'Look, this is kapok, and this tree is a kapok tree. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info', under the spring sun, the spring flowers are brilliant, a row of tall trees, blooming red flowers, looking from a distance, as if the mountains are burning, the end is beautiful, many old farmers who have been recruited are also very fond of this kind of red flowers, full of joy.

"Well, do you know that this flower was planted by the Son of Heaven back then. The peasant judge coughed lightly, and said this, listening to the ears of these old peasants, it was like a thunderbolt exploding. This tall tree blooms beautifully, but it was actually planted by the Son of Heaven?

I have to briefly introduce this flower. The young official was very satisfied with the effect, and when he knew that this kapok was planted by the Son of Heaven, he had this idea. This kapok was indeed planted by Li Chen. It has been a few years since it was introduced, and now it's time for it to officially bloom.

Kapok is native to the South Seas and India. With a height of 10-25 meters, Li Chen chose a dwarf kapok. What is the use of this kapok?

There are many uses, first of all, kapok is very beautiful, when it is in full bloom, you can see a fiery red all over the mountain, which is very beautiful. In Taiwan, it was once introduced by many counties and cities for micro-ornamentation.

Secondly, kapok can be used to make tea, and its flowers, skin, and roots have medicinal value. Cooking dried kapok into porridge or soup can detoxify, clear heat, drive away cold and dampness; Kapok skin boiled water also has the effects of clearing heat, diuretic, detoxifying, etc., and has significant curative effects on chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, diarrhea, dysentery, etc.

The seeds of kapok can be used to extract oil, not edible, but can be lit, can also be used as lubricating oil, and the cotton cake after oil extraction can be used as fertilizer or livestock feed.

And most importantly, it can be used to weave cloth. Kapok has characteristics, strong pressure resistance, strong warmth, natural antibacterial, no moth or mildew, and is not easy to be soaked in water. In water, every four pounds of kapok can support a weight of 100 pounds, and it has good insulation, so it can be made into a covering for thermal insulation or electrical insulation.

Li Chen plans to vigorously promote kapok, which has many benefits. As the saying goes, where a poisonous snake comes in, there must be an antidote within a few steps. It's the same with this kapok. Kapok is resistant to heat and humidity, blooms and boils water, which is a must-have recipe in tropical areas. Vigorously promote planting, which is conducive to the development of Nanyang in the future.

Also, Li Chen plans to promote cotton textiles, which requires raw materials, just to promote kapok, which is warm and buoyant. This is not comparable to traditional cotton. It can be used not only by ordinary people, but most importantly, by sailors at sea. In modern times, although it is not used for weaving, it is used to fill life jackets and rings.

A key, can kapok weave cloth? Yes, indeed. In modern society, no one uses kapok to weave cloth. First, it is too high, and it is not easy to climb and pick. When it lands on its own, it will float in cotton wool, and many counties and cities in Taiwan are greedy for this beautiful flower, but they are all cut down later.

Pretty is very beautiful, but it is too good at floating cotton wool, causing a lot of inconvenience, and there are snack bars, because the cotton wool is floating around, and it is forced to close down. Residents have to wear masks when they enter and exit, and planting them on the road will even cause traffic obstacles, and cotton wool will make people unable to see clearly.

However, in history, the Song Dynasty did grow a large number of kapok, and there was still a lot of planting. Use kapok to weave. This is also thanks to Li Chen's reading of some Chinese agricultural history, so he remembers this. So when he went to sea and saw kapok, he thought of introducing Min, Guangdong and other bottom planting.

The biggest benefit of planting kapok is that it can be used for soil and water conservation. On the one hand, the economic value of kapok is high, and on the other hand, it can prevent them from continuing to burn mountains and destroy water and soil.

But it will take many years for this kapok to grow. There are still old farmers who are not at ease, "We have never planted this kind of tree." ’

'Rest assured, since the court has taught you to plant this kind of tree, it will not leave you alone. He persuaded the peasant magistrate to pat his chest and promise, 'This tree is easier to clean up than the crops in the field, and it is also very profitable, and you also know that burning it like this for a long time will only make the village worse, so take this opportunity to improve it.' ’

As for you, you are worried about your income, don't worry. The peasant judge pulled one over, who did not look like a farmer, who had just been listening, and who did not speak to the young man, who was well-dressed and looked clean, and after being pulled over, he crossed his hand with these old peasants and expressed his greetings.

