Tu Mountain, also known as Dang Tu Mountain, commonly known as East Mountain, is the location of the ancient Tu Mountain country. There is a mountain opposite Tu Mountain, named Jing Mountain, which faces each other across the Huai River from Tu Mountain. Legend has it that Jingshan and Tu Mountain were originally a mountain, and later when Yu ruled the water, the mountain was split into two, and the Huai River was diverted from south to north.

Yicheng County and Jingshan face each other across the water, located at the intersection of the water and the Huaishui, surrounded by water on both sides, convenient transportation, fertile land, abundant fish and shrimp.

And Dangtu County, on the south bank of Huaishui, west of Tu Mountain. Yicheng and Dangtu, although they are only separated by a Huaishui, the distance is quite close, but the climate is very different!

Speaking of which, Tian Fan's life is bitter enough. When Liu Bei entered the Huaishui from Dangtu, there was only a thin layer of ice on the Huaishui River, which did not delay the boat, so Liu Bei took a boat directly from Dangtu down the Huaishui River to Huaisikou. Land from Huaisikou and return to Xiapi if you go north.

Only five days later, when Tian Fan was about to rush back, a heavy snow suddenly came! As a last resort, Tian Fan had to order the soldiers to hurry across the Huaishui and rush to Yicheng. If not, when the weather cools down, the Huaishui freezes and can't sail, and you can't leave, then Tian Fan can only look at the river and sigh!

After crossing the river, Tian Fan was stationed in Yicheng for a day. Although it is only a river away, it can be painted with a light snow, but here in Yicheng, it is a heavy snowfall, and the temperature is much colder than Huainan. Tian Fan and others seemed to have returned from the early spring to the cold winter all of a sudden, which made everyone sigh for a while about the magic of nature.

Marching in the snow has always been difficult, but fortunately, when Tian Fan, Lu Bu, Liyi and others, as well as their corporals were in Ju County, they had the experience of marching in the snow for several days. And the soldiers of the entire army are also like arrows, and they are all their own territory along the way, Tian Fan wants to train in this area again, so everyone ignored Chen Zhi's kind words and persuasion, and resolutely embarked on the road back to their hometown.

This way, that's really a pain! Tian Fan first asked Lu Bu to lead the cavalry soldiers to march in front, make the snow on the road thinner, harder, and then made a set of snow non-slip shoes for each of the soldiers, and the wheels of the carriage were also tied with hemp ropes or iron cables, and the horses' hooves were wrapped with several layers of linen. The preparation was sufficient, but I could only travel 60 miles a day! And when the evening came, the soldiers were very tired. Fortunately, the Xuzhou army is rich, and the soldiers' clothes are good, although occasionally a few soldiers suffer from frostbite, but there is no large-scale frostbite and frostbite to death.

After four consecutive days of rapid marching, Tian Fan decided to rest for a day. It's true, he himself rides a horse every day, and he can't stand it, let alone those soldiers? Moreover, it snowed lightly again today.

In the evening, Tian Fan led the soldiers to inspect the camp and returned to his simple tent.

The people stomped their feet at the door of the tent and patted the snow on each other's bodies, and then they entered the tent. In the big tent, in a huge brazier, a few pieces of wood were burning, and the whole tent was warm.

These people didn't see Tian Fan either, and they were standing on the edge of the brazier roasting their hands and feet, and they were talking about something.

Tian Fan said: "Ling Ming, do the soldiers have braziers for heating in their tents?" After all, time was limited, and he was only greeting the soldiers, not looking at their tents one by one.

Pound shook his head and said, "General, how can we have such good conditions?" On a snowy day, transportation is already difficult, and even if there is, it can't be transported! But the general can rest assured that the brothers are well clothed and the tents are thick, and now twenty people are crammed into one tent, and they can't freeze! ”

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Boguang, you don't have to worry about this!" The soldiers of my Xuzhou army are good, so they can wear warm clothes and drink a sip of strong wine in this snowy day. Don't worry, it's okay! The soldiers are not as squeamish as you think! ”

Koji Yoshiya said: "That's it! General Tian, Youzhou is several times colder than here, and the soldiers I brought don't have such good conditions, aren't they still good? You can rest assured! ”

Tian Fan listened, and could only nod helplessly.

Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "By the way, tomorrow we will have a day off, and we will be able to go to Pugupi the day after tomorrow, right?" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Well, here is more than fifty miles away from Pugupi, and we can pass Pugupi in less than a day!" ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Haha, I suddenly remembered something...... Uh, no, it's a good thing! Well, when we pass by Pugupi, I'll stop there for a while, and you can continue on your way, don't worry about me! ”

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and Koji Yi asked, "What good things?" Boguang, we are now on the march, as the commander of the first army, how can you leave your post without permission? ”

Tian Fan smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, I won't mess around!" Hehe, Xie Yigong, I entrusted him with one thing, he said that this year is expanding the planting to leave seeds for next year's promotion. Hehe, I'll go and see the situation, if the seeds are enough, I'll contact a few familiar clans when I go back, and prepare for planting in advance! ”

The three of them couldn't help but be curious, and hurriedly asked what it was. But Tian Fan's face is mysterious, just don't say it! This makes them itch in their hearts, so it's not uncomfortable.

After chatting for a while, everyone warmed up and left one after another.

It was still early, Tian Fan thought about it, and after packing up, he took two bodyguards to the medical camp.

The plague had passed, and when Tian Fan was in charge, there were only one hundred and ten recovering soldiers left, and he brought them with him. In the past few days, these soldiers have fully recovered.

During the march, the medical battalion was just a simple tent, and these girls were suffering!

When Tian Fan rushed to Siyu's tent, he saw Yu Ji, Gong Chong and Qin Siyu present. Siyu has now fully recovered, although his body has not yet been conditioned and is still relatively weak, but he has not delayed anything. Her interest in medicine is like Bai Yuzhu's interest in music, which is incredible! Now, she asks Yu Ji for some medical things every day, and Yu Ji never hides her selfishness, always teaches each other, these days, Siyu has lived a very fulfilling life, and she has gained a lot!

As soon as they saw him coming, the three of them hurriedly stood up and greeted each other. They are all familiar with each other, and the salute is just a formality. It was snowing today and the weather was cold, and Tian Fan didn't have any reason to let Shi A and Old Man Tang stand outside the tent. The two of them were not polite either, and sat down directly by the brazier.

Yu Ji looked at Old Man Tang for a long time, he clenched his fists and said, "Your Excellency, but your surname is Tang?" "In fact, when he saw Old Man Tang for the first time, Yu Ji fell in love with him. It's just that I have never had the opportunity to be alone, and I have never asked!

Old Man Tang smiled and said, "Hehe, it's rare, there are still people who know you!" ”

Yu Ji smiled and said, "Hehe, back then, I had a relationship with Your Excellency!" It's just that today, your appearance has changed so much that you don't recognize it at the next moment! However, your temperament has not changed. ”

Old Man Tang held a wooden stick in his hand, and for a while he pulled the burning firewood, and said faintly: "I don't want to mention the things of the past!" ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly, for these things of the previous generation, he didn't want to participate, and he was not qualified to participate. He looked at Siyu and saw that she was holding a book in her hand, and said softly: "Siyu, your body is just getting better, don't be too tired!" ”

Siyu smiled gently and said, "It's okay, I'm idle anyway!" During the daytime march, I sat in the carriage, and when I was tired, I slept for a while, but it was not easy to fall asleep at night! If you have nothing to do, reading medical books can be regarded as relieving boredom. ”

Tian Fan smiled and stopped persuading. He turned his head to Ji Dao: "Old immortal, when you arrive in Xuzhou, you will live in my house!" ”

Yu Ji nodded and said, "Naturally! Do you still want me to stay in the hotel? ”

Two days later, in the afternoon, when the group passed by Pugupi, Tian Fan took the guards to play and rushed straight there. Lu Bu, Pang De, and Lu Yi, as well as Yu Ji, Gong Chong, and Qin Siyu, they were very curious about what Tian Fan wanted to see, and they also wanted to follow. Tian Fan thought about it, now that he is traveling on his own territory, there should be no surprises. Besides, Lu Bu's Cao Xing, Hao Meng, Cheng Lian, and Liyi's Wang Da Cake, Wu Peng, Peng Hai and others are not weak, even if there is a sudden situation, they can deal with it, so he agreed.

Xie Qi had already reported it, and when he saw a group of dozens of people coming on horseback, he hurriedly greeted him.

Tian Fan had wanted to come and see this experimental base for a long time, but he never had the opportunity. Now it's finally here, but it's not the right time.

