Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 313

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 prince, he had a lot of servants, so there was no problem of insufficient manpower.

As for drying cotton, he has a lot of places, and there are plenty of places for drying.

But later, he saw that Qin Tian and Li Shimin were doing some kind of hemp mat, so he asked someone to do it too. This thing is very simple, and you can figure it out after a while.

So it didn't take long before they all used hemp mats.

However, relatively speaking, Li Jiancheng is still very busy as a prince, and he is not particularly concerned about cotton matters.

Therefore, it wasn't until Qin Tian's cotton workshop was under construction that Donggong got some news and realized that something was wrong.

"His Royal Highness, the cotton has been taken back, but it needs to be made into cotton-padded clothes and quilts. It's not good without flicking the cotton, but now only Qin Tian can flick the cotton. What should we do? Should we ask him?"

Song Gongqing told Li Jiancheng about the situation, and Li Jiancheng snorted: "What's the rush? It's not just our East Palace, the dignitaries in the court, and even the people in Sinong Temple who don't know how to play cotton. I'll find someone to mention it in the morning. , these people will definitely ask the father to let Qin Tian share the technology of picking cotton, facing so many people's request, can Qin Tian refuse?"

Li Jiancheng felt that this matter was no different from the previous heated kang, and at most the imperial court would spend some money to send Qin Tian off.

Although Song Gongqing felt that there was something wrong there, but he couldn't tell. Seeing that Li Jiancheng was so confident, he could only take a step forward for the time being.

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

Early in the morning, those who planted cotton ran to the fields to grab the harvest, as long as they picked the cotton that bloomed, and the rest that did not bloom, even if it rained, it would be fine.

On the streets of Chang'an, a group of officials rushed to the palace to pay their respects.

In the morning, above the main hall, officials from the Ministry of Rites stood up.

"Your Majesty, in one month's time, the annual vassal king and the envoys of the vassal state will come to Beijing to have an audience. Now our Ministry of Rituals has also started preparations. I wonder where the Majesty wants to meet them this year?"

The audience of the vassal kings is a very important thing for Datang. He not only let the emperor know the situation of the vassal kings in various places, but also an opportunity to show the strength of the Tang Dynasty to those vassal states and make them obedient.

The emperor attaches great importance to the annual 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 wanted 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 quickly took orders to retreat.

At this time, another official named Chen Chong stood up: "My lord, now we are rushing to harvest cotton all over the Tang Dynasty, but after the cotton is dried, it needs to be flicked to make cotton clothes and quilts. The technology of cotton is now in the hands of Qin Tian, ​​so I suggest that in order to allow the soldiers and common people of the Tang Dynasty to wear cotton clothes in winter, we might as well let Qin Tian share the technology of picking cotton, that would be good."

After the official opened his mouth, Li Shimin curled his lips beside him. He had expected this kind of situation a long time ago, but he was not in a hurry. Qin Tian probably also expected this matter, so he really wanted to see what happened to Qin Tian. solve this problem.

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

"That's right, Your Majesty, this matter can't wait for anyone, it's better to let Qin Tian share the technology."

"Many people are powerful, so that in winter, we all have cotton clothes to wear..."

"........."

They planted a lot of cotton in vain, but they don't have the technology to pluck cotton. Cotton is not very useful to them, please Qin Tian, ​​it must cost money.

Now, for their own benefit, they must stand on the same front.

However, people like Cheng Yaojin and Qin Shubao curled their lips angrily. If it wasn't for the high hall, they wish they could beat these people now.

Shameless.

Everyone said what I said, Li Yuan sat on it and smiled wryly, he naturally knew that these people are nothing, and cotton padding is someone else's thing, so he wants it so casually, is he ashamed as an emperor?

However, with so many people requesting it, and for the sake of winter cotton clothes, it seems unreasonable not to let Qin Tian share it?

After thinking for a while, Li Yuan said: "Come here, let Qin Tian enter the palace."

I don't know when, the autumn rain began to fall in Chang'an City, the autumn rain was very cool, and the wind was also cool.

Qin Tian followed the palace people into the palace in a hurry. When he came to the main hall, his clothes were a little wet, the wind and rain outside were very fast, and he could faintly hear the sound of thunder.

"My minister Qin Tian pays homage to the Holy Majesty."

Li Yuan nodded: "Qin Aiqing is alive, I hand it over to you, mainly because of the matter of plucking cotton. Many ministers in the court think that you should contribute the technology of plucking cotton to the court, so as to benefit the people of Tang Dynasty for generations to come. I think this It is a very honorable thing, so I want to ask you what you mean."

After all, Li Yuan was a little embarrassed, so he wasn't too tough. He still wanted to ask Qin Tian for his opinion.

Qin Tian stood in the main hall, wrung out his sleeves a little, and then said calmly: "The Holy Majesty said that this is a matter of benefit to all people, so there is naturally no problem in sharing the technology, but I feel It is most appropriate to share next year."

Hearing this, everyone was a little puzzled.

"Since you are willing to share, why wait until next year?"

"That's right, you just don't want to share."

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

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

However, even if they accused Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian did not show the slightest worry.

"My lord, since it is said that it is beneficial to all people, it is reasonable to share the cotton picking technology after all the people in my Tang Dynasty grow cotton. This year, only a small number of people in my Tang Dynasty planted cotton, and there is really no sharing. It is necessary to go out, and as for worrying that cotton clothes and quilts cannot be made, this is not a problem at all, because I have opened a cotton workshop in Qinjia Village, and everyone can pull the cotton to Qinjia Village, and then the villagers will pop it out."

Qin Tian made no secret of the fact that the Qin Family Village could pluck cotton. In his opinion, there was nothing unreasonable about it. Isn't that what business is like in the world?

However, as soon as Qin Tian finished speaking, Chen Chong immediately stood up again: "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect Qin Tian to be so black-hearted. The matter of benefiting the people turned into benefiting himself. How can he feel so bad? "

"That's right, Your Majesty, I thought Qin Tian was so virtuous and upright, but it turned out to be nothing more than that, it was all for his own benefit, it's really embarrassing, embarrassing..."

(End of this chapter)