Wentang

Chapter 221 The Cotton Seeds in Hand
Yue Shan perfected his plan again, making Daomen officially a pawn on his chessboard.

It was noon soon, and Xiang Ning was always serving beside him during the meal, unwilling to leave even a single step.Serving tea and water, adding vegetables to serve rice... It's just a matter of feeding it to your mouth yourself.

Not to mention, the thoughtful service of such a beautiful girl is really fascinating - if Yue Shan's biological age is not only 12 years old.

He didn't stop Xiang Ning from being courteous, firstly, he really enjoyed it, and secondly, he also wanted to see what the housekeeper wanted to do.

After eating, Yue Shan suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked: "Xiang Ning, how many Baidiezi seeds have you collected?"

"I thought Mr. Lang had forgotten about this." Xiang Ning said coquettishly: "My family ran all over Chang'an City to collect seeds, and my waist is so tired. If you don't believe me, touch it..."

"Okay, I'm talking about business with you." Yue Shan said displeased.

Seeing signs of anger in him, Xiang Ning immediately put away her flattery, and quickly said, "Don't worry, sir, I've been helping you collect seeds, and there's already a bucket of them."

Yue Shan's eyes lit up: "One fight? So many."

"Your Majesty has a lot of face. Many people heard that our house is collecting the seeds of Baidiezi, and they all offered to send them to their door." Xiang Ning said flatteringly.

"Bring me the seeds quickly." Yue Shan said happily.

After a while, Xiang Ning brought someone to fetch the seeds.

A burlap bag filled with half a bag of seeds.Yue Shan opened it and examined it carefully. It was indeed cotton seeds, and it was unmistakable.

It's just a pity that some of them may have been accidentally broken when taking the seeds, and some of them were gnawed by something.There are also some lint that are not cleaned well...

Yue Shan reckoned, the real number is at most one bowl.

Although not much, he was not disappointed at all.He had already learned before that cotton was rarely seen in the Central Plains, and even fewer people planted it as flowers.

After all, cotton is not very beautiful, it can only be said to be unique, and few people grow it except for collectors.It is not bad to be able to collect so many seeds.

As long as they are properly cultivated, these seeds will increase dozens of times next year, and they can be planted on a large scale within a few years.

Now it is the turn of spring and summer, which is the season for planting cotton. When I go back, I will quickly grow the seedlings.

As for the fields...the most indispensable thing is this.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no concept of fertilization, and the rotation system was adopted in order to restore soil fertility.The land at home is divided into two parts, one part is planted this year, and the other part is planted next year.

This is also the reason why many people seem to be lower and have a lot of numbers on the surface, but they are still hungry. After all, only half of the land can grow crops.

Half of Yue Shan's land is also idle, so it's no problem to take out a part of the land to grow cotton.

As for the lack of land resources, it is not a problem for him at all.As a rural child in his previous life, he is very familiar with retting manure. He retting all the farmyard manure made by the academy, and scattered it on the ground in a few days to use it as fertilizer.

After the summer grain is harvested, the people in the same village will surely follow suit after seeing the yield per mu of the land after fertilization.In a few years, the retting technology will be popularized in Datang.

Once the crop rotation system is banned, Datang's grain surplus will at least double.The increase in food production brings about the improvement of national strength and the explosive growth of population...

Then go to the Americas to bring back potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc., and Datang will take off completely... These mountains and mountains have been planned.

The topic is far away, let's talk about Yue Shan, after seeing the cotton seeds, he put down other work, and sorted and processed them one by one.

He didn't throw away those broken seeds that were not very serious, but put them aside alone.As long as the kernel in the middle is not broken, these seeds still have a certain probability of germination.

If one more seedling is cultivated now, there will be dozens or hundreds of seeds next year, so it cannot be wasted.

Xiang Ning also wanted to step forward to help, but this time Yue Shan didn't accommodate her, and directly drove her aside.Handy, what if you break one?
She stomped Xiang Ning's feet, but there was nothing she could do, but soon her attention was diverted to Bai Dizi's usefulness.What is so magical about this thing that Mr. Lang attaches so much importance to it?

It took Yue Shan half a day to finally clean up the seeds. After carefully putting them away, he began to recall how he planted cotton in his previous life.

He also only planted cotton when he was a child, and few people have been planting it since he was in junior high school.High cost, inconvenient management, many diseases and insect pests, low price... In short, it is not profitable, and the people are naturally unwilling to grow it.

Counting it, it has been almost 20 years since he planted cotton, and he can't remember many precautions clearly, so he needs to recall it again.He didn't want an oversight to cause the experiment to fail.

In fact, he also knows that cotton is not so delicate.When the season came, the seeds could germinate by burying them in the soil... But in order to ensure the survival rate, he decided to do his best.

The first thing is to cultivate. I remember that when I was a child, to cultivate cotton seeds, I had to make a nutrient bowl first, and put the seeds on the nutrient bowl, so that I could transplant them.

The nutritional bowl is simple, and the making tool is very simple and the structure is very clear. He can copy one.The difficulty is another thing... the greenhouse.

In order to ensure humidity and temperature, seeds are generally cultivated in greenhouses.This requires polyethylene film.

But plastic... Forget it, this is beyond the scope of Yue Shan's ability, and it is estimated that it will not be manufactured in another 500 years.

Is there something that can be substituted for film?Glass.

Thinking of glass, Yue Shan suddenly slapped his thigh, how could he ignore this money printing machine.In ancient times, the most profitable thing was glass.

There is almost no cost, and the price can be sold thousands of times... It is what Yi Yi Wan Li is talking about.And this thing is different from other things. It harvests the wealth of the rich, which can alleviate the gap between the rich and the poor to a certain extent.

No, we must quickly get this thing out.

As for how to burn glass, Yue Shan is quite clear.No way, this is a professional advantage.

It can be said that all kinds of mechanical drawings and production methods of major inventions before the second industrial revolution can be found in history books, it depends on whether you pay attention.

Although Yue Shan belongs to the kind of person who doesn't pay attention, he still remembers some professional needs, although not many.Among them is the firing method of glass, and it is clean and transparent.

Glass is so lucrative that it is necessary to find a partner.Yue Shan thought to himself.

As for who to cooperate with, do you still have to ask, it must be the emperor.Who will be jealous then?
Besides, he just betrothed his daughter to him, so he should also express it.After all, the future father-in-law?

(End of this chapter)