After welcoming everyone into the test base, Xie Qi said: "Mr. Tian, now we have three test bases. Here in Pugupi, we have a total of 3,000 acres of land, mainly planting some crops that require a lot of water, such as rice, such as wheat and so on. However, crops have different requirements for land, so we also have 2,000 and 3,000 acres of land respectively in the consideration and the lower phase. ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "How many people are there in the entire experimental base now?" Oh, I'm talking about techies! ”

Xie Qi said without hesitation: "One thousand six hundred and thirty people! ”

Tian Fan asked in surprise, "How much?" ”

Xie Qi said again and said, "Mr. Tian, among the more than 1,600 people, more than 1,000 people are preparing for the promotion of cotton next year!" To promote cotton, it is necessary for these professors who have planted it themselves, and naturally there are more people who are prepared. In fact, the standing personnel of each experimental base are more than 100 people! ”

Tian Fan was relieved, if all these more than 1,000 people were standing personnel of the experimental base, it would be too terrifying, right?

Hearing Tian Fan ask about cotton, Xie Qi smiled and said: "Cotton does not require much water, so it is planted on a mountain in the southwest of Tuyu County, and there are about 2,000 acres of planting!" Hehe, the cotton produced is mainly hoarded for consideration, and there is also a part of it here. I calculated, these seeds are enough to expand the planting of 100,000 acres! ”

As he spoke, he asked a servant to open a house, pointed to the sacks in the room, and said, "This is the cotton after the seeds have been removed!" ”

The quick-eyed little official didn't wait for Xie Qi to speak, he opened the sack, and everyone saw that the sack was full of white flowers.

After Tian Fan looked at it carefully for a while, he grabbed a large handful, handed it to Lu Bu, and said, "Fengxian, take a look!" ”

Lu Bu took it blankly, and after starting it, he felt that it was extremely soft and light as nothing.

Not only was he at a loss, but the rest of the people didn't know what it was. Tian Fan smiled and said, "This thing is cotton!" Well, the effect is similar to that of silk cotton, but the warmth is better and easier to obtain. Yield per acre...... Oh, by the way, Yigong, how much is the yield per mu? ”

Xie Qi smiled and said a little smugly: "Each mu is about 100 catties!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Well, one hundred catties, if this is to raise silkworms and produce silk cotton, I am afraid that twenty acres of mulberry trees may not be enough!" This thing can be made into a quilt, five or six catties can be very warm, if it is ten catties of cotton, hehe, even over there in Youzhou, it can't freeze to death! It can also be made into a cotton jacket, as long as two or three catties of cotton, it can be made into a very thick and warm cotton jacket, as long as the soldiers wear the cotton jacket, hehe, in this weather, I am afraid that they can sweat in the heat! In addition, cotton can be spun into thread, and the woven cloth is also very good, and in terms of comfort, it is better than linen and silk. ”

Silk cotton is produced when raising silkworms, mainly from two parts, one of which is the loose flocculent silk outside the cocoon, which is mainly the role of fixing the cocoon. In addition, it is the cocoon that those silkworm moths fly out when silkworm farmers keep silkworm seeds. Because this cocoon has been destroyed, the silk is no longer a whole, but has become countless short silk, so it cannot be made into silk thread, but only into silk cotton. Historically, many dynasties asked the people to pay taxes, and they would say a few horses of silk, a few catties of cotton, a few buckets of wheat, a few buckets of rice, and so on. The "cotton" here is not a typo, it refers to silk!

The introduction of cotton to China began in the Han Dynasty, but it was only in the Western Regions, and by the time of the Tang and Song dynasties, there was sporadic cultivation among the people. It was not until the Ming Dynasty, under the compulsory order of Zhu Yuanzhang, that cotton was widely cultivated in China, and it became out of control. Numerous workshops quickly spawned among the people, specializing in the production of cotton fabrics such as cotton cloth. Among the bulk goods exported abroad in the Ming Dynasty, silk and cotton cloth accounted for a large share.

After Tian Fan set up a distribution system for his business, he got a lot of seeds from some families in Liangzhou, and cotton was one of them. At his suggestion, Xie Qi is prioritizing the cultivation of cotton and alfalfa. There are more and more people raising pigs, cattle and sheep in Xuzhou, and the number of horses is already amazing, and alfalfa, an excellent feed, can solve many problems.

Cotton originally had a name, but Tian Fan felt that the name was too awkward, so he directly called it its current name.

As soon as they heard Tian Fan say this, everyone immediately understood that the huge energy that these inconspicuous cotton can contain! In winter, with padded jackets and quilts, how much can non-combat attrition be reduced? Even, the soldiers can fight in some places where they can't fight, for example, attacking Youzhou in winter! No wonder Tian Fan attaches so much importance to it!

Seeing these people curiously looking around a few bags of cotton, touching and touching, Tian Fan couldn't help but want to laugh! Hey, they're all people who haven't seen anything good! ps: I have a headache, it's painful to write, and I don't feel good about writing, forgive me