Great Tang princess

Chapter 61 Cotton Products

Riding a small tricycle to Renshou Hall, after saying hello to Zhang Chengxin who was guarding the door, Li Yuechen trotted all the way into the hall.

"Chen'er come here!"

Sitting cross-legged in front of the table, Li Zhi waved to her: "It just so happens that the tea is ready, come and have some tea with me."

"it is good!"

Li Yuechen agreed, jumped over the table and sat down next to Li Zhi.

Wu Zetian, who was reviewing the memorial, might have been in a bad mood, and suddenly began to teach him a lesson: "Look at you, you're so busy all day long, how can you look like a princess?"

Although I don't know the reason why I was shot, but mothers are like this, it is probably because there is something uncomfortable in the memorial.

Li Yuechen was not annoyed, he got up and came to her side and gently beat her legs: "It's not that the child cares about his parents, so he doesn't want to walk slowly!"

In fact, it is normal for me to be taught a lesson. After all, women in this era are very particular about manners.

Most women in this era wear chest-length skirts. The hem of this kind of skirt almost touches the ground, covering both feet completely.

In addition, the steps taken are very small, and the requirement is that the traces of the swinging legs in the skirt cannot be seen from the outside, so it looks like it is floating on the ground.

In order to practice, Li Yuechen usually wears men's clothing, and does not wear skirts or pants on his lower body, so he usually walks with big strides.

When sitting, most of the time, the legs are spread wide, and the horses are golden swords. They don't look like women in the deep palace at all.

"Hmph!" Wu Zetian cast a glance at her, but did not continue to teach her a lesson.

"In my opinion, Chen'er looks good like this, so Mei Niang shouldn't teach her a lesson!" Li Zhi on the side smiled, and then waved his hand: "Chen'er, come and have tea!"

Li Yuechen agreed, came to sit next to Li Zhi, picked up the teacup and blew lightly twice.

"Well, Chen'er's armor looks good!" Li Zhi commented.

Hearing his praise, Li Yuechen raised his hand and looked at his bright red nails. He didn't feel anything special in his heart, but he still smiled: "Thanks to the flowers that Auntie gave me, I can be so beautiful!"

Li Yuechen flattered him naturally, but Wu Zetian glanced over here, but didn't say anything.

Li Zhi also blew on the tea soup in the cup, and asked softly, "How are you going to sell Chen'er's soap?"

"The boy is about to tell Grandpa." Li Yuechen moved forward a little, showing him a cute smile, "Grandpa's help is needed for this matter."

This was not beyond Li Zhi's expectation. He nodded lightly: "It's the 'investment' you mentioned last time? Tell me, how much do you want?"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Yes! Apart from investing, there is one more thing that needs Grandpa's help."

"Go ahead!" Li Zhi nodded domineeringly.

"My boy plans to find a place in Luoyang City to produce this product, but considering that someone might steal the formula, I want Grandpa to send troops to guard it." Li Yuechen said.

"Um……"

Li Zhi nodded when he heard the words: "It makes sense, I agree!"

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After leaving the Hall of Renshou, Li Yuechen was in a good mood, and rode back on his small three-wheeler.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looked at each other and smiled.

"I said that Chen'er must be considerate." Li Zhi laughed.

Wu Zetian nodded, and then said: "It's thoughtful to think about things, but it's a pity that this talent is not used on the right way, and only thinks about doing business..."

"I don't think so!" Li Zhi picked up his teacup and took a sip, "Chen'er must have known that there would be a lot of complicated things when this thing came out, so he asked me to send troops to solve some of it first."

Speaking of this, Li Zhi fell silent while twirling the health ball, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Zetian, who knew him well, observed him for a few seconds, but did not continue to speak, but continued to review the memorial.

On the other side, Li Yuechen, who had returned to Anfu Hall, also began to think.

In fact, at my current age, it is obviously a bit too much to take the initiative to ask the army to guard it.

I don't know if the emperor or empress would suspect that she is actually very smart?

After thinking about it, I feel that the problem is not big. Children in this era are generally precocious, and it seems normal to propose this method.

And as more and more things are made in the future, this problem is actually unavoidable.

So it's better to just do it like this, and make them feel that they are actually very powerful.

And now I am very favored, as long as I don't fall out of favor, being smart is actually a good thing.

