Chapter 338: The advent of cotton seed-removing machine
"Well, he deserves to be the number one farmer." Qin An couldn't help but be infected by Xu Xing's heroic words.
"Ashamed. Without Mr.'s seeds and planting methods, no matter how powerful I am, I still wouldn't be able to grow so many new crops." Xu Xing said with a look of shame, "Without Mr., the people would still be living a hungry life." days.
Not to mention having enough to eat, and now even having meat to eat, this is simply a life that only gods live. "
Qin An smiled and said, "As long as you believe in me, life will only get better and better."
"Believe it, we all believe it. Every villager in the village believes it," Xu Xing said.
Qin An said nothing more, stood up and said, "Let's go see that cotton plant and extract the seeds."
"Okay." Xu Xing responded.
This was the reason why he came to Qin An. He did not dare to do anything to the only cotton plant. If the method was wrong, he would be a sinner through the ages. Even if he had Li Feng's planting manual, he would not dare.
In order not to be a sinner through the ages, and to prevent the farmer from taking the blame, Xu Xing could only go to Qin An.
The two soon arrived at the glass house, where in addition to cotton, many vegetables were grown.
Throughout the winter, villagers can still eat lush green vegetables, all thanks to the vegetables in the glass house.
After it was confirmed that fresh vegetables could be grown in winter, the village added five more glass houses and planted various vegetables to provide the village's needs.
All of this has to be paid for, so work becomes the only thing everyone has to do.
This also caused a lot of things in Noh Village to be sold outside the village, including winter vegetables.
And this also made Qin An and most people in the village make money.
Of course, Qin An and Ying Zheng earned the most.
Although Ying Zheng became the First Emperor, his food, clothing, housing and transportation all came from the treasury, and he used it with peace of mind.
But for no reason, he had an extra penny. It was his Yingzheng's money, just like the noble's money belonged to his noble.
This gave Ying Zheng a new idea, to separate the emperor's money and the treasury's money into private treasury and treasury respectively.
Ying Zheng is now using money from his own private treasury, which makes some imperial officials very speechless, because the First Emperor used his own money and did not take a penny from the national treasury.
Even if Ying Zheng takes the money and throws it into the river to hear a noise, it is his own money and it has nothing to do with everyone.
At most, it is said to be inhumane.
At the same time, Ying Zheng also gradually understood the importance of business.
However, these are all things for later.
At this time, Qin An and Xu Xing came to the glass room and saw the amazing growth of cotton.
Qin An looked at the cotton and counted: "1, 2...81. 81, there are actually 81 cotton bolls, good, very good, it is indeed a hybrid seed."
"Sir, what should we do now?" Xu Xing asked.
At this time, the farmers in the glass house gathered around and looked at Qin An excitedly.
Qin An thought for a while and said, "I'm going to make a tool. You can pick all the cotton without fear of damaging it."
No one dared to move for a while. It was the only cotton plant in Da Qin. What if a lot of seeds were obtained?
Xu Xing gritted his teeth and said, "Everything depends on sir. Let's go pick cotton."
"promise."
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Qin An ignored Xu Xing's group of people, came to the research institute, and directly asked the staff inside to build a tool according to what he said.
This tool is a cotton seed remover. The name Qin An gave it to himself is actually a cotton seed remover. It is very simple.
It is to install two strip-shaped wooden sticks together, and then drive the two round wooden sticks by hand. The cotton can pass through the two wooden sticks, but the cotton seeds will be blocked out.
This is because the gap between the two wooden strips is very small, but the cotton seeds are large, so the cotton can easily pass through, but the cotton seeds cannot.
Because the installation is simple, the workshop only took an hour to complete.
Afterwards, Qin An came to the glass room with a cotton seed remover.
At this time, Xu Xing and the others had picked all the cotton. When they saw Qin An coming back, they walked over.
"Sir, all the cotton is already here." Xu Xing said.
Looking at the pure white cotton, Qin An said with some pity: "The quantity is too small, otherwise a lot of clothes could be made."
"Sir, is the machine in your hand a tool for removing seeds from cotton?" Xu Xing asked.
Qin An nodded and said: "Yes, I will show you now. Forget it, it's just a little bit of cotton. Let me take out the seeds."
Afterwards, Qin An ignored everyone's objections and placed the seed extractor on the ground. He picked up the cotton and stuffed it into the thin cracks of the wooden strips. The other watch began to shake the handle.
Everyone was shocked to see cotton passing through, and a dark brown seed among them was blocked outside the wooden bar.
"Wonderful, it's really wonderful. You can easily take out the seeds this way. Xu Xing admires your talent." Xu Xing bowed to Qin An as he spoke.
Qin An waved his hand and said: "It's not a big deal, but there is too little cotton now. It's better to just make a machine without anyone having to do it."
Before long, all the cotton seeds were taken out.
Qin An wrapped the cotton seeds and said: "I give these cotton seeds to you. You can plant them in the soil according to the planting manual I gave you.
After three or four months, dozens more cotton plants can be obtained. More to come next year.
As for the cotton, I took it all away. I will use a loom to make it into silk thread, and finally make it into a piece of clothing. "
"Don't worry, sir, leave the seeds to me and I will take good care of them." Xu Xing said.
Others are not good, planting is their farmer's ability to make a living.
Qin An nodded and gave a few more instructions before leaving the glass room and heading to the textile workshop.
Seeing the boss coming, the workers all stood up and saluted Qin An respectfully.
"Meet the boss."
Qin An smiled, waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, please continue working."
"promise."
Immediately, the workers continued working.
Qin An hired technicians and asked them to make cotton into silk thread and then weave it into cloth.
After the technician took over the cotton, he began the experiment.
The technicians in the textile workshops are all female workers with very high weaving skills. Their skills are first-rate, but they are limited to manual mode.
When steam engines or electrical appliances appear, their group of skilled workers may be eliminated.
In order to avoid such a thing from happening, Qin An asked them to study and learn more relevant knowledge.
This group of technicians also agreed and studied very hard. Now they can be regarded as intellectuals.
People in the village are not at all against women studying, because Qin An said that women can hold up half the sky and are no worse than men.
Therefore, many women in the village study in academies.
Some people died, but not completely...
