[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

I don’t know if it’s because talking to Mubai can help increase the sense of satisfaction. Afterwards, the apprentice murmured with Brother Mubai for a long time, and even which store can buy cheaper but high-quality fabrics, which one The store is full of advertising effects, in fact, the fabric is not good at all, and other information is shared with them.

You know, this is a commercial secret!

Later, Mu Bai dubiously took his younger brother to the store recommended by the other party. In the end, he really bought the high-quality and cheap fabric that even Mu Xiaowen liked very much. Extremely.

The only disadvantage of this fabric is that the color is a little dull. It is said that the raw material is unrinsed cotton, but it doesn't matter, unrinsed is healthier.

Mu Bai immediately bought several more horses and shared them with his friends, who all agreed that they were good after using them.

In fact, what he most wanted to give away was his husband and brothers who were still in Yunnan. In Yunnan, such cotton cloth was extremely expensive.The local area in Yunnan is mainly kapok. The fiber of kapok is short, and its warmth retention is not as good as that of grass cotton, and it is rougher. In fact, its warmth retention is not bad. Although the temperature difference in Yunnan is large, the extremely cold time is not long, but the roughness Point is indeed fatal.

"It's a pity that the place in Yunnan is not suitable for growing cotton." Mu Bai, who wandered around Buzhuang a few times and listened to a lot of news with his face, said regretfully to himself, "Although there is enough sunshine in Yunnan, it is too sunny. It's cooler, and the cotton is suitable for planting further south."

"It's not good if it's warm. Someone from our place once came to promote the planting of this plant." Shen Er happened to pass by, and after hearing this, he leaned over and sat next to him, "It's just that the planting failed for two consecutive years. Yes. This thing can’t touch the water when harvesting, but Qiongzhou Island is rainy, and its harvest season happens to be the time when we have the most rain. The farmers adjusted the planting time several times to no avail, and finally gave up.”

As a theory expert who had struggled with his physique and fate, Mu Bai sighed regretfully after reading several agricultural books.

This is a sad part of agriculture, the right time, place and people are indispensable.

In some places, the suitability of the natural environment has reached eighty-nine out of ten, but just a difference of one or two points can make the result completely unsatisfactory.

Compared with the situation where the natural environment achieved full marks, but the grower couldn't get a happy ending due to his own physical problems, I don't know who is more unlucky.

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"Actually, when it comes to suitable planting, those countries in the south are more unique." Compared with the people in the inland, Shen Er, who grew up in Qiongzhou Prefecture, has a better understanding of the surrounding countries.

He happened to stroll over and couldn't help but sighed: "Both Tianzhu and Chenla are very suitable for growing cotton, and cotton is very cheap there. If we can buy directly from them, even if we add the transportation cost, it is estimated that it will not be too expensive. Very expensive."

"But we have nothing to exchange with them. They don't lack rice, and they don't have much interest in porcelain."

Everyone was silent, and Shen Er muttered to himself: "I heard that the land in Tianzhu, Chenla, and Siam is so fertile that it can grow without any care. I don't know if it is true."

A student from Guangdong who passed by also sat next to them and shared what he had heard: "It is indeed true. My grandfather used to be a crew member when he was in the Yuan Dynasty. He went to Java and Siam. When he came back, he He once said this. He said that the farmers there can ignore the crops after spring plowing, and just wait for the autumn harvest, so there are a lot of people who chant Buddha there.”

Engaging in religious beliefs is actually very time-consuming. After all, whether it is a variety of rituals and pujas for the purpose of consolidating beliefs, a blessing ceremony for the benefit of believers, or various large-scale festivals for religious reasons, you must It consumes a lot of time and energy of believers.

Not to mention that some religions also encourage believers to dedicate handmade products and even sculptures and statues to them. Only after the believers have solved their own food problems can they have the spare time to develop artistic aesthetics and study handicrafts. Unclear believers.

