Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 269 Jinghe Market
After sending Li Yuan to the resting place, Liu Mu heaved a long sigh of relief.

The matter of the family members of the imperial army is absolutely taboo, but it is not resolved at the moment, but the emperor of Tang Dynasty doesn't mind that's all.

Under the imperial power, any red line cannot be stepped on.

After sighing softly, Liu Mu was about to look over to the arena, but found Cui Yiye standing under a tree not far away.

Liu Mu walked over quickly, pointed at Cui Yiye and scolded with a smile: "You are a white-collar worker who earns the wages of the villagers, yet you are idle here. You just have a job, so hurry up."

"Is this villager also a prince?" Cui Yiye also smiled.

Liu Mu laughed a few more times: "Let's talk nonsense, the saint will allow those guests to meet informally later, the saint must not have prepared anything to reward, but fortunately I have prepared. Curry has it."

"This is not a child's play." A person came out from behind the tree, which surprised Liu Mu.

Cui Yiye hastened to introduce: "This is my family uncle, the current account department Zuo Cheng."

"Cui Gong is polite." Liu Mu saluted.

"It's not a child's play for foreign ministers to come to the Tang Dynasty to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Even if they don't formally meet in the Taiji Palace, this is also a national ceremony. According to the etiquette, first notify the Ministry of Rites, and then the Honglu Temple will make arrangements. During the period, everything must be recorded in the Even if you have prepared something for the reward, it should first be checked and filed by the corresponding officials of the Ministry of Rites, which is related to the national system."

Cui Junsu said a long list of rules very seriously.

Liu Mu saluted again: "Thank you, elder, for your guidance."

Cui Junsu then said to Cui Yiye: "Do you know what to do."

"First take the corresponding items, and then the sage must be accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites when he comes to Jingyang. According to the Ministry of Rites, he will arrange a person to notify the guests of Xiaobang, and then set the order of the audience. Then ask the sage if there are any special rewards and arrangements. Record and Prepare. If you prepare quickly, the saint can allow Xiaobang guests to have an audience before the dinner."

Cui Junsu nodded, and Cui Yiye left.

Cui Junsu said to Liu Mu at this time: "You don't mind taking me to see this Jingyang market."

"Please." Liu Mu made a gesture of invitation.

The two walked to the market side by side. Hundreds of people lined up outside a room at the entrance of the market at Jingyang Wharf.

Liu Mu didn't even know what it was for here, but Cui Junsu seemed to have sent someone to look at it.

Cui Junsu took out a steel coin: "This is your family's iron coin, but it does not rust when exposed to water. I asked the money maker at home, and they told me that in the pre-Qin period, there was a way to make the copper sword not rust. By the time of the Han Dynasty, the craftsmanship of bronze mirrors was already extremely high. And your iron coins should have a formula."

Being able to say the word formula proves that the Cui family also has super first-class craftsmen.

It cannot be said that willow iron money will never rust, but it is not so easy to rust.Among them, zinc, tin, lead, etc. are added, especially zinc will make iron not easy to rust.

Adding chromium is not something that Liumu has never thought about, but the cost is so high that it is abnormal.

Some people will add, they will add three more processes to a good knife when it is about to be formed, which are called iron pouring method, buried firing method, and water casting method.

This method of pouring iron is a kind of carburizing technology of the Datang version. Burying and burning is to increase other elements on the blade with some ore soil.Water casting is to put down the red-hot knife in some kind of liquid.

It is said that the Goujian sword is chrome-plated by water casting.

For this cost, after trying a knife, Liu Mu's face turned pale when he saw the cost. If he wanted to make coins in this way, he would pay himself to death.

It was only then that Liu Mu knew that the people in the long line were money-changing banks.

Here, the old copper coins are graded, and then replaced with new copper coins, as well as a large amount of steel.

For ordinary people, steel is more practical than copper coins.

The purchasing power of one penny in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to at least five yuan in modern times, and five yuan is used as the smallest coin, which is really not conducive to the purchase of small items.

In this market, most of the shops are actually full of people.

In another one, Cui Junsu said to Liu Mu: "I came here and walked around twice before, and this hoe is actually made of ice-patterned iron. It is said that an old craftsman in the Northern Dynasty created it, and you got it."

"I'm a villain. I cut off the business of more than 200 blacksmith households in Chang'an." Liu Mu smiled cheerfully.

Ice pattern iron is the name of the Tang Dynasty, so it is called hard and brittle white texture in modern times.

Willow furniture is already made of double-layer materials, which are divided into inner wrought iron and outer ice pattern iron. In fact, it is a kind of rubbing process. After it becomes an assembly line process, the cost is not high.

Moreover, this material belongs to the waste and defective products of high-quality iron and steel.

If it is placed in later generations for metal analysis, this iron material contains too much silicon and acid.Farm implements are excellent things, with one side treated and the other wrought iron.Therefore, one side wears slowly and the other side wears fast, which can always keep the cutting edge sharp. This is the wisdom of the ancients, and the non-grinding agricultural tools.

Going forward, Cui Junsu stopped in front of an open space.

There are several women on the stage who are knitting sweaters, and there are huge canvas paintings next to them, which show the stitches of sweater knitting and the final renderings.It's just some simple lines, but the women of Tang Dynasty can see the bright hall from these lines.

On this point, Liu Mu thinks he can't do it.

"Sweaters, even my wife sent people to purchase first-class wool yarns of fifteen catties in various colors, and ordered second- and third-class wool yarns of a thousand catties for Fuchu. The new female red skills in Chang'an City are must-learn skills for women, regardless of whether they are high or low." Cui Junsu. Looking at Liu Mu with a smile on his face.

"What you said is that this is exactly the result I want. It only costs a few cents a catty of third-class wool. If I buy it and weave it myself, three catties are enough to survive the winter. In addition to coal stoves and other things, the winter of Chang'an people is inevitable. It is warmer than other places." Liu Mu also said beside him.

Cui Junsu didn't say anything, but gestured to Liu Mu to hint.

Liu Mu looked in the direction, and there was an old acquaintance there.

Zheng Yuanxuan.

Cui Junsu was observing Liu Mu to see how Liu Mu would deal with it at this time.

At this moment, Liu Mu turned around and prepared to leave from the other side.Unexpectedly, Cui Junsu shouted: "Duke Zheng."

Liu Mu looked at Cui Junsu in surprise, but Cui Junsu replied Liu Mu with a smile.

Helpless, Liu Mu had no choice but to go forward with Cui Junsu.

"Old Zheng!" Liu Mu and the others saluted each other.

After the ceremony, Zheng Yuanxuan said: "It's only been half a day, and the old man has been watching here. The caravan of Liu, Bai, Du, and Wei going to Suzhou has already ordered nearly ten thousand stones of second-class wool. Over there at the Jinghe Wharf The wages of the small shippers have increased by [-]%, and the latest batch of goods will have to wait two days to be shipped."

"Not much." Liu Mu replied flatly.

Zheng Yuanxuan said again: "The old man also discovered that none of the boats went south with the current, but all went upstream with the current."

(End of this chapter)