Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin felt distressed looking at these rare treasures, but there was nothing he could do about it, it was not his.

After Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, he added some systems based on the Sui system, stipulating the colors and styles of clothing accessories of different grades.

What to wear for different occasions. What kind of accessories to wear, from head to toe, but the material is not specified.

If you have money, you can make a dress out of gold, but you must dye the gold into another color, not yellow.

Li Shimin estimated that the wedding dress was worth over [-] yuan just for its materials, not including the silk. The gold and silver were actually the least valuable.

For example, one of the top-grade agates is worth seven to eight thousand guan. There are five or six here.

There are also pearls and fine jade. And jade. Li Shimin felt more and more heartbroken as he watched.

Instantly, I felt that this son was not close to me.

The fact that the queen and the fourth concubine personally made Li Mengjiang's wedding clothes was only spread among a few people in the upper class and did not spread to the people.

Li Shen stopped paying attention after taking out the things. At this time, Li Shen was thinking about another thing.

People cannot do without food, clothing, housing and transportation, so Li Shen thought it was worth doing something about the first thing he did.

The first thing Li Shen thought about was keeping warm, and how could keeping warm without cotton.

So Li Shen recruited Wang Hongfu.

"What are your orders, Your Majesty?" Wang Hongfu has really gained weight now.

"Old Wang, have you ever seen a white flower?"

"Of course I have, there are many white flowers in the palace." Lao Wang's answer made Li Shen die on the spot.

Li Shen didn't know the name of the cotton of this period, but he knew where it was found.

Li Shen thought about it for a long time and roughly drew it on the paper, and then showed it to Wang Hongfu.

Wang Hongfu looked at it for a long time, mainly because Li Shen's painting skills tended to be abstract.

"Look, this flower is a white ball, soft. There is a shell on the outside, and there is no other color. It is all white. Think carefully about whether you have heard of this thing." Li Shen began to explain again.

"It's white and soft, it's white and soft. The prince is talking about Bai Diazi. It's also called Dihua." Wang Hongfu said uncertainly.

"Baidiezi? Baidiezi, yes, it's called Baidiezi." Li Shen finally remembered that cotton was called Baidiezi in the Tang Dynasty, and the word cotton was only coined during the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I have seen this villain before, but it is relatively rare. It is just for viewing. There should be some in the homes of the nobles in Chang'an."

"The nobles all have some? Then why don't I, Prince Ji, have them? Am I not a noble? Why didn't I see them in the yard?" The nobles all have them, so why don't I? It doesn’t make sense.

"Your Majesty, although Bai Diazi is precious, it is still inferior to the exotic flowers and herbs in the palace, so I didn't plant it at the beginning." At this time, Shitou beside him whispered to Li Shen.

"Really?" Li Shen only spoke and then ignored the whole arrangement of the palace.

Li Shen felt that it was better not to show off his artistic skills and embarrass himself.

Li Shen has always believed in the saying that it is best to leave professional matters to professionals.

Li Shen felt a little embarrassed at the moment and quickly changed the subject: "Old Wang, please arrange a few people to rush to the Anxi Protector's Mansion immediately.

See if there are a lot of white stacks there. If there are, let people buy them. They should be prisoners of Gaochang, and we will give them food in exchange.

You tell the local people that they can plant Baidiezi in a large area, and I will have as much as I want, and they will never suffer a loss.

Lao Wang, this matter is very important. Tell the people sent out to send someone back to report the news first. do you know? "

Why did Li Shen know that there was cotton in Gaochang at this time? It's very simple. Li Shen had a Xinjiang cotton incident in his previous life, which was very sensational.

In order to gain popularity, major internet celebrities have posted many short videos about Xinjiang cotton. Among them is the story about the origin of Xinjiang cotton.

After the Tang Dynasty destroyed Gaochang, Li Shimin placed the captives to grow cotton, and Gaochang was located in the Turpan Basin of Xinjiang.

Li Shen estimated that the reason why it did not spread to the Central Plains was due to problems with planting technology and lack of awareness of its effects.

After the fall of Gaochang, it was renamed Xizhou and the Anxi Protectorate was established. That place is really vast and sparsely populated.

Suddenly Li Shen thought of something else. Turpan grapes are famous. So he said:

"By the way, we also need to pay attention to grapes and let local people plant more, just say we buy them at a high price. No, I have to find a way to get a piece of land over there. Open up wasteland."

Li Shen suddenly felt that if he planted it himself, he might be able to better inspire the local people, because those places were all the old areas of Gaochang.

After Li Shen finished his instructions, Wang Hongfu went out to make arrangements. And Li Shen fell into deep thought again. Even if he bought all the cotton, he would be able to weave cloth and so on, and he would not miss playing cotton. When he was a kid, he always paid someone to play cotton when making quilts.

The output at this time is limited, so how to increase output and reduce costs is the key.

But Li Shen doesn't know how to improve the loom? He had only seen it, and it was only a rough idea.

He had to think of a way. Thinking of this, Li Shen left the house and went straight to the research institute.

Today's research institute is already small in scale, and some of the ideas that Li Shen came up with are being studied. However, due to the lack of knowledge base in physics and chemistry, they are just blind people and groping slowly.

Li Shen finally realized the meaning of Fang Henshao's words when the book is ready for use. Why couldn't I study it well when I first learned physical chemistry?

When he arrived at the institute, Li Shen immediately gathered everyone together.

"Everyone, I have given you a task now, which is to increase the speed of the loom. If you can do it, I will reward you with thousands of dollars and hundreds of acres of fertile land.

I can give you a direction to improve on the basis of our existing looms. You first make a few more looms that we have now, and then start weaving.

In this process, you will find out which link is wasting time, and you can study which part. Don't be afraid of spending money. The sooner the better. If you need anything, ask the housekeeper for it. "

The rewards given by Li Shen are indeed very exciting. These people only get 20 coins a year here. One thousand guan is enough for them to go without food or drink for [-] years.

Moreover, Li Shen also gave the direction, which is called experiment to produce true knowledge.