Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 105 The cashmere is combed out
When Liu Mu asked, Zhu Yi immediately replied:

"Your Majesty, the wool is already being combed in the workshop, and all kinds of threads about a thousand feet have been spun. One of them is spun into silk-like threads according to your request. There is also a craftsman who is adjusting the loom for this kind of thread. Try one or two."

"Go and see."

Liu Mu hurried to the workshop.

In the workshop, Li Dejian had dark circles under his eyes, obviously he hadn't had a good rest for many days.Li Bi was shouting: "Kill the sheep so that you can have meat every day. Tonight, I will see the first piece of cloth."

Seeing Liu Mu arrive, Li Dejian came up to meet him: "Little Uncle, do you have any idea about the real Qianlimu?"

"It's far away, and two important things are missing. I went to your mother to help purchase, but your mother told me that two hundred miles to the west, there are mines of all sizes. I can ask for thousands of thrushstones. This pie It's appropriate, go and get back a hundred stones of raw ore first." Liu Mu was also very tired.

It's not because of Liu Mu's hard work, but because he didn't sleep enough and was quarreled by Cheng Yaojin.

"Such trivial matters can be handled by sending two servants who are profitable." Li Dejian didn't think the Thrushcross Stone was too troublesome.

Liu Mu really doesn't know if there are graphite mines here, but he only remembers that the famous graphite production in later generations is in Inner Mongolia and Liaodong.He didn't understand the Guanzhong area at all.

The two came to the loom together, where the thread had been hung up and ready to start.

"Mr. Lang, there are seven types of thread, namely [-] thread and [-] thread..." The head weaver was talking about the ratio of cashmere to fine wool. There is pure cashmere, but there is no preparation for the loom. , are thick threads, used for hand weaving.

"The more cashmere there is, the warmer and more comfortable it is, but the less wear-resistant it is, the less easy it is to clean, and it is easier to be scratched." Liu Mu talked about his understanding of cashmere coats.

But Li Bi asked: "Is it stronger than the best silk brocade?"

"This one is."

"Who cares that he is not easy to wash." Li Bi finally had a chance to embarrass Liu Mu once: "Could it be that there is only one thing in Her Royal Highness's life, you are a stingy gentleman, and everyone in Chang'an will laugh at you."

"Ah!" Liu Mu was indeed trapped.

This is Datang, this is Chang'an, Dugu Lan Ruogui is a princess, just a piece of clothing.

"Nineteenth, start weaving." Liu Mu didn't want to argue, he just thought of the poor and small people.But Li Dejian said something for Liu Mu: "Uncle Mu is right, we are benefiting the people of Chang'an, so that the common people can afford winter clothes."

"Damn, this is the most suitable for the poor." Li Bi took a trial product that had just been woven, and the weavers were still studying the weaving method and pattern.This is made of clean good wool, washed with alkali to soften the thread, and then woven.

"Good, good." Liu Mu repeatedly praised.

Because Liu Mu only talked about simple weaving methods and several simple flower weaving methods that he knew.

It's only been three days, and the excellent Zhiniang has already studied very deeply, and she is several times better than Liu Mu.

"Four more days." Willow stretched out four fingers.

At that moment, several foremen bowed to the end: "Great lord, I will wait for four days without sleep. In the early morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, what you want will be carefully crafted."

"Thank you." Liu Mu also bowed, and at that moment, several foremen knelt down.

They have meat to eat here every day, and each foreman is rewarded with a hundred big money, and the craftsman is also rewarded with at least thirty big money.

Straightening up, Liu Mu said: "It's not that the wood wants to please the princess, but that the princess wears it on her body to accompany the saints to the garden. There are countless nobles in Chang'an city. They see it and envy them. Then, the wool on the 500 million sheep has How much? It’s not enough for Chang’an this year.”

"Yes, you should serve your lord." All the foremen shouted in unison.

"Add meals, three meals a day, and kill thirty sheep." Li Bi shouted from the side.

The artisans continue to work. Thirty catties of extremely fine golden cashmere have been collected, and they are being washed for the last time before they are ready to be dyed.

The rest must first be spun into thread, which is then dyed, dried, and woven into clothing.

The three of them came to a small area to rest, and Li Bi poured Liu Mu a glass of rice wine: "Five million sheep are not enough?"

"Hmph!" Liu Mu smiled coldly.

Liu Muxin said, if you come to my time, you will know that there are nearly [-] million sheep in Australia alone every year.There are also [-] million people who have been shaved.That's only ten percent of the world's total.

The false Yan was destroyed.

Liu Mu knew that the era of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal had already taken shape.

Starting from Luoyang, the north goes to Zhuozhou, which is the southwest location of the imperial capital of later generations, and then Luoyang goes to Hangzhou to build the most perfect.From Luoyang to Chang'an, there is Weishui River passing through the Yellow River, which is also a very convenient transportation condition.

Wool is not something that is afraid of being damaged, and walking on the road for a month is not a long time.

In Yancheng, the current actual controller there is Chai Shao, who is absolutely his own. After that side is pacified, the wool from the east of Turks can be borrowed from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to Chang'an.Yunzhou is in Li Daozong, where there is the Sanggan River, which is the upper reaches of the Yongding River, and you can also take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to return to Chang'an.

In the future, if the problem of Shuozhou is solved, we can go directly south, from Shuozhou to Xinzhou Waterway, then go down through Fenshui River, to the Yuncheng area, and return to Chang'an is also very convenient.

Thinking of this, Liu Mu smiled happier: "My future goal is that all the sheep on the grassland are mine."

Li Bi and Li Dejian were speechless.

In their hearts, Liu Mu would eat and fight for money, but they didn't know what officialdom was and what national war was.If Xieli is not dead, how can you let all the sheep in the grassland belong to you? Impossible.

The two of them didn't speak, they were saving face for Liu Mu, and they didn't plan to hit Liu Mu.

Liu Mu patted his thigh: "By the way, is the lantern ready? According to my blueprint, after the oil lamp in the middle is lit, the inner circle of the lantern will rotate by itself."

"Well, that thing is amazing. I arranged for people to build a few more."

"It doesn't matter, the beauty dedicated to the saint is fine, it is reliable, and it must be able to turn." Liu Mu especially emphasized.

Liu Mu didn't look at it again, he knew that Li Bi, a former playboy, was more picky than himself and could find trouble, even what Li Bi said was better than what he imagined.

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Li Bi grabbed him: "Let me have a look at the future No. [-] oiran in Chang'an that you have chosen, and I bet five pennies that you will not be able to win him within three months." Hold Chang'an's number one oiran."

"Look, you've already placed your bets, and you're still meeting people. It's so boring. Expectations, life has expectations." Liu Mu ignored Li Bi.

Li Bi still didn't let go: "One more thing, if we work as coolies for you, is there any benefit?"

(End of this chapter)