There are about three different ways for cotton to be introduced into our country. According to the analysis of historical data, it is generally believed that cotton spread to the Central Plains from the north and south. Nanlu was the first Asian cotton of India, which was introduced to Hainan Island and the Liangguang region through Southeast Asia, according to historical records, at least in the Qin and Han dynasties, and then into Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and other regions. The second route was introduced to Yunnan from India via Burma, around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties. The third way is that African cotton was introduced into Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor through West Asia, and the time was about the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the northern road was the "Western Regions".

The cultivation and utilization of cotton by ethnic minorities in the border areas was much earlier than that of the Central Plains, and until the Han Dynasty, cotton textiles in the Central Plains were still relatively rare and precious. In the early Tang Dynasty, cotton began to be transplanted to the Central Plains. The original intention of transplantation was not to plant a large area as raw materials, but to use it as an ornamental plant for a very small number of privileged classes, as a rare flower and grass to enjoy.

Such an important plant has never been taken seriously in the hundreds of years of flow, and it has been recorded in the Qin and Han dynasties, but it was still planted in the nursery as a decoration until the early Tang Dynasty. Lan Ling didn't know this yet, and when the cotton fabric came out, she could understand what it meant to be derelict in her duties, and she would definitely be able to shame the royal nobles who were known as the pride of the sky.

But I only know how to make a spinning wheel, and I have never seen anything else, so what preparations should be made before the cotton harvest? I took a brush and drew on the paper, no matter how I painted, it was the appearance of a spinning wheel, and I drew a lot of large spinning wheels and small spinning wheels, and the more I painted, the more proficient I became.

"Oh, what are you doing?" I was practicing painting and was fascinated, and I almost touched Ying's face when I turned around, which was scary. "Sneaky and scary." I don't know when she came, but it seems that I have been silent in the fantasy of art for a long time.

"Husband, this is?" Ying took my work and looked at it for a long time, and she couldn't see it, "Painting? ”

"High-end goods, you don't understand it." Looking at Ying's expression, there is a meaning that she wants to laugh. Deeply shocked, "Laugh if you want to laugh, and be careful to hold back the fault." Seeing that Ying turned her face and probably smiled, she said dissatisfiedly: "Tomorrow for the husband to pick cotton, it is manual work, you have experience in working in the field, what should you do to prepare?" ”

"This," Ying was a little confused. "Husband is going to go to the field tomorrow to dry goods?"

"Well, for the sake of the common people in the world, no matter how much hardship you endure, no matter how much you are tired, you will not hesitate." I nodded solemnly, "What are you laughing at?" Unbelief? Why don't you prepare for your husband and get angry? ”

"Okay," Ying smiled and pulled out her handkerchief. Wipe the ink off my face, "What kind of preparation, husband just command." ”

"Yes, total." I held my cheeks and thought about it for a long time, and my brain was mushy. "Why don't you have a sweet meal in the evening? Didn't we bring back some game from the villa, stir-fry a few plates, make a shredded chicken soup, and spread four or five pancakes. Adjust the bean sprouts and roll it up. You look at it. ”

"Hehe......" Ying took the order and went out with a smile.

It's not easy to do, I'm going to pick cotton tomorrow, so I have to prepare carefully. Bring some fresh fruit, a pot of wine, tea and eggs, and bring a dozen, although I don't eat it, I can share it with others, roll seven or eight pancakes, and take it, and cook it. Bring some seasoning raw meat slices and chicken wings or something, it's almost complete, Lanling likes to eat meatballs recently, bring some fried to her.

I didn't want Lanling to go, firstly, to avoid suspicion, secondly, as soon as she came, I had to be busy, she hated the idle old criticism of me, which was very annoying. Brought a package of food to pick cotton peaches. I am most afraid of the guard at the door to check. If you turn over the floor, you won't be able to eat well. Fortunately, Lanling came early, and when I arrived at Nanlin Yuan, she and Li Shi were waiting for me at the door. and Mrs. Li Shi together. There is a dignified princess in front of her, and the guards are honestly the same as the grandson, and no one dares to come up to investigate. Finally got angry, and raised his eyebrows at the bitter gourd-faced guard who searched me every time, which was very cool. Lanling and Mrs. Li Shi knew each other, and the two of them whispered to each other from time to time, and Li Shi kept talking to me about cotton field knowledge. He is an official of the Ministry of Industry, so enthusiastic to come to help, and also learned a lot of cotton knowledge, it seems that the Ministry of Industry has begun to pay attention to this matter.

