Qilu, Yidu.

In the palace of King Qi, Fang Jinzhi was holding a little doll and was offering treasures and asked his second brother to come and see. Fang Hao was also full of joy when he saw it. No matter what kind of ball Jiangnan Manichaeism can mix, Fang Jinzhi can live a good life in Yi, which leaves a way back for the Fang family.

After listening to his second brother's words, Fang Jinzhi already knew the purpose of Fang Hao's coming to Yidu. opened his mouth and said: "This matter is simple, it depends on whether my father is willing to give up." "If the Manichaeans can spit out and allow the Liangshan army to capture Jinling, then wait and see, and keep it to get a big smile in the court's civil and military affairs.

Fang Hao almost didn't cough up blood, and at this moment he remembered an old saying: his daughter's heart is outward. really loosely told Liangshan Jun to cross the Yangtze River, "My good sister, aren't you afraid that the Liangshan thief who crossed the river will swallow Manichaeism by the way?" "This is something that must not be let up.

Fang Jinzhi pursed his lips, thinking to himself what he said, as if they could really block it if they wanted to block it, if King Lu insisted on fighting Jiangnan, would Manichaeism really be able to stop it. It's better to take the initiative to bring it up, and teach both sides to have a complete face, and you can earn a lot of money. But now she doesn't need to say this, she can think of a second way, "Then buy it with money." My father won most of the Jiangnan, and there must be a large amount of gold and silver, and there are still many antique gold and stones, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, treasures and jades. Take it out and give it to the bank, and take the money to sell the goods to the ordnance superintendent. She didn't believe that her dad would be kind enough to equip everyone.

In the past, there were many weapons and military horses on both sides, but it was more about exchanging grain, rice, and silk silk from Jiangnan for the military equipment of the Liangshan Army. In Fang Jinzhi's memory, Fang La still had a lot of unused goods in his hands. "It's been such a time, and the family has not moved, can a litter of yellow and white dead things still give birth?"

Fang Hao's face twisted, this is like those gold and silver can buy military supplies from Liang Shanjun, no matter how it sounds, it is not true. Earlier, they used all grain silk! Three or two out of ten will ask for gold and silver, which is already precious. Now it's all about gold and silver, is it okay?

Later, Lu Qian appeared and invited Fang Hao to a small banquet. During the banquet, he heard Fang Hao's words, and smiled loudly: "Why can't you?" ”

What was the foundation of Liang Shanjun earlier? What is the scale now? Before, I didn't want real money, just grain cloth, that was because the Liangshan army lacked food and cloth. But now the cotton planting in the territory of the Liangshan Army continues to expand, the output continues to increase, and more and more cotton cloth will appear in the market, just like the grain, and the income and expenditure have reached a relatively balanced state! In this way, the importance of grain cloth in the south of the Yangtze River is naturally no longer so important.

Although earlier in the eyes of outsiders, the principle of the Liangshan Army in the arms trade has always been barter. For example, the grain cloth in the south of the Yangtze River, the leather goods and cattle and horses in the north of the Saibei are not false at all. But now Lu Qian said that the Manichaeans could use the silver to buy swords, guns, armor, and even bows and crossbows and horses from him on a large scale. This really made Fang Hao feel very unreal, this is a large scale.

But I don't know that Lu Qian is thinking about how to quickly promote cotton to the whole country. He did not intend to use administrative means, and even hoped that the Jiangnan area would plant cotton later, so that he could use cotton cloth from the north to attack the silk silk in the south of the Yangtze River and occupy the textile market in the middle and lower grades of the south of the Yangtze River. Anyway, the Jiangnan area has a solid heritage, so it is better to let the people in the north benefit more.

