Chapter 88: Five Policies for Determining the Country (3) "Speaking of the best policy, what is this best policy......
Li Zhen was silent for a moment, and asked Zhengse: "Father, have you ever heard of sheep eating people?"
” "I don't think it's a good term."
Li Shimin said in a low voice, and after speaking, he himself smiled: "Father really hasn't heard this word, Zhen'er, tell me, how do sheep eat people?"
” "To be exact, sheep eating people is really not a good word."
Li Zhen said with a smile: "Sheep eating people is a word related to the textile industry, derived from a story, about a small country called Britain, when the rapid development of British wool textile technology, the wool textile industry was very prosperous, the demand for wool surged, sheep raising became a very profitable business.
However, Britain was a small country and did not have so many pastures to raise sheep, so British landlords fenced their land and public land to graze their sheep and forcibly occupied the land of farmers.
Farmers have lost the land they need to support their families, and they have wandered to unfamiliar places with the old and the young......
Pastures occupy farmland, and farmers have no way to live, either wandering or starving, which is an allusion to sheep eating people. ” “......
I will never allow such a thing to happen in Datang.
After a moment of silence, Li Shimin said in a sonorous voice.
Li Zhen shook her head: "No, it's already happening, and every hundreds of years, it happens." ” "Impossible, how come I don't know......"
Li Shimin paused, and said for a long time: "Yes, it does happen often, and it is happening now......
What is the difference between land annexation and sheep cannibalism?
” Li Shimin raised his head: "Don't talk about this, let's talk about sheep eating people, Zhen'er, what are you going to do?"
What does this have to do with the Turks?
” "Father, let me ask you, why does the matter of sheep eating people happen in England?"
After asking, if Li Shimin was given a chance to answer, Li Zhen said to herself: "In addition to the small size of the British territory, more importantly, at that time, the profit of wool was far higher than that of farming, which was the most fundamental reason for sheep to eat people." ” Li Shimin agreed: "Yes, the world pursues profits, which is a great truth that has not changed through the ages. ” "And the child's sheep cannibalism strategy is divided into three steps, the first step - the father knows that the Turks are rich in cattle, sheep and horses, but does the father know that where does the Turkic wool go every year?"
"This should be made of felt, right?
However, it doesn't take much to make felt cloth, and the rest should be burned. ” "That's it."
Li Zhen stroked his palm and said, this is similar to the information he obtained: "If the children buy wool from them, how much do you think the price will be?"
” Li Shimin vaguely knew what Li Zhen meant, and calculated in his heart: "There are people selling every penny and a car, anyway, what was originally meant to be burned, and now someone wants to collect it, and you can pay it upside down, anyway, burning wool is also destroying the pasture." ” "That's it, if the child is willing to buy it at a price of ten catties for a penny, and it is a long-term purchase, how much does it take, do you think the Turks will raise sheep in large quantities?"
Li Zhen continued to induce: "The Turkic breeding industry is prosperous, a small tribe claims to raise millions of sheep, so many sheep, even if a sheep is sheared twice a year, and ten catties are sheared at a time, a small tribe can produce 20 million catties of wool a year, if the price given by the child is calculated, wool alone can increase at least two million dollars for the tribe, that is, two thousand guan income, this is money earned in vain, among the Turkic people who raise sheep, cattle and horses, what does the father think their choice is?"
” "The key to sheep eating people is here, as long as we can buy wool for a long time, and the Turks find it profitable, they will naturally gradually increase the number of sheep raised.
And when the time comes, we can exert influence on the Turks through wool.
Furthermore, through the wool trade, we will force the Turks not to act rashly, otherwise as long as we cut this line, those rebels will face angry herdsmen, and when the time comes, they will be able to help us kill the conspiring rebels. ” Li Shimin agreed: "This is indeed a good method, you can control the Turks in the palm of your hand without blood, but the only problem is ......"
Li Zhen pulled off a handful of his beard again, and at the same time interrupted Li Shimin's words: "The child knows what his father means, hasn't his father noticed that there is anything different about the child today?"
” "Different?"
Li Shimin raised Li Zhen up, crossed his arms and turned Li Zhen around, and shook his head after careful observation: "I didn't find anything different." ” Li Zhen struggled to escape from Li Shimin's hands, pointing to his clothes: "Didn't my father notice that the child's clothes were different from before?"
” "Clothes?"
Li Shimin is not a stupid person, after being reminded by Li Zhenyi, he immediately focused his attention on his clothes, and after observing for a while, he was shocked: "Zhen'er, Mo Fei, this is ......
Wool weaving?
” "Yes, the child made it himself."
Li Zhen said proudly: "The child has also experimented for a long time, before improving the existing loom machine, and finally researched the wool loom, the cloth woven with this wool loom is not only light and soft, but also a hundred times better than the winter clothes made of linen, and in the summer it is more sweat-absorbent, even if you work for a day, the clothes will not stick to the body, which can be called an artifact......
Having said all this, my father should experience it for himself. ” "How?"
Li Zhengong said: "I also asked my father to order Wang Tingchu to bring in the box that the child put outside." ” Li Shimin waved his hand: "Go ahead." ” "Yes."
Wang Tingchu came in with a box, Li Zhen opened the box, and what appeared in Li Shimin's eyes was a set of adult clothes: "The child is about to go on the expedition, and he didn't prepare other parting gifts, so he prepared a set of woolen dresses for his father, mother, concubine and all the ladies, which is the father's, and the father is invited to smile." ” "Good boy, you really have a heart."
Li Shimin was instantly moved, took off his robe without hesitation, and changed into a black robe in front of Li Zhen.
After feeling it himself, Li Shimin was not only moved, but also had a deeper understanding of wool cloth: "Yes, light, soft, slippery, warm, it is indeed good clothes, good cloth, good wool." ” "How much does this loom produce?"
Li Shimin is worried that the output will not go up.
"Don't worry about this, after the research and development of children and many craftsmen, the speed of this textile machine is not slower than the speed of existing textile machines."
Li Zhen still didn't say a word, he could still research a textile machine that was ten times faster than the existing spinning machine, but it was a fortune treasure he prepared for himself, and he didn't plan to take it out now.
"That's good, that's good, Zhen'er, you are really the lucky star of your father and the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin was so excited that he was almost incoherent, and he gnawed on Li Zhen's face with a mouthful.
He knows too well what the significance of the appearance of the wool loom is, which is not only a major means for Datang to clamp down on the Turks, but more importantly, it has brought a new industry to Datang, a new kind of cheap clothing, as long as there is this wool cloth, Datang will almost no longer be threatened by the cold.
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"Father~" Li Zhen was embarrassed, she was too numb.
"Hahaha, Zhen'er, you'll be embarrassed too......"
Li Shimin laughed, and the two instantly fought together.