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Chapter 312
Chapter 312
The cotton wool of the kapok tree can be used to make clothes, quilts, etc., so the cotton wool of this plant can also be used to make warm items?
After hearing what the patriarch said, Song Yuanbai nodded in agreement, "Yes, it can be used as a warm item."
Song Yuanbai paused at this point, looked at the patriarch, and said, "So I have to trouble the patriarch to talk to the people in the clan about the land lease."
He can't walk on the ground with this leg for a while, and he can't talk about renting the land from house to house, so he can only trouble the patriarch to call everyone.
The patriarch touched his chin and nodded, "That's no problem, but have you decided to rent all the land in Qingshuigou? Don't think about it anymore?"
More than 300 mu of land is quite a lot, and it is not for growing food, but for planting a plant that has never been seen before. What is it called?cotton?
Besides, the land of Qingshuigou is still a wasteland that has not been cultivated. If the geology is not suitable for growing food, isn't the money and manpower all wasted?
At this time, Song Zhao on the side also agreed, "Zhengde is right. If Changshang wants to grow this cotton, he can plant one or two acres of land first. Try it first."
"Wait until autumn to see if the harvest is OK. If it works, we will plant a lot in the next year, and the land will be reclaimed in the next year. A wave of grain has been planted, and the land has become ripe."
They also know that although the girl Changshang is young, she is independent in thinking, has her own ideas, and has a lot of ghost ideas, which can be seen from the way of exile and opening a shop.
But renting so many lands is not a trivial matter, and they are not afraid to remind them too much just to be on the safe side.
"Ugh!"
After listening to the two of them, Song Yuanbai sighed. He said these words yesterday, but his eldest daughter insisted on planting. If he disagreed, his daughter would spend the money given by His Royal Highness King Jin to go to other places. The village rents land!
Spend the money given by His Royal Highness King Jin?How can this work!
So there is no need to discuss this matter, only to agree, and this morning his eldest daughter also told him something about planting cotton.
cotton!
Song Yuanbai was very sure that it was the first time he had seen such cotton-filled plants planted on the ground like wheat and rice in more than 30 years since he was born.
I have never seen it before. The quilts and clothes I wear at home are all kapok wadding shipped from the south.
It means that the kapok tree blossoms and bears fruit, and then the fruit cracks and cotton wool comes out after the fruit is ripe.
Because kapok has a small output, it is not easy to pick, and it is transported from the far south to the north, so the price of kapok has always been high.
The selling price is a little lower than silk cashmere.
His daughter said that if cotton could be grown in large quantities in the north, then the people of the Zhou Dynasty could spend the winter safely.
Because the production of silk, kapok, and cashmere are small and expensive, ordinary people cannot afford them. Thinking about these three types of thermal insulation, kapok is the cheapest.
And kapok costs almost Wen per catty, and farmers can't earn a few taels of silver throughout the year.
If there is a thermal item with a moderate price that can be consumed by ordinary people at this time, it will definitely be sold out.
His eldest daughter said that her New Year's wish is to have all the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty covered with big quilts and wear big cotton padded clothes in the next ten years!
No longer afraid of the cold!
To be honest, when his daughter said this, he was shocked. The eldest daughter of his family has great ambitions and ambitions!
He is a businessman himself, and of course he also wants to make his business better and bigger, and now his daughter's idea coincides with him.
So he, the father, supported Changshang's renting land to grow cotton.
Whether this method and this business can be done, whether it works or not, you have to try it to know.
Wealth is in danger!
Song Yuanbai coughed twice, "I know about these two elder brothers, and I have also talked with Shangshang. I believe that my daughter made this decision after careful consideration, not on a whim."
(End of this chapter)