Chapter 333 [knitting sweaters]
The atmosphere in Lihua Palace is very good today. Li Jiang and Bu Rongyi, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, gathered together rarely, and were whispering to discuss the "new thing" brought by Bai Dong with Bijiu. Sometimes the three women would laugh extremely happily.
The lady's health is getting worse and worse. This year, when she was plowing this spring, she was still showing off. She actually took more than a dozen palace maids to pull a curved plow to plow the land. As a result, she blew her waist. Qin Yue people put needles and cupping in, and it took more than half a month to recover. After recovering from the illness, Li Jiang seemed to have figured it out. Now, in addition to the dean, she also visited Fengming Academy as the dean, discussing hundreds of schools of thought with Master Yan and Master Meng, and gradually gave the power in the Liyang Palace to Bu Rongyi. However, the lady of the lady seemed to regret it again. Her temper became more and more popular. She had already "fighted" several times openly and secretly with Bu Rongyi, who had just tasted the taste of power. The double-sided tape of Ying Quliang was extremely difficult.
Fortunately, Ying Quliang was not the Guangxu Emperor in later generations, otherwise Li Jiang would be a real old Cixi. Bu Rongyi would have to be taken to fill the well sooner or later, that would be really "not easy"...
Bai Dong had an idea, so he made a few bamboo needles and a few strange balls of Guli threads, which made Ying Quliang's mother and wife very happy. The two asked for advice and discussed the problem, and were more excited than the child. Xiao Yingsi was almost eight months old. She was being slapped on her waist with a cloth rope. She was babbling and studying the new world. Suddenly, she saw that her grandmother and her mother were only concerned about studying the "new toys" but no longer hugged them. The little guy immediately expressed his dissatisfaction and began to cry and declare his existence. However, Li Jiang and Bu Rongyi were immersed in the "sweater array" and "wool" sent by Bai Dong. They turned a deaf ear to the little guy and turned a blind eye.
Ying Quliang walked over and picked up his son. Not only did he not comfort him, he also stabbed his son's tender face with his beard a few times. Xiao Yingsi immediately cried louder, but his father said to Bai Dong proudly: "Did you see it? This is the seed of our old Qin, and men should have such loud crying! The father once said that a boy's crying when he was a child could resound throughout the family yard, and his roar could resound throughout the world in the future! My old Qin's man should have such ruthlessness, but a woman's kindness is not good."
"San brother, you are just talking for Silde? I didn't punish him severely. He just wanted to think about it for two hours every day, write a 'self-crime article' every day, and persist for three consecutive months. This is already a special extrajudicial kindness to him."
Bai Dong curled his lips slightly. Isn’t it just a child who is getting angry? Whose children are the same? Your son is dissatisfied with desire and acts spoiled, and he even brings up the kindness of a woman? After all, he just talks to Silde and speaks for the boy. It’s strange that Senior Brother Sun is a military genius, and it’s fine if he likes Silde’s bloodthirsty temperament. Third brother, you are the king of a country. Don’t you talk about loyalty and righteousness? Madaiwuli made a promise with Silde first, and then made great contributions to the old Qin. He just said that he wanted to take care of Qin and my face and killed people. It can be seen that this boy is cold-hearted and shouldn’t he punish him slightly?
"I like this guy Silde... Although killing is not a good thing, how can my future general, Lao Qin, not killing people? He is only sixteen years old? But after half a month, he not only killed the most powerful King Sek among the Rongs of the City, but also killed two of the most powerful tribes of the Qiang people. Isn't it just a little bit of that Sek woman? Last night, your sister-in-law praised him as a good child who is not deceived by beauty, and said that he will definitely have a great future in the future."
After Ying Quliang handed Ying Si back to the wet nurse, he smiled and said to Bai Dong: "For me, let him think about it every day. It's better not to write that 'Sinner'. Fourth, you don't have to look at me like this. Silde must be a general in the future, and he can't help you on the podium and be a gentleman like Wu Zhuan. You are, too, that child is the king of Yue in the future. Now you have been taught a nerd by you. I am afraid that even the people of Yue in the future will blame you. I am not just pleading for Silde for this 'wool', just that he wants someone to send it back? Even the Grand Lady and the Grand Lady like it. This is a great merit, and it's a demerit."
