Knowing that Fang Huan's son Fang Lin was coming, Lou Yu ordered the people below to pay close attention.
However, after waiting for half a month, no one was seen.
Could something really happen on the way?
Lou Yu simply stopped caring and focused all his attention on urban construction.
Since Yao Jin bought cotton from the Western Regions, Lou Yu cooperated with merchants and bought cotton from them at a high price. As long as they could buy it, Lou Yu wanted it all.
Cotton has not yet spread to Dasheng, so no one knows the use of cotton at all.
The merchants were only responsible for buying goods, anyway Prince Qing's son would not lose their money.
They all had their own channels, and soon Lou Yu bought a lot of cotton.
He let the textile mills weave all the cotton into cotton cloth, and then started the marketing model.
"Hey, have you heard? The Xincheng Textile Factory has issued a new rule, as long as you buy cloth there, you can get a bonus!"
"What extra head?"
"Say it's a piece of cotton cloth for free!"
"What is cotton cloth?"
"It's a new cloth made by His Royal Highness! I heard it's easy to use!"
"How is it easy to use? Better than silk and satin?"
"That's not!"
"Really? Then let's go and have a look!"
After extensive publicity, the common people inside and outside the city knew about it and went to Xincheng Textile Factory one after another.
Who doesn't want free?
The sharp increase in the passenger flow of Xincheng Textile Factory is bound to affect the business of the cloth shop in the city.
Seeing this, the bosses of the cloth shop became ruthless.
Textile factories give extra hair, and they also give it away!
Under this kind of crazy marketing, the common people have tasted the sweetness.Everyone's enthusiasm for buying cloth was high, and after going to the textile factory, they went to the cloth shop.
But compared to the richness of funds, Buzhuang in the city is far inferior to Louyu.
Moreover, the textile mill is highly efficient and can produce a lot of cloth a day, which can fully support such marketing for a long time.
Can Buzhuang do it?Of course not!
This is not the worst.
When the textile factory sells cloth, the tiantou is a piece of cotton cloth the size of a handkerchief, and in the cloth shop, the tiantou is a piece of silk cloth the size of a handkerchief.
In terms of craftsmanship and price, the cloth shop has already lost money.
Besides, after the common people bought the cloth and went home to use it.
The advantage of silk cloth is that it is smooth and does not rub the skin.
But cotton is not bad either!
After using it for only two or three days, the common people discovered that this cotton cloth is also very easy to use!
Water-absorbing, sweat-absorbing, skin-friendly, breathable, durable, taking into account the advantages of silk and linen, without the disadvantages of silk and linen.
What kind of fairy cloth is this!
For a while, many people went to the textile factory to ask how to buy cotton cloth in large quantities.
Cai Xia replied with a smile: "The production of cotton cloth is small, and it cannot be sold in large quantities at present."
Everyone was disappointed.
Caixia said again: "When the cotton grows this year and we have a harvest, we will be able to produce more cotton cloth."
Crowd:! ! !
They finally understood why His Highness wanted to grow cotton!
Because the cotton cloth is so easy to use, woo woo woo.
His Royal Highness is still so far-sighted, but they are short-sighted.
Let's just say, what His Royal Highness did was not for their good!
A small piece of cotton immediately set off an upsurge in Gyeongju Prefecture.
Lou Yu achieved the purpose of publicity, so he stopped the marketing drama of buying cloth and sending cloth, and no longer supplied cotton cloth.
Cotton cloth was in short supply for a while.
Not only ordinary people, but even some wealthy businessmen and wealthy gentry want a piece.
They also wanted to cooperate with the merchant, but the merchant was only willing to do big business with Lou Yu, and the price was high, so those people lost their minds.
When Ma Gui walks on the road these days, he always receives envious and sour eyes from others.
He knew why.
It's just that their family's land grows cotton, and after the harvest, their family can keep [-]% of the cotton for themselves!
Don't look at only [-]%, it can be sold at a high price!
Cotton cloth is so popular that even fools know that cotton will definitely sell for money in the future.
He sighed deeply again, follow His Highness, there is meat to eat!
After a while, the textile factory issued a new announcement, which said two things.
The first thing: the textile factory is recruiting female workers again! Women over the age of 16 and under the age of 40 can apply!
The second thing: From now on, those who come to the textile factory to buy cloth can redeem as many points as they spend, and those with the top [-] points can get the priority to buy cotton cloth!
The city is bustling again.
Seeing that the life of female workers in textile factories is getting more and more prosperous, who doesn't envy them?
Their existence has dealt a strong blow to traditional and decadent concepts, and made ordinary people feel that women can also go out to work!Women can also earn money to support their families!
The common people are real, and what they care more about is whether they can live a good life.
Isn't it nice to get double money at home?
As a result, many families sent their daughters to work in textile factories.
Anyway, there are all female workers inside, and the person in charge is also a girl's house, so what can happen?
Those who signed up almost flattened the offices of Caixia and Fengchun.
Textile mills are getting bigger and bigger.
Under the temptation of points, the cloth woven by the female workers sold very quickly.
Every girl is very motivated.
They were dressed in uniform work clothes, with confident smiles, and the charm that had been severely suppressed was constantly exuding, which aroused the enthusiasm of the young men in the ironworks and woodworking factories next door.
Lou Yu is listening to Lu You's report in the government office.
"Your Highness, most of the construction of the Gyeongju Ditch has been completed, and the Pitang project is also... Ah Choo!"
He couldn't help but sneezed, and even the snot flowed down his nose.
Lu You blushed, hurriedly said "Excuse me", turned his back and wiped it with a handkerchief.
Before I finished wiping, I sneezed again.
Lou Yu couldn't help but care and said: "Sigong Lu is good at engineering, but don't forget to take care of your body."
"Thank you, sir... Ah Choo... Thank you Your Highness... Ah Choo..."
Lou Yu: "..."
Lu You really wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in, so he quickly apologized and retreated.
Lou Yu only thought that he had caught a cold and didn't take it too seriously.
When San Ya returned to the mansion, Feng Erbi cleaned his hands and face for him.
Lou Yu leaned back on the chair, and heard people coughing and sneezing in the yard.
He couldn't help frowning: "Who is sick?"
Feng Erbi said: "It's Alan who is in charge of cleaning in the courtyard. She may have caught a cold these days."
Lou Yu frowned even deeper.
He suddenly remembered that on the way back to the palace from the government office in a carriage, he seemed to hear that many people on the side of the road had this symptom.
"Erbi, hurry up and call Chen Chuanbai to see me!"
These symptoms are very similar to flu, and spring is the season when flu is prone to occur.
In modern times, severe flu can kill people, let alone ancient times.
Feng Erbi was stunned for a moment, wondering why His Royal Highness's face suddenly became solemn.
"Also, tell Alan not to sweep the floor in the courtyard, and let her go back to her room, and don't step out of the door without my order!"
Influenza is easy to infect, and often takes droplets as the route of infection.
Lou Yu wasn't sure if it was the flu, but it was better to take precautions in advance than something actually happened.
Feng Erbi was about to take the order to retreat, but was stopped by Lou Yu again.
He solemnly ordered: "Take a clean cloth and cover your mouth and nose before going out! Go ahead, let all servants like Alan in the house stay in the house and isolate them. If anyone is disobedient, directly Expelled from the palace!"
"Slave obeys orders!"
Chen Chuanbai was called and hurried to the palace.
Seeing that Lou Yu covered the lower half of his face with a cloth towel, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Lou Yu's voice was muffled in the cloth towel, and he asked straight to the point: "Old Chen, have there been many patients with fever, cough, and aversion to cold in the medical clinic recently?"
"How does Your Highness know?" Chen Chuanbai replied, "Recently, there are indeed many patients with similar symptoms inside and outside the city. Some have wind-heat attacking the guard, some have wind-cold on the outside, and some have cold on the outside and heat on the inside. The symptoms range from mild to severe."
"Have you had similar symptoms in previous years?" Lou Yu asked.
Chen Chuanbai nodded: "There have been, but not so many."
Lou Yu thought to himself: It didn’t happen before because there were few people in the city and the crowd communication was not dense enough; now the flow of people inside and outside the city has increased sharply, and there are many refugees from other places. sick.
He immediately called a meeting of the people.
Participants included Huo Yan, Li Shu, Chen Chuanbai, Yang Guanghuai, Wei Si, Lou Quan, and Shen Hong.
