The sun rose, and the mist was quickly dispersed, and the whole world seemed to suddenly become brighter.

After the officials who lived in the guest room finished washing up, they all came to the garden. After the tedious greetings were finished, Xu Ping arranged for everyone to use breakfast. By the time everything was over, it was already almost over.

Xu Ping said to Cai Qi and Li Zi: "The weather is sunny today, so the village arranged to pick cotton."

Cai Qi said: "You are the landlord, everything is arranged by you, and we will follow your instructions!"

"Why did my husband say this? I can afford it! There are so many people, and if there is no constitution, it will be messy. Then you will look here, I will look there, and when you go back, no one will finish reading it, wouldn't it be bad?"

After Xu Ping finished speaking, seeing that everyone had no objection, he said: "In the morning, we will first look at the various cloths and clothes made of cotton. After using refreshments at noon, we will go to the field to see the shopkeeper picking cotton. How about it?"

Cai Qi looked at Li Zi, nodded and settled down: "Okay, that's it. Xu Waijian, you have to look carefully and don't let the officials come around everywhere. It's not easy for you to come to the village. The emperor and the prime minister also have high hopes, so you must not come for a waste of time."

After saying that, he turned to Yan Shu, Li Shu, Wang Juzheng and others and said, "You all help Xu Wai-chan watch together. If you leave the team, don't understand it carefully. After you go back, don't blame the punishment of the Political Affairs Hall!"

Several people agreed to the promise together, and the relaxed atmosphere just now went a lot.

Xu Chang and Lu Song took a few smart and capable shopkeepers to lead the way. Everyone went out of the garden and went to a large courtyard next to them. This courtyard was newly launched in spring and summer and was specially used for cotton processing.

When I entered the courtyard, there were two large ginkgo trees at the entrance, both of which were as thick as one hug. The tree was moved from other places, and its branches were lush at this time, covering up the shade.

From the door, there is a large yard of one or two acres of land. Except for a few flower beds, all of them are covered with cement.

Cai Qi and Li Zi were stunned: "Xu Waijian is such a big deal!"

Cement is still a very precious thing. The bridge and road wing army is only used in key places. Most of them are built with large spans or very important bridges. Unexpectedly, Xu Ping's yard is paved with cement, and he can't see it in his garden. From this point, we can see how great hope Xu Ping himself has given cotton.

There were various machines in the wing rooms on both sides of the yard, but they did not start at this time. Only Sun Qilang and a few people were checking the machines inside, which seemed a little empty.

This year, the new business of the Sansi has created wealth in the world. When everyone sees these guys, they know that they must be monsters that can spit out yellow copper coins. Many people want to take a look, but Xu Ping's direction remains unchanged. The two priests, Cai Qi and Li Zi, also followed him forward and had to give up their thoughts.

Cai Qi brought out the Political Affairs Hall and asked everyone to abide by the rules. No one dared to take this as a warning.

Walking all the way to the main room, I saw various booths in the hall, made of bamboo and wood. There were various cotton products on the booth, as well as semi-finished products from all stages of processing, and there were small boards next to them, and detailed introductions were written in regular script.

When Guo Zi saw this, he couldn't help but smile. When he was the chief clerk of Zhongmu, Xu Ping was in charge of new farm tools, and he also held such an exhibition to let all the big families around him see it. At that time, he specially asked the little girl Xiuxiu, the little girl. Ten years passed without realizing it, and I don't know how the little girl is now.

After entering the hall, Xu Ping said to Cai Qi and Li Zi: "My husband, what is placed here is after the cotton is picked out from the ground, and it turns into cloth and clothes step by step. There are small boards next to each, with rough explanations on it. You can take a look at it casually and have a general impression, but don't leave this hall. If you have any questions, you can write down anything you don't understand and ask me when you come. With one hour, I will take you with you and look at it from beginning to end. If you don't understand, you can ask me at that time."

According to Xu Ping's process in his previous life, there was an explanation at the beginning, but everyone was not prepared, so Xu Ping saved it. He first visited freely, then observed collectively, and then explained it. Finally, he asked a question and summarized the process. Xu Ping was used to doing this process in his previous life. I don't know how many times he participated, but he organized it many times.

People in this era are still not used to it. Xu Ping should accompany several important figures, watching, talking and preparing to answer questions and answer questions. However, Cai Qi and Li Zi both had the instructions to follow Xu Ping's way, and there was no objection. At that moment, Cai Qi continued to give orders so that everyone could walk freely.

After all, Xu Ping was limited by his previous life and had no chance to contact senior management. When a real leader came to visit and inspect, how many people really wanted to understand things carefully? It was just a kind of talent. How precious is the leader's time? How could he do this step by step? It's not that the master should accompany him to take a quick look and ask you a few questions, which is already a concern for the practical matter. When necessary, you have to accompany the leader and secretary to write down other people's summary.

The advantage of having little knowledge and little knowledge is that Xu Ping's practice of entertaining minions in his previous life is more conducive to doing practical things. With his current status and the support of the emperor, no one will argue or object.

