In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuanjing consciously chose to lie in bed.

But after a while, he got up from the bed, and as the temperature rose, the temperature in the room slowly followed.

Even if there is ice cube sitting on it, it is sticky underneath the body.

And I didn't take a bath yesterday because of my injury, and I was already covered with stinky sweat, so don't mention the feeling, it's sour and can't do it.

Sitting on the recliner under the gazebo, surrounded by a circle of ice cubes, the people under the people holding the pampas fan constantly fanning the cool air, barely the air conditioning of this era.

"Your Highness, there is a Hu merchant named Alur outside the palace who asked to see him, saying that in response to His Highness's call, he brought some special products from all over the Western Regions that the Tang Dynasty did not have and wanted to present them to His Highness!"

"Hu Shang? Let him in! Hearing the word Hu Shang, Li Yuanjing's whole person instantly came to his senses.

About half a year ago, he arranged for someone to go to Hu Shang to talk about these things, and then no one came to offer special products, and over time, Li Yuanjing himself forgot that there was such a thing.

As for some specialties in the Western Regions, Li Yuanjing is still very interested.

Before the opening of the Age of Discovery, foreign cultures and specialties almost all entered China through the Silk Road.

And there is also a clear record in the "New Tang Dynasty Book and Public Service Chronicles" that the nobles eat the royal food and eat as much as they want.

Li Yuanjing's meal in the Tang Dynasty has already eaten and wants to vomit, either roasted or boiled, or steamed, there is no third way.

Although stir-fried dishes have appeared, due to the lack of various technologies, the fried dishes are not as delicious as those that are steamed, and now they are all used with animal fat, which also feels strange to eat.

The most important thing is that the price of stir-fry is too expensive, and the taste is not as good as imagined, even if it is a dignitary family, unless it is the usual meal and vomit and want to change the taste, ordinary people still don't think about it, the oil and water used up in a stir-fry are enough for their whole family to eat for half a month, how can it be so wasteful?

For Hu Shang's visit, Li Yuanjing has gradually looked forward to it, but what he is most looking forward to is all kinds of spices, as the saying goes, whether the food is good or not depends on the material, there are not enough spices, even if Li Yuanjing has a martial arts, it is useless.

After a short period of effort, a middle-aged man who looked quite Western Regions style came to Li Yuanjing with brisk steps.

There was no indigenous-like smell of mutton on his body, and Alur pressed his body very low to show his respect for King Zhao, and his mouth was even more skilled, but with an obvious exotic accent, he said in Chinese: "Your Royal Highness King Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, since receiving His Royal Highness's instructions, Xiaomin Alur has personally traveled to the Western Regions and brought more than 20 kinds of things that His Highness does not have in the Tang Dynasty, at least Xiaomin has not seen it in the Tang Dynasty for nearly ten years......"

Next, Arul personally took out the prepared specialties from the bag one by one and placed them in front of Li Yuanjing, and made a detailed introduction one by one.

These are all treasures that allowed him to obtain the identity of Datang, and in order to get a Datang account this time, Alur spent a lot of experience and funds, and even used a lot of manpower to take the lead.

Anyway, it is said that there are more than one or two Hu merchants who are collecting these things, and these people are also fighting hard to get the Datang hukou.

Looking at the large number of things in front of him, although there are not many individuals, Arul said that these are only a part, and even brought seeds, and if they are used to plant, they can form a scale in a few years.

Li Yuanjing saw some things he knew, such as pepper, that is, black pepper, but at this time, the people of the Western Regions had not fully developed its way to eat, and it was all whole grains.

There are also some seeds, according to Arul, which are vegetables native to Persia, and the finished products cannot be brought over, so some seeds are brought over, and the specific needs to be seen after they are planted.

Li Yuanjing also saw the sand sugar, which was slightly reddish in color, similar to the appearance of brown sugar, which was said to be extracted from boiling sugar cane juice, and Alur brought sugar cane seeds for this.

After the introduction of more than ten kinds of spices, Arul began to introduce some other specialties, some of which Li Yuanjing knew, and some of whom he had never heard of at all.

In general, this time Alur was able to bring so many spices to make Li Yuanjing excited, the only regret is that he didn't see the chili peppers.

Seeing that Li Yuanjing seemed to be satisfied, but he never expressed his position, Arul couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, and secretly gritted his teeth, now there is only one last thing left, if this thing can't impress King Zhao, his investment in the past half a year will be wasted.

"Your Royal Highness King Zhao, there is still one last treasure left, and it is not difficult to get this treasure, but in order to get the way it is made, Xiaomin has paid a lot of sacrifices, and even dozens of people have died because of it."

Arul carefully took out a white cloth ball from his pocket, wrapped it in three layers and three layers on the outside, and opened the outermost white cloth ball, and inside was a large white, soft object.

And after seeing this thing, Li Yuanjing sat up straight instantly, ignoring the pain in his body, and immediately stepped forward to snatch it over.

Touching it with his own hands, there was a soft and hard feeling in his hand, and Li Yuanjing suddenly laughed wildly.

Cotton, it turned out to be cotton, with cotton you can spin cotton cloth, and cotton cloth and linen cloth are very different in terms of heating effect, and cotton can not only weave cloth, but also directly fill to make cotton clothes, for the current Datang, this is an absolutely strategic material.

"This brings seeds?" Li Yuanjing asked, pointing to the cotton in his hand.

Alur was stunned, and suddenly felt a little sad, wanting to cry without tears, and the tears of grievance instantly hung on both sides of his face: "Your Highness, this has been available as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiaomin has seen it in many places, but it is not popularized, and what Xiaomin really wants to offer is still wrapped in it......"

Li Yuanjing looked at Alur a little blankly, decades ago, or hundreds of years ago, cotton was introduced to China? So why hasn't anyone used it until now? Or do they not even know how to use it themselves?

However, since Datang has cotton, this matter is not in a hurry, and he calmly continued to open the cotton ball, wanting to see what kind of object is so closely protected by Alur?

However, after opening the cotton ball, Li Yuanjing's whole heart jumped out, if cotton can surprise him, then this gadget is enough to make him ecstatic.

Glass!

A glass ball the size of a finger!

"Did you get how to make this thing?" Holding back the excitement in his heart, Li Yuanjing pointed to the glass ball and asked.

This glass ball is a little muddy, and even some can't even see the cotton on the opposite side, only a white patch, but no matter how blurry, it's better than paper-paste glass.

"Got it, in fact, the production method is not difficult, but the Romans are more strict about the protection of this craft, it is said that it can only be used in the Roman court, hundreds of years ago when Rome fell, a group of craftsmen escaped, Xiaomin found one of the descendants, and brought him into the Tang Dynasty, promised to give him the identity of the Tang people, let him enjoy the status he deserves......"