He gave everyone a clean cloth towel to cover their mouths and noses to prevent droplets from splashing when they spoke.
His Royal Highness has an order, how can he not obey?
Everyone obediently covered their mouths and noses.
Lou Yu looked around at the crowd, seeing that they were all in good shape, he let go of what he had raised just now.
He explained to everyone: "I asked you to come here so late because there are important things to explain."
Shen Hong was wondering why Lu You didn't come, so he heard Lou Yu say, "Sigong Lu is in poor health, I have sent someone to tell him to stay at home and not go out."
Shen Hong: Lu You is sick?He has to visit tomorrow.
Lou Yu: "Everyone, don't even think about visiting him, no one is allowed to see him without my order, remember?"
Everyone is unclear, so: "Yes."
Lou Yu said to Chen Chuanbai, "Tell them about the current situation."
Before everyone attended the meeting, Lou Yu had already explained to Chen Chuanbai the dangers of this contagious flu. Chen Chuanbai was worried about the city's apoplexy of wind, heat, cold and poison. Hearing Lou Yu's words, he knew that Lou Yu really cared about the common people.
He was moved and admired at the same time.
Admiring His Highness is nothing more than meeting two sick people and discovering something wrong in time.
He clasped his hands, explained the symptoms of wind-heat-cold poison one by one, and finally said: "This disease can be transmitted from person to person, so please don't be careless."
Li Shu's eyes widened: "In the past few days, some soldiers in the camp have developed symptoms, and the subordinates thought they were just catching a cold."
After all, the impact of the cold spring is still quite big.
But I didn't expect it to be so serious.
Lou Yu said: "Soldiers and soldiers in the camp who have symptoms must be isolated for diagnosis and treatment. Except for doctors, no one should be allowed to come into contact with them. Those who are asymptomatic but have had contact with them before must be prohibited from walking around indiscriminately, and they must also take preventive medicine. "
Chinese medicine still has some experience in treating wind, heat, cold and poison. Some Chinese medicinal materials are very useful. As long as the isolation is done well, Lou Yu is not too worried.
Afraid of mass flu.
Until then, it's really hard to cure.
Both Huo Yan and Li Shu obeyed orders.
"Mr. Yang, no matter whether the students in the school have symptoms or not, they will be on vacation from tomorrow, and let them stay at home and not move around."
Yang Guanghuai: "Yes."
"Wei Si, you and Shen Hong will go to the government office tomorrow to inform the people of the government office of the importance of this matter, and send government officials to issue a notice throughout the city. I will write a copy of the notice to you later."
"Yes!"
"Old Chen, it's up to you and the doctors in the city to treat the wounded."
Chen Chuanbai has a very high status in the medical circle of Gyeongju City. With his appeal, other medical centers will generally actively participate.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best."
Lou Yu turned to Lou Quan: "Sister, does anyone in the finance team have this symptom?"
"A few will cough." Lou Quan said.
"Tomorrow, you will continue to explain that as long as you have symptoms, you must be isolated at home. The palace will pay you a monthly fee, so that they don't have to worry. Those who are asymptomatic must cover their mouth and nose when they go to work every day."
Lou Quan nodded: "Okay."
After the division of labor was completed, Lou Yu explained some precautions to everyone in detail, and then the meeting was adjourned.
"Erbi, tomorrow the whole house will be fumigated with wormwood and sprinkled with lime. Some sick people will stay in their own rooms, and the rest will wear cloth towels to cover their mouths and noses."
Feng Erbi expressed his understanding.
Lou Yu took the trouble and told over and over again that he had to cover his mouth and nose, just to impress everyone and not to take it seriously.
Adults have stronger resistance. If some children, the elderly or pregnant women are infected, it is easy to cause serious illness, and then there is no cure.
Under his strong order, the next day, the people inside and outside the city received the notice.
"What? We are not allowed to go out? Why!" A patient said dissatisfied.
"What infection? My mother-in-law has also been coughing for the past few days, and I'm fine!"
"If you are not allowed to go out, what should we do when we go to work!"
"I heard that those who work under His Highness can get paid if they don't work!"
"What? Isn't that just lying at home and making money!"
"Oh, if only I could do things for His Highness."
"Do you know how to weave or settle accounts?"
"Don't talk about it, we have to wear cloth towels when we go out, or we will be fined if we are seen by the government officials patrolling the street."
"Fine?! How much is the fine?"
"If you get caught once, you will be fined ten cents!"
"Then I'll go back and get a piece of cloth!"
Some people are obedient and some are disobedient.
Lou Yu can't control everyone, he just does what he should do.
Under the call of Chen Chuanbai, the medical clinics in the whole city spared no effort to publicize the precautions for disease prevention and treatment to the common people.
Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your hands frequently, open windows to ventilate frequently, and don't get together in crowds, you will all be called upon in place.
Some people cherish their lives, so naturally follow the doctor's advice.
Some people don't believe it, so they don't take any protective measures.
But under Lou Yu's tough style, most of the people are still obedient.
Only a small number of people feel that His Royal Highness is too lenient.
There are orders and prohibitions in the military camp, so even though many people don't understand, under the military orders, everyone strictly abides by them.
Therefore, the army has the lowest infection and morbidity rates.
Under this high pressure, the disease is effectively contained.
Everyone gradually relaxed, and the control became looser and looser.
until--
Someone died.
And more than one or two died.
Within a few days, many parents hugged their children and cried in front of the hospital, and many children dragged their parents to their knees and begged for treatment.
Self-confident in their physical strength, they disregarded precautions, and although they were not seriously infected themselves, they passed them on to frail children and elderly parents.
They finally know how to be afraid.
Seeing such tragedies, the common people finally understood Lou Yu's series of tough measures.
Facing the threat of death, everyone spontaneously put on cloth towels and consciously paid attention to preventing germs.
In view of the fact that the cloth towel is easy to fall off when tied behind the head, and it is very inconvenient when working, Lou Yu ordered the textile factory to make finished masks one by one.
Although the effect of cloth masks is not so good, it is better than nothing, and it can always cover one or two.
These masks were first distributed to employees in industrial areas.
The rest saw workers in industrial areas wearing masks and followed suit.
Masks are not difficult to make, but anyone who knows how to sew fur can do it.
For a time, masks became popular in Gyeongju City.
After wearing the mask, the common people found that the mask has many benefits.
One is to keep out the wind and cold, which can protect the face; the second is to block dust during work; the third is to prevent infectious diseases.
For some conservative women, masks are a sharp weapon, which can help them hide their faces and avoid some seemingly invisible looks.
Seeing this, Chengzhong Buzhuang immediately launched some new masks. These masks are of various colors, suitable for the different aesthetic needs of different groups of people, and the sales are quite hot.
Feng Erbi said angrily: "Your Highness, they didn't show any signs of being with you before, but now they are using your ideas to make money, hmph!"
"Hahaha," Lou Yu was amused by him, "I am the eldest son, and they are also the people of Gyeongju, so there is no need to compete with them."
Buzhuang uses masks to make money, and the common people spend money to buy masks, and everyone wears them obediently. Isn’t that exactly what he wants to achieve?
Gyeongju worked together and finally managed to get through the flu season.
From resistance to understanding, from rejection to gratitude, the people of Gyeongju all praised His Royal Highness for his wisdom and benevolence.
Even if the whole city is unblocked, everyone loves to wear masks.
Wait until the weather is too hot to take it off.
Since the outbreak of the flu, Lou Yu has devoted part of his mind to the prevention and treatment of the epidemic.
Lou Yu's known large-scale fatal diseases include plague, smallpox, malaria, and influenza.
He looked through the existing history books and related records of the Dasheng Dynasty, and also asked Chen Chuanbai, knowing that there is basically no cure for these diseases.
The plague comes from rats. Once a person is infected, it is very difficult to treat according to the current medical level.
Only by means of prevention.
For example, pay attention to hygiene on weekdays, use rat poison to kill rats and so on.
As for smallpox and malaria, one can be prevented with vaccination and the other can be treated with quinine.
Needless to say, vaccination is prevention with vaccinia.
Quinine, cinchona, is found in the bark of a tree called cinchona and is used to treat malaria.
Lou Yu doesn't know if Dasheng has this kind of tree.
He can only offer a reward as much as possible, hoping that merchants from all over the world can bring him good news.
Time flies, spring goes and autumn comes, and it is the harvest season.
Yellow ears of wheat cover the square, and wheat grains fill the warehouses.