Cai Qi, Li Zi, Yan Shu and Li Shu walked together, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Juzheng and Zheng Xiang walked together, while the other officials looked at who was familiar with whom, divided into small groups and small groups, walking and watching in the hall in groups of three or three.

Xu Ping was not able to leave, so he called Lu Song and Sun Qilang to come in the corner of the hall and asked about the preparations in the village. Cotton harvesting is an extremely labor-intensive operation. In order to wait for these officials to come to visit, the village has been waiting there and has not started. Now it has to shorten the harvesting period, which requires a lot of manpower.

With Xu Ping's status, it is not that he cannot use his power for personal gain, such as recruiting the surrounding soldiers to work in the fields. Even if he only uses half of the wages for hiring people outside, it is enough to block those people's mouths. However, doing things in this way makes people catch the handle. Xu Ping had just dealt with Ouyang Xiu. Once such a thing was done, the despicable villain's hat would be quickly taken off.

Characteristics of the times, Shilin's public opinion is very important, and coupled with the increasingly heavy force of censors, Xu Ping must check himself if he wants to truly lead the reform of this era. Although he is not simply a monster like Wang Anshi and Sima Guang in history, it is necessary to keep himself clean.

I also thought about spending money on the world, leaning against the red and snuggling with green, and thinking about monopolizing the power of the world and being respected. That is to treat people in this world as fools. I am drunk and lying on the knees of a beautiful woman, and I am awakened to the power of the world. If I am happy enough, I will bear the consequences and bear the infamy of the world. If I recite the infamy, I will really have to learn from Ding Wei. Xu Ping thought that he did not have the ability.

Fortunately, there are enough ways to make money by yourself, so you don’t have to use your power to make money like those powerful officials.

Sun Qilang is now in office, and he is good or bad in the officialdom, knowing the seriousness of the matter. The two ministers brought a group of court officials to the village. Once something went wrong, Xu Ping's face was greatly lost. He was very energetic and arrived in the village in advance, checking and caring for the machines almost day and night.

Lu Song went to find so many people in the countryside for the sake of being big and in the countryside? No matter whether they lived on Xu Ping's village or not, men, women, young and old were mobilized by him. Anyway, he paid for the weight of the picked cotton, and everyone who could be brought in, and now he couldn't care about so many.

Thousands of acres of cotton are not small, and Xu Ping also cares. First, it is normal that this can be exchanged for a lot of money. The stall at home is too large and the expenses are getting bigger. Another thing is that the machines that have been built in Sansi New Farm Service are waiting for the cotton to be fed, which is related to Xu Ping's political achievements, which is even more important.

Li Zi took out his reading glasses, put them carefully, walked forward with Cai Qi, and looked forward all the way.

The first one is a few cotton flowers picked from the ground, and the snow-white flowers are so cute. Next to it, there are some other colors, all of which are placed there.

The small sign is an explanation written by Xu Ping himself, which describes the varieties of these cottons, growth period, the approximate amount of yarn produced by each flower, etc. It also talks about the differences, characteristics of these colors of cotton, and why I put them here.

Li Zi held the reading glasses with his hands and bent over to look up.

White cotton is the main variety. In addition to the stable yield of the variety, this color is single and neat, and white is the most likely color to be used on other background colors. As a product's cloth, white has great advantages.

Colored cotton is naturally colorful and can be directly spinned and weaved, and the cloth does not need to be dyed. The dyed cloth will inevitably fade when worn and washed. Colored cotton does not have this disadvantage and is most suitable for making close-fitting clothes. However, the natural color is dark and shallow, and the direct woven fabric is not good-looking, and the color looks dark, which is far less bright than dyed colors, so it is not suitable for making clothes worn outside.

The two types of cotton have their own characteristics. Generally speaking, white cotton still has obvious advantages, and the village also mainly uses white cotton.

Li Zi held the reading glasses and straightened his waist and said to Cai Qi: "Xu Waijian has always been careful in doing things. He asked me to say that these colorful cottons are useless. The colors are dark and mixed, and the woven cloth is the lowest among the lowest. He still put it away here, and indicated that the use of close-fitting clothes is the best for the best."

Cai Qi nodded: "It's a bit monotonous to use white in close-fitting clothes, and it's not easy to wash. If you use this colorful cotton, it's really a way, and it may become popular in many years!"

But I don’t know that Xu Ping was inspired by his colorful cotton underwear in his previous life and specially cultivated colorful cotton varieties. In the future, he would use it to weave underwear. Maybe he would become a high-end product in this world.

The cotton that grows naturally in nature is originally colorful, and the natural white cotton is not as white as snow like later generations. It is because of the need for human bleaching and dyeing that it has been manually selected from generation to generation to breed snow-white cotton. Thousands of years later, the colorful cotton that was originally everywhere was almost extinct, but became a rare thing.

Xu Ping has the knowledge of his previous life, so of course he will maintain the diversity of species. Who knows which cloud will rain when the time comes? Or is it better to keep more choices for his descendants.
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