God don't even try to stop me from doing infrastructure!

Cotton is a good thing, especially for civilians who lack warm clothing.

Yunze's newly harvested cotton was divided into two parts. The cotton seeds were taken and the impurities were carefully removed. Only half was used to make quilts, and the other half was used to make fabrics for weaving girls.

The cloth has not been made yet, because Yunze knows nothing about how cotton is made into cloth.However, he judged that this kind of cotton is suitable for making cloth, because the fiber of this kind of cotton is three centimeters long on average, so it should belong to long-staple cotton.

On the contrary, two quilts were quickly made. After Yunze made the bow for plucking cotton—thanks to a sand sculpture video he watched before, he remembered what tools were used to pluck cotton.

The two made thick quilts weighing ten catties were sent to the great priest and the king's bedroom. They slept for two days, and came non-stop on the third day.

Even if they are as rich as them, wool blankets and thick fur are used to keep out the cold in winter.The wool blankets and furs at the moment, because they have not been thoroughly treated, have a bit of an animal smell, and no matter how many times they use incense, they cannot completely remove this smell.

It turned out that they were already used to it, and now they suddenly fell asleep on this kind of soft, thick, warm quilt with only a faint plant fragrance, and the two were shocked.Later, they heard that it was a planted crop with a high yield, and it could also be used to make cloth, which was thicker and more wear-resistant than linen, so they could no longer sit still.

"How do you sleep with the quilt? If it is suitable, can you try planting it next year? If it is successful, the Taixi people will have thick clothes in winter. But cotton also hurts the land, and it must be rotated with beans, and it will probably grab some corn. Planting land." Before the great priest and the others figured out how to brazenly beg the Son of God for mercy, Yun Ze said this as soon as he saw them.

Yunze's character is that when others treat him well, he can't help wanting to return more.Others see his character as water, and most of the time he seems to drift with the flow, but in fact his character is more like fire, love wants to live, hate wants to die.

Now the fanaticism and love of the Taixi people has really moved him a bit, and now he starts to think more about them actively.

Why do you have such emotion?

Because of the last autumn harvest sacrifice, many Taixi people, whom he had never even met face to face, took their precious property, wheat, chickens, ducks, even geese and sheep, and wanted to give it to Yunze.The temple gathered these gifts and piled them all over the backyard of his house, and there were even a lot more. For this reason, two storage rooms had to be repaired temporarily.

Later, the temple and the royal family also sent many gifts. In addition to daily necessities, there were many more precious things, such as olive oil called liquid gold, which was sent in large barrels.

This is basically to poke at his weakness of character desperately, poking sour heart, thinking about 'how can', while starting to pick up the good things in his hand.

I don't believe it, with such a powerful gold finger, I can't build Taixi to make the people of Taixi eat and clothe themselves.

Corn and cotton will definitely be promoted. Can you think about soybeans and beets next?Both crops are well adapted to the Mediterranean climate.Soybeans can be used to make soy sauce and soy products, and oil extraction is also very good.Beets, a vegetable, are a great source of sugar, which is a source of calories and a sense of well-being.

In addition, Yunze observed that the wheat planted here is spring, that is, spring wheat. It stands to reason that this place is suitable for planting winter wheat, because there is more rainfall in spring and autumn, and winter is not particularly cold, but summer is hot and rainy.He wanted to see if planting winter wheat could increase wheat production.Although Taixi has barley, wheat and oats, the most they grow is wheat.

Also, next year, will we plant a batch of medicinal materials for insect repellent and other daily-use medicinal materials?I feel that Taixi people who are used to drinking raw water quite need it.

Yunze smiled and pushed the cotton in front of them, and the great priest and king who came were instantly dumb.

The Son of God belongs to the religious system, and the great priest and others have always seen him with the halo of the Holy Father, but now they are even more moved and don't know what to do.

The people in the temple system were moved but also sad: Our son of God is so stupid and sweet, no wonder he was kidnapped by wicked people in his previous life and was bullied so much. Hey, we still have to work hard to protect him. He is too kind and does not know the dangers of the world.

The king didn't know what his previous life was. He touched the soft and white cotton and thought happily: next year, he will sacrifice himself in spring plowing and there will be new crops to offer.The gods still favor him as the king, otherwise why did they let the Son of God come down to assist him?Neither his father nor his father's father received such treatment. Doesn't this mean that he is better than his father and his father's father and has received more affirmation?

It feels like the crown on the head is more shiny.

