Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

Chapter 113

　　Thinking that Lu Xiu wanted her to sleep, he just came to try the quilt.

　　But when she took off her shoes, Li Lizhi climbed onto the mattress and found something unusual.

　　"Brother Lu, the mattress is so soft." Especially after she lay down, she found that the mattress was lightly supporting her body, and Li Zhi couldn't help turning her body over curiously, "It's soft and comfortable to lie on."

　　"Try to cover it with a quilt." Lu Xiu slumped open the [-]-pound quilt and helped Li Zhi cover it up.

　　"Well."

　　The soft quilt was much heavier than the silk in the palace, but it didn't feel so beautiful.

　　"So hot."

　　After covering the quilt for a while, Li Zhi felt as if she was roasting on the stove, "No way, I can't stand the heat."

　　Lizhi kicked the quilt away directly, and at this moment she could see a layer of hot sweat on her forehead.

　　"Haha, of course you can't stand a quilt with such a thick blanket on a hot day. If it's a cold winter, I promise you won't want to leave the quilt." Lu Xiu said.

　　"In fact, winter is coming soon." Li Er said.

　　Today is the second day of the first month of June, and the weather will be completely cold during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, less than two months.

　　"Yeah, so I want to prepare early." Although it is said that I want to go out to sea and play, the waters south of Guangdong and Guangxi will be very warm in winter, but I don't know if it will go smoothly! !

　　"Hehe, I wonder if the owner can make a quilt for me too?" Li Er said cheekily when he saw that there were still a lot of cotton tidbits left.

　　"If you have any leftovers, I can play one for you." Lu Xiu said.

　　"Didn't you already do it?"

　　"Mine is ready, but I have to prepare a copy for Lizhi. In addition to the quilt, the pillow also has to use several kilograms of cotton."

　　Fifty kilograms may seem like a lot, but it's useless at all.If you only make quilts, you can only make five pieces.

　　"Why do pillows use it?"

　　Lu Xiu's words made Li Er very depressed, while Li Zhi's smiling eyes turned into crescent moons.

　　Speaking of pillows, Lu Xiu wanted to complain about it the most.Although he was wearing a very expensive jade pillow, the hard texture made his head hurt.

　　"I don't know. Soft cotton pillows are comfortable." Then, Lu Xiu stuffed the stretched cotton into the pillowcase himself, showing a modern-style pillow in front of everyone.

　　"Brother Lu, let Lizhi try it out and see if it works." Lizhi stretched out her hands towards Lu Xiu like a spoiled child.

　　"Naturally."

　　Lu Xiu placed the pillow on the mattress, and Li Lizhi fell asleep carefully toward the pillow.

　　"Wow."

　　The next moment, Li Lizhi's whole head seemed to sink into the pillow. She exclaimed, "It's too soft. It's very comfortable to sit on. Brother Lu, I also want a white folded pillow."

　　With a soft mattress and soft pillows, Li Lizhi has a feeling of sleeping in the clouds.

　　The softness of the pillow can be understood and understood by everyone with their eyes. They have always been accustomed to using hard pillows. It is difficult to imagine what it would be like to sleep on a soft pillow.

　　"Don't worry, you all have it."

　　The cotton used for the pillow is not a lot, one is about three pounds.Then with the beautiful quilt, more than half of the [-]-pound cotton quilt was used! !

　　In the end, the remaining ten pounds of cotton was just enough to make a quilt and two pillows.

　　"Haha, it seems that the old man came at the right time." Two big hands pressed on the last set of quilts, "Well, it turns out that the dried white folded quilts will be so soft when made into quilts."

　　Originally, Li Er thought he could keep it for himself, but who would have thought that Li Yuan would rob him.In the end, Li Er, who held a pillow, wanted to cry but had no tears.

　　"¨〃It turns out that Bai Diezi actually has such a wonderful effect. I regret giving them all to you, so that I can't even want a set." Li Er smiled bitterly.

