The hand-crank spinning wheel buzzed, and the cotton strips as thick as fingers were pulled into yarn, and they kept wrapping around the spinning wheel.

Zhou Qi stopped and smiled and said to the women around him: "You can see clearly. It's very simple, as long as you are proficient. Come and try it!"

The quiet women kept it broken all of a sudden, chattering and trying to use spinning wheels.

Men farm and women weave, these are two major professions in feudal farming society. One is done by men and the other is a woman's work.

Before cotton comes out, planting mulberry and raising silkworms and weaving hemp as cloth is also the main business of housewives. Knitting female red is a skill that women must master from the wealthy to the people.

Therefore, the promotion of cotton spinning did not encounter much resistance, and it was very popular for female professors sent by Dayingku to teach skills in various villages.

Cotton gins, cotton bows, spinning wheels, and looms are all made in Dayingku workshop and are not expensive. Moreover, for farmers, they can also buy them with credit and use finished cotton spinning products to pay in installments.

After learning textiles, you can use your own cotton to add clothes and quilts to your family, and you can also take out the Dayingku outsourcing and use cotton to weave it into cloth to earn wages.

This kind of work can be completed at home without the appearance of a big girl and a little wife. It is most suitable for family production in ancient society.

"My family has planted twenty acres of cotton this year, and they are all spun into cloth. Each person can add a new dress and should have enough money to pay for the loom."

"This loom can be paid in at most two or three years, and there is no need to save money."

"It's just that this cotton gin is not used frequently, so it's a bit of a waste to buy it and put it at home."

Zhou Qi laughed, put down the thread in her hand, and said, "The cotton gin is not commonly used, you can buy it together with a few companies!"

"Hey, this is a solution." A woman was inspired and said, "Actually, there are one or two cotton gins in our village, which is almost enough."

"Yes, why not talk to the village chief. The whole village pays for one or two, and everyone can use it."

Zhou Qi pressed his hand down and said, "How to buy it? You can discuss it yourself when you go home. Now, I will teach you how to use this foot-heavy machine."

The women's voices became quieter, surrounded them and watched Zhou Qi perform operations.

This loom is not the most advanced flower building machine in Dayingku, but a single-person pedal lifting machine.

In addition to the fine textile technology and the variety of patterns, the oblique loom has a simple structure and is easy to use and maintain for home use.

For women who have experience in spinning silk, weaving is similar and learns very quickly.

After Zhou Qi finished teaching, she asked the women to come up and try it out, and she patiently guided her.

Now, she is a "city member", but according to regulations, she still has to work in Dayingku. She has a lot of wages, and she is familiar with the environment there and does not want to go out to find other jobs.

When I get older, I buy the best flower building machine and weave fine cloth with my mother and girls at home, and my income is also considerable.

After getting rid of his identity as a slave, Zhou Qi also had her own arrangements for the future. As for the major marriage, I have never thought that my mother often nagged!

While guiding here, the village chief led the two of them over, with a very respectful attitude.

The Tang Dynasty did not have any major defenses between men and women from the Song Dynasty and later dynasties. Accompanied by officials, Du Zhenglun naturally came to see the cotton spinning that was to be promoted among farmers.

The village chief introduced him, calling Du Zhenglun the gentleman, while the official was Zhao Wenshu, who often went to the countryside to guide his work.

"The young women pay homage to Mr. Du and Zhao Wenshu." The women bowed their clothes and did not dodge them.

Du Zhenglun nodded with a smile and waved his hand, "No need to be polite." As he said that, he walked to the loom and looked at it curiously.

"I pay homage to Mr. Du," Zhou Qi paid homage to him.

Zhao Wenshu followed up and introduced: "This is the manager of the Dayingku Weaving Workshop, Zhou Qi and Madam Zhou."

Du Zhenglun glanced at Zhou Qi and said, "Are you teaching cotton spinning skills? Is this more complicated than the silk and linen cloth before?"

