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At the beginning of the summer of this year, several medical officers sent by Chang'an City arrived in Jinchang City. They brought with them cows with pox, and said they wanted to vaccinate the local people.

The Duke of Jinchang distributed documents to the counties under its jurisdiction, asking medical officials from all over the country to go to the state capital to learn about vaccination. Luo Yong and the others also received it. He not only sent the medical officials in the county, but also arranged for a few ordinary doctors. There are people in the townships below, and the county government has paid for them to go to Jinchang to learn how to vaccinate.

It is said to be to study, but in fact it is almost like going to Jinchang City to work as a free labor force. When the people in Jinchang have finished vaccinating, it will be the turn of the towns and towns below.

The people of Changle don't care about the order, they are very happy as long as they can be planted with vaccinia. Last year, Chang'an City started to promote vaccinia in spring, and the news spread to Longxi in summer.

Almost all the people believe that cowpox can drive away evil spirits, and they also look forward to the day when they can be vaccinated.This time, the imperial court was quite strong. Many medical officers were sent from Chang'an City to promote vaccination all over the country. Now even their border areas like Changle County are in place.

From Chang'an City to the westernmost part of Longxi, it took these medical officers more than a year to promote vaccination technology all the way, which is not too slow.

However, it only took Luo Yong the cotton gin they started selling recently, and it took just over a month to be sent to Chang'an City.

Only then did many Chang'an people finally understand that the reason why the coffin boards were able to transport so many white folded cloths to Chang'an City in such a short period of time last autumn was because of this item.

"The coffin boards are amazing. Last year I sold white cloth, and this year I sold the cloth-making stuff. I don't know how much money I should have earned?"

"It takes five bolts of good silk for this small item, which is really not cheap."

"Then why don't you make one yourself, and save those five bolts of fine silk?"

"It's really impossible to make it."

"Just the hooked stick in the middle, even if you and I spend ten bolts of good silk, I'm afraid we can't make it."

"Those disciples of Luo Yong are amazing!"

"I heard that they are all from ordinary merchants and hawkers."

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"Two days ago, I saw the third uncle of the Chen family leaving the city in a hurry."

"There have been many people leaving the city in the past two days, and most of them are going to Longxi."

"Why go to Longxi?"

"Buy land and grow white cloth, what else can you do? Now that the wind of white cloth has not dissipated in Chang'an City, the price of white cloth will not come down anytime soon."

"As far as the current three to five years, it will definitely not come down."

"Even if the price of white fold cloth in Chang'an City has come down, there are other places in the Central Plains, Henan, Hebei, Jiangnan and other places. I heard that "Song of White Stacks" is very popular."

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The big families in Chang'an City are optimistic about the prospect of Baidicloth, and they have gone to Longxi to buy properties. There is also a more direct reason, that is, Baidicloth is easier to obtain than linen and silk, and the production cost is lower.

If it is planting hemp, plant it in spring and harvest it in autumn, and after it is taken back, you have to retting, washing and rubbing the hemp. Although most people in the world wear hemp, this linen is not very easy to get.

And that kind of mulberry silkworm breeding is even more troublesome. It takes a lot of mental energy to serve a group of spring silkworms from the silkworm eggs until they spin silk, not to mention that the planting of mulberry trees originally takes up land.

Compared with linen and silk cloth, the white folded cloth is much more convenient. Planted in spring and harvested in autumn, the white folded flowers with seeds can be collected and put in the cotton gin to get clean velvet. It can be directly used for spinning and weaving, and the quality of the woven white folded cloth is quite good, softer and more delicate than linen.

As soon as the cotton gin in Changle County came out, many Chang'an people saw the benefits of the white folded cloth, but it was a pity that the white folded flower was only suitable for planting in Longxi, so some capable families went to Longxi one after another. To set up Baidie Garden.

There are also some insightful people who say that the white cassia flower may not only be grown in Longxi, but it should also be grown in some places with similar water and soil in the Central Plains.

