One mu of land can produce 240 jin of cotton, which can be sold for 4,800 coins. This is much more profitable than growing grain.
Immediately afterwards, the Great Han Daily published information on cotton cultivation methods, which also mentioned the Western Regions, the best place for cotton cultivation, as well as Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou.
In no time, the word "cotton" became familiar to people in the surrounding area.
As a result, countless powerful families and wealthy clans turned their attention to the Western Regions and those desolate, uninhabited places because of cotton.
Under the organization of the government, the people also began to vigorously develop those barren lands containing sand and alkali.
Many astute merchants also saw the business opportunity. They knew that the north was cold and cotton would become as indispensable as coal in the future. So many merchants and powerful families organized caravans and followed the royal trading company to head west.
At the same time, Zhang Jiao of the Taiping Sect also sent Zhang Bao with dozens of Taiping Sect core members to travel to the Western Regions with those merchant caravans.
Upon learning the news, Lanzhi also requested to go to the Western Regions, but Liu Hong refused.
At present, the Western Regions are not in chaos, so her going there would not be of much help to the Han Dynasty.
On the other side, Cheng Yu, who received Liu Hong's message, also temporarily put aside the matter of destroying the Lesser Yuezhi and personally rushed to Jincheng.
In a secret outpost in the south of the city, Cheng Yu sat at the head of the table, where all the key members of the Jincheng Detective Agency were gathered.
After a long while, Cheng Yu turned to look at the person below him and asked, "How are the arrangements for those refined irons going...?"
The man replied, "Reporting to my superior, everything has been arranged!"
"Hmm, has Liu Yan made any moves lately...?"
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