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At this time, after receiving the letter saying that the mansion was given to someone else, the fourth master remembered, "The back is Princess Changle's mansion, which has been under construction for several months." I didn't know who to reward, but now that I think about it, apart from my own family,

There is no one else. It is not necessary to ask Princess Chang Le to vacate it. The key is that the only one that can be connected with the British Duke's Palace is this Princess Palace. This connects the princess with the British Duke's Palace. For Empress Wu, it is

A crucial step.

Lin Yutong knew that Princess Chang Le's mansion was behind her, but she had very little contact with Princess Chang Le. They only gave each other gifts as a courtesy, except for palace banquets, in which case they almost never met. "However, she can have one by herself."

Princess Mansion, is Taizong giving special treatment?"

Li Yuan’s youngest daughter, “was raised by Empress Changsun when she was a child.”

No wonder! This princess should have feelings for both Empress Changsun and Emperor Taizong. From her perspective, Empress Wu must be extremely disliked.

The daughter of this princess was finally betrothed to Li Xian, who was Li Xian's first wife. Unfortunately, it is said that she was imprisoned by Wu Zetian and starved to death. Then Princess Chang Le and his wife participated in the rebellion against Wu Zetian, and were defeated and killed. The record is

We don’t know exactly how this works. But Empress Wu is sometimes very rough in her work.

Just to ask people to vacate their mansions, shouldn’t they be given some other comfort?

It was autumn, so she made a jacket out of cotton and asked Liu De to go to the hot spring palace and tell Empress Wu that even if she didn't look at Princess Chang Le, she would also look at Princess Chang Le's consort. This consort was named

Zhao Gui is General Zuo Qianniuwei.

The left and right Qianniu guards and the left and right prison guards are the main garrison force of the capital. The general is the actual controller of this army, usually led by a prince or a minister from a distance, similar to the supervisory army. But all affairs in the army,

The person in charge is the general.

To be honest, Princess Chang Le is just a female member of the royal family. It doesn't matter if you two don't have your temper and don't like each other. However, don't offend others so easily in the military.

Empress Wu changed into the small quilted jacket that Liu De gave her. She found it fit and light. Liu De only said, "Your Highness asked, was the new princess's mansion the former residence of General Zuo Qianniuwei? Do you want to go to the general's house to walk around?"

"

Empress Wu looked at the bronze mirror to see what effect the clothes would have on her. As soon as she heard this, she knew what Tong'er wanted to say. How could she not consider it? He was just a Zuo Qianniuwei general. If he couldn't understand it, then he should

Give way to Xian.

She said, "Tell her to move as soon as possible, and don't worry about other things."

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Empress Wu was satisfied with the clothes she was wearing and felt they were much better than the fur ones. Suddenly she remembered and asked Gao Yanfu to chase Liu De quickly, "Tell Liu De to ask the princess to wait at the manor."

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What Empress Wu was thinking about was the promotion of Bai Diezi. When the prince came to Zhezi, he talked about the same thing! But before promoting it, he had to ask everyone to read it. After reading it, he had to ask the emperor to issue an edict and announce it to the world, so

Only in this way can the influence be expanded.

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However, she is good at everything, but she is too thorough in doing things. Of course, given her current position, it is right to seek all-roundness, and seek all-roundness for a long time. In the final analysis, she has no right to seek perfection.

It’s a question that only comes into consideration when the time comes.

Tongtong received Liu De's report and didn't speak for a long time. Empress Wu was Empress Wu, and she was herself. The two of them were not on the same path at all. It was unreasonable to force others to become themselves.

It's not that Empress Wu was incapable of being thorough, she didn't want to be thorough in this matter. Whether she meant to change the generals in the capital with some deliberate nitpicking, she couldn't tell.

So, as a reminder, this is the only thing I can do.

As for going to the manor, I want to take all the civil and military officials to see it!

So when will this happen? I'm afraid it will have to wait until Li Ji comes back. The fourth master has to wait for Li Ji at home, and he has to go to the manor. The people below will take care of the moving matter, otherwise what will happen?

The fourth master said, "The seeding machine and loom will be sent later."

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Lin Yutong looked at the sky, "With half a month of sunny weather, the cotton harvest will almost be finished."

Because the weather was good, Lin Yutong didn't ask for any more pickings this time, but let them bloom! When the civil and military officials arrived, they saw white flowers all over the ground.

The plant is not tall and the leaves have dried up. From a distance, it can be seen that there are white flowers.

When a royal driver travels, he is accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, and the team can stretch for more than ten miles.

Li Ji now holds the position of Sikong. He is given preferential treatment by the saints and is given a special sedan chair. Even during the imperial court, the sedan chair can be carried to the entrance of the main hall. This is a favor for an old minister.

When he got off the horse, there was a sedan waiting for him. He got on the sedan and glanced at his great-grandson who was standing beside the sedan. Two years after the expedition, Princess Anding became Princess Anding of the auxiliary country.

My great-grandson probably knew that he was not in good health and was not good at martial arts, so he worked hard on weapon innovation. This was considered a way! But the risk was too great for the princess to join politics little by little.

Just as he was thinking about this, he entered Zhuangzi. The princess and her people were waiting for her at the entrance of Zhuangzi. From a distance, she looked like a gentleman.

When Lin Yutong saw the ceremony, he and the prince helped Li Zhi and Empress Wu down.

Li Zhi pointed to a piece of white flowers, "Is that Bai Diazi?" Yes!

Empress Wu looked at Liu Ren and said, "Pass the decree. Don't step on it. Let all the officials go and take a look."

