Poor family mother and son

Chapter 158

It's been a month since I got home.The wild hemp that Xiaobao "stealed" dried out on the road and couldn't be planted.Xiaobao's heart ached.

In order to express comfort, Chu Qing took Xiaobao to smooth off the skin of the wild hemp stalks, and the two mothers rubbed the hemp with their own hands, and then combed the fibers neatly with an iron comb.

Then he made a wooden spindle and spun the hemp fibers into hemp thread. "Look, spinning is not difficult, is it?" Chu Qing said.

This is an ancient parent-child handicraft.

Xiao Bao was very excited: "Mother, that's how He Suo Te's old grandma spins wool."

"That's right! You're very observant. But we can do this faster!"

"Can?"

"Of course!"

Two days later, under the guidance of Chu Qing, Huang Daopo's three-spindle spinning wheel was copied.After a few experiments with this thing, Chu Qing mastered the technique. It can spin three yarns at a time, and it is very even.It is really the high technology of this era.

Thank you Huang Daopo, salute you!You not only developed the textile industry in that world, but also in this world!
In addition to this kind of spinning wheel, a batch of hand spinning wheels should also be made.In this era, hand-operated spinning wheels were used, and the principle of spinning cotton was the same as that of spinning hemp, so it was not difficult for those who knew how to spin hemp thread to change to cotton thread, as long as they got used to the strength of the fiber.

For a person with good physical coordination like Chu Qing, it is definitely most efficient to use a three-spindle pedal spinning wheel, but a person who is only used to a hand-operated spinning wheel can still do the work of spinning.

What Chu Qing is most gratified about is his own boys.I really know what to do without asking, and I started cleaning after the first cart of wool was pulled back.

Lao Yu and Lao Zhao's caravan came back earlier than Chu Qing, but they have been helping several warehouses of Bao Qingsheng to replenish goods since they returned to Xinlunzhou.

In addition to exchanging a large number of gems for them, they also brought back another thing from Voss—grass and grass seeds.This is the idea that Lao Yu and Lao Zhao came up with as veterans for many years.

Voss horses are not well raised in Daxuan. In addition to the climate problem, there is also the problem of forage.If pastures can be planted, then our horse farms should be able to produce good breeds suitable for Daxuan after several generations of horse breeding.

So when they returned to New Lunzhou, they went to Chuqing's [-]th Village to find a place to grow grass.With so many mountains, there is always a place suitable for planting.

Zhang Mingyu didn't lose weight when he came back this time, he was a little fatter, just black.

He exchanged the maps drawn by both sides with Chu Qing, and everyone used the same scale, so that a few parts of the map can be pieced together to roughly complete the map.

The two chatted about what they had seen and heard during the two months of traveling apart.One thing Zhang Mingyu said caught Chu Qing's attention.

"In the main city of Voss, the herbal medicines of our caravan are selling very well, especially those for nourishing qi and blood and assisting pregnancy. The salvia, rehmannia, angelica, and Polygonum multiflorum we brought are all sold out."

"Why?" Chu Qing asked.

"They are eager to seek a child! The price of the cheapest jujube in their locality has doubled."

"They have too many daughters and want sons?"

"No, many of their families can't have children."

"Where is it like this?"

"This is the case for all the territories directly under King Voss."

"This is a strange thing."

"Also, the caravan's soybean oil couldn't be sold in the city of Voss. When we walked back, we passed Tu Huerte and Virat, and we sold it bit by bit." Zhang Mingyu said.

"Why? They are not used to eating vegetable oil?"

"No, they grow cotton there too, and they eat cottonseed oil."

"What? Have you tried it?" Chu Qing was a little surprised.

"I've tasted it, it's not good. It's black and not greasy, the dish is a bit bitter, and it tastes astringent and numb in the mouth."

"Have you been eating vegetables made with this kind of oil for the past two months?" Chu Qing looked at Zhang Mingyu's fatter face. Compared with the face that was so thin that he went to Voss with the Jiangnan Meng's Caravan last time, he has recovered now It's almost the same as before. Didn't you eat cottonseed oil?
"No! Once you eat it, you don't want to eat it again. It's all food from our caravan."

