Chapter 2125 Just Did What Should Be Done

Ye Xia not only inoculated Qin Zhao with cowpox, but also completed the pox for Chen's grandmother, Ruyun, Ruyu and Hao Fu's families, and later vaccinated the newly purchased domestic servants and farmers in each village in his hands one by one.

And with the promotion of the imperial court, the pox planting work in the state capitals of Daxia is in full swing, and Ye Xia is naturally happy to see this, after all, she came up with the method of planting cowpox to prevent smallpox, just to help people in this era avoid being harmed by the smallpox virus.

Of course, one after another, she will come up with other epidemic prevention and treatment methods to destroy such and such epidemics and take fresh lives. For example, malaria, plague......

In short, within her ability, she will improve the medical conditions of this era and help people in this era to suffer less from epidemics. In addition, it is in food, clothing, housing and transportation

Give yourself as much help as you can.

It's not that he is imaginative, opening his mouth to say big things at will, it's not that he wants to be a virgin, it's that Ye Xia feels that he is already in this great Xia where the imperial power is supreme and treats human life like a mustard, what should he do.

Do something for the poor people here, otherwise, the education she once received and the three views that are ingrained in her heart will make her look down on herself, and even spurn herself!

Time passed, and Ye Xia was busy building workshops and greenhouses...... In the process of arranging people to expand the shops in the state capitals of Daxia, the first snow of this winter fell, and it was only half an hour later, and the whole land was covered in silver, which shows how big this snow is.

"Master, compared to previous years, this year's snow is really a bit big!"

Sitting in the house with the burning wall, Mama Chen said so, hearing this, Ye Xia's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she murmured: "I hope those poor people have a fire kang, otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive the whole winter." ”

"If you have a fire kang, you can just ensure that you don't get frozen if you don't go out of the house, but you can go out of the house without thick clothes and ...... on your body."

Mama Chen didn't say the next words, but Ye Xia knew what her unfinished words were, but what could she do?

Everything needs a process to develop, she has cotton seeds in her hands, but the planting period of cotton is around May, and the time she wears here is August, so there is no time to plant, and there is no way to talk about presenting cotton to the emperor, and then the emperor will issue a decree in the court to promote the planting of cotton in areas suitable for planting cotton throughout the country.

"Fur is expensive, ordinary people can't afford to use it, even if their own family can save one or two for hunting, nine out of ten households are estimated to be reluctant to use it, they will carefully process the fur,

When they are in the market, they are sold in the market, so that they can be used to supplement the family. However, when cotton is planted on a large scale, the people will be able to wear thick cotton clothes and no longer have to worry about the difficult winter. ”

"Cotton?"

Mama Chen was stunned, she had heard of kapok, and she had seen kapok, but what is cotton?

Never heard of it.

Ye Xia smiled, said softly, said to Mama Chen what cotton is, and deliberately patted the door of the head, went out of the house for a while, took a ball of white and soft cotton back, and handed it to Mama Chen:

"Mama, look at it, this is cotton, which I brought back from Zhuangzi half a month ago......"

Ye Xia looked calm, she didn't feel that she was lying, she usually went to Zhuangzi to bring something back to the house, basically she got off the carriage and entered the mansion by herself, and put it away by herself.

Therefore, Mama Chen had no doubts about what she said at all, she looked at the cotton in her hand steadily, pinched it carefully, and was very excited for a while, seeing tears welling up in Mama Chen's eyes, Ye Xia was slightly suspicious: "Mama, are you okay?" ”

Mama Chen raised her eyes to look at her, her voice trembled, and she suppressed her emotions and said: "When I was young, my family was poor and couldn't afford to wear thick clothes.

As a result, the man walked out and was carried home by the good Samaritan, and I could see clearly that my father knew how to be hard, and his hands only protected the placket of his chest, because there was the money he had obtained from selling charcoal......

My father is gone, my mother is not in good health, and I have a younger brother and a younger sister below me, seeing that the family can't live anymore, I sold myself, and later entered the palace through human teeth to become a palace maid, but Rao is like this, my mother and a pair of younger brothers and sisters are still frozen to death in that winter......

I knew that they would either freeze to death or starve, for I had only been given four taels of silver for the purchase of the human teeth. In winter, there is a shortage of food at home, and there is no thick clothes, and the four taels of silver are not enough for my mother and younger brothers and sisters.

When I learned that my family was gone, I wanted to die...... But when I think of my parents, I must hope that I can live well, and my younger brothers and sisters, they must also want me to live to help them see more of this world.