"This kind of thing is called felt thread, which is a specialty of the Western Regions. After the people of the Western Regions cut off the wool, they will crush it with large stones for a long time, and make something called felt blankets and spread it in a tent. They will also rub it into thread with their hands to weave some small items. However, the thread they make is not tough enough, and it will not be done if it is used to knit clothes. I asked the Gongshu to make a special spinning wheel, which can directly weave wool or re-knit felt thread, and with these sweater needles, you can make various beautiful sweaters."
"Fourth brother, I admire you more and more. You even understand such a woman's thing? Is there anything you don't understand in the world?"
Ying Quliang walked to the three women, one was the Grand Lady of Qin, the other was the Lady of Qin, and the other was the Lady of Pinyang. At this moment, the three ladies were gathering together, and Li Jiang and Bu Rongyi were both staring at the bitter wine with wide eyes. Seeing the three sweater needles in her hand, they gradually knitted the prototype of the clothes. They all felt that the wonders of the world were nothing more than that, so they also learned to knit them with needles and threads. But Bu Rongyi was a little clumsy and learned far less than Li Jiang, which made the Grand Lady very proud and laughed from time to time.
That's great. With this wool and sweater, my harem finally became harmonious! Ying Quliang turned around and blinked at Bai Dong repeatedly, and he was almost slapped in high-fives.
Bai Dong was actually very ashamed. How could he know how to knit sweaters? It was just that he was inspired by the felt thread sent by Silde. He asked the loser to make a spinning wheel. After making the yarn, he polished some sweater needles and told some memories of knitting sweaters in later generations to bitter wine.
Bitter wine is also smart, and she spent more than half a month fiddling out the weaving method of sweater. Although she has not mastered many needles and can't make any patterns. Fortunately, women in this era have time. As long as this method of knitting sweaters is passed on, it will attract countless skillful women to study, and sooner or later it will surpass future generations.
"Ping'anlang, our old Qin produces the most abundant warriors, and the second most abundant shrews. Although your sister-in-law is not a shrew, her relationship with the grandma... is also a headache for me. I, the ministers of the old Qin, have such troubles, and the same is true for the people. Now that you have your wool and sweater needles, it is simply a powerful tool to stabilize the family, wonderful, wonderful!" Ying Quliang was really happy. It was not too much to say that Bai Dong's move was to stabilize half of the old Qin, and he had to pay a lot of rewards.
"Haha, my third brother said this, but he underestimated the wool and sweater needles. Sweaters are of great use. With this thing, my old Qin soldiers will not suffer from the cold in autumn and winter. If they sell them to a bitter and cold place like the Zhao State of Yan, they will also earn countless money for me, Lao Qin, and this is not the most important thing..."
"Yan and Zhao are both rich in copper and iron. Just use the Qin Yuan to buy it, and the price will be doubled. It is really annoying! If they can earn their coins, they can buy a large amount of copper and iron at fair prices to strengthen my Qin national strength! Isn't this the most important thing?"
Ying Quliang is not confused, but expectation. Ping Anlang has never been a boastful person. He said that if there is a more important role, it must be there. It is really exciting.
"Du Zhi's caravan is ready to go, and the Bai family will also send a hundred large caravans. This time we went to the Western Regions, and the car was filled with Chinese linen, silk, tea and porcelain. However, the people in the Western Regions were very poor, and they probably didn't have much money to buy it, so I would allow them to exchange for wool... They will soon find that although they raised many sheep, there were not many wool-producing sheep that could meet the requirements. Then they will find that wool is such a precious thing, and they can change from us to the good thing they dreamed of..."
Bai Dong smiled and said, "The Rong people are the simplest and simple. If they find that raising sheep is more suitable than raising cattle, they will start to breed large amounts of wool. When they find that no matter how much wool is, it will be purchased by us at high prices or even exchanged for grain, they will even abandon the already few arable land and instead raise sheep... Third brother, if more than 80% of Rong people in the Western Regions come to raise sheep, and the only one who purchases wool will be our Lao Qin family, what will happen?" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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