"Huh! Xiao Ke, you don't have to panic, listen to Your Majesty's meaning, it should make you grow up in a few years and then go to Shu to take office, and in the past few years, you will still stay in Chang'an and lead the post of Governor of Yizhou, so, while you haven't gone to the fiefdom yet, Xiao Ke you have to study well, enrich yourself, and become a generation of virtuous kings after coming to the fiefdom, guarding one side for Your Majesty! ”

Yanhuang Academy, in the office of the mountain chief, Li Zexuan looked at Li Ke and earnestly instructed.

For Li Ke, a student, Li Zexuan is very satisfied, he is very talented, he can teach everything, he is both civil and military, and he is very gentlemanly, Li Zexuan has high hopes for Li Ke!

Among the students who will carry forward Yanhuang Academy in the future, there is definitely a seat for Li Ke!

Li Ke stood up, saluted respectfully to Li Zexuan, and said, "Abide by the teachings of the mountain chief, and never dare to forget!" ”

"Hmm!"

Li Zexuan nodded and asked, "Xiao Ke, don't you want to go to Shudi?" ”

Li Ke was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he shook his head and said softly: "How do you want to go?" What if you don't want to go? As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, sooner or later, he will have to leave the capital, leave his father and mother, leave my division commander and classmates, and go to a distant fiefdom to defend one side for my Tang Dynasty! This is Ke's mission! ”

The helplessness and sadness in these words can be heard by everyone!

Li Zexuan stood up, patted Li Ke's shoulder, and then walked to the side of the bed with his hands, looking at Yunshan from the window, looking at the village under Yunshan, he sighed:

"Xiao Ke, as a royal person, of course, there will be a lot of helplessness, but in the world, how many people can really do whatever they want and be unrestrained? Each of us is born with our own mission, when you sigh the helplessness of fate, I don't know how many people in the world envy you, envy you in the royal family, once you are an adult, you can rush to the fiefdom, when one party is free, unrestrained, indulgent in the landscape!

Life is one besieged city after another, people outside the city want to come in, but people inside the city want to come out, so I think that the teacher's opinion, instead of running around inside and outside, it is better to accept the reality, accept your identity, to complete your mission, to prove the value of your existence in the world!

The land of Bashu is surrounded by mountains, and there are many local wealthy clans and tribes, and the slightest carelessness in management will cause civil strife. The life of the people of Shu is relatively closed, and it is also very hard, he will take what you have learned from Yanhuang Academy and bring your Majesty's holy order to go to Shu to take up your post to manage the Hao clan and tribe of Bashu, so that the people of Shu will be rich like the people here in Chang'an, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will definitely be very pleased, and you will be very pleased as a teacher!

This is a kind of inheritance of hope, which is not limited by space and geography! And, don't you think it's more meaningful? ”

Speaking of this, Li Zexuan turned around and looked at Li Ke with burning eyes.

In fact, he understands Li Ke's mood very well, anyone who is kicked out of his hometown by his parents in his teens and goes to a strange place will become at a loss, Li Ke is a royal person, even if he has been prepared in his heart, at this moment, after learning that he will go to Bashu in a few years, his heart will inevitably be sad.

Li Ke's gaze gradually changed from hesitation to clarity, and he gave a deep salute and said: "Thank you for the enlightenment of the mountain chief, Ke will definitely bring the knowledge imparted by the mountain chief in the future to benefit the people of Shudi!" Ke, I will never complain about the sky again~! ”

When he was confused, Li Zexuan cleared the clouds and pointed out the direction for him, and he was really grateful to Li Zexuan.

Hearing this, Li Zexuan smiled with relief and said, "Haha! That's it! From now on, you can take the time to go to Yanhuang Qianzhuang for an internship, the things I teach you are limited to theory, Xiao Ke, you have to combine theory and practice! In the future, these economic methods will be used in Shudi, and they will definitely reap miraculous results! ”

"Yes! Mountain Chief! ”

Li Ke nodded yes, and suddenly, he asked out loud with some confusion: "I don't know what is the important matter for the mountain chief to enter the palace today to see my father?" ”

"Oh, the teacher is asking His Majesty for a vein in Bashu, here's how it happened......."

