After visiting the front store, Zhao Hao came to the huge dyeing workshop behind.

In the dyeing workshop, the most eye-catching thing is naturally the hundreds of wooden frames that are more than two feet high. The shelves are full of colorful fabrics, like long flags, fluttering in the breeze.

Zhao Hao is very common in film and television dramas, usually either murder or cheating, anyway, it is not suitable for children. Zhihu Zhihu, what is the specific?

Ruan Fan told Zhao Hao that this big shelf is called a cloth drying rack, which is used to dry printed and dyed fabrics.

Zhao Hao put away his charming thoughts and bypassed the drying rack full of stories. I saw hundreds of large vats, neatly placed in the open space. Each cylinder has a wooden plank on it.

Without Ruan Fan's introduction, Zhao Hao also knew that this was a dye vat. For he saw a worker, who fished out the cloth from the jar and put it on the pallet board to drain the water.

There is also a row of smooth wooden stakes buried behind the cylinder. The workers put the cloth after controlling the water on the wooden stake. Another short wooden stick is inserted into it and twisted to remove the water. The water flowing on the ground is colorful and eye-catching.

Zhao Haoxin said, this is thanks to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, otherwise you will not be able to take care of yourself without punishing yourself.

Only then did he realize that the courtyard was high in the middle and low on both sides, so that the water dripping from the drying rack or the water leaching from the dye vat flowed to the culverts on both sides of the workshop, so that the whole yard would not be muddy all day long.

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In the past, in this open-air area, there was a fire shed.

I saw dozens of stoves under the greenhouse, and hot water was churning in the cauldron on the table.

The stove greenhouse is also divided into two areas: left and right.

The pot on the left is boiling water. The shirtless worker carefully threw rolls of white Songjiang cloth into the pot, and then gently stirred it with a wooden stick, and the pot was like a huge white peony blooming.

Ruan Fan told Zhao Hao that the cloth needed to be boiled in water before dyeing it to remove the 'pulp power' of the cloth...... In fact, it is to remove the starch components in the cotton cloth, so that it is soft and easy to color, and it will not fade for a long time. The boiled white cloth should be sent to water control to dry before it can be used again.

Zhao Hao looked at the stove on the right, there was a dyeing master wearing a robe and an apron, holding a basin and adjusting the pigments into the pot.

He had watched "The Great Dyeing Workshop" and knew that the reason why the dyeing master could eat white flour buns was because he mastered the recipe of the pigment. There are thousands of people in this workshop, and all the steps cannot be hidden, only this color mixing link is matched by the master himself behind closed doors.

In order to keep it secret, they would have the apprentice keep a lot of useless ingredients in the house, so that you could not guess which ingredients he used and how many of each.

After the dye is prepared, some people directly put the white cloth into the pot and cook it together, which is called 'boiling and dyeing'. But most of them still wait for the dye liquid to cool down and add it to the dye vat for dipping.

After the dyed cloth is dried, it has to be rinsed two or three times to remove the floating color. In this step, all the water used is female workers.

Zhao Hao is not surprised by this, because since ancient times, the proportion of women in Jiangnan who go out to work is the highest in the country.

After rinsing, there is the final step – rolling the cloth.

This link largely determines the appearance of the dyed cloth. If it is milled well, it can make the handmade cotton cloth with a rough surface become smooth and bright, and the quality can be greatly improved. If you can't grind it well, no matter how good it is, it's useless......

Wuhu pulp dyeing industry can crown the country, inseparable from the local size of Jingshan, the production of stone cold and greasy, is the best stone grinding materials. The Wuhu Pulp Dyeing Guild even bought the two mountains and did not allow outsiders to mine them, which shows the importance of raw materials for grinding stone.

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After visiting all the processes, it was almost noon.

In fact, Zhao Hao is a big layman, what kind of door can he see? Only through the layout of the workshop, the stockpiling is in order, and the workers are busy but not chaotic, it can be inferred that the Ruan family's production management is still very set.

As for how to dye cloth? It's just a bit of a fun. I just know that there are many ways here, and every step needs to be checked by experienced craftsmen.

Lunch was settled at Nguyen Bi Mansion.

After taking a nap after dinner, Zhao Hao came out of the guest room to talk to Ruan Bi.

Ruan Bi had already prepared refreshments in the small building near the lake, waiting for Zhao Gongzi to come.

Zhao Hao saw that he even broke Ruan Fan, and knew that the eldest prince had something to say.

"Childe is resting?" Ruan Bi smiled and made him the Huangshan Maofeng produced in Huizhou.

"How can you not rest in such a beautiful garden?" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Childe praised it, so I just cleaned it up casually, at best, it can only be regarded as comfortable to live in." Ruan Bi said meaningfully: "Ye Luo always has to return to the roots, we Hui merchants have been wandering outside for a lifetime, and we still have to go home when we are old." ”

"The eldest prince is far away. We will continue to lead the Wuhu industry. Zhao Hao took a sip of Mao Feng, only to feel that the taste was mellow and sweet, the aroma was like an orchid, and the charm was profound, and he couldn't help but feel uplifted.

"Childe said and laughed, my grandfather has been in office for two years, I am the same age as him, how can I not consider retiring?" Ruan Bi sighed lightly and said: "It's just that he is not as blessed as Ling Zu, he has good children and grandchildren, so he can travel in the forest without worry." ”

Zhao Haoxin said, my grandfather has a lot to worry about. Standing guard at home every day, tired people are thin.

However, Ruan Bi said that these were purposeful, and Zhao Hao did not interrupt. Then he followed him and said: "Second Brother Ruan is shrewd and capable, and he has studied with Changgong for so many years, he will definitely be able to stand up to 'Yongxing'." ”

"No." Ruan Bi waved his hand and sighed: "Although this child is not my own, he has also grown up watching him since he was a child, and he has taught him for more than ten years. ”

"It's no problem for Xiao Er to run a 'Yongxing', and even the leadership of the Pulp Dyeing Guild can be difficult." Ruan Bi said, looking at Zhao Hao and said, "It turns out that I also think he can take over." But now, Wuhu's pulp dyeing industry is facing a catastrophe, and I dare not let go. ”

"What the younger generation saw was thriving, where did the catastrophe come from?" Zhao Hao asked.

"Hahaha, don't pretend to be confused." Ruan Bi smiled and pointed at Zhao Hao and said, "The one who can end the Wuhu pulp dyeing industry is the son." ”

"Me?" Zhao Hao pointed at himself, looking confused. The conscience of heaven and earth, how could this son be so kind, how could he be misunderstood like this.

"Hehe, I heard that Jiangnan Group has established a textile company?" Ruan Bi asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "There is a silk company and a cotton spinning company. ”

"That's what the old man wants to talk about." Ruan Bi said lightly: "I heard that the general ...... The manager is Weng Fan, the son of President Weng? ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded, and said in his heart that the news was quite well-informed.

"What is Weng Fan doing in Songjiang, Gongzi will not know?" Ruan Bi asked again.

"The companies under the group are all independent and self-financing." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly: "He doesn't need to report everything to the board of directors. ”

Secretary Ma knew that this was the line of childe and forgetfulness. Quickly attached it to his ear and whispered a few reminders.

ps. There is one more more, but it is still written, and I have to wait. It's the same tomorrow morning. In addition, tomorrow my father-in-law has a birthday, so I have to take a day off.