"What about others? Have you eaten?"

"No, I went to a small local restaurant because I was looking for news."

Emma, ​​Chu Qing patted her heart: "Don't eat blindly in the future! Be careful that you won't be able to give birth to a baby if you marry a wife in the future!"

"What? What do you mean?"

"It is estimated that the lack of children in King Voss City is related to their cottonseed oil. If you eat cottonseed oil for a long time, men will not have sperm and women will not conceive."

Chu Qing's blunt words made Zhang Mingyu blush, but he was also terrified: "How do you know? Is this statement true?"

"How do I know... I know it from reading!" Chu Qing was expressionless, the best way to hide the expression in his heart is to be expressionless, "There is Yan Ruyu in the book, read more, boy!"

Zhang Mingyu: "..."

"Worth King City has been asking for a child, or is it like this for a while?" Chu Qing wanted to confirm.

"It has always been like this, so Virat's side is the richest, and their side is suitable for planting, so they have planted a lot of jujube trees. They make a lot of money selling jujubes to the main city every year, but the food is not very good. , They don’t need to be nomads either, just like our farmers.”

That is, jujube trees are easy to grow, and they grow well without too much care.

Chu Qing couldn't help but think of Tu Huerte, where there are more cotton fields, why is there no fertility problem?After thinking about it, I understand.

People in Tuhuerte don't eat much oil. They get their oil from their prey. They usually eat fish and baked pancakes, so they don't eat bad cottonseed oil at all.

The territory directly under the King of Voss used gemstone processing and cotton fabric processing as the main source of income, so cottonseed oil became their main edible oil instead.

If someone with a bad heart tells the country of Voss that your cottonseed oil is delicious and nutritious, it is estimated that cottonseed oil will be popularized by the whole people, and the country will be destroyed without war.

"Hey, let's just encourage them all to eat cottonseed oil!" Zhang Mingyu said.

It turns out that this one in front of me is a bad-hearted person!

"You are naive, Mingyu. If you were the king of Voss, let me tell you, your cottonseed oil is good, and you will get rich and lucky if you eat it, what would you do?" Chu Qing asked.

"How? No, eat!"

"You don't want to sell it to me to make you money?"

"Yeah, if you think it's a good thing, I'll definitely make money from you."

"Where will Congress sell Navos?"

"... Daxuan!"

"and then?"

"...Then let's not eat or buy."

"You make a deal with them. If you don't eat it, are they stupid? Can't the news get out?"

"Yes. Isn't that a waste of such a good opportunity?"

"Do you know what 'karma' is? Sin, boy!"

"..."

The same conversation took place in the imperial study ten days later.

"Do you know what 'karma' is? Sin, Hu Aiqing!" The emperor took the report from the secret investigation department and did not read it, but looked at Hu Hengqiu with a "broken heart".

Hu Hengqiu was holding the map drawn and synthesized by Chu Qing and the others in his hand, and smashed his mouth: "I don't believe you didn't think about it just now!"

emperor:"……"

The emperor returned to his expressionless face, and cast his eyes on the report in his hand: "It seems that I didn't make much money!"

"That's not right! I didn't get a few more horses!" Hu Hengqiu hummed.What he said in his heart was: I didn't get the money, and you didn't get the horse, so it's even!
The emperor was actually very depressed. Chu Qing bartered her own goods with others, and came back with big bags and small bags. Except for herself, no one else got any benefits.

There were still some, the veterans under Chu Qing still brought back more than 30 horses, but it was far from 160 horses!Originally, she was expected to get [-] horses!
"Didn't Chu Qing's letter say wool and cotton last time? What happened?" the emperor asked.

"I don't know what she wants wool and cotton for, and she didn't report it to him."

"En." The emperor was speechless.I can't ask in person, just say "um", let Hu Hengqiu experience it!If you have time to experience more, don't get mad at me all the time!

Chu Qing didn't report this matter, so she went to find Xu Guangze, the magistrate of Xingtang County.What she wants to do doesn't need Song Tingshan to come forward, her brother-in-law is enough.

(End of this chapter)