The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Beautiful?" Li Fu looked at Li Tai and asked, "Is your uncle Wang such a superficial person?"

The children were silent for a while, then shook their heads.

It seems... not entirely.

"You only know that cotton is good for viewing, but have you ever carefully observed cotton?" Li Fu asked again, "There are many things to learn in daily life. If you don't observe carefully and use your brain, you will miss a lot. Now is the season for cotton to bloom and harvest. I will ask Shitou to go to Chang'an City again and ask the emperor for a cotton plant."

Li Fu is also a man of action. He found Shitou and asked him to go to Da'an Palace again.

Shitou bowed his hands in response.

"Don't worry, my lord. I will bring cotton back tomorrow morning." Shitou smiled.

"Go ahead."

After Shitou left, Li Chengqian looked at Li Fu in confusion and asked, "Uncle Wang, please tell us first, what is the use of this cotton?"

"What is the mattress under your body, whether it is a bed or a kang?" Li Fu asked.

"In winter, it is soft fur, and in summer, it is just a mat woven from rush." ​​Li Chengqian responded.

"What is covered on the body?" Li Fu asked again.

"Thin cotton cloth in summer, fur in winter quilts."

"Almost all rich families are like this. In winter, they have expensive and exquisite fur to keep warm. If they are not so well off, they have silk and linen to block the wind. But ordinary families do not have such good conditions. They wear clothes filled with reed flowers, and they also sleep on straw. The quilts are also filled with reed flowers."

"Winter is a very difficult season for ordinary people with poor family conditions." Li Fu said: "In our village, we have changed to a kang, and the room is a little warmer, but in winter, the clothes on our bodies are not enough to keep warm. It is freezing cold. , and will be greatly restricted in their activities and work outside. "

"In places you can't see, many people are frozen to death in cold kilns because they don't have warm clothes and quilts in winter."

"And the cotton that Uncle Wang is thinking about is a good thing that can allow ordinary people to have comfortable and warm clothes and quilts to resist the severe cold in winter.

Moreover, as long as this kind of thing is planted more, the people can benefit from it.

Even if you don't have money to buy it, you can plant some at home and save it to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts for your family to keep warm. "

"Is the cotton in cotton-padded clothes and quilts the cotton of cotton?" Li Li questioned.

"That's right." Li Fu responded.

"Now the workshop's trading area and accommodation have been cleaned up, and the women on the farm have started sewing quilts." Li Fu said: "For now, we can only use reed flowers. This thing is economical, but the effect of keeping out the cold is much worse."

"However, this is the only way for now."

"Uncle Wang, why do we have to grow cotton in Gaochang, Qiuci, and Tuyuhun?" Li Tai asked.

"This has to do with the environment suitable for cotton growth." Li Fu said: "Rice has its own environment for rice growth, and wheat has its own environment for wheat growth. All plants are the same, just like locusts lay eggs in humid places, but they can only hatch in droughts. They all belong to the impact of the environment on animals and plants."

"In the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, this plant was discovered in the border areas. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, it was introduced to the Central Plains and was also planted in the border areas. Now in the Tang Dynasty, it is rare elsewhere. I saw it in the imperial garden of the palace, but it was just regarded as a bouquet for appreciation. "But no one has thought about it. Cotton, as a filling material for clothes, can keep warmer than reed flowers." "Moreover, cotton has a large yield and low cost. Cotton can be used to make cotton clothes and quilts. In addition to keeping seeds, cotton seeds can also be used to extract oil." Li Fu said, "Such a good thing can only be planted in the palace as an ornamental plant. No one can think of studying it carefully." "How to take care of cotton, the gardeners in the palace should have a lot of experience." Li Tai nodded seriously and wrote it down. As for Li Fu, even if he coveted the land of Tuyuhun, Gaochang, and Qiuci, he couldn't do anything about it at the moment. The Eastern Turks are not dead yet. The most urgent thing is that Li Shimin wants to solve the troubles in the north, so that they don't go south to invade the people on the border at any time. At present, Li Fu's study is full of drawings, whether on the bookshelf or on the desk. Various drawings.

Even the drawings he wanted to build a training palace for the emperor next to the academy on the original Pei family farm.

These are just in the planning stage.

For now, the existing works on the farm will beThe next morning, Shitou brought back two cotton plants that the palace gardener had transplanted into a large flowerpot, and a letter from Li Shimin. He gave the cotton to the gardener in the house and asked him to find a place to move it out. The cotton was already ripe, and it was time to save the seeds. When the children came back, he would take them to study the two cotton plants. Let's read Li Erfeng's letter first. Li Fu smacked his lips. Who is the emperor? The Du family handed over the Yanchi Iron Mine to the court. What did they say to him, an idle prince? They handed it over to you, so you can handle it yourself? Is there any need to write a letter to him? Li Fu folded the letter and put it back into the envelope. Wait a minute, what does Li Erfeng mean by this? Are you going to show off? Let them see how charming and majestic Erfeng is. Just a few words frightened Du Ruhui so much that he summoned the Du family to discuss overnight and take the Yanchi Iron Mine to the emperor.

Li Fu shook his head.

I couldn't figure it out. I really couldn't figure it out.

Forget it, I just read it and didn't reply.

Anyway, I didn't know how to reply.

And he was going to Cuiwei Palace to escape the summer heat.

Just go.

Anyway, I stayed well in the manor, it was good, there were towering ancient trees in the house, and I sat under the tree after noon, it was very comfortable, and there was fresh fruit and milk tea.

I didn't have to read the memorials, deal with the government affairs, and discuss any national affairs with the court officials.

Emmmm, thinking about it this way, Erfeng is really diligent.

Li Fu put away the letter and began to study the drawings in his hand again.

In the palace, Li Shimin was eagerly waiting for Li Fu's reply.

He promised the Du family, when will Linying County see any signs of progress?

After lunch, Li Fu took the children to take a nap.

The weather was hot, so the class was changed to the morning. Going to class early in the morning, the mind is still clear, as someone said, a day's plan begins in the morning.

The children's brains are all fresh, plus the morning buff, it's useful!