Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

After the cold wave last year, Xiao Yu ordered people to transport cotton seeds from Yazhou to Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, and then distributed them to the counties and counties of Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, and then the local government distributed them to the people, and informed them of the cotton planting method.

The timing of the distribution of cotton seeds was just right. The people in Lingnan experienced the cold wave of the past year, and many frail old people and children did not survive.

At this time, I heard that this cotton can keep warm, can be used to make quilts and padded jackets, and can also be woven into cloth like hemp silk, so the enthusiasm for planting has increased.

So after the beginning of spring, cotton seedlings can be seen everywhere in Lingnan area.People take care of cotton more carefully than food, after all, it is related to whether the family will be frozen in winter.

Entering midsummer, people finally waited until cotton bolling.It turns out that this is the legendary cotton, as white as last winter's snow, and as soft and light as the cotton wool of kapok.

There is a lot of kapok in the Guangjiao area, and people often go around to pick up cotton wool when the cotton bolls are spinning. However, the number of kapok trees is small, and picking is extremely inconvenient, so it cannot be popularized.Now that every family can grow cotton, there is no need to worry about lack of clothes or quilts.

As early as when the cotton seeds were being distributed, Xiao Yu assigned a task to the Ministry of Industry, requiring them to invent a cotton gin as soon as possible to remove the cotton seeds.

Wang Juan spent several months with his officials, thought of many ways, tried many times, and finally designed a hand-operated cotton gin.

Two logs are placed side by side, and one of them is shaken, and the gear at the other end drives the other to rotate, and the cotton seeds can be filtered out when the cotton is put in.

Xiao Yu was very pleased to see this manual cotton gin, and directly promoted the chief who built this cotton gin to two levels, and the rest of the assistants were also rewarded, some were promoted, and some received bounties.

Next, it is only necessary to spread the manual cotton gin on a large scale. The Ministry of Industry will call a group of carpenters to make cotton gins, and then these carpenters will spread the manufacturing technology to the counties and counties.

We will strive to fully promote cotton gins in Canton Yasan Prefecture within this year. People may not be able to use cotton gins this year, but they will be able to use them in the future.

The invention of the cotton gin greatly improved the efficiency of government-run quilt factories, which mainly produced military uniforms and shoes for soldiers.

The workers are the women who were rescued from the brothels. Some of these women returned home, a small number got married, and some joined the art troupe, but most of them went to the factory to work as workers and lived by labor. Own.

Prostitutes have always been the most discriminated group of people, and it is difficult for them to be accepted by society. The way out that the government has found for them is undoubtedly the best.

Everyone has the same tragic fate, and now they gather together to support themselves with their own hands and contribute to this society.Even His Majesty the Emperor personally visited them and praised them for realizing the value of life.

The government uniformly arranges their board and lodging. Their daily tasks are hemp, cotton ginning, spinning, weaving, and sewing military uniforms and military shoes for the lieutenants. Now there are more cotton-padded clothes and quilts.Pay back wages every month.

His Majesty the Emperor also personally promised that the government will take care of them for the rest of their lives, and when they get old and have no one to take care of them, they will all be sent to the Lonely Garden, where the government will take care of them.

This gave these poor women a reassurance. Just live well and work hard, and the government will provide for the elderly in the future.

The female workers believed in this, because no government had ever truly cared for the people like it does now, did things for the people, rescued them from suffering, taught them the skills to make a living, and vaccinated them.

In their hearts, His Majesty the Emperor is the living Bodhisattva who rescued them from the sea of ​​suffering.

Not only the female workers think so, but the people in the Lingnan area are extremely satisfied with the current government. Tax cuts, school running, vaccination, hybrid rice seeds, vegetable seeds, cotton seeds, water conservancy, and road construction are all done by the government. The fact that they do, this government is really concerned about their basic necessities of life.

Some long-lived old people who are over seventy years old said that they have never even heard of such a good government, let alone seen it.This is really catching up with the emperor who loves the people like his son. If the emperor and the government don't support him, who else will he support?

Therefore, when the government recruited soldiers again this year, the applicants were very enthusiastic. They firmly believed in the government's propaganda that a stable and beautiful life is not obtained out of thin air, but in exchange for the bloodshed and sacrifice of soldiers, and it needs heroes who take the lead to protect them.

A total of [-] soldiers were recruited from the three Lingnan prefectures, including [-] in Guangzhou, [-] in Jiaozhou, and [-] in Yazhou.

The original strength of the three prefectures of Guangjiaoya was less than [-], which was not enough to compete with the northern court, so the army must be strengthened.Before you start, you have to hurry up and train.

Although the war has not yet started, Xiao Yu is not idle, and has done a lot of united front work.

The "Xinghuo" newspaper was continuously sent to all parts of the north through various channels, allowing scholars to understand the new developments in the south and the thoughts conveyed by Xiao Yu, and gradually let the scholars in the north accept the new ideas in a subtle way.

In addition to scholars, the united front work of the people at the bottom cannot be given up.Xiao Yu dispatched a large number of storytellers and shopkeepers, and their footprints spread all over the north, spreading the news of the south to the people at the bottom.

Even the farmers in the field know it: there is already high-yielding hybrid rice in the south, and each mu of land can harvest tens of hundreds of catties of rice; the people in the south have been vaccinated against smallpox for free. No one will get smallpox anymore; the head tax has been abolished in the south, and the land tax has also been reduced; many schools have been built in the south, and children from poor families can go to school for free.