This is the representative of the Royal Textile Mill, you can sign a contract with everyone, spend the money, and wait for a few years, when the kapok grows, and then use the kapok to pay back. ’

'What if I don't plant it?' As long as you plant as instructed, even if it doesn't grow, you won't be blamed, and you don't have to pay back.'' The representative of the textile mill spoke, his voice quiet and powerful.

'The contract is guaranteed by the government, and a certain amount of subsidy per mu is given for a few years before the kapok is produced, which is regarded as the payment. After planting, every 100 catties of kapok will be half bought and half converted to us to offset the loan. As long as it is not malicious destruction, if the planting fails according to the teachings, there is no need to repay the loan. ’

After the representative of the textile factory finished speaking, the old peasant began to talk to each other. In good conscience, this condition is quite favorable, so the old farmers did not think much about it, since it involves the Son of Heaven and has the government to protect the most, it is still a little credible.

It will do this, and it is also helpless. At present, the Royal Textile Mill is getting bigger and bigger, and its products are selling well. But the supply of raw materials is not available. Historically, the light industry of textiles has brought about the industrial revolution, not without reason. The number of woven cloth increased greatly, the supply of spindles could not be supplied, and the spindles increased, and they were replaced with raw materials, one ring after another, and finally brought about the industrial revolution.

At present, the Royal Textile Mill has also triggered this phenomenon, the Royal Textile Mill spun cloth, the number of surges, driving the vicinity of Chang'an, even as far as Luoyang, Yangzhou around the spindles, are flocking to Chang'an, the price of spindles rises.

As a result, many farmers now stop weaving and start spinning.

Because there are not many factories at the moment, they are still keeping up. However, this has also led to the increase in the price of raw materials. Even, Li Chen did not block technology, but also carried out technology transfer, and some wealthy businessmen turned their attention to textile factories and found it too useful.

In this era, spun cloth can even replace money. In the past, when the money supply of the imperial court could not keep up, it was also ordered that when trading, money and silk must be used together. So, a weaving mill is equivalent to a legal mint...

At present, although the amount of coinage in the imperial court has increased greatly, cloth is still a very profitable necessity in a short period of time. Therefore, Li Chen did not deliberately block the technology, and if the technology is transferred, it is inevitable that in the future, whether it is spindles or raw materials, there will be more shortages.

Fortunately, Li Chen began to plan these things a few years ago, and Nanyang did not run in vain. Now to provide raw materials for the development of Datang, in the future, when the textile industry is booming, it will also become a dumping ground for Datang textile industry and products.

Of course, it's too far to say that now. This is a small county in Fujian, the whole county is hillside land, the subsidy per mu is 500 Wen, the county is calculated, about tens of thousands of yuan a year, five years, hundreds of thousands of runs. The level of subsidy even exceeds the total tax revenue of several counties around here.

If it is cotton, the amount of subsidy can be less, but kapok, the growth cycle is slightly longer, although it is faster than other trees, but it is actually a tree, and all of a sudden the farmers need to change the way they rely on to make a living, and they will not see the results for a few years, and they will only be counterproductive if they are forced to get it.

However, in the future, others will not be so discounted if they want to. This small county is just a pilot, using discounts to attract people to plant, and when the future produces results, people in other places want to imitate, but it is not so good.

It's just that in the future, Li Chen has planned to let the Royal Textile Factory lay a contract model. Other mills were involved in signing contracts with farmers, as in the case of the Royal Textile Mills, where the mills provided loans and the peasants paid off their debts with the goods after a few years. This model can be regarded as a kind of innovation, if the textile mill takes out this right to trade, it is simply futures.

'Don't worry, our sugar factory has a guarantee for you. The same scene, in a different place, but this is not a small rural county, this is a county in Shudi, a royal sugar factory has to reassure a group of farmers that they will change to sugarcane, and the sugar factory will give them how much money per acre of land will be higher than their original farming income.

'The rent of one acre of land is always five a year. Isn't this more than what you can earn in a year of farming? You plant, and the land is yours, and the sugar cane that you planted belongs to us. ’

'What if the harvest is bad?' An old farmer asked, 'It's okay, the money will still be given to you, and we will lose if the harvest is not good.' If the harvest is good, there will be a bonus, and we will collect a fixed amount. ’

So good? The money is also prepaid, and many people are moved, anyway, the harvest is guaranteed by drought and flood, and there is more income when the harvest is good. At that moment, many peasants signed contracts, and the young peasant magistrates had to read the contracts to them word by word, making sure that every one of them was the same, and then the peasants, drawing the pledges, receiving the money, were full of excitement, and began to learn to grow sugar cane.