People are busy and happy.
Ma Gui is different from others. What he harvests in his field is white cotton.
The harvest seasons of wheat and cotton are somewhat different, but when all the wheat is transported into the barn, the cotton has already opened its mouth, revealing a little bit of cloud white.
When all the flowers are in full bloom, the white flowers in the field are really amazing!
Ma Gui and his wife picked cotton non-stop, packed one bag after another, handed in [-]% of the cotton, and kept [-]% for his own use.
"Dagui, I heard that the textile factory can get a lot of money for a catty of cotton. Do you want to sell it?"
Ma Gui cheerfully said: "Sell what you want."
It's useless to keep the cotton at home, and sell it to the textile factory at a high price, and you can get a lot of money!
The textile factory has a rule that the price is set according to the quality of cotton, the minimum price is not less than 220 renminbi per 320 catties, and the highest price is [-] renminbi!
Whoa!This pricing really surprised the farmers.
The price of cotton is much higher than that of corn!
Ma Gui's neighbors have sharp eyes and know that the couple have taken good care of them and that the quality of the cotton is very good, so they will definitely sell for a high price.
Moreover, Ma Gui's cotton production is high, and the remaining [-]% after handing in [-]% can at least make a lot of money!
Not to mention that His Royal Highness will also subsidize wheat.
Ma Gui's family has had a bumper harvest this year!
When the farmers saw this, many of them became interested in growing cotton.
Lou Yu collected a lot of cotton and bought cotton from the caravan so that he could mass-produce cotton cloth.
Not only that, Lou Yu also let the female workers in the textile factory try to sew cotton-padded jackets and quilts.
While the textile factory was in full swing, the cloth shop owners in Gyeongju City came to see Lou Yu one after another.
After more than half a year, the bosses of the cloth shop also saw that His Royal Highness wanted to promote cotton cloth.
As cloth merchants, they certainly understand the value of cotton cloth.
But seeing Lou Yu "ruining" the cotton cloth every day, their hearts were bleeding.
Obviously you can make countless good-looking designs and colors, why not do it!
This time they did not join forces, but came to see Lou Yu alone.
Every time Lou Yu saw one of them, he would only reply: "We will discuss it again in Minglou in seven days."
Seven days later, the bosses of Cloth Village went to Youminglou one after another.
When they got to the front of the building, they looked at the familiar faces beside them, and couldn't help but say in unison: "Why are you here?"
They said in unison: "Your Highness asked me to come."
"..."
After a long silence, the bosses bit the bullet and went to the private room to take a seat.
Lou Yu came on time.
The crowd saluted.
Lou Yu didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "All shopkeepers want to cooperate with me and buy the cotton cloth in my hand, right?"
Everyone nodded: "Yes."
Lou Yu pretended to be in a dilemma: "Your cloth shops are all time-honored brands in the city, and they are evenly divided. It's really hard for me to choose. If I give one of them a chance, won't the rest be sad?"
"Your Highness, our Jinxiu Cloth Shop is a top-notch printing and dyeing company. We will definitely not disappoint Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, don't listen to him, the Tianxiang Silk from our Auspicious Cloth Village is the princess's favorite. If you are willing to sell me the cotton cloth..."
"Your Highness, the colorful cloud brocade of our Ruyi Cloth Village is quite favored by the princess, how about..."
All the shopkeepers of the cloth shop are sparing no effort to promote their own cloth shop.
Lou Yu listened to them with a smile, and then said:
"I can see your sincerity, how about this, everyone is fair, how about we bid?"
"Bid? What bid?"
Lou Yu explained patiently: "That is, you can quote the highest price you are willing to offer, and whoever has the highest price will cooperate with me."
The shopkeepers looked around at the others, and they all saw in each other's eyes that they were bound to win.
"Your Highness, our Jinxiu cloth shop is willing to exchange three hundred cash for a bolt of raw cloth!"
Raw cloth is just spun, not finished cloth.
"Our Jixiang Buzhuang is willing to contribute 350 papers!"
"Ruyi Cloth Zhuang 380 articles!"
"..."
They don't think the price is high, after all, rare things are expensive.
His Royal Highness currently has not too much cotton cloth in his hands, and their cloth shop can eat it all.
After all kinds of processing, they can make beautiful and beautiful finished cotton cloth, and they can sell it at a higher price.
Everyone was blushing until the price soared to [-] Wen.
No one spoke.
Lou Yu's smile deepened: "Jinxiu cloth shop is very generous."
Although the shopkeeper of Jinxiu Cloth was bleeding, his back was straight.
After saying that the highest price wins, Jinxiu Cloth was finalized.
Lou Yu originally planned to make cotton cloth into cheap goods, but the quantity is not enough now.
He must let people see the value of cotton cloth in the early stage, so that someone is willing to promote cotton for profit.
When cotton is popularized and the cost is reduced, it will naturally be made into cheap commodities.
After nearly a year, the walls of the old city have been repaired and reinforced, and the walls of the new city have also been completed. The only thing left is to apply cement to the outer walls.
The walls of the new city were quite thick, almost twice as thick as the walls of the old city. If they were reinforced with cement, not to mention impregnable, at least they could firmly block the enemy's knives, guns and iron hooves.
In the autumn of the 30th year of Zhengqian, Tianshengjiao made its debut in Tongzhou for the first time.
They occupied the Tongzhou government office, brutally killed all the officials and garrison generals in Tongzhou, and quickly expanded to the surrounding area.
The imperial court sent troops to suppress it, led by Xie Ce, the eldest son of Ning Enhou.
At that time, the walls of Gyeongju New City were being plastered with cement.
After the harvest, the granaries in Gyeongju were overcrowded, and several granaries were even built to store grain.
Coupled with the fact that Jiang Bo's boat gang has transported countless grains back and forth this year, the current grain reserves in Gyeongju will not be a problem for the residents of Gyeongju to have enough food and clothing for five years.
Therefore, Lou Yu decided not to transport grain anymore.
Jiang Bo led the boat gang back to Gyeongju again, and Lou Yu specially prepared good wine and food to welcome them.
Jiang Bo sighed while drinking: "Every time I come back, Qingzhou City has changed."
Before the boat arrived at the pier, he saw the majestic city walls of the new city.
The light gray high wall looks cold, but it is a solid barrier to protect the people.
It looks safe.
His little nephew is really amazing!
During the dinner, Lou Yu raised his glass and said, "Uncle, Mr. Yuan, you have been away for a year, why don't you rest for a while?"
"What's the rest?" Jiang Bo waved his hand, "We're all used to running boats, so we don't feel too tired."
Yuan Ming helped his forehead helplessly, and continued Lou Yu's words: "Your Highness, the whole gang of our ship is at your disposal."
"Hahaha, I also mentioned to you before that I want to build a navy, and now the time is almost here. I wonder what Mr. Yuan and uncle think?"
Prior to this, Lou Yu had read many historical books, learned about the establishment of the navy before Dasheng and the traditional combat methods, combined with some modern ideas, and tailored a set of navy training methods for the ship gang.
Only then did Jiang Bo regain his senses, but when he saw that his little nephew looked like jade, his eyebrows and eyes burst out with determination, and he was quite inexplicable.
A year has passed, and the little nephew has grown a lot taller, and his eyebrows and eyes have also opened.
The baby fat on his face has completely faded away, and his outline has become sharper and sharper day by day.
No matter who it is, seeing Lou Yu today, he can't help sighing: His Royal Highness is handsome and extraordinary.
He suddenly became less drunk, and asked, "Your Highness really wants to train sailors?"
"really!"
"Okay!" Jiang Bo didn't hold back, and immediately jumped up, "Jiang must have trained an elite teacher for His Highness!"
Yuan Ming also bowed down and said, "Your Highness will not be disappointed."
Lou Yu smiled slightly: "You have been traveling for a year, take a few days off first, and discuss the training in detail when you have time."
When he first met Yuan Ming, he felt that Yuan Ming was of unusual origin.
Later, Anbu was asked to investigate and found that Yuan Ming's background was indeed not bad.
Yuan Ming's father used to be the commander of the Jiangzhou Navy, but was later involved in a court strife, and unfortunately his family was ruined.
Yuan Ming accidentally wandered into Jiang Bo's ship gang and was rescued by Jiang Bo. Later, he helped Jiang Bo train the gang members, continuously expanded the influence of the boat gang, and became the deputy gang leader of the boat gang.
