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It was spring again, and it was still very cold in Mingzhou. Before the spring began, Tang Zhi took some bamboo paper to sell, bought some ramie cloth with the money and came back to make two pairs of cloth shoes, one pair for Song Yuyan, One pair for my younger sister Tang Ye.As for her elder brother Tang Dianshi's shoes, she has her sister-in-law to help.

Mingzhou was really cold by the wind, so the sister-in-law had to hide under the blanket and make shoes.Although Chen Caiqi was born as a young lady in an official family, she has been learning female celebrities from her mother since she was a child.

Chen Caiqi also took this opportunity to whisper something about the boudoir to Tang Zhi, Tang Zhi looked shy when he heard it, and Chen Caiqi himself was blushing when he said it.Tang Ye came in to learn how to make shoes with them, ignorantly thinking that making shoes would make their faces burn, but even though she hid under the blanket, her fingers were still red with cold.

Tang Ye seemed to understand something—it turned out that her elder sister and sister-in-law were flushed from the cold!

It's no wonder she felt cold, but in fact, the quilt was not very cold-resistant. Tang Ye didn't even know how her sister-in-law got here when she was sleeping alone. She could still hug her sister to keep warm.

Tang Ye suddenly remembered something, and said to his sister-in-law and sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I heard from Song Dalang that there is a plant in Tianzhu called cotton, which grows white and fluffy like snow. It can be spun into cotton cloth, and cotton is It can be filled with pillows and is not only soft but also very warm.”

Song Yuyan also discovered after wearing it that the common people use kapok fiber to keep out the cold in winter, that is, the fruit fiber produced on the kapok tree. It can also keep warm and keep out the cold, but it is different from the modern processed kapok fiber. Natural kapok fiber The fibers are thick, hard and short, like fluff, and cannot be spun.

Therefore, rich and noble people use fabrics made of silk such as 絁 and Luo as quilt covers, and then fill them with flocs such as kapok fibers, while ordinary people mostly use hemp and cloth. As for the fillings?Mostly catkins, reed catkins and so on.

It takes five years for a kapok tree to be able to produce kapok from planting, and the net production of kapok is two kilograms per year. Even if it is calculated by mu, only more than 30 trees can be planted per mu of land, and the kapok yield per mu is more than 60 kilograms.Cotton is a shrub-like plant, and it is also an annual woody plant. Even the poorest yield per mu is 250 kilograms. Therefore, compared with kapok, cotton obviously has the advantages of low planting costs and high returns.

However, although the cotton in Song Yuyan's memory was introduced to China very early, the only area where it can be planted is the Western Region.It was not spread to the Central Plains until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was in the early Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang took compulsory measures to promote the cultivation of cotton.At this moment, she has not even seen the shadow of cotton.

Including the quilt she used at the beginning was made of linen, which was hard and rough, and the stuffing was basically used up. It was very cold in winter.If she hadn't got a little money in her hand later, she gritted her teeth and bought some kapok and came back, she and the two little radish heads probably wouldn't be able to survive the winter.

In the spring of the second year, that is, the spring of the fifth year of Mingqi, when she was dealing with the people who bought the lumberyard, she got to know the supervisor of the shipyard through the supervisor Liu who bought the lumberyard, and then learned a lot about the journey from north to south. ship information.

The ports of Mingzhou are generally transit points. Merchant ships from Korea, Japan and Guangnan will go north to Bianjing and other places through Mingzhou, while ships from Southeast Asian and South Asian countries usually stop at ports such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou. It is relatively difficult for Mingzhou to get in touch with businessmen from Tianzhu and other places.

In other words, Song Yuyan wanted to bring the cotton seeds from Tianzhu to Mingzhou for planting through merchants from Tianzhu. Unless he went to Quanzhou or Guangzhou, it would be difficult to do so.

Until the autumn of that year, Du Yan wrote to Song Yuyan saying that he had a man named Feng Yuan in the same year who was from Nanhai. The yield of rice grown here does not seem to be very high.

It was only later that I realized that ten years ago, Guangnan introduced Champa rice from Siam. Champa rice was grown two to three times a year and had a high yield, so it was quickly planted in Guangnan.

It's just that there are many hills and few fields in Guangnan, so even if the output is high, it has not attracted the attention of the court.Feng Yuan wanted to recommend Champa Rice to the imperial court, but he was worried that he was too soft-spoken, so he talked about it when he corresponded with Du Yan in Yangzhou.

Du Yan naturally supported his brave recommendation of Champa Rice to the imperial court, but it seemed that the imperial court did not pay attention to his papers after they were handed over.

Du Yan told Song Yuyan about this, and Song Yuyan had heard about Champa Rice, so she naturally believed that what Du Yan said was true, so she replied to Du Yan seriously, and she thought it was because Feng Yuan's notes were not well written. , did not allow the imperial court to see the huge economic benefits brought by Champa rice.

