Emperor Ming Yan read it all the way to the end before he asked, "Then the 'cotton' was sent to you?"
The prince said, "It has been delivered."
He waved his hand and someone came in with cotton seeds, new cotton, and clothes made of new cotton. Emperor Ming Yan got up from his seat and looked at them carefully. He nodded happily and said, "That's right! Let's ask someone to try planting it. If it's really as she said in the letter, it will be a blessing for the people."
The prince smiled and responded, "Although this young lady is naughty and lazy, she is reliable and can do things 80% of the time. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to show it to you directly."
Emperor Ming Yan nodded.
Tang Shiyue attached a piece of paper to the letter, which contained some thoughts on planting methods, yields, and care during the process. Although it was obviously not her handwriting, it was written in great detail.
Emperor Ming Yan read it again and was a little disgusted. "You said so much, but the most important thing was left at the end!"
The prince laughed: "Father, she wrote it down according to the date, a running account, a running account, isn't it."
Emperor Ming Yan thought so too, shook his head and laughed, and then asked: "Did you see the treadle plow as well?"
"Look," the prince asked someone to bring it up, saying, "I haven't asked anyone to test it yet, but I've brought it to my father to present it as a treasure."
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Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Yesterday I was in your mother's palace and saw her playing mahjong. She also said that this little Fu Niang was not doing her job and was only making toys to waste her time. I didn't expect that she would make such a good thing now. Do you think I should reward her?"
The prince smiled and said, "Father, I think this young lady is like a weed. Just let her grow freely. She can give people a surprise from time to time. There is no rush to reward her."
Emperor Mingyan said with a smile: "I gave you so many things, but you don't even give me a reward? Then this little Fu Niang is at a loss."
The prince also smiled: "It's okay, my son has made up his mind. I'll ask my mother to repay this favor for me. She's getting a great deal."
He was referring to the thread-embroidered clothes.
Tang Shiyue brought in six sets of men's clothes and four sets of women's clothes. All of them were embroidered with thread and inlaid with jewels. They were extremely exquisite and gorgeous.
In fact, most modern embroidered sweaters only look good on the outside, with loose threads on the inside. However, the ancient embroiderers were so meticulous that they could make the threads invisible.
There were four sets of women's clothing, each with its own style, and six sets of men's clothing, four of which were still made according to Emperor Ming Yan's body shape, and two were given to the prince.
The weather in March is neither too cold nor too hot, which is just right for wearing.
Emperor Ming Yan suddenly became interested and laughed loudly, saying, "My son owes someone a favor. As his father, what can I do? I can only suffer a little loss and help him pay it back!"
So on the Peach Blossom Festival on March 15th, the ladies of honor who came to the palace for the banquet discovered that the Queen Mother was wearing a robe embroidered with thread.
There are large peony flowers blooming on the robe. Unlike ordinary flat embroidery, these peony flowers are three-dimensional, as if growing on branches, with green leaves supporting each other, from the shoulder to the collar, and echoing at the hem, which is extremely elegant and luxurious.
Everyone's eyes lit up and as they were complimenting her, they saw the Imperial Concubine arrive.
The Imperial Concubine was already famous for her beauty. At this moment, she was wearing a half-sleeve top and a long skirt, but the skirt was embroidered with broken lines like bird feathers.
Originally, this dress was not slim-looking, but because it was embroidered with elastic thread, it outlined her plump peaches and slender waist, which was eye-catching and enchanting, so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away.
What the superior likes, the subordinates will like even more. The two main officials in the palace both wore embroidered clothes, which was a clear indicator of the trend.
The first thing the noble ladies did after leaving the palace was to pounce on Meng like tigers and wolves and buy up all the embroidered clothes that were already in limited supply.
And not only the women, but even the men were interested, because the emperor and the prince were also wearing embroidered clothes.
Even Tang Shiyue herself did not expect such a result.
She had only been thinking that no matter which concubine Yandong's mother was, she could just wear the dress, and at most he would wear it again... She had not expected that the Emperor would suddenly show his fatherly love and invite the four great bosses to jointly promote the product, which was really a good deal for her.
The moment the news was received, the ten embroidered screens at the entrance of Zhaoji were taken away.
The emperor wore it! The queen wore it! The prince wore it! The imperial concubine wore it! The four most noble people in the world all wore embroidered clothes!
Who dares to say that Xianxiuyi is not good? Who dares to challenge Xianxiuyi? This is not the way to seek death! Think about the things that his unfortunate son has done, and he even made a big fuss about the "Ten Major Mistakes"!
The master of the Zhao family's vest was soaked with sweat and his hands were shaking. He hurried back to the house and asked someone to drag Zhao Chengye over.
Zhao Chengye's name is Chengye, but he doesn't really care about anything, he's just a playboy. But even if he doesn't care about anything, he knows how powerful it is, and when he heard this, he was dumbfounded.
Hong Shizhu was so scared that she was shaking all over. "I didn't know it would be like this! I really didn't know! I'm an expert in embroidery and I'm known as the best needleworker in Qinzhou. What I said was all true and insightful, and everyone agreed with it, didn't they? I really didn't know they could get the emperor's support... Isn't this too unfair?"
Oh, fair? Who the hell is talking to you about fairness!
Patriarch Zhao glanced at her coldly.
It's okay to be stupid, but you shouldn't be smart.
He was too lazy to talk to the woman in his son's yard, so he said directly to Zhao Chengye: "Handle it yourself."
Soon, news came out that Zhao Chengye's concubine Hong Shizhu hanged herself.
At the same time, Jiang, the most famous embroiderer of Zhaoji, brought her companions to Meng's house and knelt in public to ask to be her apprentice, just to learn how to embroider clothes.
The Meng family's reputation was at its peak.
After this move, the Zhao family could no longer maintain their high and mighty attitude and would always be inferior to the Meng family.
The power of imperial authority can be seen from this.
So many things happened in the capital, and Mr. Tang, who caused all of this, was wearing a hat in the fields, watching people plant cotton.
Because this is a new thing, data needs to be recorded, so the depth of the soil, the amount of water, the number of plants planted in a row, etc., all need to be recorded separately, so that we can make comparisons later and find the best planting method.
As for watermelons, they need to be germinated and raised first. Moreover, watermelons are suitable for sandy soil. There is no need to be too anxious to buy more land.
Chen Changqing, who had already passed the Ming Suan exam, was grabbed by her to do the record-keeping job.
She also mentioned Chen Changqing's affairs to Yang and said a lot of good things about him, but it seemed that Yang did not agree. After all, Chen Changqing was just a farmer, and marrying the only daughter of a county magistrate was indeed a bit of a mismatch.
She actually stayed in the field for two days, and only when she saw that she had mastered everything did she prepare to go back.
The land she bought was in the village, and it only took a cup of tea to get back to the stone house.
After returning home to take a shower and change clothes, Xia Yuhui was waiting for her in the main room and said, "Little Master, there is something I need to hear your opinion on."
Xia Yuhui is growing rapidly now. He basically dares to make decisions on everything and rarely comes to ask for her opinion. Tang Shiyue is a little surprised: "What's wrong? What can stump our Mr. Xia?"
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