The figure of 500 mu was not something that Li Yuanjia came up with with his head.

On the one hand, after several briefings in the letter, he felt that Li Shimin should have acquiesced in the existence of cotton, and also had a certain sense of identity with his younger brother's purpose of planting and using cotton...... To put it bluntly, in the heart of the current Tang Emperor, cotton should have gotten rid of the inherent impression of "ornamental flowers" and become more useful.

Therefore, increasing the planting area to 500 mu should not attract a scolding to Li Yuanjia.

And for Sun Zhan and them, if they have more than 400 acres of land, on the one hand, they can use all the cotton seeds they have accumulated as much as possible, and then harvest more, on the other hand, they can be regarded as making the best use of them - in order to keep these extremely precious cotton seeds, Li Yuanjia gave Sun Zhan a lot of people to help, and now that everything is on the right track, it is too wasteful for these people to plant only 100 acres of land......

"Alas!"

Thinking of this, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh, because every time he talked about cotton, he was speechless.

Obviously, the time when cotton entered China is not short, but in the long history, this thing has always been regarded as an ornamental object - the ruling class has silk and silk cotton, and even fur fur, and they don't look down on this thing, ordinary people basically belong to a member of the small-scale peasant economic system, and they can't eat enough to grow food, who dares to use the land to grow cotton?

It was not until the founding of the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang used tough means to popularize cotton in China.

So after Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling bumped into the wall a few times and didn't get any response, Li Yuanjia also "quieted" down.

Of course, it wasn't that he was disheartened and threw the cotton aside, but that Li Yuanjia changed his strategy and planned to spend his whole life promoting this thing.

Datang doesn't pay attention to cotton, the key is that there are few people now!

The magnates had silk in the summer and silk cotton and fur in the winter...... The silk cotton is light and warm, although the fur is heavy, but it is a symbol of status, even Li Yuanjia himself would not choose the quilt if he was not used to it and wanted to set an example for others.

As for ordinary people, quilts are too luxurious!

That's right, it's too extravagant.

This year cotton in the vast majority of the Tang people...... It shouldn't be said that in the eyes of all Tang people except for Han Wangfu, it is a rare ornamental plant, and it is not very good-looking! And now the cotton yield is low, and people have no planting experience, which leads to the extremely high cost in the end.

Who would dare to pursue this when they can't get enough to eat?

It's too hard.

So Li Yuanjia has now changed his goal, putting the hope of cotton promotion on the "middle class" in the city. These people include low-ranking officials, businessmen who are not very wealthy, and some scholars with a little background or children of side branches of families. For them, wearing silk or silk cotton is undoubtedly a luxury, and the price is too high, and other fabrics are not as comfortable and warm as cotton.

As long as the price of cotton clothes and quilts can be reduced to a certain level, it should be easier to promote among these people.

And......

More importantly, even if it is called the rule of Zhenguan by later generations, Li Shimin has been blown to the sky, but there is one fact that cannot be changed, that is, the Tang Dynasty has just been established for 20 years, and wars, rebellions and various natural disasters have not stopped.

So Li Yuanjia's eyes have been on several of his nephews.

Regardless of whether the wheels of the Li family will continue to move forward along the established track in the future, and whether the throne of the Tang Dynasty will still fall on the head of Li Zhi's little boy, one thing Li Yuanjia can be sure of is that at that time, the population of the Tang Dynasty will further increase, and the national strength will be further enhanced, which means that the number of "middle class" will be further expanded!

Li Yuanjia, the landlords in the village, will not consider it for the time being, because he knows that in this society with a small peasant economy, those people are unlikely to buy cloth from others, and most of them will choose to make it themselves; And if you want to promote cotton to the bottom by yourself, in this era when the cost of information communication breaks through the sky, the difficulty is unimaginable!

The only hope is the people in the city.

When he thought of this, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh softly: "The road is long, I will go up and down to seek...... Belch! ”

Suddenly closed his mouth, and when he understood what Qu Yuan said, everyone had known it for a long time in the past few years, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face returned to normal.

Then he turned his head to look at Sun Zhan, nodded and said, "That's it, don't wait for me, tomorrow you will send the cotton harvested this year into the city...... By the way, you can also save a little for yourself, make yourself a quilt and a cotton coat, so that it will be a lot warmer in winter! ”

"This ...... It's unacceptable......"

"Okay, what's the point?"

Seeing Sun Zhan's sincere and frightened appearance, Li Yuanjia was annoyed, and glared and said, "This king said that he would make it...... That's it, you stay ten catties of cotton! People who have never used this kind of cotton have never been able to use cotton, and this kind of thing cannot happen in this palace...... Ahem, as for other people's words, forget it this year, tomorrow 500 acres of land, everyone has a share! ”

As a slave of the palace, even if Sun Xian's treatment is not bad, it is still early to put on cotton clothes!

You must know that if you talk about value alone, even silk cotton and silk are probably far worse than cotton now! Li Yuanjia and the two of them have no problem using it, and they have no problem giving it to the emperor and Liang Guogong, and no one dares to say anything even if they make a few quilts and give them a few personal girls such as spring smoke and ink paintings, but if Sun Zhan and them dare to keep a few catties of cotton for their own use......

Without Li Yuanjia to speak, Han Lucheng can send someone to discount their legs!

Li Yuanjia has always been reluctant to deliberately change this "unfairness", because he knows that his identity is very sensitive and can be kind to his subordinates, but this goodness must also be within the acceptance range of his contemporaries! Therefore, the monthly money of the people under King Han's Mansion is only slightly higher than others, and it is the craftsmen and supervisors who can really get the benefits.

Li Yuanjia is not afraid of people saying this, anyway, the reputation of being a good craftsman in the Han Wangfu has already been beaten, except for Li Shimin who has scolded a few times, his uncle Yu Wenshi and nagged a few times, who dares to say more?

This "bumper harvest" of cotton, Li Yuanjia just rewarded 20 yuan, plus ten catties of cotton is naturally natural.

What else can Sun Zhan say about this?

He could only fall to the ground and cry out with gratitude, "Thank you, Great King, for your generous gift!" We will definitely plant these 500 acres of cotton fields for Dawang and harvest more cotton next year......"