Cheng Yaojin was wearing leather clothes, which Xu Yunyan had not expected. No wonder he could smell a vague odor when he got close to him.
It turned out that the leather was not handled well, and Cheng Yaojin's words here seemed to enhance his persuasiveness, and he directly opened his armor.
Looking at the crudely made leather jacket, Xu Yunyan sighed.
"General Cheng, the skin you plucked out the hair in water is not degreased or waxed after being tanned. It will definitely return oil and stink easily."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Cheng Yaojin's eyes lit up: "Hahaha, I know you have a way. Tell me how to clean up this skin so that you can wear it warmly."
But before Xu Yunyan could say anything, Qin Qiong had already taken a step forward.
"Know the rules and don't mess around. Don't freeze General Li in the cold weather. Your Majesty is still watching."
Qin Qiong said and snatched Xu Yunyan's cotton-padded coat from Cheng Yaojin's hand, while Xu Yunyan watched helplessly as Qin Qiong took over his own cotton-padded coat. When he thought he was giving it to Li Shimin, Qin Qiong was so considerate and put the cotton-padded coat on him again. It touched him, making Xu Yunyan extremely grateful.
General Qin is still kind to me, and Qin Qiong looked at him here.
"Oh, your clothes are really designed to be easy to wear. You won't feel cold when you put on this kind of clothes, and it's more convenient to move around. It's much better than our leather jacket. Tell me quickly, if you don't tell me why, this sweater I’ll confiscate it later.”
Don't just praise Qin Qiong for being considerate and a good person, and he will threaten to steal his cotton-padded clothes. Xu Yunyan is so helpless, and Li Shimin also came forward after these guys made such a fuss.
Just after taking two steps, Yu Chigong shouted from the side, "Your Majesty, be careful."
Yuchi Gong's voice startled everyone.
"What's going on here?"
Everyone looked around hurriedly, could there be an assassin?
While everyone was thinking here, Yu Chigong pointed to the ground in embarrassment.
"The pig blood just spattered too far. Your Majesty, you almost stepped on your boots. It would be bad if the shoes were contaminated."
have to! That’s what all the fuss is about.
Everyone almost fell to the ground. Is your focus wrong? Staring at the blood on the ground every day, what's the big deal now? They all crawled out of the dead. Still afraid of this blood? Even if there is a river of blood in front of everyone, no one will frown, let alone this Pig blood?
However, Li Shimin glanced at Yu Chigong and didn't say much before walking forward. However, just as he stepped forward, a faster figure approached the front.
"Master, you have such good clothes, why didn't you tell me earlier? Look at what I'm wearing. There are several layers of silk underneath, but it's so cold that I'm shivering here."
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Xu Yunyan looked at Li Chengqian, who had a set of brocade clothes and several sets of silk clothes inside, wearing something like a fur cloak outside, and couldn't help but smash it.
"Are you still cold in this outfit?"
However, compared to his red-tape-like clothing, compared to his flexible cotton-padded clothes, making his own cotton-padded clothes seems to be too flexible, beyond their imagination.
While everyone was talking to each other and poking with their fingers to see what the cotton clothes looked like and how they were produced, Xu Yunyan said here.
"This is really my fault. I thought everyone knew it."
He didn't expect that everyone would look at him like he was an idiot.
"If we knew about this cotton coat, would we still need you to talk about all this nonsense?"
Seeing everyone talking about how to make cotton-padded clothes, they looked like it would definitely make me feel uncomfortable if they didn't tell me why.
"It's just two loose-fitting clothes stuffed with catkins and poplar catkins. I haven't found any cotton yet. If cotton is available, it will be warmer."
At this moment, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin looked at each other.
Catkins? Yang Xu?
In this Chang'an territory, this thing
There are still very few. There are not many poplar trees here at all. As for the willow trees, there are a lot of them near the water. In addition, they do not grow straight, so it is difficult to be of great use, and no one will plant them artificially. But here The south is in Chuzhou. When Xu Yunyan looked at the catkins flying on the water to form a paper-like layer, he couldn't help but think of a good idea.
These catkins and poplar catkins are really made into something like paper, layered one on top of the other like cotton. It is fluffy and fluffy to make a cotton-padded coat, which is relatively warm to wear on the body.
I actually made a few of these things in early spring, at least everyone who knew him had them, and they really forgot that these big guys didn't even know about these things.
Under Xu Yunyan's constant explanation, everyone looked like they hated iron.
"You bastard, you actually knew about this two years ago. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Li Shimin was also angry here: "Do you know how I have been living these past two years? This winter is cold, how much charcoal do I have to burn to keep warm? If you had told me earlier, I could have saved a lot of charcoal. Wood saves many people from having to burn charcoal day and night, leaving a lot of people’s wealth behind.”
Li Shimin was fiercely attacking Xu Yunyan here, but Xu Yunyan was helpless and could only nod and bend here.
"Your Majesty, it's my fault. I'm not a human being. Your Majesty, it's my fault. How do you say this? It's not the one who is in office for scheming."
Just when Xu Yunyan was racking his brains here but couldn't think of how he should express to Li Shimin that he should completely obey him, serve him, and solve his problems, Li Shimin looked at the anxious Xu Yunyan and sighed.
