Da Qin: Comparing his sons, Ying Zheng was sour.

"wool?"

"Wool?"

"The third kind of thread besides silk thread and hemp thread?"

"Is it really okay to use wool to weave?"

"Can wool really be woven into clothes?"......

People in Guizhou all over the world are talking about it.

Since the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the threads they have used for weaving for thousands of years have been silk threads or hemp threads. It has never been heard that wool can be spun into threads for use.

But this is normal. If you want to spin wool into thread, the minimum prerequisite is that you must have sheep, right?

At least you have to raise a lot of sheep so that you can have a lot of wool.

After having a large amount of wool, it was possible to further think about how to spin wool into wool for use.

But are there sheep in the Central Plains? have!

But are there a large number of sheep raised in the Central Plains?

No!

Since ancient times, people in the central plains of Guizhou have rarely raised sheep!

Even in later generations thousands of years later, the number of cattle raised in the Central Plains will be far more than that of sheep!

Basically, there are probably three reasons.

The first reason is the difference in national concepts.

The Chinese nation in the Central Plains is a farming nation, so if the people of China in the Central Plains of Guizhou find a place with good water and soil environment.

As a farming nation, the first thought of the people in the central plains of Guizhou was to cultivate this area into farmland.

As for keeping this land for raising sheep?

The vast majority of people in the Central Plains and Guizhou Province would not have such thoughts.

For the people in the central plains of Guizhou, farming is far more important than raising sheep.

In the absence of strong external intervention, for example, if the state administration comes forward to force people to raise sheep in Guizhou, it is the first time.

So we want the people in Guizhou to raise sheep on their own initiative, unless one day the people in Guizhou feel that they have enough acres of land.

Even if we do not continue to cultivate new acres of land, the output of the currently cultivated acres is enough to feed and clothe our family.

Then they could leave the extra acres of land empty to raise sheep.

However, it is a pity that the people of Guizhou Province live in this land of the Central Plains.

Even if hundreds or thousands of years pass by, there will never be a time when I feel that my land is large enough to raise sheep.

The second reason is that the demand for sheep is not large and the people in Guizhou are not very interested in raising sheep.

Before it was discovered that wool could be woven into wool thread, the greatest significance and role of sheep was that they were used as one of the six animals for sacrifice and for eating meat.

Activities such as sacrifices can be said to be very few.

Generally speaking, except for the monarch of the country, he wins the war with foreign countries.

Or maybe it's a big happy event like the wedding of a prince or noble, which requires special temporary sacrifices.

There are only two or three normal sacrificial activities throughout the year.

The fewer sacrifices, the less sheep are needed.

And the number of times sheep are needed is small, which means that only three or two sheep raised by a very small number of people in Guizhou are enough to meet the needs of sacrifices all year round.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately raise large numbers of sheep for sacrifice.

Compared with the needs for sacrifices, there will be more demand for sheep to be eaten directly.

However, when ordinary people in Guizhou do not even have enough to eat, mutton is basically something that ordinary people in Guizhou cannot afford to eat on a daily basis.

If ordinary people in Guizhou cannot afford mutton on a daily basis, it means that only the princes and nobles, a small group of people, can afford mutton.

However, the small number of the princes and nobles meant that the demand for mutton would not be excessive.

After all, princes and nobles only have one mouth and one belly. Even if they want to eat more mutton, they can't eat it.

In addition, no matter how delicious mutton is, it is impossible for princes and nobles to eat it every day.

After all, for the princes and nobles, there are foods that are as delicious as mutton, or even more delicious than mutton.

Therefore, even the princes and nobles only eat mutton once every few days, or even only once every ten days.

This has greatly reduced the demand for mutton, which was originally in low demand.

In the end, even the combined demand for mutton from the princes and nobles will not be too large.

If the demand for mutton is not large, it means that the mutton market is small.

If the mutton market is small, it means that the profits that can be obtained from raising a large number of sheep are small.

The profit from raising a large number of sheep is small, so naturally no one will raise a large number of sheep in order to obtain more profits.

Therefore, in the end, either only a very small number of Guizhou people raised three or two sheep sparsely, or only a few large livestock dealers could raise hundreds or thousands of sheep.

The third reason is that sheep are not as important as cattle and horses.

Cattle, sheep, and horses all use grass as their main food source. In other words, there is food competition between cows, sheep, and horses.

When food cannot adequately supply the common needs of cattle, sheep, and horses, whichever livestock among cattle, sheep, and horses is less important will be kicked out of the breeding range.

Among cattle, sheep, and horses, cattle are one of the six livestock. Beef can be used for food. At the same time, cattle can also assist in farming in Guizhou, greatly improving the efficiency of farming, and can pull heavy loads, etc.

Horses are also one of the six domestic animals, and their meat can also be used for food. At the same time, horses can also accompany soldiers on the battlefield to charge and kill enemies, win battlefield victories for the country, and can also carry heavy loads and pull carts, etc.

And sheep, before it was discovered that wool could be spun into wool thread and woven into clothes, was just one of the six domestic animals, and its meat could be eaten when needed.

As for farming, going to the battlefield, pulling heavy loads, etc., these are not tasks that sheep can do.

In other words, both cows and horses have at least four roles.

Before sheep discovered that their wool could be spun into wool thread, it only had two functions.

So when there is not enough fodder and you can only choose one of cattle, sheep, and horses.

Ordinary people in Guizhou often choose to raise cattle instead of horses and sheep.

The country will choose to raise horses instead of cattle and sheep.

