Raising flowers is naturally an elegant thing, raising flowers is even regarded as a representative of luxury life, the rarer flowers and plants are more precious, in order to get these rare phantom plants, many rich people do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to bid for those precious plants.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, there is a kind of precious plant, which looks beautiful, the eyes are full of snow-white shapes, and the feel is very weak, often regarded as a façade in the garden, not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in the Song Dynasty, although the status has declined, it is still a famous product.

This is - cotton!

After reading the previous introduction, I think many people understand why the Chinese people call cotton cotton, because in ancient China, cotton was used as an ornamental plant and was listed as a kind of flower, and it is not enough to call it a flower.

Cotton in the Northern and Southern Dynasties when it was transmitted to China, at that time because of the scarcity was only used for ornamental, until the two Song Dynasty gradually spread, but because it was not promoted, too rare and expensive, it was still used for ornamental purposes, but also because of the expensive, in order to show the identity, at that time the rich people spun cotton into thread and woven into small things, and wore it on the body to show their noble status.

In the next generation, whoever wears a cloth purse, or ties a strip of cloth on his head, is definitely a tyrant, if anyone has a shirt woven with cotton thread, then everyone everywhere you go will be eclipsed, even if you are covered in silk and satin, it is not glorious.

Different from later generations, in the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and even the Yuan Dynasty, cotton cloth clothes are definitely not a civilian title, whoever sees you in cotton clothes will cast a look of awe at you, and the dog will not only not bite when he sees a person wearing cotton clothes, but also wagging his tail.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a commoner, naturally knew the warmth of cotton, and after becoming the emperor, he greatly promoted the planting of cotton, and it took 20 years to let the original local hao wear cotton clothes became the standard for civilians, and the cotton was sewn into the clothes in winter, which also solved the problem of keeping warm.

Of course, Lotte's attention is not who ties his hair with strips of cloth or who hangs a cloth purse around his waist, but that cotton has not been popularized and planted in the Great Song Dynasty, and in the Northern Song Dynasty, cotton cloth replaced linen cloth is obviously a major historical progress.

To the imperial court, in the name of the official promotion of cotton, Lotte quickly denied his own idea, the Song Dynasty court scholars and doctors a few people can drink a pot by themselves, I am afraid that the watch has just been sent, the opposition will be higher than a wave, even if everyone knows the benefits of planting cotton, but there are still many people who speak out against it.

First, he was not on good terms with Wang Hao, Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, Bai Shi and others, these people were the first to oppose it, and these people and their lackeys were opposed, no matter what they said, their first move was to oppose it; second, the other group of people have no grudge against themselves, but they will feel that cotton cloth will affect the interests of the people who grow hemp, and use these against themselves; The fact is that Chen Lingyuan and Zhu Shengfei, who have friends with him, will also have a hesitant wait-and-see attitude.

After some thought, Lotte finally made a decision to buy the land at his own expense and hire a gardener to guide the farmers to promote the cultivation of cotton on a large scale. Although Lotte's helpless move, it is also related to the fact that Rakuten has a lot of money and has no place to use it.

At present, after the Fangla Rebellion on the Liangzhejiang Road, many rich gentry who did not come and fled were killed by changing tricks, the wealth of the family was plundered, and the land became ownerless. The fact is that if Lotte does not buy these fields, sooner or later it will be used by the successor officials to be greedy for ink when disposing of the ownerless fields, rather than cheapening the corrupt officials, it is better to buy them legally and reasonably, which is beneficial to the country and the people.

As for hiring a florist, there is no way, after all, cotton is still listed as flowers and plants at this time, and ordinary farmers do not understand the planting technology, how can they be planted and promoted.

……

"Master Hou, Professor Fu Xuecheng is here, please!"

In the back house office, drunk begonias in Lotte around the red sleeves are not comfortable, the front hall door to report.

Stopping, Lotte asked, "What happened to Mo Fei Fuxue?" ”

The sixth son hurriedly replied: "The little one doesn't know, I saw that Professor Fu Xuecheng came in a hurry, and he was anxious to see Master Hou!" ”

"Please come in!" Lotte commanded.

Seeing that someone was coming, Zui Haitang hurriedly said: "Master Hou, the slave family should avoid it first." ”

Lotte nodded, and Drunken Begonia hurriedly avoided it.

Inseparable from the imperial court, Fang La entered Hangzhou and killed the officials when he saw them, together with the Xuezheng and professors of the school, these scholars were not chopped with a knife or executed by changing tricks, this Professor Cheng just sewed a leave of absence to save his relatives, so he escaped this catastrophe, and when the leave was full, he has now become the only scholar in Hangzhou and the only magistrate in Hangzhou except Lotte.

There is naturally a difference between the self-proclaimed Qingliu official and the yamen official, not only do they not work together, but even the office place is far away, unless the local official goes to the school to check, the student official usually has no contact with the local official. Today, Professor Cheng came to look for himself, thinking about what kind of problem he encountered.

Seeing that Professor Cheng of the school was coming, Lotte got up and greeted him with a salute: "Teacher Cheng is here, I don't know what is going on?" ”

The ancients paid attention to respecting teachers and valuing education, and Lotte was the lord who hung the marquis, holding the authority of the two Zhejiang, and he should be polite when he saw the scholars.

This Professor Cheng has white hair and is in his sixties, so it is natural for Lotte to have to do etiquette at this age.

"Master Hou, the old man has come to ask Master Hou to be a rescuer!" Seeing Lotte, Professor Cheng saluted and said to Lotte.

