"I didn't expect cotton to be so useful." Li Chengqi still remembered that he was the one who got the cotton seeds.
The rich people of the Tang dynasty raised cotton as flowers. They knew that white rice was made of cotton, but no one planted it.
Firstly, they didn't know how to plant it. Secondly, they occupied the grain fields. Secondly, they were used to raising silkworms and planting hemp.
Now, the people finally understood what cotton could be used for.
Cotton was secondary. The most useful thing was to use cotton as a warm filler and to make cotton thread to sew clothes.
Leather clothes were warm and had little leather. Clothes were expensive and made of military materials.
"Especially the quilt. It's heavier than silk but lighter than leather. It's warm."
Li Chengqi mentioned the quilt. In summer, he also used a thin quilt.
"After this year's harvest, bring the cotton seeds to the northwest. Plant, harvest, and weave there. There are people there."
Li Yi didn't want to promote cotton planting in the good lands of the Tang dynasty. Once it was released, people would definitely think that it was better to plant cotton instead of food prices.
No matter how low the price of food was, the people had to plant it or other cash crops, excluding cotton.
For example, sugar and oil from sugar cane, rape, and sesame.
"Will it delay the planting of food?" Li Chengqi was worried that there would not be enough food if cotton was planted there. If there was a war there, the cost of transporting food would be high.
"Recruit people from other tribes and pay them a high price. Let them replenish their supplies. They will have free time when they are herding."
Li Yi had already prepared for this. The border of the Tang dynasty was chaotic. Some tribes were fence-sitters. They could betray or surrender at any time.
The main reason was that their betrayal and surrender were forced by the situation. No matter what, they always lived their own way.
It was just a matter of whether to fight or not. Some small tribes didn't want to fight. It was not worth it to die as cannon fodder.
The Shatuo tribe was one of the representatives. They were originally close to Tubo. Tubo asked them to fight against the Tang dynasty.
When they saw that the situation was not good, they quickly ran away and surrendered to the Tang dynasty. Then, they stayed in a corner and reproduced.
In history, they reproduced and became a country. Others had destroyed them.
If the tribes wanted to sincerely surrender, they must change their way of life.
Livestock could continue to be raised, and there was land to grow crops. The income from crops was stable, and with land and houses, they did not need to rebel.
There were also the various races in Li Yi's Mongolia. They ate meat, drank milk, drank tea, and drank wine brewed from milk all day long.
They did not farm at all. Instead, they migrated to the Tang dynasty in exchange for tea leaves. Sometimes, they would also exchange for some rice to cook and eat.
It was unrealistic to expect them to settle down and stay in one place all day long.
If he did not live with the people of the Tang dynasty, how could he have a sense of belonging?
"Big Brother, farming together is the best way to promote ethnic integration. We can't continue to let them do as they wish. We must guide them. "
Li Yi mentioned the relationship between stability and ethnic integration.
Otherwise, with their different living habits, the other party wouldn't have come over today.
In the spring, they would take their livestock to a place hundreds of miles away and not return for many months.
For those people, the place where they spent the winter was not their home. Their home was their tents and their loved ones.
"What if they don't want to?" Li Chengqi felt that Li Yi's words made sense.
However, just like how the people of the capital government planted greenhouses, no one planted them in the beginning.
Even though the Li Family Zhuangzi made a lot of money after planting, the people still watched.
It was not until pilot projects were set up in various counties and the people really received income that others followed the trend.
According to the method of the people of the capital government, if the seeds were collected and sent over this year, it would take several years.
Li Yi nodded. "I've thought of it. Give them money and hire them to plant. Give them 20 coins a day, and they'll be willing.
Or we can use fermented tea and barbecue seasonings to exchange with them.
Then, we'll go and collect them. If the price is high, they'll think, 'Can the things I plant be sold for so much money?'
Needless to say, they'll be willing to plant the second year. The price for the first two years will be higher. When more people plant the seeds, the price will naturally drop. However, there will still be a lot of profit. "
Li Yi used another method to deal with the people over there, which was to entice them.
Once they planted the seeds and got used to it, they would feel that it was more stable. Even if the price was much lower in the future, they would still insist on it when they saw that it was easier to graze.
If they could grow cotton, they would naturally try to grow vegetables to eat.
How could the wild vegetables in the grassland outside be more delicious than vegetables that had been cultivated for many years?
At least, there were no cucumbers, cabbages, eggplants, cowpeas, and so on.
Li Chengqi listened carefully and decided to tell his third brother later that it was beneficial to the rule of the Tang dynasty.
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The people of the capital government were working hard. The bean worms had come out, no, the moths had come out to lay eggs.
At the same time, the newspaper reported the situation of the war. Su Lu had led the Turks in a rebellion and led the Abbasid Caliphate and Tubo to attack the Tang dynasty.
However, the Tang dynasty also sent out troops and would definitely not let the enemy succeed.
The soldiers at the frontline were protecting the Tang dynasty from being bullied. Everyone should work hard to grow more food and send it to the soldiers at the frontline.
In the past, when there was a war at the border, the imperial court did not tell the people, so the people did not know.
Only when the Great Tang had won a battle and brought back news of the battle would the people be able to hear the good news while riding their horses and shouting.
Now, it had changed. The newspaper would say it in a very emotional way to cultivate the people's thoughts of supporting the army.
When the bean worms came out, the people began to look forward to it and did not disturb it. When the bean worms laid eggs, they would raise them according to the method described in the newspaper.
The people who grew grapes were also waiting for the moths in other people's bean fields to fly out and lay eggs.
They could not let the bean worms eat all the grape leaves, but they could selectively raise some.
The newspaper said that when growing grapes, they had to be sharpened, also known as rubbing the buds. When the fruit was ready, they had to pinch the sharpness and throw it into the mouth and eat it. It was sour.
People did not eat it and used it to feed the bean worms. The bean worms said that it was the same as eating eggs.
"What we can do now is to watch. Before the moths lay eggs, don't drive them away or catch them. Even the moths can be eaten."
Xiao Lan's Zhuangzi had 20 mu of soybean fields. Princess Yongmu did not go to Wentian Lan Pavilion today. She was resting.
After delivering the baby carriers, Wentian Lan Pavilion opened for two days every ten days. The people all knew about it.
The more it was like this, the more noble Wentian Lan Pavilion was. They did not need to open for business every day.
Princess Yongmu had been living a happy life recently. She was free and did not need to stay in the palace.
Sometimes, she would teach the children in her Zhuangzi. Sometimes, she would go to the shop. Sometimes, she would run to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
She was not worried about earning money and treated life as a game.
Other unmarried women would imagine what their future husband would be like. What if they married the wrong man?
She did not think about it anymore. She knew who it was.
Now, she taught the neighbors how to raise insects. The neighbors listened and asked, not afraid of being wrong.
The neighbors already knew who this beautiful neighbor was. Li Dongzhu.
Li Dongzhu's woman must have learned the true skills. She would not be bad.
"After the eggs are laid, when you can see the small insects, pluck the bean leaves to feed them. You have to pluck the leaves on the shady side. Plucking the leaves on the sunny side will affect the growth of the beans."
Princess Yongmu continued with a sweet smile on her face.
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