Chun Shenjun originally wanted to say that in addition to collecting taxes, maybe he could also pay attention to other things.

Zhu Xiang changed hemp to cotton, certainly not because the peasants of the Qin State could not pay the tax, but because he said in his letter that cotton is softer and warmer than hemp, and it is more comfortable to make clothes.

There are many silkworms in the Chu country, and there are silkworms everywhere, but the people who raise silkworms and brocades can't afford to wear them. They could not even afford to wear fine linen clothes, so they could only wear coarse linen clothes.

When Chun Shenjun followed the king of Chu, who was still a proton of Qin, to suffer in Qin, he was once locked in a prison and wore coarse linen clothes. He knew how rough the linen was, and how it could wear red and wear a person's skin.

Zhu Xiang persuaded the peasants to change linen to cotton, so that the peasants could wear soft fabrics that did not break their skin.

Qin Mian's best-selling in the six countries was only incidental, and Zhu Xiang's wish was just that.

If the king of Chu ordered the imitation of Qin's cotton looms, and then changed linen to cotton throughout the country, the common people of Chu would also be able to wear this soft cloth.

But Chun Shenjun just thought about it in his heart.

For the state of Chu, as long as the Shu people can pay taxes and bear the burden of conscription and military service. Something cheaper than livestock, who cares what they eat and wear?

So it's useless to say it yourself.

Chun Shenjun suddenly thought, did Zhu Xiang already expect this, so he didn't care about giving cotton seeds to Chu State?

Maybe he is suspicious of Zhu Xiang for no reason.

Zhu Xiang should just think that the Shu people of Chu are also Shu people, and cotton is not something that can improve the national strength of Chu State, everyone can grow it.

When Chun Shenjun left the palace, he asked the king of Chu for Zhu Xiang's letter.

The king of Chu bluntly said that he wanted to collect Zhu Xianggong's ink treasure, but refused to return it.

Chun Shenjun did not give up and asked for it many times. The king of Chu got up and turned his head to leave, asking the guards to stop Chun Shenjun.

Seeing the appearance of the king of Chu, Chun Shenjun couldn't cry or laugh.

Everyone joked that if it wasn't for the king of Chu who grabbed it first, they also wanted to grab it.

Chun Shenjun greeted the people around him with a haha, and sighed on the way home.

The king of Chu and some Chu ministers really admired Zhu Xiang very much, so they would do such an absurd thing as snatching the letter that Zhu Xiang wrote to him.

But admiration is admiration, admiration is admiration, they can't understand Zhu Xiang's ideals at all, and they won't understand it.

But he, a person who has murderous intentions towards Zhu Xiang, can understand Zhu Xiang one by one.

Chun Shenjun reached into his cuffs and took out a few pages of stationery.

He did not give all the letters to the king of Chu. Zhu Xiang wrote a few pages of greetings and methods for planting cotton, and he kept them.

Regarding the method of cotton cultivation, he would copy a few copies again and then give them to the king of Chu and other feudal lords.

"I should write to Changpingjun to thank him for his generosity." Chun Shenjun looked at the cotton planting method written by Zhu Xiang and sighed deeply again.

……

When the spring ploughing on the south bank of the Yangtze River was busy, the Jianghuai Plain was also busy.

After the merchants of the Seven Kingdoms learned that Chu could also grow cotton, they hurriedly came to Chu to book cotton in advance.

Originally, the Qin State controlled the import and export of goods very strictly, and merchants from other countries could only buy cotton cloth, and it was difficult to buy cotton raw materials. From cotton to cotton, prices have increased several times. Even if the merchants still make money after selling cotton cloth to other countries, for the merchants, if they make less money, they lose money.

Cotton cultivation has long been promoted in the Guanzhong and Kanto Plains of the Qin State, and farmers have simple cotton ginning machines and textile machines that can be used for hemp and cotton. It is easy for businessmen to buy cotton gins and looms, but they don't know how to grow this cotton, so they are still waiting.

The state of Chu actually got the cotton planting method written by Zhu Xianggong himself, and they believed that the state of Chu would definitely be able to grow cotton, so they came to buy it from the Chu people.

