In fact, before Gao Yue crossed over, he learned in the research books that the unearthed Turpan documents, that is, the Xizhou boundary of the Tang Dynasty at that time, can prove that there was grass cotton in China at that time, but moved east to Dunhuang, that is, the boundary of Shazhou, and among the unearthed documents, there are very few records about grass cotton, and there is no record of weaving clothes with grass cotton, what does this show? It shows that the Tang Dynasty has not yet promoted grass cotton on a large scale, that is, it has been planted in individual areas of the Western Regions, and even Dunhuang has not radiated, let alone the Central Plains.

Now that Shazhou and Xizhou are separated by the territory of Xifan, it is unrealistic to expect to obtain grass cotton from there, and of course there is an important reason: the grass cotton varieties in Xizhou are not good.

Although the kapok of Nanzhao and Lingnan is widely used for weaving locally, that is, the "cinnamon cloth" praised by the Tang people, it is not suitable for planting in the northwest where Baili City is located.

Therefore, Gao Yue asked Liu Yan to obtain grass cotton seeds from Persia and India from Hu Shang in Lingnan.

After handing over a bag of seeds to Gao Yue, Gao Yue opened it, and the county officials present all stared at this gray, unremarkable, and not at all beautiful seed, not knowing what it was and what it was for.

"This is a great thing, if it is planted, you can harvest a lot of velvet, and you can make special utensils for weaving clothes, so that you can compete with silk and linen - no, it has more advantages than silk and linen!" After Gao Yue finished speaking, he asked Liu Deshu to hand over the pen and ink, and then wrote a big "cotton" word on a piece of paper in front of everyone.

"Gao Shiyu, this, isn't this another word?" One of the county officials asked suspiciously.

Because in the dictionary of the Tang Dynasty, there is only the word "cotton", and there is no "cotton".

Gao Yue laughed and explained that this kind of thing is sown in the field, and when it is ripe, it can bear peach-like fruits, and can naturally split, and there is fine velvet inside, so it is given the shape of "wood" instead of the word "silk".

Everyone suddenly realized that the name of Gao Shiyu was appropriate.

Gao Yue raised his eyes, looked at the spring sky on the courtyard of the public house, and said in a low-key way in his heart: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that in this plane of time and space history, I, Gao Yue, became the first person to name cotton, wouldn't I want to leave a name in history?" ”

Of course, Gao Yue was not a radical in the cultivation of grass and cotton, he had to eat one bite at a time, and the road had to be walked step by step, he spent money to take a small amount of seeds from Liu Yan, of course, he was first prepared to experiment and cultivate in the temple field of Mingxuan's New Alanta Temple.

As for how to promote, he already has a complete plan in mind, and it will be up to me to see how I can implement it by hand.

Gao Yue then placed ten men and women in Baili City and gave them preferential treatment, these people are also "seeds"!

At the end of the morning sitting time, Gao Yue stretched his waist, then straightened out his official clothes and clothes, walked through several barns and courtyards, saluted each other with the passing county officials, and went to the back building where he lived.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, Gao Yue heard the sound of chirping, he looked up, a loquat tree in the courtyard of the building, some branches and leaves poked out of the courtyard wall tile, and several black-feathered and white-bellied magpies were flying on it, flying around with mud blocks and broken branches, and were building their mortars!

Seeing the magpie, Gao Yue's heart swelled up: I don't know what happened to the two magpies in the thatched courtyard of Huaizhenfang in Chang'an City?

And in the past, Ah Ni, who walked side by side on the snow of Shengdaofang and rescued the magpie, what about in the capital? Can mother and child still be healthy? Gao Yue was originally going to take leave, hand over the affairs to Liu De's room, and return to Beijing to bring Yun Shao here, and the husband and wife were reunited.

But the emperor issued an edict at this time, and in these few days, King Shu was going to come out of the town of Jingyuan, and he expected it right, the military palace of King Shu's Jiedu ambassador was not located in Jingzhou but in Baili City - how to say this also reflects the emperor's reward and trust for his loyalty.

Alas, so the matter of taking over Ah Ni can only be postponed to the summer.

Gao Yue walked to the front of the hall, and Zhi Hui was dressed in a pale green embroidered shirt and greeted her, "Third brother, you are back, and the meal is ready." “

Although Zhi Hui has now become Gao Yue's concubine both nominally and in substance, whether in the hall or between the curtains, the two are still used to calling each other "third brother" and "sister".

The wooden food table and the elegant bamboo mat had been set up, and Gao Yue even said that it was hard work, and then sat down.

Zhi Hui looked at him with some special eyes.

"What's wrong with my sister, is there something stuck to my face?"

"No, it's nothing." After Zhi Hui finished speaking, she sat aside and scooped the soup from the soup kettle with a long ladle.

"Let's eat soup today." Gao Yue sniffed the fragrance coming from it.

"Well, eat gourd leaf soup today."

The gourd leaf soup was quickly brought to Gao Yue's face, only to see that the gourd leaves were tender and green, and the mutton in the soup was cut into a square and evenly sized, floating in the meantime, the soup was stewed into a clear milky white, and Gao Yue's index finger couldn't help but move, "Don't forget to hold one immediately and give it to Wei Daotian." ”

At this time, Wei Daotian was sitting on the threshold, bowing his head to repair his master's somewhat fluffy whip.

The magpies who came to build the nest were probably tired and hungry, and began to fly to the center of the building, pecking at the broken buckwheat on the ground, and from time to time with the small eyes of black beans, curiously watching the owner's house eat.

Gao Yue raised the spoon and put the gourd leaf soup into his mouth.

As soon as he tasted the taste, his brow tightened at first, and then his expression quickly froze.

Zhi Hui next to her blinked, just waiting for Gao Yue to say something.

With a "long dang" sound, the spoon in Gao Yue's hand slipped into the soup bowl.

"Ah, A-Ni..... Ahma! Gao Yue got up, looked around and shouted.

At this time, he saw that behind the plain screen behind the hall, a familiar figure shook down, and then he heard the sound of laughter.

The laughter was all too familiar to him.

It's like the saltiness in this soup.

Cui Yunshao's eyes smiled into crescent moons, her face was still like that, covering her small mouth with a fan, with a series of laughs, she paced out from behind the screen, "Songqing, don't come unharmed." ”

"A-Ni, you won't know me when you come." Gao Yue got up, then pointed to the soup bowl with a smile, "If you hadn't taken a sip of the soup you made yourself, how would you know that it was you (no wonder a magpie flew to the courtyard today)?" ”

"Song Qing can really remember Ah Ni's craftsmanship. (nonsense, triple salt who doesn't remember)"

At this time, Atso, who was combing his drooping hair, smiled and hugged the swaddling clothes, and also followed......

And the hair was cut like a lion, and it also ran out, and at first it was taught by the hostess, and it did not dare to make a noise at the feet behind the screen, and when it came out, it saw Zhihui, and stuck out its tongue to spread joy, which was more happy than seeing her mother.