Xiao Xuan was worried, and stood nervously with Jiang Yuge and Qingtong, quietly waiting for Li Lezhi to finish.
Li Le only calculated that cotton was produced in Hanchuan, which borders the Snow Country. Fortunately, Hanchuan was still in Liangzhou, so nothing would go wrong if they sent people to pick it.
Moreover, if he calculated correctly, there were large areas of cotton growing in Hanchuan. It was not possible to supply all of Liang State, but it was possible to supply important border areas.
When more cotton is planted in the future, we can supply the whole country.
Li Le was relieved. He was just about to find Xiao Xuan to tell him the good news, but when he turned around, he saw Xiao Xuan standing under the eaves with Jiang Yuge and Qingtong.
Li Le was just happy. He didn't expect Xiao Xuan to come to see him. It saved him the trip. He immediately walked over and said to Xiao Xuan, "I just happened to want to see you. I calculated that there is a crop in Hanchuan that can keep out the cold. I will draw it later and you can send someone to pass it to Your Majesty."
When Xiao Xuan saw that Li Le only wanted to talk to him, his heart tightened, his whole body was tense, he stood straight, listened attentively, not wanting to miss a single word.
Sure enough, it was just as he thought.
Taoist Priest Li had predicted the snow disaster, and had also specifically calculated that there was a crop in Hanchuan that could keep out the cold, so a disaster was bound to happen.
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When Xiao Xuan was about to ask, he heard Li Le only say: "The crops grown in Hanchuan this time will be sent to Liangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other places first. We are in a hurry this time and have not had time to plant them. We can only focus on important places. When next spring comes, we will plant them on a large scale in Yangzhou and other places, and then we can sell them to other places."
After Liangzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou appeared, Xiao Xuan's brows were furrowed without any relaxation. He did not expect that there would be snow disasters in these three places. Moreover, from what Taoist Li said, they were important border areas, which was a scene that had not happened in previous years.
It also let Xiao Xuan know that this year's snowstorm would be more severe than in previous years and should not be underestimated.
He immediately said, "Master Li, don't worry. I will rush you eight hundred miles away."
After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and left quickly without stopping. The matter was urgent and he could not afford to delay even a moment.
After Li Le saw him running away, he remembered that he had not drawn the blueprint yet, so he immediately shouted, "Wait, there are more blueprints."
This sound reached Xiao Xuan's ears and almost made him stop. He staggered forward and almost hit the pillar. He supported himself on the pillar with his hands, and after hearing what Li Lezhi said, he ran back in three or two steps with a tense face so that people would not see the shyness in his heart.
I was in such a hurry that I even forgot such an important thing.
It would be fine if only he and Taoist Li knew about it, but the people present, besides him and Li Lezhi, were Jiang Yuge and Qingtong, who looked left and right but couldn't look at Xiao Xuan.
Li Lezhi did not let Xiao Xuan wait any longer. He returned to the house, spread out paper and ground ink, and quickly sketched the appearance of cotton. He also wrote next to it that there were small black seeds inside the white cotton wool, which could be stored for planting in the spring.
It also prevents them from throwing away the seeds as useless things.
Afterwards, Li Lezhi handed the painted cotton to Xiao Xuan. Looking at Xiao Xuan's receding back, Li Lezhi could only hope that the emperor would act faster, so that some people could spend this winter warmly.
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In an urgent message of eight hundred miles, Xiao Xuan mentioned what Li Le had calculated and also wrote down his guess about the snow disaster. After Emperor Zhao received the drawing with cotton in it, he immediately arranged for people to go to Hanchuan, find the cotton in the drawing, and pick it and transport it to Liangzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou.
With the blueprint drawn by Li Le and the guidance of the local Hanchuan people, the people sent by Emperor Zhao did not waste much time and arrived in Hanchuan.
Found a large field of wild cotton.
Looking at the endless patches of white cotton, the people who came to look for it were stunned. There were only three or two of them this time, and they alone could not take away all the cotton from Hanchuan. What's more, the cotton had to be transported to important border areas, so they could not just slack off or do a perfunctory job.
The three men had no choice but to send a message to Emperor Zhao, and then invite local people to come and pick the cotton together. Finally, they finished picking all the cotton within three days.
During the picking process, they found black things in the white cotton wool. They remembered what was written in the painting and thought that these should be the seeds of the white cotton wool. They did not dare to act rashly. After picking the things, they transported them in batches to Liangzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou, and mentioned the white cotton wool and the seeds inside in the letter.
In addition to Yuzhou, Liangzhou, and Jingzhou all received letters from the capital. They all knew how valuable cotton was and did not dare to look down on it. Especially when they knew that there might be a snowstorm at the border, they guarded the cotton as if it were a treasure.
According to the letters sent from Yuzhou, the cotton wool and seeds were peeled off, and then the cotton wool was stuffed into clothes. They were distributed one by one to the people in the city, especially the soldiers guarding the pass, who each received a cotton coat.
After putting on the clothes, everyone felt warm instantly. When walking back and forth outside, except for their faces which were hurt by the cold wind, their cold limbs began to warm up and their bodies were not so cold anymore.
Everyone regarded the cotton given to them as a treasure.