Cotton, it's open. And then what to do? Pick! Lanling beckoned a number of florists to come over, and one person sent a big basket, the boundary of planting cotton is not large, less than an acre of land, and dozens of people finished picking it in less than two hours. In fact, it can be a little faster, probably because Lanling was present, the florists were very nervous, and the picking was careful, which affected the efficiency.

The gardeners laid out several large mattresses and spread the picked cotton on the mats. The cotton that was picked was still relatively wet and had to be dried. The four of them looked at each other, squatted on the mat and looked at a large pile of cotton in a daze. Contrary to what I imagined, this thing has seeds! And so much more. It's horrible, and you have to find a way to roll the seeds into sliver yarn. The science and technology are too backward, and the people in the breeding area should be encouraged to breed seedless cotton, or not only remove the seeds, but also not exhaust people to death.

Lan Ling and Li Shi Po Niang dug up a handful of damp cotton and tried to remove the seeds by hand, but the progress was slow, Lan Ling threw the cotton in his hand on the mat again in annoyance, "No, it has to be dried to remove the seeds, and now it is wet and whirring." ”

"Wait for the sun to dry, don't be in a hurry." Li Shi looked at it more openly, "It looks good when you take it off, according to Zihao, the linen cloth is made into a jacket, and a layer is stuffed inside, and it is warm to look at." Not bad. Then the two women let the two women coo, and pulled me to sit aside and talk.

This guy loves to chat and talks a lot. It's as if no one talks to him all day long, and when I am caught, I don't stop, I ask about everything, I ask everything. Seeing an egg broken for a long time, I heard that my egg is a new type of chicken ** fed out, and I want to eat it.

"Eat, there are a lot of things," I put the big bag on the stone table, the balls in the paper bag were all oiled, opened it and sprayed incense, grabbed one and stuffed it in my mouth, "It's delicious, you're welcome." As he spoke, he took a twist flower and handed it to him.

Lanling saw that I was about to eat, so he brought Mrs. Li Shi and ran over, "Zihao, wait a minute, it's not time to eat, there is a friend nearby, let's call to enjoy it together." ”

"Yes, yes, the princess is right." I stood up and saluted Lanling. This is the most annoying, it is inconvenient to have outsiders present, and it is uncomfortable for people who are polite. Who else? Why didn't you see you when you came? Li Shiben pinched the twist in his hand, and when he saw that Lanling had spoken, he was embarrassed to put it down, and smiled helplessly at me.

Who should I be, it turned out to be Yang Quan. Lan Ling said that the friend of the land turned out to be him, it seems that this person has a lot of face, and he can make Lan Ling wait for dinner, and it is estimated that the youngest is also a big internal guard chief Duolong-level guy. Yang Quan saw Lan Ling saluting respectfully, and then smiled and made a circle, "Your Royal Highness the princess, forgive me, forgive me." In the next order of martial arts, there is no kind of eating. Don't take it to heart. He smiled and smiled, and I seemed to be at home, and my hands never stopped, and I ate the dishes on the table one by one, and poured myself a drink, and after watching for a long time, there were no dishes left. Only then did he pat his belly to show satisfaction. Finding that everyone was looking at him, he scratched his head embarrassedly and smirked: "Reckless, reckless." Hungry. When I was a child, my family was poor, with six older brothers and seven younger brothers, and they fought in groups as soon as they had dinner. There is only food left in the eyes. After so many years, any bad problems can be corrected, but I can't change my appearance when I eat," he said and saluted respectfully towards Lanling, and waved around, "Your Royal Highness the princess, forgive me, hehe, forgive me." "I'm embarrassed to get up. Seeing that I also brought several parcels of raw meat slices, I immediately understood the meaning, and 'forgive' a circle, regardless of whether others cared or not, I ran to cut a number of cypress branches and dragged them over, "Eat this, you can do it in the next hand, I was used to being wild outside when I was a child." They often hunt prey and smoke it in the mountains. "I measured the direction of the wind. The limelight lit up.

"Hehe......" Lan Ling covered his mouth and smiled: "Eat, eat all." Yang Quan is like this, Zihao, don't look at it, eat. As he spoke, he got up and poured a glass of wine for everyone, reminding Li Shi and his wife: "This wine is strong, and it is different from usual." ”

Li Shi smiled slightly and said in appreciation: "People who practice martial arts should be like this. Picked up the twist flower that he had just put down, ate the crispy and fragrant ground, took a sip of the wine cup, his facial features suddenly shrunk into a ball, and it took a long time to ease up, and praised: "What a spicy wine." With that, he took a sip of the cup and dried it up.

