Heavy snow closed the roads, and the ice broke the river.

Even the paths between the houses in the village were flooded by heavy snow.

The people of the Liu clan in Lousang Village were not afraid of ice and snow, got up early, stepped on the snow and rushed to the ancestral shrine.

Liu Bei, who was dressed in wolf skin in the ancestral hall, stood in the center of the crowd with several clan uncles and old patriarchs. In the ancestral hall, there are several marching cauldrons, and the thick pulp in the pot is red, and the bubbles are surging. It is the boiled kraft gum.

Around a bronze cauldron, craftsmen are demonstrating how to make a hemp mat. At present, hemp cushions can not only be used as mattresses, collapse cushions, but also as cushions.

If it is a specialty, it must be able to produce it in large quantities. Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve a climate. The point is, it's easy to imitate. Just find a good craftsman to disassemble the hemp mat, which is clear. Therefore, before it was created, Lousang Village had to produce in large quantities and form a climate as soon as possible.

Liu Bei originally wanted to teach everyone in the village. But the old patriarch shook his head categorically. Not only is the number of people strictly limited, but also the children of the Liu clan in Zhuo County can inherit this skill.

The same is true of several clan uncles.

Liu Bei was stubborn, so he had to agree.

There is actually nothing technical about this kind of thing. The key is to grasp a few tricks.

Compared to Liu Bei, who invented hemp mats. Craftsmen drew inferences from one case to another, and invented the technique of using different kinds of hemp silk such as hemp, ramie, hemp, and kudzu (kudzu vine), supplemented by different amounts of cow glue, to make hemp mats with different softness and hardness. Moreover, each process is optimized in a targeted manner. The making of hemp mats has become a skill that is pleasing to the eye and can be passed on to future generations.

Liu Bei saw it, and couldn't help but praise himself.

Ingenuity.

That's it.

Spread a hemp mat in front of the hall. The old patriarch tried it, and he was really comfortable. What a pension artifact!

"How much does it cost to build this mat?" The old patriarch asked with a smile.

An ordinary straw mat costs 15 cents.

The cost of hemp mat is mainly: hemp silk, cow glue, lining yarn, brocade cover.

Ten dollars a pound of hemp silk, and two hundred dollars a piece of raw cowhide. A piece of cloth is two feet two inches (51.5 centimeters) wide, four feet (9.36 meters) long, and five hundred dollars per piece of yarn. A horse of Shu brocade can be sold for three stone grains in the north, which is worth thousands of dollars.

Liu Bei roughly calculated, and then replied: "Fifteen hundred dollars." ”

"Can it be sold for 3,000?" The old patriarch asked again.

"Two thousand is enough." For half of the benefits, Liu Bei felt that it was too high.

"Really, man." The old patriarch sighed with a smile.

The linen mat is more than three inches (10 centimeters) thick and eight feet four inches (2 meters) long. The total weight is about 100 pounds!

The hemp silk is heavy, and the cow glue is also heavy. Layer by layer smeared and then pressed into a cake by bluestone, how can it not be heavy!

A hemp mat earns five hundred dollars.

It's already a huge profit.

You must know that a sheep is only 500 yuan!

Listen to the old patriarch's meaning, and the village is going to build a new house?

Why is that?

I asked Fang Zhi, it turns out that in this era, there is an outstanding craft, how crazy it will be!

Take the bees raised by Liu Bei as an example. In the early years, people cut down the trunks of trees with wild honeycombs and hung them under the walls of their houses to raise them. Later generations "Gao Shi Biography" contains: During the Yanxi period, there was a famous Jiang Qi, 'secluded, with bees and pigs as things, professors all over the world, more than 300 businessmen. Thousands of people live there. ’

A hermit who can keep bees and pigs, thousands of families follow him to live in seclusion!

It is not difficult to imagine that once the hemp mat became a specialty of Lousang Village. The people of ten miles and eight towns will flock to vote!

Settlements and settlements gather to form villages.

Unlike the retreat, settling in Lousang Village is a problem.

More on that later.

