As the saying goes: Food is the most important thing for people.
But among the ‘food, clothing, housing and transportation’, ‘clothing’ ranks first. Why is this?
People can live without clothes, but they cannot live without food. From birth to death, food will accompany humans throughout their lives.
So, no matter from which perspective, food is more important than clothes, right?
But the ancients ranked "clothing" before "food", and there is a reason for this.
The ancients believed that what makes humans different from other beasts is not only the ability to use tools, but also thoughts and morals. Clothes can not only protect the body from the cold, but also remind people that the reason why we are humans is
There are moral constraints,
Food is the basic material necessary for human survival, and it is the foundation of human survival and continuation. However, morality makes human beings stand out from all things, and food only allows human beings to continue to survive.
Therefore, the word "food" ranks second, but "clothing", which can restrain human morality, ranks first.
The word "clothing" is placed above food, which shows that the ancients attached great importance to their own moral character, and it is also above food.
The importance of "clothing" is self-evident, and in troubled times, the cloth used for clothing is also the most valuable thing. It can even replace gold and silver and be used as currency for rapid transactions.
And if weaving technology is improved and cloth production is increased, it means more wealth will be gained.
That's why Qin Hao was so excited after seeing Jenny's spinning machine.
In fact, there were looms and spinning machines in the late Han Dynasty, but they were too backward and the production efficiency was too low. Even if they weaved continuously, one person could only weave one piece of cloth per month.
The spinning Jenny was invented by the British weaver James Hargreaves in 1764. Although it still required manpower, its spinning capacity was 8 times higher than that of the old British spinning wheels at that time. It was the first time
The beginning of the industrial revolution.
Although the old spinning machines in Britain in 1764 were still backward, their efficiency was at least ten times that of the spinning machines in the late Han Dynasty more than 1,500 years ago. In other words, as long as Qin Hao owned the Jenny spinning machine, the production of cloth under his control would be
The total amount is at least ten times or more than before.
The finances of the Qin army have actually been very tight. After all, they have to support a large number of troops, and at the same time, construction work in various places under their command is also continuing.
Cultivating and earning money while developing in Arrow God naturally requires a huge supply of funds, but such a huge funding gap cannot be filled by taxation alone.
Therefore, since the Battle of Hetao, the Qin Army has been in a state of imbalance of revenue and expenditure. If it were not supported by the Tiangong Treasure, I am afraid that the finances would have collapsed long ago.
According to Qin Hao's original plan, after two years of cultivation and construction, the various places under his command have not only recovered their vitality, but also received a certain amount of development finance. When the current income will definitely exceed the expenditure, they will naturally get rid of this imbalance of revenue and expenditure, and
Return to the path of sound sustainable development and construction.
But if Qin Hao obtains the Jenny Spinning Machine, the Qin Army's productivity will increase dramatically in a short period of time and create several times the wealth and resources before. It will take less than two years for the Qin Army to return to balance of payments.
It has to be said that the Jenny Spinning Machine is definitely a great weapon, but the exchange price is really not cheap. It requires a full 500 summoning points, which is more than the sum of the four technologies previously exchanged.
Although it is expensive, it is worth the money. As long as you have it, the productivity between the Qin army and other princes will be completely expanded, so Qin Hao will never let it go no matter what.
[Okay, Jenny Spinning Machine manufacturing blueprint, exchanged successfully, consumed 500 summoning points, the host currently has 3400 summoning points remaining. 】
After a strong light flashed, a blueprint appeared in Qin Hao's hands, which was the manufacturing blueprint for Jenny's spinning machine.
Qin Hao suppressed the excitement in his heart, smiled and said to himself: "With it, it will be impossible for the major princes to catch up with me in the future, and the gap between them and me will only get wider and wider."
The premise of the current sentence is to prevent other princes from getting the Spinning Jenny, otherwise other princes will also experience a productivity explosion. Freedom is also crucial to the confidentiality of the Spinning Jenny.
After exchanging the Jenny machine, Qin Hao continued to browse other items and exchanged seeds for seven more crops: cotton, carrots, corn, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, and rapeseed flowers.
In fact, many crops in China are not native to China. During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions and brought back many crops: cucumbers, sesame seeds, walnuts, peppers, coriander, broad beans, garlic, grapes, pomegranates, watermelons, spinach, etc., which is enough.
It can be seen that Zhang Qian’s achievements are really great.
As for the seven crops Qin Hao exchanged this time:
Cotton was introduced to China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, carrots in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, corn in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, tomatoes in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, peppers in the late Ming Dynasty, and pumpkins in the Yuan Dynasty.
As for rapeseed, it was only introduced to China in the mid-1950s after the founding of New China.
Qin Hao is not exchanging randomly. The cotton produced from cotton can be used to make cotton-padded clothes, and when used with the Jenny spinning machine, it can promote the development of the textile industry.
Corn is also a high-yielding grain, and when paired with potatoes and sweet potatoes, it can further increase grain production.
Carrots, tomatoes, and pumpkins increase the variety of edible vegetables.
Chili peppers can be used for seasoning, and rapeseed flowers can be used to squeeze oil.
In short, the seven crops Qin Hao exchanged were all things that could help him.
Although the value of these things is high, after all, what is exchanged is just seeds. Qin Hao needs to cultivate them himself to dig out the value, so the exchange price is not expensive. Except for corn, which is worth 150 summoning points, the other six kinds add up to
Only 250 summon points.
After exchanging seven kinds of crops and consuming 400 summoning points, Qin Hao's summoning points were reduced to 3,000. Among them, 2,000 points have been reserved to summon millions of people, so they can be squandered by Qin Hao.
There are only 1000 summoning points left.
Qin Hao recalled it and found that he had exchanged a lot of good things from the mall, including:
Unknowingly, under Qin Hao's intentional or unintentional influence, this era has been completely changed beyond recognition, and the process of civilization can be said to be developing rapidly.
Qin Hao, who has so many good things, can actually become the overlord of the princes even if he does not expand externally and just digests the things in his hands. However, he has never forgotten his original intention, which is to end the troubled times and unify the world.
In order to unify the world as soon as possible, Qin Hao chose to lie dormant, and in the next two years, Qin Hao has been practicing and recuperating to accumulate strength.
Qin Hao was like a big mountain, weighing down the princes from all walks of life. But when they saw Qin Hao entering the comprehensive cultivation, the princes from all over the world couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then started a more intense annexation war.