This Li Shi is still very experienced in food, and he met my chess opponents, discussed while eating, and the two of them summarized each other's experiences. After a while, Yang Quan brought a large plate of barbecue meat, all of which were roasted with my condiments, "Brother Wang's harmony is good, you're welcome, it's eaten while roasting, you use it slowly, don't worry about me, it's not old or young." ”

After three rounds of cotton picking picnic wine, it gradually became lively, Li Shihua had a lot of words, drank a little wine and brought a little energy, more and more without a door, and I talked nonsense, Lanling gradually joined in, even Li Shi's mother occasionally interjected, the atmosphere was warm, and the cotton matter was already forgotten.

"Emperor Qin, good people." talked about the Qin Dynasty with Li Shi and stated his opinion. "In general, there are many benefits and harms, perhaps brutality, and real-time coercion."

"En," Li Shi immediately affirmed, and listed a series of advantages of Qin Shi Huang, and many unheard of things this guy can say clearly. I suspect that he is a fan of Emperor Qin, and he is making up nonsense to beautify Yingzheng.

"Actually, there were many advanced systems in the Qin State that had not been handed down, "You can't let him steal the limelight alone, Lanling is in front of him, and he has to show how much." Otherwise, I'm not as handsome as this guy, and my knowledge is not as good as others, so it's a shame. For example, the metal instrument manufacturing industry in the Qin Dynasty, "I remember watching a documentary about the 'Resurrection Corps,' which tells about the powerful logistics of the Qin State, including the prototype of standardized operations and assembly line operations similar to those of the 21st century, and the grading inspection system." Talking about this, I am good at narrating the documentary, while adding a number of advanced elements of the 21st century, making up stories, even the battle that swept the Six Kingdoms added a little bizarre paragraphs, and from time to time I took chopsticks and knocked on the table, and learned enough of Shan Tianfang's appearance.

Silly, right? Don't talk, do you? After listening to me describe the benefits of making standard parts of weapons, Li Shi was silent for a long time, and then sighed with emotion and asked, "Does Zihao think this method is feasible in my dynasty?" ”

"Difficult," I thought about it, and shook my head helplessly, "Qin can do it, one is that before reunification, the territory was small, the administration was convenient, and the orders could be conveyed within a few days, and then Qin itself was a region with all the people's armaments, and the countries competed for power, in addition to food, the Guanzhong region was rich, and it had the granary of Tianfu, and the Qin army swept the world invincible." However, the size of our country's territory is not comparable to that of the Qin State, although the management of ordnance is centralized, there is no unified size and price, and the cost of ordnance produced in various places is different, so the price is different, and the length and width are also different. Then there is the ruler, which is now used in our country to divide into the smallest units. Although in daily life, the accuracy to the point is sufficient, but in terms of weapons, especially ordnance with complex and delicate structures, such as the interchange of components such as the machine, the unit error of 'points' is still too large. "These are just some of the more difficult ones to solve, and there are still many problems that need to be coordinated by multiple parties, and it is not for me to sit here and explain clearly." In fact. Talking about these things between one person and two people is just talking on paper, and it is necessary to brainstorm and coordinate between confidential departments. ”

"Yes," Li Shi nodded and sighed, "What Xianqin can do, my Datang is helpless." It's ridiculous. Didn't the pre-Qin period take Guanzhong as the foundation? What if the imperial court followed the example of the previous dynasty and used the Guanzhong region as a trial place, and then extended it to various places? ”

"I don't know, my little brother doesn't understand this." Looking at the forgotten cotton in the sun, spread out alone on the mat. Poor very. Picking cotton has become a picnic, and the people's livelihood plan has become a weapon, tactical, political, natural, scientific, and folk miscellaneous exchange meeting. Accompanied by beautiful women, there is also a general manager who specializes in handing barbecue, so he almost has a graceful posture of Silla dancing girls singing and dancing.

