Chapter 688 Clothes Gift Cotton Open
The night did not bring any coolness to Pujindu, but it was very cool to take a bath.
The surrendered households after dinner were divided into teams and took a bath by the Yellow River.
Someone was responsible for measuring their bodies and sending new clothes. After washing and drying, they put them on.
The escorts who came from Bingzhou got a chance to rest and also found a place to take a bath.
"Lijiazhuangzi received the surrendered households and actually used good soap beans to bathe them. Grab a handful of grass ash and rub it, and you can wash it clean."
A sergeant said as he applied soap on his body.
Under the light of the torch next to him, black water began to flow down when the soap was applied.
"It's called soap. Lijiazhuangzi is rich and is willing to give the surrendered households new clothes to wear." Another sergeant corrected the name and envied it at the same time.
"Look, brothers, look at the height, weight and thinness. The owner prepared cotton clothes for the brothers, which absorb sweat when worn, especially cotton underwear."
The people from Lijiazhuangzi came over, took a soft ruler and a two-meter-long wooden ruler, and measured the chest circumference, waist circumference and shoulder width.
As soon as the wooden ruler was set up, waiting for the other data to come out, the farmer shouted: "One size larger."
Someone nearby chose the clothes of "one size larger" and wrapped them in paper and placed them on the shore. After a while, they were washed and dried and put on directly.
"Big two." "Medium five." "Medium four."
The specifications were reported one by one, and the clothes were brought over one by one.
The Bingzhou soldiers smiled. They had never heard of cotton clothes.
"What is cotton? Is it better than the fine linen clothes they wear?"
The people who had washed and dried asked while putting on new clothes.
"White folded cloth, but it is dyed into camouflage color for you, yellow and green, hiding in the forest and grass, it is difficult for others to find it."
The farmers patiently explained that white folded cloth is white.
It comes from other places, the price is high, and it is used as currency like silk.
When the soldiers heard about white folded cloth, they didn't want to wear it anymore. It was too expensive.
"How can I bear it?" The soldiers hesitated.
"Wear it. In two years, the white folded cotton will be worthless. My boss has a place to plant it in large quantities."
The farmer smiled and turned to make arrangements elsewhere.
Wang Jun, the governor of Bingzhou, took a bath in a wooden basin in the tent and changed into new camouflage clothes.
Took a look at the other two sets of the same clothes on the straw mat.
He sighed: "I heard that Li Yi takes the best care of the soldiers. If so, give us the white folded cotton."
"Third brother, the most suitable place to grow cotton is actually the place where Hami melons are produced. In that large area, cotton varieties can be cultivated slowly."
In Lijiazhuangzi, Li Yi and Li Longji talked about cotton again.
There are also areas in the north that are suitable for growing cotton. Jingzhao Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture are actually very good.
But we can't destroy grain fields to grow cotton. Eating is the first priority.
"There..." Li Longji knew who was there, the Shatuo tribe.
The Shatuo tribe had always had exchanges with the Tang Dynasty. They bought things from Lijiazhuangzi, sold them to other tribes there, and then bought things back.
Zhuxie Jinshan has always lived in Chang'an, with a separate courtyard, and did not go to the Honglu Temple.
"Wait for them to come again and provide them with seeds?" Li Longji calculated.
Some of the cotton planted in Jingzhao Prefecture has bloomed, and will bloom in a few days. The cotton is picked every few days.
"Cotton picking requires a lot of manpower. They can get benefits through cotton exchange, and their minds will not always be on the war."
Li Yi made a gesture of picking cotton.
When he did not use mechanical harvesting at that time, the cotton picking army was dispatched.
"Jingzhao Prefecture will harvest cotton this year, and we need to organize manpower."
Li Longji was ready to see how many people were needed to pick so much cotton.
"Now we eat edamame. After the winter wheat was harvested, everyone planted a lot of beans. There was less sorghum, but the maturity period was about the same.
The current situation is that there is no silkworm breeding or hemp planting. The people have free time, and they use the free time when picking cotton.
After harvesting cotton, it is time to harvest soybeans and sorghum, and the income increases, including those who do odd jobs in Jingzhao Prefecture."
Li Yi gave a harvest time difference, and the people could not be without things to do.
He was eating edamame, unripe soybeans, cooked and eaten.
Unfortunately, there were no peanuts. Peanuts needed to wait until the voyage team was formed and successfully arrived in America and then returned successfully from there.
Li Longji heard Li Yi talking about edamame and reached out to pick up one: "If so, Tubo and Turks are willing to plant it, which will definitely delay them from doing other things."
"It's not easy to lure them. Tubo can't stop growing grain in order to grow cotton. We can only let their slave owners think about it by raising the price."
Li Yi didn't look down on the Tubo people. No matter how much money they paid for cotton, Tubo would definitely ensure that they had food first.
Exporting food to Tubo, Tubo still had to assess the risks themselves.
Unless there was enough grain in stock, why would they grow cotton?
Only when the Tubo slave owners made enough profits could they slowly differentiate.
The premise is that the two sides cannot fight. Fighting will cut off normal trade relations, as is the case now, where they are always smuggling.
Without perfect channels, economic wars cannot be fought.
Li Longji had another idea: "As long as they grow cotton, grain production will definitely decrease. For every acre of cotton planted, one acre of grain field needs to be given up."
Li Yi nodded: "It can be said that the same number of people cannot manage more land."
"A little at a time, and if it happens many times, it will eventually affect the overall situation of Tubo." Li Longji has a strategic vision.
Those who secretly change the fields in Jingzhao Prefecture will be punished. After the cotton is picked, the fields will be confiscated and a rent will be imposed.
Don’t you have a lot of fields? After the survey, when the sorghum or soybeans are harvested, the rent will be paid according to the mu.
The next day, Li Yi compared the water flow of Hukou and drew a set of pictures, and took them to the workshop for the craftsmen to make.
By the way, take a look at the blinds, the blinds with three-dimensional paintings, and prepare to raise a batch of funds.
"First, let them learn to read three-dimensional paintings, otherwise they will buy them uselessly. Take a few large pieces of paper and paste them on wooden boards and put them in front of the imperial city."
Li Yi muttered and went back to find paper to paint.
Three-dimensional paintings are not easy to draw, but it is easy to make them with computers and then print them. Any pattern and text can be made.
The surrendered households on the other side had breakfast, crossed the Yellow River along the bamboo rope floating bridge, and continued to rush to their destination.
Three days later, the surrendered households arrived at the location of the land purchased by Li Yi.
There are mountains after mountains, and rivers passing by, but now it is dry, and many small rivers have no water.
"Everyone take a break. Starting tomorrow, we will build houses on the barren mountains. If we finish building them before winter, we will have houses to live in."
The farmers told the translators, and the translators went to tell the surrendered households.
The surrendered households were not traveling fast, and they had meat for three meals a day.
The body recovered a little, mainly because of good mental state, not being bullied, and the new clothes were comfortable to wear.
The clothes they took off were burned, saying that they were too dirty and easy to have unclean things.
The fur clothes were also said to be burned, anyway, they did not see the burning process.
Now they are more confused, leaving the place they were once familiar with and losing their plans for the future.
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