In other words, Yuan Ming contributed a lot to the current scale of the ship gang.
With such a talent around, Lou Yu was naturally pleased.
What is most needed to build a navy?
Of course a boat!
Lou Yu doesn't know how to build ships, but there are many people who know how to build ships in the ship gang, and there are also a few craftsmen who know how to build ships in Linhai, Gyeongju.
Thus, the shipyard can finally start work.
With strong capital support, Lou Yu requires that the best wood must be used in shipbuilding, and craftsmen must also strive for perfection.
The shipyard has provided many jobs for the people of Gyeongju.
Since the appearance of the Tiansheng Rebel Army in Tongzhou, rebel armies all over the country have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.
The imperial court was stretched and had to mobilize troops nearby to rescue.
Fortunately, no large rebel army appeared near Gyeongju, so Lou Yu didn't have to worry about the imperial court ordering "Han Yun" to suppress the rebel army nearby.
He is still "shrinking" and doing construction in Gyeongju.
After the new city wall was completed, he began to work on the specific construction of various functional areas in the inner city.
Residential areas, office areas, commercial areas, teaching areas, hospitals, etc., all need to be realized bit by bit.
The new city consumes countless ore raw materials every day, and there are countless sweats shed by hard-working craftsmen every day.
Efforts pay off.
The neat and uniform houses rise up from the ground, like rows of soldiers waiting for inspection, awe-inspiring and spectacular.
The internal structure of the house was designed by Lou Yu himself.
It is similar to the structure of modern houses.
Living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom are all available.
But the bathroom is definitely not a flush toilet, but a place where you can put a bucket.
Residential areas are also divided into units.
Lou Yu had someone build a public toilet in each unit.This public toilet borrows from the modern public toilet with long rows of pipes. There is a water tank on it, and water is released regularly and quantitatively to flush the sidewalk.
Good personal hygiene is very important. He doesn't want the new city to be like the old city, where the streets and alleys are full of flies and insects.
Although the big guys may not be used to it at first, it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. Once you have tasted the sweetness, you will naturally form a habit.
After the autumn harvest, the weather gradually turns cooler.
Refugees from all over the world also began to increase.
With the experience of more than a year before, the refugee acceptance and management experience of Gyeongju Prefecture has far surpassed that of other states in Daesung.
They have figured out a relatively complete mechanism.
People in various positions are working in an orderly manner to provide a safe living environment for refugees.
A small official was in charge of registering information, without raising his head, he asked, "What's your name? Where are you from? How many people?"
"Fang Lin, from Tongzhou, alone." The young man said with a downcast expression.
The little official paused with the charcoal pen in his hand.
Fang Lin?This name is so familiar!He must have heard of it somewhere.
However, there are so many people with the same name in the world, he couldn't remember it for a while, so he wrote down the information in order not to delay his work.
Fang Lin got the ID card and walked to the distribution point in a daze.
After he left, the little official suddenly had a flash of inspiration and slapped his thigh violently.
Fang Pro!It's Fang Lin!
At the beginning of the year, His Highness specifically confessed that if you meet someone named Fang Lin, you must report it immediately!
The little official suppressed his excitement and hurriedly informed his superiors.
The superior praised him severely, and hurriedly continued to report.
With high efficiency, Lou Yu quickly found out about this matter.
When he first heard the name, he was also stunned.
Who is Fang Lin?
After being reminded by Feng Erbi, Lou Yu remembered.
He was really surprised: "It's been almost a year since the beginning of the year, and Fang Lin just came from the capital to Qingzhou?"
The steward's report said: "He said he came from Tongzhou."
Tongzhou, isn't that the birthplace of Tianshengjiao?
Lou Yu thought for a while, and said: "There are many people with the same name and surname in the world, maybe he is not the 'Fang Lin'."
If it was Fang Huan's son, why didn't Fang Lin directly identify himself and meet Guo Lian?
The steward was taken aback, annoyed that he was too hasty.
If you really want to make an oolong, won't you leave a bad impression on His Highness?
Just as he was about to plead guilty, Lou Yu said, "If you report meritorious service, you will be paid an extra month's wages."
The steward was overjoyed: "The villain thanks Your Highness!"
After he stepped back, he asked Feng Erbi: "Do you have any impression of Fang Lin?"
They stayed in the capital for a while last year, but they had never heard of Fang Shilang's son, and Fang Lin really didn't have the slightest impression.
Feng Erbi shook his head.
Lou Yu had no choice but to say: "Ask Huo Yan to come and see me."
In Gyeongju, only Huo Yan is the most familiar with the capital.
When Lou Yu summoned him, Huo Yan came immediately.
After a year, he has grown a lot taller, his body has become more capable and heroic, his sword eyebrows are sharp, his star eyes are deep, and he has the courage and demeanor of a general.
Lou Yu sighed in his heart, "It's so handsome", and gently asked him to sit down.
"Huo Yan, do you know Fang Huan's son Fang Lin?"
Hearing this, Huo Yan was really taken aback, with a little surprise in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Lou Yu asked blankly.
A faint smile appeared in Huo Yan's eyes: "Your Highness really doesn't know who he is?"
"I don't know, should I know him?" Lou Yu was even more at a loss.
Can he still have acquaintances in the capital?
Huo Yan's smile deepened: "Does Your Highness still remember Fan Yusheng?"
Lou Yu nodded, of course he remembered!
and many more!
He stared at Huo Yan in surprise: "You don't mean to say that the one who has been following Fan Yusheng and who likes to wear green clothes is Fang Lin?!"
Feng Erbi also widened his eyes in shock.
It was him!
Huo Yan nodded: "He is Fang Lin."
Lou Yu: "..."
He really didn't know that the boy in green was Fang Lin!
But think about it.
The Fan family is the leader of the princelings, and Fang Shilang is also a princeling. It is reasonable for Fang Lin to follow Fan Yusheng all the time.
But is this Fang Lin who came to Gyeongju the same as the Fang Lin who came to Beijing?
If it was the same one, then it took him more than half a year to come to Gyeongju from the capital, which is really miserable.
"Erbi, go secretly for me to see if it's Fang Lin."
"Your Highness, if it is true, what should we do?" Feng Erbi asked.
Lou Yu propped his chin, "Since he is willing to be a refugee, then leave him alone, just find someone to watch secretly."
"Yes!"
Refugee camp outside the city.
Fang Lin received a small bag of wheat noodles and a small potato.
Holding the potato, he couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
The little official patiently explained: "Potatoes, you can eat them after they are cooked!"
"Oh."
Fang Lin nonchalantly walked towards the crowded place.
He has stayed in the capital for so many years, what rare treasures has he not seen?
I've never heard of "potatoes" before!
Is this thing really edible?
Looking at the supplies in his hand, he felt uncomfortable.
So what if there is something to eat?He didn't have anything, what did he cook and eat?
Even if there is, he can't cook it.
My stomach was cramping with hunger.He stretched out his hand to cover it, sniffing the scent coming from the next door, squatting on the ground and crying.
For the past six months, he has had a really hard time.
He was robbed by bandits on the way, and his entourage fled to death. If it wasn't for good luck, he might not even be able to come to Qingzhou City.
When Feng Erbi sneaked over wearing a mask, he saw Fang Lin squatting on the ground crying.
I can't see the face clearly, it's hard to identify.
He had no choice but to step forward and ask in a rough voice, "Why are you crying?"
Fang Lin raised his head and saw Feng Erbi wearing a mask, and was stunned for a moment.
What is this man's face?
Feng Erbi finally saw his face clearly, his first reaction was that he almost didn't recognize him without the green clothes!
"Are you asking me?" Fang Lin asked with tears in his eyes.
Feng Erbi: "I found the wrong person."
Leaving a perfunctory word and leaving directly.
Knowing that Fang Lin was really Fang Lin, Lou Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Why didn't he let someone inform Guo Lian?"
"I can't figure it out either. When I saw him, he cried miserably. It's all like this. Why don't you go to Guo
However, after waiting for half a month, no one was seen.
Could something really happen on the way?
Lou Yu simply stopped caring and focused all his attention on urban construction.
Since Yao Jin bought cotton from the Western Regions, Lou Yu cooperated with merchants and bought cotton from them at a high price. As long as they could buy it, Lou Yu wanted it all.
Cotton has not yet spread to Dasheng, so no one knows the use of cotton at all.
The merchants were only responsible for buying goods, anyway Prince Qing's son would not lose their money.