While thinking, Xiao He suddenly came in: "Your Highness, the Shangyi Bureau sent a piece of cloth for you to have a look at."

"cloth?"

Li Yuechen raised his head: "Take a look!"

Xiao He agreed, turned around and brought in a piece of white cloth about ten feet long from the outside, and let the two maids unfold it in front of her.

Li Yuechen was a little dazed when he saw the cloth, stood up and walked over to touch it.

Sure enough, it is cotton cloth!The people from Shangyi Bureau are amazing, they actually made it!

After thinking about it, Li Yuechen went to the Shangyi Bureau in person.

Seeing the princess coming, Shang Gong immediately came out to greet her: "I have seen Your Highness the Princess!"

"Exemption."

Li Yuechen entered the Clothing Bureau, looked at the white cloth they made and a large pile of cotton in the warehouse, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Then I asked for paper and pens on the spot, and drew a design of underwear for them to make out of this cotton cloth.

"Your Highness, this thing is fine in winter, but if you wear it in summer, it might be stuffy!" Shang Gong reminded.

"Then weave it thinner." Li Yuechen reminded, "By the way, by the way..."

Li Yuechen roughly explained and asked them to make a sample of sanitary napkins.

It's a pity that she doesn't know what material that thing is made of, so she can only ask them to weave the cotton cloth into a translucent cloth bag like gauze, and then stuff cotton inside.

Considering the water absorption of cotton is good, it should be no problem.

To put it bluntly, no matter how you put it, it is better than wrapping plant ash in a cloth bag.

After confirming these two things, Li Yuechen asked them to make a batch of samples to try.

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In two days it will be the winter solstice, and the palace has entered the preparations for the preparations.

Because of the slow pace of life in this era, Chinese New Year celebrations basically start from the winter solstice.

People in the Tang Dynasty regard the winter solstice as the beginning of the new year, because this day has the longest night and the shortest day.

And from the next day onwards, the days are getting longer day by day.

In this regard, Li Yuechen also had to admire the wisdom of the ancients.In the absence of various high-tech instruments, it is really awesome to be able to determine the calendar just by looking at the stars.

The emperor also held activities such as offering sacrifices on this day.

In previous years, female family members like Li Yuechen did not need to participate.But starting from this year, I don't know why Li Zhi went crazy, no matter it was the moon sacrifice on August [-]th or the winter solstice sacrifice, she was asked to participate together.

In fact, Li Yuechen has never been interested in such activities.

Essentially, the emperor invites his ministers to dinner, and after drinking some wine, he starts to play poetry and songs, and when the wine is up, he starts to play disco.

Not to mention that men's dances are generally simple in movement and bold in style... Well, to put it bluntly, it is similar to that in a disco.

But in any case, the emperor gave an order, and it was time to participate.

Raising his hand to look at his bright red nails, Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows, now he looks more and more like a real princess.

Another thing to say is that there is already a custom of eating dumplings during the winter solstice at this time.

But the name is not dumplings, but wontons.In this era, as long as this kind of dough is filled with stuffing, it is basically called wonton.

Among the folks, many people invite their friends to eat wontons and drink some wine at home or in restaurants on this day.

On the day of the winter solstice, in the Yaoguang Hall above the Kyushu Pool in Ziwei Palace, the royal banquet is also in full swing.

The bright moonlight splashed on the water surface of Jiuzhou Pool, and the silver light was like a shining light ball in a nightclub.

Li Yuechen also knew that today was a major event, so he didn't act casually as usual, but obediently rolled up his hair in a bun, with all kinds of accessories on his head.

The most conspicuous one among the accessories is actually a moth!That's right, it's that big moth-flapping look!
I don't know how the craftsmanship of this era made this appearance. Not to mention the lifelike appearance, the key is that the two wings of the moth will tremble when walking.

On the clothes, he didn't wear men's clothes as usual, but a dress.

Wearing this kind of clothes, you can't take big steps, you can only fold your hands in front of your belly and move in small steps.

Whenever the hands hang down too low, the wide sleeves drag directly to the ground.

Fortunately, she was still young and did not force her to wear makeup, otherwise she would definitely not be able to come here.

It's not that makeup itself is rejected, but that there are many heavy metals in the cosmetics of this era. Li Yuechen, who has always paid attention to health preservation, would never put this thing on his face.