Some people were going to take off their clothes and offer them as sacrifices, or return them. One of the old men said, "Sir, such warm clothes are more needed by the soldiers. They cannot stand the cold when they are guarding the pass. (novel) [(w.)] Come to the novel to read the latest chapter and the complete chapter (w)?"
"Don't worry, old man. You can use whatever you can get. This is also the order of Taoist Priest Li. The elderly and children will be given priority. As for the soldiers, they have been living like this for decades. There is no need to worry about them. (w)?"
The old man's eyes became a little red. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and thanked the man repeatedly. Only after the man's comfort did he dare to accept the clothes and use them with confidence.
In the past, even when the weather was freezing cold, they would always put their descendants first in order to have food. These old guys all had one foot in the coffin. If they couldn't survive the winter, then they couldn't survive it. The worst that could happen was they would just wrap themselves in a shroud and find a place to bury them.
Unexpectedly, today, there are still people who care about them, the old people. This makes the old people feel sad and they pray silently for the Taoist Master Li, hoping that he can live a long life.
The cotton transported to the three places was just enough to supply the people in the three places. Except for the young and middle-aged people, the rest of the old and young, as well as the soldiers guarding the pass, all got one.
In addition, because of the occurrence of snowstorms, many people speculated that it was because the snow was too heavy that it crushed the houses, which led to the death of many people in the snowstorms.
Just thinking about solving this problem has stumped many people. Adding roof beams to prevent landslides is a huge project that not everyone can undertake.
Some people were originally from poor families, with leaky houses everywhere. They patched up their houses during the winter, and some even slept in the open air.
In the end, there was no other choice but to ask those who slept in the Taoist temple to build it more solidly, as long as it was not leaky, so that the houses would not collapse under the heavy snow.
After hearing about this, some people moved into caves, put food and firewood in them, and prepared to spend the entire winter there.
For the remaining ones who had no other options, temporary shelters were built in the three locations for them to live in to ensure that everyone could survive.
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Li Lezhi was also in Yuzhou, and saw too many scenes he had never seen before.
Some people live a hard life and he feels extremely heavy in his heart. The only news he can think of is good news.
That is, every family has surplus food, and they can still survive the winter by eating sparingly. Besides, this is how they survived before Li Lezhi came.
This also made Li Le only think of high-yield sweet potatoes and potatoes, and he didn't know whether they were available in this area.
Li Le just planned to do some calculations to see if he could find it within Daliang.
Just as he was about to calculate, he remembered that high-yield sweet potatoes and potatoes are cultivated through technology, and the wild potatoes and wild sweet potatoes found now may not have such high yields.
If he wanted high yields, he had to figure out the cultivation techniques, but fortunately this was not a difficult task for him.
Li Le only calculated the potatoes and sweet potatoes, and also provided the cultivation techniques.
However, even though potatoes and sweet potatoes were included, it was not so easy to get these two things.
What's more, it is snowing now, which is not a suitable time to go out to look for potatoes and sweet potatoes. Li Le can only ask Xiao Xuan to report these two things to Emperor Zhao.
He said he had calculated that there were high-yield crops called potatoes and sweet potatoes, which could only be found by crossing the ocean.
But the islands with potatoes and sweet potatoes are not very far away from them. But if they really want to get them, it will take a lot of effort. First of all, the shipbuilding industry must be developed to prevent people from falling into the sea and being eaten by fish before crossing the ocean.
This was a long and time-consuming event.
If it were an ordinary person, he would never believe that there is such a magical thing in the world. It is not picky about the place, is extremely easy to survive, and can produce several thousand kilograms per mu, which is such a high yield.
Emperor Zhao felt jealous when he saw it.
But such a good thing requires crossing the ocean to get, so Emperor Zhao had to hold back and focus on practical matters. He sent the Ministry of Works to vigorously develop ships that could sail.
All of a sudden, the amount of work that came out of nowhere shocked the entire Ministry of Works. Originally, they were an inconspicuous department among the six ministries, but suddenly they were valued by His Majesty and were always concerned about.
This excited everyone, young and old, and all the ministers, and they were eager to build a sailing ship for Emperor Zhao immediately.
However, shipbuilding is not easy. Even if the Ministry of Works wants to do it for Emperor Zhao, it can only proceed step by step and cannot achieve success in one go.
This made the Ministry of Industry miss the time when Taoist Priest Li was here very much. If Taoist Priest Li was here, they could also take advantage of their colleague relationship to get close to him and ask Taoist Priest Li to calculate for them so that they could work in that direction.
At this time, Li Lezhi, whom they were worried about, was still in Yuzhou City. The snow was getting thicker and thicker, and the snow that was cleared every day was piled up high.
Everyone is looking forward to the end of this winter. It would be best if it doesn't snow anymore, otherwise, they will always be worried about what will happen if there is a snowstorm.
Fortunately, there were cotton clothes, so many people could go outside and clear the snow to prevent the roofs from collapsing and the roads from being covered with knee-deep snow.
At this time, at the border between Snow Country and Daliang, a team of cavalry was quietly approaching Liangzhou City.
This winter is too cold. The Snow Country is located in a cold area. Although they had prepared food early, they were faced with food shortages and insufficient food, so they still chose to attack Daliang.
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