Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 270 The temptation to block

I heard Zheng Yuanxuan asked that there was no boat going south.

"There are still two workshops on the second-class line in Qingzhou and Laizhou, which were built two months ago and started production [-] days ago. They have enough production to transport to Luoyang along the Grand Canal." Liu Mu gave an explanation.

Wool needs to be kept secret most, the first is carding and combing, the second is worsted, and the third is fine weaving.

Except for these three, Liu Mu didn't care about his workshop.

Zheng Yuanxuan took out a handful of willow copper coins: "The money you make is better than my Zheng family's. I heard that you like to recruit extraordinary craftsmen, and the treatment is very high. My Zheng family is willing to give you 42 craftsmen, two of which are ghost workers." .”

Hearing the ghost work, Liu Mu's heart was seized at once.

Up to now, even if Liumu has found many craftsmen from the former Sui court, many of them have mythical skills in Liumu's eyes. The most powerful person is the swordsmith who created the pricey long sword. He knows it all. There are sixteen kinds of crafts, and four of them are recognized as lost, such as chromizing.

What this swordsmith is most proud of is that he is the strongest skillful craftsman, and he is only one step away from ghost craftsman.

Ghost work is the pinnacle of craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty, taking the term ghost workmanship.

The craftsmen at the pinnacle of the Tang Dynasty were exquisitely crafted and highly skilled.Take the word out of nature, called skillful work.A higher level is that it seems to be made by ghosts and gods, and it is not a technology that can be achieved by human beings.ghost work.

Zheng Yuanxuan clearly saw Liu Mu's heartbeat, and added: "It's not an ordinary ghost worker, or a jewelry maker or a coppersmith, that's all. One is a carpenter who specializes in shipbuilding, and the other is a stonemason who only knows how to repair bridges. There is a bridge on the Jihe River in Hebei Province, which was awarded the first prize by the former Sui Ministry of Industry. The river is twelve feet wide, and there are no pillars in the river."

"Li Chun!" Liu Mu turned his head violently.

Zheng Yuanxuan was stunned, he never thought that Liu Mu even knew the name of the mason.

Cui Junsu said, "Duke Zheng is not kind. This man was originally an official of the Sui Dynasty, and such a stonemason is useless to your Zheng family."

"No, he donated his family property and received the conferment of the former Sui Dynasty to resist the Tang Dynasty. The whole family was designated as slaves and distributed to the Yellow River waterway to build embankments. After that, he was seriously ill and almost died. He was saved by my Zheng family. Staying in my Zheng's house is not forced to buy as a slave." Zheng Yuanxuan pointed seriously at what Cui Junsu was saying.

"Okay, I agree. However, I asked someone to help me make up my mind about the Hedong matter. Please don't be surprised."

"It doesn't matter. It's just who is it?"

"Yongzhou governs the middle, Duke Gao."

"Very good." Zheng Yuanxuan breathed a sigh of relief, he said to himself that it would be better to have one of his respected nobles come to discuss cooperation than to discuss with Liu Mu, and Gao Jian is a very polite person.

Liu Mu raised his head and looked in the direction of the Jing River, with a smile on his face.

Cui Junsu said to Zheng Yuanxuan: "Duke Zheng, you have made a request that he cannot refuse. A bridge is needed on the Jing River, and it must be a long and strong bridge that can carry carts."

"He... is outstanding." After Zheng Yuanxuan finished speaking, he walked to the other side of the market with his hands behind his back.

Li Chun!

Liu Mu believed that with his support, this ghost worker might even be able to build the Yangtze River Bridge for himself. This man is definitely the number one in the bridge-building industry in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Build a bridge, and it will still be usable in modern times 400 years later, service!
After Zheng Yuanxuan walked away, Cui Junsu said to Liu Mu: "If you dodge once, you will dodge the second time. That's why I stopped him and let you stand here. The way of officialdom is that you can't stand still. Among the gentry The way to get along is that you would rather lose than retreat, as long as you still have a little bit of strength, you must never retreat."

"Thank you Cui Gong."

"You don't have to thank me, I'm not helping you, I just don't want my Cui family to bet wrong." Cui Junsu obviously helped Liu Mu, but he didn't admit this kind of help.

Liu Mu knew it in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He just said: "Actually, there is another cooperation. If you are interested, Mr. Cui, we can try it."

"Appreciate further details."

Liu Mu led Cui Junsu around the Jingyang Market, and smiled helplessly: "Sorry, I forgot where that shop is."

Cui Junsu just smiled.

After Liu Mu asked a manager at the market, he led Cui Junsu to find the shop.

This shop is different from the others, there are almost no people here.

Although the Jinghe wharf market did not have the rules of not allowing officials or nobles to enter like the East and West markets, the ladies of real noble families are not used to wandering in the market.

A few of them booked a not-so-big tea house, ordered some snacks, chatted and played cards.

Shopping in the market is the task of their maids. If there is something new to buy, send it over. If you are really interested, it is also the task of the maids and domestic servants to exclude and order.

Therefore, ordinary people will not come to this shop that costs a few bucks for a piece of cloth.

Many noble maids may not know what this is.

Cui Junsu, as expected of a famous family, only looked at a piece of cloth and said: "This is a white cloth, a white cloth from the Western Regions, and it is of the highest quality."

"Didn't Yiye tell you that I planted nearly ten thousand acres of white velvet flowers?"

"You mean white velvet flower?" Cui Junsu picked up the cloth again and put it in his hand, and felt it carefully with his eyes.

After a while, Cui Junsu shook his head: "No, it's not. Some people weave white velvet flowers into cloth. The first difficulty is to get the seeds, and the second difficulty is to spin the thread. The woven cloth feels a little rough, and the cloth is harder than this. .”

Liu Mu also sat down: "Have you ever heard that there was a new weaving method called Sanzhibu in the late Han Dynasty?"

"No, it was only formed in the Southern Dynasties. It is a craft for weaving thick silk brocade. Six rows of threads are interlaced. I still have that machine at home. It is a loom that non-excellent weavers cannot control. This Still not, although it is heavy, it feels smooth." Cui Junsu has extraordinary knowledge, he has seen several kinds of white folded cloth.

Liu Mu motioned to the people in the shop to bring a variety of fabric samples.

Cui Junsu still didn't open his eyes, and touched it by hand.

When he touched the tenth piece, Cui Junsu opened his eyes: "I believe it, it is made of white velvet. Although there are so many kinds, none of them have the feeling of white folded cloth and velvet that I know, but they can weave More than ten different fabrics have been produced, which proves that the craftsmanship is extraordinary."

"Plant white velvet flowers. Tonight, I will ask Princess Changping to give some gifts to Mrs. Zun. I believe Mrs. Zun will like it. And from the inside to the outside of a set of clothes, it is just that the money is always less than the same. The fabric is expensive because of a A piece of cloth is made by thirty feet, but there are not many people who know the goods.”

Cui Junsu was still very puzzled: "Even though what you said is reasonable, the reason why buyers of such fabrics are rare."

(End of this chapter)