Chapter 366 Textile Industry
After the Ling sisters visited the VIP room of Yanzhifang once, they completely fell in love with this place and never thought of returning to the capital again.
It was not until dark that the two sisters of the Ling family reluctantly left the Rouge Shop.
By this time, it was already dark outside.
But the streets of Qiongzhou are filled with specially made lanterns.
These lanterns contain candles in porcelain bowls. After the wick burns out, you can replace the wick and use it again.
Because there are so many lanterns hanging, the whole street is still bright.
In addition to the shops open for business, there are also many small vendors on the roadside.
Although there are not as many people as during the day, the streets are still very busy.
Ling Yanli lifted the car curtain and looked at the scene outside. She couldn't help but sigh, "How can there be such a beautiful place in this world?"
Ling Yanzhu pressed her hands against her moist face, feeling several years younger. While feeling happy, she also felt a pang of sourness. "I heard that Rouge Shop is owned by the Jiang family! How much silver do you think she earns in a day?"
"What's that? The whole world will belong to her in the future. Why would she care about this little property?" Ling Yanli said, feeling very uncomfortable.
But soon, she was attracted by the scene outside.
If she hadn't been delayed for too long today and worried about being blamed by her husband for coming back late, she would have wanted to go downstairs for a walk.
On the other side, the Qu family father and son were also full of emotion.
Like the Ling sisters, the father and son also gained a lot, and they all had arms full of books.
These were all bought in the study today.
The brothers initially thought the exam questions were very strange and completely baffled, but after reading the books in their study, they suddenly understood.
At this time, a few people only regretted that they came to Lingnan too late and encountered these books too late.
The father and his sons left the study, got on a carriage and slowly headed home.
Looking at the lively scene outside the street, the father and son remained silent.
Such a lively night market is very rare even in the capital. In the capital, except for the lanterns hung in front of the doors of the wealthy families, there are no street lights on ordinary streets.
In Lingnan, the study has a reading area where books can be read at will without charge. There are also many illuminated lanterns on the streets for passers-by to use at night.
In addition, they also heard about many new policies in Lingnan. For example, the government would rent cattle and the latest farming tools to farmers, and they only needed to hand over a certain amount of grain when paying taxes.
The newly made farm tools really surprised them. Such exquisite farm tools, samples and drawings were displayed so openly in the display cabinet.
Anyone can copy the blueprints and make them themselves. If there is anything they don’t understand, the store staff will explain it to them.
This is completely different from the education they received since childhood.
If any noble family holds any secret plan, they will hide it, fearing that others will learn it.
Books are even more of a status symbol.
Some books that are privately collected by aristocratic families will not be easily loaned out.
Even if poor students can study, their resources are far inferior to those of wealthy families.
But everything in Lingnan overturned their cognition.
Here, ordinary people can also read. There are many books in the reading area of the study, and there are no identity restrictions.
Some skills are even made public directly, allowing everyone to discuss and pursue common progress.
Looking at the prosperous scene in Lingnan, Qu Siyuan couldn't help but feel suspicious. "Dad, General Lu has already recovered the lost territory, but he hasn't taken the next step. Is he planning to move the capital?"
Qu Xiujie stroked his beard and thought, feeling that this matter was really hard to say.
After all, judging from Jiang Tangtang's current actions, it is obvious that she still wants to vigorously develop Lingnan.
He thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, let's first buy a house and property in Qiongzhou!"
Like the Qu family, many meritorious families were wondering whether the Lu family would move the capital to Lingnan after becoming emperor.
They were all in a hurry to buy houses and properties in Lingnan.
Everyone's speculation led to another surge in real estate sales in Lingnan.
However, Jiang Tangtang did not intend to move the capital as they had suspected. She postponed the coronation ceremony simply because she felt that she should first focus on restoring agriculture.
Of course, she was also happy to see the meritorious families making random guesses and spending a lot of money to buy property in Lingnan, thereby boosting the local economy.
Not only that, she also gave Lu Zhixi an idea to build entertainment and consumption venues in the city.
Two years ago, the orchard winery and tea plantation projects that had to be stopped due to drought have also been restarted.
In addition, Jiang Tangtang also decided to vigorously develop the textile industry.
The drought not only left farmers with no harvest, but also killed almost all vegetation such as cotton and linen that could be used for textiles.
Last winter, woolen fabrics were the most popular item in the market.
Jiang Tangtang has planned out areas suitable for growing cotton based on maps and by visiting the area in person on his Gugu.
In addition to attracting refugees to move in, there is now another thorny problem: the lack of cotton seeds.
In modern times, Jiang Tangtang runs a farm stay, where he grows mostly fruits and vegetables, crops that city dwellers can pick by hand. There are also flowers and plants that beautify the environment.
Therefore, there were no cotton seeds in her space. Although she later paid attention to collecting seeds, they were mostly seeds of medicinal herbs and crops, and she did not specifically collect cotton seeds.
Just as Jiang Tangtang was worried, Lu Shiyan said, "The wealthy families in the southern Xinjiang area should have some cotton seeds left."
The southern Xinjiang area was the cotton-producing area of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There are many textile families in the area, and they employ a large number of slaves. From planting cotton to picking cotton, and finally spinning and weaving, all the work is done by the slaves.
Textile technology is also completely controlled by the aristocratic families.
However, in the past two years, disasters have continued, and chaos has broken out everywhere. Slaves have fled in large numbers, and the noble families have been unable to take care of them in order to escape.
The world today has been reshuffled.
Many slaves who fled to Lingnan already had new identities.
Jiang Tangtang wanted to organize these people who knew how to weave and teach more people how to spin yarn and weave cloth.
At the same time, she also wanted to copy out the textile-related books in the book bar and let these people study them to see if it could promote the progress of the textile industry in this era and finally realize mechanical textile.
Of course, it is still too far away to think about mechanical textiles now.
The best solution for now is to solve the problems of seeds and planting first!
Jiang Tangtang said, "Then I'll send someone to inquire and buy some seeds from these noble families."
Cotton is not planted until April or May, so there is no problem in breeding it by relying on space.
And according to previous experience, seeds grown in space, when planted outside, not only have lower pest and disease risks, but also higher yields.
(My dears, I have slightly revised chapters 348 and 349. The changes are not big. If you are willing to go back and read, you can read the part after 348. Sorry, I have not updated much in the past two days. I get stuck when I make changes. I will try my best to return to normal tomorrow. I am very sorry!)
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