First, the skills of making hemp mats were taught to the children of the clan.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow to close the road, the Liu family of Zhuo County stepped up their practice. After the beginning of spring, when the ice melts and the sun is warm, the production will be stepped up.

Liu Bei has also sent a letter to Geng Yong. Tuo He bought hemp silk and animal skins on his behalf and kept them for later use.

I didn't think it before. After two more horses suddenly appeared in the backyard, it suddenly felt a lot of noise. Coupled with drinking water and grass feeding, horse manure accumulated. The smell is getting muddy. Only then did Liu Bei understand the benefits of entering the courtyard three times. The front and back yards are indeed not suitable for raising livestock.

The front yard has to welcome guests, and naturally it can't be moved.

Or according to what the third uncle said, divide the backyard into two courtyards. The cattle prison stables are singled into a courtyard, and the corner door is in and out.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei felt that it was most appropriate to pull another backyard.

I don't know the triple courtyard, is it overdue?

Liu Bei asked his mother about this matter first. Mother quoted scriptures and recited them backwards. Anyway, it's a felony of the Nine Clans.

But to Liu Bei's ears, it seems that those murderous laws related to transgression are mostly to prevent the princes from sitting big and threatening the centralization!

To this end, the Han law also set a series of charges to punish the princes and their comrades. For example, the princes imitated the clothes of the Son of Heaven without authorization, the carriages and horses, the palace, the ceremonial music, etc., all of which were transgressive.

The same applies to all officials except the princes. In addition, among the crimes of corruption and dereliction of duty by officials, there are also crimes such as overstepping, trespassing, and disrespect. Overstepping, trespassing, and faux pas, etc., not only refer to violations of etiquette, excessive use of clothes, carriages, palaces, etc., but also include disrespectful behaviors such as words and deeds.

Violations of these charges are naturally subject to severe sanctions.

Just as the purpose of these crimes is to prevent superiors and subordinates, and to prevent relatives from neglecting.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the biggest internal trouble has always been the princes.

However, this is no longer the case.

The wolf smoke is everywhere, and the thieves are constantly fighting. The power of the imperial court is declining, while the power of the state and county is rising. Some feudal officials and local tycoons have exceeded the rules in their mansions and residences, which is particularly serious. The imperial court has more than enough heart but not enough strength. The people even built walls and associations to defend themselves.

In short, if the people do not raise it, the officials will not be held accountable.

Don't say anything about the feudal officials, the landlords are strong. Liu Xiaopang is not even a small landlord!

Who has the leisure to check him?

Besides, everyone in the village is of the same clan, who else is going to expose it?

"Four People's Moon Order": "In February, Shunyang practiced shooting, so as to be prepared. ”

Yang energy is gradually born, and everything is revived.

Just after the sting, several arrow targets were set up in the backyard of Liu Bei's house. The third uncle, who is the first archer in the clan, is urging Liu Xiaopang to practice archery. The snow in the courtyard has been cleared with the help of the Zongren. As soon as the sun shines, the brick floor dries.

Ershi's Xiongnu bow, Liu Bei could barely pull it away. The third uncle saw that he was too struggling, so he changed the wooden bow he used for practice. Just like the two-handed sword fighting technique taught by Gongsun Clan, what was trained at this time was mostly proficiency.

As for speed and strength, when Liu Bei becomes an adult, he will be enough.

Since he started to sink stones to open up wasteland and pass on the art of making mats, the sect has long stopped treating him as a child. The old patriarch then asked the third uncle to teach him carefully, and he couldn't neglect it for a day.

Sooner or later, he will be restored. It's a fairy tale. However, the people of the Liu clan gradually believed it.

If you weren't born with Liu Sandun, how could you understand these craftsman thaumaturgy?

After familiarizing himself with the "Four Peoples Moon Order", Liu Bei suddenly opened. For example, he knew: "From the first month to the end of the summer, you must not cut down trees, but silverfish will grow." "From the first month to June, it is not advisable to cut wood. It is the breeding season of insects, and wood must have insects.

It is obviously out of place to renovate the old house now.