"Hehe..." Li Shiyi patted his head, stretched out his hand and shook the wine jug, it was empty. It's far away, and I don't know when this cotton will be dried. ”

The sun in August has no confidence, and it will be put aside more than a month ago, let alone cotton. Even the pool can be dried, "It's difficult today, it's not necessarily tomorrow, maybe three or four days if the sun is better." ”

"Then put it here to dry, and send it to your house when it's dry." Lan Ling stood up and looked at the sun, "It's not too early. ”

The picnic was a great success and there was little left. It seems that the two women have not eaten less. Yang Quan is different. He was originally a banquet attendee, but he liked to do odd jobs. It seems that his wife is training well at home, and her habits are brought outside. The person is good, and he will be called next time he has a chance to eat, and even Xiao Er is exempt.

There is still a little time before dark, and the horse runs towards the moat, and I miss the old uncle who fishes together, if he is there, this time has not left, you can chat by the way.

Luckily, the old uncle is here, autumn is the season when the fish eat and drink fiercely, and he looks at him fishing alone from afar. As soon as I got down the steep slope, the old uncle turned back to greet me and startled me. It's so inattentive, I know from so far away that someone is coming and wants to let me go, and people don't necessarily notice it when they stand in front of me.

The old hair is old, no wonder the two horizontal are the same, the two fishing guards are full, and it is difficult to carry them. No, you can't let the old man finish it alone, anyway, the cotton has no hope of drying out tomorrow, and I have to come to Meimei to fish for a day, there are more than a dozen yellow eels and turtles, don't go, anyway, he doesn't want these things, I'll sweep them all.

Although the old uncle has the rise of fishing, the basic movements have already been three or five points of my skill, and I have grown from a rookie to an old bird, approaching the level of prawns. The moat is quiet, there are a lot of wood, stone and weeds, and occasionally there are crickets calling, and I can't help but take one out.

"Hehe, the little doll is also playing this?" The old uncle saw that I pouted my butt and scratched the gray face in the grass, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of wind is blowing, but now there are insects and insects." ”

"Huh?" In addition to me playing, I showed it to Mr. Cheng, although Lanling occasionally saw it, but a woman would not fiddle with this thing herself, and there were like-minded people? "Is it popular?"

"I can't say it, the old man has been fond of this recently." The old uncle put down the fishing rod and looked back at the cricket I had just caught, "You are too small, you need to be bigger to be beaten, let it go." ”

dish, obvious dish. The size of the row depends on the whole head of the crickets. Just said that he was lucky, and he grabbed the cricket to make a good appearance, but he evaluated it as a dish. Ignoring him, one hand held the cricket in the hollow, one hand reached out to the bosom and took out the toilet paper that he usually carried, one hand and one leg cooperated, flipped a few times, a standard paper cricket tube was folded, the mouth of the cricket was aimed at the tiger's mouth holding the cricket's hand, a little bit of the cricket into the paper tube, pinched the edge and closed the mouth of the tube, before and after less than a minute, the old man witnessed a series of movements of me, and I was fascinated.

"The doll is familiar, strange and sophisticated." The old uncle said with envy in his words, "What do you want it to do with such a little worm?" ”

"Small has small benefits, and don't call it to fight with the big guy," I playfully folded the middle of the paper tube, turning one tube into two tubes, "The most important thing to play crickets is to look at the appearance." As for the fight to be fair, the small bite the small, the big bite the big, not to mention, the small one doesn't necessarily bite the big one, there are individual domineering superb, very powerful. ”

"Oh, I've met a connoisseur." The old man stopped fishing, took the fishing rod and sat in front of me and began to take the cricket scriptures, "The old man didn't know that there was such a thing, I have a bad neighbor who often knocks on the door to bully people, and often talks to him about Ou." Recently, he asked the old man for something, and he changed his smiling face and compared the two fighting insects to a bullshit truth, but the reason was not listened to, but the insects are really good-looking. asked him for it, but he didn't give it, and the old man was angry and caught hundreds of them and found him to fight. Who thinks that the neighbor's character is not good, the insects are evil, and he has lost a lot of money in a row, no matter how much I catch, I haven't won, and I have lost a lot of money, and I am angry with the old man!. ”

Bad neighbors, poor character, knocking on the door, two people fighting, two crickets, and quite evil, is there such a coincidence in the world? It's so interesting. Knowing who this old man is, it's no wonder that he can't deal with me. Grandpa Cheng, you're already angry, haha.

"Uncle, you come tomorrow, the kid will bring you a few worms, and I will come back with the money." Famous generals, it's not easy to see one, let alone play tricks on two at once, I'm too bad, haha.

。 Three Heads M.