Now, because of Liu Bang's car of seeds, this process has been directly accelerated for more than a thousand years!

"Come on, put away this cart of seeds, be careful, don't be plagued by insects, ants or rats......"

As soon as he came back from the palace, he encountered such a good thing, Zhao Ying was in a good mood, and personally commanded the people in the house to carefully store the cart of cotton seeds, and specially told the housekeeper to take care of the cart of cotton seeds.

After finishing the matter, Zhao Ying returned to the side of a few carts of cotton.

He circled around a few times with a happy face.

The bundles of cotton bundled together felt like a girl's delicate and white skin, soft and plump, which made Zhao Ying meticulous and full of joy, and finally saw a trace of familiarity in her previous life in this era.

He had a vague impression that this kind of cotton, which was introduced from the Indian Peninsula to the Western Regions and then flowed into the Central Plains, seemed to be short-staple cotton, but the warmth was still excellent, and even if it was spun and used to weave cloth, the cost was cheaper than silk.

It is a good thing that the people can afford to use.

"I want to send these to the wing room of the West Cross Courtyard, I'm going to use them tomorrow-"

……

"Husband, what is this, you attach so much importance to it?"

Seeing that Zhao Ying came back from the palace and did not rest, there were several truckloads of goods around, busy and busy, Wang Nan couldn't help but be curious in his heart, and asked with a smile.

Zhao Ying looked around and saw that everyone, including Mi Ji, was looking at him curiously, and explained with a smile.

"A good thing transported from the Western Regions, because the petals overlap and flocculent like white clouds, so the local people call it the white stack - of course, I prefer to call it cotton ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying said seriously.

"Although this kind of thing is inconspicuous, if you can take out the cotton seeds and fill it into the bedding, its warmth effect is far beyond hemp, wadding, silk and other things, and it is far from being comparable to straw.

The more Zhao Ying said, the more excited he became.

"The most important thing is that it is not only lightweight, but also cheap, and one acre of land is enough for a family to warm and dress——"

As soon as Zhao Ying's words came out, even if this group of women usually paid little attention to these, they couldn't help but gasp.

What is the most important thing for ordinary people.

Of course, food, clothing, housing and transportation!

Clothing is even more important than food, because clothing is not only a thing to keep warm and keep away the cold, but also a symbol of human shame, which is also the first element that distinguishes man from animals.

Without food, people will starve to death, but without clothes, it is equivalent to tearing off the last piece of human skin, and people have come to that step, which is no different from animals that can only struggle to survive.

I'd rather die.

This is also the heaviest and most humble expectation of the sages.

Therefore, even if it is a poor home, with ragged clothes, there must be a wisp of clothes, and the fugitives, with yellow faces and thin muscles, starve to death on the road, and rarely see people walking naked in front of people.

Of course, those in later generations who are eager to show everything to everyone are not among them, and they are female bodhisattvas who help the poor, and they are purifying sentient beings.

"But how to take off the cottonseed, I just looked, the cottonseed is very small, and it is in the heavy cotton wool, it seems that it is not easy to take it out......"

Ji Ji usually spun and weave at home, and just now she also checked the cotton, so she found the key to the problem at the first time.

The rest of the ladies couldn't help but nod their heads.

They also followed along just now, and it was indeed as Mi Ji said, the cottonseed was small and pitiful, and it was not easy to pinch with your hands, if you wanted to take it off one by one, the effort it took was almost unimaginable.

"I already have a preliminary idea, and I will think about it after dinner, it shouldn't be a big problem......

Zhao Ying couldn't say that he had a lot of techniques for removing cottonseeds in his mind, so he could only deal with the past vaguely first. Although what he said was vague, Mi Ji and Wang Nan and others were full of confidence in him.

After all, if this brain-trick doesn't talk like that, there is no problem that no one can't solve.

Not to mention anything else, just the few pedal spinning wheels lying in the room were made by this brain casually, before that, who would have thought that the spinning wheel could still be like this?

Because of the memory that Zhao Ying was going to be busy with business, dinner was three points faster than before.

During this period, the little sister Zhao Xi struggled several times to get to him, but was forcibly lifted back by Mi Ji mercilessly.

"Don't bother your eldest brother, he has something to do today......"

made Zhao Ying cry and laugh.

However, he didn't say much, so he could only smile and speed up his meal. was so anxious that Xiao Zhao Xi was there and gestured to himself.

The little arms and legs give people an indescribable sense of funny.

Zhao Ying didn't think much about it.

smiled and gave her a chopstick chicken.

