Early the next morning, Li Bao received a summons from Emperor Li Yi and asked him to accompany him in the palace. Although Li Yi is much older now, he has always lacked interest in governing the country and upholding government, and his interest in having fun is even higher.

Li Bao is still serving as a pear garden envoy, and the so-called escort means that Li Yi wants Li Bao to play with him. Li Bao got the will and did not delay, and took Hu Sanbao to the Qingsi Hall of Daming Palace.

In March, the Daming Palace is full of red and willow green, a thriving scene, walking in the meantime will make people suspect that this Tang Dynasty is still the flowery Tang Dynasty in the past, and there has never been a jumping clown like Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi to make people annoyed.

The people in the Daming Palace who perform their duties will never have the idea that those Tianshe Han will fight to Chang'an, after all, the Tang Empire is still so strong.

But the reality is often that people inadvertently rush to their faces, making people suddenly feel hopeless, of course, this kind of despair, today's free son Li Yi can't feel it.

Passing through the gate of the triple palace, passing through the Qinghui Pavilion to the northeast corner of the Taiye Pond, there is a big palace, this palace is the current emperor Li Yi's dormitory - Qingsi Palace.

The reason why Li Yi chose this place as the dormitory is because there is a large polo field in front of the door of this Qing Si Palace, and the corridor and the roof of this Qing Si Hall are decorated with gold leaf.

On a clear day, you can see the golden light shining on the roof of this palace from afar, and the cost of decorating the entire Qingsi Hall with gold leaf alone is no less than 100,000 yuan, not to mention other decorations.

Of course, such decoration was not the emperor's own idea, but was made by Tian Lingzi in order to make Li Yi happy. Tian Lingzi, a eunuch who has not studied for a few days, has now fulfilled the essence of the "lost dragon learning" of Qiu Shiliang, the great eunuch of the previous dynasty.

The emperor can not make it idle, is the core essence of the "dragon technique", Tian Lingzi in addition to selling / official mantle is to hollow out his mind to coax the emperor, the money in the treasury has been stretched thin for disaster relief and rebellion in recent years, but Tian Lingzi can change the way to get money for the emperor to squander.

Many big businessmen in the east and west markets have been blackmailed by Tian Lingzi, and the Kang family, the Liu family, and the Qin family have Li Bao's protection, and Tian Lingzi does not dare to be too harsh on them.

The other merchants were ordered by Tian Lingzi to store their goods in the inner treasury for the emperor to squander. Those who dared to come to ask for it were all arrested by Tian Lingzi and taken to the prison by Tian Lingzi and beaten to death.

For a while, the merchants in Chang'an City were panicked, but it was also cheaper for Li Bao, and many businessmen flocked to ask to join the Shanhe Society in order to protect their property. Li Bao did not refuse, and all of them let them join the Shanhe Society, so the contradiction between Li Bao and Tian Lingzi became bigger and bigger.

Because Tian Lingzi became more and more greedy, Li Bao once planned to clear Tian Lingzi from the Shanhe Society, but after thinking about it, if he did so, the relationship with Tian Lingzi would only become more stiff. It is not conducive to the healthy development of him and Shanhe Society, so Li Bao still decided to endure this greedy thing a little longer.

Came to the polo square of the Qingsi Palace, and saw a group of sergeants of the Shence Army standing at the door of the Qingsi Hall and practicing polo, there was a high platform on the north side of the polo field, where there was a young man with a delicate face, wearing a round-necked robe with a yellow dragon pattern, it was the emperor Li Yi.

Li Bao cautiously walked through the crowd to Li Yu, smiled and saluted the emperor: "The official family is safe, and the minister will see you." ”

Li Yi was still staring at the speeding polo in the polo field, and said casually to Li Bao: "Liulang get up quickly and come to see how the polo of this sergeant is playing?" ”

Li Bao got up and sat beside Li Yu, now Emperor Li Yi is the best polo, and he is also quite proficient in other methods and rhythms, and he also likes to fight geese, Li Bao has won him many times, but he will not win him every time.

The emperor liked Li Bao's endless entertainment and food, so he would summon Li Bao four or five times a month to chat and have fun together.

Li Bao took advantage of every opportunity to accompany him to make some small arrangements, and when Li Yi was happy, he said it, and Li Yu would happily agree.

Today, Li Baolai happened to have two things, one was that his uncle Xuanxi, who was transferred to Duan Xiaolou, observed Li Zhang to serve in the town navy, and the other was to take Lao Ba and Li Ying out of the palace for a spring outing recently.

When Li Yi heard this, such a trivial matter is not simple, and it is accurate. When Li Bao heard this, he hurriedly said to Li Yi: "Xie Guanjia Longen, Balang and Sister Changning will all be grateful to Guanjia Hongen!" ”

Li Yi's nature is not bad, and he is very fond of the few remaining siblings today, and Shouwang Li Jie often devotes himself to food and singing and dancing music to please Li Yi. But he is still very unfriendly to Li Bao, Li Bao doesn't care, and there is no need to be like him for such a tsundere middle two boy.

But Li Yi is very playful, and he is not much better than Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong in later generations.

Thinking of Zhu Youxiao, Li Bao couldn't help but compare these two emperors, they are really very similar, the young man is in power, he has a deep playfulness, and he is deceived by the favored eunuch.

Even the temple numbers of the two are similar, and they were very young when they died, based on the above points, Li Bao has to sigh that history is always repeating itself over and over again.

However, since Emperor Li Yu agreed to his request, Li Bao didn't have any thoughts, and he was relieved to watch the polo game in the court.

