The appearance of rice changed the way many people thought, making them feel that they could have enough to eat.
Not just them, but their descendants as well, could also have enough to eat.
For the common folk at this time, this was undoubtedly the most satisfying thing.
After all, many commoners at this time struggled just to survive.
Having enough to eat was more like a luxury for them.
Therefore, when Ying Zheng distributed the rice seeds to the people, they took them happily to plant.
The number of people who praised Lin Tian and Ying Zheng was immeasurable.
Such praise naturally strengthened the cohesion of Great Qin, and made Great Qin even stronger.
This strength also enhanced Great Qin's fortune, and the power of fortune that Lin Tian controlled.
For Lin Tian, this was a matter with multiple benefits.
Therefore, after planting the rice, Lin Tian did not stop his actions but went to do something else.
Having solved the problem of food, Lin Tian naturally had to solve the problem of clothing.
Thus, Lin Tian invented the weaving machine.
These weaving machines were not the electric weaving machines of later generations.
Great Qin's electricity system was not yet complete, and many commoners did not even know what electricity was.
If electric weaving machines were used, it was unlikely that anyone would be able to use them.
Therefore, Lin Tian used water-powered and human-powered weaving machines.
However, the water-powered and human-powered weaving machines that Lin Tian created were much more advanced than before.
Previous weaving machines could pull at most three threads, and the weaving speed was extremely slow, which also caused the cost of cloth to be extremely high.
But now it was different. The human-powered weaving machines could now pull dozens of threads at once, and could quickly produce cloth.
The water-powered ones were even more different. They could pull hundreds of threads at once, and produce cloth in a very short time.
The speed was terrifying.
It allowed the common people to produce cloth in a very short period of time.
At the same time, it could also lower the price of cloth.
With the price of cloth lowered, the common people would have more clothes to wear.
In the future, the common people of Great Qin would no longer be scantily clad, or have the entire family share one set of clothes.
When the weaving machines appeared before everyone, many were stunned.
"This, this is a weaving machine??"
"The speed at which this weaving machine weaves cloth is too fast! It's hard to believe this is actually a weaving machine??"
"Great! With this weaving machine, Great Qin will not lack cloth, and the people of Great Qin will no longer worry about lacking clothes!!"
The officials of Great Qin could see that the existence of the weaving machine was of great importance to Great Qin.
It concerned not only the cloth for the people of Great Qin, but also the issue of wealth.
With the existence of the weaving machine, Great Qin could produce as much cloth as it wanted.
Once someone mastered the technology of the weaving machine, it would be equivalent to mastering infinite wealth.
Not only that, but intelligent people also thought that the cloth woven by these weaving machines could be sold to other places.
After all, outside of Great Qin, many places lacked suitable cloth.
Most of their clothes were crudely made.
A large portion of these people even directly used simple animal skins.
Such clothes had no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.
However, the silk from Great Qin had a different kind of magic.
Not only was it very beautiful, but it was also very soft and comfortable to wear.
Once such silk was sold to other countries, it would definitely be a sensation and be sought after by people from other countries.
By then, Great Qin would possess infinite wealth.
Just thinking about this made many of them's hearts flutter.
Because of this, some of them proposed to produce more clothing and sell it to other places.
Lin Tian simply nodded at this proposal.
In his heart, he had already thought of this.
He had indeed intended this when he created these weaving machines.
However, before that, there was a prerequisite, which was to satisfy the clothing needs of the people of Great Qin.
Only after the needs of Great Qin's own people were met would Lin Tian consider selling these items elsewhere.
After all, Lin Tian created these things primarily for the welfare of the people of Great Qin.
The ministers were not aware of this.
Therefore, many of them were eager for Lin Tian to produce cloth in large quantities and sell it.
However, as soon as this proposal was made, Lin Tian reprimanded them.
"Silence!!"
"The cloth of our Great Qin shall be used first by the people of our Great Qin. Only when our Great Qin's people have enough can it be sold to other places!!"
"Anyone who dares to make any trouble in this matter, do not blame me for turning ruthless!!"
Lin Tian's words made many people fearful.
They understood that Lin Tian's talk of being ruthless meant being truly ruthless.
After all, Lin Tian had killed many people, and if provoked, he would definitely kill.
And these ministers were before Lin Tian; whether to kill or not was entirely up to Lin Tian's whim, and he had no need to hesitate.
Because of this, many ministers immediately quieted down.
Compared to wealth, their own lives were more important.
Therefore, they were unwilling to do anything that would anger Lin Tian.
After Lin Tian said this, every single one of them became obedient.
Such obedience was naturally beneficial to Great Qin.
At least the people of Great Qin did not have to worry about not having enough clothes to wear.
At the same time, they did not have to worry about the cloth being sold at a high price and being unaffordable for them.
Because those officials did not dare to reach out their hands before Lin Tian. If they did, they would certainly die a miserable death.
Of course, there were one or two who did not believe it.
He secretly hid two weaving machines, intending to keep them for private use.
However, as soon as he hid them, Lin Tian already knew the news.
Lin Tian now controlled all of Great Qin, and nothing in Great Qin could be hidden from him.
Because of this, as soon as this person did this, the Black Ice Guard came knocking.
The result of their arrival was naturally very tragic.
Lin Tian simply announced what he had done and then brought up all the past wrongdoings he had committed.
Many of these things even the official himself had forgotten.
But Lin Tian listed them one by one, as if recounting his family's treasures.
That scene was truly terrifying for the ministers of Great Qin.
It was so terrifying that many of them regarded Lin Tian as a god and held him in awe.
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