System: Build My Own Territory-Chapter 485 - 207: This Is Discipline (10,000 Words)
If large-scale planting and processing into cotton can be achieved, the impact on both the economy and the development of territorial armed forces would be enormous.
According to Lynn’s current memory, the entire Garonia Continent’s textile materials mainly rely on linen and wool!
As for silk, its production is extremely rare, expensive, and often only available to the royal nobility.
Given the long growth cycle of wool and the complex processing of linen, if cotton can be planted on a large scale, with its short seed cycle and easy processing characteristics.
It will definitely greatly reduce textile costs!
It might even surpass the production of fine salt from the Salt Factory, becoming the largest economic industry in the territory.
Keep in mind.
It’s not just Lynn’s territory that has salt mines.
Not to mention the entire Garonia Continent.
Even throughout the Kaadi Empire.
There are quite a few lord territories with salt mines.
Plus.
The Coastal Empire can produce a large amount of fine salt through sun drying.
This is why, even though fine salt is meticulously produced, it usually costs just six pence per pound.
However.
If he could plant and process large amounts of cotton in this territory, it would be different.
He can utilize the panel of Heavenly Artifacts to make a manual cotton gin, accelerating the separation efficiency of cotton fibers.
He could even build a water-powered spinning workshop!
With cotton’s advantages over linen and wool such as wide planting adaptability, high yield, easy spinning and weaving, good warmth retention, and durability.
Before long, cotton will become adored by everyone.
Naturally, Lynn’s territory will create a tremendous wealth of value!
Not only in terms of economy.
The military aspect will also undergo a brand new upgrade!
Lynn could use cotton to make large quantities of cotton uniforms for soldiers!
Compared to linen and leather, cotton cloth is lighter, significantly improving marching mobility.
The strong warmth retention of cotton-padded clothing could even replace some fur and become winter military supplies.
Not just clothing, but tents for open-air camping, marching bags, and even preparations for future gunpowder bags!
In terms of crossbow cannons and catapults, cotton fiber woven ropes can completely replace hemp ropes!
With higher strength and better corrosion resistance!
Looking further ahead, they can be used as igniting materials for matchlock guns, sails of long warships!
Lynn thought about it and realized that to plant cotton seeds widely in the territory would still take a few years!
After last year’s cotton planting, only 1,800 cotton seeds were harvested.
Even with this year’s planting, according to the calculation of cotton seeds harvested last year.
One cotton plant can grow six bolls, and each boll contains thirty seeds.
That means, even if the survival rate of the cotton seeds to be planted immediately is a hundred percent, at most 324,000 cotton seeds could be obtained this year.
According to the normal planting density of cotton, these seeds can only plant forty acres of land.
The produced cotton, at most only ten thousand pounds!
Indeed, it’s too little.
However.
As long as he’s given enough time to continuously plant cotton seeds.
He will have a large amount of cotton seeds!
Next year, there will be tens of millions of cotton seeds.
The year after that, there will be billions of cotton seeds...
An explosive exponential increase!
Pushing aside distractions from his mind, Lynn strode towards Gavin and his group who had brought the cotton seeds.
Coming to Gavin’s side, Lynn looked at the bag filled with cotton seeds.
Seed by seed, full and glossy deep brown seeds were piled inside.
Accompanied by Gavin and his group, they began the initial selection.
Until one bag of cotton seeds was screened, only a dozen seeds showed slight damage and signs of being shriveled.
With over 1,700 cotton seeds available, only half an acre of land can be planted.
By dusk.
All the cotton seeds were planted.
Lynn once again instructed Gavin to cut some branches first thing in the morning and protect this half-acre cotton area.
Only then did they finish work and walk towards the town.
As they walked, Lynn noticed Gavin beside him hesitating.
Lynn directly asked, "What’s the matter, just say it straightforwardly."
The other townsmen nearby curiously looked at Gavin.
Hearing Lynn’s words, Gavin no longer hesitated and said, "Master, my wife Connie is three months pregnant..."
"Can I apply to let her rest at home?"
"But rest assured, I can finish her share of work in the evenings!"
"Is... is this okay?"
After saying this, Gavin cautiously looked at Lynn, filled with anticipation in his eyes.
Lynn nodded and said, "I mentioned it to Kuisi before, pregnant women don’t need to participate in any work after three months into pregnancy and can rest at home without worry."
"While enjoying the normal welfare of the townsmen, egg and chicken meat benefits will also be provided."
"You can directly go to Kuisi and explain."
Gavin’s face was filled with delight, "That’s wonderful, thank you, Master Lynn, you are the rebirth parents of our family!"
Lynn smiled slightly.
Even though Gavin did not know about the instructions given to Kuisi, Lynn didn’t mind at all.
With territorial laws and regulations only given verbally, not just Kuisi and these townsmen.
