Chapter 1017: The Blood Queen 25
Jiang Cicada stood aside, different from the embarrassment of other vampires, she was clean all over her body. Who let all the heavy work be done by these crazy people?
When Nida came over with the cloth, the open space in front of Jiang Chan's residence was full of dye barrels, and there were fifty or sixty of them at a glance. Nida had never known that there were so many colors, and her eyes were full of flowers.
"Oh my God, there are so many colors, how beautiful it would be to be dyed. Nida exclaimed, not even noticing the many vampires standing in the courtyard.
Seeing Nida, Solon raised an eyebrow at Jiang Chan and asked who it was.
Jiang Chan smiled: "Nida, this is one of my uncles, these are all relatives of our family, the dyes we have configured are ready, it just so happens that you come over, we will dye these cloths today." ”
"This is Nida, the wife of the carpenter Jones, who has recently been weaving cloth at home, and this is the finished cloth. ”
Taking the cloth from Nida's hand, Jiang Chan touched it: "Coarse linen? It is estimated that such a cloth cannot be sold at a price." ”
"There is too little fine twine at home, I will prepare more next time. "Nida is a little embarrassed, trying to weave more cloth when she goes back, she can't waste such a precious dye, right?
"There is still half a month, it is the season of cotton harvest, with cotton, there is no need to weave these burlap, cotton cloth is the most skin-friendly. ”
Glancing at the cotton field not far away, Jiang Chan smiled and dispelled Nida's idea.
"How's the loom Jones doing? How many have you done it? When the cotton is received, there will definitely not be enough looms except to make quilts and cotton clothes. ”
The father and son are now at home concentrating on making looms, spinning machines and tools for breaking cotton wool. Facing so many people at once, Nida was a little restrained, and only dared to look at Jiang Chan and speak.
Solon raised his eyebrows: "Malvina, what are the spinning machines and the tools for beating cotton wool? Seeing that you have been busy with a lot of things during this time, why don't you call us such a good thing?"
"It's like, next time there's something like this, you'll have to call us along. The rest of the vampires protested, and when they were bored and empty in the castle, this man did so many interesting things in the village?
Jiang Chan spread his hands: "Dye the cloth first, and then talk about the rest later, you want to see that of course there is a chance." ”
Her cotton mill was short of people, and it would be nice if someone could help manage it. Find something to do for these people, so that they don't have to do nothing in the castle all day.
"Let's do it, what are we going to do?"
Before Nida could come back to her senses, the cloth in Jiang Chan's hand was snatched by two men, and their eyes were shining when they looked at Jiang Chan, which was full of interest when they found something interesting.
Someone took over, and Jiang Chan was also happy to move his mouth. She stood by the dye bucket, directing the vampires to dye the cloth, fish it out and pass it through the water, and so on, and the final result was a blood-colored burlap.
Well, in the eyes of vampires, blood is the most beautiful color. Even Jiang Chan himself has several blood-colored cloaks.
"This color is so pretty!" muttered Nida, looking at the cloth hanging on the pole.
"It's really good, and if it's made into a skirt, it looks even better. Jiang Chan picked up a branch casually, sketched a few strokes on the ground, and the style of a simple and elegant dress appeared on the ground.
"It's so beautiful. Nida stared at the picture several times, wondering if she could make it.
"Vina still has this hand? From now on, we will not have to worry about wearing clothes, not just skirts, but also shirts and pants and so on. Looking at Jiang Chan, Jiang Chan's man who was about the same age smiled, they have a good relationship with Jiang Chan, and they talk to each other very casually.
"Yes, when the cotton cloth is produced, we can make all kinds of clothes. ”
"Then you're going to open another clothing workshop. ”
Everyone talked and laughed, and suddenly felt that such a day was extremely comfortable, not like before.
Nida left the cloth behind, and Jiang Chan gave Nida gold coins at the market price, which Nida refused. Nida's only request was to want the dyed red cloth, and Jiang Chan agreed.
When Nida returned, she was followed by a vast crowd of people. If it weren't for the fear of scaring the villagers, I guess all these vampires would have followed.
This is not Jiang Chan, so that Henry and Henry accompany Nida back, and she stays at home to entertain Solon and the others.
After all, Solon is a vampire who has passed hundreds of years, comparable to a walking encyclopedia, and even some secrets he knows all the secrets, Jiang Chan has already seen his pink gossip heart from under his serious appearance.
It is rare to meet Jiang Chan who is willing to listen to him talk about the ancients, and Solon can be said to have opened the conversation box, and he is talking endlessly in the living room. Many vampires just want to plug their ears, and Solon is too good to say.
What solved them was the loom and spinning machine brought back by Henry and others, and when they saw these novelties, Solon closed his mouth.
Who doesn't have a curiosity anymore?
These vampires were as if they had found some kind of toy, and it was a great thing to say.
Soon it was time for the cotton to ripen, and the villagers, young and old, were all armed to pick cotton peaches. The picked peaches need to be dried on the field until the peaches crack, and then the cotton is taken out and then seeded and processed.
The dried cotton was sent to the cotton workshop, and the villagers came to the workshop to make cotton wool, while the girls spun thread in the workshop, and there were basically no idlers in the village except for the children.
When these people came, they were poor and white, and Jiang Chan asked them to plant cotton, and they could keep 30% of it, and the rest had to be given to Jiang Chan, because the seeds and fields were provided by Jiang Chan. But the grain is still collected at 30% of the rent, and if she collects 70% of the rent, these villagers will not be able to support their families if they are tired.
By next year, they only need to hand over 30% to Jiang Chan, and they can keep the rest for themselves, and they can send the surplus cotton to the workshop or the market as they please.
Seeing that the quilt was soft and fluffy, like clouds in the sky, the villagers who were still hesitant all changed their minds, and all the thirty percent of the cotton they kept was taken to the workshop to be replaced with quilts.
Even if they keep it in their hands, they can't make anything, so it's better to change it to a quilt, so that the winter will be better.
The quilts are all out, will the cotton cloth be far away? Jones and his sons, with a few carpenters, worked day and night, and finally made thirty looms. Nida became the master of the weaving mill and her craft was the most exquisite.