The king directly assigned Curry's textile bureau to Yunze, where there were more than 100 professional women who were proficient in weaving.He also gave a death order to make cotton cloth within one month, otherwise he would be driven away, and if there were any damages, he would be demoted to slavery.

There are not many professional women in this era, and the wages of the Textile Bureau are quite high, higher than the men in these women's families. Everyone is reluctant to lose this job, let alone become a slave, and is desperately studying the weaving business. .

If cotton wants to be turned into cloth, it must first be spun into threads, wound into balls, and then weaved into cloth, which is not a quick process.

But the king didn't just give the stick, he also left a message, if the research is done within a month, the salary will be doubled, and the meritorious ones will be rewarded with cattle and sheep.

Under the dual pressure of such sticks and sweet dates, the female textile workers were enthusiastic, and in just a few days they rubbed out very uniform, slender and tough cotton threads.They have begun to weave with cotton thread.

Yunze thought of the Jenny loom, but he didn't know the structure of this efficient artificial loom, so he could only keep this matter in his heart and think about it later.

After the autumn harvest, the royal family has a traditional entertainment program called autumn hunting.The king wants to lead the princes and soldiers to hunt, one is to test everyone's force value, the other is to prove himself, and the third is to prepare for winter clothes and food.

There are also such autumn hunting activities among the people. The young people in the village form a hunting team. They show their strength to the girl they like, drive away hungry wild animals for the villagers, and at the same time get fur and animal meat.

The king couldn't wait to show off his precious sword. Showing strength is a way for men to show their charm in this era. It is said that the time of autumn hunting is the time when men and women get married.

The king asked Yunze if he wanted to go, Yunze refused, he was not very interested in hunting.At this time, he wanted to go to the gold mine presented by the first princess. It was said that it was not far away. That piece was all royal land, and besides the gold mine, there were other gemstone mines.

However, Yunze still gave them some medicines and taught them how to make a stretcher, so as not to be too late to treat any accidents.

Specifically, there are detoxification, hemostasis, and accelerated recovery of fracture sites, etc.

The gold mine is in the mountain range where the holy mountain is located. Because there is more than one mine vein in this area, most of the mine veins belong to the king, and some were rewarded to the princess and several princes, so there are soldiers guarding and patrolling the foot of the mountain in this area.

The gold mine that the first princess sent to Yunze was a small open-pit mine, with three to four hundred guards and slaves, and the annual output of several kilograms of gold.

In this era when precious metals were scarce and mining technology was underdeveloped, a few kilograms of gold was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of shellfish.

The annual income of ordinary residents in Curry is only about two to three hundred white shells, minus food, clothing and necessary expenses, there is basically nothing left.Her Royal Highness, however, gave away a gold mine that produced hundreds of thousands of white shells. The gap between the rich and the poor can be imagined.

But no matter how poor the life of the common people is, it will not be worse than these miners.

Yunze waded through mountains and rivers, and came here with the joy of digging gold, but saw those slaves wearing a loincloth in late autumn eating the sewage from the nearby gold panning river, eating a kind of food made from wild vegetables and tree roots. Brown and mushy, live in a tent that was put up casually.

Work hard, and if you slow down, you will be whipped by the guards.If you get sick unfortunately, you have to wait there to die.It doesn't matter whether it is a man, a woman, the elderly, or a child.

And the guards, although they lived in decent huts, had black stone-like bread to eat, and occasionally hunted some wild beasts for teething sacrifices, they all looked malnourished.It's just that they have someone to vent their anger on, those slaves who are worse than them.

Yunze couldn't help but think of a documentary called 'Blood Diamond', and couldn't help but think of the children who were digging in the mica flake mining area.Disasters in the distance are not in sight, and that kind of empathy will not be produced.Yunze might not be called a great kind person, but at this moment, he felt a sense of guilt.

Menis put his arms around Yunze's shoulders, trying to comfort him.Yunze's eyes widened slightly, his brows were slightly frowned, shock and sadness were written on his face.

Menis doesn't understand where Yunze's sadness comes from, but he is trying to understand him, he wants to 'understand' Yunze.

For the dignitaries of this era, it is a matter of course for slaves to give their lives to work for them. Slaves are originally part of the property.

But at this moment, Menis seemed to have a little understanding: "Are you grieving for them?"

"Menisi, what kind of Taixi do you want to see?" Yunze asked suddenly.

