Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 405 Tianzhu is equal to the origin of Kunlun slaves

"See Father Emperor!"

"Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Ke took Long Yuzhu to see Li Shimin, and Long Yuzhu paid homage.

"Excuse me! Let me sit down!" Li Shimin glanced at Long Yuzhu, who was pretty and not too characteristic of a person from the Western Regions, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Long Yuzhu thanked nervously, clenched her fists hard, sweat dripping from her forehead.

"Don't be nervous. I have read your father's letter. In principle, I agree with your marriage, but Ke'er's mother and concubine must agree. I will take her to see your mother and concubine later. If she agrees, I will temporarily Living with your mother and concubine, living under the supervision of Qin Tian, ​​and getting married for you." Li Shimin said with a pleasant face.

Although Concubine Yang had already said that she agreed to their marriage, Li Shimin respected her and decided to let her tell Li Ke personally after meeting her.

Li Ke heard the meaning from Li Shimin's words, and quickly pulled Long Yuzhu, who was still at a loss, to stand up and thank him.

"My son, thank you, Father!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Long Yuzhu quickly followed suit.

Li Shimin looked at the polite Long Yuzhu, and was quite satisfied. He rewarded many pearls, jade walls, silk, emeralds, and ivory in a series.

It opened Long Yuzhu's eyes. He never thought that Datang would be so rich, and he would be rewarded with so much wealth as soon as they met.

The two met Concubine Yang, and Concubine Yang was also very satisfied. Although she didn't want Li Ke to be involved in the royal conflict, she hoped that he would simply and safely agree to their marriage, but she was still worried about bringing back a blonde daughter-in-law. Dali, Long Yuzhu, who speaks Tang dialect fluently, felt relieved.

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Just after Qin Tianjian selected a date for them and Long Yuzhu reported to her father, Li Ji also returned to Chang'an.

Three thousand camels pulled thousands of carriages, and the Kunlun jade was transported several miles away.

Guang'an was directly taken into the palace by the eldest grandson, which made many people sigh secretly. Although Guang'an is a princess, he is not a direct descendant after all, so the reception is also very polite. There is no master of high merit, but the holy family is getting heavier.

Li Ji was greeted personally by Li Yuan and his son, who had already received the news, and Li Ji secretly regretted that this pretense was too big, and they actually dispatched the two of them. Although he knew in his heart that most of them came for jade, but the others Don't think so, it will inevitably lead to jealousy.

Li Shimin looked at the continuous convoy, all of which were pulling Kunlun Baiyu, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. When will jade be considered for cars, it is still raw jade stones that can fill several halls.

"Aiqing has worked hard all the way!" After Li Ji, who was leading the horse, saluted, Li Shimin stepped forward to help Li Ji himself.

"Contributing to the country is the duty of a minister, and I dare not talk about hard work." Li Ji replied respectfully.

"It's all white jade here?" Li Yuan stepped forward and asked.

"Reporting to the Supreme Emperor, half of them contain white jade, and the other half are rough stones that may contain jade. The Western Regions have limited manpower, so I made a rough selection, and Wei Guo said that this is the same as opening jade, with a little bit of luck, so it is more interesting." Li Ji quickly bowed and answered.

"Yes, yes, let's see how the luck is. How many rough stones are there?" Li Yuanxi smiled, stroking his long beard and laughing.

"There are a total of [-] horse-drawn carriages here, each of which is about [-] shi, and the total is more than [-] shi. I specially prepared a few carts of unexplored rough stones for you, so that you can gamble on your luck." Li Ji discussed with Feng Daiwen However, thinking that Li Yuan would never let go of the opportunity to gamble on stones, he specially asked experienced Khotanese and jade craftsmen to select several carts of relatively large stones.

"Okay, okay! I just want the rough stone. I don't want a piece of the opened one. Come and move it into the palace for me. I want to choose the rough stone myself." Li Yuan nodded happily, and then asked the guards to take away the rough stone prepared for him.

While talking here, Li Shimin had already walked to the front of the car, watched the jade, and found that the exposed jade was all delicate, white and good jade. The gift came.

Speaking of this reward, Li Shimin had a headache. In the past, food and cloth could make the officials smile and happily accept the reward. I don’t know when it started. Even I thought it was impossible to do that. Now there is no such official. That little food, cloth.

Money can be bought at any time. Wealthy families have long been looking for better food and clothing. Leather, cashmere, and down jackets in winter are the best products.

In summer, of course, cotton-padded clothes are the best, they absorb sweat, are light and comfortable to wear, and this is the first choice.

This formed a strange phenomenon. When the ethnic minorities took off their leather clothes and put on cotton clothes, they were very happy, and the high-ranking and wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty began to pursue leather clothes again.

When common people, small landlords, and ethnic minorities began to pursue silk and were able to buy it, all officials were already wearing cotton clothes.Of course, the top silk and satin is still the choice of the royal family and big families.

A piece of top-grade gold silk embroidered brocade requires ten skilled women, and it took three years to make it. This kind of clothes is only worn by the queen during the ceremony, basically only once, because it is stained with sweat , can only be dried, but not washed, and many times the queen will use it to reward other concubines and beauties in the harem.

In the past few years, the hydraulic spinning wheel has been used, which has greatly improved the speed and saved manpower. Feng Daiwen specially asked the scientific research institute to research and improve the farm tools and workshop tools.

Today's spinning wheels are more than ten times higher than before. The wool and cotton blended clothes exported every year are sold to the Western Regions, Guishuang and other places after being colored and patterned.

Now that the Tang Dynasty occupies the Western Regions, it can be escorted by the army and sold directly to Dashi and Tianzhu. Those who are willing to travel long distances can also go to Rome, France and other places with the original Western Regions merchants.

Especially by sea, in the seventh year of Zhenguan, hundreds of ships of porcelain, silk, frosting sugar, and other materials have been transported for sale, especially in Tianzhu, where the weather is hot and thin cotton cloth is very popular. Although they also grow cotton, they do not have the ability to do so. Cotton cloth is produced, and their white cloth is thick and hard, only common people use it.

Every time a merchant ship goes to sea, they get back a lot of food, gold, silver, jewelry, and slaves. The Kunlun slaves are obedient and strong, and they have always been loved by noble families.

In the past, Kunlun slaves were popular because they were rare, but now there are many of them, and they all need to be picked and picked. Those with poor quality will be sold to the nearby Nanyang Islands for farming, and only those with good quality will be brought back to Guanzhong for sale.

Only spices, now the most indispensable thing in Tang Dynasty is spices, and these are the most indispensable things in Nanyang Islands. Every year, countless spices are picked by Nanyang Tu people, and after preliminary processing, they are transported back to the Central Plains. Now ordinary people will have them in their homes. There are some spices that are used for cooking.

(End of this chapter)