Nowadays, the polo of the Tang Dynasty has a very high level of development after hundreds of years of inheritance, and the polo players in these fields are all famous polo players in Chang'an City, and they were collected by Tian Lingzi to be incorporated into the Shence Army to accompany the emperor to have fun.

In addition, the Polo in the Flying Dragon Army is also very good, but Tian Lingzi is in charge, so the Flying Dragon Army has no choice but to take the Flying Dragon Yang Siqi very unloved by Emperor Li Yi.

The two brothers looked at the polo and commented on the gains and losses of the pastries offered by Li Baojin, which was very pleasant. Watching the sergeant fight twice, Li Yi stood up unsatisfied.

Dragged Li Bao to the Qingsi Palace, Li Yi came to Li Bao today, just for the sake of a big guy he said.

This matter has to start from the Mid-Autumn Festival in August last year, when Li Bao was ordered to accompany Li Yi to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Li Bao saw Kong Minglan and remembered a kind of large lift-off aircraft hot air balloon that was common in later generations, and he was so excited that he talked to Li Yi.

As soon as he said it, he attracted the curious emperor Li Yi, and since then Li Yi has been very enthusiastic about this large Kong Ming lantern that can take people to the sky.

Since it has aroused Li Yi's thoughts, Li Bao is not indifferent, but this hot air balloon was first successfully launched by the Montgolfier brothers of France in the 18th century in the history of later generations.

At that time, the balloon was very rudimentary, the balloon was made of canvas and the seams were pasted with paper, and it made its first flight of nearly two kilometers, which caused a sensation at the time.

Now in the time and space of Datang, this simple hot air balloon should also be able to be made, but the safety is really difficult to reassure.

But since the emperor needed it, Li Bao didn't need to hide his secrets, so he handed over the hot air balloon making drawings he had designed when he participated in an interest group in middle school to Li Yi.

Li Yiru, who got the production drawings, got a treasure, and studied day and night to discuss with Li Bao how to make this big guy. But the reality is very cruel, this big guy has made many versions without success, the main reason is in the air tightness, all kinds of materials can not solve the problem of air leakage.

In addition, the continuous heating capacity of this hot air balloon is very insufficient, and you must find a way to continue heating, otherwise you will not be able to fly long distances.

From the initial round-the-clock research, Li Yu has now completely let go of the inner workshop and the people who will be the prisoners, and in addition, Li Bao has also taken on the ministry of the inner workshop envoy, specializing in this matter, so that it can be produced as soon as possible.

Li Bao was not very interested in a hot air balloon, after all, later generations were able to vigorously develop hot air balloons, and at that time, the great development of science in Europe had been carried out for more than 100 years, and there were many disciplines that could be balanced.

Now that Datang lacks everything, the reason why he drew the design drawings was mainly to perfunctory Li Yi. But Li Yi's temperament is very stubborn, and the more he can't get it, the more enthusiastic he is. Every time he summoned Li Bao, he would ask how the hot air balloon was doing.

Li Bao followed Li Yi to the Qingsi Palace, and the two brothers began another round of clichés about the hot air balloon. "How's that fur? Isn't it possible? What about linen? Still doesn't work? What the hell is that? ”

Li Bao usually treats Li Yi's questions with silence, in fact, Li Bao knows that there is a material that should be able to make ball bags, that is, cotton cloth, and cotton is not widely cultivated in the interior of Datang today, and cotton cloth is even more impossible.

Linen cloth is very transparent, air tightness is very poor, not to mention silk, only to make cotton cloth, and then after processing, there is no big problem in making ball skin.

Cotton originated in Arabia and India, and now the Arabs have been using cotton cloth for a long time, and there are already areas where cotton has been introduced in the Western Regions.

However, Li Bao now has a caravan to and from the Western Regions, and he only needs to order the caravan to purchase a batch of cotton and cotton cloth back, and also bring back the cotton seeds.

In this way, the development of the cotton industry and the textile of cotton cloth will become a big business in the future, and Li Bao is very happy when he thinks of this.

Seeing Li Bao with a smile on his face, Li Yi was very strange, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Liulang, why are you so happy?" ”

Li Bao hurriedly said to Li Yi: "Back to the official's house, Bao thought of a kind of cloth that could make the balloon of the hot air balloon, but now Datang has not produced it, and it must be purchased in the Western Regions." ”

"Oh, what the hell is the fabric, so magical?" Li Yi asked eagerly.

"So that the officials may know that this cloth is called cotton cloth, and it is a kind of cotton plant that blooms and spun into cloth."

Li Yi, who has been in the deep palace for a long time, has a hard time understanding what kind of flower the cotton cloth spun from flowers is. Immediately, he was also very happy, "How did Rokuro know that that kind of flower could be spun into cloth?" ”

"Oh, this is what I saw when I was talking to the merchants of the Western Regions, and I learned from them that this fabric is warm and soft, and has good breathability, which is much stronger than the linen cloth I see every day. In addition, after processing, this cotton cloth has very good air tightness, and it is also very suitable for making our hot air balloon ball skin. ”

Hearing Li Bao praise cotton cloth so much, coupled with the fact that this cloth is an excellent material for making hot air balloons, Li Yi immediately became enthusiastic, and immediately instructed Li Bao to quickly arrange someone to purchase cotton cloth and make hot air balloons as soon as possible.

Li Bao thought that once the cotton cloth was tested, it would not be a small hot air balloon, and it would have a huge effect on the entire Tang Dynasty at that time.

When the brothers were chatting happily, the outside waiter came to report that Tian Lingzi was here.

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