The corridor in the Imperial Garden is crisscrossing, flat and wide, with flowers and plants next to the corridor intersecting, and bright colors; it also has a fragrant and fragrant smell, and is fragrant.

"I'm waiting here, please feel free to wait for Xu Kucheng." Wang Fangyi stopped to show his respects, obviously hoping to make Xu Qilin more convenient.

"Then I'll have a blessing for Brother Wang." Xu Qilin was not polite, bowed his hand, looked at Wang Fangyi thoughtfully, feeling that the name was a bit familiar.

He was not in a hurry when he came in. Xu Qilin wandered around casually with the intention of watching and playing. He didn't recognize many strange flowers and plants. He just thought they looked good and wanted to dig a few trees at home.

Well, get the watermelon first, and then dig the flowers later.

Xu Qilin made up his mind, asked the gardener in the garden, and headed straight for the watermelon field.

The green and round watermelon, Xu Qilin saw it from afar, immediately savored the feeling of the iced watermelon, and couldn't help but spit out of his mouth and his heart was surging.

"What is this? It's so big!" Wu Song was very surprised and exclaimed the marvel of the riba people.

"Han melon, also known as watermelon." Xu Qilin swallowed and said, "Let's come to it today. Next year, our farm will plant it on a slope and eat it enough."

"Eat?" Wu Feng looked around, as if thinking about how to put it in, "What a big fruit?"

Xu Qilin was too lazy to explain, so he stepped forward and knocked and photographed, showing a foodie's technique, "This one was picked; this one was also familiar..."

Wu Shengli lifted the watermelon, but he was still connected with the seedlings. He hurriedly put it down again and reached out to pull it.

Xu Qilin pulled out his short knife and stepped forward to chop. One, two, three... I didn't get the car, but seven or eight were fine. We are preparing to wear a bag of melons, and we have advanced physics knowledge when we put it on the horse's back!

As a guide, the gardener was a wise man and quickly pushed a wooden cart over and put the watermelon into the car.

Hehe, haha, it's so satisfying! Xu Qilin felt that this was his first time playing a knife in the Tang Dynasty. His movements were so straightforward, so cool, so cool...

Well, show mercy and give His Majesty Li Er a few more. Xu Qilin finally stopped unwillingly and asked the gardener and Wu Song to transport the melons to the door to pack first. He also had to stroll around to see if there was anything else to take.

After watching the roses and peony flower garden, Xu Qilin felt that the sun was getting hot, so he turned to the corridor and walked towards the door.

Hum? This plant looks very familiar! Xu Qilin stopped in surprise and looked at a flowering plant beside the road.

The flowers are white and red, which looks pretty good. But Xu Qilin carefully observed and identified them, but felt that this seemed to be, probably, almost the same, and should be cotton.

"There is cotton in the Tang Dynasty now?" Xu Qilin vaguely remembered that cotton was transmitted from the Western Regions, but Gao Chang hadn't cooked it yet?

The origin of cotton was India and Arabia. Before cotton was introduced to China, China had only kapok that could be filled with pillows and mattresses, and no cotton that could be woven.

The introduction of cotton was at the southern and Northern Dynasties at the latest, but it was mostly planted on the border.

Xu Qilin looked around, reached out to greet him, called a gardener not far away, and pointed and asked, "What kind of plant is this?"

The gardener replied respectfully: "This is a white fold, which came from the Western Regions. I heard that there are many plantings in Gaochang and can be used to weave cloth."

"Southern History? Yi Fengxia" records: Gaochang State has many plants and trees, with grass solid like cocoons, and the silk in the cocoon is like a thin curtain called Baidiezi. The Chinese people took weaving it as cloth, and the cloth was very soft and white, so they used it in the market...

The white fold, well, it should be cotton.

Xu Qilin was basically sure and was ecstatic. He didn't have to wait until Gaochang to get cotton. Although this area is planted in a small area, it is enough to keep the seeds for planting in the experimental field.

"Well, this white fold must be taken care of by his life. After the feces are ripe in autumn, the court will send special people to pick them." Xu Qilin said: "When it is planted, someone will also ask you for records."

The gardener was a little confused. The play was not very beautiful when it blossomed. Why did it suddenly become important and even alarm the court?

Xu Qilin didn't say much, and smiled and turned around and left.

How much cotton can this small nursery can be? It may not be enough to collect it to make a small cotton jacket. But for this kind of seed, you can plant half a mu of land in the first year, and about ten mu of a mu of land in the second year, and in the third year...

Let’s count the time. It will take two years to go to Gaochang next autumn and winter. After the war, I will collect cotton seeds and transport them back to Chang’an. At that time, I put on cotton mattresses, quilts, and small cotton jackets!

Xu Qilin walked and thought about it until he saw Wang Fangyi. He just saw cotton and thought of the Western Regions, Xu Qilin finally remembered who Wang Fangyi was.

As a famous minister and general during the reign of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, Wang Fangyi's greatest achievement was to build the "Suoye City" of the four towns of Anxi, defeat the Western Turkic rebellion, and consolidate the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Western Regions.

However, such a famous minister and general who was honest and had made many military achievements and was loyal to the court was exiled by Wu Zetian because of his kinship with Queen Li Zhi, and died of worries and anger on the way.

The second year after Wang Fangyi's death, Tubo invaded the Western Regions on a large scale, and all the four towns of Anxi, which were the symbol of the Tang Dynasty's rule, fell. Although the Tang Dynasty finally counterattacked and recaptured it, it paid a heavy price.

After remembering Wang Fangyi's information, Xu Qilin suddenly felt good about him, was very polite, and was proud because of his low grade.

Speaking of Wang Fangyi, he is also a royal relative. His grandmother was Princess Tong'an, the sister of Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, but she was a miserable child when she was a child.

Because she lost her father at a young age, she relied on her mother Li for life. However, her mother was kicked out of the capital because of her disagreement with her mother-in-law, and moved to Fengquan Villa in the countryside.

Although it was a country villa, it was no one inhabited for a long time and was desolate and dilapidated. The young Wang Fangyi, together with other servants, reclaimed farmland, planted trees, repaired walls and houses, and became a wealthy family.

Until Princess Tong'an died, Wang Fangyi went to the capital to attend the funeral for his grandmother, and was re-appointed by His Majesty Li Er and entered the palace to serve as a guard.

Wang Fangyi, who had suffered, was only three years older than Xu Qilin, but this training made him quite mature.

It is precisely because he has been exposed to the reality of life of the working people of the lower class since he was a child that this played a great role in his future honest official position and caring about the sufferings of the people.

In other words, as a royal relative, Wang Fangyi does not have the kind of playboy habit of being above the top and not being anything, and his words and deeds are very similar to Xu Qilin's temper.

After leaving Yuanzi, Xu Qilin and Wang Fangyi walked with each other, chatting all the way, and their conversations were quite speculative.
Chapter completed!