All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 321 Need Corn to Feed the Pigs
Li Erfeng came again the next day.

There was no way out; the white cotton fields kept him awake again.

Li Erfeng, with dark circles under her eyes, brought Qin Qiong with her this time.

Qin Qiong found Chen Ran and said very straightforwardly, "I am the one who is sorry to Second Brother Shan. It has nothing to do with Zhijie. Please don't embarrass him anymore."

"What you said is really interesting." Chen Ran, who was reading "Postpartum Care for Sows", looked at Qin Qiong and said, "I don't know Shan Xiongxin, so how could I embarrass Cheng Yaojin? It's your business if you feel sorry for Shan Xiongxin, what does it have to do with me?"

"What the Taoist said is absolutely right."

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "I have already arranged the affairs at home. I will pay for the life of Shan Erge now!"

After saying this, he drew his sword and was about to commit suicide.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Ran should step forward to stop it at this time.

But he was sure that since Li Er had brought Qin Qiong here to discuss the matter, he would definitely not watch Qin Qiong die.

You must know that it was Li Er who ordered the execution of Shan Xiongxin.

Now his subordinates are taking the blame for him. If it were someone else, they might sigh and say a few words, but Li Er will never lose face.

Sure enough, seeing that Chen Ran was indifferent, the follow-up plan that had been originally conceived naturally could not be carried out.

Li Er had to act decisively and grasp the sword blade.

His hand was cut instantly and blood gushed out.

"Your Majesty~~~"

"I was the one who executed Shan Xiongxin back then, what does it have to do with you?" Li Erfeng said proudly, "If there is anything, I will take care of it!"

Qin Qiong burst into tears and wailed incessantly.

The brotherhood and gratitude of being recognized and appreciated tortured him so much that he was almost going crazy.

Li Erfeng casually stuck Qin Qiong's sword into the ground and let his followers bandage him hurriedly, but his eyes were looking at Chen Ran. "I will take care of Shan Xiongxin's affairs. Just tell me what you want to say!"

Chen Ran really wanted to roll his eyes. "Don't think too much. I really have no intention of standing up for Shan Xiongxin. I will not do anything to Datang because of this matter. I will not give less good things than I deserve."

When it comes down to it, Li Erfeng was just coveting the good things that Chen Ran brought out.

I was worried that because of Shan Xiongxin’s incident, they would not give it to me in the future, so I went back and forth.

If not, who would care about an unlucky guy who had been dead for several years.

Chen Ran simply said, "Since you all want to understand, then do me a favor."

Li Erfeng's breathing became heavy. "Speak."

"Tang Dynasty." Chen Ran raised his finger and shook it. "No marriage allowed!"

The powerful Han Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty have always been regarded as the representatives of the classical era, and their strength is fascinating.

But they liked to use women for marriage alliances, such as the famous Wang Zhaojun in the Han Dynasty and many daughters of royal families.

By the time it came to the Tang Dynasty, there were so many of them that they were too numerous to count.

Although many of them married under the title of daughters of royal families, there were not many real princesses.

But for this kind of thing, as long as it happens in name, it doesn't really matter who it is.

Li Erfeng was obviously a little surprised, staring at Chen Ran in confusion, "Why?"

"Shame on you."

"It is shameful to sacrifice women to do things that men cannot do."

"History has made it clear that people in later generations will only think that the Tang Dynasty is ashamed and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is ashamed!"

Li Erfeng didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, she turned her head and looked at the cotton field. "Let's talk about what's going on here first."

In his opinion, marriage alliance has its benefits.

By marrying a daughter off to a husband, not only could he win over the target for his own use, but if things went well, he might even be able to swallow the other party up.

This is a typical grassland style, and this is how the tribes on the grassland are.

In the hundreds of years since the end of the Jin Dynasty, the north had been too seriously influenced by the barbarians.

Chen Ran didn't talk about the cotton field, but was looking at Qin Qiong's subtitles again.

'Meet the historical figure Qin Qiong, who is extremely brave and a fierce general of the time. He is unparalleled in the battle array. Even if there are tens of thousands of people, he dares to go forward and stab the brave generals among tens of thousands of people. He is the vanguard of the king and seizes the spear to break through the battle array. However, he chases fame and fortune and runs around the kings, and his character is unruly.'

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

The real Qin Qiong is different from the loyal and righteous Qin Shubao in various novels.

He was not good at commanding large troops in battle, but he was a fierce general like Yuchi Jingde who dared to take the heads of enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops.

When he followed Zhang Xutuo to suppress the rebel army in his early years, Zhang Xutuo said that he had the ambition to seek fame.

After all, abandoning Shan Xiongxin was simply because he couldn't give up his own fame, wealth and power.

The reason why he gradually disappeared after Xuanwu Gate was that he was injured too many times in the battlefields when he was young and his health was not as good as before.

On the other hand, he was not good at commanding large armies, and personal bravery had gradually lost its usefulness in large-scale military operations.

So, like Yuchi Jingde, he gradually became a gatekeeper.

The images in various later novels were all fabricated by novelists.

Chen Ran quickly changed "unruly character" to "loyal character".

"Since you are portrayed as a man of loyalty and righteousness in various historical stories, then you should really be loyal and righteous."

Not hearing Chen Ran's response, Li Erfeng looked over in confusion.

Before he could open his mouth, he heard Qin Qiong's crying suddenly getting louder.

