Buddhist palace maids want to be rich

Chapter 283 Collecting Cotton
Not to mention that Liu Tiankuo was still thinking about some method to make Fourth Master Wei completely lose his will - after all, Fourth Master Wei just lost his future in the military camp.What if, in the future, it rises from another aspect?

After all, official career is just one part of life.

And Jiang Zhixia naturally didn't know what Liu Tiankuo was thinking.After she lamented that Fourth Master Wei had missed his future because of his beauty, she didn't care much - her mind was all on the cotton flower field outside the capital.

On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xing Zhuangtou came to the mansion to report that the kapok flower was slowly about to bloom.

It is said that the cotton growers in Yazhou said that they can slowly start picking in two days.

Jiang Zhixia naturally wanted to observe this large-scale cotton harvesting event.

However, because Jiang Zhixia is currently pregnant, Liu Tiankuo is naturally not willing to let her go to the outskirts of the capital.

It was Jiang Zhixia who turned cold, and after ignoring him for two days, he obediently compromised.

So, Liu Tiankuo went to the palace and told the emperor that the kapok flowers could be picked, and he wanted to go to the household department to arrange for people to collect cotton in person.

The emperor was naturally overjoyed.

This lucrative ice-making technique filled the emperor's private treasury to the brim.

After all, this summer is extremely hot, not to mention that the ice storages of big families are not enough, but even small households can't bear it, so they ran to buy ice.

Now that the Emperor Li is here, the name will come soon.If Liu Tiankuo hadn't stopped him, even the emperor would have wanted to see it himself.

But although the emperor didn't go to see it in person, he still gave an oral order to let Liu Tiankuo inspect on his behalf.

As soon as this oral order came out, the officials of the household department looked at Liu Tiankuo in a obviously different way.

Early in the morning on August [-]th, Jiang Zhixia asked his servants to pack their bags.With Liu Tiankuo's careful support, she got into the carriage covered with thick cotton cushions, and then had her servants drive her to the farm carefully.

Liu Tiankuo specially selected this day to go - after harvesting the kapok flowers today, the next day will be a ten-day rest, and he can just stay with Jiang Zhixia in Zhuangzi for one night, so that the time will not be rushed.

For fear of bumping Jiang Zhixia, Liu Tiankuo had to walk for more than an hour in a daze on the usual half-hour journey.

When Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia arrived at the farm, the officials from the household department were already waiting.

Seeing the carriage with the signboard of the Chu Mansion stopped, Hubu Langzhong, who was in charge of Tsuchida who came to host today, hurried forward to salute.

After the salute, the doctor looked at Jiang Zhixia who was wearing the curtain from the corner of his eye.

When Liu Tiankuo offered wood cotton flowers, Jiang Zhixia told him not to mention her.

After all, she didn't plant the cotton cotton flower, but she discovered it for the first time in the capital, and it has actually existed in the border areas for a long time.

However, Liu Tiankuo wanted to let everyone in the world know how good his wife was, so naturally he didn't listen.

Jiang Zhixia had been arguing with Liu Tiankuo for a long time, but he still didn't argue with him, so he finally got the name.

Of course, because there is no harvest yet, it is natural that the officials in the court know the situation better, and the people still don't know.

This Hubu doctor was assigned to specialize in this matter, so he naturally knew that Commander Liu's wife discovered the use of this cotton flower.

Jiang Zhixia noticed Hubu Langzhong's stare, she turned her head to look at him curiously, wondering if there is something wrong with him?

Seeing that Jiang Zhixia caught his gaze, the doctor quickly averted his gaze.

Jiang Zhixia was supported by Liu Tiankuo and Ruolan, one by one, and Dongli followed her step by step, for fear that she would fall or something.

She could only bear it dumbfoundingly.

Jiang Zhixia looked at the continuous cotton flower fields like white clouds in front of him, and couldn't help but burst into bubbles of joy in his heart.

Thanks to the blessing of planting experts, the planting of kapok this time can be so successful.

When he arrived in front of the kapok flower seedlings, the doctor was also eye-catching, and he said with a smile: "These kapok flowers have not started picking yet, and we are waiting for Mrs. Liu to start picking first."

Hearing these words, Jiang Zhixia couldn't help turning his head to look at Liu Tiankuo—this ceremony was full of sense.

Liu Tiankuo looked at Jiang Zhixia, smiled and nodded.

So, Jiang Zhixia reached out and took from Ruolan the linen gloves that she had prepared earlier, and then picked the cotton flower shells directly from the plants, and put them in the basket that Liu Tiankuo personally handed over.

In this way, the picking officially begins.

Jiang Zhixia asked Ruolan and the others to distribute the linen gloves they had prepared to the picking servants.

Although they are all used to working with bare hands, this wood cotton flower shell is still very difficult to handle.

In accordance with the requirements of Yazhou people, the servants harvested kapok flowers in an orderly manner.

Jiang Zhixia and Liu Tiankuo saw the scene in the field, and felt that they had nothing to do, so they invited officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to wait in the village.

When they arrived at Zhuangzi, Xing Zhuangtou hurriedly arranged for people to boil water, make tea and serve snacks.

Liu Tiankuo was chatting with the people from the household department.Jiang Zhixia was drinking health-preserving soup in the flower hall next to him.

Waiting for the first bag of kapok flowers to come back, after picking the cotton wool, everyone saw the snow-white kapok flowers.

"After playing this wood cotton flower, it becomes softer and easier to use. It also retains warmth very well." Jiang Zhixia said simply.

The people from the household department naturally nodded in a hurry.

After all the kapoks in the one mu of land left for the household department were picked, the officials of the household department weighed and recorded the data, and then left a person to follow up the subsequent matters, and they went to the capital to report to the emperor went.

Jiang Zhixia and Liu Tiankuo slowly started playing in Zhuangzi.

On the second day, they played around Zhuangzi for most of the day, and they returned to the capital at dusk.

Seeing that the cotton wool harvest was abundant, Jiang Zhixia didn't care about it.

She doesn't need to worry about the rest.People from the own household department and Xingzhuang head took Yazhou people to deal with it.She just needs to listen to the news.

In order to create limited opportunities for Ruolan and Song He to get along, Jiang Zhixia let the two of them shuttle between Zhuangzi and the mansion every day to deliver news.

After more than ten days, the cotton wool flowers have been picked one after another, and they have all been picked.

After picking the kapok flowers, the women on the Zhuangzi took the kapok flakes out of the shells and sorted them to dry.

After drying, the Yazhou people flicked it into soft cotton with a cotton bow.

After the cotton has been plucked, the rest is waiting to be finished.

Jiang Zhixia first asked someone who is good at weaving to weave kapok into fine cotton cloth; then he asked someone in the sewing room to make a thin cotton quilt first.

Then, Jiang Zhixia asked Liu Tiankuo to go to the palace with cotton cloth and quilt, and dedicated them to the emperor to feel the warmth.

Naturally, it was well received by the emperor!

The happy emperor talked about the effect of this cotton flower in the court, and asked the people from the household department to arrange it among the people to prepare for planting.

The common people are naturally dubious about planting new crops.However, the emperor was very determined. For the sake of his future reputation, he asked the Ministry of Households to keep a special eye on it—fortunately, there was not much land for planting, so there was no need to worry too much about affecting the harvest.

　Subscribe and rush. . . .

　　The ticket is smashed. . . .

　　
　
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