Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Su Chen and his party hurried to the Imperial Garden.

"Haha, that's right, this is cotton... It's not fully mature yet, so we can't save seeds yet."

Su Chen looked at the dozen cotton plants and smiled in surprise.

Suddenly frowned and thought: 'When can we plant these dozen cotton plants on a large scale in the Tang Dynasty? '

Don't think too much about it for now, save the cotton seeds and plant them next year.

Maybe in another two years, we can conquer the Turks and the Western Regions, where there are a lot of cotton.

In history, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, destroyed the Eastern Turks in the third and fourth years of Zhenguan.

"Your Majesty, does the court have its own caravan?" Su Chen suddenly turned around and asked.

Caravan? Li Shimin turned around and looked at the ministers, only to see Fang Xuanling and others all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't.

"Boy, what do you mean by this?" Li Shimin asked puzzledly.

"Your Majesty, cotton is everywhere in the Western Regions, but I don't know if they have discovered the value of cotton. If the court has its own caravan, they can send them to the Western Regions to bring back cotton seeds."

During the Tang Dynasty, Xinjiang was called the Western Regions, and Tibet was called Tubo.

"This caravan is not just for business, but also for gathering intelligence. Aren't there many foreign merchants in Chang'an? For example, Hu merchants."

Li Shimin grabbed Su Chen's shoulders excitedly and said:

"Boy, how about you form this caravan?"

"No, I can't do it, the prince is very suitable." Su Chen shook his head and pushed this hard job to Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian, thought for a moment, and asked: "Prince, do you have the confidence to take on this important task?"

"Okay, I will give you the task of forming the caravan. In addition, you should leave the palace and live in the manor for a while."

"Your son obeys your order!" Li Chengqian bowed and responded.

Li Shimin nodded, looked at Su Chen and said, "Boy, how to form a caravan, you must give me some advice."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will do my best. If nothing else, I have to go back to the manor."

I finally came to the palace, and found myself a few jobs for no reason. It's better to go back quickly.

"Well, go back... There is one more thing, how is the progress of the cement road from Chang'an to Taiyuan?"

"I don't know about this either, it should still be in Jingzhao Prefecture." Su Chen did not receive a report from the construction team.

It's only been half a month, how much can it be repaired.

"Let's go first, Prince, let's go to the harem first!" Su Chen said to Li Chengqian.

After the two went to the harem to find Princess Changle, they left the palace and went to the manor.

Li Shimin called Wang Defa and ordered him to find the East Palace Guards and go to the manor with Li Chengqian.

...

"Brother-in-law, how should this caravan be organized?" Li Chengqian couldn't wait to ask Su Chen about the organization of the caravan while in the carriage.

Su Chen looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Who do you think we should find to go to foreign countries to do business?"

Li Chengqian thought quietly for a moment, "I think it's better to find some Hu people or foreign merchants. But this requires careful observation and identification, don't accidentally find foreign spies."

Su Chen laughed, "Yes, I think so too."

"Brother-in-law, you can do this, arrange people in Chang'an to pay attention to those Hu merchants, mainly those who are alone and have few customers.

Follow for a while and make sure he has no contact with other people from outside the region.

You must remember that the merchants you find in the future cannot know each other's details, so the merchants must contact each other in a single line.

The purpose of doing this is to identify the information they provide in the future."

Li Chengqian kept Su Chen's words in mind, and then asked:

"Should we provide some sources of goods to those merchants?"

Su Chen nodded He raised his head, thought for a moment, and said:

"Fine salt and tea, only these two things are enough, and other Hu merchants have no channels to purchase these things."

"If operated properly, it can even provoke civil strife in other countries, especially the Turks."

Li Chengqian was immediately excited when he heard it, "Brother-in-law, tell me in detail how to provoke civil strife in the Turks."

Su Chen sorted it out a little and said, "There is no need to talk about fine salt, let's talk about tea. The Turks use meat as their staple food. They often eat a lot of meat and the greasiness in their bodies cannot be excreted, which will cause serious intestinal problems.

And drinking tea frequently can just eliminate the greasiness. Do you think that in this case, the Turks should treat this tea as a treasure?

But our merchants do not sell this tea to all Turks. They can sell it specifically to a tribal leader or Khan.

What if other tribes or Khans know about this tea, but they can't get it?"

After speaking, Su Chen looked at Li Chengqian and smiled mysteriously.

"You can even use this fine salt and tea to support a few tribal leaders.We will become the Khan of the East Wind and the Khan of the West Wind. "

"Okay, let's do it!" Li Chengqian slapped his thigh excitedly and said.

Princess Changle looked at the two of them speechlessly.

...

Not long after, Su Chen returned to the manor.

After asking, they learned that Li Tai was in the residential area of ​​the villagers, changing the glass windows for the villagers, and then they went to the village to find Li Tai.

"Qingque!" Li Chengqian shouted when he saw Li Tai not far away.

"Hello, brother! Su Chen, how did you get here?" Li Tai was curious about why the prince came to the manor today.

"Fourth brother, I will live in the manor for a while, so just call me big brother!" Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai and smiled.

"Okay, big brother, Qingque remembers it!" Li Tai was about to bow, but was held down by Li Chengqian.

"Fourth brother, the big roc spreads its wings that you gave to big brother, and big brother likes it very much. "Li Chengqian glanced at Su Chen and said to Li Tai with a smile.

Li Tai was startled when he heard this, "Brother, that..."

Su Chen interrupted and said, "Li Tai, you don't need to watch here, right? Let's go back, I have something good for you to study."

Li Tai was pulled and pushed by Su Chen and walked towards the residence of the manor.

...

"Wait for me for a while,"

After arriving in the living room, Su Chen walked to the study and took out the improved version of papermaking and movable type printing from the system space.

By the way, he drew a simple papermaking workshop and the floor plan layout.

There are raw material soaking pools, papermaking rooms, printing rooms, finished product warehouses, and raw material storage areas.

"These two things are very important, it's best to get them out within a month.

Then the glass workshop doesn't need you to be in charge in person, right?" Su Chen threw two books to Li Tai and asked.

"Well, now I don't need to make glass, they can do it themselves. "Li Tai said and picked up the 'Improved Papermaking'.

After turning the first page, he was stunned.

"Papermaking?"

Li Tai continued to turn the pages and read carefully. When he saw the steps and raw materials for papermaking.

He couldn't close his mouth anymore. The book said that straw, wheat straw, bamboo, and wood can all be used as raw materials for papermaking.

The steps are also extremely simple. First, add lime water or plant ash to soak the raw materials to remove pigments and oils.

Then it is to make paddles to disperse the raw material fibers, and then beat the paddles to crush the dispersed fibers into paper pulp.

The last is papermaking, followed by drying and cutting paper. This is the general process of papermaking. There are many details in the book.

"Good, good, good!" After Li Tai finished reading it roughly, he picked up another book and started reading.

This time he was even more shocked. It turned out to be a method of printing books.

"Brother, Su Chen, I have something to do in advance! "Li Tai put away the two books, bowed casually, and left the living room.

Li Chengqian and Su Chen smiled at each other.