　　"Father-in-law, don't worry, the weather isn't getting colder now, so one pillow is enough. And the flower seedlings I transplanted from the Imperial Garden a few days ago, still half of the flower seedlings haven't bloomed. Wait until next month. After the seeds can be picked, I will have someone make a set for you." Lu Xiudao.

　　"So please." Li Er, who received Lu Xiu's promise, returned to a smile.

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　　That night, Li Er returned to the palace with a pillow.

(Thanks to Zhao)

　　Because Empress Changsun had just given birth to Li Zhi, she was taking care of her body, and it was Concubine Liu who was sleeping at night.

　　After finishing the work, Li Er took out the pillow and wanted to see if the soft pillow should be used.

　　Unexpectedly, the effect was beyond Li Er's expectations. After the pillow was put on, his head sank, and there was even a feeling that he could not feel the weight of his head, which was completely different from the jade pillow.

　　Li Er was not used to it for a while, and turned his head over and over, because the cotton pillow was indeed a little hot, not as cool as a jade pillow.But it was so comfortable to sleep on it that Li Er was reluctant to remove his head.

　　An hour or two later, Li Erfang fell asleep on the cotton pillow. .

Chapter 114

　　"Sister, although lying down is very comfortable, it's too soft to fall asleep." Qing He whispered.

　　"Yeah, it gives me the feeling that I'm lying on the cloud, I can't feel where I am, and it's always a bit unsteady." Li Yuyao said.

　　Li Yuyao and Qing He were not used to sleeping, because all the hard wooden boards on the couch were replaced with very elastic cushions, and the mats were put on, and finally the cotton pillows just made today! !

　　But maybe they just used up too much energy, and the two girls were also a little tired, so after tossing and turning for a while, they naturally fell asleep beside Lu Xiu.

　　As for Lu Xiu, it was his most comfortable sleep in months.When I lay down, my whole body relaxed involuntarily, so in a few seconds I had already made a slight snoring sound.

　　For Lu Xiu, sleeping and eating have finally returned to the normal level of life before.

　　The only not-so-good means of entertainment, Lu Xiu was able to make up for the Devil Fruits that he could produce from the system every month.

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　　The Turks in the north, with a population of more than one million, are divided into several tribes such as the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks. They are stationed in the grassland areas such as Dingxiang and Yinshan in the north of Taiyuan, and most of them are mainly grazing.

　　Their population has grown rapidly, and although they are not as large as the Tang Dynasty's number of more than [-] million, their scale cannot be underestimated.

　　Fortunately, the Khan of Jieli trusted Zhao Deyan, a Han Chinese, and changed the Turkic national customs.

　　At this time, after twenty days, the envoy Bataan, who had just returned from Chang'an, knelt in the camp of the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan.

　　In the Khan's tent, Jieli Khan was playing with two women at this time, and he did not shy away from the several ministers in the tooth tent.

　　"Bataan, tell me (cfae), how did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty reply!!" Jieli Khan asked casually.

　　"Khan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty rejected all the conditions of our Eastern Turks, and asked me to tell the Khan that if the Khan dared to fight, the Tang Dynasty would not be afraid, and they would take it." Bataan cautiously said.

　　"Hmph, so brave! Since you dare to reject us, then don't blame our Turks for not keeping the covenant. Haha, in the rich Tang Dynasty, many Turks are very envious." Jie Li Khan sneered.

　　"Hehe, it's not necessarily a good thing for us Turks." The courtier Zhao Deyan laughed aside.

　　Today, due to the implementation of Zhao Deyan's reform policy, the contradictions among the various tribes in the Turks have become more and more serious, and they have been dissatisfied for a long time.Coupled with the continuous natural disasters on the grasslands in the past two years, the people who are poor and poor may be able to use the war to lead all the conflicts between the Turks to the Tang Dynasty.

　　It is not without reason that Jieli Khan wants to get compensation from Datang. This winter, the food stored by their tribe is likely to be insufficient, and even a large number of people will starve to death.

　　"Khan, if we go to grab it ourselves, it will definitely be much more than what he gives." Thinking of the fine wine he drank in Chang'an City, Bataan couldn't help but be moved.