In the end, due to the influence of the concepts of the farming people, the small demand for sheep, the inability to create more profits, and the inability to attract more Guizhou people to raise sheep, and the fact that sheep are not as important as cattle and horses.

The common people of Guizhou in the Central Plains lived in the past Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, to the present Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even hundreds of thousands of years in the future.

There are a large number of people who have widely promoted the breeding of cattle, and there are also a large number of people who have widely promoted the breeding of horses.

Even the raising of cattle and horses was incorporated into the farming system of the Chinese nation, making them indispensable.

However, sheep breeding has not been truly promoted in large quantities and generally, and sheep have not been incorporated into the farming system of the Chinese nation.

Even for the Chinese nation, if sheep are missing among the six livestock.

So the biggest impact on the Chinese nation is that the sheep are missing during sacrifices, and the edible meat is also missing. There will be no other adverse effects.

Therefore, during almost the entire feudal period of China for thousands of years, sheep as a livestock species were not really widely and widely raised in large numbers.

In addition, most of the farming peoples in the Central Plains are on guard against the nomadic peoples on the frontiers.

Only during the founding and peak periods of the dynasties, would they actively expand outward and conquer the nomadic peoples on the frontiers.

However, among the cattle, sheep, horses and other materials seized from the nomadic peoples on the frontier, sheep were often used as a kind of meat and were directly slaughtered for meat.

Or, after raising them for a period of time, they are directly slaughtered for meat.

In short, under normal circumstances, the Central Plains will not raise sheep in large numbers for a long time.

And if sheep are not raised in large quantities for a long time, then naturally there will not be a large amount of wool to experiment and use, and it will also be more difficult to find a way to turn wool into wool thread.

Even if a way to turn wool into wool thread was finally found, it would be difficult to develop wool textiles when the raw material, wool, was scarce.

Therefore, before the Ming Dynasty, the textiles that were generally available in China were either silk textiles or linen textiles.

After the Ming Dynasty, China officially added a third type of thread—cotton thread—in addition to silk thread and linen thread, and the third type of textile—cotton textiles.

As for wool textiles, it was only after entering the new era that they really began to develop.

But with the words of Prince Fusu on the sky screen, all the monarchs, ministers and people of Qin State all turned their attention to the sheep.

Well, to be more precise, it’s the wool from the sheep!

If wool, or wool, could be woven into clothing like silk thread and hemp thread, and became popular.

So it can be said without any hesitation that this has definitely set off a huge era change in the aspect of"clothing" since the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty for thousands of years!

Even the most ignorant people in Guizhou can understand the importance of wool.

So at this moment, the Guizhou women who were originally surrounded by carpenters and other craftsmen were no longer anxious to let the craftsmen help them make pedal-operated looms.

Anyway, the craftsmen and others live around them, and they can come back and block the doors of the craftsmen and others at any time.

What they are even more eager to know now is whether wool can really be spun into wool, and whether wool thread can really be spun into clothing.

This involves whether they want to raise sheep at home in the future, and whether the whole family can wear a new kind of clothes in addition to linen clothes.

So a group of Guizhou women who did not raise sheep shouted loudly to the surrounding crowd:

"sheep! Does anyone have sheep at home?"

"right! If anyone raises sheep, shear some wool and try it out!"

"Let’s see if it can really be spun into wool thread as His Highness Prince Fusu said!"

"That's right, if anyone raises a sheep, feel free to take it out and test it. If the sheep dies due to accidental shearing, then we will pool our money together to compensate you!".........

Among all the Guizhou women’s shouts, a few Guizhou women who raised a few sheep responded loudly:

"I! I have two sheep at home!"

"And me, my family also raises three sheep!"

"My family also has a sheep!"

"My family raises five sheep!"......

Seeing someone raising sheep, other Guizhou women who did not raise sheep also shouted excitedly:

"Go, go, go. A few sheep may not have enough wool. Let’s herd all the sheep together and then try to shear all their wool."

"You are right. Only when you have more wool can you test whether it can really be knitted into wool and clothes."

"Sisters, let's go!"......

While shouting to each other, the group of Guizhou women who had come in droves also swarmed away again.

Seeing this scene, the carpenters and other craftsmen who were originally surrounded breathed a sigh of relief.

When I was surrounded before, the psychological pressure was really great.

Except for the Guizhou women from all over the world who spontaneously prepared to test whether wool could be spun into wool according to the method mentioned by Prince Fusu.

Emperor Qin Yingzheng in Xianyang Palace also had the same idea. Emperor Qin Yingzheng looked at Zhao Gao beside him and ordered:

"Go and find me all the sheep that can be found nearby!"

Zhao Gao bowed his hands and responded:

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then, Zhao Gao hurried towards the direction of Shang Shicheng of the Shaofu.

Sheep is one of the common livestock meats. If it is other princes and nobles, their home kitchens may not always have it.

However, the person responsible for the diet of the First Emperor The Shaofu Shangshicheng must always keep sheep, or keep a small number of sheep at any time.

After all, if the First Emperor wants to eat mutton, then as the Shangshicheng, he certainly cannot say that there is no mutton for the First Emperor. Food.

If this really happened, Shang Shicheng might have to kill someone.

Looking at the background of Zhao Gao looking for sheep, Qin Emperor Ying Zheng looked up at Prince Fusu on the sky screen..

If wool can really be spun into wool and made into clothes, then the huge profits contained in wool will really be enough for Da Qin to start a war. : Naruto789