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Chapter 268: Dedication to duty

The names of these three types of cotton are quite recognizable. They are called "Asian cotton", "Sea Island cotton" and "Upland cotton".

He first clicked on Asian cotton, and then saw the word "India".

Obviously, this is the cotton variety that has been used in the Central Plains for thousands of years.

At this time, he felt a little happy in his heart. After all, being able to use these good things early would be a great benefit and harmless thing for him.

Then he saw these eye-catching red letters: "The output is low, the fiber is thick and short, and it is not suitable for machine spinning."

"Holy crap! What does this mean? Is Asan's stuff not good?"

He couldn't help but complain in his mind.

He then thought in his mind: "But if the output is low, how can this thing spread to thousands of households? Basically every family in future generations will have cotton clothes to wear?"

"Did I misunderstand?"

He couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Little did he know that it was precisely because cotton was so much better at keeping out the cold than commoners that once it was introduced to the Central Plains, it received strong support from the government and adopted various tax reduction and tax exemption measures to ensure the cultivation of cotton.

At the same time, the yield of cotton is much higher than the yield of mulberry silk.

In this era, weaving was basically done using looms or directly hand-woven.

Moreover, the textile machine here and the machine in the system are two different concepts.

That's why Liu Chan suddenly misunderstood.

But no one could explain these things to him, so he chose to close the window of "Asian Cotton" and open the window of Sea Island Cotton.

I only saw a few very eye-catching words: "Original from South America, with long fiber and high strength."

"Eh? What's going on? How come there's no increase in production?"

Liu Chan couldn't help but feel puzzled.

But after a while, he found the "reason".

"Since it's called Sea Island Cotton, I guess it can only be grown well on an island. Our place may not be suitable..."

This was of course his imagination, but it was enough to support him to close the window and focus on the last "upland cotton".

The reason why he gave up wasting time on "Sea Island Cotton" so quickly was not only because of the word "Island", but also because of the two words "Land" behind it.

In his opinion, apart from Hainan and Taiwan, there seemed to be no other real islands in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, at this time, Hainan and Taiwan were still uncivilized barbarian lands. It was not known how long it would take to plant "sea island cotton".

When he opened the window of Upland Cotton, his eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw the words "wide adaptability, high yield, long fiber, and good quality." These words are particularly conspicuous.

When he looked at it, he felt that these words were very cute, just like honey.

"God help me. If this kind of cotton can be widely planted, will we still worry about the cold and frost in the winter?"

Liu Chan was very happy and immediately exited the description page and came to the purchase page.

Then he saw: "One pound of cotton seeds has a surprise value of 10,000 points, and one acre of land requires three pounds of cotton seeds."

"Thirty thousand surprises are worth an acre, it's really a bit expensive!"

“I just don’t know how much cotton can be produced in one acre, and how much cotton cloth can be woven into it?”

He muttered in his mind and began to search for instructions again, only to find that "the yield per mu can reach twenty bolts of cotton cloth, and one bolt of cloth can weave six sets of clothes."

"That's 120 units per acre, and each unit has a surprise value of more than 200 points."

"Holy crap! This system actually makes my 'money'!"

Liu Chan thought that he only bought a cotton-padded coat and spent 300 surprise points, which was a total loss of blood.

However, he just complained about it and didn't care about it anymore. He continued to read the instructions, and he saw "Plant in April and harvest in early July."

"It seems that it is too early to buy now, so I have to wait a few more months."

"I hope that by then, my surprise value will be able to buy a little more to make the next winter warmer."

He looked at the brazier with a smile on his face, stroked the cotton clothes on his body, and couldn't help but sigh.

He closed the system mall and focused his attention outside the camp again.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves gradually dissipating, he slowly stood up, opened the curtain of the tent, and walked out.

"'Cheap Daddy', I'm going to hide now so that no one can find me later, so it doesn't count as disobeying your order! Hehe..."

Looking at the dust stirred up in the distance, Liu Chan raised a smile and slowly walked towards the Chinese army's tent.

"Young Master, why are you back?"

A soldier on duty outside the Chinese army's tent saw Liu Chan and asked with a smile on his face.

Liu Chan said with a serious face: "I have something to go in for a while. When my father comes back, don't tell him!"

He knew that the soldier must have heard what Liu Bei said just now, otherwise he would not have asked such a question.

The soldier was a little confused: "Young man was ordered to be on duty, how dare you deceive your lord!"

It was his duty to report to Liu Bei what was going on in the camp. Now that Liu Chan wanted him to cover it up, he really didn't dare.

After all, he didn't know if Liu Chan would recruit him by himself.

Liu Chan is the young master, so he will certainly not be punished, but he is a soldier, how can he escape punishment!

Liu Chan smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you're doing your job faithfully, but I'm not an outsider. Just let me in, and nothing will happen. And if I don't tell you about this, and you don't tell me, who can know?"

After saying that, Liu Chan took a step forward and prepared to walk inside.

"Ding……"

As a harsh sound of iron clashing came, Liu Chan saw two spears crossed together in front of him, blocking his path.

The two soldiers said sternly in unison: "I forgive you for not daring to obey your orders!"

"Holy shit! This..."

Liu Chan was suddenly frightened, but he did not get angry. Instead, he looked blankly at the two soldiers on duty.

He said seriously: "Okay! You are very good! You have indeed withstood my test! You can continue to be on duty!"

After saying that, he turned around very gracefully and returned to the original road.

When the two soldiers saw this, they couldn't help but sigh: "It's so dangerous, but fortunately we held on..."

However, how did they know that Liu Chan had no choice but to say this shamelessly.

Otherwise, if word got out, his dignified young master would be stopped by two soldiers on duty. It would be too embarrassing!

"But now, how should I get in?"

"How about we wait until dark? They won't come back until dark anyway!"

Liu Chan put his hands behind his back and walked straight back to the camp.

However, Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others were riding their horses forward at this moment, going ten miles away as agreed with Fazheng.

At the same time, Yang Huai and Gao Pei were also very active. At this time, they abandoned their boats and rushed to meet Liu Bei.
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