The first to present was King Cen.

King Cen looked a little lazy, he came out to give a salute to Emperor Yuanwu, and said with a smile: "Father, the Ministry of Industry has recently developed a weaving machine, which can not only make people use their hands and feet to weave cloth, but also use water power to promote the operation of weaving. Erchen has tried and found that this loom can greatly improve the weaving efficiency. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Yuanwu suddenly became interested: "How much can the weaving efficiency be improved?" ”

"If a piece of cloth is woven on the original loom and takes six days, then with the new loom it can be woven in one day, or even less than a day."

King Cen smiled and said: "This loom can be successfully made, and Erchen also has ideas in it." Erchen is shy, this credit Erchen received first. Please also ask your father to be lazy, and take this loom as a birthday gift to your father. ”

As he spoke, King Cen asked the new loom to be brought up.

Chang Runzhi didn't understand the principle of the loom, but seeing the loom being carried closer and closer to her, Chang Runzhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This can no longer be called a loom, this is clearly a textile wheel.

Unlike ordinary looms, which only have three or five spindles, this spinning wheel has dozens of spindles.

The Eighth Emperor Concubine beside her exclaimed: "Just looking at these spindles, once this loom is popularized among the people, it must not be difficult to weave cloth." ”

The Tenth Princesses echoed: "When I was not married, I had seen the servants in the family spin hemp, even if they didn't stop, they could spin up to three catties of yarn a day. Look at this big loom, roughly estimate, enough hemp to take it, you can spin hundreds of catties of hemp yarn a day. ”

Chang Runzhi listened, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This textile cart not only improves the efficiency of weaving, but more importantly, King Cen also said that it can use water power to propel the operation of weaving.

This shows that it can completely liberate people from labor.

By extension, the price of various fabrics will definitely be reduced in the future.

Jiangnan supplies all kinds of fabrics and makes big profits from them. And the imperial court has this kind of textile machine, and in the future, in terms of cloth, there will be conditions to negotiate with the cloth merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

This naturally relieves some pressure on the treasury, and of course it is a happy event.

Emperor Yuanwu immediately had a great heart: "King Cen's birthday gift has won my heart, and I have won my heart!" ”

Emperor Yuanwu laughed, waved his big hand and said, "Reward, reward!" ”

"Thank you, Father."

King Cen bowed in thanks, straightened his waist and looked lazy again, and retreated to his original position.

When such a birthday gift came out, the birthday gifts of other princes were even more attention-grabbing.

Chang Runzhi wanted to see what kind of ingenuity the other princes had.

After King Cen, it was King Rui who presented the gift.

In the absence of King Rui, Princess Rui presented the pot of evergreen potted plants made by King Rui himself.

Compared with King Cen's birthday ceremony, King Rui's gift is a little shabby.

Chang Muzhi bowed and said: "This potted plant is made by the prince himself, I hope that my father can live a long and evergreen life like this evergreen pine." ”

Emperor Yuanwu was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Is it made by King Rui himself?" ”

"Yes." Chang Muzhi's jaw said: "The evergreen pine is transplanted from the mountain by the prince himself, the bottom wood of the potted plant is made by the prince himself, and the soil in the pot is also excavated and brought back by the prince himself. ”

Emperor Yuanwu had a momentary emotion on his face, went down the jade steps, and looked around the potted plant.

After a while, Emperor Yuanwu bowed his head and said: "King Rui has worked hard, reward." ”

Chang Muzhi hurriedly bowed down to thank him.

Emperor Yuanwu walked back to the throne, paused, and said, "Let people move this 10,000-year-old evergreen potted tree to the Zichen Palace." ”

The temple people hurriedly responded: "Obey the order." ”

But the face of the prince and others was a meal.

Zichen Hall is the dormitory of Emperor Yuanwu, and the birthday gift of King Rui entered the Zichen Palace, which means ......

The crown prince and several princes had their own thoughts, and when it was the turn of the king to give a gift, the palace people reminded him twice before he reacted.

"Father." King Zhu stepped forward and arched his hand: "Erchen is a rough man, and he doesn't understand those tricks." The father and the emperor do the birthday, and the sons and daughters only choose the precious ones to dedicate to the father. ”

As soon as King Zhu said this, Emperor Yuanwu smiled.

"You also know that you are a rough man, and you don't read much."

Zhu Wang Hehe smiled, and ordered someone to carry his birthday gift.

Chang Runyi looked at it and immediately sighed.

Zhu Wang has really made a bloody investment.

Zhu Wang sends, is a group of immortals to celebrate the longevity of the dragon ship, divided into upper, middle and lower three layers, the upper layer has dragon and phoenix flags, umbrellas, covers, the middle layer has Fu, Lu, Shou three stars, the lower layer is other small immortals, carved all fine, even the demeanor is lifelike.

The most exquisite thing is that this group of immortals wishing longevity dragon ship is carved out of ivory.

Ivory is a rare thing in today's Great Wei.

Emperor Yuanwu was also shocked by the birthday gift of the king, so the people of the temple held it up, looked at it carefully for a while, and then smiled: "This thing is rare, right?" ”

Zhu Wang said: "The son's is the father's." It's rare to get it, so it's naturally to be dedicated to my father. ”

Emperor Yuanwu was very satisfied: "I wish the king a heart, reward!" ”

Seeing that Emperor Yuanwu had no other expression, King Zhu retreated a little stupidly.

Then it was the turn of King Li.

King Li, as he has always been, is low-key and unassuming, and the birthday gift he gives is decent, which is a picture of the immortal arch longevity. However, the painting method of this picture is somewhat novel, which is different from the usual painting method of the Great Wei people.

Emperor Yuan Wu was curious: "This painting brushstrokes and lines don't seem to be able to be painted with brush and ink?" ”

King Li nodded and said, "Back to my father, this is a painting technique from the extreme west, they use goose feather rods to make a pen, dip it in ink to paint, and the lines are more vivid and smooth, and the changes in light and shade are clearer. Erchen felt that this painting was extremely expressive, so he dedicated it to his father, wishing his father and the emperor blessings such as the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and the longevity of the Nanshan Immortal Pine. ”

Emperor Yuanwu smiled and said, "This painting is excellent, appreciate." ”

King Li retreated, and King Qi stood up, smiling.

"Father, my son-in-law got a snow ginseng flower, which is specially dedicated to my father."

As soon as he said this, there was a sudden noise in the hall.

There is such a thing as a ginseng flower in the snow, Chang Runzhi has never heard of it. She couldn't help but turn her head sideways and ask the Tenth Princess, who was staring at her eyes in shock, and said, "What is the snow ginseng flower?" ”

The tenth princess hurriedly replied: "Doesn't the ninth sister-in-law know? The snow ginseng flower grows on the top of the snow mountain, it is said that after the seed lands, it will sprout for a thousand years, and then it can grow after thousands of years, and it will bloom after a thousand years, and the flowering period will be thousands of years, and it will bear fruit after a thousand years, and it will take 10,000 years to bear fruit from the seed to the fruit, so there is a word '10,000' in the name. It is recorded in the "Book of Medicine" that the snow ginseng flower can be used as medicine from the flower to the fruit, which is equivalent to the ginseng pharmacology, and because it only grows in the snow, it is called the snow ginseng flower. Legend has it that taking the snow ginseng flower can prolong life, live a long life, and even bring the dead back to life. ”

Chang Runzhi listened to the doubts in his heart, is it really such a miraculous effect? (To be continued.) )