　　Although it was said that the Tang Dynasty had a fierce general, Su Dingfang, whom he feared extremely, but on the battlefield, that bravery could not change the situation of the battle.

　　"Yes, our Turks need a lot of food, a lot of women, and a lot of gold and iron to make weapons."

　　And if Datang agreed to compensate them, a lot of materials would not be available.For example, in terms of gold and iron, Datang is not willing to give them a little bit, and the control is very strict.Therefore, although the Turks had robbed many blacksmiths from the Han people before, their weapons and equipment were completely inferior to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

　　If they can get a lot of weapons, the Turkic soldiers can double.

　　"Yeah, it's almost autumn. During the harvest season, if we send troops to plunder south, our Turks will grab a lot of grain. Secondly, the Tang Dynasty's defense force will be relatively weak." Zhao Deyan said.

　　Datang implemented a government military system. Although it was self-sufficient, it was able to support a large number of soldiers at a minimal cost.But during the time when the food is harvested, the soldiers will go to the ground to harvest the food.

　　"The order goes on, and the tribes such as Xi, I, and Huihe come to discuss the attack on the Tang Dynasty. This time, I will take back the empress of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and have a good time." Jie Li Khan said.

　　"I once heard that the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty was born beautiful and extremely beautiful." Zhao Deyan laughed.

　　"Haha, isn't it, I don't know how beautiful it is. I'm tired of playing. If Deyan wants, I can give you a play and give you a taste of the Queen of the Tang Dynasty." Jie Like Khan laughed.

　　Zhao Deyan also had a smile in his eyes. He had joined the Turks during the war and had no sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty.

　　He even hoped that the Turks would overthrow the Tang Dynasty, and it would be no problem for him to be a king and a chancellor at that time. .

Chapter 115

　　The conscription that Jieli Khan planned to raise his troops to attack the Tang Dynasty reached the ears of his nephew Tuli Khan in Nibushe in the northern part of Youzhou.

　　Tuli Khan, Ashina Shibo, was originally the son of Shibi Khan who took office in the Eastern Turks.

　　When the father of the Turkic Khan, Shibi Khan, died of illness, Ashnashbo failed to succeed the khan of the Eastern Turks due to his young age, and his uncle, Lifushe, succeeded him under the title Luo Khan. !

　　And a few years ago, Chuluo Khan also died.Then another uncle of Tuli Khan succeeded to the throne, named Jieli Khan, which is now the reigning Turkic Khan.

　　After Jie Li took office, he appointed Tuli as the little khan of the Eastern Turks, in charge of several tribes such as Khitan and H.

　　It is a pity that due to the irregular taxation of Tuli Khan, he is not very good at management, so his subordinates are quite resentful.Therefore, the Xue Yantuo, Xi, I and other ministries who had been under their jurisdiction belonged to the Tang Dynasty during the Wude years.

　　Jieli Khan sent Tuli Khan to attack them, but Tuli Khan was defeated, and his soldiers were scattered in riots. Jieli Khan finally imprisoned him and whipped him, and it took a long time to release him.

　　Moreover, the position of the khan that originally belonged to him was taken away by them, so naturally there was resentment in his heart.

　　Originally, what Tuli Khan thought about was to join the Tang Dynasty. Who would have thought that he was directly beaten to the house by Jieli Khan last year, and temporarily put an end to his unrealistic idea~.

　　Regarding the recruitment of Jieli Khan today, and the fact that the scouts had inquired about the massive mobilization of Datang's troops a few days ago, he realized that Datang and Jieli Khan were about to tear their faces!

　　As for who is stronger and who is weaker between the two, Tuli Khan cannot be sure.

　　The Turkic cavalry was brave and good at fighting, while the Tang Dynasty was well-armed.But Tuli was looking forward to the Tang Dynasty to defeat Jieli Khan.

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　　Since the role of cotton was discovered by Lu Xiu, Li Erke was very concerned about the growth of the cotton removed from the imperial garden.

　　Lying on the soft cotton pillow, it is called a stable, and the Guanyin maid gave it a pillow once, and she also immediately fell in love with the pillow made of soft white folds.