It is not that Liang Zijun is cautious, but the world is sinister, and the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. Even if the trade of this cloth shop is not expected to grow, Liang Zijun must go to his hometown to go through this experience.

Liang Zijun has always wanted to go south to see in person in this place where hemp is grown, but because of the concerns of his father and mother at home, he has not been able to make the trip many times.

Qingping County this cloth workshop has been operating for 6 years and has accumulated a lot of confidence, the source of customers is stable, and there are a lot of embroidery workers and good embroiderers, even the nearby counties have famous customers who come to buy, it is to grasp the source of goods, and the quality must be high.

Moreover, Liang Zijun has the heart to open another cloth mill in the capital, although he does not dare to compete with those old cloth mills, but he also has a lot of money to do some middle and downstream businesses. And although there is no competitiveness at the beginning, but over time, as long as the goods are good, are you afraid that you will not be able to attract first-class customers?

Liang Zijun has a flexible brain, and has lived in the capital for a while, this idea has already taken shape, just to ensure the quality of the supply, he can discuss the opening of a store with his eldest brother.

At that time, he will still be stationed in Qingping County, and the Beijing Cloth Workshop only needs to hire a stable shopkeeper, and then let the eldest brother help watch from time to time.

After arriving at the original hometown, it has passed the beginning of winter, and the temperature in the original hometown is a little warmer than before the beginning of winter. Liang Zijun and his entourage first inspected the mulberry field, and then walked through the workshops one by one, until they touched all the types of woven cloth in detail, and Liang Zijun was completely relieved.

The Great Xia Kingdom mainly produces grain, silk, pottery, and other craft objects. Weapons such as metallurgy and forging were mainly exchanged from other countries through trade, and they were not considered strict in the Xia State because of the trend of valuing agriculture over commerce.

A small number of countries where the land is barren and rely on the purchase of grain to sustain natural disasters have clear regulations and restrictions, and all kinds of taxes not only inhibit the development of commerce, but also reduce the people who abandon agriculture and business to lowly status.

Even among the people, there is a saying that the good and the lowly do not marry, which originally refers to the disdain of the good family to sell themselves into slavery or to marry happily, and if the marriage is forced, the children need to be married under the name of the lowly family, and the family tree must be expelled to avoid affecting the whole clan. Although it is unfair, it is subject to the imperial court and cannot resist, unless the family moves, even if there is a family fortune, it is also despised and cannot be respected.

Although the Liang family is also in business, a large number of ancestral fields are still farmers. A person with a peasant registration can do business, but he must have a land affiliation, and if he abandons farming and business (sells his land), he will change his household registration.

Therefore, although the status of merchants in the Xia Kingdom is low, but with the support of the imperial court, there will be no unjust treatment, and even the status of rich merchants is much higher than that of poor farmers. After all, living in the world, silver is the most affordable thing, and money can make ghosts grind, even if it is an official master, it is difficult to escape the temptation of profit.

The merchant has no power, but when the silver is in place, he can also borrow power, and through the silver, the merchant becomes a powerful rich man.

At the beginning of the previous dynasty, the use of clothing and fabrics was also divided into three classes.

When silk was first used in garment making, it was only used by royal nobles and officials. Only middle-class people such as merchants, students, and landlords with certain economic strength can wear cotton cloth. The people at the bottom mostly wore linen cloth and kudzu clothes.

In order to promote trade and improve the living standards of the bottom, the imperial court promulgated a new decree to abolish restrictions and encourage farmers to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, and vigorously produce silk for trade. Those who were able to wear silk clothes were allowed to wear silk shirts, but their special patterns and top-quality fabrics were still only allowed to be worn by royal nobles and officials at all levels. The people should distinguish between styles and patterns, and should not imitate them.

Therefore, even if ordinary people wear clothes that are good and luxurious, they can still identify their identities from the clothing.

Silk is just a general term, if the fabric can be subdivided into several kinds, brocade and satin are the most common, mostly used to make zuò coats, skirts, belly pockets, quilts, covers, etc.

Subdivided into: Su brocade, Ling brocade, cloud brocade, Shu brocade, brocade, jade brocade, rain flower brocade, scattered flower brocade, color halo brocade, rain silk brocade, weaving gold brocade, flower brocade. Snow satin, flower soft satin, plain soft satin, brocade satin, antique satin, makeup satin.

Silk is divided into semi-permeable and impermeable due to different weaving methods, and is mostly used for cutting underwear, handkerchiefs, bed tents, screens, wall hangings, etc. There are only three types of plain silk, jacquard silk and Tianxiang silk.

Silk yarn is a cloth that has become popular recently, and because of its light and transparent, it is mostly used for summer bed tents, women's dress decoration, filtering impurities, or used for screen embroidery.

Liang Zijun's biggest harvest this time is still silk, made of pure mulberry silk, it is light and soft, mainly used for calligraphy and painting mounting, and can also be used for clothing.

The ground pattern of silk fabric is a variety of warp twill tissue or warp twill organization-based, mixed with other tissues woven into the floral fabric, the flower silk color is beautiful, the feel is soft, and it can be used for four seasons clothing.

The flower silk is only for the imperial court, and the common people cannot wear it, so Liang Zijun only purchased the silk for the mounting of calligraphy and paintings, and if it is skillfully made, it is also a new fabric for clothing.