"Mr. Hui." Zhou Qi replied calmly: "The textile procedure is not cumbersome, and it is even simpler than planting mulberry trees and silkworms."

Oh, Du Zhenglun said with a slight head and said, "Then please give Mrs. Zhou a demonstration to someone?"

Zhou Qi responded with his orders and took out a small roll of cotton in front of the spinning wheel and said, "After the cotton is planted and harvested, the miscellaneous materials are dried and removed, the seeds will be removed by the cotton gin..."

Du Zhenglun still knows the general process of planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms. The process of farming mulberry trees includes planting trees and picking leaves, raising silkworms, forming cocoons, picking cocoons, and then baking cocoons, boiling cocoons, reshaping silk, shaking, raw silk, etc.

Zhou Qi explained clearly and was proficient in operation. He soon arrived at the loom, made the warp and weft lines, sat down and pulled the steps, and said, "In the workshop, skilled female workers can weave at least ten feet of cloth a day."

Du Zhenglun was very surprised and reached out to take a finished cloth and twisted it. He nodded repeatedly and said, "It's thick and durable, no rough linen, less complicated silk, very good, very good!"

"I'm satisfied if I can weave ten feet a day."

"I didn't hear Mrs. Zhou say that it was knitting ten feet with hand. We should practice more and weaving more, so we can't be too bad."

The woman next to her sneered privately, and Zhou Qi stood up and smiled and encouraged, "I will be mature after a month. The sisters are skillful, so where can they be worse?"

Amid the women's chuckles, Du Zhenglun nodded in satisfaction, bowed his hand, and turned away.

…………………

October is already golden autumn.

Xu Qilin embarked on the way back to Ganzhou from Gaochang with a lot of gains.

He set out first and did not want to go along with Hou Junji. Hou Junji also received an imperial edict from the court to escort the princes and nobles who were escorted to Gaochang back to Beijing.

The cotton purchased, coupled with the autumn harvest in Gan and Suzhou, has more than quadrupled this year. This car is almost copper coins or silver!

There is also the Western Regions Daqing that I finally found, which is worth equal to gold. It is made of blue and white porcelain, and it is also a treasure that can be sold for old people.

Xu Qilin rode on the horse with a happy expression. Even Fang Er was not so bored when he was mixed in front of him.

Fang Xuanling seemed to have given up on discipline for this son. Perhaps, in his heart, he didn't want to be a princess and get married to the royal family.

Since he couldn't tie him up and took him back, Fang Xuanling couldn't come in person. Fang Er was so angry that no one could persuade him.

"Just hurry up and drive the gun like a windmill." Xu Qilin couldn't help but scold him, but he didn't get angry when he looked at him, "I didn't see that everyone else was far away from you."

Fang Er then put away his gun, laughed and walked along with Xu Qilin.

Because of his identity, when Hou Junji reported his merits to Fang Er, he also made a note. Of course, this guy really charged and killed, and he really hit the head level.

For some reason, the imperial court gave Fang Er a sixth-rank Wusan official - Zhaowu School Captain.

In Xu Qilin's opinion, His Majesty Li Er seems to have the intention of remorse the marriage. Anyway, it was just said verbally and has not been officially announced yet. Strictly speaking, it is not considered a remorse.

The princess has no worries about marriage. Fang Er is so unrestrained, and His Majesty Li Er did not expect that if he was forced to recall, it would inevitably be spread.

In fact, Xu Qilin was half right. The key role was Princess Hepu. She had inquired about Fang Er's situation and was very dissatisfied with this guy who had no knowledge of the birth rate and had only force.

Just as she ran away from home by Fang Er, she cried to His Majesty Li Er, basically ruining the marriage.

If Fang Er hadn't bravely opposed feudal marriage and ran to the northwest to stir up the wind, Princess Hepu would not have the courage to make trouble, and His Majesty Li Er would not have let her express any opinions.

