Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

Zhang Qing's nickname is Caiyuanzi. He originally made a living by planting vegetables in the garden. Later, he was recruited by Sun Er's mother-in-law as his son-in-law, and then he went to a hotel to hang out.

This man is meticulous in his duties and is an expert at farming and growing vegetables. This is a world of heroes, and his level is far higher than that of ordinary people. It is quite suitable to be promoted to the Agriculture Department.

It is definitely not appropriate to ask this person to lead troops in a war. Just looking at a hotel is not of much use. On the contrary, in the Agriculture Department, Zhang Qing has found the long-lost happiness. He works hard without complaining and is not afraid of fatigue. It can even be said that he enjoys it.

"Boss, cotton is planted in April. The first stage is the emergence period, which takes about half a month to twenty days. It depends on the weather and the amount of sunlight."

"After emergence, it takes thirty-five to forty days from emergence to seedling stage."

"Next is the seedling setting period, which involves setting the seedlings, returning them to the ridges, and fertilizing them. This is also the time when they grow the fastest, and it takes two months."

"Next comes the catdding period, which is now. This time lasts for more than two months. By October to November, the catdding is completed and the flowers are finally harvested."

"We can see now that the seedlings, emergence and establishment are all going smoothly."

"The main thing is to pay attention to fertilizer and water. Too little water will not work, and too much water will not work. It won't work if you have too much fat, and it won't work if you add too little fat. Either withered or rotten, we took care of it as a little baby, and it looks okay now. We have enough wind, water, soil, and sunshine here, no worse than Yanzhou! In the end, as long as the cotton is full and continuous, our cotton will be planted."

Although Zhang Qing and others did not understand Wang Lun's full plan, it did not affect their concern for this matter.

Cotton appeared in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and cotton gradually replaced linen. Even nobles liked to wear cotton clothes in winter. After all, it is warmer.

But until the Song Dynasty, cotton and cloth were far from popular.

A large number of ordinary people still wore linen clothes.

Even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties when cotton production was very high and cotton cloth formed a huge industry, linen cloth was not completely withdrawn. The historical stage.

After all, it is cheap.

For many people, this is enough.

There is a description in The Scholars: A child was born in a backward point with a sallow complexion, a gray beard, and a broken felt hat on his head. Although Guangdong The ground was warm, and it was already early December. The boy was still wearing numb straight clothes, huddled in the cold...

Yes, this was the famous Fan Jin.

Because of poverty, he lived in a few shabby rooms. Thatched hut.

Butcher Hu said that his daughter could not eat meat more than once throughout the year.

There was also Fan Jin, who was suffering from cold and hunger, with a sallow complexion and thin skin. He was wearing linen instead of cotton clothes.

The scholar wrote this about the Ming Dynasty. The author is from the Qing Dynasty.

The details of planting 887 species vary from the Ming to the Qing, but there is no doubt that the poor still wore linen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The output of cloth was insufficient, and the area for cotton cultivation was also insufficient.

The main thing is that the soil must be fertile. The pores should not be too hard, and a little sandy is best.

Then there must be wind and sufficient sunshine.

Thousands of years later, the largest cotton planting area in China will be in the Western Regions, which is the most suitable place.

Now... at least here on Jingdong Road It is also possible.

The yield and quality may not be as good as those of Western Region cotton, but in this era, the requirements do not have to be too high.

In addition to Jingdong, Jingxi, Lianghuai and Jiangnan, it can be planted.

Now a few million acres is enough, except For personal use and for export in large quantities

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"Brother Zhang worked hard."

Wang Lun looked at the endless cotton fields, which exceeded 10,000 acres, and felt happy in his heart.

Even with the blessing of"Shen Nong", the harvest here is inseparable from the joint efforts of the Agriculture Department. Zhang Qing, who promoted the Agriculture Department, also made meritorious service. Not small.

Zhang Qing smiled honestly and said:"There is no need to praise me, the boss. I usually have a lot of salary. Now I still have a thousand acres of career land, and there will be more in the future. My daughter-in-law also has a share, so she will inevitably become richer in the future. In my heart I am very contented... As long as I am not exhausted to death, I am willing to suffer some hardships. The boss does not need to treat me like a human being, just treat me like an ox."

"Hahaha, good, well said."

Wang Lun couldn't help laughing.

You can't tell it at ordinary times. He has thick green eyebrows and big eyes, and he always speaks flattering words one after another.

But think about it, this guy is indeed telling the truth.

He One job field plus one share for Sun Erniang, and the couple gets double share.

In addition to the important status of the Agriculture Department, there are additional rewards in addition to salary.

For example, if the cotton fields are really good, Wang Lun will at least reward him. Wan Guan, all the staff of the Agricultural Department who followed the experiment will be rewarded.

Otherwise, who will work harder?

In addition to salary, those who put in more and produce more results will definitely get more money. Wang Lun has always done this, and honest people cannot suffer losses.

In front of us Not only Zhang Qing is grateful, but also the ordinary agricultural officials.

In their view, apart from dividing the fields, they teach the people some farming knowledge, select and breed seeds, and cultivate new species. Doing your job.

