At three o'clock in the morning, Qinjiazhuang
A carriage slowly drove into Qinjiazhuang, followed by a long queue of more than twenty ox carts.
The bullock carts were neatly stacked with bulging sacks.
When the people in Qinjiazhuang saw this scene, they stopped one after another and looked at the convoy with curiosity.
Recently, there have been many convoys coming and going from Qinjiazhuang, but most of them are transporting goods from Qinjiazhuang to Chang'an. This is the first time they have seen someone transporting things to Qinjiazhuang.
Soon the carriage stopped at the door of the Qin Mansion. A girl in a palace skirt jumped out of the carriage, waved her hand towards the middle-aged man leading behind her and said:
"This is the man's residence in Lantian County. You guys wait here and I'll go to the door to let you know."
The middle-aged man bowed to Yuechan and said:
"promise."
Yuechan nodded, then turned around and walked quickly to the door of Qin Mansion.
.......
Soon a red figure ran into Qin Ming's small courtyard. She ran so fast that the two ponytails on her sides floated behind her.
This makes the already lively girl look even more agile.
The girl ran to the door of the study in one breath and knocked gently on the door. When she heard the voice asking to come in from the study, she opened the door and walked in.
After the girl entered the door, she looked around the study and found Butler Xiao and Qin Ming sitting on the sofa.
She bowed to the two of them and said:
"Sir, Butler Xiao."
Qin Ming looked up at the girl, pointed at her twin tails in surprise and asked:
"Maotu, I remember you just wore a flowing bun, didn't you? Why did it become double ponytails now?"
Maotu chuckled when he heard this, reached out to hold his ponytail, and said excitedly:
"Sir, don't you know? Because the hairstyle you designed is beautiful and simple, most of the ladies in our backyard have already adopted this hairstyle?"
"My lady gave me this hairstyle. Isn't it nice?"
Qin Ming couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. Sure enough, no matter what era it is, simple and beautiful things always spread quickly.
Xiao Changxi glanced at Qin Ming with some resentment, as if she was complaining about why he didn't comb her hair before.
Qin Ming felt Xiao Changxi's gaze and couldn't help but smile at her.
He quickly changed the subject and asked:
"Maotu, why are you here?"
After hearing this, Maotu remembered the purpose of her coming here. She flicked her ponytail back and made a move that she thought was very handsome, and then said:
"By the way, I came here to tell you that Lady Yuechan from the palace is here, and she has brought many oxcarts, saying she wants to deliver things to you. She is waiting for you at the door."
.......
Soon Qin Ming brought Xiao Changxi to the door of Qin Mansion.
"Yuechan pays homage to the man from Qin County."
Qin Ming returned the gift and said:
"I've seen Miss Yuechan before. I wonder why Miss Yuechan came here this time?"
Yuechan pointed to the oxcart team behind her and said:
"Slave, are you here under His Majesty's order to deliver cotton seeds to the men of Qin County?"
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He looked at the more than 20 ox carts at the door with some disbelief, and then he confirmed to Yuechan again:
"You mean, those oxcarts are filled with cotton seeds? And these seeds were given to me by His Majesty? What on earth is going on?"
Yuechan's face turned red as she thought of something, and her little feet in cotton socks shrank unconsciously.
"Mr. Qin County, do you still remember that you gave His Majesty and Your Majesty some thick socks last year?"
Qin Ming thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was such a thing, so he nodded and said:
"Of course I remember, and I remember that I seemed to have given Madam Yuechan a few pairs as gifts."
Yuechan moved her little feet back after hearing this, as if she was afraid that Qin Ming would see her socks through her long skirt.
She did not answer Qin Ming's words and said to herself:
"After your Majesty put them on, he felt that the socks made of cotton were very comfortable, so he thought of planting more cotton so that people all over the world could wear socks like this."
"So His Majesty sent people to Gaochang State to buy some cotton seeds and bring them back to the Tang Dynasty. These were the purchased cotton seeds. His Majesty decided that you, the man from Qin County, are more proficient in farming, so he decided to put you in charge of planting and cultivating these cotton seeds. "
When Qin Ming heard this, he suddenly realized that when Li Er saw him planting rice, he thought of letting him plant it along with the cotton.
This is a good thing for Qin Ming. If more cotton can be grown, then Qin Ming can ask the research institute to design a loom and then specialize in manufacturing cotton cloth.
In this way, not only can I sell quilts and cotton-padded clothes in the future, but more importantly, I can make some cotton underwear.
The silk underwear I am wearing now is really uncomfortable.
In addition, Qin Ming can also design some women's underwear. Thinking of this, Qin Ming's mind suddenly showed the appearance of Xiao Changxi and Xiao Qingwan wearing underwear and stockings.
Xiao Changxi is one of the first people to realize the benefits of cotton socks. After all, this kind of cotton socks is much warmer than the previous silk socks.
So she wears them every day now, and she has even thought about it for a long time. After the cotton harvest this year, she must make more socks. If the cotton production is enough, she also wants to make some cotton clothes.
Now that she has the batch of cotton seeds sent by Yuechan, the yield problem she is worried about is gone.
So Xiao Changxi was very happy when she heard the news.
It's just that she didn't hear Qin Ming speak for a long time. She couldn't help but glance at Qin Ming. Seeing that he was in a daze, she couldn't help but reach out and tug on his sleeve.
"Sir, Yuechan is still waiting for your reply."
Qin Ming was brought back to his senses by Xiao Changxi, smiled slightly apologetically at Yuechan, and then bowed:
"I thank your Majesty for your grace."
Yuechan nodded when she heard this, then pointed at the bullock carts and said:
"Mr. Qin County, do you want to check these seeds?"
"Um."
After saying that, Qin Ming led everyone to an ox cart.
The middle-aged man leading the team seemed to have expected that the other party would come back to check.
Without waiting for Qin Ming to say anything, he grabbed a bag of seeds from the bullock cart, carried it to Qin Ming and said:
"County man, please look."
Qin Ming nodded to the middle-aged man, then reached out to open the bag and grabbed a handful of cotton seeds from inside.
Xiao Changxi glanced at Qin Ming's hand, and then said happily:
"Sir, it's really cotton seeds."
Qin Ming nodded slightly, and then said to the ugly cow beside him:
"Chou Niu, take someone to check the seeds in other carts. If there are no problems, take your servants to move all the seeds to the warehouse in the mansion."
"promise."
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