They all had their own channels, and soon Lou Yu bought a lot of cotton.
He let the textile mills weave all the cotton into cotton cloth, and then started the marketing model.
"Hey, have you heard? The Xincheng Textile Factory has issued a new rule, as long as you buy cloth there, you can get a bonus!"
"What extra head?"
"Say it's a piece of cotton cloth for free!"
"What is cotton cloth?"
"It's a new cloth made by His Royal Highness! I heard it's easy to use!"
"How is it easy to use? Better than silk and satin?"
"That's not!"
"Really? Then let's go and have a look!"
After extensive publicity, the common people inside and outside the city knew about it and went to Xincheng Textile Factory one after another.
Who doesn't want free?
The sharp increase in the passenger flow of Xincheng Textile Factory is bound to affect the business of the cloth shop in the city.
Seeing this, the bosses of the cloth shop became ruthless.
Textile factories give extra hair, and they also give it away!
Under this kind of crazy marketing, the common people have tasted the sweetness.Everyone's enthusiasm for buying cloth was high, and after going to the textile factory, they went to the cloth shop.
But compared to the richness of funds, Buzhuang in the city is far inferior to Louyu.
Moreover, the textile mill is highly efficient and can produce a lot of cloth a day, which can fully support such marketing for a long time.
Can Buzhuang do it?Of course not!
This is not the worst.
When the textile factory sells cloth, the tiantou is a piece of cotton cloth the size of a handkerchief, and in the cloth shop, the tiantou is a piece of silk cloth the size of a handkerchief.
In terms of craftsmanship and price, the cloth shop has already lost money.
Besides, after the common people bought the cloth and went home to use it.
The advantage of silk cloth is that it is smooth and does not rub the skin.
But cotton is not bad either!
After using it for only two or three days, the common people discovered that this cotton cloth is also very easy to use!
Water-absorbing, sweat-absorbing, skin-friendly, breathable, durable, taking into account the advantages of silk and linen, without the disadvantages of silk and linen.
What kind of fairy cloth is this!
For a while, many people went to the textile factory to ask how to buy cotton cloth in large quantities.
Cai Xia replied with a smile: "The production of cotton cloth is small, and it cannot be sold in large quantities at present."
Everyone was disappointed.
Caixia said again: "When the cotton grows this year and we have a harvest, we will be able to produce more cotton cloth."
Crowd:! ! !
They finally understood why His Highness wanted to grow cotton!
Because the cotton cloth is so easy to use, woo woo woo.
His Royal Highness is still so far-sighted, but they are short-sighted.
Let's just say, what His Royal Highness did was not for their good!
A small piece of cotton immediately set off an upsurge in Gyeongju Prefecture.
Lou Yu achieved the purpose of publicity, so he stopped the marketing drama of buying cloth and sending cloth, and no longer supplied cotton cloth.
Cotton cloth was in short supply for a while.
Not only ordinary people, but even some wealthy businessmen and wealthy gentry want a piece.
They also wanted to cooperate with the merchant, but the merchant was only willing to do big business with Lou Yu, and the price was high, so those people lost their minds.
When Ma Gui walks on the road these days, he always receives envious and sour eyes from others.
He knew why.
It's just that their family's land grows cotton, and after the harvest, their family can keep [-]% of the cotton for themselves!
Don't look at only [-]%, it can be sold at a high price!
Cotton cloth is so popular that even fools know that cotton will definitely sell for money in the future.
He sighed deeply again, follow His Highness, there is meat to eat!
After a while, the textile factory issued a new announcement, which said two things.
The first thing: the textile factory is recruiting female workers again! Women over the age of 16 and under the age of 40 can apply!
The second thing: From now on, those who come to the textile factory to buy cloth can redeem as many points as they spend, and those with the top [-] points can get the priority to buy cotton cloth!
The city is bustling again.
Seeing that the life of female workers in textile factories is getting more and more prosperous, who doesn't envy them?
Their existence has dealt a strong blow to traditional and decadent concepts, and made ordinary people feel that women can also go out to work!Women can also earn money to support their families!
The common people are real, and what they care more about is whether they can live a good life.
Isn't it nice to get double money at home?
As a result, many families sent their daughters to work in textile factories.
Anyway, there are all female workers inside, and the person in charge is also a girl's house, so what can happen?
Those who signed up almost flattened the offices of Caixia and Fengchun.
Textile mills are getting bigger and bigger.
Under the temptation of points, the cloth woven by the female workers sold very quickly.
Every girl is very motivated.
They were dressed in uniform work clothes, with confident smiles, and the charm that had been severely suppressed was constantly exuding, which aroused the enthusiasm of the young men in the ironworks and woodworking factories next door.
Lou Yu is listening to Lu You's report in the government office.
"Your Highness, most of the construction of the Gyeongju Ditch has been completed, and the Pitang project is also... Ah Choo!"
He couldn't help but sneezed, and even the snot flowed down his nose.
Lu You blushed, hurriedly said "Excuse me", turned his back and wiped it with a handkerchief.
Before I finished wiping, I sneezed again.
Lou Yu couldn't help but care and said: "Sigong Lu is good at engineering, but don't forget to take care of your body."
"Thank you, sir... Ah Choo... Thank you Your Highness... Ah Choo..."
Lou Yu: "..."
Lu You really wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in, so he quickly apologized and retreated.
Lou Yu only thought that he had caught a cold and didn't take it too seriously.
When San Ya returned to the mansion, Feng Erbi cleaned his hands and face for him.
Lou Yu leaned back on the chair, and heard people coughing and sneezing in the yard.
He couldn't help frowning: "Who is sick?"
Feng Erbi said: "It's Alan who is in charge of cleaning in the courtyard. She may have caught a cold these days."
Lou Yu frowned even deeper.
He suddenly remembered that on the way back to the palace from the government office in a carriage, he seemed to hear that many people on the side of the road had this symptom.
"Erbi, hurry up and call Chen Chuanbai to see me!"
These symptoms are very similar to flu, and spring is the season when flu is prone to occur.
In modern times, severe flu can kill people, let alone ancient times.
Feng Erbi was stunned for a moment, wondering why His Royal Highness's face suddenly became solemn.
"Also, tell Alan not to sweep the floor in the courtyard, and let her go back to her room, and don't step out of the door without my order!"
Influenza is easy to infect, and often takes droplets as the route of infection.
Lou Yu wasn't sure if it was the flu, but it was better to take precautions in advance than something actually happened.
Feng Erbi was about to take the order to retreat, but was stopped by Lou Yu again.
He solemnly ordered: "Take a clean cloth and cover your mouth and nose before going out! Go ahead, let all servants like Alan in the house stay in the house and isolate them. If anyone is disobedient, directly Expelled from the palace!"
"Slave obeys orders!"
Chen Chuanbai was called and hurried to the palace.
Seeing that Lou Yu covered the lower half of his face with a cloth towel, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Lou Yu's voice was muffled in the cloth towel, and he asked straight to the point: "Old Chen, have there been many patients with fever, cough, and aversion to cold in the medical clinic recently?"
"How does Your Highness know?" Chen Chuanbai replied, "Recently, there are indeed many patients with similar symptoms inside and outside the city. Some have wind-heat attacking the guard, some have wind-cold on the outside, and some have cold on the outside and heat on the inside. The symptoms range from mild to severe."
"Have you had similar symptoms in previous years?" Lou Yu asked.
Chen Chuanbai nodded: "There have been, but not so many."
Lou Yu thought to himself: It didn’t happen before because there were few people in the city and the crowd communication was not dense enough; now the flow of people inside and outside the city has increased sharply, and there are many refugees from other places. sick.
He immediately called a meeting of the people.
Participants included Huo Yan, Li Shu, Chen Chuanbai, Yang Guanghuai, Wei Si, Lou Quan, and Shen Hong.
He gave everyone a clean cloth towel to cover their mouths and noses to prevent droplets from splashing when they spoke.
His Royal Highness has an order, how can he not obey?
Everyone obediently covered their mouths and noses.
Lou Yu looked around at the crowd, seeing that they were all in good shape, he let go of what he had raised just now.
He explained to everyone: "I asked you to come here so late because there are important things to explain."
Shen Hong was wondering why Lu You didn't come, so he heard Lou Yu say, "Sigong Lu is in poor health, I have sent someone to tell him to stay at home and not go out."
Shen Hong: Lu You is sick?He has to visit tomorrow.