It’s not uncommon for his family members to starve to death, but he has traveled thousands of miles to worship God with a growling stomach, but if he meets this kind of person, Mu Bai will advise him not to worship, because it’s unreliable Parents' children are the ones who should go to say goodbye.

Of course, the living standards of this kind of people are not too good. Under the circumstances of extremely excellent living conditions, people's beliefs cannot be developed. After all, the main function and gimmick of religion is to eliminate pain.

Apart from birth, old age, sickness and death, most of the rich must suffer much less than the poor.While the rich are also an integral part of the religious development process, the working people are the cornerstone of religion.

Many countries in South Asia are in this state.

They are located close to the equator, with abundant sunshine and an extremely favorable climate—the Himalayas in the north block the cold air from the south, and the hot and humid air from the ocean in the south brings precipitation. Most areas are rainy and hot at the same time.As the crop with the highest yield per mu, rice likes this growing environment the most.

Therefore, there, rice does not require much care, and it can grow by itself even if it is spring.

However, just because most of the farmers in South Asia live in an environment where they don’t have to work hard to get enough to eat, it also shapes the local people’s relatively less positive attitude towards life, which also provides natural nutrients for the rise of religion.

"No matter how bad the people's lives there are, they will not starve to death, so they will not be forced to a dead end to think about rebelling, and because of the existence of the caste system, everyone's future is determined from birth, so they There is no idea of ​​fighting hard. So, most people put their energy on religion, and don't bother to care about the output of the field. The overall national atmosphere is quite..."

The young man thought for a while, and found an adjective that he thought was more appropriate: "Decadent."

"What's the relationship between faith and taking care of the land's output?" A student asked, feeling a little puzzled, "There are also a lot of people who recite Buddhism in our hometown, and I don't see them taking care of the land."

"It's different!" The Guangdong student shook his head, "There are not many people who are truly devout Buddhists here. Most of them are credible or not, easy to believe, easy to waver, and even switch to other sects. people..."

He thought for a while and found a metaphor: "I've heard that too. Some of their families will take the initiative to send their males to become monks in temples, and regularly donate more than half of their family property to temples. Here Nobody can do that, can they?"

Everyone gasped, some couldn't understand the situation, "The man in the family is a monk, so, wouldn't there be fewer and fewer descendants?"

The Guangdong student shrugged his shoulders: "I just heard it, and I don't know if it's true. No one would be so stupid, right?" "No, maybe it's true." Mu, who had been silent since the topic started, Bai suddenly said, "Isn't this a very good way?"

Seeing that everyone was watching, he put the book in his hand aside, and suddenly changed the subject: "The current Beiyuan court has been disintegrated on the grassland, and it should not be far from complete disintegration. As an official in the court, have you ever thought about how to deal with these scattered Beiyuan remnants?"

The students were a little confused, wondering why the topic turned to this aspect.Moreover, the country's current policy is to break the Northern Yuan court into pieces. If they really became scattered tribes, wouldn't they be in the court's hands? Why should they be dealt with?

"Is it really not necessary?" Mu Bai tilted his head slightly, staring at them with a pair of dark eyes, the light flowing through the eyes was bright and dazzling, "You have read more history books than me, you should know the nomadic fishing and hunting in the north. The characteristics of the nation? If they are scattered, it will be a disaster for the border people, and if they are combined, it will be a disaster for the whole country. Whether they are a single tribe or a union of a country, it is a huge trouble for us, isn't it?"

"Junior Brother Xiaobai, everyone understands this truth, but it is really impossible to eliminate them." Jian Rong walked out of the room at this moment, and he distributed the hot water in his hand to everyone, and then he was standing next to Mu Bai. The mat is sitting down.

The young man was wearing a wide moon-white blouse, and the wide sleeves fell on his knees like a butterfly with fluttering wings between movements and movements. The wood and white sitting cross-legged at will form a sharp contrast.

Mu Bai also picked up a cup of hot water and pinched it in his palm, his eyes followed Jian Rong's movements.The latter slightly curled his lips at him, and the shy spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River seemed to be reflected in his eyes, with a gentle look.