"Well, you didn't mean to do it, and I won't make it difficult for you, but you can't just let it go."
When Li Shimin said this, Xu Yunyan nodded hurriedly, "Whatever your Majesty says will be whatever it is."
"Okay, in that case, I want you to find the cotton."
"Forehead!"
At this moment, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but admire Li Shimin's out-of-the-box personality, but just when Li Shimin finished speaking and Li Chengqian was thinking about Li Shimin's words and thinking about what cotton was, Cheng Yaojin, who couldn't hide anything, scratched his head and scratched his head.
"What is cotton? Why have I never seen it before?"
Yuchi Gong was also here asking what this was.
"If this cotton really exists, I will go to His Majesty to find it. Why bother such a little guy? Didn't he just say that the cotton was not found?"
Although Yu Chigong has a dark face, he is indeed a good person. He grabs these most neglected things every day.
The first time was pig blood, and the second time was what Xu Yunyan said about not finding cotton. After Yu Chigong said this, Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Li Chengqian and others couldn't help but want to kill him. Look at him.
"You're a bastard! Your Majesty assigned you a task, and you're actually talking back here. If you can't find any cotton, is there any way you can keep out the cold?"
Qin Qiong's rare insult made others keep turning around and agreeing.
When Yuchi Gong saw everyone like this, he hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the second senior brother on the ground.
"Oh pig, you died so miserably. I will take care of you later. After cleaning you up, I will find you a warm place and finally dispose of it properly."
Everyone looked at Yu Chigong as if they were an idiot. "The pig is like this, do you still want to dispose of it and bury it? You also need to find a suitable place to clean it. Is it necessary? Just...
No, this black coal is very reasonable. It is cleaned and put away, cooked in a pot, and it feels warm in the stomach. It is indeed good. "
But just when everyone was looking at the pork and thinking that what Yu Chigong said was right, Li Chengqian once again brought everyone back to reality.
"But if we really can't find this cotton, shall we first arrange for the Ministry of Works to send people to collect all the catkins and poplar catkins in the spring of next year as the master said, and then use bow strings to string it out as the master said? Bounce it until it becomes fluffy and put it into clothes. Try making a few cotton coats?"
"That's what it's about."
Cheng Yaojin echoed Li Chengqian here, and his loose personality slapped Xu Yunyan, causing Qin Qiong to glare at him.
"Zhijie, Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet. When will it be your turn to make a decision?"
Cheng Yaojin felt a little belatedly, "Yes, yes, it's the one below, no, and he's doing something wrong here again."
Although Cheng Yaojin had a free and easy personality and kept saying these humorous words here and there, Xu Yunyan said to Li Shimin as if he had remembered something.
"Your Majesty, although I have never seen cotton wherever I go, I wonder if your Majesty and other generals have seen it?"
While talking, Xu Yunyan described the appearance of cotton here.
"This is cotton. Isn't this Baidianzi?"
Just after Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Li Shimin said this.
"Yes, Bai Diezi, this is the name of Cotton at this time, how could I forget him?
Yes, yes, that's Bai Diezi. Look at me, I'm so confused that I forgot. It's still that I'm not good at studying. "
Li Shimin looked at him as if he still knew that he was not good at studying, but he didn't go into details.
"It's just that the yield of this cotton is a bit low! The flowers are ugly and white. Who likes things with such white flowers? It's like that."
Under Li Shimin's explanation, Xu Yunyan touched his chin.
"Indeed, this cotton is made after all the leaves have fallen and the stems have withered, leaving only a white cotton flower ball. It is indeed not very beautiful."
Just when Xu Yunyan was thinking this, Li Chengqian said something.
"There must not be many white saucers among the people. There are only a few in my father's imperial garden. When there are no flowers here, it is better to hold such a flower for others to take a look at."
After Li Chengqian said this, Xu Yunyan suddenly realized.
No wonder these ingenious folk didn't use this white plate to make cotton-padded clothes. It turned out that there was very little cotton, and now the mainstream clothes are still made of wool and silk.
After thinking about this clearly, Xu Yunyan saluted Li Shimin again, "Your Majesty, this cotton can also be used as a strategic material like auspicious potatoes. The court will plant it on the farm. You can try to see if you can make cotton clothes. As long as I am old enough, Everyone in the Tang Dynasty has such a set of cotton-padded clothes. Not only can they keep out the cold in winter, but they can also be used on expeditions. Their flexibility is unmatched by other clothes."
After Xu Yunyan's words, the eyes of many generals couldn't help but light up.
In the past, fighting in winter was a sad season that only increased casualties. Now, with this cotton-padded jacket, you always have a guarantee whether you are going on an expedition or responding to emergencies, so that many warriors who did not fall on the battlefield defending their homeland and the enemy will not be killed. He lost his life in this wind, snow and cold in vain.
Thinking of those soldiers who were so cowardly and lost their lives, everyone couldn't help but look at Xu Yunyan with burning eyes.
"Boy, if you don't cook today's pig-killing dish beautifully, I will never forgive you. If I didn't tell you about such a good thing earlier, otherwise my northern border troops would have suffered for a year and a half."