Lou Yu: "Everyone, don't even think about visiting him, no one is allowed to see him without my order, remember?"
Everyone is unclear, so: "Yes."
Lou Yu said to Chen Chuanbai, "Tell them about the current situation."
Before everyone attended the meeting, Lou Yu had already explained to Chen Chuanbai the dangers of this contagious flu. Chen Chuanbai was worried about the city's apoplexy of wind, heat, cold and poison. Hearing Lou Yu's words, he knew that Lou Yu really cared about the common people.
He was moved and admired at the same time.
Admiring His Highness is nothing more than meeting two sick people and discovering something wrong in time.
He clasped his hands, explained the symptoms of wind-heat-cold poison one by one, and finally said: "This disease can be transmitted from person to person, so please don't be careless."
Li Shu's eyes widened: "In the past few days, some soldiers in the camp have developed symptoms, and the subordinates thought they were just catching a cold."
After all, the impact of the cold spring is still quite big.
But I didn't expect it to be so serious.
Lou Yu said: "Soldiers and soldiers in the camp who have symptoms must be isolated for diagnosis and treatment. Except for doctors, no one should be allowed to come into contact with them. Those who are asymptomatic but have had contact with them before must be prohibited from walking around indiscriminately, and they must also take preventive medicine. "
Chinese medicine still has some experience in treating wind, heat, cold and poison. Some Chinese medicinal materials are very useful. As long as the isolation is done well, Lou Yu is not too worried.
Afraid of mass flu.
Until then, it's really hard to cure.
Both Huo Yan and Li Shu obeyed orders.
"Mr. Yang, no matter whether the students in the school have symptoms or not, they will be on vacation from tomorrow, and let them stay at home and not move around."
Yang Guanghuai: "Yes."
"Wei Si, you and Shen Hong will go to the government office tomorrow to inform the people of the government office of the importance of this matter, and send government officials to issue a notice throughout the city. I will write a copy of the notice to you later."
"Yes!"
"Old Chen, it's up to you and the doctors in the city to treat the wounded."
Chen Chuanbai has a very high status in the medical circle of Gyeongju City. With his appeal, other medical centers will generally actively participate.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best."
Lou Yu turned to Lou Quan: "Sister, does anyone in the finance team have this symptom?"
"A few will cough." Lou Quan said.
"Tomorrow, you will continue to explain that as long as you have symptoms, you must be isolated at home. The palace will pay you a monthly fee, so that they don't have to worry. Those who are asymptomatic must cover their mouth and nose when they go to work every day."
Lou Quan nodded: "Okay."
After the division of labor was completed, Lou Yu explained some precautions to everyone in detail, and then the meeting was adjourned.
"Erbi, tomorrow the whole house will be fumigated with wormwood and sprinkled with lime. Some sick people will stay in their own rooms, and the rest will wear cloth towels to cover their mouths and noses."
Feng Erbi expressed his understanding.
Lou Yu took the trouble and told over and over again that he had to cover his mouth and nose, just to impress everyone and not to take it seriously.
Adults have stronger resistance. If some children, the elderly or pregnant women are infected, it is easy to cause serious illness, and then there is no cure.
Under his strong order, the next day, the people inside and outside the city received the notice.
"What? We are not allowed to go out? Why!" A patient said dissatisfied.
"What infection? My mother-in-law has also been coughing for the past few days, and I'm fine!"
"If you are not allowed to go out, what should we do when we go to work!"
"I heard that those who work under His Highness can get paid if they don't work!"
"What? Isn't that just lying at home and making money!"
"Oh, if only I could do things for His Highness."
"Do you know how to weave or settle accounts?"
"Don't talk about it, we have to wear cloth towels when we go out, or we will be fined if we are seen by the government officials patrolling the street."
"Fine?! How much is the fine?"
"If you get caught once, you will be fined ten cents!"
"Then I'll go back and get a piece of cloth!"
Some people are obedient and some are disobedient.
Lou Yu can't control everyone, he just does what he should do.
Under the call of Chen Chuanbai, the medical clinics in the whole city spared no effort to publicize the precautions for disease prevention and treatment to the common people.
Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your hands frequently, open windows to ventilate frequently, and don't get together in crowds, you will all be called upon in place.
Some people cherish their lives, so naturally follow the doctor's advice.
Some people don't believe it, so they don't take any protective measures.
But under Lou Yu's tough style, most of the people are still obedient.
Only a small number of people feel that His Royal Highness is too lenient.
There are orders and prohibitions in the military camp, so even though many people don't understand, under the military orders, everyone strictly abides by them.
Therefore, the army has the lowest infection and morbidity rates.
Under this high pressure, the disease is effectively contained.
Everyone gradually relaxed, and the control became looser and looser.
until--
Someone died.
And more than one or two died.
Within a few days, many parents hugged their children and cried in front of the hospital, and many children dragged their parents to their knees and begged for treatment.
Self-confident in their physical strength, they disregarded precautions, and although they were not seriously infected themselves, they passed them on to frail children and elderly parents.
They finally know how to be afraid.
Seeing such tragedies, the common people finally understood Lou Yu's series of tough measures.
Facing the threat of death, everyone spontaneously put on cloth towels and consciously paid attention to preventing germs.
In view of the fact that the cloth towel is easy to fall off when tied behind the head, and it is very inconvenient when working, Lou Yu ordered the textile factory to make finished masks one by one.
Although the effect of cloth masks is not so good, it is better than nothing, and it can always cover one or two.
These masks were first distributed to employees in industrial areas.
The rest saw workers in industrial areas wearing masks and followed suit.
Masks are not difficult to make, but anyone who knows how to sew fur can do it.
For a time, masks became popular in Gyeongju City.
After wearing the mask, the common people found that the mask has many benefits.
One is to keep out the wind and cold, which can protect the face; the second is to block dust during work; the third is to prevent infectious diseases.
For some conservative women, masks are a sharp weapon, which can help them hide their faces and avoid some seemingly invisible looks.
Seeing this, Chengzhong Buzhuang immediately launched some new masks. These masks are of various colors, suitable for the different aesthetic needs of different groups of people, and the sales are quite hot.
Feng Erbi said angrily: "Your Highness, they didn't show any signs of being with you before, but now they are using your ideas to make money, hmph!"
"Hahaha," Lou Yu was amused by him, "I am the eldest son, and they are also the people of Gyeongju, so there is no need to compete with them."
Buzhuang uses masks to make money, and the common people spend money to buy masks, and everyone wears them obediently. Isn’t that exactly what he wants to achieve?
Gyeongju worked together and finally managed to get through the flu season.
From resistance to understanding, from rejection to gratitude, the people of Gyeongju all praised His Royal Highness for his wisdom and benevolence.
Even if the whole city is unblocked, everyone loves to wear masks.
Wait until the weather is too hot to take it off.
Since the outbreak of the flu, Lou Yu has devoted part of his mind to the prevention and treatment of the epidemic.
Lou Yu's known large-scale fatal diseases include plague, smallpox, malaria, and influenza.
He looked through the existing history books and related records of the Dasheng Dynasty, and also asked Chen Chuanbai, knowing that there is basically no cure for these diseases.
The plague comes from rats. Once a person is infected, it is very difficult to treat according to the current medical level.
Only by means of prevention.
For example, pay attention to hygiene on weekdays, use rat poison to kill rats and so on.
As for smallpox and malaria, one can be prevented with vaccination and the other can be treated with quinine.
Needless to say, vaccination is prevention with vaccinia.
Quinine, cinchona, is found in the bark of a tree called cinchona and is used to treat malaria.
Lou Yu doesn't know if Dasheng has this kind of tree.
He can only offer a reward as much as possible, hoping that merchants from all over the world can bring him good news.
Time flies, spring goes and autumn comes, and it is the harvest season.
Yellow ears of wheat cover the square, and wheat grains fill the warehouses.
People are busy and happy.
Ma Gui is different from others. What he harvests in his field is white cotton.
The harvest seasons of wheat and cotton are somewhat different, but when all the wheat is transported into the barn, the cotton has already opened its mouth, revealing a little bit of cloud white.
When all the flowers are in full bloom, the white flowers in the field are really amazing!
Ma Gui and his wife picked cotton non-stop, packed one bag after another, handed in [-]% of the cotton, and kept [-]% for his own use.
"Dagui, I heard that the textile factory can get a lot of money for a catty of cotton. Do you want to sell it?"
Ma Gui cheerfully said: "Sell what you want."
