Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 704 Old Clothes

At the New Year's Eve banquet, Li Yuan's big bet with thousands of people failed again. Whether it was inside or outside the hall, [-]% of the people passed out drunk.

Liumu is not a good drinker, he gets drunk quickly and wakes up quickly.

When he was carried back to the mansion, Liu Mu was already awake except for the headache.

To Liu Mu's surprise, Dugu Lanruo was also drunk.

"Why are you drunk?" Liu Mu had never seen Dugu Lanruo drink more than two glasses of wine, and she was drunk today.

"I'm happy today." Dugu Lanruo said with some drunkenness.

Liu Mu reached out to take the hangover soup and prepared to feed it to Dugu Lanruo, but was pushed away: "It's okay, I don't drink that. There was a little mess in the harem today, but it was quite an interesting little mess."

"What mess?"

"The two wives of the Wang family from Taiyuan who came with Huanggu are wearing old clothes."

Liu Mu didn't quite understand: "What's wrong with wearing old clothes?" After speaking, he pointed to himself, and Liu Mu didn't make new clothes for himself this year.

Dugu Lanruo motioned for Baoqin to bring tea, and then asked Xiao Linger and Xie Xinger to sit in the room as well.

The two girls are very excited, which is enough to prove that they have been accepted by Dugu Lanruo, and they will not deliberately avoid them when talking about anything.

"Let's talk about this mess first. It was a few little girls chasing and messing around, and accidentally used candlesticks to hang up the clothes of the two Mrs. Wang. It was Sister Concubine Yang who saw it and reminded me deliberately that I discovered the old clothes they were wearing. "

Referring to the old clothes again, Liu Mu interjected, "From your point of view, the Wang family in Taiyuan has no money."

"Not only is there no money, but one of these two wives is from the Li family of Zhaojun, and the other is from the Lu family of Fanyang. You can ask Baoqin to arrange a secret investigation. Sister Yang Concubine reminded me that the Donggang Shipping Department This time raising coins may have emptied the money of these three companies, and these three companies must have other things."

Baoqin said from the side: "Fanyang Lu heard that Qinghe Cui's invested in high-quality porcelain kilns, and they also chose to invest in three. Although there were production, they did not meet Fanyang Lu's expectations. They were all inferior porcelain. Then, they He wanted to poach a ghost-level porcelain craftsman from Xing Kiln at a high price, but was discovered by Qinghe Cui."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Well, neither of the two families made a public statement about this matter, but Fan Yang and Lu's family must have lost a lot of money in private."

"Only with an old clothes?" Liu Mu couldn't believe it, just because he saw the old clothes, he decided that these few families had no money.This doesn't quite make sense.

Dugu Lanruo explained: "It's not an ordinary old clothes, as far as Sister Concubine Yang observed, it has been washed at least twice."

"What?" Liu Mu didn't understand at all, and it was considered old clothes after washing.

Holding the teacup, Dugu Lanruo motioned for Xiao Linger to explain this.

Xiao Ling'er said: "There are three major difficulties in fine silk garments. The first difficulty is to ensure that there are no broken threads, spliced ​​threads, or wrong threads in a certain part of the selected material, that is to say, that piece must be absolutely complete. Two The difficulty is color matching, multiple pieces of fabrics must be made of the same piece of silk to prevent color difference.”

Liu Mu can understand these two points.

Xiao Linger continued: "The third difficulty is also the most difficult. There is a flaw in Shangshang dyes, and no one has ever been able to solve this problem. The better the color, the more serious the flaw. This flaw is the fear of water. It doesn’t matter if there is sweat on it, it will affect the color and luster.”

"Continue to talk." Liu Mu still didn't understand what was going on.

"Husband, have you ever seen Her Royal Highness's high-quality silk clothes worn three times?" After Xiao Ling'er asked back, Liu Mu thought for a long time, it seems that after marriage, his pockets are not so poor, and Dugu Lanruo's clothes are usually worn twice. First time, at most three times, definitely not the fourth time, these clothes will be rewarded without some accessories.

Willow nodded, it seems that there is no.

"Husband, the silk clothes of the upper-class nobles are not washed. Wear them once and put them in a ventilated place to cool them down, and then put them away. Sometimes you only wear a piece of clothing once, and you will never wear it a second time."

Liu Mu suddenly remembered a little joke from later generations.

In the Japanese island of later generations, a girl sent a certain brand-name clothing worth 60 Japanese coins to dry cleaning, but it was wasted in one wash.

After claiming the claim, the dry cleaner called the customer service of the branded clothes.

The customer service told me that this kind of clothes are not washable, and they are usually thrown away after being worn a few times, so they cannot be washed, and they will be broken once washed.

At that time, Liu Mu always believed that this was just a joke about a certain brand, but now hearing Xiao Linger's words, Liu Mu realized that it was really because of poverty that affected his knowledge.In order to ensure the color and luster of the silk dresses, the top nobles of the Tang Dynasty did not even consider doing laundry at all.

Xie Xing'er also said at this time: "In my husband's weaving workshop, none of the silk products can be washed with water. Especially the gold silk makeup and velvet, it will be destroyed as soon as it sees water. The only way right now is to steam it with vinegar, but it is not unusual. The craftsman can master it. So the washed silk has a very obvious difference."

"You guys are amazing, I didn't expect this at all. I often see long lines of women sitting on the bluestone platform washing clothes by the river, and I have also seen silk clothes."

"Ordinary clothes can naturally be washed..." Xie Xing'er also planned to explain in detail to Liu Mu the different washing methods of clothes made of various materials, especially how to clean and maintain the fine cashmere cloth.But Dugu Lanruo interrupted her: "You don't need to talk about such small things as washing clothes. Right now, the Wang family in Taiyuan has no money."

Baoqin immediately interjected, "They didn't invest much money in Donggang Shipping Company. Maybe these companies were not as rich as the folk rumors before."

"No, it's because the family business is too big and there are too many people. Even if you have money, you must be very nervous." Xiao Ling'er added.

Liu Mu immediately asked: "What do you mean, Taiyuan Wang entrusted Qinghe Cui to come to the door ahead of time, is this a conspiracy?"

Xiao Ling'er glanced at Dugu Lanruo first, and said after getting Dugu Lanruo's permission:
"I don't know about the conspiracy, but showing favor is inevitable. There are reasons to believe that after Mrs. Wang paid Mrs. Cui a large sum of money, she either didn't pay the full amount, or took this opportunity to ask Mrs. Cui to help her. Husband Just pay attention to whether the Wang family has a private investigation on Liu Yike."

After listening to Xiao Linger's words, Liu Mu nodded.

That's right, this can be verified, just look at Wang's attitude towards Liu Yike to know the result.

The process for such a big family's son to marry a wife is frighteningly complicated.

"But, what's the purpose of Mrs. Wang's overtures?" Liu Mu couldn't figure it out again.

Xiao Ling'er said at this moment: "Lutai Wharf, Sanhui Haikou Wharf, and the Baodi salt warehouse, which is under planning but has not yet started to be built."

"Are you sure?" Liu Mu asked with a doubtful tone.

(End of this chapter)