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Chapter 293 Cotton is a Good Thing

It can be regarded as an exchange for something of real value.

Holding the cotton cloth, Luo Tiandu was both surprised and delighted: "This is cotton cloth! How much of this cloth have you changed? Who did you change it with? Did you get any cotton seeds?"

Ding Wu heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that Luo Tian liked it, he was also very happy, and said: "Ah, I traded it with a barbarian uncle, little lady, if you like it, there is still some in the warehouse, and I will ask them to bring them all over." Here you are." He couldn't help asking curiously, "Is this cloth very precious? What are cottonseeds?"

He just thinks the cloth is soft and comfortable, much better than thick and hard homemade cloth, but there are many soft and comfortable cloths in Daqing, and silk brocade is better than this, and it is also very beautiful. He couldn't understand why this so-called cotton cloth is How special, worthy of the wife's happiness.

Luo Tian got something good in exchange, and smiled from ear to ear.

Cotton!If there is cotton cloth, it means that there are people who grow cotton.Cotton is naturally soft and has almost no harm to the human body. The cloth made of cotton yarn is soft and close to the body, warm and sweat-absorbent, and has good air permeability. Clothes made of cotton cloth are really rare and good things.

The most important thing is that now there is only silk floss that can be used to fill pillows and mattresses. Although silk floss is expensive, it is not affordable for ordinary people. Therefore, only the rich can buy silk floss filled winter jackets and bedding. Enjoy it.

With cotton, it is completely different. Cotton wadding made of cotton can also fill the quilt, and it is very warm. Compared with the quilt filled with reed flowers, I don’t know how warm it is. If it can be successfully introduced, cotton can be widely cultivated. From now on, in winter, we will no longer need to buy the expensive silk cotton that is not very warm, and we will save so many people from freezing to death.

Luo Tian was really ecstatic in his heart, he patted Ding Wu on the shoulder abruptly, laughed and said, "You've made money this time, it's a very good thing! Is the guy who changed the cotton cloth still stationed? Didn't leave for Ba Xun?" Even if she went to Ba Xun, she would ask someone to pick him up halfway.

"Not yet, that uncle has only been here for a few days. Brother Cheng Sheng said that there are relatively few people in this batch. It will take a few days for more people to go to Ba Xun." Ding Wu scratched his head. I know how good this cotton cloth is, but since the little lady said it is a good thing, it must be good, and asked, "Little lady likes this? Then I will go to the uncle to change some more."

Luo Tian saw Mian Mian and really couldn't wait for a moment, so he said to him: "There is no rush, you come with me, we will go find the grandfather first."

Luo Baisu was handling government affairs in the lobby, and since the discussions started and many caravans entered Yi County, Luo Baisu's affairs gradually increased.In the past, everyone was poor and did not feel that they could live in peace with each other. Now that there is a debate, all kinds of people have come to the county. The rich and the poor are together, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts, especially the local people. It's not a bad thing, let's say they are honest and honest, that's right, as long as you treat them wholeheartedly, such as Luo Baisu, they can show their hearts to you without blinking , but if you bully them, you are not a master who can endure things. If you use the stinky money in your hand to domineering in front of them and annoy them, they will not die Therefore, within half a month of the opening of the forum, more than a dozen incidents of common people fighting happened, making Luo Baisu very busy.

"Father, don't worry about this, I'll show you something good." Luo Tiandu couldn't hide the excitement in his tone as soon as he came in, and said happily.

Luo Baisu put down his pen, feeling a little helpless: "Xiaodu, this is the lobby. You're a girl, how could you just rush in like this? Don't the guards outside know to stop you?"

The guard waiting outside the door took a look inside and said nothing.

They are all local people, and some of them have good skills and good character, so they were selected by Luo Baisu to work in the yamen. They have a good impression of this little lady in the grandfather's house. Those unknown rules in the grandfather's house, knowing that this little lady has a lot of weight at home, the grandfather is willing to listen to her, she said she wanted to enter the lobby, Ding Wu said it was a good thing, so he didn't stop her, let She came in by herself.

The little lady is not the little girls in other people's families who don't understand anything. They know a lot. The threshing machine, the windmill, and the hand fan are all good things, although the grandfather's family doesn't admit it. They all claim to be the credit of Mr. Wu, but those who get close don’t know, it was thought up by the little lady, and Mr. Wu made it after he perfected it. Mr. Wu once admitted it himself when he drank too much Yes, absolutely can't go wrong.

Luo Tian was anxious to share the importance of cotton with him, but he couldn't bear to listen to his bureaucratic accent, so he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Father, I really have something good to show you, I can't wait for a moment."

After finishing speaking, he passed the cotton cloth in his hand to him, and then looked at him expectantly.

Luo Baisu picked up the cotton cloth in his hand, just like her, looked and looked at it, touched and touched it, and felt that the cloth was really soft and clingy to the hand, if it was cut into clothes, it would be very comfortable to wear on the body.

