"What is this?" Tian Xin looked at the seed in Zhao Si's hand and asked suspiciously.

"The envoy of the country of Ye Diao entered Qin, and this is the cotton seed that was brought." Zhao Si had a smile on his face.

"What is cotton? Grain seeds? Tian Xin took the seed in Zhao Si's hand, and his eyes lit up.

At present, the work of the grain garden and the animal garden are in charge of Tian Xin and the peasant disciples who follow him, Tian Xin has begun to summarize the methods of grain tending and artificial breeding, but in this era the scientific research methods are relatively rough, the establishment of the five grain garden is less than a year, and the useful experience is not too much for the time being.

Agriculture is like this, it takes time for seeds to grow to mature, that is, it takes time to grind, constantly trial and error, and constantly compare.

For this reason, Zhao Si also deliberately opened an experimental field for Tian Xin in the Wugu Garden that was not nourished by the aura of jade.

In order to prevent social unrest caused by a significant reduction in Daqin's grain yield per mu after his death.

In the case of continuous comparison and artificial breeding, it is enough to summarize some useful experience in agriculture.

Tian Xin is very busy now, taking his disciples to carry out agricultural research all day long, although all the sons and hundreds of schools have a heart involved in politics, but Tian Xin is old, but he can sink his heart to engage in scientific research.

"It's similar to hemp, it's used as a cloth for clothing, but compared to hemp, it's more productive, warmer, and more comfortable to wear." Zhao Si said.

A person's life is inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The reason why hemp can be among the grains is because of its textile properties.

After all, not everyone can wear silk silk.

It is precisely because hemp is artificially tamed that textile technology begins to develop, and human beings can gradually become civilized from primitive.

Clothing and cloth are the most important for the progress of civilization.

But in the Central Plains, there is only hemp, not cotton.

This is something that Zhao Si did not expect when he returned from the sea, and when he returned to Qin, he realized that it was already beyond regret.

Fortunately, the first emperor restarted the sea route under the persuasion of Zhao Si, and he was able to make up for his regrets.

"You said more production, how much?" Zou Feng looked at Zhao Si with extreme suspicion.

It's not that I don't believe Zhao Si, it's really that Zhao Si is too conservative in this regard.

Zhao Si also said before that the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes per mu is 500 catties.

This kid has always been a little more conservative in this regard.

No, it's the kind of crop that can directly replace the current raw hemp production, right?

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say, there's no definite number, wait until it's planted, and cotton seeds are more than these, and ships going to sea should bring back new seeds in a few years." Zhao Si fiddled with Tian Xin's potted potatoes.

Indian cotton, also known as Asian cotton, was probably introduced to China during the Song Dynasty, and is a coarse staple cotton with short fibers and relatively low yield, which is not very suitable for machine spinning.

Better cotton is long-staple cotton from South America and fine-staple cotton from Central America.

Long-staple cotton fiber is characterized by long fiber and high strength, and is suitable for spinning high-count yarns.

Fine staple cotton has wide adaptability, high yield, long fiber and good quality are its characteristics, and can be spun in medium count yarn.

Before cotton was introduced to the Central Plains, the bedding in the Central Plains was mostly filled with cotton, and the yield was low, and the warmth was not so good......

No matter how bad Indian cotton is, it is much stronger than kapok and hemp, and I don't know how long it will take to go back to the Americas, so let's use Indian cotton for the time being, and then figure out the wool degreasing process, and then light up the textile machine technology tree, the people of Daqin can get rid of the worries of tight clothes, the nomads can also happily sing and dance, and overseas countries can also happily accept the dumping of Daqin's goods, which belongs to the benefit of the world.

Zhao Si did not reject war, expanding the territory and integrating cultures, and in the end they were inseparable from the final word of war.

However, in the absence of a certain scientific and technological foundation, even if it can span the three states, it can only be short-lived and not long-lasting.

"I want to plant it now, but unfortunately the weather has cooled down now......," Zou Feng sighed.

"The north is bitterly cold, and there are too few seasons to cultivate, so if you can open another garden in Lingnan, you can save a lot of effort." Tian Xin tentatively spoke.

Zhao Si agreed, like the four seasons in the Central Plains, the scientific research work of the Five Grain Garden is indeed very time-prolonging, after all, the jade halo will not shorten the growth cycle of crops, nor can it allow crops to thrive in the snow.

There are two seasons a year, which is a waste of time.

The temperature conditions in the southern region are indeed more suitable than those in the Central Plains.

Large-scale cultivation is not talked about now, development has not been done well, not to mention miasma everywhere, and the mountains and forests in the south are also dense and hilly, and they are indeed not as good as the plains.