But what he said was full of murderous intent: "When the Central Plains Dynasty was at its peak, there were many times when the Central Plains Dynasty sent troops to the north to clear up the surrender, but in the past thousand years, if it is said that the most effective time was Huo Qubing in the early Han Dynasty. After that, the Hu tribe in the north was beaten and maimed for more than a hundred years."

"But it's only a hundred years or so." The student next to him added, "Nomadic tribes can survive with aquatic plants, and they can fight regardless of men, women, or children. Therefore, once the Central Plains dynasty shows signs of decline, they will be eyeing it. Moreover, their escape speed is fast and they are familiar with the local area. If we send troops to pursue them, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is very likely that they will get nothing, which is really not worthwhile."

"Actually, our frontier army is also very good at fighting." Another student who has done more research on this aspect added, "Don't look at the fact that our battle reports often only have dozens or hundreds of enemies. The head is the evidence, but there is a rule in northern nomads that as long as the complete body of the soldier can be brought back, the property and women of the deceased will belong to the person who brought the body back, so they are more active in snatching the body than the soldiers at the border."

"By the way, when it comes to this point, those barbarians in the north have no ethics and morals at all. Incest between relatives is very common, and they are really promiscuous."

"So their children are born quickly, even if there are not many women, they can have children."

After everyone murmured, they all found that the friends around them knew a little about the people in the north, and suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, martial arts prevailed. Unlike later generations who opposed civil and martial arts, most of today's students don't think military officials are vulgar, but admire the generals who drove the foreign enemies to the north.

After all, in the eyes of most Ming people, the army led by Emperor Hongwu was a national hero who drove away foreigners.Of course, this is mainly related to the fact that Ming's army usually does not increase the burden on the people when they go to war.

You don't need to pay yourself, and you can hear the good news of your own army at every turn, what a great thing!Listening to the good news, imagining how those indomitable masters of Beiyuan in the past would look like shit now, and they could eat several bowls of rice.

The army of our own country is so competitive, as long as there is no problem with the head, it is impossible not to like it, right?

The younger generation who grew up in this atmosphere are naturally very bloody and confident, and now that the border of Ming Dynasty is not peaceful, even they, the civil servants, are very concerned about leading the army in battle.

Everyone chirped and shared what they knew about the battle in the north, and the atmosphere was extremely lively for a while.Mu Bai didn't express his opinion any more, just listened to them while breathing hot water.Mu Bai didn't speak until someone realized that he hadn't spoken for a long time and turned his head to try to pull him into the chat group:

"I grew up in Yunnan. The Yuan army there also believed in Buddhism, especially the Tantric sect, but the soldiers did not have a deep understanding of Buddhist teachings. Now they are driven to the northern grasslands. It is conceivable that they will leave [ Isn't it a pity that the source of truth is getting farther and farther away?" the young man said.

He was playing with the finished tea cup in his hand, and his black eyes flowed quietly like a bottomless pool in the snowy sky: "In that case, why don't we help them learn about the current Buddhist circle?" What about fashion trends?"

Everyone was stunned.The Guangdong student who had shared a lot of short stories shook his hands and dropped his teacup on the mat. Then he seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Wonderful!"

"If we can guide the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to practice Buddhism in Han land, or encourage the males in the family to become monks like those countries in the south now, then there will be fewer and fewer nomadic people!"

Whether or not to have children, and how many children to have, is actually not determined by the number of women, but by men.

As long as the men put all their energy into studying Buddhism at night, no matter how many nomadic women there are in the north, it will be of no use!

"Besides, practicing Buddhism can also reduce their fighting spirit." A young man immediately jumped up, "I have almost never heard of wars in those countries in the south, it must be because of Buddhism."

... No, it's just that you don't know it. In fact, those countries in the south also fight, but compared to them in the north, it's just a small fight.

