"Your Majesty, I suggest that all prefectures and counties should be assigned to manage the matters. No one should sow cotton. If the harvest is completed, the seeds must be registered and recorded. In normal times, the soldiers of the local governments are responsible for planting them. In wartime, the people in various places are responsible for planting them, which is regarded as corvee service. In this way, only after more than ten years can the people have cotton coats to wear!"

Ning Wen planned to manage cotton as strategic materials. Although the scattered land in various places is limited, adding idle land in the entire Tang Dynasty is a large amount, so Ning Wen had this plan. Of course, in the future, the land in Longyou will be the most suitable for growing cotton, but it is not possible to start a war there at any time. Cotton seeds are valuable things and cannot be destroyed by the war.

"Well, Ning Wen's intention is to run the government, which is a solution, but the annual expenses are quite large, which is a difficult problem!"

Li Shimin rubbed his forehead again, and Doctor Sun's prescription was also prescribed. Then he took his leave and boiled medicine for Li Shimin.

"That is, it is a little difficult in the first one or two years. After the output increases, the cotton can be handed over to a strong merchant for sale. At the same time, a unified selling price is stipulated. Once the price limit is exceeded, the distribution right will be directly deprived. In this way, the planting expenses can be earned back."

Originally, Ning Wen planned to set up a cotton tax, but considering that once the cotton tax is collected, the price of cotton on the market will rise and the people will not be able to afford cotton coats again, so Ning Wen does not consider collecting cotton tax for the time being. Of course, if it can be sold overseas in the future, it may be a certain fee.

"Also, Your Majesty, once cotton is released, it will be in short supply. All the Valves will follow suit and try their best to plant them. Therefore, it can be stipulated that cotton planting will be relaxed after three or five years. At the same time, it must be stated that private cotton planting cannot occupy grain fields, and a certain amount of cotton tax is required. In this way, large-scale planting can be achieved. At the same time, with the official cotton price as a reference, the price of private cotton will not be too exaggerated. In this way, the people of the Tang Dynasty can wear cotton coats as soon as possible to keep warm."

Li Shimin was a little fascinated by the fact that Ning Wen's method might not be completely feasible, but he finally made a rough plan. As for the details, it required the efforts of the court officials, Li Shimin was still very clear about this.

"Ning Wen's suggestion is good. He asked the court officials to discuss it every day. As for this method of planting, Ning Wen will carefully record it into a book. If he is too busy, let the prince help!"

When mentioning Li Chengqian, Ning Wen was a little surprised. There was no news of the prince for a long time. Now that Li Shimin has once again entrusted important tasks, is it said that his previous understanding was wrong? Li Chengqian has not completely disappointed Li Shimin?

Ning Wen and Li Chengqian's relationship is now quite good. Since the Spring Festival, Li Chengqian has also looked at Ning Wen with a different look, but he can't say how deep the relationship he can have, but he just is no longer hostile.

Sun Simiao's prescription was also prescribed, so he said goodbye to Li Shimin and went back to boil the medicine. Nowadays, doctors not only prescribe prescriptions, but also boiling medicine step by step is also the doctor's job, so Ning Wen followed Sun Simiao out of the East Warm Pavilion.

"What is the disease of hyperliver yang?"

Ning Wen was a little curious and had been struggling with this matter. He didn't expect to inquire about the Emperor's Dragon Body and asked.

“………”

Sun Simiao looked at Ning Wen very strangely. She had some friendship with Ning Wen before, especially in treating Ning Wen's lips and communicating with Ning Wen on battlefield rescue, but Sun Simiao did not speak at this time.

Ning Wen also understood that it was a bit inappropriate for him to ask this question, so he smiled apologetically to Sun Simiao, bowed and planned to say goodbye. The nearby Hongwen Museum is the one that hasn't been to it for a long time, and I don't know how the dandy guys learned. I remember that the last time I taught was a simple calculation method, and some application questions. It's still early now and there is nothing to do. You can go and take a look.

Seeing that Ning Wen stopped asking questions, Sun Simiao shook his head with a smile. In Sun Simiao's eyes, Ning Wen was just a young man in his twenties, and it was nothing to make a taboo.

