The night did not bring any coolness to Pu Jindu, but the bath was very cool.
After dinner, the surrendered households split into groups and took a bath by the Yellow River.
Someone next to them was responsible for measuring their figures and bringing new clothes. After washing and drying them, they put them on.
The escorts from Bingzhou got a chance to rest and also found a place to take a bath.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi took in the surrendered households. They actually bathed the used locust. They can even wash it clean by rubbing some grass ash."
An Non-commissioned Officer said while soaping himself.
Under the light of the torch, black water started to drip down when the soap was applied.
"It's called soap. The Li Family Zhuangzi is rich and is willing to give the surrendered households new clothes to wear." Another Non-commissioned Officer corrected and envied at the same time.
"Look, brothers, look at the height, the short, the fat, and the thin. Dongzhu has prepared cotton clothes for you to wear to absorb sweat, especially cotton underwear."
The Li Family Zhuangzi's people came over and took a soft ruler and a two-meter long wooden ruler to measure the chest, waist, and shoulder width.
The wooden ruler stood upright and waited for the other data to come out. The villager shouted, "One size bigger."
Someone next to him chose 'one size bigger' clothes, wrapped them in paper and put them on the shore. After washing and drying them, they put them on.
"Two sizes bigger." "Five sizes medium." "Four sizes medium."
They reported the sizes one by one and brought the clothes one by one.
The Non-commissioned Officer of Bingzhou smiled. They had never heard of cotton clothes.
"What's cotton? Is it better than the fine linen clothes they wear? "
The people who had washed and dried themselves asked when they put on the new clothes.
"White fold, but we dyed it into camouflage color. It's yellow and green. Hide it in the woods and bushes and it's hard for others to find it."
The villager explained patiently. White fold was white.
It came from other places and was expensive. It was used as a currency like silk.
When the Non-commissioned Officer heard about white fold, he did not want to wear it. It was too expensive.
"How can we bear to?" The Non-commissioned Officer hesitated.
"Wear it. In two years, white fold will be worthless. My Dongzhu has a place to arrange for a large number of them to be planted."
The villager smiled and turned around to make other arrangements.
The governor of Bing Province, Shi Wangbei, took a bath in a wooden basin in his tent and changed into a new set of camouflage clothes.
He glanced at the other two sets of clothes on the straw mat.
He sighed, "I heard that Li Yi takes the most care of the officers and soldiers. If that's true, then take out the White Fold Zi and give it to us."
"Third Brother, the most suitable place to grow cotton is actually the place where Hami melons are grown. Cotton varieties can be slowly cultivated in that large area."
In the Li Family Zhuangzi, Li Yi and Li Longji talked about cotton again.
There was also an area in the north, which was suitable for growing cotton. The Imperial Governor's Office and Taiyuan Prefecture were also very good.
However, they could not destroy the grain fields to grow cotton. Eating was the most important thing.
"There …" Li Longji knew who was there. It was the Shatuo Clan.
The Shatuo Clan had always been in contact with the Tang dynasty. They bought things from the Li Family Zhuangzi, sold them to other clans there, and then bought things back.
Zhuya Jinshan always lived in Chang 'an. He had a separate courtyard and did not go to Honglu Temple.
"Wait for them to come again and provide them with seeds?" Li Longji calculated.
Some of the cotton planted in the Imperial Governor's Office had already bloomed and would continue to bloom in a few days. The cotton sprouting would be picked once every few days.
"A lot of people are needed to pick cotton. They can get benefits through the exchange of cotton, so they won't always be focused on the war."
Li Yi made a gesture of picking cotton.
When he did not use machinery to harvest, the cotton picking army was dispatched.
"The Imperial Governor's Office needs to organize the cotton harvest this year."
Li Longji wanted to see how many people were needed to pick so much cotton.
"We are eating edamame now. After the winter wheat harvest, we planted a lot of beans. There are fewer sorghum, but it's about the same.
The current situation is that we don't raise silkworms and don't plant hemp. The people have a free period and use it when picking cotton.
After the cotton harvest, we can harvest soybeans and sorghum. The income will increase, including the people who work part-time in the Imperial Governor's Office. "
Li Yi gave a harvest time difference. The people couldn't have nothing to do.
He was eating edamame, unripe soybeans, boiled and eaten.
Unfortunately, there were no peanuts. They had to wait for the voyage team to be formed, and they had to successfully reach America and come back from there.
When Li Longji heard Li Yi mention edamame, he reached out and picked one up. "If so, Tubo and Tujue are willing to plant it, it will certainly delay them from doing other things."
"It's not easy to tempt them. Tubo can't plant cotton instead of food. They can only raise the price to let their slave owners think about it."
Li Yi did not underestimate the Tubo people. No matter how much they paid to buy cotton, Tubo would definitely ensure that they had food first.
Tubo still had to evaluate the risks of exporting food to Tubo.
Unless there was enough food, why would they plant all cotton?
Let Tubo's slave owners get enough profit to slowly divide.
The premise was that the two sides could not go to war. War would break the normal trade relationship, just like now, they had been smuggling.
Without a perfect channel, economic war could not be fought.
Li Longji had another idea. "As long as they plant cotton, it will certainly reduce the food production. For every acre of cotton, they need to give up an acre of grain."
Li Yi nodded. "It can be said that with the same staff, it is impossible to manage more land."
"A little at a time. If the number of times is too many, it will eventually affect the overall situation of Tubo." Li Longji had a strategic vision.
The Imperial Governor's Office had to punish those who secretly changed the fields. After the cotton was picked, it would be confiscated and a rent penalty would be imposed.
Aren't you a lot of fields? When the harvest of sorghum or soybeans was finished, the rent would be paid according to the acre.
The next day, Li Yi drew a set of pictures according to the flow of water in the pot and took it to the workshop to let the craftsmen make it.
At the same time, he looked at the blinds, the three-dimensional painting of the blinds, ready to raise a batch of funds.
"First, let them see the three-dimensional painting, otherwise it would be useless for them to buy it. Take a big paper and draw a few pictures, stick it on the wooden board and put it in front of the Imperial Palace. "
Li Yi muttered and went back to find paper to draw.
Three-dimensional painting was not easy to draw. If it was made with a computer and printed, it would be easy. Any pattern and text could be made.
On the other side, the surrendered households had breakfast, crossed the Yellow River along the bamboo pontoon bridge, and continued to rush to their destination.
Three days later, the surrendered households arrived at the location of the land Li Yi bought.
One mountain after another, there were rivers passing through, but now it was dry, and many small rivers had no water.
"Everyone take a rest. Starting tomorrow, we will go to the barren hills to build houses. Before winter, we will have houses to live in."
The farmer said to the interpreters, and the interpreters went to the surrendered households to listen.
The surrendered households' speed was not fast. They had three meals a day, and there was meat.
Their bodies recovered a little, mainly because their mental state was good, they were not bullied, and the new clothes were comfortable to wear.
The clothes they changed out of were burned. It was said that they were too dirty, and it was easy for there to be unclean things.
The fur clothes were also burned. Anyway, they did not see the process of burning.
Now, they were more at a loss. After leaving the place they were familiar with, they had no plans for the future.
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