The several prime ministers and high-ranking officials in the court naturally followed the saint and Empress Wu.

Li Zhi turned his face and said to Li Ji and Dai Zhide, "Let's take a look and see what this white stack is like."

The group arrived directly at the end of the field. Lin Yutong helped Li Zhi go down to the ground and demonstrated picking one first. "If it is open wide, you can just pick the cotton wool directly! If it is half open like this, you can pick it and then dry it. This is mainly to consider the weather.

The reason is that it is better to put it on the plant to dry naturally, but when it rains, it is easy to get moldy. If it rains continuously, the ground cannot get in. Once it rains, it will go bad, and the quality will not be that good.

Therefore, if the sky is overcast and it is expected to rain, you have to pick the half-dried ones and let them ventilate naturally. When the weather gets better, you can dry them again. The flowers can also become fluffy. "

After saying that, he asked someone to take the half-opened ones picked earlier, but now they are completely cracked and open in the sun.

Empress Wu took it and looked at it, "After all, it's not as good as the one on the plant."

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Dai Zhide, who was standing by, asked, "If this is the case, wouldn't Fangnan land be unsuitable for planting?"

Lin Yutong nodded, "This is a seed from the Western Regions. The Western Regions are dry, with long sunshine hours and little rain in a year. Therefore, the cotton from the Western Regions must be of the best quality. Our northern regions are better than those in the south. But

That's what I said, there will definitely be some impact. But it shouldn't be a big problem! The quality is not good, so it doesn't hinder your home use. It rains a lot in the south, so if you grow it, the quality will be worse than in the north. Of course, the specific name has to be

People try it, but I think it should be like this. Therefore, cotton is grown in the north, and mulberry trees are planted in the south. It is just a matter of adapting to local conditions.

Yan Liben asked, "What do you mean, Your Highness, cotton can be used instead of silk floss in the North."

certainly!

Lin Yutong led the people back to the yard that had been prepared earlier, "After harvesting the cotton, peel it and remove as many impurities as possible... Then you get the cotton wool. Expose the cotton wool to the sun... This is done!"

How do you tell if the sun is done?" She grabbed the cotton wool, grabbed the place where the cotton seeds were hidden, put it in her mouth and bit it, making a crunching sound, crushing the cotton seeds. "This means the sun is done."

Then he pointed to the front and said, "This is a seed-removing machine specially made by the consort for the convenience of removing seeds. It is much faster than manual work."

With that said, he called two servants to come forward and show how to remove the seeds.

Then came the machine that bounced cotton, bit by bit, to make the cotton fluffy and soft, like clouds in the sky.

Lin Yutong ordered the maid who was good at spinning. She was very good at spinning and could spin cotton into circles of cotton thread. In front of the loom over there, a woman in her thirties was leaning forward.

One piece of woven cloth. There are already more than half of them on the loom. It is a slightly yellowed homespun cloth. Because I just started learning, I am not very good at weaving.

She smiled and said, "At the beginning, the weaving is not very good, but it will be fine after you get familiar with it. After the gray cloth comes out, it can be dyed again, and it will be fine. Of course, it is not as exquisite as silk weaving. But it is durable and strong.

With good warmth retention properties, the output must be higher than that of silk fabrics."

They followed one after another and saw how to use this thing.

After popping out the cotton, several embroiderers are spreading the cotton layer by layer on the cloth, then covering it with a piece of cloth and sewing it together. This is the quilt. In the same way, if you can make a quilt, you can make a cotton coat.

Zhang Wenguan looked at the cloth still on the loom and asked, "Is this cloth durable?"

Yes! If the requirements are not high, it can be worn for many years.

Zhang Wenguan turned around and said to Li Zhi, "Sage, I think that this thing should be planted in large quantities in the north. It is just a seed, but it is difficult to supply. This thing comes from the Western Regions. I think the Anxi Protectorate should use the seeds of this thing."

To tax..."

Lin Yutong raised his eyebrows. If cotton seeds were used to deduct taxes, this product could be widely promoted in the Western Regions, and it would also solve the current problem of seed shortage in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi didn't speak for a while, but Empress Wu said, "Anxi... is different from other places. It can only be exempted from taxes and cannot be taxed. Princess Fuguo's original seeds were bought by merchants at high prices. If you want to achieve your goal, don't mess with Anxi.

, the imperial court should exempt Anxi from all taxes, and purchase Baidiezi seeds at a high price for the imperial court’s use.”

But for such a large amount, does the court have the money?

Li Hong asked Tongtong, "Are there any other uses for this cotton seed?"

Of course! Lin Yutong said, "There are few cottonseeds now, so I only use a small part. These cottonseeds contain oil. If the oil is extracted in the right way, the oil can be eaten. But crude ones cannot be used." It will affect male health.

| Breeding ability. It is just a fine pressing method, which is not complicated. "The waste after oil pressing should be an excellent fertilizer."

Empress Wu said, "Then this is no different from collecting taxes. Therefore, this method cannot be used."

Li Hong looked at Zhang Wenguan and said, "Zhang Xiang wanted to encourage the cultivation of cottonseed in the Western Regions. He was right! But he didn't know the use of cottonseed."

yes!

Li Hong looked at Lin Yutong, "Imperial sister knows this best, how can you look at it?"

Lin Yutong pondered for a moment, and then said: "...My sister believes that the seeds purchased by the imperial court should be given out in the form of rewards. For example, if the soldiers who went out to fight and died in battle should be given more, and those who were disabled should be given out more.
To be continued...