East Palace.

Li Jiancheng also planted a lot of cotton this year.

When the cotton was about to be picked, he also sent people to pick it, and as the crown prince, he had a lot of subordinates, so there was no problem of insufficient manpower at all.

As for the drying of cotton, his place is very large, and there are also places to dry.

But later, when he saw that Qin Tian and Li Shimin were engaged in hemp mats, he also asked people to do it, this thing is very simple, and it will be done if you explore it.

So it didn't take long for them to use hemp mats.

It's just that, relatively speaking, Li Jiancheng is still very busy as the prince, and he is not particularly concerned about cotton.

Therefore, it wasn't until Qin Tian's cotton mill was in full swing that the East Palace got some news, and only then did he realize that something was wrong.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the cotton has been taken back, but it can be made into cotton clothes and quilts, and it can't be done if you don't play cotton, but now only Qin Tian can play cotton, how is this good, is it difficult for us to beg him?"

Song Gongqing told Li Jiancheng about the situation, and Li Jiancheng snorted: "What's the hurry, this matter is not only our East Palace, but also the powerful people in the court, and even the people in Sinong Temple can't play cotton, tomorrow find someone to mention it in the early court, these people will definitely ask their father to let Qin Tian share the technology of playing cotton, in the face of so many people's requests, Qin Tian can refuse?" ”

Li Jiancheng felt that this matter was no different from the previous fire kang, and at most, he would let the imperial court come up with some money to send Qin Tian away.

Although Song Gongqing felt that there was something wrong there, he couldn't say it, seeing that Li Jiancheng was so confident, he could only take one step at a time to see one step at a time.

The next day, the weather was gloomy and uncertain, as if an autumn rain was coming.

Early in the morning, those who had planted cotton went to the fields to harvest it, and as long as they picked the cotton that had bloomed, it was okay if it was not in full bloom, even if it rained.

On the streets of Chang'an, a group of officials hurried to the palace to go to court.

In the early dynasty, above the main hall, officials of the Ministry of Rites stood up.

"Holy Lord, in another month, it will be the day when the vassal kings and the envoys of the vassal states enter Beijing every year to meet them, and now our Ministry of Rites has also begun to prepare, I wonder where the Holy Lord wants to meet them this year?"

The audience of the vassal kings was a very important thing for the Tang Dynasty, he not only let the Son of Heaven know about the situation of the vassal kings in various places, but also showed the strength of the Tang Dynasty to those vassal states and made them obedient.

Every year, the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to the audience.

Not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many vassal states, but this year there were a few more, so Li Yuan still intended to show off the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, he said, "Let's go to the royal ranch." ”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly took the order to retreat.

At this time, another official named Chen Chong stood up: "Shengshang, now I am in Datang all over the harvest of cotton, but after this cotton is dried, it will be made into cotton clothes and quilts, but it still needs to be played, but the technology of this cotton is now in Qin Tian's hands, so the minister proposed that in order to allow my soldiers and people in Datang to wear cotton clothes in winter, I might as well let Qin Tian share the technology of playing cotton, so it is good." ”

After the official spoke, Li Shimin pouted beside him, he had expected this situation for a long time, but he was not in a hurry, Qin Tian was afraid that he would also expect this, so he really wanted to see how Qin Tian solved this problem.

And at this time, other people in the court also stood up one after another.

"Yes, Holy Lord, this matter can't wait for people, it's better to let Qin Tian share the technology."

"There is great strength in numbers, so in winter, we all have cotton clothes to wear......

“…………”

They planted a lot of cotton, but they didn't have the technology to play cotton, cotton was of little use to them, and it cost money to ask Qin Tian.

Now, for their own sake, they are definitely on the same front.

However, people like Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Shubao were angry and pouted, if it weren't for the fact that this was the main hall, they would be able to whip these people now.

What a shame.

Everyone, you and I said it one by one, Li Yuan sat on it and smiled bitterly, he naturally knew that these people were too different things, playing cotton was someone else's thing, so he asked for it casually, is he embarrassed to be a genius?

However, so many people asked, and for the sake of the winter cotton clothes, it seems that Qin Tian was not allowed to share, it seems that it is unreasonable?

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan said, "Come on, Xuan Qin Tian enters the hall." ”

I don't know when, it rained in Chang'an City, the autumn rain was very cold, and the wind was also cold.

Qin Tian hurriedly entered the palace with the palace people, when he came to the main hall, his clothes were a little wet, the wind and rain outside were very urgent, and the sound of thunder could be faintly heard.

"Minister Qin Tian pays a visit to the Holy Lord."

Li Yuan nodded: "Qin Aiqing, I handed it over to you, mainly because of the matter of playing cotton, many ministers in the court think that you should dedicate the technique of playing cotton to the imperial court, for the benefit of the people of my Tang Dynasty, for thousands of generations, I think this is a very glorious thing, I want to ask you what you mean." ”

Li Yuan was a little embarrassed in the end, so he wasn't too tough, and he still wanted to ask Qin Tian's opinion.

Qin Tian stood on the main hall, wrung out his sleeves slightly, and then said lightly: "The Holy Lord said that this is a matter that benefits the people, so there is naturally no problem with sharing the technology, but the minister feels that it is most appropriate to share it next year." ”

Hearing this, everyone was a little puzzled.

"If you're willing to share, why wait until next year?"

"It's just that you just don't want to share."

"For the sake of all the people in the world, shouldn't you share it immediately?"

Selfishness, these people are especially selfish for their own benefit.

However, even if they accused Qin Tian, Qin Tian did not show the slightest anxious look.

"Shengshang, since it is said that it is beneficial to the people, then it should be shared after all the people of Datang plant cotton, and then share the technology of playing cotton, it is reasonable, this year only a small number of people in my Datang plant cotton, there is really no need to share it, as for worrying about the cotton clothes and quilts not being made, this is not a problem at all, because the minister has opened a cotton mill in Qinjia Village, you can pull the cotton to Qinjia Village, and then the villagers can pop it up."

Qin Tian made no secret of the fact that Qinjia Village could play cotton, in his opinion, there was nothing to say, isn't this what the business in the world looks like?

It's just that as soon as Qin Tian finished saying this, Chen Chong immediately stood up again: "Holy Lord, Chen really didn't expect Qin Tian to be so black-hearted, the matter of benefiting the people turned out to be altruistic and self-believing, how can he be embarrassed?" ”

"Yes, Holy Lord, I thought Qin Tian was so high-spirited, but it turned out that it was nothing more than that, it was all for his own interests, it was really embarrassing, shameful......"

(End of chapter)