Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 976

Back at the farm, Fang Jun directly gave all his soldiers a holiday, went back to their homes, and looked for their mothers.These personal soldiers have always followed by his side, the battle of Niuzhuji, the battle of Lin Yiguo, and the two times of extermination of pirates are all guarded by his side, they are all loyal and not afraid of life and death.Therefore, Fang Jun specially rewarded everyone so that they could go home and reunite with each other, and they will report again in three days.

Fang Jun returned, and Zhuangzi was overjoyed.

Compared to Fang Xuanling, he is the master and spiritual pillar here!
Once Lu Cheng didn't look old, he stepped forward to salute with a smile: "Master Hou, you can be considered to be back, the little old man is looking forward to it day and night, and he is almost hopeless..."

It is rare for loyal Lu Cheng to have such a witty side, Fang Jun laughed loudly: "Just don't become a husband-wife stone."

Lu Cheng sweated profusely: "That's right!"

After joking around, Fang Jun asked, "How is the cotton harvest?"

Lu Cheng replied: "There is not much rain in Guanzhong this year, but our waterwheel and ditches are convenient for irrigation, so the harvest is very good. This old slave specially vacated a warehouse to store cotton. But please forgive this old slave for talking too much. This thing looks It is as white as snow, soft and light, but the cottonseed is tightly wrapped by cotton wool, making it extremely difficult to remove, so it is really useless."

"Useless?"

Fang Jun patted Lu Cheng on the shoulder confidently: "Let me tell you a secret, this is an important magic weapon that can change the world!"

Lu Cheng couldn't laugh or cry...

Fang Jun took him to the study and drew a cotton gin from memory.

Fix a wooden frame on the table, and place a wooden shaft and an iron shaft horizontally on the top of the frame.The iron shaft is on the top and the wooden shaft is on the bottom.There is a crank on the right side of the wooden shaft.A cross-shaped wooden frame with a flywheel effect is installed on the left side of the iron shaft.When working, the right hand turns the crank, and the roller shaft connected with the crank rotates accordingly, and the left foot steps on the pedal, so that the roller shaft and the lower shaft move at the same speed and in opposite directions.The two shafts roll together, and the left hand puts the seed cotton into the shaft, then the cotton is taken out of the front of the car, and the cotton seeds fall behind the car.

This thing is so simple that it is still used in some mountainous areas and ethnic minority areas in later generations.But as the saying goes, it is not difficult, but it is not. In the very long years before the appearance of the cotton gin, because the cotton seeds in the cotton could not be easily removed, the warmer cotton was not used.

Holding the drawing, Lu Cheng was a little confused: "Can this thing remove cotton seeds?"

As Fang Jun continued to draw the blueprints, he casually said, "Of course, have you never heard the phrase "The Way Is Simple?"

Lu Cheng curled his lips: "This old slave can't figure out this thing after studying for a lifetime!"

Just as he was talking, Fang Jun finished another drawing.

Lu Cheng picked it up and looked at it, and was even more confused: "Master Hou, you want me to make a bow?"

On the blueprint is an oversized bow...

Fang Jun was speechless, can't he draw well?
However, the sling bow for playing cotton is indeed similar to the bow and arrow. With this thing, the strands of cotton will become floating, and the cotton fibers can be tightly inserted together.

"Find two carpenters to build it overnight as soon as possible, and try it tomorrow morning."

"promise!"

Lu Cheng went to a small box, put the two blueprints into it as if they were treasures, put them in his arms, and then went out to find the carpenter.In his opinion, every blueprint and formula of his own Erlang is a priceless treasure, and if it is spread, it will be a great loss.

Fang Jun returned to the back house.

The weather was fine today, and the maids were all washing clothes in the yard. When they saw Fang Jun coming in, they all got up and saluted.Xiuyu and Zheng Xiuer are fine, but Qiaoer and Xiuyan look at Fang Jun with watery eyes full of resentment...

Fang Jun was a little embarrassed.

Since she is the maid who serves herself and the princess, she can't marry. It's really ignorant that she promised Qiao'er that she could find her own husband's family.Since he can't get married, Fang Jun has to take responsibility.

Fang Jun thought that this is not his own playfulness, it is forced by the situation, he is a good person doing good deeds, if he does not accept them, he will harm them.For the happiness of the little girl's life, I should reluctantly do what I can...

After entering the house, Xiuyu took a set of common clothes for him to change into, and walked into the back room.

The kang is burning hot, and the kang is a mess...

I don’t know where I got a litter of cat kittens, one was being screamed “meow meow” by Princess Hengshan’s small hand grabbing the hair on the back, and the other was being chased by Princess Jinyang and ran all over the kang, filled with melons. Guo Guo's fruit plate was also overturned, and it was a mess.

