The women were a little confused. The steward is also a woman, she glanced at the women, and said: "Lang Jun doesn't know, our workshop gives enough money and food, but they are used to it, so ......" The women looked at Qin Wei with some apprehension, for fear that he would say something frivolous or something.

Qin Weizheng said: "These are all afraid, poor and afraid." This is not your responsibility, but the responsibility of the DPRK and China, and the responsibility of this master's family. Those women didn't expect Qin Wei to say this, and put the responsibility on themselves, and they were immediately moved.

"Lang Jun, it's my fault for waiting, and I won't be next time."

"The slave only wants to save money, but forgets to be embarrassed."

"......: "This is an era of scarcity. Therefore, cloth has become a luxury, and it is difficult for ordinary people to buy good clothes, and they can not wear them on weekdays, which can prolong the life of clothes.

Then Qin Wei took Zhao Yunrang to see this primitive production line.

"It's made of alcohol." The alcohol is made indoors, and as soon as you enter, you will smell of alcohol. The steam was in the room, several women were busy, and Qin Wei said, "Leave us alone." "The wine was steaming over there, and Qin Wei took half a bowl with a small bowl and handed it to Zhao Yunrang.

"Ahh Just took a small sip, and Zhao Yunrang was grinned with spicy teeth. He secretly drank wine when he was a child, but he was drunk and unconscious, and when he got out of here, the following is the fragrance dew production, and after the inspection, the steward of the village came.

"Lang Jun, those white branch flowers...... No, what to do with that cotton? "Mah! Qin Wei slapped his head and said, "I actually forgot about this, damn it!" ”

"Cotton? Is that the same thing you asked the Northern Expeditionary Army to get last time? ”

"Yes." Qin Wei said excitedly: "Let's go, take a look." The steward muttered on the side: "Those cotton flowers one by one, the seeds inside are difficult to take, this year's ones are also ready, just wait for the time to plant the next ......" Dozens of large wooden boxes were opened, and they were full of white cotton.

How to do it? Everyone was looking at Qin Wei. Qin Wei reached out and touched it, and the familiar softness made him cry.

Zhao Yunrang slowly squatted down, took a lump of cotton in his hand, pinched it, it was very soft, and there was a warm feeling, he pulled it up casually, and tore a ball of cotton apart.

Bang! Qin Wei slapped it away, stopping his stupid behavior, and then got up and said, "Weaving, there are ...... Bounce cotton! ”

"Weaving?"

"That's right!" Qin Wei said excitedly: "Find someone, find someone to weave." "Today's Great Song Dynasty is still an agrarian society, a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy.

After a while, a woman came to the village.

"Weaving!" Qin Wei divided ten boxes of cotton out, and he used the rest. The woman first touched the cotton, then twisted her fingers a few times, looked up and said confidently, "This can be spun." ”

"Spinning?"

"Yes, spin first, then weave." In an instant, Qin Wei was embarrassed. It turned out that I had to spin the yarn first and then weave it!

"Move things over here." Qin Wei didn't feel at ease and put the cotton somewhere else, so he also gave a heavy reward: "If you get it well, if you go back and send your kid to the prison if you are good at studying, if you are not strong, you will give money." ”

"Mighty!" The woman's eyes immediately lit up, and whoever dared to say that his son was not good at reading would dare to fight with others.

A round shelf was set up, and some small things were ready, and the woman began to try to spin the yarn, only to see that she had a small handful of cotton in her hand, and pulled it with her hand, and pulled out a thread.

The thread hung on the shelf, and she shook the circular shelf, and the thread was pulled out, twisting the thread with one hand and turning it in circles with the other...... Qin Wei closed his eyes, and a picture appeared in his mind.

Thousands of households...... Women sit in front of rudimentary wooden machines, spinning or weaving.

In that simple and dry voice, pieces of fabric were woven and taken to the market for money.

When the women returned home, the young children happily came up and hugged her legs, and looked up and begged for something delicious, so she took out the candy she had just bought and gave it to the child with a smile.

This is the image of his mother for thousands of years, loving and hardworking, the corners of Qin Wei's eyes were a little moist, and he thought of his mother.

That's also a hard-working woman. Although she did not achieve much, she raised her own children.

"Anyway...... Didn't you say that you didn't care about Guozijian's admissions? Just as he missed his mother in that world, a malicious voice came from behind him.

Ma's! Who is so short-sighted, he even exposed it in person! Qin Wei just wanted to get angry, and then he laughed and said, "Just kidding, just kidding." Wang Zhen said with a straight face: "Gentleman Shendu, how many times has the old man told you?" Always don't listen. "The so-called prudence is to let you be the same inside and out, don't do one thing in front of you, one thing behind your back.

