By the time Xue Lang finished doing the Dharma and knew that Princess Pingyang had been involved, this matter had already spread all over Chang'an City, and almost everyone knew about it.

it! it! it!

Even saying it three times can't express the complex emotions in Xue Lang's heart, in Chang'an City, above the court, some people are really damned!

Pan Yushi, who was a sensitor, kidnapped people with morality and righteousness, intending to persecute Princess Pingyang in the name of righteousness, but this matter could spread to the entire Chang'an City in just two days, and someone was definitely behind it. This is something that can be figured out with your toes, and if no one connived and pushed, no matter how fast the rumors spread, they would not have spread so quickly.

Pan Deqing is hateful, and these people who are fueling the flames are even more hateful! The evil of human nature can be seen! Cotton cultivation requires technology, and in the territory of the early Tang Dynasty, the suitable places for planting are actually not wide. These objective conditions limit the planting and promotion of cotton, and it is doomed that cotton cannot be promoted nationwide like sweet potatoes and potatoes. Coupled with the limitation of variety, the yield is not high.

These people only know what it is, but they don't know why, especially Pan Deqing, seeing that cotton products are easy to use, and seeing that some courtiers wear cotton jackets to keep warm, they take it for granted that Princess Pingyang wants to make a profit from this-

Such intentions are simply the heart of a villain! It's just that it's really hard to say, being deducted by someone in the name of righteousness is like yellow mud falling into the crotch of your pants, it's not but!

From the very beginning, Xue Lang and Princess Pingyang never thought of using cotton to make profits, the goal of the two has always been silk cotton, and the benefits obtained are not particularly conspicuous, but they are enough to stream. However, it is better to make a fuss about it now than later.

Xue Lang sat silently in the study and thought for a while, touched the pen and paper, buried himself in writing, first made an outline, and then wrote while thinking, revised and rewrote three editions, and finally copied it in regular script with a correct handwriting, with a big three words in the title-

"On Cotton"!

The next morning, I got up early and went directly to the palace to go to the court-

"Do you have a play?"

Xiao Huangmen asked on behalf of the saint, and Xue Lang immediately came out of the ranks, and said loudly: "Enlighten the saint, the minister Xue Lang has a performance!" ”

The sage asked, "What does the young sun want to play?" ”

Xue Lang: "Back to the saint, the minister of the next Yuan Festival ran a dojo at home, asked for leave and did not go to the court, yesterday the dojo was completed, only to hear the rumor in the city that Pan Yushi participated in the princess of Pingyang of Anguo, about the matter of Bai Diezi, it was proposed by the minister, and the person who handled it was also a minister, and the princess was not necessarily clearer than the minister. ”

The sage said: "The planting of white stacks is indeed beneficial to the country and the people, but how to plant and weave, there is indeed no one who knows better than Youyang, your request is granted!" ”

"Thank you, saint!"

After thanking the saint, Xue Lang turned to look at Pan Deqing and arched his hand: "Pan Yushi is invited!" I don't know if Pan Yushi knows me, whether I know it or not, let's introduce myself to Pan Yushi. I Xue Lang, ancestral home Jiankang, grew up in a foreign country, arrived in the spring of the fifth year of Wude, in the princess of Pingyang, Anguo, when he first entered the house, he served as the chief of the house, and then served as a counselor in the house, and transferred to Chang'an, thanks to the appreciation of the sage, and now serves in the Ministry of Civil Affairs as the right waiter! The sweet potatoes and potatoes that are now being vigorously promoted are discovered by the princess in my hands; The development and utilization of cotton fabrics was also proposed by me! It can be said that everything is closely related to me, and I am qualified to debate with Pan Yushi? ”

It's obviously a question, but in fact, the tone is extremely affirmative. Pan Deqing hurriedly said: "Xue Shilang is familiar with agricultural affairs, and he is famous as an expert, and the lower officials have also heard about it, please ask Xue Shilang for advice!" ”

The two saluted and sat down on their knees. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including the saints, all listened quietly to the two of them. Xue Lang said unceremoniously: "If it's on the side, Xue doesn't dare to say advice, if it's about Bai Diezi, look at the Tang Dynasty, Xue Mou says advice, no one should have any objections!" ”

"Smack!"

