Chapter 634: [Cotton Planting]

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I found Master Lu.

Master Lu was a bit of a research freak, and after asking, he didn't know about the recent promotion of cotton.

It may be that this matter has not spread yet, or it may be that he really doesn't care about foreign affairs.

Li Chengqian asked him to pass on a message, and soon Duan Lun ran to Li Chengqian's East Palace.

Seeing that his forehead was full of sweat, this September is about to pass, the weather has begun to cool down slowly, and there is still so much sweat on his head, I don't know how far he has run, or he is busy with something, busy like this!

"Duan Shangshu has worked hard, sit down and drink saliva!" Li Chengqian comforted.

Duan Lun touched the sweat on his head and said, "Your Highness, don't dare, the minister heard that His Highness passed the call, so he came over." For the promotion of cotton that His Highness is concerned about, I am afraid that it will slow down for a while. ”

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment.

Listening to him say this, things are not going well.

So what's going on?

It's impossible, Lao Li agreed, why didn't things go well?

"Why?" Li Chengqian asked.

Duan Lun said: "The ministers of the three provinces have not yet reached an agreement, so the promotion has not yet been ordered. ”

"Didn't my father agree, the officials in these three provinces disagreed, then there must be a very good reason, I don't know what it is?" Li Chengqian asked.

Duan Lun remembered that the ministers were stuck in the promotion of cotton, and he was also hateful, and said: "The ministers of Zhao Guogong's faction said. If cotton occupies the field, then it has robbed the land for grain. There is not enough food for people to eat, so how can we use the grain fields to grow cotton? ”

"I didn't say that. Won't cotton rob the land of grain? Li Chengqian said.

Duan Lun nodded and said, "The minister thinks so too. However, Zhao Guogong said that if he didn't plant it now, how could he know that he didn't occupy the grain field, and this minister couldn't come up with a good way, and he also said that even if he didn't occupy the grain field, but this cotton was so good, everyone would come to plant cotton in the future. Then don't you just plant all the fields with cotton, and then you will also take up the grain fields! ”

"Isn't this nothing to look for, to make something out of nothing!" Li Chengqian felt depressed for a while, "Even if there is a grain field, the importance of cotton cannot be ignored, and the law can also be used to stipulate the planting authority of cotton, so that the problem of cotton not occupying grain fields can be controlled, isn't this deliberately slowing down the time for promotion?" ”

Cotton is planted in spring and March. It's still a long way off, so there's no rush.

However, Li Chengqian thought that things would have gone smoothly, but here he got stuck. That's uncomfortable. And the person who is Kata is the eldest grandson Wuji.

The last time he took down the housekeeper of the eldest grandson Wuji, this also made the two slowly develop into enemies in the secret, so he is now stuck on himself. Isn't it just a way to fight?

Li Chengqian exhaled and calmed down. asked, "Duan Shangshu, from your point of view." What will be the final result of this cotton promotion? ”

If it was stuck like this, whether it would be dragged down all the time, or whether it would be cut off in the end, Li Chengqian wanted to know.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have paid special attention to grain, and any thing that violates grain and fertile land will make concessions, and things that affect grain output have been stopped! If this matter is serious, it may also be stopped! Duan Lun said.

Being called to stop is naturally the last thing Li Chengqian wants to see, he thought about it and said: "Zhao Guogong, that is, the reason why my uncle stopped it, is because of the problems of people's livelihood, I am afraid that we will occupy the grain field and let the people of the world not go hungry, then we can find another reason, so that he can't refute it!" ”

Duan Lun suddenly looked at Li Chengqian curiously.

Is there anything bigger than the reason for the livelihood of the eldest grandson Wuji?

"Yes, military combat readiness!" Li Chengqian smiled confidently.

After he said this, he asked Duan Lun to go back first, and he went to find Li Jing himself.

Speaking of the god of war Li Jing, Li Chengqian remembered what happened a few days ago about his grandson, Li Yexu, Li Chengqian asked Shuai Guo to talk to him, and let him convey the meaning of Wu Zhao, the little girl doesn't like you to disturb her every day, so don't go in the future.

This is a rejection of his pursuit, Li Chengqian believes that when Li Yexu receives it, he will understand it and will not go again.

Li Chengqian didn't have to go to Li Jing's house, but when he arrived at the military headquarters, he saw him, stopped him, and talked about the cotton.

After listening to this, Li Jing nodded and said, "Indeed, His Highness proposed cotton at that time because of the matter of Goguryeo, saying that clothes made of cotton have good warmth and can make soldiers stay in that cold northeast!" ”

Fortunately, Li Jing still remembers, Li Chengqian smiled confidently at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Then is this considered a military combat readiness resource, such a thing that may be used to fight Goguryeo in a few years or more than ten years later, but it was stopped, so how can you fight Goguryeo?" ”

Li Jing's face was very calm, and he was not excited by Li Chengqian's words, and said: "Your Highness, you still have to be cautious if you want to fight Goguryeo. However, there are also many places in my Datang that are in cold regions, and the soldiers there are suffering from the cold, so I support His Highness's promotion plan! ”

Li Chengqian smiled on his face.

After getting Li Jing's consent, he went to contact other military people, and on the morning of the next day, he had an argument with the eldest grandson Wuji.

Although national defense and security are above all else, the role of cotton is only one of them, and without cotton, isn't there still the down jacket proposed by Li Chengqian?

However, the strength of the military could not be whispered, and in the end the two sides agreed to plant cotton, which was only used for military purposes for the time being.

The cotton planting fields are selected by the military itself and then submitted to the three provinces for examination and approval before they can be planted.

Looking at this posture, the people of the three provinces are not willing to plant too much at once, so they have to review, and if the number of acres submitted is too much, they will cut it down.

However, this can be planted as an experimental field, it doesn't matter if the number of acres is small, after the cotton is planted, it will be made into clothes, and after it is popularized and used in the army, of course, there will be some scattered people, such as Li Chengqian is not a soldier and will use it, and he will also send it to relatives and friends, so that everyone sees the benefits of cotton, and will naturally promote cotton from military to civilian use!

"Wei Guogong, I want to talk to you about a business!" Li Chengqian stopped Li Jing and said with a smile.

When Li Jing saw Li Chengqian's appearance, he knew that he was here to take advantage, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter with Your Highness?" ”

"For the cultivation of cotton, although the military has enough manpower to plant it, isn't this a land to be a skilled farmer, and the army has to find trouble, and I happen to have a field there, so let me contract it!" Li Chengqian said.

…… (To be continued.) )