"What happened?" Lotte was puzzled, and even more surprised: "There are two officials in Hangzhou City, you and me, and there are still people who dare to be difficult to be with the teacher?" ”

"No, no!" Professor Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said carefully: "A few days ago, a merchant ship came from overseas, and a red-haired and blue-eyed fan came to the university under the leadership of a translator, looking for a subordinate official to discuss knowledge.

Who expected that the questions asked by this person became more and more tricky, and after a long time, the lower officials could not answer, but this slave repeatedly came to the house to ask questions, and the lower officials were annoyed and could not answer, and could not turn away this slave, if so, wouldn't it show that I was stingy, and in desperation, the lower officials heard that the Hou Ye was erudite, so he had to come to invite the Hou Ye! ”

"Fannu?" Listening to Professor Cheng's words, Lotte was interested, he had been in the Great Song Dynasty for so long, except for the blue-eyed and blonde Orchid who had met him in Western Xia, and he had not met a Hu person from overseas, so he immediately became interested and asked, "Where did that slave come from?" What are the questions asked? ”

Professor Cheng replied: "That slave claimed to be from Greece and lived in the Great Food Country for many years, and the questions he asked were not sagely knowledge, and they were very varied! ”

"It's getting more and more interesting!" Lotte smiled, thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, if the Roman slave goes to the state to study, the teacher will come to summon Benhou." ”

Professor Cheng thanked him and went out of the government department.

"This old man is interesting, the complicated problems that he can't solve by himself are difficult for the Hou Ye!" After Professor Cheng left, Drunken Begonia came out and looked at Professor Cheng's back and hummed.

Lotte smiled without saying a word.

Drunk Haitang continued: "Master Hou, there is a sentence that should not be said by a concubine, this old man came to look for Lord Hou, and it is obviously difficult for Master Hou!" ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Lotte smiled bitterly: "What do you mean, Ben Hou understands, these old scholars of the Great Song Dynasty often talk about Ben Hou behind their backs, saying that Ben Hou will only make some poems and glamorous songs to mix with Qinglou and bewitch the emperor, and only know some left side doors, Yu Jingyi has no real talent and real learning, this Professor Cheng is looking for Ben Hou, I am afraid that I will hear such a statement." ”

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Early in the morning of the second day, a student from the Fuxue side came to invite, saying that the Italian Fannu had come to the Fuxue again, and Professor Cheng asked Lotte to go and talk about it.

ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, and Lotte changed into a scholar's outfit before rushing to Fuxue.

When I entered the school, Lotte saw a red-eyed "foreigner" standing there, due to the difference in clothing and appearance, it was very different from the students of the school, and it was very eye-catching.

Before Professor Cheng came to greet him, Lotte smiled and said hello inside: "Hello......"

Professor Cheng, who was welcoming Lotte to Lotte in the sky, was stunned when he heard Lotte's unclear words, and couldn't help but look back at those people, his eyes were stunned.

Hearing this "Hello", the foreigner was obviously taken aback, turned his eyes to Lotte, and muttered a big call.

Although the English in his previous life was not good, he could barely understand a few words, which surprised the foreigner and asked himself if he understood English.

Lotte shook his head, and only replied in English with a little understanding.

Listening to Lotte's words, although the foreigner was a little disappointed, he was still very happy, and then with the help of the interpreter next to him, Lotte knew the purpose of the foreigner Da Song.

This foreigner named "Paul" is a Greek, his ancestors have been doing business with the Persians, and Persia is the transfer place of the Song people's goods to Europe, so there are also business contacts with the merchants of the Song Dynasty, Persian spices, tea of the Great Song Dynasty, porcelain, silk are deeply loved by the Greeks, Romans and even the whole Europeans, and since this year, there are few Great Song merchant ships leading to Persia, and the trade in the East has come to an abrupt end, how can these businessmen not have a headache.

It just so happened that Paul was in the South China Sea, so he took advantage of the tropical monsoon in summer to come north to Hangzhou.

As a merchant between the East and the West, the Paul family naturally dealt with all kinds of people, and it was common for them to know a few words of English or even a few words.

"Master Hou, the lower officials said that I have Confucius Sheng, Yasheng in Huaxia, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Han Feizi, these slaves said that they have Socrates, Aristotle and Archimaeus and ......" At this time, Professor Cheng came over, arched his hand and said to Lotte, when it comes to Akimie, how can I remember the next word.

"Virtue!" Lotte responded.

"Yes, it's German...... Archimedes, these slaves said that those saints of others are not at all ......inferior to the saints of my Great Song Dynasty" Hearing that Lotte took it, Professor Cheng was busy, but he quickly realized what was wrong and stopped talking, looked at Lotte in surprise, and asked, "Master Hou, do you know these people?" ”

"I've read about this when I've been reading idle books before!" Rakuten's answer is an understatement.

The foreign devil Paul also looked at Lotte in surprise, his expression became exciting, and he muttered a bunch of words to the interpreter next to him.

Then the interpreter said: "We shipowners ask, do you know the history of Greece too?" ”

Lotte nodded and said: "Although Greece is not one of the four ancient Ming countries, it is still the first in Europa in terms of chemical attainments, which can be described as the representative and peak of the ancient Ming of Europe and Rome. ”

After Lotte's words fell, the interpreter was another grunter translation, translating Lotte's words to Paul.

As for Lotte's words, after listening to the translation, Paul's face quickly became uncalm, and he immediately screamed, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction.

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