Most of the fertile fields of the state of Chu were in the hands of the feudal monarchs. It didn't matter if the peasants didn't dare to change hemp to cotton, and the feudal lords themselves did not wear linen, so they immediately ordered those who farmed for themselves to change all the hemp to cotton.

When the merchants came to order cotton, they used cotton seeds as a deposit and some cotton cloth as a deposit, so there was no shortage of cotton seeds in Chu State, and they only planted them.

Later, more and more merchants rushed to buy cotton, and the purchase price became higher and higher, and a new "sharing" model appeared.

That is, the merchants produced cotton seeds, textile machines and textile workers, and the feudal lords only needed to send people out of the land to grow cotton, and after the cotton cloth was spun, they were a few percent.

How can there be such a good thing? The nobles of the Chu State invested in cotton cultivation one after another.

As for the work of making and improving cotton gins and cotton looms, no one has done it.

In this era, most people still look down on craftsmen. If the state of Chu attaches great importance to handicrafts, when the number of craftsmen in the south decreases and the handicrafts regress, they will train craftsmen with heavy rewards, so that even the bronzes used by the king of Chu are so rough.

The merchants helped the nobles spin cloth and sell it for money, and the nobles only waited to collect the money, and would not toss these vulgar things.

Zhu Xiang sat on the ridge of the field, with Chun Shenjun's letter on his lap and Lü Buwei's letter in his hand.

Chun Shenjun thanked him for his generosity in the letter, and then sighed that the court of Chu did not understand his love for the people. But he would try to convert his land from hemp to cotton, so that farmers could also wear soft cloth.

Lü Buwei triumphantly said that the state of Chu has now set off a cotton planting craze, and many feudal lords only look at the immediate benefits and reduce the cultivation of grain.

Now there are only a few feudal monarchs who are short of money to do this, and when the cotton grows this year, there will be more and more feudal monarchs who will do it together.

"I, Lu Buwei, do business, and I never default on payment for others. So as long as they are willing to grow cotton, they will definitely make money. I am so honest that they will definitely increase the area planted with cotton year by year! ”

The trade war doesn't happen overnight. The trade war that Zhu Xiang wants to promote, if he doesn't say it himself, I'm afraid that even the King of Qin doesn't know what he's doing, and even really thinks that he has committed another sage and has given benefits to the Chu State in vain.

2 years, 3 years...... With the short-sightedness of the Chu people, two or three years may be enough.

"Next, we have to sell them grain at a low price." Zhu Xiang said, "What excuse to use to sell them grain without arousing suspicion, Zheng'er, it's up to you." ”

Ying Xiaozheng stood beside Zhu Xiang with his hands behind his back: "Uncle rest assured." ”

"Zheng'er does things, I am naturally relieved." Zhu Xiang sighed and put the letter paper in hand, "I heard that Xia Tong has gone to Shu County, and Lin Li will soon go south." ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Uncle Lin will definitely like the mountains and rivers of Wu County. As for Father...... Does it really matter if his body is bumpy in the journey? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Even if there is a relationship, he can't be idle." He's like you. ”

Ying Xiaozheng wanted to say that he was not like that, but thinking about the "memories" of Da Ying Zheng in his dream, he changed his words: "He is not like me, I am physically strong." ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "That's right." It's going to rain, go back. ”

When he got up, he suddenly felt some abdominal pain.

Zhu Xiang pressed his body, didn't say much, but when he went home, he drank more pumpkin seeds, and the discomfort went down.

Xue Ji noticed that Zhu Xiang's body was a little tired, so she used a cloth dipped in hot water to cover Zhu Xiang's legs and hands, and helped Zhu Xiang rub it.

Xue Ji complained: "You are no longer a farmer, but you still go to the field every day." You still keep saying Xia Tong, how can you pay attention to your body? ”

"Farming can lead to a long life." Zhu Xiang smiled, "I'm definitely healthier than those who sit still all the time." ”

Xue Ji said: "I don't care about your crooked reasoning, you have to rest for a while." ”

Zhu Xiang did not refuse: "Okay." I'll rest for ten days before I go out. ”

Yukihime was satisfied.