Xu Qilin thought this would be fine. If he had a gentle and virtuous person, Fang Er would not be abducted to be a rebellious person, which would make the old Fang family fall into ruin.

Since fate seems to have changed, Xu Qilin is not very resistant to getting along with Fang Er. Just because Fang Er's head is so mediocre that he will inevitably make mistakes and get involved in right and wrong in the undercurrents of the capital.

"How is it?" Fang Erheng asked in a daze: "Is there any shadow of the God of Martial Arts?"

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Practice well, this is where you go!"

Fang Er laughed, but didn't care at all, and said, "After a certain person is finished, he will show off his invincible hand in the 'battle all over the world' and defeat all the masters."

As he said that, the guy was not honest immediately, his hands and feet moved randomly, and shouted in his mouth: "Two-shaped tiger and crane, with shadowless feet."

The war horse was so restless that he was tortured for a few times before he could make this guy honest.

Xu Qilin rolled his eyes, but he also felt that this guy had a fanatical preference for martial arts practice. He was harsh and thick-skinned and resistant to falling and beating. It might be a good thing to follow this path.

As a warrior, he is a little simpler and has no twists and turns in the civil servants. He is less likely to be targeted, be attracted to others, and stand in the wrong team.

This was the case in ancient times. If you are not careful in making friends, you may be implicated in political turmoil.

A team of business travelers came towards us, and from a distance he heard the jingle of camel bells. Seeing Xu Qilin and his group were escorted by soldiers, they knew they were officials, so they stopped by the roadside for a while.

The "Dahaidao" has been opened, this is a road that can bring wealth!

Xu Qilin was in a happy mood and nodded and smiled at the merchants on the side of the road.

"Xiaomin has met Xu Cheng." Unexpectedly, Hu Shang recognized Xu Qilin and bowed to salute.

Xu Qilin waved, but didn't get off the horse, and said, "It's a good journey!"

"Thank you Xu Chengji's words." Hu Shang's Chinese words were a little awkward, which made Fang Er laugh.

Along the way, I encountered several caravans, and signs of prosperity on the Silk Road were revealed.

The beacon posts on the road are further improved through continuous construction, and living in them has also reduced the hardships and fatigue of the journey.

When we arrived at Xingxing Gorge, the town had already begun to take shape. As Xu Qilin expected, in addition to wine shops and restaurants, it was a place of romantic gatherings for Hu girls.

The most ease of fatigue in the gentle village! While Xu Qilin sighed, he lit up his arms and looked at his legs and feet. When will he be called a man with confidence?

After walking through the Gobi desert again, the road facilities are more complete. Although there is no technical means and power to build highways in later generations, it is much easier to walk than the original wild roads.

One stop, two stops, three stops... I didn't feel it when I first set off, but the closer I got to the destination, I couldn't help but feel a lot of anxiousness.

The feeling of home is like a sofa, big bed, delicious dishes, and a well-behaved and clever maid. It makes people want to arrive in one step.

Xu Qilin was calm on the surface, but he thought so. Sniff the clothes and take a fragrant hot bath when he got home. It’s simple and not too comfortable!

One beacon a day, one post a day, and ten days later, I finally saw the shadow of Guazhou. Although I have a few days left to home, there is no longer the desolation of the Gobi desert, and the place where people are everywhere makes people feel intimate.

But before Xu Qilin could rest well, Du Zhenglun came to visit. Obviously, he learned about Xu Qilin's approximate itinerary from the officials of Ganzhou and was waiting here.

It’s not a big deal that Du Zhenglun is anxious. It has been almost two months since he visited and inspected in Ganzhou and Suzhou, and the imperial court has not appointed him, which means he will be left here and ignore him.

After thinking about it for a while, Du Zhenglun finally understood. His arrangement was that the court wanted to wait for Xu Qilin's opinion. After all, Xu Qilin is not only the governor of Ganzhou, but also temporarily appointed as the governor of Suzhou.
To be continued...