God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 578 Forced Cotton Planting
Li Chengqian had long expected that Liu Hongji would say this, and he was not afraid to tell the whole process.

So he said: "Your Majesty, if you want to watch it, how about watching the whole process with your son?"

Li Shimin was eager to do this.

Empress Changsun said: "I also want to see how the blossoming cotton can be turned into wearable clothes!"

"Brother Huang, take me with you too!"

Li Lizhi also asked.

"So am I!"

"Your Majesty, please!"

So Li Chengqian led everyone inside.

When they went inside, it turned out that there were more people here, and a large amount of cotton was piled up, and there were people in charge of each category.

"Gao Ming, tell Your Majesty what these procedures are like?"

Empress Changsun said so.

Li Chengqian understood, and said: "This cotton weaving needs to go through tedious processes such as ginning, popping, spinning, sizing, winding, running, dyeing, and weaving. Your Majesty, please take a look..."

He started to introduce the whole process.

"Cotton ginning and popping technology mainly has three stages: first, peeling the cotton seeds by hand and taking out the cotton; second, rubbing the cotton with an iron rod to remove the cotton seeds; It’s the pop cotton that everyone sees outside.”

"Playing cotton looks very novel, can I try it?"

Are you kidding me? Li Shimin wants to try it, but Li Chengqian dares to say no?So he said:
"Of course! Your Majesty please!"

Li Shimin rolled up his sleeves, walked to the kapok slingshot, picked up the slingshot, and bounced it straight away.

thump thump...

Li Shimin really has two tricks, this operation is as fierce as a tiger.

His posture is no worse than that of the workers here.

At the same time, it also attracted a burst of applause.

"Good! Good!"

"Your Majesty is amazing!"

……

Everyone cheered, hearing these in Li Shimin's ears, one could feel that he was refreshed for a while.

Even Li Chengqian felt that Li Shimin's posture was very good.

So he blurted out: "I never imagined that His Majesty could be so skillful without playing cotton before! It's really an eye-opener!"

Empress Changsun also said: "Your Majesty is a martial arts practitioner, so it's easy to deal with this kind of work!"

Li Shimin seemed to be the only one in her eyes.

"Guanyin maidservant, don't flatter me. After playing for a while, my hands are sore."

As soon as he finished speaking, he put the slingshot aside.

Then he suddenly said with emotion: "Working people are not easy! Such hard work, year after year, day after day, is tireless."

"Your Majesty, they have to make a compromise in order to live!"

Li Chengqian followed Li Shimin's words.

In the past, if others dared to interrupt, Li Shimin might be angry, but not today.

"What a compromise for life, come here, all the laborers here today will be rewarded with a penny! This is what I can do! You all worked hard today!"

Li Shimin said so.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and then they saluted and bowed down.

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

"You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank you, thank yourselves! Let's do things!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Everyone started to do things again.

"Come, come, Gao Ming, tell me what to do next!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! Then, the next step is spinning. In the final analysis, it is the process of turning cotton into cotton thread. After a period of research, I invented a hydraulic spinning machine."

For this kind of machine, Li Chengqian can make as many as he wants. It is nothing more than a blueprint, and then let the craftsmen of the dynasty build it according to the blueprint.

It is also fortunate that the character I reborn is a prince, but if it is an ordinary family, you have blueprints, and they are not willing to make it for you.

"I'm very curious, come here, let me have a look."

Li Shimin was more and more shocked, and so were Empress Changsun and Liu Hongji beside him.

And Li Lizhi, she looked at Li Chengqian with eyes almost adoring, from now on, Li Chengqian was her idol.

Li Chengqian led everyone to the place where the water flowed, only to see a giant tree was erected here.

"Your Majesty, please look here!"

People looked at the place Li Chengqian pointed at.

"The number of our traditional spinning wheel spindles is generally 2 to 3, and the maximum is 5. However, Erchen thinks that the traditional things are still too few, and it can't improve our speed, and it will cost everyone manpower and material resources. So Erchen suddenly thought, if water can be used to complete the human part of the problem, will the efficiency be improved?
So I gathered a large number of craftsmen to create such a hydraulic loom!It can have dozens of spindles working at the same time, using hydraulic drive.Taking spinning cotton thread as an example, a general-purpose spinning wheel can spin up to 3 catties of yarn per day, while a large spinning wheel can spin more than 100 catties a day and night. "

Li Chengqian's eloquent talk made Li Shimin and others startled for a while, and even Liu Hongji no longer expressed doubts.

"Then, I realized that once it's thread, it's much easier to become clothes."

Empress Changsun took over the conversation at this time and said.

After all, making clothes was one of the necessary skills for ancient women. Once you have a thread, it is easy to understand.

"Well, according to what Gao Ming said, then this cotton can indeed be made into clothes! Gao Ming, you really did me a great favor again!"

"Your Majesty, I feel that in the spring of next year, a large amount of cotton must be planted, and the planting must be compulsory. In this way, next winter, the Tang Dynasty will no longer be cold!"

"Yes yes yes! Gao Ming is right, it is exactly the same as mine!"

"His Majesty!"

Liu Hongji wanted to say something, but Li Shimin retorted him back.

"Liu Aiqing, don't say anything more. It's rare for Gao Ming to serve the people wholeheartedly. If you keep talking, I'm afraid it will be bad!"

How could Liu Hongji not understand Li Shimin's words, so he had no choice but to give up.

"By the way, Gao Ming, I see that you produce a lot of cotton, can you..."

"Your Majesty, the first batch of sons and ministers is naturally to supply His Majesty and the Queen Mother first, and at the same time prepare cotton clothes for the unborn royal brother and sister!"

Empress Changsun touched her belly and smiled.

"Son, your elder brother has prepared new clothes for you. When you are born, you must help your elder brother properly!"

"Hahaha, I am very happy today!"

How could Li Shimin be unhappy if he could solve a major matter for him?Li Chengqian also collected [-] points at the same time. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing, and it could be used to buy a book by the way, so it was not wasted.

A group of people were waiting happily when suddenly a small yellow door broke into it.

"Report!"

(End of this chapter)