And not all Buddhist believers are peace sects, but the Han Buddhism in the Central Plains has evolved more moderately to adapt to the spiritual world of the local people, and will persuade you to be patient and content, and those light sects in the south are divided a lot It is not uncommon to see friction between them in order to compete for believers and land.

Thinking about it, Mu Bai, who lives in the south and has many sources of information, shifted his eyes slightly, but at this time he will not speak out to dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

"However, how do we get Can Yuan to believe in Southern Buddhism? They seem to be mainly based on Lamaism and Tibetan Buddhism, right?" A student directly changed the previous Northern Yuan to "Can" Yuan, And he looked seriously at Mu Bai who made the suggestion.

This word was changed very well, as if he had already seen through the future fate of the other party.But it is true, because of the fear of the Ming army waiting to be fed and screaming for military exploits, Beiyuan now occupies basically barren land that can only grow highland barley and wheat for one season.

Rice can still be robbed of small countries in West Asia, but iron and salt are the most troublesome. There is no iron in the northern grasslands, and now all the salt mines are controlled by grassland forces. The return of the Northern Yuan royal family to the grasslands will inevitably violate part of their interests.

Previously, the royal family of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had a supply line called Yunnan. The rice, ironware and salt produced in Yunnan could be sent to the north by the hand of King Liang. Many tribes also wanted to give some to the royal family for the sake of this supply line. face.

But now this line is cut off by Fu Youde and Lan Yu, and the Bei Yuan forces can only rely on themselves in the future.Does the weakened Northern Yuan royal family still deserve the allegiance of the grassland tribes?Do you still need to ask this question? !

The grassland nation has always been a "mighty" nation.

The corner of Mu Bai's mouth twitched slightly, and under the eager gaze of everyone, he whispered these thoughts: "So, I think, when the time comes, whether it's the aggrieved tribal leaders or the Beiyuan Emperor who has turned from prosperity to decline , will need the comfort of Buddhism, right?"

After all, when it comes to healing, Buddhism claims to be the first, and no religion dares to say that it is the second.

Of course, the above idea is just a hypothesis. How to implement it, when it will be implemented, who will do it, how long it will take, and whether it is worth it are all huge question marks.

Maybe in the future when someone in a high position encounters this problem, someone will think of the flash of inspiration at this time, or maybe this discussion will only be buried in the depths of everyone's memory, or someone may write a small composition From time to time, I will write this as a cool paragraph, and then give some inspiration to someone in the future. In short, these were originally just a hypothetical brainstorming by the second-year teenagers.

But there was a "traitor" among them.

There was a second-year middle school boy who regarded YY together as a serious discussion, and wrote this assumption on Chunwei's test paper, and their Chunwei examiner happened to be a radical, so when he saw the transcribed test paper, he immediately applauded and praised it. As soon as he took the paper, he stabbed the matter in front of Emperor Hongwu.

As a result, the name of this ingenious examinee spread among the examiners before the results were published.

This middle school boy is exactly Mu Bai.

I didn’t understand the airy Mubai named [We’re just thinking about it, talking about it without breaking the law] from the friends at that time: “…”

I really still don't understand you humans.

The author has something to say: a small theater with no responsibility

One of Xiangshan Shuke: I’m really just talking casually

Xiangshan Shuke No. [-]: Me too, I was just a little excited when I was pulled by the atmosphere.

Xiangshan Shuke No. [-]: ...I am trying to coax children, and Junior Brother Bai seems very interested in this, so I follow along...

Xiangshan Shuke No. [-] (bumping the heads of one, two, three and one): I told you a long time ago not to treat Junior Brother Xiaobai as a child. Children are the scariest people!

Xiangshan Shuke No. [-]: What's the use of saying this now, think about what to do now, Junior Brother Xiaobai is serious! !

Mu·Xiangshan Shuke No. [-]·Bai kicked open the bathroom, and pulled out the shivering [-]: Hehe, it's too late! !If you're a real man, don't shirk, since you have said it, even if you cry, you have to finish it with me!