In addition to promoting high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, the Ministry of Agriculture is also responsible for improving and introducing some other crops. For example, Wei Zheng asked cabbage out of Li Xiu as a contribution of the Ministry of Agriculture. Now, Li Xiu wants to introduce cotton, so he naturally has to be in the name of the Ministry of Agriculture, so that he can be justified.

"The Ministry of Agriculture wants to introduce white folds?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words. He knew some of the white folds, but he always thought it was a specialty of Gaochang, and he didn't know whether it could survive when introduced to the Tang Dynasty. What's more, white folds cannot be eaten or drunk, and can only be made into cloth. The Tang Dynasty already had silk and linen cloth, so he never thought about introducing white folds.

"Yes, white folds are also known as cotton. His Majesty has seen cloth woven by cotton. Although that kind of cotton is not as soft as silk, linen is much stronger and more wear-resistant. In addition, if cotton is made of cotton jackets and quilts, it can also replace expensive furs to keep warm in winter, and even cotton seeds can be used to press oil. It can be said that cotton is full of treasures. It just so happened that King Gaochang came this time, so why not talk to them about the introduction of cotton with this opportunity!" Li Xiu reported the report with a solemn look on his face.

After hearing Li Xiu's reasons, Li Shimin couldn't help but ponder for a moment, and soon made a decision and said, "Okay, Wuji, remember it. When King Gaochang meets him, let's talk about this matter!"

Changsun Wuji immediately agreed, not surprising to Li Shimin's agreement to introduce Baidiezi. After all, it is definitely very important to let Li Xiu come to ask for it personally, not to mention that this is the normal responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture. As for Gaochang, he was not worried. After all, Baidiezi's planting area in Gaochang is so large that even if King Gaochang did not give it to him, the Tang Dynasty would have a way to get the seeds.

Seeing Li Shimin agreeing, Li Xiu was also very happy, so he said goodbye and left. After all, the Ministry of Agriculture had no preparations yet, so he had to go back and explain so that Yang Du and the others could prepare.

Just as Li Xiu left the palace, the convoy of Gaochang King Qu Wentai also entered Chang'an City. In a luxurious carriage in the middle of the team, Qu Wentai pushed open the window and looked at Chang'an City outside the window, with his eyes full of scrutiny.

Qu Wentai is a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. His appearance is almost not much different from that of the Han people. His eyes are deeper and his nose is pointed, indicating that he has the blood of Hu people. In fact, although Qu Wentai is a Han Chinese, there are mixed with Hu and Han people in Gaochang, and purebred Han people are very rare. Even the Gaochang royal family has married many Hu girls.

Qu Wentai entered from Mingde Gate in Chang'an City. Now he walked on the most lively Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, and there were people and cars coming and going around. However, Qu Wentai frowned at this time, and even showed a look of disdain on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, this is not the first time Qu Wentai has come to the Central Plains. When Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was reigned, he had personally served on an envoy to visit Yang Guang. At that time, Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang, so Qu Wentai also saw the most prosperous side of the Tang Dynasty in Luoyang. Although he only stayed in Luoyang for a few days, he was shocked by the prosperity of the Central Plains. It was not until then that he became awe of the Central Plains dynasty and never had a rebellious desire again.

Unfortunately, the powerful Sui Dynasty suddenly fell down and was replaced by the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, when Qu Wentai was in the Western Regions, he heard that the Tang Dynasty was more prosperous than the Sui Dynasty. The year before yesterday, he destroyed the overlord of the grassland Turks, and even Jie Li was captured by the Tang Dynasty. This shocked Gaochang. It was precisely because of this reason that Qu Wentai decided to come to the Central Plains again and relive the prosperity of the Central Plains.

Before coming to Chang'an, Qu Wentai had already heard that Chang'an was a more prosperous city than Luoyang, so he was quite excited. But what he didn't expect was that he was a little disappointed after entering Chang'an. Although Chang'an's majestic city walls shocked him and the crowds on the streets were also very lively, in his opinion, it was not as good as the scene he saw in Luoyang last time. Even compared to Luoyang at the beginning, Chang'an seemed a little "depressed". Of course, this depressedness was only relative. Compared with his Gaochang royal city, I'm afraid that his ten royal cities would not be as good as one Chang'an.

It is precisely because he saw that Chang'an is not as good as Luoyang in the former Sui Dynasty that Qu Wentai could not help but look down on the Tang Dynasty. He even felt that the Tang Dynasty was just lucky, so he could replace it when the Great Sui Dynasty declined. Otherwise, how could he be even worse than the Great Sui capital?

If Qu Wentai had known these ideas from Li Xiu, he would probably have laughed out loud, because Qu Wentai was obviously cheated by Yang Guang. At that time, Yang Guang was very happy about his merits. For his own face, he invited missions from various countries to Luoyang to see him every year. He also dressed up Luoyang with the strength of the whole country. There were more than 30,000 sing geniuses alone, and all the shops on the street had to be redecorated. Even the vegetables had to be sold with dragon beard mats, and the trees on the side of the street had to be wrapped in silk.

What's even more excessive is that all restaurants are free for these Hu people. As long as they are a Hu person, they can eat at will when they enter the restaurant. They also have to slap the fat man in the face and say that the Zhongyuan products are rich and food is not expensive.

Qu Wentai is the witness of the above. Thinking about it, he not only ate and drank for free during the few days he spent in Luoyang, but also had countless singing and dancing. The streets can be said to be extremely prosperous, just like a paradise on earth.

Unfortunately, all of that was created by Yang Guang for these Hu people. Of course, some smart Hu people saw through Yang Guang's tricks. For example, some people found that some poor people in the Tang Dynasty were not covered in clothes, but they used silk to wrap trees, which was obviously unreasonable. However, Qu Wentai was obviously not a smart person. Now, compared with the heaven he created with the power of the whole country, Luoyang naturally felt much more "depressed" than the real Chang'an. After all, Chang'an does not have free food, and there are no trees wearing silk.

When Qu Wentai came to the residence arranged for them by Honglu Temple, he was even more annoyed by the Tang Dynasty, because Honglu Temple actually arranged an ordinary house for them. In contrast, Yang Guang built a special palace for them to live in, and arranged banquets every day to entertain them. Now the Tang Dynasty's arrangements for them are so shabby.
Chapter completed!