It's a good deal. Get a sum of money directly, and when the tax is paid and the grain is paid, it is good to pay the money directly, and you don't have to be exploited. Even, some shrewd people are very good at calculating, which directly puts a sum of money into their pockets, and when the harvest comes, they can also buy grain from others.

Not far away, a man who looked like a wealthy merchant, wearing a brocade robe and silk shoes, looked at the scene with a smile, a big face looked rich, but he smiled so much that his face was invisible, which ruined the overall impression and looked treacherous.

'Why is the master laughing?', and a subordinate who came next to him hurriedly asked, 'I'm laughing.' As soon as the rich man said two words, he shook his head, what did he laugh at, this is not easy to say.

He was laughing, what's the use of high income, all the land is used to grow sugar cane, and this thing can't be eaten, it's just sweet to chew.

At the beginning, the peasant judge and the representative of the sugar factory approached him, asking him, the largest local landowner, to take the lead and set an example, but he refused. At that time, he was thinking about it.

What is the use of a high income? Now everyone has switched to growing sugar cane, no one grows food, and it is great that there will be people who have some empty land to grow food. But there are definitely not enough of them.

Contrary to the others, his land is never planted with sugar cane, but all with food. When those fools run out of food and start buying, they will find that all the food has risen, but you can't do it if you don't buy it.

Thinking of this, the rich man laughed silently, very proud, and he even began to think about starting to buy a large amount of grain, not only in the county, but also in the surrounding counties. Slowly raising food prices.

Ha, grain is the foundation, what about sugarcane, even if it can squeeze sugar? Nor can it be eaten as food. Wait, when the time comes, it is not enough for you to make that little money, and it is not enough to pay all the money to Uncle Ben, even the land will be lost.

Food is the foundation. On the way back, the young judge of persuasion and the representative of the sugar factory said that they were all acquaintances, and they could not be said to be very familiar, but they were also from the nursery school.

Li Chen spared no expense to take care of orphans, and now more and more people have entered the society. For Li Chen's change, add bricks and tiles. Many people have specialized talents, but Li Chen has spent a lot of effort to cultivate them. Many of the newly created positions of agricultural judges were students trained by Li Chen back then, otherwise, where would the officials who had obtained the general scientific examination know so much agricultural knowledge.

This sugar cane is worth a lot of money. You can squeeze sugar, sugarcane can also make wine, but sugarcane is grown everywhere, and I am afraid that this grain will not be enough to eat. In case of.... ’

'Worry about what they do. The representative of the sugar factory was unimpressed, "If that fool dares to do this, he will be guaranteed to pay it all." ’

'Don't worry, the court has already prepared. Seeing that the representative of the sugar factory said this, he persuaded the agricultural judge to also relax and began to gossip.

Throughout the spring, the magistrates of the peasants became active, assumed the duties of true parents, and began to teach all kinds of agricultural techniques. This technology is not yet set in stone, and it is adapted to local conditions. In fact, this position has been set up for a while, and the reason why it has no merit is that on the one hand, it is necessary to wait for spring, and on the other hand, it is necessary to find out the local soil conditions and adapt measures to local conditions, so as to make the best strategy to help farmers develop.

Spring is brilliant, and the future of Datang is beautiful, but in such a spring, there are always a few corners that emit a burst of smell, which is the smell of conspiracy fermenting.

Ma Yuanwu poured a glass of wine into his mouth heavily, this is a good taste, a taste called revenge, brewing in his mouth, he opened his mouth, what came out of his mouth was not the smell of wine, and there were bursts of corrosive words.

'Shao Lang Jun, you can think about it, Zhang Shuai's body is no longer good, if Lang Jun still cared about Zhang Shuai's body before, now that people are dying like a lamp going out, Shao Shuai is not enough to serve the public. ’

At this time, it is the time for the official Shaolangjun to show his strength and carry forward his ambitions. Opposite Ma Yuanwu was a man in his thirties, with a sparse beard, his eyes wandering, "But, don't talk about me, my father's prestige is not enough." ’

'Don't worry, it's all planned. Ma Yuanwu let out an ugly, night owl-like laugh, and the listener was upset, but he knew that he had to rely on him, otherwise he would never have a chance in his life with that chair.

In this way, there is Lao Gonggong. Finally, he made up his mind. (To be continued.) )