bookrebus Chapter 400 Brocade
Chapter 400 Brocade
Gu Waner excitedly made the number 6 in the air with her fingers.
"6."
"so many people?"
"The women workers in the refugee camp were extremely strict. At first, they were just ordinary workers in the weaving workshop. Two of them were even apprentices and could not even weave fine cloth."
"If I hadn't told them that the Queen could help them change their identities, they would have kept their abilities to themselves and wouldn't reveal a single detail to anyone."
"Alas, they are all poor people. They must keep a low profile in the refugee camp. If they had revealed their abilities from the beginning, they might have been captured by someone with ulterior motives. It's hard to say whether they would be alive today."
If a weak woman wants to survive in Ningchuan City for a long time, she must be able to protect herself, otherwise it won’t take long before she becomes a fish on the chopping board and is at the mercy of others.
"Have you ever asked them what kind of brocade they can weave?"
"I asked around and found out that four people can weave Yuehua brocade, and two people whose skills are slightly worse can weave Hongluo brocade."
Ye Jintang had probably heard of Yuehua Brocade. He heard that Yuehua Brocade was as silky as water to the touch, and when worn on the body it felt like moonlight was falling on the body, with faint flashes of light, very gorgeous.
As for red brocade, it is a kind of brocade woven with beautiful patterns. Although it is called red brocade, it comes in many colors. Generally, only extremely wealthy families use red brocade to make clothes.
The prices of these two luxurious brocades are naturally very high. The Yuehua brocade costs over a thousand taels of silver, and even the slightly inferior Hongluo brocade costs several hundred taels of silver per piece.
Comparing the two, Ye Jintang chose Hong Luojin without hesitation.
Yuehua brocade is too expensive and the production cycle is relatively long, so it is unrealistic for her to produce it in large quantities.
"Cousin, can the four masters who weave Yuehua brocade all weave Hongluo brocade?"
"Will do."
"That's good. Give them the silk thread first and let them weave red brocade. After they have woven a sample, show it to Nanny Zhang and Nanny Liu. If there is no problem, let them each take two apprentices, weaving red brocade while teaching the apprentices."
"We should not rush for success. When spring comes, we will have 20 people painting red silk brocade."
After hearing what Ye Jintang said, Gu Wan'er was about to cry. Is this called not being impatient for success?
There are only two months left until the beginning of spring. It is extremely difficult to train female workers who can weave red brocade in such a short time.
Although Gu Wan'er was complaining about Ye Jintang in her heart, she agreed immediately.
In order to escape their status as refugees, the female workers in the weaving workshop would rather work day and night and risk their lives to learn how to weave red brocade, let alone learn it in two months.
In addition to talking about weaving, Gu Wan'er also brought a lot of silkworm cocoons to Ye Jintang.
"It's not a difficult job to spin silk from cocoons. The girls in the spinning workshop can learn it quickly. The sack of cocoons that the queen gave me yesterday has been processed. I brought all the silkworm pupae this morning and have just handed them over to Aunt Zhang."
Gu Wan'er continued a little embarrassedly, "When the next batch of silk cocoons arrives, can I keep some silkworm pupae for myself? I've been thinking about them since I ate them last time."
"It doesn't matter if there are just a few silkworm pupae. You can keep as many as you want. I'll have someone send you a few carriages in a while, and I guarantee you'll have enough to eat."
"Thank you, ma'am."
Upon hearing that there were so many silk cocoons, the smile on Gu Waner's face deepened.
She would eat a whole basin of such good silkworm pupae every day.
The two talked for a while in the room, and then Gu Wan'er left first. As soon as she left, the steward from the palace came over with something.
Ye Jintang was busy, and even when Xiao Mo came back, he had to wait for her for a while before they could have breakfast together.
After breakfast, they both went to their respective study rooms and continued to work.
"Madam, take a break. You have been writing for most of the morning."
Seeing that Ye Jintang was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of tea, Nanny Zhang felt sorry for her and specially brought her some health-preserving tea.
"The female medical apprentices are learning very quickly, so I have to hurry up and finish writing my second medical book, lest by the time the female medical apprentices have finished the first book, I still haven't finished the second one."
Seeing Ye Jintang like this, Nanny Zhang couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty is so busy, when will you be able to give birth to a little prince?"
"I'm so busy, I won't have time to take care of the little prince even if I give birth to him?"
Ye Jintang was very helpless as she was urged to give birth again. She didn't understand what was good about having a naughty child and why so many people wanted her to have one. She didn't want to give birth to a little devil to torture herself.
"Your Highness only needs to be responsible for giving birth to the young master. Leave the rest to me. I will definitely raise the young master to be fat and white."
Ye Jintang was simply at a loss for words. Is it enough to just give birth to a child and feed him? The most important thing is education. It would be fine if she was only responsible for giving birth.
She was busy in the morning and when she was having lunch at noon, she saw the fried silkworm pupae on the table and suddenly had an idea. Should she open a restaurant? She would definitely not be short of silkworm pupae in the future, but she wondered if she could not sell them at a good price if she opened a restaurant in Ningchuan City.
Silkworm pupae are not easy to store. It is not so difficult in winter because the weather is cold and they can be transported farther away. However, it may be difficult to transport them in other seasons.
Forget it, she would collect the silkworm pupae and put them in a space for the time being, and take them out again when she had the chance.
I didn’t feel that the space preservation function was very useful before, but now it seems to have many uses.
"What smells so good?"
As Xiao Mo entered the flower hall, he smelled the aroma of fried silkworm pupae.
"It's silkworm pupae. Your Majesty, come and taste it to see how it tastes."
Looking at the plate of insects, Xiao Mo was a little dumbfounded.
"Is this edible?"
"Of course, Your Majesty, you won't know if it tastes good after you try it."
Like Gu Wan'er, Xiao Mo was learning for the first time that silkworm pupae could be eaten in this way.
Xiao Mo, who was shocked at first, ate half of a silkworm pupa and even asked Luzhu to bring him a pot of wine.
After a busy morning, Xiao Mo felt refreshed after drinking a little wine and drinking fried silkworm pupae.
"Jintang, do you have any silkworm pupae left? I'll give some to Shi Bin and the others so they can have a taste."
"As many as you want, just let me know when you need it."
"it is good."
After lunch, Xiao Mo was not lucky enough to rest, so he went to the front yard to work again.
Ye Jintang originally wanted to lie down on the bed and rest.
But she didn't dare to let herself go completely. After lying on the couch to rest for a while, she entered the space to plant cotton.
The space has been very busy recently. She has to grow cotton, and also find time to plant some medicinal herbs and mulberry trees. Sometimes she is so busy that she always forgets about the cocoons. When she sees the butterflies all over the space, she realizes that the cocoons have broken.
Picking up the broken cocoons again, Ye Jintang wondered if these cocoons could be used for training by novices.
Ordinary silkworm cocoons cannot be used to spin yarn after hatching butterflies, but her cocoon is large, and although there are some broken threads during spinning, there are not too many, so it should be suitable for beginners to practice.
So Ye Jintang sent all the broken silk cocoons accumulated in the space to Gu Wan'er and asked her to deal with them.