Listening to Li Ke ask this question, Li Zexuan briefly said the matter of vanadium titanium magnetite in Wangzhou, Li Ke listened to it, and said: "The mountain chief can rest assured, after Ke goes to Shu in the future, he will definitely govern the people of Shu well, so that the mountain chief can mine in Shu with confidence!" ”

Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Hehe! That teacher is here to thank His Royal Highness the King of Shu in advance! Ha ha! ”

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Sure enough, in the afternoon, a team of sergeants rushed out of Chang'an City with Li Er's holy decree and headed in the direction of Bashu.

And near evening, a few eunuchs came up from Yunshan and invited Li Ke back to Chang'an from Yanhuang Academy, saying that it was tomorrow's morning dynasty, and Li Ke had to participate.

Li Zexuan estimated that tomorrow morning, Lao Li would definitely directly announce the news that Li Ke would be renamed the king of Shu!

Night, Royal Palace.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Er looked at the map of Bashu on the dragon case, stunned, at this moment, Zhao Song walked in from outside, and then stood beside Li Er, and whispered:

"Your Majesty, the spies sent to Jiangnan Yuezhou a few days ago have returned!"

When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, he quickly came back to his senses and asked, "How is it?" Have you found Li Yu's biological father and mother? ”

Zhao Song bowed slightly, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the report of the spies, Miss Li Yu's father is called Fu Lingyan, and her mother is called Liu Yixue, it is said that this Fu Lingyan was originally a big family in Taiyuan, Sui Daye three years, the world is full of wars, Taiyuan has also been affected, Fu Lingyan in order to avoid the war, he took his wife and daughter to flee to Izumo Village in Yuezhou, this residence is more than ten years!

However, this Fu Lingyan and Liu Yixue died of illness last year, and Miss Li Yu came to Chang'an from Yuezhou alone, and by chance, she met Meng Wenhao, and then she became a member of the Yong'an Hou and became a member of the editorial department of "Datang Daily"! ”

"Three years of great cause!"

Li Er frowned, as if he had thought of something, and then wondered: "Why did she come all the way to Chang'an after losing her father and mother?" ”

Zhao Song bowed down and said: "I heard an old woman in Chuyun Village say that Li Yu is not the biological daughter of Fu Lingyan and Liu Yixue, but an adopted daughter, Li Yu should have come all the way to Chang'an City in order to find his biological father and mother!" But none of the other villagers in Izumo Village knew about this, only the old woman said so, and no one knew if it was true or not! ”

"Not biological! Certainly not biological! ”

Li Er stood up, put his hands behind his back, and began to pace back and forth, and after a while, Li Er waved his hand and said, "Okay!" I know it all! Stand down! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty~!"

Zhao Song surrendered.

In the main hall, only Li Er's soft sigh was left, "Li Yu, Li Yu, do you have anything to do with him......"

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Li Zexuan on Yunshan is thinking about making light bulbs, when Mo Lingwei built a microscope before, Li Zexuan once said that he wanted to create a more convenient and stable light source than sunlight, which is a light bulb!

Otherwise, if you rely solely on the reflected sunlight to provide illumination for the microscope, it will greatly limit the application of the microscope, so Li Zexuan plans to start making light bulbs, just in a few months the hydropower station will be built, and the first electrical appliance will definitely be the light bulb, after all, this thing is easier to build!

Thinking about the method of making electric lights in his heart, Li Zexuan soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Zexuan woke up from his sleep, but found that Han Yuxi got up earlier than him.

"Huh~? Wife? What's in this pot? ”

Han Yuxi was using a small shovel at the moment to give loose soil to the flower pot, Li Zexuan was curious, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Yikes! Xianggong, are you up? ”

Han Yu heard this, quickly turned around, and replied with a smile: "Xianggong, the concubine is planting white stacks!" In our yard, there are orchids, peonies, and azaleas, but only the white stacks are missing, this flower seed is still bought by the concubine in the West City Hu Shang, it is already April, and it is just right to plant this~! ”

"White stacks? What kind of flower is this? ”

When Li Zexuan heard this, he was puzzled, and he couldn't help but step forward.

"Xianggong, don't you know Bai Diezi? The flowers of the white stack are snow-white, and they look like silkworm cocoons, and the silk in the cocoon is like fine silk, which is particularly beautiful when it is in full bloom! ”

Han Yuxi looked up at Li Zexuan and said with a smile.