Menis chose to cooperate with Prince Sham. Of course, he has his own political ambitions. He said: "I want to see a Taixi that everyone yearns for. A country that is strong, aspirational, and will smile when you mention it. "

"But I want to see Taixi, everyone has their own work, and their labor can bring enough harvest. Hardworking people can raise their own families, they live in strong houses, and have a lot of food. Children are raised by someone and will not be abandoned because of poverty. Old people will not despair because of winter. They work hard when they are young, and they can eat and wear warmth when they are old. Just being strong is not enough, everyone can live happily A country is a country that people yearn for."

Yunze looked at the numb miners, and continued: "Even if they are as humble as slaves, as long as they work hard, they should obtain physical freedom, obtain their own property, and raise their offspring. This year, I will give some of the servants in the family Slave status is lifted, and their hard work should be rewarded."

Menis also looked at the miners, who were the most humble slaves, like grass and ants.But they are people too, and they work.

Many slaves were slaves because their parents and their parents' parents were slaves.The reason why their ancestors were slaves was generally because of poverty, or crime, or being abducted.

Menes did not feel that exempting slavery was a challenge to class.Because the honor of the royal family and the temple is given by God (they think they are the descendants of God), but the humbleness of slaves is given by man.What is given by God cannot be changed, but what is given by man can be changed.

Meinis guessed that Yunze felt unbearable because these slaves had not committed a crime, and they should not be treated like sinners.He held Yunze's shoulders and said: "Your Highness, if you want to do it, then do it, and I will accompany you." If you want to remove some slaves, I will accompany you to remove some slaves. If anyone is dissatisfied, Also deal with me.

When the Son of God came, the guards and slaves came to welcome him, all of them fearful.Such distinguished figures never appear in the mining area. They only need the mining area to hand over the gold on time every year, and they don't care about anything else.So when the Son of God came, not to mention the miners, even the guards became nervous.

"Master Shenzi is here to blame them for not handing in this year's gold?" They couldn't help thinking this way, but Yunze's first sentence made people stunned.

"Is there a clean water source nearby?" Yunze asked the person in charge here, "The water in the Taosha River is not clean, people will get sick if they eat it."

"Only this river." The person in charge was tall and tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and spoke in a rough voice, "Does Your Highness want to drink water? There is a small stream on the cliff over there, and it can only flow from a big earthen jar a day. "Obviously, this big crock is only used by the twenty-odd guards, and the slaves can only use dirty river water.

The gold mine is in a small valley, and these people also live in this small valley.Except for the mine dug out by hand and the sand-washing river, other places are still green.Yunze looked at the river: "Where is the upper reaches of this river? Is it so dirty? Take me to see it."

"Yes, Your Highness."

They walked upstream along the river. Because the road was winding and steep, it was inconvenient to walk, so they walked for more than ten minutes.

The upper reaches of the sand-washing river are completely different from the mining area, because it is a tiny waterfall that rushes out of a fan-shaped pool. The water in the pool is full and flows down, and it becomes the river leading to the gold rush area.

"Who does this area belong to?" Carefully speaking, it's not very far from the valley, so why doesn't anyone come here to fetch water?Is it because this place already belongs to someone else's territory?

"It's yours too." The person in charge said.The scope of the gold mine includes the valley and the nearby land and mountains within at least one kilometer.

Yunze was very surprised: "Then why don't you come here to fetch water?"

The person in charge was also very surprised. He was surprised that Yunze would ask such a question: "Slaves are not allowed to leave the mining area. This is a rule. Some slaves will secretly hide gold and abscond after accumulating a certain amount. It has happened many times before. And it will delay their work."

"..." Suddenly Yunze didn't know what to say, everyone had their own considerations.

The job of the slaves in the mining area is to dig for gold. Yunze wanted to improve their living conditions, but he never thought of saying: You go away, you are free, take the gold and go.

"Am I already a qualified slave owner?" Yunze despised his hypocrisy in his heart.

But things still need to be done to improve the living environment, starting with drinking water and housing.

"Okay, let's go back and discuss about getting water. Now go back first, I want to meet them, all the guards and slaves." He said as he walked, looking around carefully.

The place here is so big, even if it is a mountainous area, you can grow some corn and beans next spring, and even some vegetables for self-sufficiency.If you need meat dishes, you can raise chickens and sheep in one piece of land.

Among the slaves in the mining area are not only strong laborers, but also the elderly and children.The elderly and children can develop their abilities in other places, and the division of labor and cooperation is the most suitable.

Since it is impossible to overthrow the current slavery system, at least he should guarantee the most basic survival needs of the people under his name, which is the final moral bottom line.