Chapter 33 Cotton Clothes
Some kapok seeds that can only be used for ornamentation, a farmer sent by Gao Changguo to serve these seeds, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin naturally will not care. Not to mention a dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty, even if any concubine in the harem opens his mouth to ask for it, he will reward it without hesitation.
It's just that he was a little curious about Li Yuanjia asking for these things.
So after squinting his eyes, Li Shimin asked with a smile: "Kapok?" The kind of white and fluffy flowers? What do you want it to do? ”
"Planting, planting on a large scale!"
"Huh?"
After listening to his brother's answer without hesitation, Li Shimin's brows immediately wrinkled: "You want to plant kapok on a large scale?" How much are you going to plant? Is it a hundred, or two hundred? ”
"Uh...... If you can do it, plant a hundred acres first! ”
"What? Ridiculous! ”
Seeing Sun Peng's cautious reply, Li Shimin suddenly became furious: "A hundred acres? What are you doing with so much kapok? Is it planning to do kapok business? It's ridiculous! ”
How precious is Datang's cultivated land?!
Under normal circumstances, it is basically used to grow food, and there are restrictions on wanting to grow some vegetables by yourself, not to mention that Li Yuanjia wants to grow kapok that cannot be eaten or drunk. So at this time, the only thing Li Shimin could think of was that like thirteen incense and white paper, this kid wanted to do kapok business again.
Merely......
He really thought that there would be so many people who liked kapok, and he would plant a hundred acres first?
"Kapok's ...... Business? ”
At this moment, it was Li Yuanjia's turn to be confused.
"Isn't it? What else can this thing do besides use it?! ”
Li Shimin is well-informed, so he naturally heard that someone once planted kapok for ornamentation.
But Li Yuanjia couldn't laugh at his thoughts, and hurriedly shook his head: "Second brother, I don't want to grow this kind of kapok for fun, or for business...... Well, why don't you take a look at the other things I've brought? ”
After speaking, Li Yuanjia did not hesitate, directly opened the remaining two boxes, and then beckoned to the two attendants and asked them to take out the contents of the contents.
A quilt, a cotton coat.
Then without waiting for the somewhat surprised emperor to ask, Li Yuanjia continued: "Second brother, come and see this quilt and this cotton coat...... The quilt is inconvenient to use now, this cotton coat is made by the maid at home according to your figure, do you want to wear it now? I'm telling you, it's warm! ”
"Quilt? Coat? ”
After listening to his words, Li Shimin sensitively grasped the key point: "You mean, these two things are made of kapok?" ”
Nodding, Li Yuanjia said seriously: "The inside is filled with cotton, and the outside is covered with a layer of silk, which is very comfortable and very warm after wearing." ”
said that he really felt a little regretful in his heart, and of course he was a little distressed.
Unfortunately, whether it is a quilt or immunity, there is only cotton wool for filling, and there is no woven cotton cloth.
It is difficult to turn seed cotton into lint, and Li Yuanjia doesn't know what a good way to do it, but fortunately, Han Wangfu has manpower, and these cotton are all picked by Chunyan and Liu Mei and more than a dozen of their maids by hand. And then the lint was bounced into cotton wool, and then fixed with a wire mesh, and the disc was flattened or something, Li Yuanjia saw people do it when he was young in his last life, and it took some time to reminisce and try, and finally got it.
But cotton is really beyond his ability.
Although there are special tailors in the palace, everyone thinks that cotton is used to look at these days, who will study this? And Li Yuanjia collected too little cotton, and he didn't have the capital for them to study, so he could only use cotton to make lining, silk to make noodles, and make quilts and cotton clothes.
As for feeling distressed, I am naturally reluctant to give up this quilt and a cotton coat.
From the third year of Zhenguan to the eleventh year of Zhenguan, a full eight years, from Chang'an to Luzhou, and then from Luzhou back to Chang'an, in addition to planting dead kapok, Li Yuanjia also collected more than 30 catties of cotton, half of which was placed in this manna hall.
In order to get those kapok seeds and the farmer, he really paid for it this time......
Of course, Li Shimin didn't know his mood at this time, frowned, and circled around the cotton clothes in the hands of the waiter twice, with some hesitation on his face. He wasn't worried about anything wrong with his clothes, after all, if he could carry it into this Manna Palace, everything must have been checked, he was just a little unsure what was going on with Li Yuanjia's confident expression!
Kapok to make clothes? It's a shame that he can figure it out!
"Second brother, try it!"
Seeing that he couldn't do anything, Li Yuanjia suddenly became anxious, took a few steps forward and snatched the cotton clothes from the hands of the inner servant, shook them twice and said: "I asked them to press the cotton flat and stretch it, and it must be comfortable and tight on the body...... Give it a try. ”
Li Yuanjia's expression at this moment is like a salesperson selling clothes in a boutique.
In order to order cotton seeds, is it easy?
Seeing him like this, Li Shimin was also happy, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then let's try it...... But old eleven, I'll say it first, if it's not as comfortable as you say, or it's not warm at all, you won't mention this kapok seed thing again, and you won't be allowed to look for it again in the future, how about it? ”
After listening to Li Shimin's words, the eyes of a waiter who was waiting next to him changed slightly, and he quickly lowered his head.
The emperor's mood, it seems to be good?
Since the death of Empress Changsun, except for facing the little master, the emperor has not been like this for a long time, is this King Han so favored?
He really couldn't guess this kind of thought.
“…… Yes! ”
Seeing that Li Shimin seemed to be smiling, but with a narrow expression, Li Yuanjia hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!" But if it's comfortable and warm, second brother, you can give me the seed along with that person! ”
At this point, Li Yuanjia also found that the second brother was in a good mood, so he was a lot bolder.
"Haha, that's nature!"
Haha, Li Shimin stretched out his arms and stood there without moving.
The reason why he was in a good mood at this time was naturally because of the quilt and cotton clothes, as well as the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that he had just used, because Li Shimin found that he had indeed made a very good decision at the beginning - to leave this eleven lang in Chang'an City!
This kid can always do amazing things.
And after seeing him standing still, Li Yuanjia immediately reacted, and directly glared at the waiter just now and said, "What are you looking at?" Why don't you go up and change your Majesty's clothes? ”
"Yes, my lord."
Taken aback by Li Yuanjia's tone, the chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward and took off the fur fur on Li Shimin's body, and then Li Yuanjia personally stepped forward to put on this cotton coat for him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after tying the belt: "Second brother, you can move casually and feel this cotton coat...... Just move around and see if it's comfortable? ”
"Hmm."
Responding lightly, Li Shimin really moved his arm casually, and even walked a few steps.
The clothes fit well, and they seem to be quite comfortable after moving, especially when compared to the fur fur I just took off, it's like I'm not wearing anything!
And......
As time slowly passed, Li Shimin, who was still a little disapproving, gradually became weird.