It's useless to keep the cotton at home, and sell it to the textile factory at a high price, and you can get a lot of money!
The textile factory has a rule that the price is set according to the quality of cotton, the minimum price is not less than 220 renminbi per 320 catties, and the highest price is [-] renminbi!
Whoa!This pricing really surprised the farmers.
The price of cotton is much higher than that of corn!
Ma Gui's neighbors have sharp eyes and know that the couple have taken good care of them and that the quality of the cotton is very good, so they will definitely sell for a high price.
Moreover, Ma Gui's cotton production is high, and the remaining [-]% after handing in [-]% can at least make a lot of money!
Not to mention that His Royal Highness will also subsidize wheat.
Ma Gui's family has had a bumper harvest this year!
When the farmers saw this, many of them became interested in growing cotton.
Lou Yu collected a lot of cotton and bought cotton from the caravan so that he could mass-produce cotton cloth.
Not only that, Lou Yu also let the female workers in the textile factory try to sew cotton-padded jackets and quilts.
While the textile factory was in full swing, the cloth shop owners in Gyeongju City came to see Lou Yu one after another.
After more than half a year, the bosses of the cloth shop also saw that His Royal Highness wanted to promote cotton cloth.
As cloth merchants, they certainly understand the value of cotton cloth.
But seeing Lou Yu "ruining" the cotton cloth every day, their hearts were bleeding.
Obviously you can make countless good-looking designs and colors, why not do it!
This time they did not join forces, but came to see Lou Yu alone.
Every time Lou Yu saw one of them, he would only reply: "We will discuss it again in Minglou in seven days."
Seven days later, the bosses of Cloth Village went to Youminglou one after another.
When they got to the front of the building, they looked at the familiar faces beside them, and couldn't help but say in unison: "Why are you here?"
They said in unison: "Your Highness asked me to come."
"..."
After a long silence, the bosses bit the bullet and went to the private room to take a seat.
Lou Yu came on time.
The crowd saluted.
Lou Yu didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "All shopkeepers want to cooperate with me and buy the cotton cloth in my hand, right?"
Everyone nodded: "Yes."
Lou Yu pretended to be in a dilemma: "Your cloth shops are all time-honored brands in the city, and they are evenly divided. It's really hard for me to choose. If I give one of them a chance, won't the rest be sad?"
"Your Highness, our Jinxiu Cloth Shop is a top-notch printing and dyeing company. We will definitely not disappoint Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, don't listen to him, the Tianxiang Silk from our Auspicious Cloth Village is the princess's favorite. If you are willing to sell me the cotton cloth..."
"Your Highness, the colorful cloud brocade of our Ruyi Cloth Village is quite favored by the princess, how about..."
All the shopkeepers of the cloth shop are sparing no effort to promote their own cloth shop.
Lou Yu listened to them with a smile, and then said:
"I can see your sincerity, how about this, everyone is fair, how about we bid?"
"Bid? What bid?"
Lou Yu explained patiently: "That is, you can quote the highest price you are willing to offer, and whoever has the highest price will cooperate with me."
The shopkeepers looked around at the others, and they all saw in each other's eyes that they were bound to win.
"Your Highness, our Jinxiu cloth shop is willing to exchange three hundred cash for a bolt of raw cloth!"
Raw cloth is just spun, not finished cloth.
"Our Jixiang Buzhuang is willing to contribute 350 papers!"
"Ruyi Cloth Zhuang 380 articles!"
"..."
They don't think the price is high, after all, rare things are expensive.
His Royal Highness currently has not too much cotton cloth in his hands, and their cloth shop can eat it all.
After all kinds of processing, they can make beautiful and beautiful finished cotton cloth, and they can sell it at a higher price.
Everyone was blushing until the price soared to [-] Wen.
No one spoke.
Lou Yu's smile deepened: "Jinxiu cloth shop is very generous."
Although the shopkeeper of Jinxiu Cloth was bleeding, his back was straight.
After saying that the highest price wins, Jinxiu Cloth was finalized.
Lou Yu originally planned to make cotton cloth into cheap goods, but the quantity is not enough now.
He must let people see the value of cotton cloth in the early stage, so that someone is willing to promote cotton for profit.
When cotton is popularized and the cost is reduced, it will naturally be made into cheap commodities.
After nearly a year, the walls of the old city have been repaired and reinforced, and the walls of the new city have also been completed. The only thing left is to apply cement to the outer walls.
The walls of the new city were quite thick, almost twice as thick as the walls of the old city. If they were reinforced with cement, not to mention impregnable, at least they could firmly block the enemy's knives, guns and iron hooves.
In the autumn of the 30th year of Zhengqian, Tianshengjiao made its debut in Tongzhou for the first time.
They occupied the Tongzhou government office, brutally killed all the officials and garrison generals in Tongzhou, and quickly expanded to the surrounding area.
The imperial court sent troops to suppress it, led by Xie Ce, the eldest son of Ning Enhou.
At that time, the walls of Gyeongju New City were being plastered with cement.
After the harvest, the granaries in Gyeongju were overcrowded, and several granaries were even built to store grain.
Coupled with the fact that Jiang Bo's boat gang has transported countless grains back and forth this year, the current grain reserves in Gyeongju will not be a problem for the residents of Gyeongju to have enough food and clothing for five years.
Therefore, Lou Yu decided not to transport grain anymore.
Jiang Bo led the boat gang back to Gyeongju again, and Lou Yu specially prepared good wine and food to welcome them.
Jiang Bo sighed while drinking: "Every time I come back, Qingzhou City has changed."
Before the boat arrived at the pier, he saw the majestic city walls of the new city.
The light gray high wall looks cold, but it is a solid barrier to protect the people.
It looks safe.
His little nephew is really amazing!
During the dinner, Lou Yu raised his glass and said, "Uncle, Mr. Yuan, you have been away for a year, why don't you rest for a while?"
"What's the rest?" Jiang Bo waved his hand, "We're all used to running boats, so we don't feel too tired."
Yuan Ming helped his forehead helplessly, and continued Lou Yu's words: "Your Highness, the whole gang of our ship is at your disposal."
"Hahaha, I also mentioned to you before that I want to build a navy, and now the time is almost here. I wonder what Mr. Yuan and uncle think?"
Prior to this, Lou Yu had read many historical books, learned about the establishment of the navy before Dasheng and the traditional combat methods, combined with some modern ideas, and tailored a set of navy training methods for the ship gang.
Only then did Jiang Bo regain his senses, but when he saw that his little nephew looked like jade, his eyebrows and eyes burst out with determination, and he was quite inexplicable.
A year has passed, and the little nephew has grown a lot taller, and his eyebrows and eyes have also opened.
The baby fat on his face has completely faded away, and his outline has become sharper and sharper day by day.
No matter who it is, seeing Lou Yu today, he can't help sighing: His Royal Highness is handsome and extraordinary.
He suddenly became less drunk, and asked, "Your Highness really wants to train sailors?"
"really!"
"Okay!" Jiang Bo didn't hold back, and immediately jumped up, "Jiang must have trained an elite teacher for His Highness!"
Yuan Ming also bowed down and said, "Your Highness will not be disappointed."
Lou Yu smiled slightly: "You have been traveling for a year, take a few days off first, and discuss the training in detail when you have time."
When he first met Yuan Ming, he felt that Yuan Ming was of unusual origin.
Later, Anbu was asked to investigate and found that Yuan Ming's background was indeed not bad.
Yuan Ming's father used to be the commander of the Jiangzhou Navy, but was later involved in a court strife, and unfortunately his family was ruined.
Yuan Ming accidentally wandered into Jiang Bo's ship gang and was rescued by Jiang Bo. Later, he helped Jiang Bo train the gang members, continuously expanded the influence of the boat gang, and became the deputy gang leader of the boat gang.
In other words, Yuan Ming contributed a lot to the current scale of the ship gang.
With such a talent around, Lou Yu was naturally pleased.
What is most needed to build a navy?
Of course a boat!
Lou Yu doesn't know how to build ships, but there are many people who know how to build ships in the ship gang, and there are also a few craftsmen who know how to build ships in Linhai, Gyeongju.
Thus, the shipyard can finally start work.
With strong capital support, Lou Yu requires that the best wood must be used in shipbuilding, and craftsmen must also strive for perfection.
The shipyard has provided many jobs for the people of Gyeongju.
Since the appearance of the Tiansheng Rebel Army in Tongzhou, rebel armies all over the country have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.
