Chapter 264

"Your Highness, this winter seems colder than before?"

In the bedroom, lvluo holds a round collar robe with black edge, royal blue and satin. The robe is sewn with a layer of cotton, which makes the clothes look heavy.

In Dayu state, nobles usually wear fur in winter. Most of the cotton cloth and cotton padded jacket are worn by merchants and common people.

Lu Luo's casual words made Xiao Ming frown. It seems like a homely saying, but it proves that an objective fact in history is happening, that is, the little ice age.

According to historical records, the little ice age lasted from 1350 to 1850. In the 17th century, the little ice age reached its peak, which was the coldest period.

It was because of this period that the grain production of Ming Dynasty was reduced and the people were in chaos, and the Nuzhen tribe in the North was short of food and clothing.

Although Nvzhen attacked Daming because of hatred, there was still a part of it for survival.

This kind of historical event also happened in the yuan and Song dynasties. In the first half of the period, the warm climate made Mongolians multiply in large numbers. In the later period, it was cold. In order to get into chaos on the grassland, Tiemuzhen unified Mongolia and then went south.

Although each historical event has multiple factors, in Xiao Ming's view, the climate has a huge impact on the ancients who depended on the weather.

Last year, a lot of livestock died because of the severe cold on the grassland. This year is another cold winter. If there is a large-scale famine among the barbarians, the only way for the barbarians to get food is to rob them.

If the weather continues to be so cold, I'm afraid the situation will be even more severe next year and the year after that.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming has some worries. After all, when one race invades another race in order to survive, the war is not just an invasion, but a battle of life and death.

It can be said that the victory of the first battle of Cangzhou was a fluke, and the second battle of the city wall was for Bei Shan to preserve his strength.

Xiao Ming knew very well that he could not stop the barbarians' attack only by means of powder cans and cannons. The final result was that the soldiers would withdraw to the city and continue to defend by relying on the city wall.

In the two wars, the loss of barbarians was almost the same as that of him. The real barbarians didn't lose much, only the slave soldiers died, and the slave soldiers of barbarians were more than the regular army, so the barbarians would not be distressed.

After all, the western regions are now under the rule of barbarians, so it is easy to catch some slaves back, and the local residents of Youzhou are also the source of slave soldiers.

So, up to now, Xiao Ming has no contact with the real fighting power of the barbarians, and this is what he has been worried about.

If he encounters a real field battle, can his army resist the attack of the barbarians?

"Your Highness, how about this cotton padded jacket?"

The sound of lvluo's inquiry broke Xiao Ming's meditation.

He shook his head, as if trying to put this problem aside. At this time, he looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a long shirt, but his body became a little bloated than before, which was supported by cotton.

"Well, it's very good. You and aster are really good craftsmen." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

When Xiao Ming praised her, lvluo's eyes immediately turned into a crescent moon. As she tidied up Xiao Ming's clothes, she whispered, "my maid and sister are afraid that your highness doesn't like it. After all, your highness is the king, afraid that your highness will dislike it."

"Why? The king and the people are all flesh and blood. The people are well dressed. How can we not? And then the king will promote cotton padded clothes and trousers in the fiefdoms, so that people can no longer suffer in the cold winter. " Xiao Ming said.

Although this year's two seasons of grain harvest, people basically have no problem in eating, but the six states are still lack of other materials.

After all, it's only a year. There are not many things that can be changed. Moreover, Xiao Ming has put his emphasis on maintaining the stability of the fiefdom. Steel workshop, military workshop, equipment department, cement, printing imitation, glass workshop, wine, soap, part of these industries are for resisting Barbarian preparation, some for trading to make money, some for purchasing raw materials, and some for building the city wall, but they are not On the whole, he devoted very little to people's livelihood.

After all, only the barbarians can be stopped, can they continue the next step of development, and the textile workshop is his further efforts for people's livelihood.

Once the textile mill can produce a large number of cheap cloth, people's food and clothing opportunities will be solved gradually. Only when there is no problem of food and clothing, people will want to send their children to school.

Otherwise, at the present stage, Xiao Ming's promotion of education will only face many obstacles, and the biggest obstacle is the people themselves. After all, they can't eat. How can the people send their family's labor to school.

In modern remote mountainous areas, many people are still illiterate, not to mention his fiefdoms.

After turning around in his cotton padded jacket, Xiao Ming walked out carelessly in his cotton padded jacket. When the servants of the royal family saw Xiao Ming coming out in his cotton padded jacket, they all showed a knowing smile and felt that the king of Qi was getting closer to them.

"What are you laughing at? Isn't this cotton padded jacket good-looking?" Xiao Ming asked.

A servant carefully looked at the covetous aster and said, "Your Highness, it's beautiful. It's so beautiful."Smell speech, aster show proud smile, a pair of dimples appear on the face.

Standing in the cold wind for a while, I have to say that the padded jacket is very thick, very resistant to the wind. After a while, his body feels warm.

He became more and more satisfied and said to aster, "how many cotton padded jackets can be sewn in the textile workshop every day?"

"If it's a delicate cotton padded jacket, there will be about ten in a day. If it's an ordinary thick cotton padded jacket, there will be no problem with thirty in a day." Xiao Ming said.

"Thirty a day? It's still too little. " Xiao Ming said: "in this way, now the textile workshop is responsible for weaving and sewing cotton padded jacket. You might as well separate the two. One part is responsible for weaving and the other part is responsible for weaving. Now it's winter, and people are idle at home. You should recruit more female workers and offer them more salaries."

The textile industry will be a major industry in Qingzhou in the future. This industry is light industry and pollution-free. It is very suitable for vigorous development. Britain accumulated a lot of wealth by relying on the textile industry in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Xiao Ming has great ambition. In the future, he will not only occupy the market of Dayu, but also sell his cotton padded jacket overseas.

However, in this way, the number of female workers needed is large.

Aster nodded and said: "it's no problem, but your highness, you have to use your newspaper. Otherwise, there are too few people who know about the textile workshop. Besides, during this period, some female workers have asked whether they can spin at home, saying that they are afraid of being talked about."

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