The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Before cotton, there is a way to solve the problem of keeping warm immediately." Li Fu said, "It just happens to be what my second brother wants."

"What is the method?" Li Shimin looked at Li Fu and asked.

What else can this kid do?

"The grassland has always been a concern for the Tang Dynasty. I know that the alliance at Weishui has always been a thorn in my second brother's heart. I have always wanted to remove it, but the current national strength and situation of the Tang Dynasty do not allow it."

"My second brother has not been in power for long as an emperor. If he is determined to attack the grassland at this time, some people in the court will inevitably talk about it. In this way, I will give my second brother another reason to attack the grassland in the future." Li Fu said: "What is there on the grassland? There are cattle and sheep. Cattle can be used for farming. Sheep are not only for food, but wool is also very useful. Wool, like cotton, also has the function of keeping warm. It is not with skin and hair, but just wool. It can be woven into wool yarn and can also be used to make clothes.

Wool and torn cotton look similar, right?

By the way, wool must be sheep wool, not goat wool."

"Wool, too?" Li Shimin confirmed again.

"Of course." Li Fu said, "In spring and summer, use scissors to cut the wool from the sheep. Before winter, new wool will grow on the sheep. This cycle repeats. A sheep can produce wool every year. How wonderful."

Li Shimin was shocked.

If this is true, then in winter, even without wool skins to make clothes, it can still keep warm.

Using wool skins is killing the chicken to get the eggs, but if only wool is used, the sheep is still alive and will continue to produce wool in the second year.

"By the way, speaking of this, I remember another thing." Li Fu said.

This time he really had a flash of inspiration.

"It's about plucking wool." Li Fu said, "Sheep can be raised on a large scale on the grassland, and I don't know if the Tang Dynasty can control the grassland when it attacks the grassland in the future."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed with a fierce look.

If this is the case.

Even if it can't be controlled, it must be controlled!

The grassland is the pasture of the Tang Dynasty! Such a good place has been fought for. How can it be left to the Turks after it is conquered?

At that time, some people will be relocated to herd sheep on the grassland to produce a steady stream of wool and transport it to the interior of the country...

In the future, when the people's families are a little richer, they may be able to raise two sheep at home and produce wool by themselves.

The people in the Central Plains are like this. As long as they can be self-sufficient in life, they will not spend more money.

The four major things of the people are food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Clothing, food, housing, and walking.

The court is in power and must solve these four major things for the people.

Eating, that is, food, as Li Fu said, arable land and planting food, this is a very important and serious matter, arable land and planting food, this must be guaranteed.

Resolutely curb the rich, big households, officials, and nobles from carrying out land annexation.

To ensure that the rice bowl is firmly in the hands of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin thought this sentence was very important and reasonable.

I made a mental note of this, and I will talk to the ministers about it in the court meeting tomorrow.

I dare not take the people's farming and grain storage as a trivial matter.

From last year to this year, disasters have occurred frequently. The importance of grain is self-evident. It can be said that the examples of all dynasties are here. No matter when, grain cultivation is very important.

Otherwise, there would be no spring ploughing, and the emperor would plough it himself.

"Well, if the benefits of wool can be put into practice, even if it cannot be controlled, it must be controlled." Li Shimin said firmly: "As long as it is good for the people of the Tang Dynasty, the court must do it."

"Whether it is eating or wearing clothes, the court must make plans for them. I am their king and father."

"I am thinking that if those people on the grassland really fight, even if the Tang Dynasty wins, they can't all be killed. Make room, right?"

Li Shimin frowned.

That's right.

Even if they win, they can't all be killed.

It's nothing more than that the Turks on the grasslands have become more obedient.

However, this hidden danger has not been completely eliminated.

The nomads on the grasslands have changed in waves, but what has remained unchanged is that when the Central Plains dynasty is weak, they will go south, burn, kill, loot, and then wage war against the Central Plains dynasty to gain huge benefits from the war.

For example, the Huns during the Han Dynasty.

And the Turks on the grasslands today have been a nail on the grasslands since the Sui Dynasty.

When the Sui Dynasty was strong, their attitude towards the Sui Dynasty was very good.

But the Sui DynastyWhen the Tang Dynasty was weak, they took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains and reaped many benefits from it.

Even at the beginning of its establishment, the Tang Dynasty was repeatedly coerced by them.

It cannot be eradicated.

"The Turks cannot be killed completely. After they recover, won't they still be a hidden danger? When the Tang Dynasty was strong, they could be suppressed to death and dared not make any moves. However, in the northern border area, even if the Turks were suppressed, some Turks still went south to plunder the people on our border."

"So this issue, when I was talking about wool, I had a small, immature idea." Li Fu showed a pure smile on his face.

"You say." Li Shimin walked to the table, sat down, picked up a pen and started writing something, listening to Li Fu while writing.

What bad ideas are there?

"This immature idea of ​​yours is a bit like a sheep eating a man." Li Fu laughed and said, "There are many people in the Tang Dynasty. If wool fabrics become popular, whether it is wool, clothes, or blankets and quilts, the demand will be huge.

And large-scale sheep farming can only be done on the grasslands, and the Turkic herdsmen are well aware of this.

Why did the Turks go south? Because the living environment on the grasslands is not as good as that in the Central Plains, and the products are not as rich as those in the Central Plains. In other words, the Turks want to live a good life, but what they produce is not enough to support them. Even in winter, it is difficult for them to get food, because they cannot grow food on the grasslands.

They can only come south to rob."

Li Shimin nodded.

He knew all these principles.

"Then what?" Li Shimin looked up and asked.

"There are wool, cattle, and sheep on the grassland, right? They need food. We in the Tang Dynasty have food, silk, tea, and tea eggs that they can't afford, right? Then wouldn't it be enough to exchange them? Let the people on the grassland raise sheep, shear their wool, and sell them to the Tang Dynasty for money. Then they can use the money to buy food, silk, and tea."