Liang Zijun's purchase of new fabrics is not in vain, and he has opened up new ideas, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy. After staying in his hometown for three days, he hurriedly set out on the road back to his hometown.

It took as much as half a month to go back and forth to the original hometown on the road, which was still rushed out by everyone lightly, and it was only after the delay in the original township and the southern city that he returned to Qingping County after 22 days.

The further back he went, the colder the weather became, and Liang Zijun put on a jacket (long cotton coat) early, but he still felt cold and cold on the horse, and his cheeks ached.

Near Qingping County, there is also a light snowfall, which should be the first snow of the year. The drizzle and snowflakes fluttered and fell, melted when they landed, turned into water droplets on their faces and hands, and slowly slipped down with less condensation and more condensation. After a while, a piece of his coat was soaked.

Liang Zijun rushed into Qingping County under the rain and snow, hit a horse to reach the post station, and had a hot meal with the strong man, then dismissed the attendants, and each of them rewarded half a tael of silver.

When I returned to the county seat, I didn't even bother to take a bath, so I lay on the bed and fell asleep until I woke up hungry, and then I got up and went out to forage for food.

What Liang Zijun bought in Qingping County is a courtyard house composed of houses on four sides. There are three main rooms, and there is an ear room on each side, a total of five rooms, called "three positive and two ears". There are three east and west wings on both sides of the south side of the main house, which are arranged in the shape of "product" with the main house.

Opposite the main house is the south room, also known as the inverted seat room. Its eaves wall is near the alley, the doors and windows are facing north, and the lighting is not good, so it is generally used as a guest room or a house where people live, the westernmost is the toilet, and the easternmost is the house door.

The door of the house occupies the size of the first house of the landlord of the inverted seat, and after entering the door, you are greeted by the shadow wall of the mountain (zhaobi) inlaid on the south gable wall of the east wing, and you can enter the courtyard by turning left through the guò screen door.

Before going out, Liang Bo, who was watching the yard, had already been surprised that Liang Zijun went home every once in a while, and squatted in the yard with the freshly made porridge without raising his head.

Liang Zijun pouted slightly, what kind of life is he? Neither of them takes him seriously.

Fill your stomach, swaying into the Liang Ji Cloth Workshop, the guy and the shopkeeper stepped forward attentively, Liang Zijun looked at the cloth rolls that had just been put on the shelves for a few days like a rich young master, and asked, "I got a lot of new materials~"

"The third master came in a hurry, these fabrics have just been put on the shelves, they are the latest fabrics, this is winter, should the third master also make two changes of clothes?"

Xiao Er's eyes were unhappy, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to turn around and bring a new cup of tea and put it on the table.

Liang Zijun looked around, sat on the edge of the table with his legs crossed, and slowly tasted the tea.

"I was busy dizzy a while ago, and I forgot to leave two pieces of good material for the third master to cut autumn and winter clothes, this time I arrived at Yunjin with the best feel, why don't you leave a piece for you?"

Liang Zijun glanced at him with the corners of his mouth, spit out the tea stalks, and said in a light tone, "I still trust the eyes of the second shopkeeper, so I will pick a few pieces of vegetarian ingredients for you to make."

"Gotta ~ I do something, you can rest assured, I will pick a plain material for you to cut, our third master's figure, the cleaner the temperament, the more lining your nobility" The second shopkeeper smeared Liang Zijun, who praised like honey, slightly picked the corners of his mouth.

"I don't know if the clothes I made for the young grandmother a few days ago can be dressed? If I don't do it well, I will send it back to the embroiderer and return all the silver to you."

"It's quite proper, but the style is not in my eyes, and he doesn't like it, I have explained to your big shopkeeper later, I'll go and see if the new clothes look good after a while" Liang Zijun put down the teacup and looked around with raised eyebrows.

When the second shopkeeper heard this, he immediately scolded himself for being cheap, and hurriedly said, "Look at this misunderstanding, grandma doesn't like complicated styles." Blame me for not being careful, you don't like fancy, presumably the young grandmother must also be a lord who likes to be simple and generous, or you will take a look at the little clothes you just sent?

Liang Zijun didn't break it, hooked his lips and got up, shook his hem, and followed the attentive second shopkeeper towards the shelf.

"This embroidery lady craftsmanship is good, just sent 5 pieces, in a blink of an eye was picked away three pieces, the remaining two pieces are not leftovers, but our big shopkeeper looked at the novelty of the style, deliberately picked a high price and other customers with eyes to come to the door" two shopkeepers tongue can lotus, will pick the rest of the belly pocket to say, immediately raise the price.

Liang Zijun just didn't understand, and took two belly pockets to look at them carefully, this ordinary person buys private objects for his daughter-in-law and hides them, so Liang Zijun takes it in his hand as a matter of course and looks at it carefully.

There are a few female guests next to him who are selecting, and he can't help blushing when he looks at the things of the woman's house, throwing down the embroidered handkerchief he is looking at and taking a sip, and the guy sends the objects in the photo to the inner room to choose.

Liang Zijun raised his eyebrows, smiled romantically, picked up two sentences of fault as if he was like, picked up a piece and said, "This mandarin duck playing in the water, the style of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren is too old, your embroidery girl is quite skillful, and the embroidery of the plum blossom three times is remarkable, but it lacks a little fun, and of course the things worn in it are more ...... The better~ The second shopkeeper, you said yes or no?" Liang Zijun smiled evilly and raised his eyebrows at the second shopkeeper.