Zhao Xian nodded and said:
"An army is raised for a thousand days to be used for one hour. The war is now over, and it is estimated that there will be no battles to fight for a long time to come. However, the training of the soldiers cannot be stopped."
From now on, in addition to strengthening daily military training, soldiers will also learn to grow crops, participate in agricultural work, and incorporate agricultural production into their daily training.
“Brother Zhao is right. I will have the soldiers strengthen their training in this area so that they can not only fight on the battlefield but also farm in the fields.”
After Li Guang finished speaking, he prepared to leave, but Zhao Xian stopped him and said:
"Li Guang, wait a moment before you go. I'll take you to see something."
Brother Zhao was going to take him to see something, something that was definitely not ordinary and should have some value. Thinking of this, Li Guang became interested and followed Zhao Xian toward the workshop.
In the workshop, Shen Jianfeng and Wan Xiumei were busy weaving all the cotton wool in the workshop into yarn, spinning it into cloth, and dyeing the cloth in various colors so that the colors would not fade after washing.
For Shen Jianfeng and Wan Xiumei, this represents a considerable success in spinning, weaving, and dyeing fabrics.
Shen Jianfeng is currently researching how to quickly remove cotton seeds from cotton and then make cotton wadding.
Just as he was deep in thought, Zhao Xian led his men in. Shen Jianfeng immediately stopped what he was doing, stood up, and spoke.
"Lord Shaoqing has arrived."
After Shen Jianfeng finished speaking, he looked at Li Guang.
"Young Master Shen, let me introduce you. This is Li Guang."
"Li Guang".
Shen Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.
"I am Chen Jianfeng, and I have met General Li."
Li Guang's name was already well-known to Shen Jianfeng.
Shen Jianfeng came from Panzhou, and Li Guang's relief of Panzhou was already known throughout the world. How could I not know that?
At this moment, Wan Xiumei walked to Li Guang's side and performed a curtsy.
"Wan Xiumei greets General Li."
“Young Master Shen and Miss Wan, you needn’t be so polite,” Li Guang said.
Looking at everything before him, Li Guang seemed to understand something and asked:
"Young Master Shen, what are you doing?"
"General Li, you may not know this, but we are studying white silk. We have already spun it into yarn and woven it into cloth."
Now we're looking back at how to remove the cotton seeds from the cotton and then process the cotton into cotton wool.
This was Li Guang's first time encountering white berries, and he was unfamiliar with this crop.
Shen Jianfeng began to explain the crop, Bai Die Zi, to Li Guang in detail. When Li Guang learned that Bai Die Zi fruits could produce cotton fibers and be used for spinning and weaving, he was astonished.
Li Guang quickly realized that once the crop Bai Die Zi was promoted, it would have a huge impact on people's daily lives.
The clothes people wear and the blankets they use in bed are incredibly important.
In impoverished families, having clothes to wear is a luxury. Sometimes, several family members share only one pair of pants, which they wear when they go out.
With white blankets, if they are widely adopted, everyone will have clothes to wear and every household will have blankets to cover themselves, and there will never again be cases of people freezing to death in the cold winter.
"Can white berries be widely cultivated?" Li Guang asked.
Shen Jianfeng nodded, appearing very excited.
“It can be promoted. This year when I was in Panzhou, I started to try planting white berries. At first, they grew well, but unfortunately the Jin army invaded Panzhou and destroyed all the white berries I planted.”
Therefore, I came to Shuixian Village specifically to cultivate and research Bai Die Zi (a type of wild herb), and to promote this crop in the Northern Dynasties.
“That’s wonderful. I will help Young Master Shen promote the use of white sesame seeds in the Great Northern Dynasty to benefit the people.”
"Thank you, General Li," Shen Jianfeng said excitedly.
At this moment, Zhao Xian walked up to Shen Jianfeng and said:
"Young Master Shen just mentioned some problems you encountered in your research. What were those problems?"
“I want to remove the cotton seeds from the cotton, but doing it by hand is too inefficient. I’m thinking about whether there’s a better way to solve this problem,” Shen Jianfeng said.
"This is not difficult. I will make you a machine to remove cotton seeds from cotton later. It can quickly remove cotton seeds from cotton."
Furthermore, it's not possible to directly make cotton yarn from cotton; the cotton must first be processed into cotton wadding. Only then can high-quality cotton yarn be spun, and only cotton yarn of uniform thickness can be woven into good fabric.
Zhao Xian knew that the ancients had already invented a flower-making machine, but this machine was made of wood and could not compare with modern flower-making machines.
Compared to manual labor, the efficiency of a wooden flower-making machine is already very high.
As for processing cotton into cotton wadding, it is also very simple; all you need to do is make some cotton-fluffing tools.
Shen Jianfeng was very pleased. If Zhao Xian could create a cotton seed removal machine and find a way to process cotton into cotton wadding, it would solve a major problem in the spinning and weaving process and greatly improve efficiency.
Li Guang stayed in the workshop studying the white paper until lunchtime before hurriedly leaving. He knew that Meng Yaoyao had already prepared lunch and was waiting for him to come back and eat.
At this moment in the capital, the emperor was about to go to dinner when he suddenly received a battle report from the border and immediately ordered someone to present it to him.
In fact, the emperor had received news of the great victory at the border a few days earlier, but he did not know the specific details, so he had been waiting for the battle report for the past few days. Now, the battle report finally arrived.
The emperor took the battle report and began to read it carefully. Gradually, his hands trembled a little, and he was so excited that he almost danced with joy.
"Excellent, it's Qing'er again. He's truly my good son."
The emperor read the battle report several times in a row, reluctant to put it down.
The eunuch beside him began to urge him on, and only then did the emperor put down the battle report in his hand and reluctantly leave the imperial study.
Overjoyed, the emperor ate an extra bowl of rice at noon.
The emperor put down his chopsticks, looked at the empty seat next to him, and spoke excitedly.
"Your Majesty has suffered. Please hold on for a few more days. I will send someone to bring you back to the capital from the border tomorrow."
The next morning, the emperor arrived at the court early.
The ministers were notified yesterday that everyone must attend court today and no leave is permitted, as the Emperor has important matters to announce.
All the ministers arrived at the court early, and they basically guessed that what the emperor was talking about was probably the great victory at the border.
In the imperial court, the emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, his face beaming with joy.
Everyone knew that the emperor was very composed and that he would not usually reveal his preferences, but today was different.
At this moment, Li Hui was also in the court. Seeing the emperor's delighted expression, he had already guessed most of the truth.
This matter was related to Li Guang again, and Li Hui felt as if he had swallowed a fly. His jealousy had already been overturned, and he was filled with mixed feelings.
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