Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 84 Cashmere
"Feng Aiqing, what are the remaining boxes?" Li Shimin watched with satisfaction as Feng Daiwen and the others finished dividing up the ownership of the paper, and asked:

"Returning to the saint, this is a way of making money that I found in Shuofang for the local people. It can not only make people no longer afraid of the cold in winter, but also allow the people to earn some wages." Feng Daiwen opened the box as he said,

"Clothes? What is this made of?" Li Shimin knew that Feng Daiwen bought wool in Shuofang, guessed that it was made of wool, or looked at the clothes in his hand and asked:

"Returning to the saint, this is made of wool, thicker than ordinary linen, and keeps warm." Feng Daiwen distributed the clothes inside to the previous ministers for viewing, and said to Li Shimin:
"That's right. It doesn't have the dry smell of sheep, but it's a little rough. It might not be comfortable to wear next to your body." Changsun Wuji looked at it and said:

"What is the cost?" Li Shimin asked the question he was most concerned about.

"This kind of the roughest clothes only cost 20 yuan a piece," said Feng Daiwen:
"It's not bad for 20 Wen, and the common people can afford it. It's really warm," Fang Xuanling wrapped his clothes around his hands and felt for a moment:

"What Mr. Fang said is true. Please see, this is designed for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." Feng Daiwen called a royal guard and asked him to take off his coat and armor and put on tight woolen clothes, that is, round clothes with high collars and round clothes. The two long sleeves are exactly the same as the high-necked pullover sweater of later generations. The lower body is pants, hood, socks, scarf, and gloves.It became a person completely surrounded by clothes, except for his eyes, his mouth and nose were outside.

"Okay, okay," Li Shimin looked at the guard who had taken off his clothes and his face was covered with sweat with bright eyes, walked down happily and shouted: After all, it is October and the weather has begun to turn cold, and the guard is sweating all over after wearing it for a while , It can be seen how to keep warm.

"That's right, that's right. In the future, I, Tang Dynasty, can also send troops in winter, and I, Tang Erlang, will no longer be afraid of the cold." Qin Qiong also said happily.

"This is the cashmere coat I dedicated to the saint," Feng Daiwen took out a snow-white robe-like dress from the box, with white jade as the button and gold thread border, which looked luxurious but not extravagant.

Li Shimin took the clothes from his son-in-law Xiaojing with a happy smile, nodded in satisfaction, touched them with his hands and asked in doubt, "Why is this one so soft, smoother than silk, and so light?"

"Hui Shengren, this is made of cashmere. It is made of the finest hair of goats in spring and summer. It took more than 30 skilled women for more than 30 days and more than 100 processes to completely remove the peculiar smell and make it soft. It is the best. The cashmere of [-] goats is only two taels, and I made five top-grade pieces from the hundreds of thousands of sheep in Shuofang, and this one was specially made by the saints for the people of Shuofang who deeply feel the grace of the saint.” Feng Daiwen introduced slightly exaggeratedly:

"Haha, okay, I have to think carefully about the treasures offered to me by others, and I can accept them with peace of mind, haha." Li Shimin laughed so hard that people put them away.

"Is Feng Hou's thing too extravagant?" Li Gang frowned and said:
"Mr. Li's words are wrong. This cashmere is something that sheep keep out of the cold in winter. It will fall off at the turn of spring and summer. We just use it. Why do we say it is extravagant? Besides, the common people also have more work. This is why we are officials. The responsibility lies." Seeing Li Gang's criticism, Feng Daiwen retorted without hesitation:

"Haha, Feng Aiqing's achievements are obvious to all. I am very relieved. Aiqing just returned to Chang'an and went down to have a good rest," Li Shimin said when he saw Li Gang standing there speechless in embarrassment.

"Thank you, Saint, for your understanding, I will resign." Feng Daiwen took advantage of the opportunity to resign when he saw that there was nothing else to do.

Just as Feng Daiwen walked out of the main hall, an eunuch trotted over and said, "Master Hou, the Supreme Emperor has an invitation."

Feng Daiwen followed the little eunuch to the Imperial Garden, only to find that Li Yuan was basking in the sun with a large family, and the eldest grandson took the children to wait on him.

"Haha, Feng Erlang, I heard that you brought a lot of things back, but there is a gift from me," Li Yuan shouted loudly when he saw Feng Daiwen coming all the way:
"I've seen the emperor's grandfather, empress, all the princes and princesses," Feng Daiwen smiled and saluted Li Yuan and others who were living more and more like children:

"Haha, hurry up and tell me what to bring back. You are not in Chang'an, and no one will find anything interesting for me. It is really boring." Li Yuan laughed loudly and said:

"It's not fun, but the boy brought back a good thing for the emperor," Feng Daiwen asked someone to take out a cashmere robe and a pair of cashmere trousers and hand them to Li Yuan.

"Hmph, what kind of good thing do I consider, but a leather dress? I don't have any good ones? Bear skin, tiger skin, which one does I not have?" Li Yuan saw that it was a fur-covered dress, and he was directly dissatisfied without asking what kind of fur it was. said:

Feng Daiwen explained with a wry smile: "Grandpa Huang underestimated this dress, it is a cashmere coat, the down of tens of thousands of goats can make a robe like this, it can be said to be more expensive than gold, and more exquisite than tiger skins, etc. It's lighter and warmer, Grandpa Huang can't walk around the palace wearing a tiger skin."

Li Yuan thought about how he looked wearing tiger skin and couldn't help cursing with a smile: "Stinky boy, you are right, so I will accept it, and what about my story."

Feng Daiwen pretended to wipe the non-existent Hanshui and quickly handed over the story he had prepared a long time ago: "Hey, Grandpa Huang, they are all here,"

Li Yuan took it happily and said with a big laugh, "Haha, tricky, it's you who understands me."

Feng Daiwen took out two women's coats. These two coats were completely modeled after the coats of later generations, with high collars, double breasts, and gemstone buttons. One was embroidered with a phoenix and pearls in gold silk, and the other was embroidered with a flower in gold silk. The huge lotus is on the back, handed to the eldest grandson and Guang'an respectively,
Guang'an bowed his head shyly and took it. The eldest grandson asked the two maids to look at it and said with a satisfied smile: "You have a conscience, and you know how to respect this palace."

Feng Daiwen chuckled and said, "This is one of the betrothal gifts for my son to marry the princess."

The eldest grandson snorted coldly and said, "Just one piece of clothing as a dowry, although the clothes are good, you mean that my daughter is only worth one piece of clothing?"

Feng Daiwen couldn't help explaining with a wry smile: "Your Majesty misunderstood, what I'm talking about is the technique of making clothes. Ordinary woolen clothes cost only ten yuan, ordinary cashmere can sell for a few pennies, and cashmere clothes are not sold if they are less than ten pennies. Like This kind of high-quality goods must at least wait for heavy gold, and the empress also knows that wool and cashmere are cheap, and currently only Erchen can make this kind of wool clothes that have no peculiar smell, are warm and soft."

The eldest grandson immediately smiled and said: "Well, okay, this is a good boy. Knowing that Bengong's hands are tense, he sent money to Bengong. The maid you trained to make cotton clothes in the past happens to be fine now, so it's up to you It's arranged. I will leave [-]% for Guang'an as a dowry."

This is really generous, I dare not refuse, just like people say that life is like that,,, can only be enjoyed,,, Feng Daiwen quickly nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)