Daqin: Compared with his sons, Ying Zheng is jealous

【After listening to what Prince Fusu said about wool and how to weave wool into wool yarn, King Ying Zheng of Qin, Xu Zi, Xiang Li Ji and others fell into silence and thought.】

【After all, before Prince Fusu proposed spinning wool into yarn, no one had ever heard of wool being spun into yarn.】

【But what Prince Fusu said sounded very feasible.】

【So after thinking for a while, he decided to take action and try it out to see if it was feasible. Xu Zi also looked up at King Ying Zheng of Qin and Crown Prince Fusu and said,"Your Majesty, Your Highness, why don't we go back to the Animal Husbandry Department first?"】

【After all, only the Animal Husbandry Department has a large number of sheep and a lot of wool that can be tested and used.】

【King Qin Ying Zheng nodded directly. He naturally knew that if wool could really be made into yarn and woven into clothes, then how much significance it would have for the Qin State.】

【This brings about a real and hard improvement in the basic national strength!】

【If the basic national strength of Qin could be further improved, then it would be easier and more certain for Qin to destroy the six kingdoms.】

【So even if it was just for this possibility, King Qin Ying Zheng had to go and see for himself whether wool could really be made into yarn and woven into clothes.】

【As for Crown Prince Fusu, it goes without saying that he was the one who came up with the idea of spinning wool into yarn.】

【So how could Prince Fusu not go and take a look in person to verify whether his idea was feasible!】

【Since King Ying Zheng of Qin and Prince Fusu both thought the same, naturally there was no room for others to object.】

【So a large group of people immediately turned around and took the carriage back to the previous Animal Husbandry Department.】

【The farmer in charge of the Animal Husbandry Department was also surprised and excited when he saw the people who had gone and returned, and heard Xu Zi's retelling of the idea of Crown Prince Fusu to spin wool into yarn.】

【He immediately led everyone to the sheep farm again.】

【The number of sheep raised in the sheep farm of the Animal Husbandry Department is not too many, but not too few either. There are about 300 sheep.】

【Then Xu Zi, Xiang Liji and others gathered a large number of farmers and Mohists, and together they caught more than a hundred sheep.】

【Fortunately, these sheep have been domesticated and are relatively docile because of their breeding. They are not wild goats, so even if they are held and fixed, they basically do not resist.】

【Then the Mohist disciples took scissors and began to shear the wool from the sheep.】

【Although the movements were still unfamiliar at first, the Mohist disciples seemed to have mastered the use of tools.】

【But in just a short moment, I had mastered some tricks of shearing sheep.】

【After half an hour, the movements of the hands gradually became more skillful.】

【An hour later, the scissors were being used like flying in the hands of the Mohist disciples.】

【Large amounts of wool are sheared off from individual sheep and then piled together.】

【By sunset, the wool of nearly 300 sheep had been sheared and piled into small hills of wool a meter high.】

【It was obvious that the task of spinning wool into yarn could not be completed today, so Prince Fusu asked the peasants and Mohist disciples to go back and rest first, and continue tomorrow.】

【King Ying Zheng of Qin, who was originally going to return to Zhangtai Palace after visiting the six ministries of the crown prince, also stayed on.】

【Then let Zhao Gao continue to move the accumulated government affairs in Zhangtai Palace to Shanglinyuan for processing as before.】

【Even when some ministers had to discuss matters, King Qin Ying Zheng asked them to come to Shanglin Garden to discuss matters.】

【This made some ministers even wonder in their hearts whether King Ying Zheng of Qin felt that the environment in Shanglin Garden was better and was planning to move the government affairs to Shanglin Garden.】

【As for these murmurs, Qin King Ying Zheng naturally didn't know about them, and didn't care about them.】

【King Ying Zheng of Qin directly moved the government affairs to the Animal Husbandry Department temporarily. While handling government affairs, he would look up from time to time to see the progress of the farmers' children and the Mohist children in processing wool.】

【Although Prince Fusu's idea of turning wool into yarn seems feasible,】

【But in fact, the farmers and Mohists encountered some troubles when processing wool.】

【For example, the various greases and impurities attached to wool】

【Because wool is attached to the sheep for a long time, after a long time, the wool is also attached to all kinds of messy things such as lanolin, sheep sweat, sand, feces, grass leaves, grass stalks, grass seeds, etc.】

【Although some impurities can be directly dissolved in water, there are still a considerable number of impurities that are insoluble in water.】

【Therefore, even after washing with clean water several times, there are still impurities such as grease.】

