20demayo Chapter 334 How Much Do You Know About Cotton
Chapter 334 How Much Do You Know About Cotton
Li Ranran randomly clicked on a video and decided to take a break after watching it...
【How much do you know about cotton? 】
[Cotton is the most common natural material in our lives. Cotton products, the most common natural material, are warm, skin-friendly, and breathable. Cotton is needed in various textiles, banknotes, etc. in our lives.
It was once called "cashmere on the tree" by Europeans. Cotton looks very strange. Are the fluffy cotton petals or something else? Why is this plant so magical?
Cotton is an annual or perennial shrub, native to tropical or subtropical regions such as America, Africa, and Asia. It is characterized by being light-loving, heat-loving, and drought-tolerant.
＜I always thought cotton was a super-thick version of dandelion [eat melon] ＞
＜Our country's banknotes are indeed made of Xinjiang cotton, which is made of cotton fibers. This is why the banknotes remain intact after being wet and dried. (ps, this is knowledge I learned when I took the civil service exam) ＞
＜Hot Knowledge: Cotton and durian are close relatives [Eat melon] ＞
＜It is Xinjiang cotton [thumbs-up] ＞
＜Cashmere on trees? But cotton doesn’t grow on trees, doesn’t it grow in bushes?＞
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: Cotton?]
[Han Gaozu Liu Bang: What is this? A flower?]
[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang: Clothes made of cotton are indeed warm.]
[Song Renzong Zhao Zhen: Eh? Can cotton be used to make paper money?]
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The Thirty Years of Qin Shi Huangdi
"Have you ever seen this kind of plant?" The First Emperor sat at the top, while his ministers stared hard at the cotton on the video screen, trying to figure out something.
"Never."
"There must be someone that the people of Daqin have seen..." Ying Zheng planned to use the light curtain to search across the country.
Since it can be made into a textile and worn on the body, and a special video was made to explain it, then it must be very important!
Will it be warmer? Or will it be softer?
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Han Gaozu Eighth Year
The people of the early Han Dynasty, who were having a hard time getting through the winter, looked at the introduction about cotton on the screen with some longing.
“Will it really be warmer?”
As for the skin-friendly and breathable features mentioned later, they didn’t feel they were of any use. What they valued more now is keeping warm and getting through the difficult winter.
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Qingli
It has been nearly 20 years since Jiaozi was accepted by the imperial court in the first year of Tiansheng. From the initial communication in Yizhou area, Jiaozi gradually spread to all parts of Song Dynasty.
The emergence of paper money greatly reduced the inconvenience of carrying large amounts of silver and brought great new development to the economy.
The emergence of new things often brings new problems.
"Cotton can be made into paper money? What is added to it?"
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【According to records, cotton was introduced to my country in the second century BC or earlier. Initially, it was regarded as a flower or an ornamental plant. In the Western Han Dynasty, cotton spinning technology was introduced to my country via Arabia. However, in the Western Han Dynasty, cotton was a rare raw material and cotton products were very precious.
Before the Song Dynasty, cotton was mainly grown in the southern Lingnan region and the northwestern border areas. People before the Song Dynasty were good at processing silk and linen, but they had not yet fully mastered the principles of materials like cotton. It was not until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty that technical breakthroughs were made in both cotton planting and textiles, and cotton gradually became more common in the Jiangnan region.
Rapidly promoted during the Yuan and Ming dynasties, cotton became the most basic clothing material for the common people, and even surpassed rice to become the most commonly grown plant in the Jiangnan region.
＜Question: What did ancient people wear in winter before cotton-padded clothes were invented? It seems that there is no other material that can keep you warm except cotton?＞
＜No, Lingnan grows cotton……? Is that place needed [covering face] ＞
＜It may be because cotton, a plant that keeps out the cold, grows in the south, that the technology for its development was developed only later…＞
＜Thank you Huang Dao Po! Thank you, thank you! ＞
＜Without Huang Daopo's technical improvement, cotton would only be used by the nobility. The clothes worn by the Western Han emperor when he ascended the throne seemed to be made of cotton. It was really time-consuming and labor-intensive.＞
＜The economy of the Song Dynasty was really awesome among feudal dynasties. As the economy improved, all aspects of life improved qualitatively, which naturally promoted the development of technology (I don’t mean to praise the Song Dynasty. After all, its economy was awesome, but it didn’t affect its military performance. The military is hard to describe…)＞
＜What a good way to change rice into cotton [Eat melon] The Ming Dynasty 1566＞
＜The good things Jiajing did [eating melon]＞
[Fusu in the 30th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi: Did he appear in the south?]
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang: Hiss, it sounds like it appeared during my Han Dynasty. I have never used such a precious thing.]
[Wei Qing, 6th year of Yuanshou in the Han Dynasty: Among the 24 Filial Exemplars, there seems to be one whose stepmother replaced the cotton in his clothes with reeds.]
[Huo Qubing, the sixth year of Yuanshou in the Han Dynasty: Wow, my uncle has a really good memory!]
[Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: So what did Huang Dao Po improve? I don’t have Huang Dao Po here.]
[Song Zhezong Zhao Xu: Same, what improvements have been made to the technology?]
[A weaver from the Ming Dynasty: First...then...afterwards...finally...that's all.]
[Ming Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao: Cousin, what have you done again... You replaced rice with cotton? What will the people in Jiangnan do? @Ming Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houzhao]
[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang: What have you done again? @Ming Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong]
[Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun: Uh, changing rice to mulberry? I don’t think so…]
[Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong: I will not do such a thing without knowing right from wrong.]
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The Thirty Years of Qin Shi Huangdi
Fusu clapped his hands. "Cotton likes light, heat and drought, so it is more likely to appear in hotter places. We can look for it in the south!"
"It just so happens that Zhao Tuo is still in the south, so let him pay more attention."
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Han Gaozu Eighth Year
Liu Bang repeatedly lamented that it was a pity, "I don't know where this cotton grows exactly. It's really exciting to hear Guangmu talk about it."
"We now know what cotton looks like. As long as it is introduced to our country, it can be promoted!" Xiao He was also tempted. Who doesn't want to wear warmer clothes in winter? Although animal skins are good, now I prefer clothes made of cotton.
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Song Dynasty, Kaibao Year 3
Lie down, whatever.
When Guangmu mentions the economy of the Song Dynasty, he will inevitably step on the military capabilities of the Song Dynasty.
Having watched the light screen video so many times, Zhao Kuangyin has been able to keep a calm mind.
"That refers to the dynasty that was defeated by Zhao Guangyi, a dog-like person, not the dynasty founded by me, Zhao Kuangyin."
After several years of watching the light curtain, the biggest change in Zhao Kuangyin was that his temper improved a lot and he was not so easily angry anymore.
After all, what he is experiencing now is not as shocking and infuriating as the video initially played on the screen.
Every time I get angry, I think about the series of influences brought by Zhao Guangyi, the reputation of the Song Dynasty after he established it, and so on. After making a comparison, I let it go.
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Ming Dynasty, the 27th year of Jiajing
Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong felt that he was very wronged. He had done nothing, but was defined by just a few words from the screen.
And there is also that good cousin who loves to see him get into trouble and is always adding fuel to the fire.
Fortunately, I have a grandson who can testify for me.
"It's impossible to change rice to cotton. It's unrealistic! Even if I want to increase the fiscal revenue of the national treasury, I will not implement this decision that harms the people."
Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong was sure in his heart that he would not do this, right? !
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