The imperial court was stretched and had to mobilize troops nearby to rescue.
Fortunately, no large rebel army appeared near Gyeongju, so Lou Yu didn't have to worry about the imperial court ordering "Han Yun" to suppress the rebel army nearby.
He is still "shrinking" and doing construction in Gyeongju.
After the new city wall was completed, he began to work on the specific construction of various functional areas in the inner city.
Residential areas, office areas, commercial areas, teaching areas, hospitals, etc., all need to be realized bit by bit.
The new city consumes countless ore raw materials every day, and there are countless sweats shed by hard-working craftsmen every day.
Efforts pay off.
The neat and uniform houses rise up from the ground, like rows of soldiers waiting for inspection, awe-inspiring and spectacular.
The internal structure of the house was designed by Lou Yu himself.
It is similar to the structure of modern houses.
Living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom are all available.
But the bathroom is definitely not a flush toilet, but a place where you can put a bucket.
Residential areas are also divided into units.
Lou Yu had someone build a public toilet in each unit.This public toilet borrows from the modern public toilet with long rows of pipes. There is a water tank on it, and water is released regularly and quantitatively to flush the sidewalk.
Good personal hygiene is very important. He doesn't want the new city to be like the old city, where the streets and alleys are full of flies and insects.
Although the big guys may not be used to it at first, it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. Once you have tasted the sweetness, you will naturally form a habit.
After the autumn harvest, the weather gradually turns cooler.
Refugees from all over the world also began to increase.
With the experience of more than a year before, the refugee acceptance and management experience of Gyeongju Prefecture has far surpassed that of other states in Daesung.
They have figured out a relatively complete mechanism.
People in various positions are working in an orderly manner to provide a safe living environment for refugees.
A small official was in charge of registering information, without raising his head, he asked, "What's your name? Where are you from? How many people?"
"Fang Lin, from Tongzhou, alone." The young man said with a downcast expression.
The little official paused with the charcoal pen in his hand.
Fang Lin?This name is so familiar!He must have heard of it somewhere.
However, there are so many people with the same name in the world, he couldn't remember it for a while, so he wrote down the information in order not to delay his work.
Fang Lin got the ID card and walked to the distribution point in a daze.
After he left, the little official suddenly had a flash of inspiration and slapped his thigh violently.
Fang Pro!It's Fang Lin!
At the beginning of the year, His Highness specifically confessed that if you meet someone named Fang Lin, you must report it immediately!
The little official suppressed his excitement and hurriedly informed his superiors.
The superior praised him severely, and hurriedly continued to report.
With high efficiency, Lou Yu quickly found out about this matter.
When he first heard the name, he was also stunned.
Who is Fang Lin?
After being reminded by Feng Erbi, Lou Yu remembered.
He was really surprised: "It's been almost a year since the beginning of the year, and Fang Lin just came from the capital to Qingzhou?"
The steward's report said: "He said he came from Tongzhou."
Tongzhou, isn't that the birthplace of Tianshengjiao?
Lou Yu thought for a while, and said: "There are many people with the same name and surname in the world, maybe he is not the 'Fang Lin'."
If it was Fang Huan's son, why didn't Fang Lin directly identify himself and meet Guo Lian?
The steward was taken aback, annoyed that he was too hasty.
If you really want to make an oolong, won't you leave a bad impression on His Highness?
Just as he was about to plead guilty, Lou Yu said, "If you report meritorious service, you will be paid an extra month's wages."
The steward was overjoyed: "The villain thanks Your Highness!"
After he stepped back, he asked Feng Erbi: "Do you have any impression of Fang Lin?"
They stayed in the capital for a while last year, but they had never heard of Fang Shilang's son, and Fang Lin really didn't have the slightest impression.
Feng Erbi shook his head.
Lou Yu had no choice but to say: "Ask Huo Yan to come and see me."
In Gyeongju, only Huo Yan is the most familiar with the capital.
When Lou Yu summoned him, Huo Yan came immediately.
After a year, he has grown a lot taller, his body has become more capable and heroic, his sword eyebrows are sharp, his star eyes are deep, and he has the courage and demeanor of a general.
Lou Yu sighed in his heart, "It's so handsome", and gently asked him to sit down.
"Huo Yan, do you know Fang Huan's son Fang Lin?"
Hearing this, Huo Yan was really taken aback, with a little surprise in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Lou Yu asked blankly.
A faint smile appeared in Huo Yan's eyes: "Your Highness really doesn't know who he is?"
"I don't know, should I know him?" Lou Yu was even more at a loss.
Can he still have acquaintances in the capital?
Huo Yan's smile deepened: "Does Your Highness still remember Fan Yusheng?"
Lou Yu nodded, of course he remembered!
and many more!
He stared at Huo Yan in surprise: "You don't mean to say that the one who has been following Fan Yusheng and who likes to wear green clothes is Fang Lin?!"
Feng Erbi also widened his eyes in shock.
It was him!
Huo Yan nodded: "He is Fang Lin."
Lou Yu: "..."
He really didn't know that the boy in green was Fang Lin!
But think about it.
The Fan family is the leader of the princelings, and Fang Shilang is also a princeling. It is reasonable for Fang Lin to follow Fan Yusheng all the time.
But is this Fang Lin who came to Gyeongju the same as the Fang Lin who came to Beijing?
If it was the same one, then it took him more than half a year to come to Gyeongju from the capital, which is really miserable.
"Erbi, go secretly for me to see if it's Fang Lin."
"Your Highness, if it is true, what should we do?" Feng Erbi asked.
Lou Yu propped his chin, "Since he is willing to be a refugee, then leave him alone, just find someone to watch secretly."
"Yes!"
Refugee camp outside the city.
Fang Lin received a small bag of wheat noodles and a small potato.
Holding the potato, he couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
The little official patiently explained: "Potatoes, you can eat them after they are cooked!"
"Oh."
Fang Lin nonchalantly walked towards the crowded place.
He has stayed in the capital for so many years, what rare treasures has he not seen?
I've never heard of "potatoes" before!
Is this thing really edible?
Looking at the supplies in his hand, he felt uncomfortable.
So what if there is something to eat?He didn't have anything, what did he cook and eat?
Even if there is, he can't cook it.
My stomach was cramping with hunger.He stretched out his hand to cover it, sniffing the scent coming from the next door, squatting on the ground and crying.
For the past six months, he has had a really hard time.
He was robbed by bandits on the way, and his entourage fled to death. If it wasn't for good luck, he might not even be able to come to Qingzhou City.
When Feng Erbi sneaked over wearing a mask, he saw Fang Lin squatting on the ground crying.
I can't see the face clearly, it's hard to identify.
He had no choice but to step forward and ask in a rough voice, "Why are you crying?"
Fang Lin raised his head and saw Feng Erbi wearing a mask, and was stunned for a moment.
What is this man's face?
Feng Erbi finally saw his face clearly, his first reaction was that he almost didn't recognize him without the green clothes!
"Are you asking me?" Fang Lin asked with tears in his eyes.
Feng Erbi: "I found the wrong person."
Leaving a perfunctory word and leaving directly.
Knowing that Fang Lin was really Fang Lin, Lou Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Why didn't he let someone inform Guo Lian?"
"I can't figure it out either. When I saw him, he cried miserably. It's all like this. Why don't you go to Guo
You'll Also Like
-
Zongman: The Traveler In Our Dreams
Chapter 83 6 hours ago -
Cyberpunk Starts With Signing In The Legendary Mantis Knife
Chapter 83 6 hours ago -
Pokemon: A Review Of Ash’s World Championship Moments
Chapter 117 6 hours ago -
Demon Slayer: Add friends to become stronger! Zenitsu is my best friend
Chapter 150 6 hours ago -
Zombie Contract: After the doomsday crisis, the strongest zombie is born
Chapter 171 6 hours ago -
People in Naruto: Many Children Bring Blessings to Revitalize Uchiha
Chapter 62 6 hours ago -
Transformed into the Mother Tree of Desire, it's not too much to give birth to gods
Chapter 98 6 hours ago -
The field increases by 1 ghost per second. I am the ghost king in Tokyo.
Chapter 156 6 hours ago -
Supreme Beauty, I summon the heroes to establish the Supreme Divine Dynasty
Chapter 177 6 hours ago -
Yuan Beng Tie: A list of 30 popular characters at the beginning
Chapter 98 6 hours ago