So, I gritted my teeth and survived the pain of losing all my loved ones. Master, you said that it would be great if there were sweet potatoes and cotton in the early years, and cowpox inoculations! In that case, even if my parents and younger siblings are still not having a good time, it is estimated that it will not be difficult to survive. ”

"Things in the world are changeable, no one can be sure what will happen tomorrow, what will happen the day after tomorrow, I also found this cotton in the mountains by chance, my hand feels soft and warm,

So he collected the cotton seeds, picked all the cotton together, and thought of using the cotton to make a pair of cotton boots for Yan'er and the others, and keep the cotton seeds to plant on the Zhuangzi next year, and report to the emperor when they are planted and harvested.

The emperor spoke and promoted it to the common people, so that in a few years, the common people in Daxia are estimated to be able to wear cotton clothes and shoes, and no longer worry about being frozen by the cold and snowstorm in winter. ”

If it weren't for her accident, whether it was sweet potatoes or cotton, or cowpox, I don't know when it would appear in this Great Xia Dynasty. Because according to the original historical trajectory,

Sweet potatoes were introduced from the South Seas to Fujian and Guangdong in China at the end of the 16th century, and then spread to the Yangtze River, the Yellow River basin and Taiwan Province. Cotton appeared earlier, but it was really introduced to the mainland in large quantities at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.

Based on this, Ye Xia comforted Mama Chen that she could only give that kind of explanation.

"Master, what the people said is right, you are a living Bodhisattva!"

Mama Chen sighed with emotion very movingly, then wiped away the tears on her face, saluted Ye Xia and said: "I really shouldn't be a bad woman in front of my master, I hope my master will forgive me!" ”

Waving his hand casually, Ye Xia smiled: "What forgive me, Mama has been by my side for a while, you should understand my temperament, you really don't need to be so conformist and polite with me in the future." ”

Mama Chen shook her head: "It's not polite, it's the rules that must be followed, otherwise, some people who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky think that the master is easy to talk to, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not kick his nose in the face!" ”

Ye Xia smiled and didn't say anything more. Ruyun came in from outside the door at this time, saluted respectfully, and said: "Master, someone is coming to the palace, and the queen mother sent someone to the house, saying that she misses you and a few little masters, and comes to pick you up and go to the palace to sit." ”

"Got it."

Ye Xia bowed his head lightly.

"Mother, these cotton shoes and cotton robes are so warm!"

took out the cotton shoes and cotton robes prepared earlier, Ye Xia personally changed them into the three of Song Fengyan, and put on thick woolen five-finger gloves and ear protection caps for the three of them, and wrapped them around the warm and soft woolen scarves, happy that the three little eyebrows and eyes were crooked, you look at what I am wearing, I will look at what you are wearing, I am so happy that I don't want it.

"My sister is right, these cotton shoes and cotton robes are really warm to wear!"

Song Fengyan Xiao Zhengtai echoed Song Ruining's little girl, followed by Song Fengran, Xiao Zhengtai also nodded, blinked her dark eyes, looked at Ye Xia and said, "Mother, warm!" ”

Before the three little ones did not change into cotton shoes and cotton robes, they wore small boots made of animal fur and warm clothes, but they were all wearing soft and close-fitting sweaters and pants.

"It's good to be warm."

Ye Xia said with a smile, his movements in his hands were numb, and he walked towards the door with two big burdens: "Keep up." ”

One of the bags was filled with cotton, and the other contained woolen thread and three sets of cotton shoes and cotton robes of about the same size, woolen gloves, ear protectors, hats, and scarves. The cotton was shown to the queen, and the cotton shoes and cotton robes were for the prince and the companions Qin Zhao and Ye Rongjin.

In particular, Ye Rongjin is the grandson of the Chengen Mansion, to be specific, the second son of the second brother Ye, eleven years old, before the Ye family had an accident, this little prince was already one of the prince's companions.

But later, due to the case of the Ye family, due to the abolition of the prince and the abolition of the queen, Ye Rongjin's companion qualification was naturally also invalidated.

I heard the prince say that he wanted Qin Zhao, the prince of the Changguo Mansion, to be a companion, and after a little thought, a holy decree arrived at the Changguo Mansion, and since that day, Qin Zhao officially became a member of the prince's companion.

Chang Guogong was extremely happy, and he was grateful for the imperial favor given by Emperor Yongkang, but he also knew that Qin Zhao could be selected as the prince's companion, which was definitely related to his stepmother.

Qin Zhao naturally knew this, and remembered what Ye Xia had said, after the child received the order, he returned to his own courtyard and cried silently as soon as he entered the house.