Specifically which places can be planted and which places cannot be planted, then we can only slowly explore and verify in the future.When Changle white stack flowers bloom this year, merchants and wealthy households from all over the country must come to Changle County to buy flower seeds.

Unknowingly, the small frontier town in Changle County has become the yearning place for many people in Chang'an.

Girls yearn for the large fields of white flowers, and men yearn for the wealth that those fields of white flowers can create.

No matter how those Chang'an people yearn for it, Changle County is still Changle County. Although this year is a bit more lively than in previous years, the people in the county still have to work hard every day to make a living.

A few days ago, the county magistrate Luo closed the tofu workshop and passed on the craft of making tofu to the common people in Changle.

At that time, many monks from Dunhuang City came to learn, and there were also a few Taoist priests who traveled all over the world.

In the past, Changle County was too small and poor, and monks, Taoists and priests didn't like to come here very much. Recently, there have been many more people. The arrival of these people has greatly enriched the spiritual and cultural life of the local people.

As far as Buddhism and Taoism are concerned, Buddhism is still a little more prosperous in their Changle County. After all, there are so many monks in Dunhuang, and there are fewer Taoists. Most Taoists like places with outstanding people and do not come to Longxi. So the people of Longxi didn't have much affection for those priests.

However, there have been rumors in the market recently that Sun Simiao, the founder of this method of vaccinia, is a quite accomplished Taoist priest.In this regard, the monks expressed disapproval, saying that the doctor Nasun was also very proficient in Buddhism.

First, there were some rumors in the market, and those who spread the rumors escalated into face-to-face debates. Debates became angry, and some people couldn't help but want to fight.

The monks at this time are not as obedient as the later generations. If you think about walking around under the sun in this era, you must be a little adventurous and bloody.

Not to mention Taoist priests, they have done a lot of things like chivalry when they see injustice.When these two groups of people collide, that's incredible.

On this day, Luo Yong was discussing with his disciples whether to set up a Yan Erfei workshop in Changle County.

The county captain Guo Fenglai hurried over and said: "Just now the gatekeepers came to tell me that some priests have invited monks to meet outside the city."

Luo Yong heard that this was an offer: "Bring a few more people over there, they will be arrested, and they will be taken to prison for a few days."

"Have they been arrested?" Guo Fenglai was still thinking about arresting one or two leaders and imprisoning them for a few days. He didn't want to offend those monks and Taoists after all. Besides, so many people were locked in prison. They have to be fed too.

"Anyone who participated, don't tell them to run away, and catch those who let the wind go." Dare to provoke a fight in his Changle realm, he really thinks his name as a coffin board is for nothing.

Guo Fenglai got the order, and he really left the city with more than [-] servants, but it's a pity that they went a bit late, and when they arrived, those monks and Taoists had already run away on horseback .

Don’t think that monks can’t ride horses. There are many monks in this era. First of all, most of them are literate and basically come from good families. Moreover, monks in this era will also go to the battlefield. thing.

It’s just that in the eyes of a ruler like Li Shimin, monks are still too benevolent, so he was more resistant to Buddhism in the past, and worried that the prevalence of Buddhism would affect the combat effectiveness of the army. It seems to be a little different.

After the Battle of Gaochang and the emergence of Jingua, many Buddhists have much higher recognition of the Emperor of the Central Plains than before.

In their Changle County, in the next few days, the people in the city would often see some monks and priests with wounds on their faces. When they saw the guards, they would avoid them, fearing that the coffin board county magistrate would find them to settle accounts after autumn.

The folk customs of this era were really open. Decades later in the Central Plains, a kind of celebration called "Qi Han Hu Xi" was even popular. In the early winter, a large group of naked people splashed water on each other, singing and dancing for fun. , the scene is bold and lively, and many emperors and princes love to watch it.

In such a big environment, especially in this land of tough folk customs in Longxi, a fight between monks and Taoists is nothing to the locals, and some people think that their county magistrate Luo is a little too serious this time. up.

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