There were sounds of reading from the Hongwen Pavilion. Ning Wen secretly looked in the window. Shangguan Yi was teaching the vast yamen in a standard chanting posture. Ning Wen had always been very disgusted with this kind of memorization reading method and had a natural fear of classical Chinese. Ning Wen quickly escaped, fearing that someone would stop him.

As soon as he arrived at the artillery camp, he heard that Liu Zhenghui had been waiting for a long time. This old boy was not ashamed to ask. Seeing Du Gou and Jingye laughing maliciously, Ning Wen glared at them very seriously. He was the Minister of Justice and a very big official!

"Hello, Shangshu Liu!"

As soon as he entered the office, Ning Wen bowed.

"Haha, Commander Ning, I'm so lucky! Mr. Liu has watched Commander Ning grow up. I remember you were only so little taller that year, and now you are a fourth-rank official! Haha!"

Liu Zhenghui didn't know whether what Liu Zhenghui said was true or not, but Liu Zhenghui looked like an elder now, treating Ning Wen as an ordinary colleague, and was even more polite than the group of people under his command. Liu Zhenghui was also a smart person. After most of his life, he sat in the position of Minister of Justice. Now Ning Wen is a celebrity next to the emperor, so he must not offend him.

"Your Majesty has previously advised you to discuss everything with Commander Ning. Haha, Mr. Liu is here to ask Commander Ning for advice now. Where should Zhao Er start to investigate his identity? I wonder if Commander Ning has a clever plan?"

Liu Zhenghui's position was very low, which made Ning Wen very happy, so he bowed and said:

"Shangshu Liu's words are not afraid to be taken by Ning. As for how to investigate, Ning Wen has suggestions. It is better to teleport Zhao Erzhi's portrait to the county governments in various places. Ning thought that this would definitely find Zhao Er's true identity."

Mobilizing the masses was what Ning Wen learned from later generations. The social security in the Zhenguan period was still very good. Although it was not enough to not close the door at night, there were very few general criminal security cases.

"Well, it's consistent with what Liu wants. In this way, Liu asked his subordinates to draw pictures and distribute them to the county magistrates in various places for investigation."

Liu Zhenghui bowed down and refused Ning Wen's invitation to dinner. He quickly returned to the Ministry of Justice and asked the portrait experts to make a portrait of Zhao Erzhi overnight and then distribute it tomorrow. Liu Zhenghui estimated that it would take about one month to get the exact news.

"Haha, my father is right. This Old Liu is just a timid person who is afraid of trouble. Haha, look at him like that, for fear of arresting someone he shouldn't have arrested."

He laughed and said angrily.

"That's right, that's right, I was so proud just now, it seemed that the Minister of Justice was very big. Haha."

Du Gou was also happy. He had heard of the rumors that Liu Zhenghui was timid and afraid of things, but he never thought it would be like this.

After inspecting the training of the artillery battalion, the soldiers of each company were doing physical training. When they saw Ning Wen coming, they called the stop. On the spot, the supreme leader, Zhang Kui, the company commander of the Third Company, ran over to report to Ning Wen. Ning Wen nodded and ordered the training to continue.

The artillery battalion was about to be expanded, but after Zhao Er's case, the expansion matter stopped. This would not work. The weapon supervisor produced a total of thirty-eight artillery pieces, which could fill two battalions. Now everyone knows that Ning Wen is investigating Zhao Er's case, and probably no one has the courage to bring in a few spies at this time. So Ning Wen ordered Qin Huaiyu to find an opportunity to discuss with the Minister of War and choose a day to select new recruits.

Then Ning Wen went to the Weapons Supervisor for a while. Cheng Huailiang continued to learn from Master Zhou, and Fang Yiai continued to record all the details. Seeing Master Zhou, Ning Wen discussed with Master Zhou. Ning Wen had already handed over the principle sketch of the cotton seed removal machine to Carpenter Zhao. Master Zhou also knew about this, but he was busy with the Weapons Supervisor and had not contacted Carpenter Zhao for a while.

Ning Wen briefly told Master Zhou about the principle of the seed removal machine, and then told Master Zhou that the threshing machine was completely the intellectual property of the Ning family and that he must not be disclosed. Master Zhou agreed with his chest and planned to take time to go to Carpenter Zhao's side. He hadn't had a long time to drink with Carpenter Zhao. Master Zhou planned to prepare some good wine in a few days to drink some wine with Carpenter Zhao.

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Chapter completed!