Feng Yuanzu was a local official in Guangzhou, and he was an official in the Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period. He has been an official since he returned to the Zhou Dynasty, so he didn't need to work in the fields since he was a child, and naturally he didn't know much about farming.He only knew that Champa rice had a high yield, how to plant it, and the specific yield, but he didn't know, so the court naturally ignored his notes.

Du Yan asked Song Yuyan curiously what she had in mind.

Song Yuyan suggested that you can tell the patriarch of the Song clan about this matter, and ask him to write to Song Fu, who is the magistrate in Tingzhou, and ask him to send someone to Guangnan to fetch the seeds of Champa rice and plant them back. When the harvest has improved significantly Afterwards, the imperial court would naturally believe that Champa Rice could indeed bring benefits.

Not only that, Song Yuyan and Liu Chuo also proposed to send ships to Guangnan to fetch rice seeds. Although Liu Chuo had never seen Champa rice, he thought it was a good thing for the country and the people, and it was worth a try.

Song Yuyan finally found an opportunity, and said to Lou Gao: "I heard that there are many merchants from Tianzhu in Guangnan, and they often bring a lot of spices and medicinal materials, but I heard that there is a plant called cotton over there, and one mu of cotton costs It can produce four to five hundred catties of cotton a year, which is equivalent to making 62 beds of large quilts. If someone can bring back some seeds from there and plant them here..."

Listening to her analysis, Lou Gao could naturally imagine that if he planted a large amount of cotton, the cotton could not only be used as stuffing in winter, but also be woven into cotton cloth. Song Yuyan said that the cotton cloth is very soft, absorbs sweat in summer, and keeps warm in winter. Can produce huge economic benefits.

At that time, Lou Gao was working with Song Yuyan on the wax garden. Because the wax garden hadn't produced income so quickly, he just sent some people to follow the official ship sent by Liu Chuo to Guangnan to find out about the merchants from Tianzhu. If what Song Yuyan said was true At that time, I will contact the merchants from Tianzhu and ask them to bring back some cotton seeds.

From the early autumn of the fifth year of Mingqi to the winter of the sixth year of Mingqi, that is, not long ago, Lou Gao got the news that the people he sent followed him to Tianzhu, and found that there were indeed cotton crops there, and they were there. To learn about cotton planting techniques, you will not be able to return to Mingzhou until at least autumn.

Although Song Yuyan has not seen cotton seeds yet, she is full of expectations for the future. As long as cotton can be popularized, there will be more textiles that people can use.

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Tang Zhi has long been used to the younger sister who is studying with Song Yuyan, and she often hears some strange stories. She always feels that what Song Yuyan said is true, but just listening to what her younger sister said, cotton is the same as kapok in her consciousness, so Cotton didn't appeal much to her.

Chen Caiqi was quite interested, and asked Tang Ye a lot of interesting things he heard from Song Yuyan.Tang Zhi let them talk, he made the shoes and sent them to Song Yuyan.

Song Zhu is also at the Song family at the moment. Last year, he wrote to Song Fu about the Champa rice. Song Fu was as good as he was, and took advantage of the geographical advantage to take [-] hu of Champa rice from Guangnan East Road and try it out.

During the autumn harvest in the sixth year of Ming Qi, the harvest in Tingzhou has improved significantly. Song Fu specially sent a letter to the Song family to explain the matter, and sent someone to send a thousand dendrobium Champa rice seeds to the Song family. Go back and ask the Song family to grow Champa rice too.

Although this matter was brought up by Du Yan and Song Yuyan, Song Yuyan's reaction and handling method were very correct. This not only allowed Song Fu to obtain better political achievements, but also made the Song family profitable, which proved Feng Yuan's claims are credible.

Song Fu has already submitted a letter to the imperial court. He did not take the credit for it, but mentioned the roles Feng Yuan and Du Yan played in it, and wrote a letter to the clan to praise Song Yuyan.

The imperial court did not ignore it as it did when Feng Yuan wrote the letter last time. His booklet was directly handed over to the officials. Promote it.

Song Fu believes that Song Yuyan is providing papermaking technology to the clan, so that the poor clansmen can have another way to make a living, and recommending Champa Rice to him. All the things she does are positive. She is a malleable talent. Suggestion The family vigorously cultivated her.

So Song Zhu came to ask Song Yuyan to go back to study again, and this time even the tuition fee was saved for her.

Song Yuyan did not refuse immediately, but said: "I will seriously consider it."

Song Zhu couldn't talk to her, knowing that after she got engaged to Tang Zhi, she still had a family to support, so he didn't say anything else.

When Tang Zhi saw him, he greeted him. He smiled and said, "You can call me Uncle Thirteen just like Yam in the future. You are also half of the Song family."

Tang Zhi was still somewhat reserved in front of the elders, Song Zhu saw that the young couple might have something to say, and he was not here to hinder them, so he left first.