Princess Gaoyang, who was sitting in the corner, screamed in horror from time to time, shivering and kicked the kitten away from her, and then the kitten thought she was playing with it, so she rushed up to her face. Princess Gaoyang's face turned pale, Keep screaming and kicking away.

Then repeat it again.

Fang Jun was dumbfounded, what kind of trouble is this?

When Princess Gao Yang saw Fang Jun, she kept her defensive posture and cried, "Fang Jun, hurry up and take these kittens away, it's too scary..."

Fang Jun sweated profusely: "It's just a cat, you are not so timid that you are afraid of cats, are you?"

Princess Gao Yang was about to go crazy: "Who knew they would lose hair at such a young age? I'm covered in hair all over my body now, I'm so disgusted, get rid of it quickly, please."

Princess Hengshan was sweating profusely from the heat, and her red face was full of excitement. She reached out and picked up another kitten, ignoring the cat's "meow meow", and shouted: "No! The kitten is so fun, brother-in-law Can't take it away!"

Princess Gao Yang said angrily: "It must be taken away, or I will send you away with me!"

Princess Hengshan protested: "Why did you send me away? I'm not a cat!"

When this little girl sees the kitten, she is not afraid of Princess Gaoyang at all...

Princess Gao Yang had nothing to do with her, so she could only yell at Fang Jun: "Fang Jun, did you hear that? Get it away quickly, get rid of everything!"

She's going crazy!
It's fine for the two little girls to come to the house to be light bulbs, but now they dare to be disobedient?

Hmph, if I can't cure you, can't I cure your brother-in-law?

Fang Jun saw that he really didn't look like that, so he said with a stern face: "Let go of the cats, the kittens have bugs all over them, and if they get into you, you will get sick, so hurry up and give me a bath!"

This sentence is better than Princess Gaoyang yelling ten thousand times. Princess Hengshan quickly let go of the cat, looked at her hand, there were so many thin cat hairs, she became frightened immediately, and said in a crying voice: "Brother-in-law, help me , I'm going to be sick, woo woo..."

"It's okay, just go take a shower."

Fang Jun quickly ordered the maid to take the two princesses to take a bath. There is a ready-made hot spring in Zhuangzi, just a few steps away.

Princess Jinyang watched her brother-in-law talking nonsense with a smile, but did not expose it, and went to take a bath obediently.

Princess Gao Yang on the kang breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the maid to catch all the kittens and throw them as far away as possible.

"Where did these cats come from?"

Sitting at the table in front of the window, drinking tea, Fang Jun asked.

There are very few cats in Datang.

Most cats in this period are wild cats and cannot be kept at home.

"Book of Rites · Suburban Special Animals" has a text that mentions cats: "A gentleman in ancient times must repay him. To welcome a cat is to eat voles; to welcome a tiger is to eat field hogs, and to welcome and sacrifice. .”

It can be seen that the cats at that time were put in the fields to eat voles, not domestic cats.Before the Tang Dynasty, domestic cats were all brought by Hu merchants from the Western Regions. After the Song Dynasty, after large-scale domestication, domestic cats gradually increased.

The fur of this litter of kittens is snow-white, obviously not Datang's wild cat breed.

Princess Gao Yang said angrily: "You didn't come back just now. When Princess Han heard that you came to Zhuangzi, she sent someone to send this litter of cats, saying that it was sent by a Hu businessman. Sizi and Xiaoyao liked it very much. I also watched it It's soft and obedient and cute, so I put it in the house. Who knew that Sizi and Xiaoyao were so crazy, and that little cat would shed hair?"

When it came to hair loss, Her Royal Highness, who had a slight obsession with cleanliness, couldn't take it anymore, felt itchy all over, grabbed Fang Jun's hand and said, "Hurry up, I'm going to take a bath too!"

You just take a shower, why are you dragging me?
Fang Jun looked at Princess Gaoyang suspiciously, and Princess Gaoyang blinked her big watery eyes.

Fang Jun understood...

It seems that because there are two young highnesses sleeping next door to this man in the mansion, it is a bit unsatisfying for this man to be unable to let go all the time.Now in Zhuangzi, there are no old people and the two young ones can get rid of, so I feel a little bit excited...

Fang Jun got up abruptly: "That's right, you should take a bath quickly, why don't you let your Highness take a bath with my humble servants."

Princess Gao Yang blushed a little, but said in her mouth: "You are clever, I will give you a chance. There are many people waiting to serve His Highness."

Fang Jun is sweating profusely, brat, if you dare to find a monk to serve you, believe it or not, my buddy will kill you?

(End of this chapter)