Countless lanterns make the light in Yaoguang Temple not bright, but it has an atmosphere as intoxicating as in a bar.

Coupled with the fact that the musicians kept playing music, she couldn't help being in a trance, as if she had returned to the future.

Li Yuechen sat down with his brothers with an obedient face, and after a while the emperor and ministers began to write poems and dance, then he ran to sit next to his mother.

"Boy, come pour wine for Auntie." Li Yuechen obediently took the jug and poured wine.

Wu Zetian turned his head to look at her, and the expression on his face was also a little relieved: "It would be great if Chen'er can be so dignified on weekdays."

"If Auntie doesn't want to see the real side of the boy, the boy will definitely obey!" Li Yuechen replied with a smile after putting down his wine glass.

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zetian turned his head and looked over again.

But Li Yuechen immediately added another sentence: "But Auntie must be reluctant to let the child pretend to be displeased every day, right? After all, Auntie loves me very much!"

"Heh..." Wu Zetian grinned, "You're a ghost, I'll let you tell whether it's good or bad!"

"It doesn't look like my mother is kind, she can't bear to teach me!" Li Yuechen smiled and put his head on her arm.

Rao Wu Zetian always maintained a majestic look, and she was amused by her.

The emperor and ministers below have already started to go up, removed the four treasures of the study, and started dancing.

Because of drinking, dancing, and body heat, it didn't take long for the demons to dance wildly.

Some barbarian generals even took off their shirts, leaving their upper body naked, revealing their thick chest hair.

Judging from the expression, it is estimated that Li Zhi also wanted to do the same, but after looking in the direction of those people in Yushitai, he gave up.

The older brothers didn't care about that, except for Prince Li Hong, Li Xian and Li Xian also took off their shirts and jumped up.

Li Yuechen looked up and found that the expression on his mother Wu Zetian's face had completely darkened.

In order not to let the two of them be taught too hard tomorrow, Li Yuechen picked up his sanle syrup and touched her cup: "Don't be angry, aunt, let them play."

After hearing what her daughter said, Wu Zetian was also a little helpless.

For these sons, except for Li Hong, the rest... can only show that they are their own, but most of the time they hope that they are not their own!
Looking down at his little daughter who was by his side, Wu Zetian felt much better again. While showing a smile, he picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

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The banquet lasted until midnight. Li Yuechen didn't stay too late, but went back to sleep early.

The next morning, after getting up and practicing, the Shangyi Bureau sent someone to deliver the finished samples.

The underwear is very simple to make, and since it is winter, it doesn't matter if they are thicker.

I went back to the inner hall and tried it on. Well, it should be said that it is indeed a senior tailor of the Shangyi Bureau, and it is quite comfortable.

After putting it on, Li Yuechen didn't want to change it, and then took a few other samples and gave them to Shangguan Wan'er and her two sisters to try.

If you are sure that it is easy to use, you can recommend it to my mother Wu Zetian, and after a little modification, you can make a men's recommendation to my father Li Zhi.

As for another thing... Now that I'm still young, I haven't reached that time yet, so Li Yuechen gave it to Xiao He and Zheng Shi to try.

In any case, this thing is definitely better than plant ash, and the cotton itself is fine and smooth, and it feels very comfortable to wear next to the skin.

Shangguan Wan'er and her two elder sisters also felt very good after changing, much better than the cloth cover before.

And it's extremely convenient, no need to tangle up.

At the same time, Li Yuechen also began to think, can this thing be promoted?
With cotton cloth, it is relatively easier for the common people to survive the winter.

For most women in this era, female celebrity is one of the necessary skills. It may not be as good as a high-end tailor like Shangyi Bureau, but it is still very easy to make clothes for yourself and your family.

If cotton cloth can be popularized, it should make it easier for the common people to survive the winter.

In this era, although the families of the rich and powerful used animal fur to keep warm, ordinary people generally could only use things like catkins or straw reed flowers to keep warm.

Not to mention that it is very hard to wear on the body, and it is not efficient.

If cotton cloth and cotton can be popularized and made into padded clothes, the chances of freezing to death can be reduced.

But the question is... how to keep the cost down?
While Li Yuechen was thinking about the problem, news came from the craftsman supervisor that the pedal stirrer she wanted was ready.

(End of this chapter)