Chapter 231 Li Shimin spinning thread
Xuanzang's journey to the west was actually quite bumpy. From Chang'an to the Western Regions, he was lucky enough to die under the Turks at that time, but he was trapped in Gaochang. Calculate the time and estimated that Xuanzang had arrived in Gaochang at this time.
Gaochang is a country where all people believe in Buddhism. When he saw a master like Xuanzang coming, how could he be willing to let him go? He had to leave Xuanzang to teach them the Dharma. Xuanzang was passing by, but of course he refused. So Gaochang King Ju Wentai put him under house arrest. In history, Xuanzang made Ju Wentai let Ju Wentai let him go by on a hunger strike, and agreed to preach here for three years when he came back.
Of course, the three years of preaching the Dharma naturally failed to fulfill its promise, because when he came back, Gaochang had been destroyed by Hou Junji.
Well, the Tang Dynasty was so willful, and a country could be destroyed as soon as it was said to be destroyed.
However, in order to promote Buddhism among the four barbarians, Li Shimin readily agreed to the suggestion of enthroning Master Xuanzang as the national teacher, and sent some troops to escort him to the Indian master. In fact, the little Buddhism he learned was not important. The cultural invasion of foreign races was mostly based on the Pure Land Sect's scheme. Doing so was nothing more than establishing a archway. For Li Shimin, an imperial edict was just to write two words.
As for Gaochang Kingdom, how many courages did he dare to seize the national commander of Tian Khan?
The next step is simple. Hongren made contributions to cotton and also appointed a national teacher. However, his status is under Xuanzang. After all, although Pure Land Sect is good for invasion, it is still a bit unbearable to place it on his own land. Zen is different. This thing is a Dharma preached to wealthy people, and it is the only Buddhist who can compete with Pure Land Sect. To be honest, a thousand years later, there are only these two so-called eight Buddhist sects. Other sects have not heard of them except academic research.
Li Shimin and Qin Hao chatted for nearly an hour, and finally set a rough tone for this major event, and finally talked back to the main thing and said, "Let's go and see your flower."
The affairs of Buddhism and Taoism are naturally big things, but compared with cotton, it is undoubtedly a small thing.
When the saint left the palace, even if Li Shimin hunted all day long, he could not lift his legs and leave. At least the hundred cavalry must be brought. Who knows if two assassins would pop up somewhere? Therefore, Li Shimin had just chatted with Qin Hao for a long time, and mainly waited for the hundred cavalry to be prepared. Otherwise, there would be no thought in front of cotton to talk about Buddhism?
So, the group set out in a mighty manner. This was the first time that Qin Hao's small temple welcomed such a large Buddha in. It was busy for the servants for a while, so they quickly sprinkled water to clean it.
After entering the door, Li Shimin asked in surprise: "Where is Xin'er? You can't come out to greet me?"
Qin Hao smiled bitterly and said, "It should be that she is not at home. She is much busier than Chen."
After Qin Hao explained a few briefly, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown and said, "What kind of girl is like? How could she go out to the world when she got married? Did she bully you because of her identity as a princess? When she came back, I would come and see how I scold her."
Qin Hao said repeatedly: "No, no, Xin'er likes it. To be honest, I like Xin'er's ability. When I get home, the two of them talk about her affairs. She can understand what I have to do with Xin'er. It's better for the couple to live together. I have so many maids and servants here, why should I let her manage the family?"
Li Shimin glanced at Qin Hao suspiciously, and it didn't seem to be fake. When he thought that Qin Hao's ability and status would not be able to bully a mere princess, he said, "Haha."
Haha, that's a big deal! Why do you feel like Li Shimin looks at him like a crazy person? Well, I don't know anything like you, Qin Hao doesn't want to worry about this issue and said, "Look at the flowers, look at the flowers, and I'm the emperor and look at the flowers."
Qin Hao really grew the cotton according to flowers, and even hired several gardeners. He felt sorry for the fall of a leaf on weekdays. These cottons are used for planting next year, and it is not enough to lose a single piece.
Looking at the green cotton seedlings like grass, Li Shimin smiled and asked, "I'm so surprised that I'm so planted. How many kilograms can this land produce?"
Qin Hao planted all the cotton seeds that he wanted from Shaolin Temple, and he planted them only about one acre. After thinking about it, he said, "Let's say less than two or three hundred kilograms."
This is already the remarks that Qin Hao said after the discount. You should know that the yield of cotton per mu in later generations was around 700 to 800 kilograms, but I don’t know how many generations of improvement it has been. Besides, one kilogram of 16 taels, one kilogram of 100 to 40 grams, which is about a discount, and two or three hundred kilograms are more stable.
"How many? Two or three hundred kilograms?"
You should know that even in modern times, it is only 200 kilograms of jute. If you can count on the unit to be 50 kilograms in Datang, it is enough to burn high incense. Not to mention the performance of this cotton, the yield per mu is already incalculable.
"Hurry, go and get the finished flower to show me."
After a while, Xiaodie personally held a piece of cotton and put it on the tray. When she met Tianyan for the first time, the little girl was so nervous that she was trembling with her hands. You must know that under normal circumstances, the guests could only be greeted by her wife, let alone the saint who arrived in person? Thanks to Li Xin being wild outside, otherwise she would not have the share of her going to the hall.
Li Shimin didn't notice so much, grabbed the piece of cotton on the tray and asked, "Is this the finished product? Do you think this thing can be used as clothes?"
Qin Hao smiled and said, "The Master is waiting for a while." After saying that, he turned to Li Shimin's bodyguard Li Junxian and said, "Brother Li, please lend me a bow."
Li Junxian said in a daze: "Bow? What do you want to do? Besides, my bow is too big, you will definitely not be able to pull it open. If you really need it, I will borrow a small one for you."
"It's okay, the bow is big and the bow is small and the same."
After saying that, Qin Hao directly took off the large iron-tied bow on Li Junxian's back. The guy was quite heavy, afraid it would weigh twenty or thirty pounds.
Li Shimin said in surprise: "What are you doing for bows?"
Qin Hao explained, "This piece of cotton has been picked off for too long and it has to be bounced."
Qin Hao naturally doesn't know how to play cotton, but what's the problem with this thing? Just play it with a fool. Anyway, he is the only one in the world who plays cotton now. He said that this thing can play as it does.
When the cotton finally loosened, Qin Hao took out something, which was the spindle he made himself. Most people born in the 1970s had the experience of playing with toys when they were young, and it was not difficult. So Qin Hao easily made it. As for spinning wheels, he, a man in the liberal arts, could not do anything.
Everyone saw Qin Hao rolling over with a small stick, swaying back and forth in a clumsy manner, but there was indeed a cotton thread separated from the big lump and rolled the small hammer layer by layer.
Li Shimin looked at it brightly, but he was so angry that he saw Qin Hao's clumsy look that he was really angry. He snatched two things from Qin Hao's hand and said, "Get out of the way."
Chapter completed!