The next day, the Xianyang Hall held a court meeting.

"Your Majesty, yesterday's sale of clothes was very good, and the four merchants made double the profits, and everyone who bought clothes praised them, and the minister thought that it could be promoted on a large scale!"

This has long been expected by me, convenient clothing can liberate people's bodies, and thus increase productivity will definitely have an effect, but the effect is significant or not.

"Very good, you can do this thing, encourage the sale of ready-to-wear clothes, but the price must be strictly controlled, clothing is different from others, everyone needs to wear, just to make a profit, since this kind of clothing is designed by the imperial court, all the markets that produce this kind of clothing must pay a use tax to the imperial court, as for the Qianshou, if they can make it themselves, they do not have to prohibit it, let it benefit the people."

"Obey orders!"

"In addition, Kaqu bought a lot of cotton seeds from Kangju and Kushan, and cotton cultivation has begun in the Western Regions and Hexi, has it started to build cotton weaving workshops?"

I nodded, "The cotton is all about stripping the lint and the seeds, which can be kept for next year's planting seeds, and the lint is used to make clothes." Yu Jin. ”

Yu Jin stood up and said respectfully: "The minister is here!" ”

"You go back and design a cotton gin, which is roughly a cylinder with teeth, turn the cylinder, and the wooden teeth can tear off the cotton lint, that is, the fluffy fluff on the skin of the cotton seed, and the gap between the wooden teeth is slightly smaller than that of the cotton seed, so that only the cotton wool can be torn to the bottom through the wooden teeth, and a grate is added below to comb the cotton wool from the wooden teeth, so that you can get relatively clean cotton wool."

"As for the debris carried in the cotton lint, the cotton wool can only be torn into a thinner layer of velvet to break the debris and then removed by vibration, which is something that those in the workshop have to consider."

Yu Jin said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is generally clear, but can Your Majesty give the detailed drawings to the minister?" ”

I frowned, and replied: "You haven't seen cotton, it's excusable, I will hand over the drawings to you, and send people to the workshops in Hexi and the Western Regions to build it." ”

Then he said in a deep voice: "Yu Jin, how many years has it been since the establishment of the Zuofu?" ”

Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, and thought for a while: "Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not give up, the minister has been the lord since the date of His Majesty's accession to the throne, and the government will be built in the following year and begin to develop various new things, so far for eight years!" ”

"Do you remember what I expected of you?"

Yu Jin realized something, and bowed down more respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty once said that you want Daqin to make the mansion a place conducive to the manufacture of Daqin, and the ministers and others will give full play to their expertise to create more new appliances for Daqin, so that Daqin's productivity will develop rapidly!" I don't dare to forget it for a day! ”

My expression eased slightly, and I said unhappily: "In the past eight years, the scale of the government has become larger and larger, and the tax revenue contributed by Guangtui Fang to Taicang has also become more and more, and now it has become an important part of the imperial court's tax revenue, but in the past eight years, in addition to the things I handed over to you, have you developed anything useful?" I have to take time to teach you every day, and now your knowledge is not weak, and I have supplemented you with Qin Shi of one hundred schools and one subject, but there is no progress in the good workshop, what is the problem? ”

Yu Jin's face turned red, and his waist bent even lower: "Your Majesty, the minister has betrayed His Majesty's trust, and the minister is guilty!" ”

I sighed, "I know you need time to change, but I can't wait too long, what if one day I suddenly collapse?" Is Daqin going to stop developing? ”

When everyone heard this, they no longer watched from the wall, and hurriedly got up and said in fear: "The ministers are afraid, Your Majesty is ten thousand years!" Great Qin 10,000 years! ”

I waved my hand, this kind of thing is indeed not something that can be changed in a short period of time, and this time it is also to give them a sense of urgency, otherwise they have been relying on me, and Daqin will not have a fundamental change.

"Sit down."

After everyone thanked them, I sat down, and I continued: "Cotton cultivation in Hexi and the Western Regions can be given to private farmers, and at the same time, they can also be encouraged to buy cotton from Kunlunnu, who comes from Kushan, where the weather is hot and can adapt well to the climate of the cotton planting and harvesting area. It should be noted that private trading of cotton is not allowed, and the cotton grown in Qianshou can only be sold to the imperial court. Li Xiang, this matter needs to be carefully discussed with Zhisu Neishi. ”

Li Si got up and said, "The minister obeys." Your Majesty, since cotton weaving workshops have been established in Hexi and the Western Regions, should the corresponding official offices be established, otherwise the two places are so far away from Guanzhong, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to control them! ”

The three princes already knew about cotton, and naturally understood the importance of cotton, and Daqin took the lead in mastering the cotton weaving technology, which must not be leaked.

I nodded and agreed: "Li Xiang is right, so he followed the example of Jiangnan and established Hexi Weaving, which is mainly responsible for the planting, purification, and garment making of cotton, and fixes a certain proportion of pure cotton to be transported to Taicang, Guanzhong, every year in case of emergency." ”

Li Si bowed down and said, "The minister obeys!" ”

"Zhang Han, what's wrong with Qindong Island?"

Zhang Han got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Qindong Island has settled down, Li Xiang has selected a suitable official, and he will set off for Qindong Island in the near future, the two warships are now waiting in Langya Port, and the fleet led by Terrier Mo has returned to Qindong Port and is expected to arrive at the end of the month." ”

I thought for a moment and said: "Tell those officials that they should not be soft on the Yi people, but they should be wooed over the people who come to the river, they are familiar with the situation of Qindong Island, and if there are people available to assist them in managing Qindong Island, it will definitely have a good effect." As for Nanshi, after taking office as the inspector of Qindong Island, he focused on the military to ensure the stability of various places and the production of rice. ”

"Obey orders!"

"Li Xiang, the progress of Langya Port must be accelerated, it must begin to take shape before this winter, Langya Port is different from others, the warships docked in the future will be unparalleled, and the trial voyage of Langya Shipyard will also be there after it is completed, we must be cautious and build it in strict accordance with my drawings, but if there are any flaws, it must be rebuilt!"

"Feng Xiang, if the Imperial History of the Prison Emperor wants to play their role, there must not be the slightest mistake in such important national policies related to the future of Great Qin!"

"Obey your orders!"

Back at the Four Seas Palace, Yinglan was waiting outside the palace gate, and hurriedly saluted when she saw me coming back.

I smiled and said, "Let's go in and sit." ”

After the two sat down, Yinglan said respectfully: "Your Majesty, now the more affluent counties have opened Zhongding Pavilion and Baoyue Tower, but when they first entered the counties, the concubine was worried that they did not know the intricacies of the local area, so they did not ask them to collect information, and they will collect it after it is stable!" ”

I nodded and said casually: "You did the right thing, I said a long time ago that this matter will not happen overnight, and it will be safe." ”

Then he changed his words and said: "Ba Ling is married, and only you and Xiangyun are left in Xianyang, what are your plans in the future?" ”

Yinglan was well-thought-in, so she naturally understood what I meant, so she just smiled and said: "Your Majesty is concerned, the concubine is now living freely, and she enters the palace every month to ask the Queen Mother and Mrs. Ba for peace, and she doesn't feel lonely." ”

Seeing that she didn't want to talk more, I didn't say more, and the two chatted for a while before Yinglan retired.