http://10.168.58.178/qidian/post.php?id=3614430&cid=343288167 Cotton ginning, combing and spinning are the cotton processing technology that Xu Ping tried. In fact, it is roughly the same as the machine textile technology in his previous life. In Xu Ping's impression, cotton was used to loosen old cotton wool when making quilts, but was eliminated. As for when weaving cotton in Yazhou, when squatting on the ground and spun cotton bit by bit, and then spinning it into yarn with a small spinning wheel, Xu Ping felt that it was too slow and extremely tired. In his impression, he watched a TV show in his previous life, a sketch actor was carrying a big bow and squirting cotton on his back and did not need to squat on the ground.

Working standing and hanging the bow around your waist to splash cotton can greatly reduce the intensity of labor. For some reason, this operation reform that seemed very simple has not been completed in Chinese history. Until the late Qing Dynasty, farmers were still squatting to splash cotton, which was a very tiring job.

No one of the officials, including the two priests, had seen how to deal with cotton. Listening to Xu Ping's explanation, he seemed to understand it. It was irrelevant to ask occasionally.

After spinning the yarn, it is weaving cloth, which is no different from the craftsmanship of silk and linen. The eyes of the officials couldn't help but shiny, and finally got to where they understood, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

The loom is too large to place it here, just a few pieces of woven cloth are placed.

Li Shu lay on it and looked at it for a while before saying, "This cloth is wide and very rare! But the pattern on it is too simple, it is not a good product, but it's a pity-"

While talking, he shook his head repeatedly.

China's silk textile industry has been developing for many years and the technology has matured. How can the quality of the cloth woven by Xu Ping using machines be compared? Large jacquard looms are very complex machinery, and Xu Ping cannot make them. Simple looms can naturally only weave simple patterns. In this era, good textiles used four-fold looms, and those slightly worse were three-fold. Only those stupid and stupid women who were not good at using one-fold and two-fold to weave simple patterns.

Not to mention others, Lin Suniang used to use a six-loan loom at home, and the silk silk weaved was quite beautiful. Xu Ping estimated that even though he spent his whole life, the cloth made by the machine was far less exquisite than Lin Suniang's hand-woven. I heard that some good-looking women could use more than 100 kilos and only a few months could weave a piece of silk, and such a piece could be sold for dozens of cents of money.

The cloth woven here in Xu Ping is a commodity, while the silks are works of art, which are completely incomparable.

After Li Shu said that, Li Ji held the reading glasses with his hand and looked up, and couldn't help but sigh: "No, but the shame is that this cloth is too simple and I'm afraid it can't be sold at a good price. In the capital, Jibeibu has always been very expensive, so it's not worth much. Xu Waijian, you should hire some clever wives to weave the cloth beautifully."

The others also mean this. I just saw so many complicated things and thought there would be something ingenious about it, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was such a simple cloth. It was like hearing people say that peacocks were so beautiful when they opened their tails, but they rushed over, but only saw an ugly butt. The disappointment was hard to describe.

Xu Ping smiled and said, "My husband, what I weave here is not the best exquisite fabric, but just for clothes for shielding wind and warmth. In the future, Sansi will only weave such cloth. If exquisite ones are needed, they can weave it in the weaving courtyard. There are countless skilled craftsmen in their place, and they can weave it all kinds of tricks."

Cai Qiqi said: "Why? A good piece of cloth can be used as an ordinary cloth ten times the price! If it is just ordinary cloth, why do you need three corps to weave it? As long as the countryside women weave it."

"Because, with the skill of weaving a good piece of cloth, I can weave one hundred and one thousand pieces here with the same manpower and material resources! What Sansi weaving cloth is that everyone in the world has clothes to wear, not to weave those noble clothes."

Cai Qi and Li Zi looked at each other and smiled without saying anything. No one took Xu Ping's words seriously. Everyone in the world had clothes to wear? Is it difficult? As long as the peasant woman is not lazy, the mulberry and hemp in the ground can naturally wear clothes. How could Sansi make such a big noise? Let's see, isn't it because Xu Ping said that cotton can become sugar in the Central Plains and create huge wealth for the court. To create wealth, the more expensive the things made, the better.

After so much effort, I finally weaved this kind of cloth and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with Xu Ping.

Xu Ping didn't know how to explain to others. He was not just to make money, but to produce a real commodity that affects everyone in the entire society. The high-ranking officials have left the stage of requiring full food and warm clothing, so they can naturally ask for the beautiful and rare patterns on the fabric. But more people in this world are just looking for a piece of clothing that covers their bodies when it is cold.

