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Chapter 815 [Weaving gold peacock feather nine-color makeup yarn]

Seeing the disappointment on Director Zhu's face, Li Yi smiled: "What? Do you think you can create a Transformer?
This is a loom, not a precision machine tool. The real technology lies in the mind of the weaver.

This flower loom is just an extension of the weaver's body and cannot automatically weave brocade. "

Director Zhu naturally understood this. He smiled awkwardly and explained: "I thought it would be more...spectacular."

"Isn't this spectacular enough?"

Li Yi pointed at the jacquard machine and said with a confident smile: "This jacquard machine looks simple, but the brocade it can weave cannot even be woven by the most sophisticated machines. Do you believe it?"

"I believe it, of course I believe it!"

The more confident Li Yi was, the happier Director Zhu was. He nodded repeatedly and then asked: "How long will it take to weave a sample?"

There are less than five days until the opening of the World Heritage Conference. If we don't submit the relevant information to the organizing committee before the opening of the conference, we can only watch the Neon Kingdom snatch away the Yun Brocade.

Li Yi did not answer, but asked him: "Are you ready with everything I asked you to prepare?"

"It's ready and has been unloaded in the warehouse next door."

Director Zhu took Li Yi to the warehouse next door and pointed to the cartons on the two pallets: "They are all here. Gold wire, silver wire, copper wire, silk, spun silk, and peacock feathers. In addition to these, there are also stocks in stock." , you need to transport it at any time.”

Li Yi stepped forward and inspected it. After seeing the rolls of three-color gold silk arranged neatly according to size, as well as the dyed silk threads and peacock feathers, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Samples will be available within 3 days."

Li Yi turned around and said something to Director Zhu, and then added: "But now I want to eat, take a shower, and rest first."

Although Li Yi seemed to be staying in the workshop these days, he had actually been in the dream space for nearly a year.

This jacquard floor machine has been the version he finally finalized after overturning more than a dozen versions.

Although it seems simple, it can indeed weave cloud brocade.

During these ten days, Li Yi spent a lot of energy.

Weaving brocade is very mentally demanding and an extremely time-consuming job.

Because two people are needed to operate the jacquard floor machine, and the efficiency is very slow.

Although Li Yi installed a connecting rod and could use his extraordinary strength to control the flower machine by himself, he could only weave five or six centimeters of Yun brocade in one day.

Therefore, if he wanted to weave enough brocade, he still had to use the time acceleration function in the eight-sided monument space.

"Please work harder, time will soon run out."

Director Zhu begged him, but Li Yi ignored him. After eating the meal cooked by Master Zhou, he went to take a bath, returned to the simple bed set up in the workshop, and fell asleep.

Director Zhu did not dare to rush him, so he could only stand guard at the door and asked the boss of the processing plant to stop working and get off work early so as not to affect Li Yi's rest.

Then, he moved a stool and sat at the door of the workshop, waiting for Li Yi to get up.

Li Yi slept until around nine o'clock the next day before waking up.

A night of deep sleep restored a lot of energy to him, and he felt refreshed.

But after he went out, he saw Director Zhu, whose eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, nodding like a chicken at the door.

Seeing this, Li Yi knew that he had been guarding him all night, and couldn't help but shook his head.

Li Yi knew that Director Zhu had something on his mind, which kept him awake.

So, Li Yi said to him who stood up after hearing the sound but almost fell down: "Go back and sleep peacefully! I'm counting the time, and I will never waste it."

But Director Zhu refused to go back and just returned to the car.

When Li Yi saw this, he didn't care about him. He just finished his meal and asked people to transport the raw materials into the workshop.

After closing the door, Li Yi lowered the tarpaulin hanging from the ceiling of the workshop to cover the jacquard floor machine and the raw materials below.Then, he picked up a chair, lifted the tarp and got in.

After a while, he returned to the Eight-sided Monument space with the jacquard floor machine and raw materials.

After skillfully activating the time acceleration, he began to prepare the raw materials.

Yun brocade can be roughly divided into four categories: Ku satin, Ku brocade, Zhuanghua and woven gold.

What Li Yi wants to weave is the brocade with the most complicated craftsmanship.

Zhuanghuajin is the master of silk weaving technology, combining the essence of all silk weaving techniques from ancient times to the present.

The digging technique used in it is derived from the weaving techniques that emerged during the Warring States Period when Pingnu lived, as well as the tapestry silk tapestry of the Tang and Song Dynasties in later generations.

It uses colored velvet as the weft thread, which is also derived from the velvet brocade technique of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Its style of using a lot of gold threads is also a tradition passed down from the Yuan Dynasty when weaving gold brocades.

And its large patterns are improved from the original Xiaohualou jacquard technology.

When weaving it, it needs to use a unique process of "passing the warp and cutting the weft, digging out the flowers and weaving them, and picking out the flowers for different colors".

That is, weaving colored weft threads in the same shed in the weft direction according to actual needs.

This step not only tests the weaver's experience and skills, but also requires certain imagination and aesthetics.

It can even be said that the weaving of this kind of brocade is more like an artistic creation process. Basically, it cannot be replaced by machines and can only be done manually.

Zhuanghua brocade can also be divided into Zhuanghua satin, Zhuanghua Luo, Zhuanghua gauze, Zhuanghua tsumu and so on.

Generally, Zhuanghua brocade only highlights five-color patterns on the satin base, but what Li Yi planned to weave was nine-color brocade.

To be precise, it should be called [Golden Peacock Feather Nine-Colored Flower Yarn].

He will use three-color gold, that is, three-metal threads of gold, silver, and copper, as well as five-color silk, and colored velvet wrapped with peacock feathers, a total of nine different colors of raw materials to weave this makeup flower gauze cloud brocade.

Before starting to weave, the first thing he had to do was make peacock feather down.

The so-called peacock feather velvet is to wrap the brightest green feathers on the peacock's tail feathers around copper wire, turning it into an emerald green silk thread.

This step was very time-consuming, and it took Li Yi three days to complete the peacock feather velvet to be used.

Without wasting time, after he prepared the raw materials, he sat under the loom and started weaving.

Although in theory, the flower-making machine requires a weaver and a flower-drawing worker, and the two people can weave at the same time.

But that’s because the flower machine is too big and the silk thread is too long. The weaver can’t climb up and down to lift the warp, so he can only find a flower puller to help.

However, Li Yi installed two additional connecting rods. He only needed to pull them down hard to pull up the warp threads through the lever principle.

The weight of the connecting rod is not light, and coupled with the tight elasticity of the gold wire, if it weren't for Li Yi's strengthened body, he might not be able to pull it.

Therefore, only players with extraordinary abilities like Li Yi can play this Hualou machine successfully.

Time passed by minute by second, and while Director Zhu was waiting anxiously, the time came to the afternoon of November 11th.

The closed workshop door opened. Director Zhu jumped up when he heard the movement.

It was not yet dinner time when Li Yi showed up. He naturally knew what this meant.

When he saw Li Yi appearing at the door and the roll of exquisite brocade that Li Yi held in his hand, reflecting the gleaming light under the setting sun, his howl even scared Xiao Zhao beside him. Ju Ling almost thought that a wolf had entered the processing plant.

"Yunjin!"

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