If you do your job well, you will be rewarded. It is really a bit deserved. There is no such (bjbf) rule in the imperial court.

More than 30% of these officials are former state and county officials. , they also experienced a completely different style of doing things here in Liangshan. They had also received military training and induction training, and were familiar with various laws and regulations... To be fair, these long-term officials learned quickly and integrated quickly..

After all, after working as an official for many years, being shrewd and capable is the basic skill.

Although those young people who came out of the school may pass their homework, when it comes to actually performing various tasks, these old officials are more useful.

Just manage them well.

Fortunately A group has an overall atmosphere. Even if there were some shortcomings before, they will not change after joining Liangshan. The

Military Justice Department is watching, and the colleagues around them are doing their work with heart, and there is no need to accept bribes, and they are in harmony with Liangshan. The difference between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty is that the salary in Liangshan is much higher than that given by Zhao Guan's family.

In this way, these people have also undergone radical changes in the Liangshan divisions.

If Song Jiang was not too high-spirited and too sinister, he would actually be like Song Jiang The usefulness of taking over this kind of old official is really not small.

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"Next, we must take good care of it. If there is any trouble with fertilizers and water diversion, just tell me directly and don't begrudge the expenditure. Once the cotton is planted, it will be a big source of wealth for us in Liangshan."

Wang Lun looked at hundreds of acres of land.

He found that they were all about the same.

It is August now, and the cotton has begun to pull. After a while, white and plump cotton will appear in the farmland.

Look now The growth rate is about 500 kilograms per acre of land.

This yield is amazing.

It is probably due to the blessing of the"Shen Nong" status.

Generally, the low-yield cotton fields in later generations are about 300 to 400 kilograms, and the middle-yield fields are about 300 to 400 kilograms. It is about 4,560 to 600 kilograms. High-yielding cotton fields are about 700 to 800 kilograms.

The first planting of Liangshan cotton fields, if not for the blessing of Shennong, would not have been able to achieve a yield of about 500 kilograms.

Of course, The first crop is"seed cotton", which is cotton with cotton seed shells. The shells are removed, dried, and compacted, and the final product is"lint", which is cotton that can be used for spinning.

About ten pounds of seed cotton Three kilograms of lint cotton is produced, which means that the yield per mu is about 150 kilograms of lint cotton.

One piece of cloth weighs about twelve or three kilograms, which means that one acre of land can spin about twelve pieces of cloth.

Song cloth is expensive , in fact, cloth in the Ming Dynasty was not cheap, otherwise there would be no such thing as being used as a quilt or as clothes.

Among the cloths in the Song Dynasty, linen was the cheapest, with the lowest price per piece ranging from more than 100 to more than 200 yuan. It was 300 to 400 yuan per piece.

And cotton cloth was more than 100 yuan in the Renzong period, and the normal price was about 1.5 yuan. In the Shenzong period, prices began to rise, and cotton cloth cost 300 yuan per foot. This price was not the normal price. If the cloth is more than 40 feet long, the price is ridiculously expensive.

The price of ordinary ready-made clothes, depending on the style and sewing quality, is about three to four hundred to six or seven hundred.

This is the price of ready-made clothes. Ordinary people basically buy cloth. If you sew by yourself, you will save a lot of manual labor. Those who buy ready-made clothes are those who have no one at home who can sew or have no time to sew. They are basically businessmen. There are many scholars who travel abroad. Ordinary people rarely buy ready-made clothes. Rich people People have tailors at home, and they are unlikely to buy ready-made clothes from outside.

The same goes for cloth shoes. Ready-made shoes are much more expensive. It is much cheaper to buy the soles yourself and sew the uppers yourself. Now during the Huizong period, there is only one shoe in the market. The price of cloth is about three and a half to four guans.

This price is much higher than during the reign of Renzong, but it is still within a reasonable range.

Wang Lun did some calculations, excluding land income and labor costs plus textile costs, and one acre of land was The net income from growing cotton is also in the range of about three shiguan.

This is a bit scary.

You must know that the average yield of staple food per acre of land is three shiguan, which is not bad. The maximum is six shiguan in two seasons a year. Excluding labor costs, one acre of land The net income in a year is only about three thousand dollars.

The net income from cash crops is ten times that of staple food...

No wonder that in the Ming Dynasty, several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River used a large number of mulberry trees to weave silk or grow cotton for spinning.

Jiangnan's If you don't have enough grain, you have to buy grain from Huguang. A large number of grain ships go to Jiangnan from Huguang every day.

So there is nothing to worry about. As long as you make money, just grow cash crops.

If it is not easy to grow in other places, you will naturally grow grain.

Wang Lun can row A red line, under the rule of Liangshan, a certain degree of food self-sufficiency was guaranteed. In other places, cotton could be grown in large quantities as long as it was suitable!

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Trade in the Song Dynasty was developed, and textiles The cloth can be digested by itself and can be traded with foreign countries. Cloth is considered a high-tech product these days. It is cheaper than wool and leather, warmer and more comfortable than linen and other textiles. You can sell as much as you can!