"Come and eat more, and I'll play with you when my eldest brother is free......"

Xiao Zhao Xi's face was almost red, but she remembered that the cauldron told her that the matter of the little mouse was a secret between her and the cauldron, and she couldn't tell others, so she really couldn't help but say it.

"Let's go about your business first......"

Seeing that her eldest son put down the chopsticks, Mi Ji immediately began to urge Zhao Ying to leave.

Zhao Ying: ......

Back in the study, Zhao Ying pulled the pen and paper, and began to wonder in his heart which set of cottonseed removal techniques he should come up with. In fact, in later history, probably around the Song Dynasty, there was a very simple method of removing cottonseeds.

It's called the rush rubbing method.

The tool is simple and crude, just an iron rod and a pallet, when operating, the seed cotton is placed on the pallet and the iron rod is rubbed back and forth. Due to the large friction between the cotton fiber and the iron rod, the fibers will roll together with the iron rod, and the friction between the cotton seed and the iron rod is very small, and finally the fiber is taken away by the iron rod, leaving only the cotton seeds, thus playing the effect of seed removal.

The advantage is that it is easy to learn, and the tools are simple, even ordinary people can do it at home, and the disadvantage is the same as simple tools, which is inefficient.

In the Mengyuan period, Huang Daopo invented a more efficient rocker on the basis of the rubbing method. The main part of the rocker is two rotating rollers of different thicknesses, which are connected to the rocker respectively. During the operation, two people rotate two rockers respectively, and the other person feeds seed cotton between the two rollers. The lower roller is thicker and the rotation speed is slower, which is equivalent to the original supporting plate, and the upper roller is thinner and the rotation speed is faster, which is equivalent to the original iron rod.

Of course, the most powerful thing is the four-legged mixer that appeared in the Ming Dynasty, which can be operated independently by one person and is more efficient.

But the tools are also relatively complex, in this era, the cost is not low, ordinary people, it is not easy to build.

As the eldest grandson of the emperor, when he thinks about problems, he can no longer simply consider the question of high efficiency, but also the ability of the people to bear it. Just like the hydro-spinning wheel he launched earlier, the efficiency is really high, far ahead of the times.

But judging from the effect of the feedback later, it made him regret it a little.

That thing is only suitable for large-scale production, and the common people can't afford to build it at all, except for the workshops of the government, only those local wealthy nobles can afford to build.

Even if there are ordinary people who are willing to spend a lot of money to build it, it is useless, because they simply don't have that many raw materials available!

What did you build?

Do you want to keep it at home?

But the worst thing, and what annoyed him the most, was not this, but, because of the emergence of the water-powered spinning wheel, which greatly improved the effect of the government and the wealthy households, which directly led to the decline in the price of cloth woven by the people!

Instead of getting any benefit from this, the common people have become the biggest victims......

It is also fortunate that the Qin Dynasty implemented a policy of restricting commerce, otherwise, the impact on the people under the small-scale peasant economic model would have been greater.

With this lesson from the past, when Zhao Ying launches new farm tools now, he will subconsciously think about whether this thing can be taken out and whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for the people, rather than simply thinking about production efficiency as before.

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Ying still decided to launch the first two first.

Rubbing method and rocker.

Nothing else, just the cost is low, and ordinary people can afford it. Moreover, he does not want to encourage the development of the commodity economy on a large scale at this stage, and this stage is not the time to develop this.

In this era, the model of smallholder economy is the most suitable model for this era.

Others, no matter how advanced they are, are poison to the people of this era.

Therefore, after thinking about it clearly, he no longer hesitated, and directly drew a rough drawing according to the old objects he saw in the museum, thought about it, and drew a schematic diagram of the hanging bow, and then directly asked people to take it to the carpenters in the house to make it.

Because these two tools were so simple that they hardly took much effort, the drawings were sent out, and within two quarters of an hour, several carpenters sent the tools he requested.

Whether it was a bow or a rocker, it was the first time he had touched the real thing.

"Let's go, let's try—"

He also wanted to try whether these two gadgets could be used.

But his height was too high, and it was not suitable for him to use this, so Zhang Liang lifted the rocker, Zhao Gao took the initiative to put on the bow, and as for Zhao Ying, he picked up the iron rod and the supporting plate casually.

Ji Ji and the others are all paying attention to the movement here, and when they heard that they had already brought the tools for removing the cotton seeds, they immediately stopped talking about it, and they didn't do any work, so they came directly to see the excitement.

So, at night, in the courtyard of the eldest son's mansion, the lights were bright.