Zhu Xiang did what he said and stayed idle at home for ten days.

When he felt very good and could devote himself to his favorite farmland, the small vegetable garden at home gave him a surprise - the cabbage was finally successfully cultivated.

Zhu Xiang looked at the cabbage seedlings in the yard, happily lying on the ground and looking at it carefully, only shouting "baby" and "obedient" in his mouth, and his expression was a little obscene.

After Lin Zhen secretly came to Wu County, he immediately went to find Zhu Xiang and wanted to scare Zhu Xiang.

Seeing Zhu Xiang lying on the ground, he immediately smiled evilly, tiptoed behind Zhu Xiang, lifted the corner of his robe, and kicked Zhu Xiang on the buttocks, kicking Zhu Xiang to the ground completely.

Before Zhu Xiang got up, he heard Lin Zhen's loud laughter, which he hadn't heard for a long time, but was still very familiar, and gritted his teeth: "Lin Zhen! ”

Lin Zhen laughed: "What do you want your brother to do?" ”

Zhu Xiang, whose face was covered with dirt, got up from the ground, grabbed a piece of soil in his hand, and smashed it on the face of Lin Zhen, who was laughing wildly.

Lin Zhen immediately became disgraced.

"Humph!" Lin Zhen leaned over and grabbed a piece of dirt and threw it towards Zhu Xiang.

Not to be outdone, Zhu Xiang also continued to smash.

Xue Ji, who came over with Lin Zhen, saw this scene and couldn't help but scream: "This field has just been filled with manure!" ”

Lin Zhen's movements stalled, and then a larger ball of mud gathered up, smashing harder.

Ying Xiaozheng heard that Lin Zhen was coming, and hurriedly left his official duties to ask Lin Zhen about Xianyang.

Seeing this scene, Ying Xiaozheng was thinking about whether to help his uncle, but he was dragged by Xue Ji and covered his eyes.

"Zheng'er! Don't learn! Yukihime's voice was very sharp, "Don't play with dung!" ”

Playing with dung...... Ying Xiaozheng was speechless.

It's such a dirty and smelly thing, but as long as Uncle Lin does it, I don't think it's against the harmony at all.

Later, Lin Zhen and Zhu Xiang obediently stopped under Xue Ji's scolding and went to take a bath together.

On the way, the two of them kicked me back, and I wiped you with mud, and that childish appearance was disgusted even by a five-year-old child.

Xue Ji once again told Ying Xiaozheng that she must not learn from Lin Zhen and Zhu Xiang.

Ying Xiaozheng nodded vigorously.

Who plays with dung, I didn't play when I was a kid!

Wait a minute...... Ying Xiaozheng suddenly thought of a scene in his childhood, Lin Zhen taught him to pee in the yellow mud together, and then pinch the villain with the urine mud.

Ying Xiaozheng's expression froze.

Sometimes people's memory is too good to be good, why should I remember this!

I don't want to remember how many stupid things I did when I was a child!

Ying Xiaozheng suddenly thought, in order not to always remind himself of the stupid things he did when he was a child, and wait for himself to be the king of Qin, should he turn Lin Zhen away.

Lin Weng once led soldiers, and it was easy for Uncle Lin to come to guard the northern or southern frontiers.

I'm not squeezing out Uncle Lin! Only the people I trust the most can go to guard the northern and southern frontiers!

Ying Xiaozheng's thinking was a little confused, and he couldn't wait to hold his head and shake his head vigorously to get rid of the black history in his mind.

When I enter the dream room today, I must complain to Da Yingzheng.

Look at what Uncle Lin has done! How can I have an uncle who plays with his nephew!

It's not as good as Lu Buwei, the middle father!

Lü Buwei's status in Ying Xiaozheng's heart has temporarily improved.

Lin Zhen and Zhu Xiang first washed off the mud on their bodies, and then jumped into the bath side by side, splashing countless splashes.

The two played with the water for a while before they met frankly and leaned in the bath to chat.