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After seeing the cotton fields, Wang Lun went around to the branch of the Construction Department on the side of Shijie Lake.

The scale here is much larger than that on the mountain.

There are many coal kilns and the smoke is everywhere.

Wang Lun also shook his head.

Fortunately, I won't stay here in Yuncheng in the future. It's a bit remote after all.

In the future, they may move to Qizhou or Zizhou, or they may wait until more military states are captured.

The little smoke now blows away when the wind picks up, and the sky is still as blue as a sapphire. It is still far away from real industrial pollution.

A large number of armors, weapons, and various iron tools were cast here.

The sound of tinkling sounds kept coming.

In addition to armor and weapons.

In addition to a large number of civilian supplies.

At present, the most manufactured are heavy crossbows and light crossbows.

There are no mid-range crossbows like the Kuzhang Crossbow. It requires both arms and legs to be used when firing. It is difficult to pull and consumes a lot of physical energy.[]

And shooting requires two people, one for the stand and one for the sight.

Another waste of manpower.

The range is far worse than that of the heavy crossbow, and its power is limited compared to the divine arm bow.

As for short range, use the Crouching Tiger Cannon to make up for it.

When the technology becomes more sophisticated, copper cannons can be cast using the clay mold method, and Liangshan has sufficient copper reserves. At that time, we can consider making Folan cannons.

It happens to have a medium range. The large Folang machine can replace the heavy crossbow, and the small Folang machine makes up for the lack of medium range.

Another squatting tiger cannon fired shotguns nearby, sweeping across the area.

No more shortcomings.

Now we are short of time and raw materials.

Another six months to a year.

It can be equipped with 1,500 to 2,000 large and small Folang machines.

Three thousand to five thousand tigers squat and cannon.

Fifteen thousand to twenty thousand divine arm bows!

By then, the archers will basically be eliminated.

The Song Dynasty was not so luxurious.

The Song army had seventy crossbowmen, with few crossbows and many bows.

After all, the manufacturing of bows and crossbows is quite different. Except for the special bows used by a few generals, standard military bows are time-consuming and the cost is not high.

Crossbows are different. No matter how cheap a god's arm bow is, it's still worth a lot of money, especially since it's not like a bow and arrow. Bows and arrows only need to be carefully maintained when they are made. However, crossbows need to replace parts regularly, otherwise they will become useless. Rubbish.

Liangshan is not worried here.

The Construction Department is quite powerful.

The parts are all universal, and crossbowmen can maintain and replace them by themselves with a little training.

There are also craftsmen who accompany the army and are responsible for the maintenance and repair of heavy crossbows.

With such luxurious long-range equipment and powerful cavalry, Liangshan has the basis for further large-scale expansion in a year.

With artillery, crossbows will not stop being manufactured for the time being, mainly for guards and local troops to use.

In addition, water camp is needed.

The existing artillery used on the water is not as powerful as a heavy crossbow.

A single crossbow also requires a dozen people to control it, and its range is at least 500 steps.

Existing artillery cannot achieve this kind of power anyway.

In the future, if a thousand-ton ship is built, it can be equipped with an eight-oxen crossbow, which can penetrate an enemy ship with more than a thousand steps, so that no one dares to stand on the deck. The production of a crossbow is not a myth.

In the era of cold weapons, firearms need to be developed, but before firearms develop, you can't just throw away your original specialty.

This was the case in the Ming Dynasty. Bows, arrows, and crossbows were originally the weapons used by the Han people to control the Tatars!

Li Ling's five thousand men faced hundreds of thousands of Huns on the grassland. The other side had no way to defeat the Han army, because the Han army had armor and powerful crossbows. The nomadic people's soft cavalry bows were no match for the Han crossbows, and they were all shot at. , of course not the opponent of the Han army.

If Li Ling hadn't finished shooting his arrows later, the five thousand Han troops would have broken out.

One Han army defeated five Xiongnu. This is not bragging. It is the bonus effect of strong bows, hard crossbows, armor and sharp blades.

Even though the Tang Dynasty was a prosperous period, the Song people also relied on strong crossbows to carry several Tatar empires. By the Ming Dynasty, they had lost their skills in crossbows and firearms... It was really like losing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds. I didn’t even pick up any sesame seeds! unlucky!

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After looking around, Meng Kang rushed over and saluted Wang Lun.

"Brother Meng doesn't need to be polite."

Wang Lun is extremely satisfied with what Meng Kang has done. It can be said that he is the most important person above all other officials.

Meng Kang does not fight for power and is relatively aloof. The more so, the more Wang Lun trusts him.

Don't say Meng Kang , that is, Jin Dajian, Tang Long, Xiao Rang, Jiang Jing, Huangfu Duan and An Daoquan are all worry-free and trouble-free masters.

Technical talents are good!

"Gifts cannot be discarded." Meng Kang chuckled, took out a wooden box-like thing, handed it to Wang Lun, and said with a smile:"Master, this is our next profit growth point."

This is a strange thing to say, but Tang Long and the others are used to hearing it.

They all learned it from the boss...

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