Chapter 64: Cotton

Zheng is very difficult to understand Liu Fan's expression when he looks at cotton, Zheng has also seen cotton, it has the effect of keeping warm, but the effect is just like that, it is not as good as the current quilt.

Especially after seeing Liu Fan handing over the cotton seeds to himself very carefully, and saying that whether the Liu family can become the richest group of people in the Tang Dynasty depends on this cotton, the Zheng family locked up the cotton seeds, and secretly hid them under his bed, and carefully checked the box containing the cotton seeds every day for damage and whether they were bitten by rats.

Liu Fan was in a very good mood and was ready to show off his skills in playing cotton, and the frightened Zheng quickly drove out all the people who were watching the excitement.

The structure of the hanging bow is very simple, when the flower is played, the bowstring is hit with a bullet hammer, and the cotton fiber is loosened, Liu Fan is very glad that he is alive in the countryside, so he can see such a miraculous product, when the cotton at home was all sent to the village market, and those people beat it out, often wait for a week or two, because the business is too hot, so that it is a dazzling profession to become a cotton man.

And these elastic cotton langs will not be passed on, they are often passed from father to son.

Liu Fan has a deep memory of these things, which is the thing that brought him the greatest sensory enjoyment when he was a child, and he naturally knows how to make the tools, and even later went out to work, and his wife also took him to play a cotton quilt, saying that the magic capital is humid and heavy, and it is warm in winter.

Soon, a slingshot about three feet long was made, and other things were even simpler, and the Zheng family bought them from different craftsmen and asked them to keep it secret.

Then Zheng watched Liu Fan slowly pop a pound of cotton into a fluffy appearance, and then pressed it into a square, and finally became a small quilt, but Liu Fan was not satisfied, and bounced it away, and then asked Zheng to sew a hat, and then stuffed the cotton into it for Zheng to wear and try.

Zheng felt his head warm in the area, and soon felt sweat coming out, so he immediately took it off, and said with bright eyes: "Xiao Langjun, this is so warm!" ”

Liu Fan laughed and said: "That's nature, so what we have to do now is to plant cotton, go to the ridges, go to the wasteland, go to our own fields to plant, and wait until the whole acre of land is cotton in the future, it is the time for our family to make a lot of money!" ”

Zheng nodded affirmatively, and then under Liu Fan's teaching, he also played a pound of cotton, and there was still a pound left Liu Fan was too lazy to fight, Zheng was already familiar with it, and he was familiar with it, and when the two pounds of cotton were finished, it was already dark.

Liu Fan sighed and said: "Playing cotton is a heavy job, a person can beat up to seven or eight catties of cotton a day, it will be difficult to continue fighting, you look at this matter to find some people, and wait until the cotton is planted next year, let them play!" ”

Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, there are enough people in the family, this kind of thing can be handed over to outsiders to do, this is a business for our Liu family to settle down, we must keep it secret and keep it secret, and we must not hand it over!" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile: "The cotton quilt is always going to be sold, can we only use it for our own family?" If you are worried about leaks, go buy some people to come back, and then let's build a big yard, give them food, give them money, and then mass produce first! ”

Zheng stubbornly shook his head and said: "Now there is still relatively little cotton, and we still need to buy some cotton seeds, Xiao Langjun bought it from the merchants of the Western Regions before, presumably they still have a lot, since this is the case, then our family will spend a lot of money to buy more cotton seeds, if you are worried about being discovered by someone who cares, we will buy it in batches, or let others buy it, next year, we will plant cotton on dozens of acres of land at home!" ”

"With just dozens of acres of cotton, our family can also make it! When the time is ripe, we will buy some people back, and then we will sell them on a large scale, so that our family will be the most profitable! ”

Liu Fan gave a thumbs up, he didn't expect that Zheng's idea was that scarcity was expensive, but he wanted to make money through mass production, and he had the same goal, but Zheng's method was undoubtedly the fastest way to make money.

Out of the room, Liu Fan gave the hat to Liu An, Liu An was also sweating when he wore it, and said in surprise: "What is this, why is it so warm!" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile: "Hat, the weather is not cold to that point now, after a while, you can wear it when the snow freezes, and then you will be comfortable!" ”

Liu An smiled and nodded.

In the evening, Zheng used the remaining cotton to make a hat for Liu Fan and Liu Qingshu, the hat is very large, which can surround the head, and the neck will not get into the wind, and it is extremely warm in winter.

The rest of the cotton is made out of a thin quilt, but just such a thin quilt is also a good thing to keep out the cold in winter.

Liu Qingshu has long been unable to understand Liu Fan's various behaviors now, but if he can't understand it, he won't point fingers, which is also a summary of what he got from reading books before, but now he sees that Liu Fan's things are getting better and better, and the village is developing better and better, and he still hopes that Liu Fan can go to school, only in this way is the orthodox way out, the old man's mind is always changeable, but in the final analysis, he still hopes that Liu Fan can be safe.

Find Liu Fan and say, Liu Fan has actually been thinking about this problem recently, in this era, a person who has passed the imperial examination does have a lot of convenience, and his social status is also very high, which can bring a lot of potential aura, he was a little disdainful when he first crossed over, but with the development of time, as well as the preferential treatment of scholars in this world, Liu Fan gradually found that there is no identity, in fact, it is difficult to mix in Datang.

"Aya, I will seriously consider this matter, I will look for a way during this time, and see if the Hongwen Pavilion or the Guozijian want me!"

Liu Qingshu smiled bitterly: "These are not easy to enter, but with your talent, you can give it a try, if you want to be safe, my father has also asked, you are an official of the Tai Yi Department, you can go to the Tai Yi Department to study, and you will also have orthodox knowledge in the future!" ”

Liu Fan blinked, then shook his head frantically and said: "Forget it, I don't have any interest in studying medicine, I'll still try Guozijian or Hongwen Pavilion, or next time Your Majesty comes, ask Chongwen Pavilion if it's okay!" ”

Liu Qingshu scolded with a smile: "It's a great luck to be able to enter any of them, how can you ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and he will arrange you at will!" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile: "That's not certain, it's just that Your Majesty doesn't come often now, and I can't see him, if I see him, I naturally want to ask!" ”

Liu Qingshu said angrily: "Gua coward, don't say that I didn't tell you, what kind of characters Your Majesty is, what kind of characters are you and me, if Your Majesty knows that you are so casual, our village may be in trouble!" ”

Liu Fan hurriedly said: "Look, why can't you afford to joke, that's what I said, I really saw Your Majesty, there should be no lack of etiquette, and this kind of trivial matter, how can you trouble Your Majesty!" ”

Hearing Liu Fan say this, Liu Qingshu put down the stick in his hand.