A gentleman in front of him, a villain behind him. But there is no such person in ten thousand. Wang Zhen felt that it was necessary for him to transform Qin Wei into a gentleman, so he always spared no effort to train him.

"Yes, yes, I will have a good time reflecting on myself." Qin Wei casually perfunctory the old man, thinking to himself that of course I have to do one thing in front of me and one thing behind my back, otherwise I would have been swallowed by those old ghosts a long time ago.

This year, the gentleman is unlucky, such as Fan Zhongyan. And Lu Yijian and others also followed suit as gentlemen back then, but they were also unlucky, so they changed their ways, from gentlemen to politicians, not to mention how nourishing their lives were.

To be a gentleman is unlucky, to be a villain is cool, how do you choose. Of course, a certain Qin Wei wants to be a gentleman! At this moment, Qin Wei suddenly had a sense of mission, pointed to the spinning machine and said, "Prince, this is cotton." Wang Zhen looked at the spinning thread carefully and asked, "This is the cotton brought by the Northern Expeditionary Army to Liaojing?" ”

"Yes!" Is this what the Northern Expeditionary Army ventured into the Liao Realm for? Wang Zhen picked up a ball of cotton and weighed it: "It's light." ”

"Of course, it must be light, otherwise it will not be easy to weave, and it will crush people to death if it is made into a quilt." Qin Wei has already imagined that cotton as a quilt, thinking about the warmth of the quilt, he can't help but feel refreshed, you are still covered with a heavy quilt, but I only need a few catties of cotton to ensure warmth.

The quilt is warm, the daughter-in-law is on the side, what is the warmth...... He was proud in his heart, Wang Zhen was carefully watching the spinning yarn and asked, "Maybe weaving?" Now that the woman was familiar with the feel of cotton, and spun it with ease, she said, "Yes, the slave feels that the thread of this cotton is much better than any linen." Wang Zhen frowned and turned around, and said to Zhao Yunrang: "It's not good to report this matter directly to the political affairs hall, and the Zai Fu will weigh it...... I don't know what year it will be when it is promoted, and I asked the king of the county to tell His Majesty. "This is not that Wang Zhen relied on the old man to instruct Zhao Yunrang, but that it was more appropriate for him to come forward than himself and Qin Wei in this matter.

Regardless of whether cotton is good or not, even if this is another artifact, it is related to people's livelihood. Last time, the compound fertilizer was slow because it was not prepared for promotion in advance, and this time Wang Zhen had more eyes.

Let Zhao Yunrang say, first, his identity as the king of the county, this matter is even the emperor's family matter, and the other is that he can directly connect with Zhao Zhen, and the policy does not have to be submitted from the bottom to the top, which can save a lot of trouble.

Zhao Yunrang knew this truth, so he rushed into the city all the way.

"Hey! Isn't this the king of Runan? Why are you so eager? Isn't there an accident......"

"He has only been out of the city for a long time, and he is coming back, so it can be seen that something is wrong." It didn't take long for Zhao Yunrang's encounter outside the city to become a trouble, and it was rumored everywhere.

And Zhao Yunrang has found Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen asked, "But there is something going on in the outer court?" Zhao Yunrang said: "Your Majesty, the cotton has come out." ”

"Cotton? What is it? Zhao Zhen had long forgotten about that incident, and Zhao Yun sighed slightly in his heart, knowing that this was because he didn't care.

After all, before this, everyone didn't even know what cotton was, so why would they expect to pay attention to it.

"Your Majesty, it is the white branch flower ...... collected by Qin Wei to order the Northern Expeditionary Army to go to the Liao Border last year."

"Oh...... Come to think of it. What's wrong? Zhao Zhen came to his senses, and he remembered something.

"The cotton is bearing fruit and is spinning and weaving...... And also...... There is also elastic cotton. Zhao Yunrang didn't know what the cotton in Qin Wei's mouth was, but what could make Qin Wei happy must be a good thing.

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Is the cotton okay?" ”

"Okay." Zhao Yun said happily: "The woman who spun the thread said that it was much better than hemp. Zhao Zhen couldn't sit still, there are many kinds of fabrics these years, but the cheapest is linen.

"Call the ministers, what about Wang Zhen? Call, hurry up and ......" His breathing was a little short, and so was Zhao Shu, only Zhao Yunrang looked calm.

Zhao Zhen thought that he didn't understand the importance of this, so he said: "The Great Song Dynasty has silk and satin, but the people use more linen. Linen cloth is mostly produced in Chengdu, and there are also in Guangnan West Road, and the price is cheap, which is the most suitable for the people. But after all, there are still few, so that the people sometimes have people who do not cover their bodies...... If there is more cheap cloth, then the world ...... Food and clothing. "Food and clothing are prosperous, so Zhao Zhen got up as soon as he mentioned this spirit.

