On a not-so-sultry morning, the Zhu family moved their fat body and squeezed out of the bedroom door frame. A face with a mask of oil paint was washed away, which made him look richer.
Facing the thick clouds in the sky and feeling the stuffy atmosphere from the air, the Zhu family showed a smile.
What others felt unbearable in such a stuffy weather, but he was different, because such a stuffy weather made him know that soon, rain would fall on this land.
And rain is the greatest gift from heaven for every farmer who relies on farming for a living.
So such a stuffy weather may make others feel uncomfortable, but the Zhu family is happy to accept it because he was a former disciple of the farmer family, and now the head of the farmer's department among the six tribes of Yan Emperor, and the Grand Minister of Qin.
He was once the core disciple of the new generation of peasant families. If nothing had changed, he would become one of the six masters of the peasant families, and it would not be impossible for him to be the hero.
But that's just what should be, not what is necessarily happening.
All the trajectories changed with their trip to Xinzheng back then. During that action, they were inexplicably suppressed by a more powerful force. Since then, in his body, except for the peasant disciples.
In addition to identity, there is another layer of identity.
Until Qin State conspired to split Chu, until Qin State conquered Daze Mountain, they completely completed the transformation of their identities. From then on, there were no more farmers in the world, and they were no longer disciples of farmers, but only Qin
The six tribes of Yan Emperor in the country.
In the years since entering Qin, the Zhu family has also gained a firm foothold in Qin with their achievements in farming.
Over the years, he has presided over the improvement of grain seeds in agriculture, the use of manure, and worked with the Mohist school to complete the improvement of plows, and even participated in the project of cultivating the calendar chaired by Taoism and Yin and Yang school.
Relying on these achievements, the Zhu family gradually gained its own place in the Qin court, and last year became the Grand Minister of Qin, the leader of the agricultural affairs of Bijiu, and the head of the affairs of agriculture.
However, although the Zhu family is ranked as the Grand Minister, his living habits are the same as ever. He does not live in a luxury house. In Xianyang City, he only has his own ordinary courtyard as his place to settle down. He still lives in Xianyang more often.
The vast fields outside the city, the fields and the grain crops between the fields are the most attractive things in the world for the Zhu family.
Walking out of the yard and walking on the street, I met the pedestrians on the street, and received sincere greetings. Among those greetings, it was not out of awe of power, but simply because of the Zhu family himself.
This person who has made great contributions to the farming industry deserves anyone's respect.
This kind of respect is particularly precious to the Zhu family, because the physical congenital dwarfs make every respect from them a great affirmation for the Zhu family.
"What will your Majesty summon me today for?" The Zhu family thought about it and walked towards Xianyang Palace.
He has a good martial arts skills, and this distance is nothing to him. If it weren't forbidden to use light skills in Xianyang City, his speed could even exceed the speed of a carriage.
When the Zhu family came to Xianyang Palace, they found that Ying Zheng was summoned not only by him, but also by Cai Ze, the right prime minister and the Mo family's grandmaster Mo Ban.
"Dashi Yuan, how do you see these things?" In the doubts of the Zhu family, Ying Zheng asked the eunuch to bring a box.
The Zhu family opened the box in confusion and found that there was a ball of white silk-like object in the box, like silk, but not silk-wrapped.
The Zhu family stretched out their palms in confusion and grabbed the silk-like object. They felt soft, but had an inexplicable temperature. What is this?
The Zhu family looked at Ying Zheng in confusion and said, "Your Majesty, what is this? Why have I never seen it before?"
"This is cotton. It was sent to Xianyang by General Li from the Western Regions not long ago." Ying Zheng said.
"Cotton? These things?" The Zhu family looked at the 'cotton' in their hands, and it was difficult for a moment to guess Ying Zheng's intention.
It can make the side attach so much importance to it, and it must have its own meaning, but where is its meaning?
The Zhu family was holding cotton in their hands, but in just a short time, a trace of heat had already oozed out of the palm. Feeling the heat in the palm, the Zhu family suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Your Majesty, this may be a cold-proof object in winter?" asked the Zhu family.
"It's not just that, take a closer look at the box." Ying Zheng said.
When the Zhu family heard this, they looked into the box and noticed that there was a base liner at the bottom of the box. Could it be that this is the same?
The Zhu family held the bottom liner in the box in his hand, and realized that this piece of cloth was completely different from the linen or silk thin that he knew, and was another brand new thing.
The Zhu family looked at the things in the palms of both hands and their eyes gradually became solemn. With his insight, he quickly confirmed that although the two things in his palms had completely different external shapes, they were completely in essence.
It's a thing.
"Your Majesty, can these cotton be made into silk threads and then cloth?" Zhu Jia said.
"Not bad." Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, may these cotton be planted on a large scale?" Zhu family asked, unable to hide their excitement while speaking.
"It depends on your ability, Grand Secretary," said Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng is very clear about the significance of cotton to a society.
In his memory, the existence of cotton and wool has set off a great change that changed the world.
Ying Zheng has done everything in the grassland tribes over the past decade that Qin has already given the foundation of wool, and the foundation of cotton has been initially demonstrated at this time. Next, it is time to promote this change across the country.
It's right.
Even in this world, due to different world rules, that great social change may not be reproduced. However, the social significance brought by the popularization of cotton is still huge and is still worthy of Ying Zheng's huge energy investing in it.
The four dimensions of clothing, food, housing, transportation, and people's livelihood.
Through large-scale construction of the road, Qin State has built a road system covering the whole country, barely completing the land trip. The road construction at the township level under the county has lasted for several years.
This problem is not a problem in the era in which Qin State was at this time, just let it go.
As for food, with the existence of the six Yan Emperor tribes, as long as everything can be discovered stably, it will inevitably become better and better.
Only the problem of Duyi has too much restrictions in this era. Fortunately, it is only a matter of time before the grassland tribes were included in the Qin ruling system, and the emergence of cotton solved the final solution for Ying Zheng.