Chapter 97: Beixiang rare flower?"Since you have a sense of propriety, then do as you wish." As long as we don't mention that the eldest prince of Beixiang was disrespectful to him after being poisoned, and that the queen actually teamed up with the eldest prince to drug Yunshu, Emperor Xuanwu didn't care much about other things. After getting his approval, Yun Shu thanked him and left happily to write the article that would be printed in tomorrow's issue of the Beijing Weekly. Emperor Xuanwu wanted to mention another matter to her, but seeing her situation, he was too lazy to mention it. After letting Yun Shu's back disappear from his sight, he withdrew his gaze and continued to review the memorials he had not yet finished reviewing: "You, pay a fine of 500 and go back." Yun Chuhuan: “???” He looked around and confirmed that there was no one else in the room. He thought that Emperor Xuanwu must have said that to him. He felt sick all over. "No, Father, at least you had a reason before! I clearly did nothing this time! Why am I being fined again?!"
"You want a reason?" Emperor Xuanwu asked the familiar question without even raising his head: "Which foot did you step in with first?" He knows it! Yun Chuhuan's face turned bitter, and he pursed his lips with his head down: "My son..." Emperor Xuanwu: "You are impolite in front of the emperor." Yun Chuhuan: “?” He hasn't even said which foot he took first! Could it be that the emperor guessed his choice in advance? …… On this side, Yun Chuhuan, who failed to get the compensation gift from Beixiang and instead lost 500 gold coins, was still questioning his life. On the other hand, after Yun Shu returned to Fengyang Palace, she quickly finished writing the article she wanted to reprint and had it sent out of the palace. Only then did she remember to take a look at the compensation gifts sent by the Beixiang envoys. "so much!" Although she had previously learned that Beixiang's gift of compensation to her was entirely the result of Emperor Xuanwu's pressure on the Beixiang delegation, she had thought that the compensation gift should not be small. But this is too much! Yun Shu walked to a jade ruyi with a transparent and moist texture in amazement. Besides being amazed, he was more puzzled: "Are these really sent by the Beixiang envoys? They are on a diplomatic mission to another country, and they carry so many treasures with them just in case?" "Princess, that is the compensation gift sent by the Beixiang envoys." Tingxue pointed to the pile in the corner: "Here is the reward sent by His Majesty today." "Reward?" Yun Shu was stunned: "I just went to the Imperial Study, and I didn't hear Father mention it!"
"It is a reward for you to be named Princess Saint Ann." Tingxue held out the imperial edict with both hands and explained: "After all, I just said that at the dinner yesterday. After the imperial edict was delivered today, this matter was finally settled." "No wonder." She wondered why Beixiang was so generous! She ordered her subordinates to put the gifts from Emperor Xuanwu into her own treasury. Looking at the pile of small bits and pieces left at the end, the stark contrast made Yun Shu's face reveal a very obvious disdain: "What the hell are these? A string of pearls, two small bells, a horse-head fiddle...are you treating me like a child? He might as well replace it all with dried beef!" At least it's edible. She had never seen such a stingy compensation gift. Even if this is possible, it is because the Beixiang delegation came from afar, and the valuables they brought with them were either annual tributes to Tiansheng or birthday gifts to Emperor Xuanwu. The rest were just some small things that he brought out just in case he might need to give gifts to other people in Tiansheng when dealing with them... But since they came here by imperial order to ask for her forgiveness, couldn't they take the money and buy something good in the capital? It's outrageous! He casually opened a small bag without much interest, and small black particles instantly scattered all over the ground. Tingxue bent down and picked up a few: "Princess, this looks like a seed." "Weibei?" Maybe they thought that a princess like Yunshu, who grew up in a royal palace, would not be able to tell what this "little black bean" was. There was also a note in the bundle of seeds, which not only wrote the name of the seeds, but also described what the seeds would look like after they sprouted and grew up. "The weaving shell is a rare flower that is not found in Tiansheng. The flower blooms in seven colors. It is white at first, and then gradually changes into other colors, such as red, purple, pink or yellow. The flower withers and bears fruit. The fruit is as white and soft as a cloud, in a ball-like shape, and can be pulled into silk..." Why does this introduction sound so familiar? Flowers change color as they grow. The fruit is white and soft, in a flocculent shape and can be drawn into threads... Isn't this cotton?! After asking Tingxue to help pick up the seeds that had spilled on the ground, Yunshu returned to the room alone, lying on the couch with his eyes closed to rest, Yun Shu quickly let his consciousness enter the villa, picked up his phone and looked up the name "Zhibei" - [Zhibei, the ancient name of cotton when it was introduced to the border areas of ancient China. Cotton was first introduced to China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but for a long time afterwards, it was only grown in a small number of border areas. It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that it was introduced into the interior of China in large quantities. In the early Ming Dynasty, cotton began to be widely promoted in China after the strong promotion of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. However, the truly systematic cotton industry was established in the late Qing Dynasty...】 I also briefly read the history of cotton development in her world. To be on the safe side, Yun Shu even found a picture of cotton seeds and compared them carefully. After confirming that the "exotic flower seeds" sent by the Beixiang delegation were indeed cotton, Yun Shu didn't even mind them being stingy! Cotton is good! The last time General Weiyuan came to see her, he kept muttering to her for more than half an hour. Although she felt dizzy and wanted to escape, But she actually listened to a lot of what the other party said. General Weiyuan said that the soldiers in the army were most afraid of winter, because it was cold in winter, and most of the ordinary soldiers came from poor families and could not afford fox and tiger skins.
Ordinary linen clothes are not cold-resistant and can only be worn layer by layer. But wearing too many clothes will lead to inconvenience in movement and make it impossible to carry out daily exercises. So I had to wear less and keep myself warm by constantly moving. But this is only possible when there is no war. In fact, although Tiansheng has not had any large-scale battles with other neighboring countries in recent years, various minor frictions along the border have almost never stopped. Once the time came to go to war, these soldiers were in even worse trouble. They fought in the ice and snow wearing only thin clothes. Sometimes when they had to launch an ambush, they would freeze to death before the enemy arrived! (End of this chapter)