"It's a good cloth, but there are many such soft and soft cloths. What's so good about this?" Luo Baisu knew that she could recognize some strange things sometimes, so he also adopted a business-like attitude. ask.

"Father, this is a very good thing. This kind of cloth is called cotton cloth. It is a cloth made of a fiber called cotton. That cotton is really a good thing. This cloth is just one of them. After the cotton is dried, it can still play." It is much warmer than reed flowers to make cotton wool and fill the quilt. If we can find a way to introduce cotton and plant it in large quantities, just for this item alone, it would be worthwhile for the court to open up a discussion.”

"Cotton?" Luo Baisu had never seen this thing before, and thought it was a kind of flower from a cotton tree. He was a little puzzled. Filling a quilt is easy to understand. He guessed that it should have the same effect as reed flowers, but what kind of Can the flower of the flower be woven into cloth?
How did he know that this flower is not that flower, the cotton tree can indeed bloom, the flowers that bloom are yellow, white and powdery, and the big one is as big as a small tea bowl. It looks quite beautiful, but the flower is not ordinary. The flowers are not very different, and they are not very useful, but the cotton bolls formed after pollination will bloom when they are mature, revealing the white cloud-like floc inside, that is the useful cotton, and the cotton Luo Tiandu refers to is this .

Ding Wu thought the same as Luo Baisu, and thought it was something like a reed flower, but seeing Luo Tian blushing with excitement, he couldn't help grinning with joy.He didn't know what cotton was, but since the lady master said it was a treasure, it was of course useful.

At that time, he just saw that the barbarian uncle came all the way with a half-old child. The child was younger than him and was also skinny. He ate dry pancakes. Stretching the neck and swallowing hard to swallow, it looks very pitiful.

He has also been doing business with the Yi people for more than a month. He has experienced many things, and his vision is naturally not as good as before. He knows that the Yi people are not so scary. They also have good people and bad people, poor and rich, good tempered and murderous. Without blinking an eye, there are also barbarians who bully barbarians, and that barbarian uncle is often squeezed out by other barbarians.

The barbarian uncle probably felt sorry for the child, so he occasionally went to the market to exchange for some hot food. It turned out that he didn’t trade at Ding Wu’s stall, but only traded for some hot soup in a corner of the market. It's just that he only brought cotton cloth. The people in Yi County also grow hemp themselves. Clothes and other things are made of homegrown cloth, which is strong and wear-resistant. At first, two families were willing to exchange with him, and they exchanged twice. Afterwards, some people disliked that the cotton cloth was easy to wrinkle, and would shrink after being exposed to water. They felt that they had suffered a disadvantage, so they refused to exchange it with him again.

Every family was unwilling to exchange things with him, and in the end only Ding Wu was willing to exchange things with him for the sake of the child.

The friends who came with me at the time disagreed, and felt that the cloth was comfortable to the touch, but they heard that it was easy to wrinkle and could not be worn twice.At any rate, they have been taught poetry and books for a few days by Qin Zhubo, and they are more or less aware of things, and they pay more attention to appearance than other mud monkeys. Even if they wear patched homespun clothes, they must be neat and tidy , No one wants to wear crumpled clothes when they go out, and they will die of embarrassment.

Ding Wu said that the cloth was soft and suitable for the young master of the grandpa's family and the two children of Cheng Qing's family, so they agreed without saying a word.

Now, seeing Luo Tiandu's liking attitude, Ding Wu was very happy in his heart, his face was also full of joy, and he felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Look, he still has the foresight to get something good for the wife!
Of course, Luo Tiandu did not hesitate to praise, and praised Ding Wu vigorously: "Ding Wu really has vision, so many people, you alone can see the extraordinaryness of cotton cloth, yes, there will definitely be great achievements in the future."

Ding Wu was praised so much that he couldn't find North and South, he just pursed his lips and smirked, his eyes sparkling.

"Is it really that good?" Luo Baisu asked.

"Father, you believe me, with cotton, everyone will be able to afford silk floss in the future." Luo Tian assured his promise with full confidence.

"Why?" Luo Baisu was still puzzled.

Flowers are flowers, no matter how many flowers a cotton tree blooms, it is not enough to fill a soft pillow, but how many flowers do you need to fill a bed quilt?
Without seeing the real thing, Luo Baisu probably couldn't explain it clearly with just a mouth.

Luo Tian didn't bother with this anymore, and said: "Father, I want to go to the market with Ding Wu and the others tomorrow, meet that uncle, and ask him about cotton in person."

Luo Baisu frowned, and said: "It's easy for you to ask him about cotton. I wrote a document to let the barbarians come into the city. You can also ask. Why go to the market? Although Cheng Sheng and the others are taking care of the place, there are so many barbarians gathered, the past of your family is not safe."

After Luo Tian thought about it, he also felt that it made sense. Luo Baisu did it for her own good, so he didn't object.

(End of this chapter)