socalfunplaces Chapter 337
Chapter 337
The next day, Friday.
There was no morning court today. Li Shimin and several ministers personally escorted Hou Junji and the guerrillas to the Suzaku Gate.
"Your Majesty, please return to the palace. I dare not trouble Your Majesty to see you off!" When the guerrillas arrived at the Suzaku Gate, Hou Junji bowed respectfully.
"Junji, the months in the northern desert are dangerous and unpredictable. You should put your own safety first. Remember!"
Li Shimin clenched Hou Junji's fists and told him sincerely.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will make sure that the Turks have no time to invade the border of the Tang Dynasty!
Your Majesty, please go back. I will go first!"
After speaking, Hou Junji turned around and mounted his horse, and then bowed to the ministers who saw him off.
"Junji, when the guerrillas arrive in Youzhou, they can stay in Youzhou for a day so that the soldiers can recuperate." Li Shimin reminded him at last.
"I have received your order!" Hou Junji bowed again, and then ordered:
"Let's go!"
With Hou Junji's order, the guerrillas rode out of Chang'an!
When the guerrillas disappeared from sight, Li Shimin summoned several ministers to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, I suggest finding suitable terrain in the counties and prefectures within the pass, and building reservoirs as soon as possible to store water to solve the drought next year."
Li Shimin circulated the letter about the construction of the reservoir that Li Chengqian sent to the palace yesterday to the ministers for reading.
After reading it, everyone discussed it in a low voice, and Wei Zheng was the first to make a suggestion.
"Xuancheng, please take a seat. I have already thought about this matter." Li Shimin only understood the role and benefits of the reservoir from the letter.
But how to organize the construction, he wanted to hear Su Chen's advice.
"That bastard is really hateful! He has such a good drought prevention plan, but he only said it today." Li Shimin laughed and scolded angrily.
Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji laughed and said:
"Your Majesty, have you ever seen a mule that looks like a horse but not a horse, and looks like a donkey but not a donkey?"
"I've heard before that this mule will move forward one step if you hit it, and will move back three steps if you don't hit it."
"I guess Su kid is like that mule, and needs someone to drive him to move."
Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said with an expression as if he knew everything.
"Hahaha... Fu Ji's words make sense, the mule in my hometown is like that." Fang Xuanling laughed.
Li Shimin nodded in agreement.
Then, he took out another letter.
Yesterday, Li Chengqian sent a total of five letters to the palace, and the last one was delivered to the palace when it was dark.
Li Chengqian moved all of Su Chen's "good things" to the palace like an ant moving house.
The last letter was about the shower room.
After dinner yesterday, Li Chengqian begged and thanked Su Chen for agreeing to let him use the high-end shower.
After experiencing it once, Li Chengqian immediately promised to invest 80 strings of cash to let Su Chen build a shower room for his East Palace.
At the same time, he informed Li Shimin of this matter in a letter.
"Assistant, this matter is up to you, remember not to make a fuss." Li Shimin handed the report on the purchase of sugarcane to Changsun Wuji and asked him to keep a low profile.
After reading the letter, Changsun Wuji immediately accepted the order.
The letter stated that 20,000 kilograms of sugarcane would be purchased temporarily, and they would set off for Lingnan West Road in the near future.
Chang'an is not close to Lingnan, and it will take at least more than a month to travel.
Li Shimin looked at another letter in his hand, and could not hide his eager expression.
"Destroy Shuofang! Great, this kid finally got it!"
However, Li Shimin did not intend to tell everyone in detail at the moment, and temporarily suppressed the matter.
"Ma Zhou!"
"I'm here!" Ma Zhou stepped forward respectfully and saluted.
"Today I promote you to the rank of fourth rank, president of the Tang Dynasty Royal Bank, to assist the prince in managing all bank affairs."
"This is a document explaining all bank affairs, take it back and study it carefully."
Li Shimin handed all the instructions about bank operations and systems left by Su Chen yesterday to Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou had been a rankless person before, but now he was directly promoted to the rank of fourth rank.
He was considered half a step into the clouds.
"I obey your order!" Ma Zhou was a little confused. He didn't know what a bank was at all. The last time Su Chen talked in the imperial study, Ma Zhou was not there.
"It seems that I have to go to the manor to ask the marquis!" Ma Zhou said in his heart.
Ma Zhou hadn't been back to the manor for a long time. He knew very well that all this was arranged by Su Chen.
He also understood that Su Chen had a favor for him.
However, Ma Zhou was not a flatterer, but he would remember it in his heart.
Li Shimin still had one last letter in his hand, so there was no need to let everyone know about it.
Li Shimin smiled faintly.
"Everyone, go and do your own things. Xuanling and Xuancheng will stay." Last time, Li Shimin went to school with Zhangsun Wuji.
This time, he planned to take Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng with him.
Recently, Cheng Yaojin was not in the palace. He temporarily went to the military camp to replace Hou Junji as the general of the right guard.
"Old Wang, go see how the queen and the others are preparing!"
Li Shimin glanced at Wang Defa at the door and asked.
Yesterday, Li Shimin was still thinking about going to school on the weekend, but then he remembered that the school might be closed on the weekend.
Therefore, he discussed with Empress Changsun and went to the school cafeteria to eat food today.
It happened that Li Chengqian sent a letter to the palace, which also made Li Shimin have to go to the manor.
Li Shimin didn't want to try to invite Su Chen to the palace, lest he be angry to death.
"Your Majesty, the queen and the three imperial concubines are waiting in the side hall." The old king replied respectfully.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, you two go and prepare and meet outside the palace."
"As ordered!"
After a stick of incense.
Li Shimin and others headed towards the manor from the Vermillion Bird Gate.
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Lijin Manor.
"Bang~Bang~Bang~"
"Bang~Bang~Bang~"
In a side room, the sound of bowstrings being played could be heard from the door.
The sound was not very clear, and the penetration was not as good as that of a zither string.
"Zhang Long, your hanging bow should not be pressed too deep into the cotton pile. It should be raised a little higher, otherwise the bowstring will not be able to play the cotton balls apart."
Su Chen shouted loudly from a distance, because the fine hairs flew around when playing the cotton. He tried it for half an hour and felt that the effect was not satisfactory.
So several groups of people came to try, and Su Chen guided them on the side.
Su Chen firmly believed that he was a person with high expectations but low skills. He could not play well himself, but he could definitely teach well.
"Okay, Lord!"
Zhang Long followed Su Chen's instructions and kept adjusting his technique.
"Yes, that's it." Seeing that Zhang's technique was becoming more and more skilled, Su Chen praised loudly.
After a while, Zhang Long gradually got into the groove. The cotton on the chopping board was scattered one by one, and the rhythm was also played.
There were several villagers watching in the side room, all of whom were first-class sewing hands.
They only waited for the cotton to be fluffed and the newly dyed cotton cloth to dry before they began to sew the "down jacket". The cotton surface had been woven by them.
The process of making cotton into cotton thread is extremely complicated, and it has several more processes than silk thread, including fluffing, rubbing the base, spinning, winding, and passing the shuttle.
These processes require the use of spinning wheels, warp rods, warp pegs, spindles, shuttles, passing the shuttle strips, palm brushes and other tools.
Finally, through these processes, the cotton is spun into cotton thread.
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