Early the next morning, Fan Yu went to the Ordnance Factory.

Although he will soon be sent to Liao, there are some things that must be arranged in advance.

He called Xu Shou and summoned some craftsmen from the courtyard.

Fan Yu took out some of the shoe samples he had drawn and placed them in front of everyone. Let Xu Shou and these craftsmen take a look at it first, and then discuss how to do it.

Xu Shou was a curious person, as soon as he saw the shoe patterns that Fan Yu took out, he exclaimed: "Hou Ye can also paint landscapes, you look at this boat, although the style is a little peculiar, but it is very freehand." The two boats are racing, but they are leisurely with the heart of victory. ”

Several craftsmen also nodded one after another, and couldn't stop praising Fan Yu for his good painting.

This is simply a slap in the face, which makes Fan Yu very angry.

"I painted these leather shoes, do you look at them, like a boat?" Fan Yu gritted his teeth and asked lightly.

Xu Shou knew that something was wrong, but he said with a straight face: "The boat travels thousands of miles, and the shoes step on the road of the world, Master Hou...... Sure enough, he is a talented person. That Empress Li once wrote, 'Draw socks and step incense, and carry gold-threaded shoes.' The boat is to be rowed, and there is an indissoluble bond with the shoe. Hou Ye deliberately painted the shoes like this, presumably to imply that they are as durable and leisurely as boats, which means very clever. ”

After saying this, Xu Shou secretly pinched his sweat, and almost slapped the horse's face, but fortunately, he was quick and wise, and he came back again.

"Master Hou is so talented!" The craftsman who woke up quickly hurriedly echoed.

"Huh! Between this boat and the shoes, is there such an allusion? The one who was slow to wake up was curious.

"Of course there is a connection, don't misinterpret the meaning of the Hou Ye. It must have been the Hou Ye who realized such good shoes from the boat. Someone hurriedly corrected.

Fan Yu's face was made up by everyone together, and then his expression eased.

"You guys, you're just thinking too much." Fan Yu laughed and said, "I deliberately painted it like this, just to inspire you, I don't mean anything else." In the future, the institute will be built, and some civil things will be built. But what to build, we must work food, clothing, housing and transportation. Lest it be made and not sold, wouldn't it be beautiful? ”

Fan Yu still knows what his painting skills are, and he didn't worry too much.

Immediately, I picked two craftsmen who were good at drawing and asked them to redraw on the spot according to their own wishes.

The craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty were all literate, because many of the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty Arsenal had to implement the name system. That is, you have to engrave your own name, so it is not that there is no culture at all.

For what Fan Yu said, the craftsmen understood it quickly. In just half an hour, I have already drawn several pairs of shoes.

If the institute makes ordinary shoes, I am afraid that the cost will be higher than that of the shoes made by the people themselves, and it will not be able to sell them at all. Therefore, Fan Yu is positioned as high-end leather shoes.

Although there were leather boots in these years, they were bulky and unbearable, and they could not be compared with the shoes of later generations.

Fan Yu just made requests to these craftsmen, and he was a layman on how to do it.

Since ancient times, the wisdom of working people should not be underestimated. The craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty didn't understand much about what Hou Ye said. But I know that this leather shoe is divided into left and right feet, and it is necessary to make molds for the left and right feet separately before they can be made.

In the yard, there are leather workshops, glue making, and carpentry, and all kinds of businesses are complete. In less than an hour, an old carpenter carved two foot molds in front of Fan Yu's eyes. This is made according to the size required by Fan Yu, and the mold is not large, only six inches and two minutes.

Then the cobbler comes into battle, cutting the leather and pasting it and sewing it.

Xu Shou looked at Hou Ye instructing the craftsmen, and couldn't help but admire it very much. Looking at this An Lehou seems to be a gentleman, but in fact he is a learned person and has a wide range of knowledge. It's just that the knowledge that An Lehou is involved in is not the knowledge of classics, history, astronomy, etc., but other miscellaneous studies.

If An Lehou is a learned person, I am afraid that he is a miscellaneous family of hundreds of schools.

On this day, I made several pairs of leather shoes.

Just by looking at the style, you can distinguish between men, women and children, with high waist, medium waist, and low waist.

Although I am only making shoe samples now, and I have not made various decorations on them, I already look very good. At least in Xu Shou's opinion, it is much more delicate than the boots he has ever seen.

Fan Yu also ordered people to take mineral pigments and grease, mix them together, and ask the craftsmen to apply shoe polish to the leather shoes. After a while, leather shoes with shiny uppers and different colors appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"W-How can this shoe be like this?" Xu Shou was very surprised, he took a pair and held it in his hand, and gestured on his feet again.

"Brother Xu, if it were you, how much money would you be willing to pay for this pair of leather shoes." Fan Yu looked at Xu Shou and asked with a smile.

Xu Shou looked at the other leather shoes in his hand and said, "If it is this pair in my hand, I will pay five hundred yuan." If it's a boot, I can pay three or five times. ”

Fan Yu nodded, the price is good. He also went to the market in Bianliang and knew that a pair of time-honored high-end leather shoes cost 1,800 yuan, which is already the highest price on the market. It's just that the so-called time-honored leather shoes are not as good as the style they just made.

The reason why Xu Shou has always prescribed 500 Wen is because this is produced by the institute, and it is not as good as the time-honored shoes.

"I also think it's more appropriate to sell it outside at this price." Fan Yu agreed.

However, Fan Yu still ordered people to wrap up these pairs of leather shoes and prepare to take them away. only left Xu Shou with the pair he liked.

"Master Hou, what are you doing here? Isn't it for show. Xu Shou saw that Fan Yu had the intention of leaving, so he asked.

Fan Yu asked people to lift a few pairs of shoes, and smiled at Xu Shou: "Naturally, I want to give them away, otherwise what is the use of me making these pairs." You ask people to make another batch, and make more according to the size of the shoes. From six inches to one foot, every third of an inch can be a number. If it is a nine-inch one, it can be called a nine-inch large, medium and small size, and so on, which can be easily sold. In addition to this, how to send people to produce is also up to you to arrange. ”

Xu Shou couldn't help but bared his teeth, he only got a pair of leather shoes, but he wanted to be a coolie for Hou Ye, and some of the gains outweighed the losses.

Fan Yu asked people to take the shoes back to the house with him, and the pair of small leather boots of more than six inches that he first asked people to make were made for Jingyi.

Last time in the back garden, Fan Yu measured the size of Jing's soles, and this time he asked people to make it first.

Yesterday, because Jing Yi knew that he was going to envoy to Liao, when he went to duty today, he was still angry. Fan Yu believes that women are to be coaxed. Young and old eat this set. Of course, the premise is that the other party is not the kind of unreasonable person.

If he never judges the situation and does not act arbitrarily, Fan Yu will not bother to coax.

However, although Shizuichi is a princess, she does not have those vices. Royal education is really not nonsense, especially with a big picture view.

Fan Yu personally came to Jingyi's side with a pair of leather shoes, "Lady, look at what your husband brought you." ”

Princess Huanyu was attracted when she saw the leather boots in Fan Yu's hand.

These boots were dyed ochre red by Fan Yu, and the oil was shiny, and the light could shine on people, and the surface was almost comparable to a copper mirror.