But there is no problem for Wuguyuan to go to the south to open an experimental field.

"I will report to Your Majesty when I go back, and contact Zhao Tuo, it is not a big problem to open a few hectares of cultivated land, that place is full of miasma, and there is no one to catch people in the mountains and fields to open up the wasteland, so it is easy to send people over." Zhao Si smiled.

The First Emperor wanted to bring Lingnan under the rule of Great Qin, but there were too many barbarians in that place, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and it was undeveloped, so it could only be filled with population.

In the Lingnan area, I really can't wait to break it into five people for one person.

The 600,000 troops stationed in Lingnan of Great Qin were not mainly engaged in warfare, but to open up wasteland and build cities......

These counties are not just set up, the city should be built, and the famine should be opened, which is equivalent to pulling out a group out of thin air from a barren land and forcibly bringing civilization to the Lingnan barbarians, so that Lingnan counties and counties can be established.

That's almost from nothing, 600,000 people, and that's really not a lot.

"In fact, it can also be cultivated through the establishment of greenhouses and other facilities, but the cost is too great, in comparison, it is better to set up a branch of the grain garden in Lingnan, and in the future, the summary information can be transmitted through the post station, and the cultivation of grain and crops is not a day's work, but it is also inseparable." Zhao Si thought for a moment and said.

Tian Xin nodded, and didn't say much, the greenhouse Zhao Si mentioned before that it was nothing more than artificially creating an environment suitable for plant growth to replace nature.

It's okay to have a small area, but it's a bit blind to get a flower pot or something, and it's a bit blind to a large area.

"Mr. Cotton Seeds will be stored in the treasury first, and I will plant them in the spring of the next year, and I will go and see the wheat."

After emphasizing the cotton planting, Zhao Si inspected the wheat that had been planted, and continued to exude his jade aura.

After a trip to Wugu Garden, Zhao Si was not idle, and went straight to the Shaofu and found the current representative of the Mo family, Liu Pi, the left middle marquis of the Shaofu.

With the progress of time, Chi Gong, who will be the right man of the Shaofu, has completely retired, and Liu Bi's direct boss and promoter, Qian Gong, has become the right man.

However, as one of Qian Gong's teams, Liu Bi is still the left middle marquis, and the position under the buttocks is still motionless.

At the end of the day, it's still that sentence.

Qian Gong is a serious Qin official, and Liu Bi is a child of the Mo family, not only a child of the Mo family, he is also the spiritual leader of Qin Mo who will now be the Shaofu.

Those who study the Dharma have always been evil.

In fact, the real upper class, the Mohists, has completely died out.

After all, the protégé of 3,000 Confucians, who have opened a wide range of private schools, only has the right to public opinion, and the Mo family can fucking influence the low-level ranger craftsmen.

The ranger is a soldier in armor, not to mention the craftsman, who directly explodes the equipment.

In addition, the Mohists did not conform to the mainstream governing concepts and ideas in the Qin Dynasty, which led to the status quo of no Mohists above the middle level.

Objectively speaking, Zuo Zhonghou is already half a foot in a senior official.

Only the right middle hou and the left and right two are pressed on the left middle marquis, one step away from Shangqing.

But at the top, if it weren't for Qian Gong's promotion of Liu Bi in order to fight for the position of the right man, Liu Bi wouldn't even be able to touch the left middle marquis.

The suppression of the Mo family has become the political correctness of the lawyer's background.

Now after Qian Gong became the right man, Liu Bi not only did not rise to the top, but his status was gradually marginalized, which is quite cunning and dead.

Therefore, Liu Bi's life was not easy.

However, Zhao Si is here!

Liu Bi didn't forget what Zhao Si was doing last time he came to see him.

At that time, Zhao Si said that he wanted Mojia craftsmen and granted a wide range of titles, and Liu Pi decisively fought for the opportunity and launched what he thought was the best Mojia master to fight for a glimmer of life for the Mo family.

Qiu, Zhuo, Ouyang Chong......

In fact, the Mohist disciples that Liu Pi pushed to Zhao Si did not have a deep understanding of the Mohist scriptures, and they were not academically powerful, but they were excellent in skill and quick thinking.

And now three years have passed, each has achieved fruitful harvests, and the title of the little guy who can't understand what he can't say has been upgraded to eight levels in a row.

But this is still a drop in the bucket for today's Mo family.

To put it mildly, so far, the disciples of the Mo family still can't find any suitable official jobs.

If you can't be an official, you can't be an official, and you can only be an ordinary craftsman when you enter the Shaofu, and if you don't have real power, you can only be an ordinary craftsman, and the title upgrade is also very harsh.

But in this case, Zhao Si's inadvertent move still made Liu Pi feel a trace of warmth and hope.