Song Yuyan sent Uncle Thirteen away, then turned around and took Tang Zhi to the kitchen, saying: "It's cold inside without burning charcoal, it's not as warm as outside, but it's windy outside, so I still come here, I just finished burning the charcoal not long ago. The water is still hot in the stove!"

Tang Zhi stuffed her the cloth shoes, "I'll get you the shoes and I'll go back, don't worry about getting cold."

"Cloth shoes?" Song Yuyan took the shoes and gestured at the soles of her feet. It was too big, but she felt that she still had a chance to grow her body again, and the soles of her feet would definitely become more suitable for this pair of shoes.

The instep material of modern cloth shoes is indeed cloth, but there is no plastic sole at the moment, so the soles are made of pieces of cloth stacked together and stitched together with needles and threads.The cloth at the bottom is burlap, and only the upper layer is made of soft fine cloth. As for the thread used for sewing, it is also made of thick thread.

Such cloth shoes are very soft and comfortable to wear under the feet. Song Yuyan put them away after trying them on.

Tang Zhi thought she was not comfortable wearing them, so she said cheerfully: "The shoes made by the little lady herself, I have to wait until we get married to wear them, so that others will be envious!"

"There's still a year left. If you don't wear it, it will accumulate dust."

"It's okay, I'll hide."

Tang Zhi muttered: "But I just want to see you wear it."

Song Yuyan was stunned for a moment, then quickly put on the shoes.Tang Zhi was satisfied, thinking of the cotton thing, he wanted to hear the real thoughts of the people who heard the story.

Song Yuyan said: "The people in Lou Er have already gone to Tianzhu to buy seeds. I believe that they will come back in autumn. If they can successfully grow cotton, the people will no longer have to wear paper clothes. Cotton is different from kapok. It is soft and fluffy. It can be spun into thread and then woven into cloth, and it can be stuffed into bedding in winter, which is very warm. The most important thing is that its output is more than kapok, the planting cost is low, and the economic benefits are good..."

Paper clothing is clothing made of paper, but it is not the paper used for writing, but the clothing made of mulberry fiber. The clothing is rough and not cold-resistant, and it is often common for poor people.

"No wonder you miss this thing so much, you want to start a garden to grow cotton again!" Tang Zhi said, she felt that the reason why Song Yuyan knew this thing was not from other people, maybe it was something she used frequently "over there".

Song Yuyan knows how to make candles, paper, etc., and the technologies she brings out are often more innovative and advanced than the current ones, and even the functions of species that do not exist at present are clear... Her origin makes Tang Zhi more and more curious.

A few days later, Chen Caiqi wanted to go to Mingzhou City to see Tang Haogen, and she asked Tang Zhi to accompany her, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law could go to Bao'en Yuan to listen to scriptures and offer incense together.

Song Yuyan happened to be asked by Liu Chuo to discuss Champa Rice, and thinking that she hadn't taken bamboo shoots and cakes out for a long time, she took this opportunity to take them for a walk in Mingzhou City.

As a result, the original sisters-in-law Tang Zhi and Chen Caiqi became the Tang and Song families. This is the first time for Sun'er and Binger to go to Mingzhou City, and they are very excited. "To ask.Fortunately, Chen Caiqi didn't think they were noisy, but listened to Song Yuyan's answer to "One Hundred Thousand Whys", and went to Xiaoluotou's side to listen together.

After arriving in Mingzhou City, Chen Caiqi led the two sisters-in-law and the Song family's little Luootou to find Tang Haogen, while Song Yuyan went to see Liu Chuo.

In the evening, Song Yuyan originally planned to go to the foot shop outside to open a room to sleep in, but because Liu Chuo recommended Champa Rice for his meritorious service, he specially ordered two rooms to be cleaned up from the small house where the official lived, and one for Tang Zhi. , Tang Ye, and Bing'er slept in the other room, and she and Sun'er slept in the other room.

Early the next morning, a group of people went to Bao'en Yuan to listen to scriptures and offer incense. Chen Caiqi had lived in Mingzhou for many years, and had previously accompanied his mother to Bao'en Yuan to listen to the abbot Fazhi Master Zhili explaining the scriptures. .Although Baoenyuan is a lecture temple, that is, a temple for the study of scriptures and teachings, it also has several halls that are set aside for the common people to offer incense.

Moreover, Master Fazhi's lectures are not only aimed at Buddhists, but also many lay disciples who are self-disciplined and ordinary people can listen to his lectures.Chen Caiqi listened to his lectures and felt that he was a very wise and enlightened monk, so he came here to offer incense.

It's a pity that they arrived late, Master Fazhi had already finished speaking the scriptures, and he would spend the rest of the time studying Buddhist scriptures in the monastery according to his past habits.

Chen Caiqi was quite regretful, but Song Yuyan was not a Buddhist, so she stood at the entrance of the hall and waited when Tang Zhi and others offered incense.When a monk passed by her, he stopped suddenly and looked at her in surprise.