"Here, untie the cotton, try-"

Zhao Ying stood next to Zhang Liang and carefully explained to him the operation method - this thing is not only simple to structure, but also simple to use, just roughly speaking, everyone understands it.

Two people were needed, and Zhao Ying didn't need to greet him, so Zhao Gao unloaded the hanging bow on his body and took the initiative to cooperate with Zhang Liang.

Seeing the seed cotton sent in, turning around, the cotton seed was taken off cleanly, a group of people couldn't help but frown, although until now, they still can't understand why the cotton seed is taken off by itself as soon as it is so simply crushed.

"Big brother, big brother, what are you doing here......

Zhao Qi was a little curious and touched the iron rod and pallet on the side, but he could see that his eldest brother was still holding this thing just now.

"It is also a ...... for decottonseed"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying paused slightly.

"If the common people can't even build a rocker, they can use this instead of ......"

As he spoke, Zhao Ying took the iron rod and pallet under Zhao Qi's hand, put them on the table beside him, grabbed a handful of seed cotton casually, rolled it - and then coughed lightly and put the things away.

The first operation, the strength was not mastered well, and the oil of the cottonseed was directly pressed out......

It's also annoying when you have a lot of strength.

However, fortunately, Zhao Qi didn't notice the embarrassment of his eldest brother at all, and took it with great interest, followed Zhao Ying's example, and came back to roll. Patiently, after rolling for a long time, I finally took off the cottonseeds, at this time, Zhang Liang and Zhao Gao, the two of them had already taken off a lot of them, and they suddenly had no energy.

"This doesn't work, it's too inefficient......"

Zhao Ying nodded, and said to this younger brother with some feelings.

"Don't underestimate anything, for the world's leaders, there is no best, only the most suitable - no matter how good the tool is, the people can't afford it, and it's not really a good tool......"

Zhao Qi was ignorant when he heard it, but Zhang Liang, who was busy deseeding cotton, couldn't help but look at Zhao Gao, who was holding an iron rod with an emotional face.

Although he has long been accustomed to seeing the extraordinaryness of this emperor's eldest grandson, when he heard these remarks today, his heart was also quite shocked, especially Zhao Gao, whose mood was a little complicated.

It's only been a long time, and this emperor's eldest grandson has grown to this point.

I think that at the beginning, when this emperor's eldest grandson launched the emperor's grandson mill and the emperor's grandson's car, he didn't have much to worry about, because what he saw was this emperor's eldest grandson's talent and eagerness to perform, but today, the feeling that this emperor's eldest grandson gave him was no longer half of the original fireworks.

It even gave him the illusion that he was facing His Majesty.

He was suddenly very glad that he had refused to participate in the decision in the first place. With his understanding of the First Emperor, not to mention just a trumped-up frame, such an eldest grandson of the emperor, even if he really made some big rebellious moves, he might not have any fatal consequences.

And if you can't kill with one blow, I'm afraid you will have to bear all the terrible consequences.

He suddenly felt that it was necessary for him to go back and tell his stupid brother again. Even if you are killed, you can't mix it!

"Mr. Zhao be careful......"

Hearing Zhang Liang's reminder, Zhao Gao suddenly came back to his senses, he lost his mind just now, and he almost sent his hand in.

"Mr. Zhao, you might as well take a break and let me try-"

Seeing that Zhang Liang and Zhao Gao were doing a hot job, Ji Ji couldn't help but be eager to try.

"I'll come—"

Seeing this, Wang Nan couldn't help but smile and walked out.

Zhang Liang and Zhao Gao turned their heads to look at Zhao Ying, Zhao Ying nodded, and then they bowed down and retreated, giving up the joystick. Zhang Liang stood behind Zhao Ying, Zhao Gao thought about it, silently walked to the hanging bow, and put it back on.

Jumping up the bowstring.

Watching the snow-white cotton wool beating, Zhao Ying's mind inexplicably remembered the song full of magic:

"Playing cotton, playing cotton/Half a pound of cotton has been bounced into eight, two, eight/old cotton has been bounced into new cotton/Bounced into a quilt, that girl is going to get married, ouch, le, yo, le, yo, yo, ......"

When everyone is past the freshness, more than a dozen catties of cotton have popped up!

Zhao Ying happily played with the freshly baked cotton and looked at Ji Ji and several of his wives and concubines.

"If you play like this, you can stuff it into the bedding or clothes and make it into a quilt and jacket. If you wish, you can also use it as a line of defense and weave it into a cotton cloth that is thicker and warmer than silk......"

(End of chapter)