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Chapter 702: For the sake of wealth and silk, there is no shame in serving it

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    In the area east of the current Huyan Valley, Huang Mingyuan has begun to expand a new city on the former site of Huyan City, the main city of Huyan Town, and later Baotou, as the new center of Fengzhou.  Huyan City was named after the Huyan tribe of the Xiongnu. It had a strong barbarian atmosphere. Huang Mingyuan had always been unhappy about it. This time he took the opportunity to change its name to Beining City, which means Changning in the north.

    In the warehouse in Beining City, Deng Yi looked at the cotton and didn't know what to do with it.  The manager said that the cotton was used to keep out the cold. It was indeed soft and warm in his hands, but there were so many scattered petals that they couldn't be made into clothes.

    Huang Mingyuan is also worried. If there is a cotton elastic machine, these cottons will become high-quality quilts in a short time. Unfortunately, let alone the cotton elastic machine, it is the first time for everyone to see cotton.

    Huang Mingyuan doesn¡¯t have a cotton-playing machine, but he knows how to play cotton.

    Until now, Huang Mingyuan still remembers a movie called "Old and Young Men Fighting the Japs". There is a song in it that sings well, "Play cotton, play cotton, half a pound of cotton becomes eight or two."  Huang Mingyuan had always been curious before, how could half a kilogram of cotton become eight or two pounds.

    In the previous life, there were naturally no cotton-playing machines in rural areas in the 1980s and 1990s, but cotton-playing craftsmen walked the streets and alleys, calling each village to play cotton for the people. Huang Mingyuan happened to see cotton-playing craftsmen.

    The tools of the cotton craftsman are relatively simple, including a bow, a wooden hammer, a millstone, a shovel head, and a yarn bamboo strip, which make up all the belongings.  Among them, this curved bow is the most delicate to make. In the south, it is made of bamboo pieces, while in the north, it is usually made of naturally bent trees or special wood.  The bow strings are made of beef tendon, which is strong, durable and elastic.

    Of course, beef tendon is now a strategic material, and it is definitely impossible for ordinary people to produce it.

    However, as the Lord of Fengzhou, Huang Mingyuan gave an order, and this bow suitable for playing cotton was made.  When Huang Mingyuan held it in his hand, it felt like a Scottish longbow, except that the bow was a little weak.  Huang Mingyuan held this bow and thought of the childhood days when he chased cotton makers everywhere. Although it was so long ago, it was really nostalgic.

    Huang Mingyuan first took the bow and tried playing it a few times.

    Others don¡¯t know it, and he actually doesn¡¯t know it either. He has just seen it and has some theoretical basis.

    "However, the wisdom of the working people is infinite. Huang Mingyuan tried it a few times, and everyone understood Huang Mingyuan's movements. Several old farmers took over the operation, and they were able to use it soon.

    Fix a wooden stick on the back of the waist two or three feet above the head.  This is used to hang wooden bows, which is more stable and saves effort.  When playing cotton, bury the bow string in the cotton, hit the bow string with a wooden hammer, and the cotton will fly with the sound of "bounce".

    "Ebony hammers and fir tips; golden roosters crow and snowflakes float."

    ? To stretch cotton is to fluff the cotton. After the cotton is fluffy, wrap it with white gauze and spread it evenly layer by layer.  This comparison tests the technology. It must be laid flat and the back thickness is consistent, otherwise the quilt will be uncomfortable to cover.  The thing used to press cotton is called a millstone, a disc made of wood. This process is very time-consuming and takes an hour or two to complete.

    Huang Mingyuan once again saw several old farmers becoming more and more proficient in using it, and couldn't help but admire the natural farmers. While other craftsmen watched a cotton quilt appear so magically, it was as if they had seen a miracle.

    Then more craftsmen began to play cotton.

    There are specialties in the art industry, and these craftsmen quickly got started and improved Huang Mingyuan's inferior craftsmanship a lot.

    Huang Mingyuan asked people to transport the first one hundred quilts to Jiuyuan and distribute them to various generals.  If new items want to be promoted quickly, they naturally need to be popularized from top to bottom.

    The advantages of quilts were so obvious that everyone quickly discovered the benefits of these quilts, and cotton was thoroughly promoted in Fengzhou.

    This year, more than 30 kilograms of cotton seeds were planted in Fengzhou, and the harvested cotton seeds amounted to hundreds of kilograms. However, the quantity of these hundreds of kilograms of cotton seeds was too small to be put into large-scale production and use.

    In addition to making small batches of quilts and cotton-padded clothes for promotion, a lot of cotton is also used for testing, mainly for the use of cotton elastic machines, cotton weaving machines and other machinery.

    Because the amount of cotton seeds in stock is still insufficient, Huang Mingyuan introduced a lot of cotton seeds from the southwest through Li Min, and also obtained a lot of cotton seeds from the Western Regions through smuggling, all for the purpose of expanding production next year.

    This time, Huang Mingyuan directly established a reclamation group specializing in cotton production in Muna Mountain. He plans to plant 300 acres of cotton next year and is expected to produce 15,000 kilograms of cotton. By then, all the harvested cotton will be made into military coats.  For use by the army.

    A later military coat cost about two to three kilograms.With the right amount of cotton, tens of thousands of military coats will be mass-produced by then.  The military coat can keep warm at ordinary times, and can also be used as a quilt at night. Together with the combination of sweaters and leather jackets, the cold protection problem of the army leaving the Yinshan Mountains and heading towards Mobei is basically solved.

    "It's a pity that this batch of cotton-padded clothes will not be used until the third year of Renshou at the earliest, and it still cannot be fully rationed to the entire army.  If you give yourself another year, then the entire army can change their uniforms.

    Normally, it would be possible to wait another year, but now it is not possible.

    Yang Jian died in July or August of the fourth year of Renshou. If he waited until the fourth year of Renshou to go out, he would probably not be able to return to Chang'an and participate in the Renshou Palace Revolution. This is not what Huang Mingyuan wants to see.

    In the summer of the third year of Renshou, the Fengzhou Army had to go out on a large scale, and he had less than two years left to prepare.

    In order to further upgrade the use of cotton, Huang Mingyuan asked people to use cotton to make cotton cloth.

    ¡°Compared to using cotton to make cotton-padded jackets and quilts, ordinary people¡¯s demand for cotton cloth is actually not that strong.  Cotton is soft and close-fitting, has good hygroscopicity and breathability, but is not as warm as wool, not as stain-resistant as linen, and not as gorgeous as silk. However, cotton, linen, and wool are the three pillars of the textile industry, and Toyosu originally has less linen.  , so the cotton textile industry still needs to develop.

    And compared with cotton-padded clothes and quilts, it is difficult to improve technology with low-end use.

    In fact, cotton cloth and woolen cloth are almost the same. Woolen cloth is made of woolen yarn, while cotton cloth is made of cotton yarn.  As long as cotton yarn is made and the loom used to weave linen is slightly improved, shaped cotton cloth can be produced.

    The Chinese seem to be naturally good at weaving, and they have invented countless machines that will dazzle future generations.  The bone needle was invented more than 30,000 years ago; the original waist loom was invented more than 5,000 years ago; the pedal loom was invented before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period; and the jacquard loom was invented before the Western Han Dynasty.  According to records in "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes", during the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang's wife summoned Chen Baoguang's wife to weave twenty-five pieces of loose flower damask with a loom with 120 tweezers, which is simply unimaginable for later generations.

    Soon, looms capable of spinning cotton yarn appeared.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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