The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"We just participated and did what we could, but Qingque and I both thought that after the cotton quilt was made, we would present it to mother and father for their enjoyment." Li Chengqian said, "Look, mother, this is very soft. When the time comes, the mattress will be spread under the body and the quilt will be covered on the body. After a while, when the weather turns cooler, we can use it."

"Yes, yes, there are a lot of quilts sent this time, and they can be covered when it's cold." Li Tai said hurriedly.

Empress Changsun stroked the silky quilt cover and pinched the quilt. It was indeed soft.

"You said, is it filled with cotton?" Empress Changsun asked.

"Yes, it's the cotton that was planted in the palace garden before." Li Chengqian explained, "After this thing was planted, the gardeners in the palace carefully took care of the few acres of cotton fields on the farm this year. The yield is really not small, and after the cotton is pulled apart, it is a large piece."

Li Chengqian gestured exaggeratedly while speaking.

"If cotton can be popularized in the future, in winter, the people will have cotton clothes to wear, and fewer people will freeze to death." Li Chengqian said: "There are two sets of cotton clothes in the box. When your father comes back, you can try them in winter."

Those who live in the palace will not be cold in winter or hot in summer. They sleep with soft fur under their bodies, so they will not suffer.

But it is different for the people outside. Cotton may be dispensable to them, but if it is popularized, it will be of great significance to the people.

"The children are thoughtful." Empress Changsun looked at her two sons with a loving smile on her face: "One of you is the prince and the other is the king. It is a good thing that you can always keep the people in your heart. Your father will also be happy for you."

"Mother, there are some beddings. Qingque and I want to send them to Da'an Palace in the afternoon." Li Chengqian said.

"Okay, you two brothers, just send them." Empress Changsun said with a smile, "Do you have any such quilts left in your respective bedrooms?"

Li Chengqian nodded, "There are two sets left in Qingque and I's bedrooms. Uncle Wang said that cotton quilts should be laid out for a while, and then taken out to dry in the sun when the weather is good. If the cotton inside is compacted, it needs to be fluffed again."

Both of them have seen the scene of fluffing cotton, but Empress Changsun has not seen it, so she was a little confused when she heard Li Chengqian's statement.

"Fluff? What do you mean?"

"It means that after taking it apart, use a very large bow to fluff the cotton inside again." Li Tai described it. He didn't know what the thing that fluffed cotton was called. He could only say that it was a very large bow, but it was almost the same. The bowstrings of both were twisted with cow tendons.

"Put the bowstring on the cotton, take a hammer and start bang bang bang, the bowstring vibrates, and the cotton is fluffed up."

Empress Changsun tried to understand.

But if you haven't seen something, you can only rely on your imagination. But since the child has seen it in the farm, it should be there.

In the afternoon, Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the brothers, brought the eunuchs in the palace and rushed to Da'an Palace.

Li Yuan was very happy to see that his good grandsons were thinking of him when they had good things, and he praised the two children for being filial.

Outside the palace, at the Jingyang Palace, Li Fu and his wife would not leave Chang'an before the money from the tea shop was sent to the palace.

Fortunately, the shops were quick and the account books were delivered. The accounts in the account books were clear enough.

After ordering tea from the tea shops, the wealthy families in Chang'an City would take the goods away first, leave a note, and then send the money and silk.

Some were delivered on the same day, and some were delivered one or two days later.

The account books in the shop will be handed over to the palace only after they are balanced. In other words, the accounts will be settled only after all the tea sold, the notes left in hand, and the money are collected and there is no debt.

The accounts before the Mid-Autumn Festival have been settled in the shop.

Li Fu and his wife looked through the account books together in the study, and then looked at the money that was delivered to the house one after another, in boxes and sacks.

Their mouths were crooked with joy.

They sent it here several times a day but it was not finished.

All the accountants in the palace went over to count the goods.

This time, they really made a lot of money.

The price of tea has increased, and it has increased for a good reason.

The couple couldn't stop smiling in the study.

"Tsk." Li Fu looked at it and made a strange sound: "Oh, this."

"You said this."

"If this business is stable, the Jingyang Palace will not be poor. You said this, oh."

Li Fu's face was about to break with laughter.

Li Shao was also happyAh.

Too much money has been spent on the account this year. Although His Majesty later transferred a sum of money from the treasury to the manor, it is not as much as before.

Now, the treasury is full again.

It must be said that it is a bit stressful to support an extra thousand people on the manor.

Now that the money has arrived, what pressure is there? Is there any pressure? Not at all.

"When the accounts of various places are sent to Chang'an at the end of the year, we can add another wave. Next year, the manor can start spending money again." Li Fu said with a smile.

This year, apart from the construction of the military camp, there is no big move on the manor. Two workshops were built, but those two workshops did not spend much money. Ma Shisan arranged it himself. The accounts were not paid from the account office of the manor, but from the workshops.

After all, the newly expanded workshop was also managed by Ma Shisan. There was no problem with the accounts of the workshop, and it even reduced the financial pressure of the mansion.

After all, Li Shao started to spend money in Chang'an because of a letter from Li Fu.

Knowing that he could recover, he was happy to spend money at the beginning, and for emergency, he took away all the money that could be moved.

Compared with saving so many disaster-stricken people, it doesn't matter if the life here in the palace is hard.

Life in the palace is still very hard.

Li Fu and Li Shimin are people on the same boat, grasshoppers on the same rope. All the power and splendor of the Jingyang Palace are based on the imperial power. It must be done to maintain Li Shimin's imperial power and help him share his worries.

"Compared to last year, when you made a lot of noise on the farm, this year the farm is indeed much quieter." Li Shao said with a smile, "However, this is also related to your going out this year. If you were still on the farm in Jingyang County, even if all the money was transferred to the south to buy food, the farm's affairs would not stop."

Li Shao felt that his ability was not enough, otherwise he would be able to arrange all the affairs on the farm in an orderly manner.