I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 338 Slavery

Well, this guy has brought up a new problem, that is, there is not enough cotton and mulberry!

Woven cloth is not cloth woven with air.

While the loom is working, it needs to consume a lot of raw materials. The raw materials consumed include silk, hemp thread, and cotton thread. These things are limited. In the current Great Qin Empire, these things are all in quantity.

Under such circumstances, the emergence of the steam engine greatly improved the efficiency of the loom, and also greatly improved the efficiency of the spinning machine.

But this does not mean that the Great Qin Empire will be able to harvest enough cotton, enough linen, and silk.

The reason is simple. The total amount of raw materials is placed there. If there are not enough materials, no matter how the productivity develops, no matter how developed the industry is, production cannot be completed. After all, the nature of industry still needs raw materials.

The key is that the Great Qin Empire at this time is relatively short of raw materials, only to hear Gongshu Shangzao open his mouth.

"Now my Daqin has this loom, which is so efficient that it can produce thousands of bolts of cloth in just one day, but the problem is that we need too little material to weave so much cloth. After all, we The efficiency of weaving in Daqin was too low, and the mulberry and hemp cotton planted by the people were limited, so how can we mass-produce under such circumstances!"

the voice of the latter.

After the news came out, Ying Zheng couldn't help frowning. This question was really a headache, but Ying Changsheng couldn't help laughing a few times, and then said.

"What kind of question is that?"

"Isn't that a problem? Young Master Nineteen?"

For a moment, Gongshu Shangzao, who was next to him, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

And Ying Changsheng laughed and opened his mouth to say it.

"Of course it's not a problem!"

I only heard Ying Changsheng speaking to Ying Zheng on the side.

"Father, you old man, think about it, do I, Daqin, lack the land to grow cotton and mulberry?"

"This one……"

Ying Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then reacted immediately.

Well, there was no shortage of land in the Qin Dynasty. As Ying Changsheng said many times before, the Great Qin Empire was a country with a vast land and sparse population. The population of this country is not large, only 2000 million people, 2000 million people People are distributed over the vast land of China.

It's simply that the land is so vast and sparsely populated that there are still large tracts of unexploited forest wilderness and swamps in the Guanzhong area at this time.

This is still the case in the densely populated Central Plains of later generations.

Under such circumstances, there is no shortage of land in the entire empire. If there is no shortage of land, some land will naturally be reclaimed to grow mulberry and cotton.

I only heard Ying Changsheng speaking to Yingzheng with a smile.

"Nowadays, the mulberry cotton is not enough to use. The solution is very simple. Isn't it just to look back and find ways to reclaim some more land in the coming year, and then plant mulberry or cotton to produce it? Those that can be weaved Raw silk is used to produce those cotton threads, as well as hemp threads, so that they can be supplied to the looms for work!"

Ying Changsheng's voice fell to Yingzheng, and he couldn't help nodding.

He felt that what Ying Changsheng said was indeed reasonable.

The Great Qin Empire has a lot of land, which is nothing more than growing some land, and it can't grow much. With the consumption of the Great Qin Empire, it only has a population of more than 2000 million, and at most 1000 million mu of cotton is enough to supply the Great Qin Empire. Up and down what you need.

but.

Even so, Ying Zheng quickly thought of a new problem, which was nothing else, and Ying Changsheng, who was beside Ying Zhengchao, opened his mouth and said.

"You boy said that planting this mulberry is not a problem, and planting cotton is not a problem, but the problem is that planting so many of these things will consume a lot of manpower, and will it make me Daqin, many people Incapable of cultivating the land, but working on these crops?"

Well, although these cash crops can bring extremely high economic returns, in Ying Zheng's view, these things are not conducive to the long-term stability of the Qin Empire.

The reason is very simple. If the clothes are a little torn, you can still wear them after sewing them. Even if the clothes are not covering the body, it doesn't matter. Even if you can't keep out the cold in the cold winter, there is no need to make a fire, and then squeeze in and hug each other to keep warm. .

In Ying Zheng's view, the most important issue in the Qin Empire was food.

The most important thing for the Great Qin Empire is to ensure that all citizens can have enough food.

Only in this way can the long-term peace and stability of the Great Qin Empire be guaranteed. Under such circumstances.

Ying Zheng is naturally unwilling to let the vast majority of people in his country work on these cash crops instead of ignoring those who cultivate the land. Ying Changsheng's worries about duty and Ying Zheng spread to Ying Changsheng's ears.

Welcome to Changsheng is inevitable, he laughed a few times, and then opened his mouth and said to Ying Zheng.

"Father's worry is completely superfluous in my son's eyes. I don't have to worry about it at all. The reason is very simple. My Great Qin Empire doesn't need so many people to farm at all!"

Well, Ying Zhengsheng had no intention at all of letting ordinary people in the empire farm and let them dispose of these mulberry cottons. After all, these cash crops require a lot of manpower and are labor-intensive industries.

In this era, the realization of agricultural mechanization is still relatively far away.

The best way to deal with these economic crops that require a lot of manpower is to adopt the slave system, and have cheap and inexpensive slaves to work.

Make these slaves.

Carry out farming, let them pick cotton in the cotton fields, let them produce silk, and let them make those twine. Only in this way can the Great Qin Empire flourish.

After all, the population of Daqin today is too small, only 2000 million people. It is too small. If slavery is not adopted on a large scale, how can this vast country be fully developed?

"My Daqin can completely let ordinary people buy some slaves, and then use these slaves to work, so as to cultivate the land and produce cotton, mulberry and hemp. In this way, wouldn't it meet the needs of our Daqin's weaving machinery!"

Ying Changsheng's voice fell.

Ying Zheng thought about it.

Although the Great Qin Empire has begun to buy slaves from overseas to enter the territory. , but these slaves did not flow into the people, but belonged to the government.

It was used by the officials of the Qin Empire to build roads, build city walls, and mine ore.

As for the people of the Great Qin Empire at this time.

At this moment, slavery has been completely abolished. There is not a single slave in the Great Qin Iron Kingdom, but only one free citizen after another.

The former slaves were all pardoned.

The registered household Qimin became a citizen of the Great Qin Empire.

At this time, after hearing Ying Changsheng's proposal, Ying Zheng inevitably frowned.

(End of this chapter)