In the middle of June of the 11th year of Zhenguan, it was the day when the straw hat was popular.

With the promulgation of a decree in Zhongshu Province, the recipe for weaving straw hats offered by Liu Yiyi was distributed to every subordinate farmer from the states, counties, counties, villages, and li of the Tang Dynasty. Literate people read and write, illiterate people listen to dictation, because the method of compilation is not difficult, whether it is a man or a woman, as long as you do it with your heart, it is easy to get started, so overnight, nearly half of the peasant households in the Tang Dynasty have a few more decent straw hats, for a while, the people are longing, the court and the emperor are inexplicably grateful, Li Shimin loves the people's reputation for the people, and there is no difference for a while.

In June, millet harvest autumn planting, it is the hot day when the farm is busy, the use of straw hats is more popular, men, women and children, all the people who go to the field to cultivate, will wear a piece of light yellow on their heads, shade the sun and the sun, very comfortable.

Not only in the countryside, there are some farmers with flexible minds and a little bit of business experience, but they are ingenious to change some materials that summon bamboo and silk from the production method of straw hats, and weave some sunhats such as novel decorations, and take them to the county seat and the county head to sell, and the business is surprisingly good, and each sunhat can be sold out in a very short time.

Later, seeing that it was profitable, some merchants began to follow suit, and some even started a business selling sunhats, hiring people to weave, opening shops to sell, and directly or indirectly, bringing a new industry out.

Of course, Li Shimin is happy to see these, and every time he can listen to the ministers' reports on these things, while rejoicing in his heart, Li Shimin also attaches more importance to Liu Yiyi, the founder of the straw hat.

Judging from the ploughs, waterwheels, shovels and other things made by Liu Yiyi in the past, these should not be all of his talents, so in his spare time, Li Shimin is thinking about how to squeeze all of Liu Yiyi's talents?

As for Liu Yiyi, since the middle of June, he has stopped taking three students to the garden to practice farming, first, the cucumbers have grown and are only waiting for the fruit to ripen and eat, and second, the purpose of exercising the three little ones has been achieved, and it is useless to stay in the garden longer. Moreover, the most important thing for children now is to read and write, and reading and receiving work in the study is their main business at the moment, just like the military training organized by the school in later generations, although the benefits of military training are many, but it must not be too long, if they are divided by the farming of the garden, it will be worth the loss.

But even so, after transferring their studies to the study, the three little ones will still remember the cucumbers they grow, and whenever they have spare time, they will run to the back garden to watch, and when they see the cucumbers grow big enough, they will pick them directly and eat them in a big way, as if they have grown something, and they will taste more sweet and delicious.

Not only that, sometimes cucumbers are abundant, so much that when they can't eat them all, the three children will want to give it to their close people to taste and share, so Li Shimin, Empress Changsun, Princess Yuzhang, and even Li Chengqian and Crown Princess Wu Mei, who are far away in the East Palace, will be able to eat a very fresh and tender cucumber from time to time for a very long period of time.

In this way, time passed day by day, and at the beginning of July, the cucumber vines in the back garden finally began to turn yellow and wither, and no longer produced cucumbers.

It was at this time that in the East Palace, the crown princess Wu Mei, who had always had a big belly, finally gave birth to her, got her wish, and lived up to expectations and gave birth to a big fat boy. Although it was more than a month ahead of schedule, it was considered a premature birth, but the mother and child were safe, and the newly born little son weighed six pounds, which was no worse than the child who was conceived in October, very healthy, and also very happy with Li Shimin and Queen Changsun.

At this point, Wu Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief, with such a son as the foundation, she no longer had to worry all day long, preventing other women from coming to snatch her crown princess position. Seeing the emperor, the queen, and the prince's love for the little guy, Wu Mei was relieved. The first son of the crown prince, the first grandson of the emperor, no matter what his future situation will be, now, as the eldest grandson of the emperor, he is the best talisman for his mother.

The mother relied on her son, looking at the white fat son on the couch and beside her pillow, Wu Mei's heart burst with joy and sighing, and she raised her hand to caress her son's delicate face, with a rare sense of love on her face.

"Mei Niang, Zhao'er woke up?" Li Chengqian walked lightly from the outside, and when he arrived at the bed, he saw Wu Mei's son next to the pillow, who was turning flexibly with two big eyes open, so he sat down on the edge of the couch and looked at his son happily.