Nowadays, cotton is being planted more and more widely in the north, and it has spread from Qilu to the Central Plains and northern Hebei. The suitable planting area is also extensive, and almost all the land under the rule of Lu Qi can grow cotton. And weaving is also very easy. It is far more conducive to family production than the silk industry, the textile machines and looms used are very simple, the single spindle textile machine is simple to operate, young and old can use, usually a farmer can always weave a horse for ten days and a half months, weave it and sell it, exchange it for cotton, yarn and continue to weave. The capital turnover is fast, the risk is small, and it is most suitable for small-scale farming operations. And the cotton cloth is thick and warm, cotton is a necessity for winter, its market is aimed at everyone, the potential is huge, the sales volume is unimaginable, and the requirements for the process are not high. It can be said to be an 'artifact' for small farmers to subsidize their families.

In the next time, this kind of cash crop will appear in the eyes of all walks of life. Its function, its value, everyone in the world will recognize that it is far better than sackcloth.

-- Liang Shanjun's cotton cloth, cotton clothes, and cotton armor reserves have been completely solved after this year's cotton harvest, and Lu Qian has decided to allocate some of them to the private market in the interior.

Cotton cloth and cotton will become more and more popular among the people as a daily necessity.

Those textile mills that had already been built would be increased in scale, and even textile mills and spinning mills would be established in various places, because he had already made people study the hydraulic spinning wheel. The latter is the easiest to do, as long as the water supply is even, and the workers' craftsmanship is not bad - dozens of rotors of different sizes are rotating, workers hold the cotton sliver with their fingers in one hand, and twist it with the other hand to turn it into a fine and uniform yarn, and with the rotation of dozens of rotors, the yarn rotates and is wound around the spindle.

Then there are a large number of professional looms, although in a wide range, the efficiency of today's looms is really heartbreaking, but Lu Qian believes in the wisdom of the general public, and he calls people to offer rewards. If you can improve your performance, you can get a bounty. I feel that monetary benefits will inevitably enhance the creative enthusiasm of the majority of weavers and technicians.

In the official history of the "Wang Zhen Nongshu", there are manpower and animal power spinning wheels, which can spin 100 catties of hemp every night, and the highest grade of water to large spinning wheels, the number of rotors is as many as 32. And Wang Zhen is a figure in the Mengyuan era, who lived from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to Zhu Hongwu as the emperor, and his scientific and technological environment is not very clever compared to the current era.

Lu Qian firmly believes that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, as long as the bounty is in place, the cotton textile industry will soon be able to usher in its technological take-off.

There is no need to engage in a patent bill for Lao Zi, the social concept needs to be matched with economic development, and the development cannot be achieved in one step, but slowly. Lu Qian didn't think about a patent law at all, the latter was too incompatible with the current era.

He has a very simple idea, Lu Qian wants to take advantage of the fact that the cotton planting industry in Jiangnan has not yet started, not to mention that he is making a lot of money, but also relying on cotton to create a wealth for the people of the north.

This cotton cloth was very small in the market this year, not to mention the sought-after situation in the Northland market, that is, in the Khitan, Jurchen, Goryeo, Japan, that is absolutely in demand. Especially the cotton coat in the style of military robes in winter clothes, two runs for five hundred yuan, compared to the cost of this price is black, but even so, Wuzi can be in short supply.

Now that the government is supervising the textile mills, how huge is their output? Before cotton and cotton spinning equipment spread all over the country, how much benefit could these textile factories bring to Lu Qian? This can be regarded as a monopoly industry.

It can be said that now the cotton textile industry, the entire upstream and downstream of the industry is slowly unfolding under Lu Qian's gaze. For example, spinning and textile, such as machinery, dyeing, garment making and transportation, etc., because it is a labor-intensive industry, he feels that the cotton spinning industry will drive other consumer industries will be even greater.

Who said that the industrial revolution in history was the first to sprout in the textile industry. At least from the perspective of historical experience, cotton cloth is still very reliable.

Lu Qian is not short of force or food now, and if he wants to seize the world, he can fight it step by step. But it is obvious that whether it is Lu Qian's inner treasury or the national treasury, the money and food are only strong and sufficient.

So follow the rules. It is not possible to speed up, because the expansion of military strength requires a large amount of money, food and land, and in the final analysis, there is still a shortage of money.

Lu Qian just wanted to make money. The gold and silver on Nasado Island, although very rich. But human greed is endless.