Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 57 Playing Cotton (2)

Due to Li Chengqian's urgency and the fact that the big wooden bow does not require the same complicated procedures as making bows and arrows, after the craftsmen returned, they immediately called up manpower and worked overtime to make it.

Finally, the manufacture of all the cotton springing tools has been completed within two days.

A brand new set of cotton picking tools appeared in front of Li Chengqian.

"Have you found all the people I want?" Looking at the brand new tools, Li Chengqian asked Wang Quan.

As early as two days ago, he arranged for Wang Quan to pick the right people for him to pick cotton, and now is the time when they are needed.

"Lang Jun! Man! The slaves have been selected long ago! Now they are waiting outside the palace, waiting for the dispatch of the Lang Jun." Wang Quan said.

"Call them in quickly! Also bring in the prepared lint and other things!" Li Chengqian laughed.

"Okay! I'm going now, servant girl!" After Wang Quan said that, he trotted towards the outside of the hall.

When he came outside the hall, Wang Quan instructed everyone to do things, "Why are you still standing there! Bring the lint in quickly, and the rest of you don't stand still! Hurry up and go in, Mr. Lang is still waiting!"

The people who were called immediately entered the hall, first saluted Li Chengqian, and then waited for Li Chengqian's order.

"Put all these lints on this board! Bring all these tools." Li Chengqian kept talking to the board beside him.

The servant immediately stepped forward to put the lint on the board, then stepped aside, waiting for Li Chengqian's next instruction.

Li Chengqian pointed at one of them and said, "Come here!"

The accused person hurriedly came to Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian directly picked up the big wooden bow and the big wooden hammer and said: "Look! Follow me!"

Li Chengqian showed how to play cotton by himself. Although it was the first time for a big girl to get on a sedan chair, fortunately, he had watched a documentary about it.

Playing cotton can be regarded as decent. Only after playing cotton himself did Li Chengqian understand how difficult it is to play a bed of cotton well.

"Do you understand? Follow my actions to make the lint soft!" Li Chengqian said, and handed the big wooden bow and hammer to the servant.

The servant hurriedly took it, and according to the movement Li Chengqian taught just now, he held the hammer in one hand and struck the string frequently to loosen the cotton on the wooden board.

"The two of you used gauze to form a net on both sides of the soft cotton wadding he played, to fix the wadding." Li Chengqian sat on the chair, called two more people, and directed them to fix the cotton wadding with gauze.

"After fixing it, use a wooden disc to grind it until it is flat, solid, and firm!" Li Chengqian continued to instruct them.

The waiter hastily picked up the disc on the side and put it on the fixed cotton for flat pressing.

"Okay! Take these processed cotton batts to the Neizhi Bureau, and let the people in the Neizhi Bureau weave a set of cotton clothes, cotton trousers, cotton robes and a new quilt."

After all the processes were completed, Li Chengqian asked people to use the cotton wool to sew a quilt, and then ordered a set of cotton clothes and trousers for himself, plus a cotton robe.

A few days later, the finished cotton coat, trousers and cotton robe and a quilt were delivered to Li Chengqian.

With these cotton-padded clothes, Li Chengqian is not afraid of the cold winter, after all, for thousands of years later generations have relied on the cotton-padded clothes in his hands to keep warm.

"There is still cotton wool left, how many sets of cotton-padded clothes can be remade?" Li Chengqian put the cotton-padded clothes in his hand aside and asked Zhao An, the leader of the internal straight bureau in front of him.

"Your Highness! For the remaining cotton wool, if you make cotton-padded clothes, cotton trousers, and cotton-padded robes, you can make at most two sets, and there will still be some cotton-wool left over. If you only make cotton-padded robes, you can make five pieces, and there will still be some cotton wool left over." .” Zhao An said.

"Then make three cotton gowns, two of them, one for the Crown Princess, one for Xiao Liangdi, and the remaining cotton to make gowns for the two emperors and grandchildren, and prepare a gown for His Majesty. "Li Chengqian arranged the remaining cotton wool.

He now has a whole set of cotton clothes and robes, so naturally he can't favor one over the other, and he has to give one to each of his two wives and two children.

As for the robes given to his father, it was mainly for the purpose of getting his father to agree to his promotion of cotton planting in the Tang Dynasty.

As long as his father tried the benefits of cotton robes, Li Chengqian can guarantee that Li Er will agree with his suggestion to promote cotton planting in the Tang Dynasty.

Cotton can be used to make cotton clothes, so that Tang's army no longer has to be restricted by the cold and inability to fight in winter.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty put on a layer of cotton armor inside and a layer of iron armor outside. Under the double protection, Li Chengqian believed that the army of the Tang Dynasty would be able to adapt to the severe winter.

Cotton is something that benefits the country and the people, Li Chengqian does not believe that Li Er is not tempted.

"No! I will order you to go down and let the craftsmen make cotton robes!" Uchi Naorou saluted and retreated.

"Wang Quan, bring today's memorial to others for review." Li Chengqian ordered.

"Promise!" Wang Quan stepped back, and came back a moment later with a pile of memorials, put them in front of Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness! These are all memorials sent by His Majesty from the three provinces and six departments."

After Li Chengqian carefully read each of them, he added his own comments, as well as his views and solutions on this matter.

For these annotated memorials, if the matter is more important, it needs to be handed over to Li Er for a second comment before he approves it.

Prince Li Chengqian made the decision for the relatively simple memorial, and then sent it back to the six ministries of the three provinces for processing.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty were much more relaxed than the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Most of the official documents were handled by officials from the three provinces and six ministries.

Some important matters will be reported to the emperor, and the emperor will instruct and draw the imperial edict, and the emperor will personally ask about trivial matters.

"Give these few copies to the emperor for review! Send the others to the province." Li Chengqian said.

Some of the memorials require the approval of His Majesty Li Er before they can be sent to the Menxia Province for review by the officials of the Menxia Province. After the Menxia Province agrees, they will be sent to the Shangshutai, and the Shangshutai will distribute them to various departments for processing.

"No!" Wang Quan took the order!He took the memorial that Li Chengqian had divided and sent it to His Majesty Li Er and Menxia province respectively.

"Has Prime Minister Si Nong Li Xuan Prize ever left Beijing?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Lang Jun, His Majesty summoned Prime Minister Sinong Li Xuanjue today, and ordered him to go to Koguryo with festivals, and he has already left Chang'an City." Wang Quan said.

"How's the study of the two grandsons, who will teach them?" Li Chengqian said.

"The two grandsons have made great progress in their studies. I heard that brother Xiang has also learned to compose poetry. The princess has praised him very much. Now the two grandsons are studying with Master Di." Wang Quan said.

Just as Li Chengqian and Wang Quan were chatting with each other, a servant hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Report to my lord! Your majesty announces your audience!" the servant said.

(End of this chapter)