The crying was full of true feelings, "Brother Shan, I'm sorry~~~"

Li Erfeng was stunned. What happened? Did he suddenly get emotional? "Your Majesty." Chen Ran walked towards the cotton field and greeted him. "As the saying goes, food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Clothes even come before food."

"This thing is called cotton. It can be used to weave cloth, and it can also be used as a filling to keep warm, just like wadding."

Li Erfeng picked a cotton flower and squeezed it in her hand for a while. "What are the specific effects?"

"Yesterday I harvested one acre of land, and the yield was two and a half dan per acre including seeds."

Chen Ran called to Li Yuanji who was not far away, "Bring the cotton coat over here."

When Li Yuanji came over with the cotton-padded coat, Chen Ran simply handed it to Li Erfeng. "This is a cotton-padded coat made of linen, filled with cotton wool. It is more warm than ten pieces of clothing. When we go north to attack the Turks in winter, both the men and the horses will be wrapped in this cotton-padded coat, which will effectively maintain their combat effectiveness."

Li Erfeng, who was about to try it on, looked at him in surprise and blurted out, "How did you know that we were going to send troops in winter?"

"The Turks are very strong, and they can easily have armies of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of men."

"It's difficult to fight head-on. Instead, it's most effective to take advantage of the inconvenience of transportation in winter and launch a surprise attack on the Khan's tent."

Chen Ran has a wealth of battlefield experience. "If I were in charge, I would definitely fight like this."

Li Erfeng looked at him without saying anything, and after a moment she put on her cotton coat.

But in this hot weather, I can't feel the warmth effect at all, instead I am sweating profusely.

"Silly."

Seeing this scene, Chen Ran sneered, "Isn't there an ice cellar in the palace for storing ice?"

Li Erfeng suddenly realized, took off her cotton coat and handed it to her follower, preparing to take it back to the ice cellar to test the effect.

He would not believe what others said about the effects until he saw it with his own eyes and experienced it personally.

“How do you weave?”

"follow me."

We came to the backyard of the post station, and saw a room that was originally used as a warehouse.

The doors and windows were all wide open, and several peasant women from a nearby village could be seen operating a strange wooden machine to weave.

"This thing is called the Huang Dao Po loom." Chen Ran introduced, "After rolling, bouncing, spinning, and weaving, the cotton can be woven into cotton cloth. Its utility and comfort far exceed that of linen."

Not many people care about comfort.

The powerful and wealthy all wear silk and satin.

People from poor families only care about whether they have it or not, and they don’t even have the time to think about comfort.

Having something to wear and not having to go out naked is better than anything else.

The so-called Huang Dao Po loom was not actually her original creation, but an improvement on the previous textile loom.

Not only did she improve the textile machine, she also made many other technological breakthroughs.

For example, the promotion of cotton ginning machines has greatly improved the efficiency of cottonseed removal.

A hand-cranked and foot-operated cotton-binding machine removes cotton seeds, and a wooden bow with waxed silk as the string is used to play with the cotton.

Cotton is spun on a foot-operated spinning wheel, and cloth is woven on a plain jacquard foot-operated loom.

This set of processes has enabled China's cotton textile technology to be hundreds of years ahead of the rest of the world.

Huang Daopo is honored as the 'Vega' and it is absolutely worthy of the title.

As for where these devices came from, it was naturally that Chen Ran exchanged the drawings from the system mall and then arranged for people to make them.

And the books he read, such as "Postpartum Care for Sows", were all exchanged.

Li Erfeng was jealous and pointed at the spinning wheels. "These things."

Chen Ran clapped his hands, and Li Yuanji hurried over and said, "Second brother, the Taoist priest said that you would definitely ask for it, so we made two sets. The spare set has been loaded on the car, and you can take it with you when you go back."

Li Er let out a sigh of relief. He felt very unhappy that his thoughts were discovered and planned in advance by others.

He simply turned to Li Yuanji and said, "You have found the cotton seeds, well done. This matter must be recorded in the history books by the historians, and I will grant you another 10,000 strings of cash."

Li Yuanji said with a bitter face, "Second brother, there is no money to spend here. I don't want money. Can you let the people in the mansion come over? I miss them."

Li Er didn't say anything, but Chen Ran on the side said with a smile, "You monkey-headed King Qi, you are so ignorant."

"Your family members in Chang'an are hostages held by His Majesty. If they are sent here, you will take the opportunity to escape to other places and then raise the banner of rebellion, which will be troublesome."

"You should be thankful that Li Er finally took our brotherhood into consideration and only kept you under surveillance and imprisoned you, instead of killing your entire family. Just be happy."

Li Yuanji looked at Li Er in disbelief, "Second brother, do you really want to kill me?"

Li Er exhaled heavily.

It's really unpleasant to feel like someone has seen through your thoughts!

He turned around with a dark face and left without saying a word.

"Wait a moment."

Chen Ran stopped him and said, "Send me back some of the corn you took away earlier."

"Those are all good seeds. We will be sowing them on a large scale in the imperial farm next year. How many do you want?"

"Let's start with 1,000 jin."

"What?!" Li Er jumped up and down. "One thousand kilograms? Why don't you go and rob?! I have never been short of food at Lanqiao Station. Why do I need so much corn?"

"Feed the pigs."

Li Er'(⊙＿⊙；)'

His tone suddenly became high and sharp. "Say that again?!"

(End of this chapter)