"Well, I just woke up, and he was still smiling at his concubine just now," Glancing at her son, Wu Mei nodded slightly, turned her body slightly, turned sideways to face Li Chengqian, looked at her husband tenderly, and asked softly: "The queen mother didn't say anything when she left just now, did she?" ”

"No, didn't I see it just now, the queen mother was very happy with the child, isn't the name Zhao'er given to her by the queen mother?" Li Chengqian raised his hand and stroked his son's face, and said softly: "Not only the queen mother, but also the father, Yuzhang, and Huanzhu, don't they all like Xiaozhao'er very much?" ”

When he spoke, Li Chengqian always had a smile on his face, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood now.

"That's good, the concubine will be relieved." Wu Mei breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on her face, but because she had just given birth and her body was too weak, her smile was still a little pale.

"Don't think too much," Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to hold Wu Mei's little hand, looked at her little face gently, and said softly: "Concubine Ai is now suffering from a loss of qi and blood, her body is weak, and she needs to rest and recuperate. ”

"Didn't Concubine Ai always want to go back to her hometown in Bingzhou, and then accompany Concubine Ai alone, so that Zhao'er can also meet his grandmother and several aunts." Thinking of the trip to merge states a year ago, and knowing what Wu Mei was thinking in his heart, Li Chengqian made a promise to Wu Mei.

"It turns out that His Royal Highness still remembers," feeling the care and concern in Li Chengqian's words, Wu Mei's heart warmed, she glanced up at Li Chengqian, and said in a soft voice: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your compassion." ”

For the first time, Wu Mei experienced the benefits of having a son, and she was also wondering in her heart, if she took this opportunity to find some way out for her brothers and sisters, would it be easier than before.

However, when she saw the smile and love on Li Chengqian's face, Wu Mei suppressed this idea again, now is not the time, she has been taught countless times before, Li Chengqian does not like to interfere in political affairs, and she does not want to destroy the rare warm atmosphere now. Moreover, this kind of thing is not in a hurry, and there will be opportunities in the future.

"Your Royal Highness, Her Royal Highness Princess Yuzhang has arrived." At this time, Li Qing, the head of the East Palace, came from outside and bent down.

"Oh, Ru'er, let her in quickly!" Li Chengqian waved his hand to Li Qing and commanded.

"Brother Prince! Sister-in-law! With a crisp cry of joy, Li Ru seemed to be walking from the bedroom door with the maid, Li Ru seemed to be in front, and the maid followed closely behind, and in the two hands of the maid, he also carried a vermilion food box.

"Knowing that my sister-in-law is weak and needs to nourish qi, so Ru'er stewed some bird's nest lotus seed soup for her sister-in-law," and when she arrived at the bed, Li Ru seemed to signal the maid to open the food box, took out the soup cans and spoons inside, squatted down and personally served a bowl for Wu Mei, and said softly: "Deliberately put it until it is warm before taking it, how about sister-in-law taste it?" ”

"I've bothered Sister Shu'er." Carried by Li Chengqian, Wu Mei sat up slowly on the couch, smiled and nodded to Princess Yuzhang. In the past few days, Yu Zhang has come to visit every day, and Wu Mei is also very happy in her heart for this girl who really cares about herself, after all, in this palace, there are not many people who can treat themselves as sincerely as Yu Zhang.

"Xiao Zhao'er is also awake, come, let my aunt hug me!" Delivering the soup bowl to Wu Mei's hand, Li Ru seemed to turn her head to look at her little nephew, and saw that the little guy was looking at her with two big eyes, so she happily stretched out her hand and hugged Xiao Li Zhao in her arms.

"It's really rare, I don't cry, I don't make trouble, and I don't fall asleep," raised his hand and tapped Xiao Zhao'er's little nose, Li Ru seemed to say softly: "The first few times my aunt came over, you either slept or cried non-stop, how can you be so cute now?" ”

"Ru'er, be careful, don't be heavy-handed, and make Zhao'er cry again." Seeing that Yu Zhang stretched out his hand to pinch his son's nose, Li Chengqian was busy chuckling and interjecting on the side, this kind of thing, Ru'er has never done this before.

"Got it, Brother Prince!" As if his shortcomings had been exposed, Yu Zhang's face turned red, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Chengqian with disgust, which caused Li Chengqian and Wu Mei to laugh loudly, and the atmosphere in the whole bedroom seemed very harmonious.

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