【Impurities such as grease make the wool stick together, making it difficult to clean the sand, feces, grass leaves, grass stalks, grass seeds and other impurities stuck in it.】

【This problem made the peasants and Mohists think about it for a long time, but they couldn't find a suitable solution.】

【But this is normal. After all, no one has really processed wool before, so naturally no one knows how to quickly remove impurities such as grease attached to wool.】

【Even the peasants and Mohists were prepared to spend ten days or half a month to use exhaustive testing methods to try every possible way to remove impurities such as wool grease.】

【However, before the peasants and Mohists could begin their exhaustive test, Prince Fusu, who was holding a little cat and watching their progress in processing wool, looked at his father, the king, who was handling government affairs.】

【Then Prince Fusu pointed to the brush in his father's hand and asked,"The hair on the brush should be similar to wool, right?"】

【"How do you remove grease and other impurities from the brush?"】

【"The method that can remove grease and other impurities from the brush should also be able to remove grease and other impurities attached to wool."】

【When these words came out, Xu Zi, Xiang Liji and other farmers and Mohists were all stunned.】

【This is probably the inertia of thinking, or maybe it is the darkest place under the lamp.】

【They did not have any experience in dealing with impurities such as grease attached to wool before, so they treated wool as a new thing.】

【But after Prince Fusu said this, Xu Zi, Xiang Liji and others immediately turned around.】

【They have no experience in dealing with impurities such as grease attached to wool.】

【But they are very experienced in dealing with impurities such as grease attached to the hair of the brush.】

【After all, the hair of the brushes currently used is basically collected from rabbits, wolves, etc.】

【The hair of these livestock also has the same problems as when the wool is just washed, such as grease, sand, feces, urine, grass leaves and other impurities.】

【These problems have already been solved by our ancestors.】

【Immediately, a farmer's son found limestone, crushed it into powder, and finally mixed it into the water.】

【Then, the wool that could not be thoroughly cleaned before to remove impurities such as grease is also thrown into the water and stirred repeatedly to clean it.】

【Then after a few hours, fish it out and rinse it with clean water.】

【This time, the wool, which originally had a lot of impurities such as grease, was cleaned thoroughly.】

【After cleaning, it was spread out and dried, and this process took about two days.】

【However, after cleaning and drying, the cotton is still in clumps and pieces and cannot be used directly for textile production.】

【So the peasants and Mohists combed the wool again, removing the split and lumpy parts.】

【After combing the wool, in order to make it easier to weave, a group of Mohist disciples also made strings for plucking wool based on the strings of the zither.】

【After the wool is further fluffed into loose strands by plucking the strings, at this point, it is actually basically the same as the silk and linen threads used in the past.】

【Then they took the processed wool back to the textile department and handed it over to the spinners for spinning.】

【The weavers also stepped on the foot-operated looms to quickly complete the tasks of coarse spinning, fine spinning, twisting, etc.】

【Finally, seven days after Prince Fusu proposed the idea of spinning wool into yarn, the first wool sweaters and quilts in the true sense of the word appeared in the world.】

【The Qin King Ying Zheng, Prince Fusu, Xu Zi, Xiang Li Ji, and a group of farmers and Mohists who participated in the experience were the first group of people who wore and used the sweaters.】

【"It feels a bit stiff when worn on the body, not as good as silk, but much better than linen!"】

【Prince Fusu wore the woolen clothes, turned around a few times, moved around a bit, felt the woolen clothes sticking to his body, and expressed his feelings about wearing them.】

【"Thick! Clothes made of wool are thicker than those made of silk or linen, and are also much warmer!"】

【"Wearing one woolen coat may be worth wearing several pieces of linen and silk."】

【King Qin Ying Zheng closed his eyes slightly, carefully feeling the warmth brought by the woolen sweater, and then said in surprise:】

【Although woolen clothes are not as delicate as silk in terms of wearing experience】

【But when it comes to keeping warm, it is far better than linen or silk.】

【For this reason alone, woolen clothes are not better than silk, but at least they are far better than linen.】

【In addition, wool thread is easier to make than hemp thread, and the raw materials of wool thread are easier to obtain than hemp thread. You can just cut the wool from the sheep.】

【This is much more convenient than growing hemp.】

【Even the cost of wool thread is lower than that of hemp thread!】

【After all, before today, wool was considered useless and worthless waste by everyone!】

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【If wool thread is really promoted, it may not be able to beat silk thread, but it can definitely beat hemp thread!】

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【"From today onwards, in addition to silk and linen yarns, wool yarn will officially be added to the world!"】

