"It's growing well! It's just that I just can't figure out why Master attaches so much importance to this thing called cotton?" Yang Bin looked at the cotton field in front of him that was growing gratifyingly, and couldn't help but look at his classmates in confusion.
“Master once said, ‘Don’t underestimate an unknown crop until its edible or economic value has not been realized’.
This cotton was brought back and cultivated all the way from the Western Regions by Master, Senior Brother Xu. Since he attaches so much importance to it, naturally there is a shocking economic value or food value hidden behind this cotton." Yang Bin's student Nong Sheng said seriously.
Answered.
"It should not be of edible value. To tell you the truth, I secretly cooked everything from flowers to fruits and even rhizomes, but I found that except for the flower seeds, which can be squeezed for oil, no part of them can be eaten. And the flower seeds are squeezed out.
Oil, at most, can be used to light oil lamps, but it cannot be used for cooking." Yang Bin approached the farmer and whispered to him.
"Ah! Cotton is so scarce, and you secretly use it for cooking?" the farmer shouted in surprise.
"Shh! Don't be too loud. I don't want to be discovered by the teacher... Actually, isn't this just an experiment? Although the master didn't directly tell us what this cotton is for, since we are his disciples, we should also
With a pragmatic attitude, do some careful research." Yang Bin answered matter-of-factly.
"Actually, you will know it as soon as you hear its name. It is called cotton. Since there is a word 'cotton', the first thing that naturally comes to mind is kapok. What is kapok used for? It is used by wealthy families to put it in their sheets.
It’s used to keep warm, so this cotton, especially the cotton batting, isn’t it just used to fill clothes or sheets?” the farmer said angrily.
"Yes! Why didn't I think of it?!" Yang Bin suddenly realized.
"You, all your wisdom is focused on eating." The farmer said with a wry smile.
"I can't help it! I was scared of hunger before, so I just thought about increasing the yield per acre of land four or five times, so that even if my family has less land, it will still be enough for food and clothing." Yang Bin said with a blushing face.
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"Four or five times? Based on past calculations, or based on Nanyang's output?" The farmer was surprised.
"Of course, based on past calculations, one acre in Nanyang already has six hundred kilograms of grain, which is more than three times that of other places. How could I dare to ask for such a high price?" Yang Bin replied immediately.
"Huh, I thought you were planning to increase the output here in Nanyang by four or five times! To be honest, such an output can only be found in the God Realm in the sky. How can we have it in the human world?" The farmer said angrily.
Speaking of.
"Who said there will be no more human beings?" A laugh appeared behind the two of them.
"Master!" The two of them turned around and saw Xie Xin approaching, and immediately saluted respectfully.
"Your agricultural and mulberry training class is just you two students. However, you are responsible for the four acres of experimental fields in front of you. Do you think it is hard or not?" Xie Xin asked casually.
"It's not hard!" they both replied in unison.
"Well, are you almost done with today's work?" Xie Xin continued to ask.
"Yes, there is nothing important." The two continued to answer.
"Well, when you are ready, students from the craftsman training class will come here to take classes. Be careful not to let them trample on this cotton field!" Xie Xin said seriously.
"Don't worry, Master, if anyone dares to put a dog's legs into the field, I will just cut it off with a hoe!" Yang Bin replied fiercely.
"By the way, they are also your senior brothers..." Xie Xin smiled bitterly.
"Speaking of which, what are the master's craftsmen's advanced training classes here to do? To be honest, I'm very surprised how the craftsmanship department and the agriculture and mulberry cultivation department are related?" Nong Sheng couldn't figure it out.
"It's not surprising. The tools you use to farm, the tools you use to process the food you produce, and the various tools used to transport food are all produced by craftsmen. It can be said that you and the craftsmen are the closest to each other.
As for today, they came here to study how to make cotton quilts or cotton-padded clothes. If they can research it in the future, given the output and value of cotton, I believe that ordinary people can also enjoy the cotton-padded clothes and quilts produced.
Yes." Xie Xin replied seriously.
"Master, are you serious about what you said?!" Yang Bin's eyes lit up.
He is a student from Youzhou, where it freezes to death in the winter. However, fur coats and many other warm clothes and quilts are only enjoyed by the rich, and their poor families can only try their best to take advantage of the coming winter.
Before that, I came back to burn more charcoal fires and spent the winter burning charcoal.
Just burning charcoal is also dangerous, and many people have died of charcoal poisoning. There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, if the whole family is burned, there is still a chance of survival. If it is not burned, the elderly and children may have to die in the winter.
Freeze it first.
If there is a cheap thermal insulation material, more families in China can be protected from wind and snow during winter.
For Yang Bin, who was born as a farmer, what could be more exciting than this?
"Of course what I said is true, but this requires a process. After all, no one in China has ever seen this kind of cotton, let alone how to turn it into cloth or something.
In addition, you need to not only increase the yield of cotton as much as possible, but also find ways to expand the scope of cotton cultivation. Otherwise, the cotton and cotton cloth produced from cotton, an emerging crop, will ultimately only be exclusive to rich people." Thank you.
Xin said with a smile.
"Master, we are students, not researchers!" the farmer said with a wry smile.
"So, soon a group of agricultural researchers from the Huaxia Academy of Science and Technology will come to your cotton fields to study this. What you need is to start with them and absorb some new knowledge from them." Xie Xin.
Said kindly.
"Yes!" they both replied in unison.
Not long after, five students from the craftsman training class arrived at the experimental field.
"Master, is this the cotton you call?" Huang Ying looked at the cotton in the field curiously.
"Yes, it is now the day of harvest. You can keep the seeds for them, and you can use the cotton for testing. But how to separate the cotton seeds from the cotton depends on your methods." Xie Xin smiled.
Speaking of.
"Let's not talk about this for now. I'll have to see it first before I can be sure." Huang Ying answered seriously.
"Okay! Yang Bin, have you found the old farmer you asked for?" Xie Xin raised his head and asked.
"No problem, you can harvest it at any time!" Yang Bin responded.
After all, the main labor force in the experimental field is still the hired farmers, and the so-called experimental field is actually their family's land, but it is rented by Xie Xin at a high price.
"Then let's start harvesting one or two kilograms of cotton and give it to the craftsmen training class so that they can take a good look at it." Xie Xin said with a smile.
Soon, the old farmers started to take action, and soon three kilograms of cotton were placed in front of Huang Ying and others, letting them play with it.
ten minutes later……
"Did you find anything?" Xie Xin asked tentatively.
"There are a lot of cotton seeds inside, and they are distributed in various positions of the cotton. It is not easy to get out." Huang Ying shook her head.
"I'm not asking you to make it immediately. After all, you are still a group of students. What you need to do is to take these cottons to the Huaxia Academy of Science and Technology. I have arranged for researchers and some skilled craftsmen to carefully break this problem.
Technology, and what you need is to follow them and listen more, start with them appropriately, and strive to be able to take charge of your own business as soon as possible." Xie Xin said kindly.
"No problem!" Huang Ying nodded seriously.
In fact, they all know that Xie Xin is good at economics. Although he has dabbled in various other projects, it is only half a bucket of water.
But it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is not whether the teacher understands it or not, but whether he can correctly guide his own learning direction. Xie Xin can at least see where each student is lacking, and then work out a solution to the problem.
Once the plan comes out, the rest is up to the students’ own enthusiasm.
If you don't like studying in the first place, then it will be useless even if Sage Kong is alive.