"The whole body is snow-white, and it looks like a silkworm cocoon? Lady, let your husband see the seeds of this white stack! ”

Li Zexuan still didn't understand what kind of flower this white stack was, he stepped forward to ask Han Yuxi for some white stack flower seeds, put it in his hand and carefully inspected it, and saw that the seed coat was black, and there was a layer of white hair attached to the seed coat.

"Cotton? White stacks turned out to be cotton? ”

In his previous life, he was not a pampered and pampered rich second generation who did not eat fireworks in the world, he was an authentic rural baby, of course he had seen the seeds of cotton, so he could recognize it at a glance, in addition, he had long known that cotton was still an ornamental flower in the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't know that the white stack was cotton!

"Xianggong, what is cotton? What does this white stack have to do with cotton? ”

Han Yuxi said strangely.

Li Zexuan shook his head and said excitedly: "Lady, you just said that this white stacked flower seed was bought from Hu Shang in the Western Regions, but is it true?" How many seeds do they have there? ”

No wonder he is excited, it is really cotton that is too important for people in this era!

You must know that in ancient China, before cotton was planted on a large scale, the common people could only rely on white coarse cloth to keep warm in winter, and if there was no honeycomb coal and coal stove made by Li Zexuan last winter, the people near Chang'an City would definitely freeze to death as in previous years!

Han Yuxi replied with a smile: "Xianggong, the flower seeds of this white stack were indeed bought from Hu Shang in the Western Regions, they should have a lot of seeds, Xianggong, how many do you need?" The concubine has someone to help you buy some! ”

"Naturally, there are as many as you want~! Lady, I won't tell you, this kind of white stacks can be used to make cotton clothes, the effect of keeping out the cold is excellent, as long as we can plant white stacks on a large scale in the future, the people will no longer have to be frozen in winter! ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile.

Han Yuxi was taken aback and said, "Xianggong, do you want to use white stacks to make clothes?" Wouldn't that be too extravagant? Even if it is made, ordinary people may not be able to afford it? ”

Li Zexuan said strangely: "What? Is this white stack very expensive? ”

Han Yuxi nodded and said, "Of course it's expensive, Xianggong!" This white stacked flower, the price is less than dozens of yuan, if it is used to make clothes, how many white stacked flowers should be needed? There are such clothes among the people, but they are only worn by some wealthy businessmen with a huge net worth! I heard my mother tell my father that we used to have this kind of white stacked clothes in our house, but last winter we had heating at home, so we didn't take it out to wear! ”

It is generally believed that cotton spread to the Central Plains from the north and south. Nanlu was the first Asian cotton of India, which was introduced to Hainan Island and the Liangguang region through Southeast Asia, according to historical records, at least in the Qin and Han dynasties, and then into Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and other regions. The second route was introduced to Yunnan from India via Burma, around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties. The third way is that African cotton was introduced to Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor through West Asia, and the time was about the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The North Road is the ancient book "Western Regions", during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, cotton spread to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin, and by the 13th century, the North Road cotton has spread to the Weishui Basin of Shaanxi.

In fact, as early as the Warring States Period, according to the "Book of Shang", some tribes in the South China Sea began to pay tribute to the Central Plains countries to pay tribute to cotton. In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Yue tribes in the Hainan Island region had skilled cotton weaving technology.

In China during the Tang Dynasty, cotton cultivation began to be popularized, but at that time it was still regarded as a precious flower and plant, and the "white stacked" clothes made of cotton were the exclusive use of high-ranking officials and nobles. It is still far away from the clothing of ordinary people to keep out of the cold.

Therefore, although cotton has long been introduced to China before the Ming Dynasty, it is only a matter of the middle and late Ming Dynasty that it has entered thousands of households. Prior to this, the terrible incident of "no cotton in winter" was a real precursor of the ancient Chinese!

"So expensive?"

When Li Zexuan heard this, his brows furrowed, according to Han Yuxi's words, cotton in this era is basically as precious as orchids and peonies, and it is no wonder that no one uses it to make clothes!

"No! No matter how expensive it is, we have to buy it! Lady, how many white stacked flower seeds can we buy from Hu Shang in the Western Regions? ”

Li Zexuan gritted his teeth and said.

The reason why cotton is expensive now is because it has not yet been widely planted, once it is planted on a large scale, and then it is bred again, within two to three years, he will definitely be able to have a very, very large amount of cotton! The price of cotton will also be quickly suppressed by him!

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First update!

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