【"Similarly, in addition to silk and linen, the common people in the world will have sweaters and quilts to keep warm in the future!"】

【"Coupled with the previously improved plow carts, curved plows and pedal-operated textile machines, the food and clothing of the common people across the world will be very different from now on!"】

【"Perhaps it is really possible to ensure that every common people in the world has enough food and warm clothing!"】

【Xiang Liji touched his warm sweater and said with great emotion】

【Among all the people present, the most excited ones were Xu Zi and other farm boys.】

【After all, the ideal goal of farmers is to ensure that all people in the world can have enough food and clothing.】

【Now in Qin State, with the strong support of Prince Fusu, they have truly seen the possibility of achieving this ideal goal.】

【How could Xu Zi and other farm boys not be excited?】

【Therefore, Xu Zi also bowed to King Qin Ying Zheng excitedly and said,"Your Majesty, I beg you to attack the four barbarians!"】

【After determining that wool could be spun into yarn and used to make clothes, Xu Zi immediately set his sights on Siyi.】

【There is no way, because Qin State, and even the Central Plains countries, don't raise sheep much.】

【Without raising sheep, there would naturally be no wool to shear, spin into yarn, or make clothes.】

【Can Xu Zi tolerate this?】

【Of course I can’t tolerate it!】

【Without wool, how can farmers realize their ideal goal of ensuring that everyone in the world has enough food and clothing!】....................................

【Therefore, we must attack the four barbarians and seize the sheep they raise!】

【Oh, and there are cows. The cows raised by the barbarians can also help with farming!】

【In addition, there are horses. War horses have always been a scarce commodity.】

【I almost forgot, there are also donkeys. Donkeys are also a livestock that the people of Guizhou lack.】

【However, their Qin State is in such short supply of cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys, but the four barbarians have so many cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys!】

【Does this make sense?】

【Anyway, Xu Zi thinks it is unacceptable!】

【Why do the four barbarians have so many cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys? These cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys should all belong to the Qin State, and more importantly, they must belong to the common people of Qin!】

【So, Your Majesty, let’s go and fight the four barbarians!】

【Go and take back all the cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys from the four barbarians!】

【Don't worry about food and fodder. We, the farmers, will work hard to farm for Your Majesty and grow plenty of food for Your Majesty and the Qin State!】

【In short, at this moment, Xu Zi and other farm boys instantly became the most enthusiastic group of people in Qin State to start a war.】

【The meaning of Xu Zi's words was naturally understood by Qin Wang Ying Zheng. He was also very envious of the cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys in the hands of the four barbarians.】

【If possible, King Ying Zheng of Qin wanted to take back all the cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys raised by the four barbarians more than Xu Zi and others.】

【However, Qin had not yet unified the six kingdoms. If it went to war with the four barbarians at this time, it would easily give the other six kingdoms an opportunity to take advantage of it.】

【At the same time, it is easy for Qin to fall into a situation where it is attacked from all sides.】

【It is not the right time to go to war with the four barbarians at this time.】

【Just when King Qin Ying Zheng was about to find a reason to appease Xu Zi, who was eager to rob the cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys of the four barbarians, Prince Fusu beside him also said:"Master Xu, there is no need to do this for now."】

【Then, everyone's eyes were focused on Prince Fusu.】

【Prince Fusu also smiled and said:"Wool is very useful to us, but it does not mean it is also very useful to the four barbarians."】

【"At present, wool is considered as garbage by the four barbarians. If we want it, we can buy a lot of wool from the four barbarians by paying a little profit."】

【"Compared with sending a large army to attack, the cost should be smaller and the benefits should be greater."】

【"Therefore, we might as well start by buying cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, and wool from the four barbarians through the way of merchants."】

【"When the four barbarians are unwilling to sell their cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and wool to us, it will not be too late for Qin to send a large army to attack them."】

【Prince Fusu's words also made King Qin Ying Zheng nod approvingly.】

【After hearing the words of Prince Fusu, Xu Zi calmed down again.】

【After all, his fundamental purpose in advising the people to attack the four barbarians was just to obtain cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and wool.】

【If the goal can be achieved through purchasing from merchants, then that would be the best.】

【So Xu Zi also bowed to Qin Wang Ying Zheng and Crown Prince Fusu and said,"Your Highness, what you said makes sense. It is my fault for not thinking carefully. Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Your Highness."】

【Prince Fusu shook his head and said,"Master Xu is also very patriotic, what crime has he committed?"】88.

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