All these make the lower-level people in the north envious. When will such a good thing be their turn.The emperor from the south should call here early, and drive out their current moody emperor who only knows how to increase taxes and conscription.

Xiao Yu knew that this silent spread of nourishment was laying the foundation for them to unify the country in the future, and when they attacked Xiao Yi in the future, they would get the support of ordinary people to a large extent.

These newspapers and storytellers not only spread in Anguo, but also spread to Dong Rong and Xi Rong.

Compared with the need to cover up spreading these in Anguo, it can be spread blatantly in the East and West Rong. After all, Xiao Yu's court, which is far away in the sky, is far away from the East and West Rong. The rulers of the East and West Rong did not regard Xiao Yu as an enemy. , there is no need to guard against it.

Although the rulers of the East and West Rong were working hard to Sinicize, they obviously did not realize the importance of ideological positions.

Xiao Yu will start to sow and cultivate from now on, and when the time is right, when he raises troops to expel the Hu people, he will be able to get the support of the Han people in the East and West.

This is something Xiao Yu learned from the teacher. His organization is not as good as the teacher's, but he still knows the theory of encircling the city from the countryside, and he can use some of it.

In the evening of this day, Xiao Yu came back from the supervisor of Dongcheng New District, the carriage entered the city, and staggered back home.

From the rolled up curtains, one can see a peaceful and peaceful scene in the city: a group of children are playing the blind game; two children are pulling with a mother, wanting to continue playing, but the mother wants to go home; several scholars Dressed up people are saying goodbye at the door of a teahouse...

Xiao Yu looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction, if the world could be like this, that would be great.

Suddenly, there was only a loud "bang", which frightened the horses that were walking quietly and neighed.Lai Feng quickly reined in the horse's reins to prevent it from running wild.

Xiao Yu hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Ji Hai said: "Your Majesty, the sound seems to be coming from the Six Department Yamen."

Xiao Yu quickly said, "Go and have a look."

When they arrived at No. [-], they found that there was already a fire inside, and many people were scrambling to put out the fire.

Xiao Yu ordered the guards around him to rush to put out the fire, and got out of the car himself, and entered the yard, only to see a man with a dark face and ragged clothes rushing excitedly into the burning house, shouting: "My baby, my collection!"

If he hadn't been stopped by someone, he might have already rushed in.

Xiao Yu asked, "What happened just now? Was anyone injured?"

It was already evening at this moment, and the officials of the six ministries had already gone home, only some guards were there, and the one who pulled people was the guard here. He didn't know Xiao Yu, and said: "It's Master Liang who made alchemy and exploded the furnace." .”

The man with a dark face yelled: "I didn't make alchemy, I was doing experiments! Your Majesty, Your Majesty!?"

The officer was taken aback. It turned out that the gentleman who looked like a crown jade was His Majesty. He quickly knelt down: "The villain has seen Your Majesty!"

"Get up." Xiao Yu didn't even recognize that this crazy person was the Taoist priest named Liang Dechang, "Master Liang, are you not injured?"

Liang Dechang quickly lowered his head to look at himself, only to find that his clothes had been burned through several holes, but fortunately his trousers were still intact, and he still had a few burns on his body: "Go back to Your Majesty, I'm fine."

Xiao Yu had already seen his burns: "Hurry up and see a doctor."

Liang Dechang was so anxious that he wanted to cry: "No, I have all my things inside. I found it with great difficulty. Don't burn them all up. I have to go and see."

Fortunately, the fire was quickly brought under control. Liang Dechang hurried into the house and found that many of his things had been destroyed by the explosion. He was so anxious that he burst into tears.

Xiao Yu also went in. Half of the room was burnt to blackness, and the other half that was not burned was filled with shelves. The shelves were full of bottles and jars, some of which fell on the ground and were broken. The things inside are colorful, probably all minerals collected by Liang Dechang.

Xiao Yu said to Liang Dechang who was kneeling on the ground to check his belongings: "Master Liang, it's a blessing that there is no serious problem. Hurry up and see the doctor. Why don't you go back to the mansion with me and let Sigui show you."

Liang Dechang wanted to put away all the fallen things, but found that there was nothing to put them in, and many things were blown up, so he had to give up and raised his hand to wipe away his tears: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yu brought Liang Dechang back to the mansion and asked Sigui to treat him.

Sigui has a special pharmacy in the mansion, which is used to store medicinal materials and brew medicines. There happened to be a scald ointment that had been brewed recently, so he took it for Liang Dechang to use.

Xiao Yu kept Liang Dechang in the mansion for dinner. During the meal, Xiao Yu asked Liang Dechang: "What experiment did Master Liang do today?"

Liang Dechang said: "I put saltpeter, sulfur and glycerin together in a bamboo tube, and then put it on the fire to roast, and it exploded."

When Xiao Yu heard it, he raised his forehead immediately. This seemed to be the formula of earthen explosives. Is he going to blow himself up?

Xiao Yu said: "Master Liang, you will do experiments in the future, and you have to stay far away. What if you hurt yourself?"

"If you stay far away, you won't be able to see the whole process of change." Liang Dechang didn't intend to listen to persuasion at all.