He knew that this was the opportunity for his stepmother to give him to gradually rise, and to give him another strong guarantee in this country's mansion. Just think about it, the righteous son of Renguo Gong, the companion of the prince's side, which one is not long-sighted, dares to bully him at will, and can't get along with him?

Goose feathers and snow were flying all over the sky, and Ye Xianiang sat in a carriage with a heater, and she couldn't feel the cold air outside the car at all.

With the passage of time, the carriage finally drove into the palace gate, and when it reached the palace road near the harem, Ye Xia Niang and the four transferred to the soft sedan chair, about two quarters of an hour, the soft sedan car landed, and the four finally arrived at the queen's Qifeng Palace.

"It's cold all the way, isn't it?"

After Ye Xia and Sanxiao greeted Ye Qingxin according to the rules, Ye Qingxin asked with a soft smile.

"It's warm in the carriage, besides, my sister looks at what the three of them are wearing, it's thick!"

Ye Xia smiled back, then opened the two bags one by one, and said to Ye Qingxin with his fingers of cotton as white as snow: "Sister, this is cotton, which can be used to make cotton shoes, cotton clothes and cotton pants, and can be filled with quilts and mattresses, which is particularly good for keeping warm from the cold." ”

After a moment's pause, she picked up a muslin cotton robe in another bag and continued: "You see this cotton robe, which I made of cotton, as well as the ones worn by Yan'er, Ran'er, and Ning Ning, and the clothes worn on my feet are also made of cotton, and then the cloth used for the lining and face of this cotton robe......

Ye Qingxin was stunned when she heard this, and when she saw this sister-in-law, the queen of Great Xia, she was stunned, Ye Xiawan smiled: "It's not difficult to plant cotton, I have collected a lot of cotton seeds,

In April and May next year, I will have some cotton in the three Zhuangzi in my hand, and when the cotton is ripe and picked, I will be able to collect more cotton seeds, and then the imperial court will be able to promote it to areas suitable for planting cotton throughout the country.

In this way, the common people can have cotton clothes and cotton shoes to wear in winter, and they can also wear clothes made of cotton cloth on weekdays. ”

"Summer ......"

Ye Qingxin grabbed Ye Xia's hand, looking moved and excited: "Why do you say you are so lucky?!" First, a sweet potato with a yield of dozens of stones per mu was found in the mountain, and then it was found that inoculating cowpox can prevent smallpox, followed by this cotton, Xia Xia, you are worthy of the emperor's benevolent prince, benevolent and benevolent ......"

"Sister......

Ye Xia's cheeks were slightly hot, interrupting Ye Qingxin, she said: "I just saw it inadvertently, and then did what I had to do, it's really insignificant, you don't have to take it to heart, let alone praise me vigorously." ”

She just took the sweet potatoes, the method of planting cowpox to prevent smallpox, and took out the cotton, so that they could be produced in the summer in advance, so that the poor people could be less hungry in advance, and they could have a cold clothing to wear in the cold winter.

Ye Qingxin burst into tears: "Xia Xia, do you know? The more you say that, the more my sister thinks you are amazing, and the more she thinks you deserve to be praised by the world! ”

"Okay, sister, aren't we going to be sensational? Look at this wool, it's a wool that I've spun after some processing. ”

Picking up a ball of tender yellow yarn and a ball of red yarn, Ye Xia said again: "The primary color has been impregnated, well, it can be changed into different colors." Use it to knit clothes, socks, scarves and hats,

It's also very warm. By the way, there are three sets of cotton shoes and cotton robes, as well as ear guards, gloves, and neck scarves woven from wool, which I gave to Rui'er, Zhao'er, and Jin'er respectively. ”

"You've always had such a heart! Yesterday, you sent so many fresh vegetables to the palace, and after the emperor found out, he was happy for a while, and said that when the snow stopped, he would go to your village to see what kind of vegetable greenhouse.

If feasible, it will be promoted by the imperial court to the state capitals, so that the people of Daxia can not only eat fresh vegetables in the winter, but also the farmers can add some income to their families. ”

"It's naturally good that the imperial court can promote it."

Ye Xia said, took out a pile of paper full of words from the bag containing cotton shoes, cotton robes and woolen knitted fabrics, and handed it to Ye Qingxin: "Sister go back and give this to the emperor." ”

"How do you build a vegetable greenhouse and grow cotton?"

Ye Qingxin asked.

"Hmm."

Ye Qing bowed: "I wrote very clearly, by April and May next year, I will send some cottonseeds into the palace, and then the court can try to plant them on the Huangzhuang first." ”

(End of chapter)