"Yes." Zhao Yunrang responded very seriously, and later the Zai Fu came and stood outside the door.

"The cotton that the Northern Expeditionary Army went to Liaojing last time turned out, and now it is spinning and weaving outside the city, Wang Qing ...... You're here, let's talk about it. Wang Zhen just rushed back from outside the city, and at this moment, he looked very shy and proud.

He looked at a few Zai Fu and said: "At the beginning, the minister said that Qin Wei was stable in doing things, but some people muttered on the side, saying that young people are frivolous, and if they are caught by the Liao, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger in an instant...... " He was ridiculing the Zai Fu, and Zhao Zhen said with black lines in it: "Tell the truth." "I don't want to care about the grievances of a few old men, just don't affect the government.

Wang Zhen glanced at Lu Yijian, and then said slowly: "That cotton is drought-tolerant, not afraid of sunshine ......" Lu Yijian originally wanted to clean up Wang Zhen, but when he heard this, he was stunned.

Drought? Not afraid of the sun? What is this? Most cash crops are afraid of the sun, and drought is their worst enemy.

But isn't cotton afraid? Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "Don't lie! Wang Zhen said coldly: "This is the court." Lu Yijian smiled angrily: "You haven't seen the planting process, I think you just listened to Qin Wei's words." But you believe in him. Wang Yaochen asked, "How much is an acre?" "That's the most important question.

Wang Zhen said: "Less than a hundred catties." "Less than 100 pounds......

"So much?" Lu Yijian said it almost subconsciously. Pang Ji said happily: "Drought-tolerant, not afraid of the sun, there is so much yield per mu, if it can be used, Your Majesty, the people of the world will be happy." Zhao Zhen was also a little excited: "Dating back thousands of years, every time in the cold winter, the people are crying from the cold, and I can't help crying. If this cotton can be used greatly, it will be a great achievement, and I will leave the palace when someone comes. ”

"Your Majesty, no!" The Zaisukes reacted strongly. Some time ago, the news of the assassination in Beijing was rumored, how long has it been, and you want to go out again?

Lu Yijian also persuaded: "Your Majesty, just wait for the ministers to go and see, if it's good, come back and tell you." If it's not good, scold it on the spot, why do you ...... "Big guy, don't toss, okay?"

Zhao Yunrang also persuaded him, but Zhao Zhen was determined to see it: "The queen mother is afraid of cold every year in winter, and this is still in the palace, in the palace of brocade clothes and jade food." And the people are not clothed...... I remembered the last time the father and son were three, their shoes were torn, and their toes were blackened from the cold...... The garment was stuffed with hay...... I'm sad to think about it now, quick, I'm going to change my clothes. Zhao Yunrang looked at the titular cousin again, he wanted to see some hypocrisy, but his face was full of excitement, and he couldn't wait to lift the quilt.

This is a king who really cares about the people! No wonder everyone praises it.

"Eaves, bring the eaves!"

"Your Majesty's whereabouts must be kept secret!" After going out later, the eaves were replaced by carriages, and the kings and ministers went out of the city.

On the carriage, Zhao Zhen was a little impatient,

"Can you block the news? If the Liao people found out, they would also plant ......" Xu Mao, who was on the side of the carriage, said: "Your Majesty, those cotton are all planted on Zhuangzi, and no one knows what it is." Zhao Yunrang nodded slightly, the concept of Renjun was refreshed, his benevolence was more given to the Great Song Dynasty, as for the Liao people, it was a matter of nonsense.

All the way to Zhuangzi, the cavalry rode in, but was intercepted by the Northern Expeditionary soldiers, and both sides began to scold.

"Mah! This is Qinjiazhuang, who let you ride the horse? Get out! ”

"Get out? And you don't look at who's in the carriage behind you! ”

"Who is it? Even if His Majesty comes...... Your Majesty, the old man is merciful, and he will definitely not let people trample on the people's fields! ”

"That is, what did Lang Jun say...... By the way, Cao Cao's subordinates stepped on the field, and he cut off his hair as a beheading, you are better than Cao Cao? ”

"Who is Cao Cao?"

"Cao Cao is...... Does the Three Kingdoms know? ”

The two gangs of "......" quickly changed from a state of sabre-rattling to a state of popular science, and Lu Yijian couldn't help but fall for it.

"Leave it alone, go in." Zhao Zhen only wanted to see cotton, so the carriage drove by.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"