Chapter 221 Picking Cotton
She simply ignored Shen Qingxiao's subsequent questions. If she really needed to explain, she could just say that she didn't see it because it was far away and obscured by the winding paths.
When Shen Qingxiao heard that this thing could be made into clothes and quilts, his attention was diverted. He didn't even bother to think about why he hadn't seen it before. "How do I sew it into clothes and quilts?"
In the past, they used to sew ordinary cloth strips into their thick winter clothes and quilts, or sew softer materials into them. But now they don’t even have enough cloth to make a new set of clothes, so how can they use cloth to fill clothes and quilts?
The outer coats and quilts that the Shen family uses to keep warm are all made of animal furs that they had obtained in the mountains before. They can really block the wind, but they have not been professionally processed and are actually not comfortable.
"It's just sewn in, but it needs to be dried and processed first." Shen Qingqian smiled with her eyebrows curved, and she was in a good mood.
She had just taken a quick look. Perhaps due to the system's fertilizer and the divine spring water, these thirty or so cotton plants had produced a large number of bolls. She estimated that each plant would yield between 300 and 500 grams of seed cotton. Overall, she'd get between 6 and 10 kilograms of lint.
Although this amount is far from enough for the needs of the family, Shen Qingqian is not in a hurry. With this batch of cotton, she will find an opportunity to plant the seeds of this batch of cotton, and the next batch will be more.
This year she has no time to take care of the normal planting and flowering periods of cotton. After her family has enough cotton, she will collect the seeds and wait until April next year to sow them again.
If someone wonders why the cotton flowering period is different from this year, she will simply say she knows nothing about it. Anyway, Dajin doesn't have this thing. After planting it for a long time, they will naturally know what's going on. But by then, no one will pursue what happened today.
"Then let's quickly pick all these back!" After Shen Qingxiao confirmed, he also knew that this was a good thing. It was better than sewing leaves and roots into the quilts by Jiang Goudan and the others.
The two sisters began to pick cotton with swift movements.
On the other side, the army in northern Hubei was conducting an inspection of new recruits.
Ling Yun made what Sheng Ze wanted last night. In order to satisfy his master, he didn't sleep the whole night.
However, seeing Liang Cheng's serious face showing a satisfied expression, Ling Yun felt that his efforts were worth it.
"General, you see, the fifth and sixth battalions are led by the Cheng brothers, so they are not bad, right?" Coach Deng almost laughed out loud in his heart, but he said it was okay.
The military organization of the Jin Dynasty was similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty in Shen Qingqian's world history, with 50 men in a company, two companies in a battalion, five companies in a battalion, five battalions in a corps, and ten corps in a wing. The battalion was the most basic combat unit, with infantry always having a full strength of 500 men, while cavalry would be undermanned for various reasons.
Liang Cheng's eyes flashed, and he looked at Coach Deng, "Well, that's right. I heard they are fugitives."
Coach Deng's heart skipped a beat, thinking Liang Cheng had something against this, and he quickly said, "Yes, but I feel that their skills cannot be wasted in a place like the mine, so..."
"I didn't say we can't keep them. Since they have the ability to train soldiers, we should treat them normally in the future. If you want people to work well, they must be well fed." Liang Cheng interrupted Coach Deng, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.
This guy is really willful. It's already this late, but he's still hiding here. He's really patient.
But it is a good thing to keep calm. After all, it is not easy to get back what belongs to you.
After the inspection here was over, all the Hubei North Army lined up and waited for Liang Cheng's comments.
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