If you can't explain, why explain it? If you decide to do many things, you are destined to move forward alone in this world. No matter how disappointed they are, no one can stop Xu Ping. Facts are the most fair referee. Although they are cold, they will always clearly judge whether the right or wrong of things. The history of merit will eventually give an answer based on the facts.

After reading it all the time, Cai Qi made a summary: "Although the cloth and clothes weaved in the end were not satisfactory, it was still much better than rami. If it was as Xu Zhiqian said, the price was about the same as rami, it would be a great source of wealth for the court. If a mu of cotton is produced in one acre of land and the cloth woven is much more than ramie, Xu Zhiqian is a great achievement!"

Everyone nodded and said yes.

Xu Ping smiled and said nothing. How can ramie be compared with cotton? Apart from picking, cotton is particularly suitable for large-scale production of machines, which is far from comparable to silk and hemp.

After a year or two, the cotton cloth produced by Sansi filled the docks and sold them from Sansi’s shops to various parts of the Central Plains. It was no longer profitable to collect fabrics from farmers for tribute. Only then would these people truly understand what value this crop represents.

Once fabrics are not used as tribute, it will lead to the transformation of the entire fiscal system. At that time, the policy of parallel money and silk will never continue, and the monetization of various commodities is inevitable. On that day, it is time for the Sansi shopping coupons to convert to coins, and organizations such as banks will appear.

What is important about cotton is not how much money it can earn, but it will turn the weaving in farming and weaving into commodities, thus destroying the small peasant economy. Once the fabric is completely turned into a commodity, rural production will undergo a major transformation.

As for whether these cotton fabrics are beautifully woven, or not, are they very important? They are not important at all. If you want exquisite fabrics, you can find a skilled craftsman to weave them.

Why did cotton not become a real commodity in history? At that time, cotton varieties were not suitable for large-scale machine textiles. More importantly, it was because of China's perfect natural economic system. The government only used cotton as a substitute for silk and linen and collected as a tribute. It could be collected for free from farmers. Why did the government organize manpower to make it themselves? However, private capital engaged in the textile industry, no matter how prosperous it is, its scale is far from being compared with the amount collected by the government, and it is not at the same order of magnitude at all.

With the huge amount of fabric in hand, the government can easily destroy any private textile industry. With this mountain on it, the textile industry cannot develop anyway. No matter how efficient the factory is, it is not as useful as the scale, price war, scale and various market means that bureaucrats can easily collect from farmers with some means.

There is a crop with commodity potential like cotton, and there is also a monster like Sansi. Only Sansi can make capital turn cotton into commodities, and all resistance from the government does not exist here.

In local areas, the Sanshi represents the regime, and the production and sales of cotton cloth can be unimpeded. The Sanshi can use administrative means to directly eliminate resistance and even directly eliminate competitors.

If Sansi canceled the tribute of silk and linen and replaced it with other items, the competitiveness of silk and linen will soon disappear, and cotton will quickly occupy the market. At that time, we knew the power of cotton.

Now, Xu Ping has the final say in the Three Sessions. Kou Yu resisted the pressure from above, and even the Political Affairs Hall could not easily get into it. Xu Ping could do his best to follow his own ideas below.

When Ding Wei fell just now, even a museum official who had no mission could call Kou Wei a "lost dog" and even wrote poems to mock him, which was widely spread. Who dares to do this now?

Kou Yi knew where all this came from. He had only one task in the Sansi, which was to withstand various pressures in the court for Xu Ping. With the support of Emperor Zhao Zhen, no one could do anything to him.

Xu Ping had at least one thing that was grateful to Ding Wei. In his hands, Sansi was much more powerful. Although he was still a subordinate department of the Political Affairs Hall, the priest could still directly interfere in Sansi's personnel arrangements, but he could already make the decision on daily affairs by himself. For Xu Ping, this was enough.

The priest officials understand everything they do best, but it doesn’t matter if they don’t understand. One day, the facts will force officials who don’t understand them to understand.

After reading everything, I arrived in the yard. The shopkeeper had already arranged tables and chairs and had refreshments.

There is no lunch, so in order to ensure the energy in the afternoon, I always have to eat something to fill my stomach. I used to be some fruits and served with tea soup. Xu Ping always drinks loose tea and only works hard on the soup. It is no longer the usual longan and tremella, but has been replaced by eggs, meat balls, etc., making it more full.

In the afternoon, we will pick cotton, and the whole set of machines will move tomorrow, which is the highlight.
Chapter completed!