Therefore, Liu Pi was extremely solemn about Zhao Si's visit.

After tidying up his clothes, Liu Bi hurriedly traveled to meet without any hesitation, anyway, he is now a transparent person, even if he doesn't work for a day, it won't affect anything.

After nearly three years, he came to Zhao Si again.

Liu Pi admitted that he really saluted Zhao Si.

"I've seen Shangqing!"

Liu Bi raised his head and looked at Zhao Si, who was more mature and wealthy than before.

When they met for the first time, Zhao Si was just a little transparent who was close to the king, but he was just a mere official, and seriously speaking, the official title was not as good as Liu Pi.

And now that they meet again, Zhao Si is already a noble minister, a close minister of the king, a leader of the Navigation Trade Military Mansion, Wugu Garden, Yulin Army, and the guests who come to visit are all three princes and nine secretaries, and even His Majesty, who is not persuaded by everyone, he can persuade.

Zhao Si's energy is no longer what it used to be!

If there is really one person who has the ability to solve the current predicament of the Mo family, only Zhao Si is undoubted.

Liu Pi's height is relatively low, and Zhao Si can only look down.

Bowing his head down, the whiteness of Liu Pi's sideburns was clearly visible, Zhao Si returned the salute, and then supported Liu Bi's body.

"Sir is much older than me, and his knowledge is above me, so don't be like this!"

"Although I am old, I have wasted my years, and Shangqing is young ......" Liu Pi had a smile on his face.

"Sir, don't say anything more, I came to Mr. for business." Zhao Si interrupted Liu Bi's compliment in time.

Sycophants are very good, but from the mouth of Liu Bi, an old man who is over half a hundred years old and fighting for the life and death of the Mo family, it always sounds a little sad.

The Mo family is good at chivalry, has always been straightforward, and is not good at complimenting the drill camp, if it is not in a difficult situation, why is it so?

"Please command!"

Liu Bi was overjoyed when he heard it!

Zhao Si is Shangqing, a figure at the level of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, and the top boss of the Great Qin Dynasty today.

To put it mildly, such a character will be the Shaofu, Liu Pi is not qualified to receive it, and if he wants to communicate with others, he will directly communicate with Qian Gong, who is also the secretary, for government affairs transfer.

Being able to find himself, a figure who has been completely marginalized in the Shaofu Mansion, must have nothing to do with his official position.

Then in addition to his own official position and position, he is only commendable by the confidence of Qin Mo's disciples within the Shaofu now.

So......

Liu Pi didn't forget that the last time Zhao Silai was named by Shaofu to ask for the master of the Mo family, it was obvious that this new top boss of the court had a good impression of the Mo family.

"So, sir, you've probably heard of the Five Grain Garden, right?" Zhao Si asked.

Liu Bi nodded, of course he knew that Wugu Garden, although he didn't have any rights, it was definitely the largest auspicious department in Daqin, and the three princes and nine kings could not be underestimated, there was no way, the whole Great Qin had to count on Wuguyuan to eat.

"Nowadays, in the grain garden, most of them are peasant disciples, although they have no rights and practices, but there is less disturbance in the court, and now the peasant disciples are in charge of seed cultivation and grain production increase for agricultural work." Zhao Si opened his mouth to explain.

"In addition to the Five Grain Garden, I intend to ask Your Majesty to order the establishment of a craftsman bureau, independent of the general Shaofu, specializing in the improvement of equipment and invention skills and the study of theoretical research, for the fortifications, and the same as the five grain garden, there is no right and government affairs, but not subject to the interference of the court, only need to be in charge of the fortifications, as for the required expenses, only need to submit a budget to me, I ask Your Majesty for permission, if the same is true for manpower, I would like to ask Mr. to move to the craftsman's bureau and preside over the craftsman's bureau for me, I don't know what Mr. wants?" Zhao Si asked.

When Liu Bi heard this, his face was overjoyed!

He saw hope!

I saw the hope of the Mo family!

Zhao Si has already explained the advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantage is that he cannot interfere in the government and has no rights.

But what is it? It's work!

The dispute between the sons and hundreds of schools of thought, to put it bluntly, is the battle of work, and the Legalist wins, so the world can only take officials as teachers.

The Mo family is the worst, on the verge of life and death, a group of high-level intellectuals can only do the same thing as illiterate craftsmen, and they are suppressed.

In this case, the so-called shortcomings are not shortcomings.

That's it, what more bikes?

Liu Bi couldn't wait to come to Zhao Si with a slippery kneeling and a disciple of the Mo family.

(Note: The work in the article refers to government work and can be regarded as an iron rice bowl.) ）

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