally changed into thin silk clothes, Fang Fengzhu naturally didn't know the benefits of cotton clothes and quilts.

So after blinking his eyes, Fang Fengzhu continued to ask curiously: "Is this dress made of cotton very comfortable to wear?" ”

"Well, it's very comfortable!"

Then blinked, Sun Peng was happy: "And it's light and warm, no worse than the cotton robe you usually wear...... No, if you want me to say it, he's a little warmer than a cotton robe! ”

"Huh? Are you sure? ”

After listening to her words, Fang Fengzhu was really surprised.

The so-called cotton robe is the clothes that the Tang people are used to wearing in winter...... Of course, the Tang people mentioned here refer to the rich Tang people. Because in addition to the cotton robe is made of silk, the inside is also wrapped with extremely expensive silk products!

The cotton of the cotton robe is made of skein.

Because the cotton said in ancient times was made of silk, it was used next to the skein, and the cotton wool said in ancient times was also used next to the skein! In the words of the old man Yan Shigu, that is, "the cocoon is stained, the fine is cotton, and the coarse is flocculent." Now it is said that the new one is cotton, and the old one is flocculent. ”

That is to say, the original fine silk is cotton, and the flocculent made of the cocoon and messy silk is the flocculent; Now the new thing is called cotton, and the old thing is called flocculent! Later, more and more cotton was used, and gradually replaced the status of silk fabrics, and the cotton word next to the wooden word was used to replace the cotton word next to the skein......

Far from it.

In a word, the reason why the rich people in ancient times did not have cotton and were not afraid of the cold, in addition to the fur, this cotton wool is also one of the extremely important reasons.

So after listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Fang Fengzhu suddenly became interested in the white cotton like a hill in front of him, and his eyes widened and he said: "I have seen this thing before, but at that time, I thought that this flower was pure white and quite beautiful, but I didn't expect it to have such a magical use?" ”

"Haha, yes."

Nodding, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "But if you want me to say, the most important thing is that this cotton is much easier to come from than silk, if it can really be planted everywhere in the future...... Hehe, people don't have to be afraid of the cold in the future. ”

“…… The king is benevolent! ”

There was a strange brilliance in his eyes, and after a moment of silence, Fang Fengzhu and Sun Zhan said almost in unison.

Wool wool, from silkworm cocoons.

If you think about it with your thighs, it's a cocoon! Even if it is the scraps used, this wool is definitely not cheap. Not to mention the poor people in Datang, even those whose families are quite wealthy, I am afraid they can't afford it.

For ordinary people, wool can't afford to use, and things like fur are not cheap, and the things that can be used can only be cheap or easy to get on a daily basis. For example, the fibers of various hemp plants, animal hair, and even flocculents made of waste paper.

There are many kinds of tricks, and each has its own way.

It's just that the effect doesn't need to be mentioned, so if it wasn't for the rich in ancient times, this winter would be very difficult. And it was precisely because of this understanding that Fang Fengzhu and the others would show a sudden expression on their faces after listening to Li Yuanjia's words.

Whether they agree with it or not, at least they understand Li Yuanjia's thoughts.

Fortunately, Li Yuanjia didn't care about what others thought, and after talking to Fang Fengzhu for a while, he refocused his attention on the cotton hill in front of him.

Even if it is cotton that has been preliminarily processed, 700 catties is not a small number!

Li Yuanjia remembers very well that in his last life, he bought the kind of quilt from Xinjiang on the Internet, if it was a single quilt, it would be six catties of cotton, eight catties of cotton, and ten catties would be sent to the house! And it was still a quilt that had been pressed, sturdy, and the accumulation was much smaller.

It is conceivable how much volume the seven hundred catties of cotton in front of you are.

And more importantly, if these 700 catties of cotton are ready, they can make a lot of good things. For example, you can make at least seventy or eighty quilts, or hundreds of cotton clothes, and if you make cushions, gloves, hats, and the like, there are countless of them.

So, how do you use this cotton?

If it is used openly, of course Han Wangfu can digest them all, and Li Yuanjia and Fang Fengzhu can use up almost a hundred catties. The rest made a few clothes and two quilts for Chunyan and a few maids in ink painting, and then gave them a point to the housekeeper, and 700 catties was just enough to take care of the "high-level" in the palace.

However......

Looking at the girls around him, and thinking about Han Shan's old face, Li Yuanjia subconsciously shook his head.

This rarity is not something they are entitled to.

Although Li Yuanjia doesn't care about these things, and he has always loved a few girls, and he wears clothes filled with cotton wool in winter, but cotton is more expensive than silk this year! If you know that he used cotton to make clothes for maids and butlers, it would not sound good to spread the word!

So after thinking about it for a while, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "In this way, except for the few things I just said, everything else is made into quilts, and you can make as many quilts as you can......"