Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 399 Looking for Cotton Fabrics

The emperor was overjoyed when he learned of the arrival of the Heavenly Maiden who protects the country, and quickly followed Chu Ruifeng's suggestion and ordered someone to draw up an imperial decree.Then he ordered the Ministry of Rites to write the papers all over the world, and sent them to yamen in various places, in the name of a general election, to find a woman who is both intelligent, agile, capable and virtuous.

The matter of finding the Heavenly Maiden of the Protecting Country must not be made public. One is to prevent someone from making trouble, and the other is to fear that someone will deliberately falsify.After all, speaking of it, this is a supreme honor. If a daughter of any family becomes the protector of the country, all members of the family will have to follow Guangzong and Yaozu.

Fortunately, the courtiers who were in the Mingguang Palace that day were all the emperor's confidantes. The character of these people is still trustworthy by the emperor, and he has repeatedly urged him not to reveal anything about it.Therefore, the outside world does not know about the matter of the protector of the country.

The general election made an exception to choose a Han woman, and the news spread quickly all over the place.There are some Han families who disdain general elections and avoid them, but there are also some families who are eager to take this opportunity to go further.

Especially among the Han officials, there are quite a few ambitious ones. At this time, all of them are gearing up and preparing to send their daughters to run for election.If she is really lucky and enters the palace and becomes a concubine, or is chosen by the prince and grandson, wouldn't she fly to the top of the branch?
Although it is stipulated in the imperial decree to find a daughter with both ability and virtue, this is nothing to those officials who are interested.These things are nothing more than fame. It is not too difficult to think of some ways to gain some good reputation for my daughter.

Of course, the emperor and others also thought of such a situation, so the emperor secretly set up an organization, led by Chu Ruifeng, to supervise and verify the memorials reported by officials from all over the country.Chu Ruifeng has a delicate mind, and there are many capable people and strange people under him. If he can handle such a trivial matter, isn't it easy to handle?
Daliao has a vast territory, and it will take some time for the official documents of the Ministry of Rites to be sent to various places.The most convenient place is naturally to receive the official documents early, and those local officials must hurry up when they receive the official documents.

On this day, the emperor received a memorial from the Zhizhou of Haining, and sent it to the capital together with the memorial, as well as some cloth and other things that he had never seen before.It was written in the memorial that this is a new crop called cotton cultivated by a peasant woman in the local Muyang County.

By spinning and weaving cotton, various fabrics with different thicknesses and uses can be woven.Durable and low shrinkage, it is not only suitable for ordinary people, but also suitable for nobles, and there are many fabrics that can be used in other aspects.

Cotton is not just a kind of use, in addition to spinning and weaving, it can also be used as a filling for clothing and bedding.It is much cheaper than silk cotton, and its output is higher than that of kapok, which can benefit the people.Cottonseed can also be used to extract oil, and cottonseed oil can be used in many ways. The waste from oil extraction can also be used as animal feed or fertilizer.In addition, cotton is also a nectar plant.

It should be said that this kind of cotton is full of treasures, it depends on how people use it.In the long memorial, many examples were given, and at the same time, the cotton yield per mu, intercropping with other crops, and other planting matters were analyzed in detail.

Finally, the Zhizhou of Haining solemnly mentioned that this object was brought back from Nanyang by a woman and carefully cultivated.At present, the woman has gone to the capital with cotton and cotton cloth, in order to find a way to promote the cultivation of cotton.Haining Zhizhou believed that this woman had both talent and appearance, good moral character, and a heart to serve the court and benefit the people, which absolutely met the emperor's requirements, and begged the emperor to allow her to participate in the general election.

After reading this memorial, the emperor was also a little excited.He has also read a lot of memorials these days, and all kinds of boasting in them are nothing more than which woman is kind-hearted, has a good reputation, or is talented.But it is all verbal talk, and there are not many real examples.

Like Haining Zhizhou, it is really the first one who has written so many actual data and sent so many real objects with reason and evidence.The emperor didn't know much about fabrics, so he quickly asked the queen and concubine Li to come over and ask them to take a look.

It was a coincidence that the princess was in the palace that day, chatting with the queen, and when she heard about it, she hurried to follow.When the three women saw the huge pile of cotton goods in front of them, they couldn't help but like it very much.

"Your Majesty, where did you get these? Look, how beautiful this little flower cloth is. God, how did you get the flowers on it? Oh, this is a rare item." The queen took a good look at those The floral cloth printed with small florals of various colors, the fresh and juicy colors, and the vivid patterns, any woman will like it after seeing it.

"Queen, look at this again. It says on it, oh, it's called a towel, it's used to wipe your face and hands, and it's said to absorb water very well. Try it, how soft it is, and it's so thick, it must absorb water Not bad. This big one should be used for bathing. This one is good, much better than the cloth towels we use." Looking at those towels, the eldest princess thought they were also very good.

But Concubine Li, looking at the things in front of her, was even more sure of one thing, that is, Qiao Yun had entered the capital.Only Qiao Yun has such ingenuity to transform such an unremarkable cotton into so many patterns.

"Your Majesty, this thing was originally available in Zhanbo, but the place only knows how to weave a kind of coarse cloth. The concubine never knew that the cotton can make so many patterns. The women of Daliao are really unparalleled. I just don’t know who is so powerful that they can use ordinary cotton to weave such beautiful and practical cloth.”

Concubine Li's words made the emperor even happier.It turned out that these things were also available in Zhanbo, but they did not play their role. Instead, they were introduced by the Daliao people and discovered other uses, which made the emperor feel a sense of pride.

"The memorial of Haining Zhizhou said that this woman is Huang Qiaoyun, a young girl. I never thought that there would be such a capable person in Daliao. If it is ordinary cloth, it is nothing special, it is not surprising. , but look, this kind of printed cloth, this kind of thick velvet, and that kind of towel. This is the first time I have seen these things, and it really opened my eyes."

The emperor was in a good mood, and the empress and eldest princess continued to say along the emperor's will with smiles on their faces, "Your Majesty, the concubines like these pieces of cloth very much, how about giving some to them? Sigh, it's too little, if there are more That's it, just distribute it to the sisters."

When the queen said this, the eldest princess had to share a little bit, but this time, the emperor was embarrassing.The prefect of Haining sent up, each of which was only a piece of cloth, and there were more than a dozen towels of different sizes, and two beddings.These things are indeed not many, not enough at all.

(End of this chapter)