It was King Qin who slapped the wat board a few times, and said loudly: "Xue Shilang's words are true!" ”

Xue Lang bowed his hand to King Qin, thanked him for his support, and continued: "When I was last year, the princess was still guarding the reed Ze Pass, and I was the lord of the princess's mansion. Because I grew up in a foreign country and the climate is warm, I am not very accustomed to the bitter cold of Weize Pass, and I am not used to burning charcoal. So, I talked about a crop called cotton grown in a foreign country, and when the princess heard it, she asked me if it was a white stack, and I was not sure because of the different names. It was the princess who made someone find the seeds and me from Chang'an, and I recognized that the cotton I was talking about was the white stack that the princess said. At that time, it was still the exotic flowers and plants in the garden of the powerful people's homes, right? ”

As soon as Xue Lang's words fell, several old ministers nodded frequently and said, "There are still plants in the old man's garden, and they were indeed planted as exotic flowers and plants at that time. ”

Xue Lang looked directly at Pan Deqing: "Cotton is white stacks, after the princess heard me talk about the use of cotton, she sent people to collect seeds from Chang'an and handed them over to me to try planting in Weize Pass." However, due to the limited variety and cultivation technology, the harvest is not high......"

Xue Lang directly reported the output figures, and said: "The lint collected last year, except for a bundle used as a trial cotton fabric, the rest, after the successful trial production of cotton jackets, were all made into cotton jackets, handed over to the border army of Wei Ze Pass, and changed when standing guard!" ”

Speaking of this, Xue Lang paused and continued: "Cotton cultivation is not as simple as sweet potatoes and potatoes! It requires specific climatic conditions and cultivation conditions, likes temperature and light, is afraid of rain and waterlogging, and is afraid of pests and diseases; A specific temperature and humidity is required, the climate is too dry, the cotton fruit will burst, too wet and susceptible to pests and diseases! Limited by these conditions, looking at my Datang, there are not many places suitable for planting, so how can it be promoted in the world? ”

Xue Lang paused: "Second, it is limited by the quantity and quality of seeds!" Cotton is not native to our Datang, and most of the seeds flow from Gaochang State, and the stock is limited. Being able to plant so many acres of cotton this year is already obtained by Princess Pingyang of Anguo by using her identity and exhausting methods! However, compared to the number of border troops, the cotton harvested is not even a drop in the bucket, dare to ask how to promote? ”

Xue Lang had a serious face and looked at Pan Deqing coldly: "Nothing else, just these two points, dare to ask Pan Yushi, how should cotton be promoted?" If you don't come step by step, you want to eat a fat man in one bite, will you choke to death, Xue Lang's ability is limited, please teach me Pan Yushi! ”

Pan Deqing's face was red and white when he was asked, and he said forcefully: "Since it is limited by the cultivation area and seeds, it should be handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court will come forward to deploy it uniformly and fully support it, and the country should be the most important and benevolence and righteousness first!" ”

"Ridiculous!"

"Nonsense!"

……

Before Xue Lang could speak, the ministers of the central government jumped out, and collectively began to scold Pan Deqing, especially those from a family-

In these years, the family and the country, the family and the country are mostly family-oriented, especially these families that have been inherited for hundreds of thousands of years. A family of iron, a dynasty of flowing water. For the families, the emperor can be changed, but the family cannot fall! But any family with a long history, who doesn't have a little treasure of secret recipes and the like.

If Pan Deqing's fallacies are allowed, then in the future, will everyone have to hand over any good things to the state first!

This is absolutely not a no-go!