Regarding the speed of weaving, Han Yuefu's "Picking Herbs on the Mountain" has: "New artificial weaving, so artificial weaving." One horse per day, more than five zhang of weaving. Compare the newcomer to the original, and the newcomer is not as good as the old. ".

In the poem: Silk, yellow silk, is an ordinary textile. You can knit one horse a day. Plain silk is pure white, which is higher than the price of silk. And according to the Han regulations, a horse is four zhang long, two feet and two inches wide, and five zhang is one and a quarter, which is quite fast.

When my mother knitted the blanket and spread it in the hall, it was warm and soft.

Liu Bei was overjoyed. This is a new specialty of Lou Sang!

Then he knelt down and saluted his mother: My mother is a woman in the city, and she has no worries about food and clothing!

The mother, who had been tired for several days, also smiled.

This summoned the good weavers among the people of the sect to come to the ancestral hall. Blanket weaving was taught by his mother.

In Liu Bei's opinion, plain blankets are naturally the best.

It can be in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty. At a time when even the colors of clothes must be strictly divided into three, six, nine and so on, scholars and doctors will be ashamed to be in the same column as the common people. Therefore, most of the plain blankets can only be sold to the people. Scholars, high-ranking officials, and royal nobles must be different.

Referring to the grade division of the bedding, Liu Bei also wanted to weave the blanket, which was divided into upper, middle and lower, and three grades.

I asked my mother, and my mother had a way: the lower grade is plain, the middle grade is colored, and the upper grade can be gold wire.

Golden threads!

How did Liu Bei forget it.

The most special feature of the gold silk blanket is that in the process of weaving the carpet, a part of the pattern is woven with gold wire. The gold wire is rolled into gold platinum and then processed into gold thread, which is made by using the gold weaving method and wound on wool thread.

There are gold silk and jade threads, and the production process of gold threads is not a big problem. After several attempts, Suber had found the key.

A pound of hemp, ten cents.

A pound of wool, how much is the price?

I asked the people around me, but I didn't know. Liu Bei had no choice but to ask Wulian. After asking, I learned that there are also skilled weavers among the Wuhuan women. Wu Lian said that there is a clear division of labor between men and women in Wuhuan. Men cast copper and smelt iron, and make bows and arrows, horse harnesses, weapons, pottery, etc. Women weave, embroider, felt, and sew tents. After the internal relocation, the Han border people were absorbed, learning from each other's strengths, and their skills were more exquisite.

For wool weaving, Wuhuan Weaver Girl is even better. It is also said that there is also a know-how in handling wool.

However, the news that Liu Bei was going to weave a blanket surprised Wulian. Yandao: The Han Dynasty has never had a precedent for learning to make 'Hu Wu'.

Liu Bei replied with a smile: Who said no. Isn't it just a horse shooting? Besides, the Han people do not avoid the use of fur. Wolf skins, mink capes, deerskin gloves, and so on, aren't they all animal skins? There are many goats in the Guy Central Plains. The hair is very short, you can't spin yarn, you can only make a pen. If you can't spin it into wool, you can't weave it into a blanket.

Ulian nodded. After a little contemplation, he said: The price of wool can refer to the price of sheep.

A steppe sheep is about 300 yuan and can live for ten years. The time it takes to shear sheep is about eight years. Prairie sheep can be sheared twice a year. An adult ram can get four pounds of wool. Adult ewes can get three pounds of wool.

Male and female. are calculated according to an average of three and a half catties. Shearing twice a year can get seven catties. A total of fifty-six pounds in eight years. If the price of three hundred sheep is used to convert the gross price. A pound of wool is less than two copper coins. The price is really a bit low.

Liu Bei thought for a while and said: To weave cloth, the Han people use hemp, and Wuhuan uses hair. It's all for everyday needs. How about converting the price of wool to the price of hemp silk?

Wu Lian's eyes couldn't help but widen: You mean, a pound of wool is also bid for ten yuan?!

Liu Bei smiled and nodded: Yes.

Goo-dong. Wu Lian swallowed a big saliva and raised his palm suddenly: there is no basis for his words.

Liu Bei also raised his palm: high-five as an oath.

This gave her three high-fives. Set the price of wool.

In Wu Lian's heart, there is a simple reference. If you sell one sheep, you lose one sheep. If you wait until you finish shearing the wool and then sell it, you will still have one less sheep. The same is one less sheep, and the money earned by shearing the sheep first is not earned in vain. Who doesn't earn for nothing?

Well! The sheep are sheared before the sheep are sold.

Wulian, who has figured everything out, can't delay for a moment. Immediately send a letter to Wuyan, the king of Wuhuan in Beiping. Let him remember to shear the wool for eight years before selling the sheep!

Blanket is an umbrella term. According to different uses, it can be divided into carpets and tapestries. Tapestries are also called tapestries. Mostly used for decoration. The combination of hardwood floors and wool carpets is perfect in the middle of winter. When I take off my shoes and enter the house like this, I don't feel cold on my feet.

Whether it can sell like a bedding mat depends on it. However, he can find a way for the women in the city to settle down. This is the greatest function of the blanket.

Mother thinks so, too.

Textile skills, Liu Bei does not understand. Leave it to the mother and a group of female workers. What's more, there are Wuhuan female workers to assist from the side. Come to think of it, it is only a matter of time before the characteristics of Lousang are formed.

Liu Bei, who lives in this era, realized what it means: the four seasons are distinct.

Spring is warm and autumn is cool, and the heat is bitterly cold.

As soon as the beginning of winter is over, the temperature plummets. Before you know it, the stagnant water in the shade of the market has frozen. Stepping on it clicks.

Running water does not freeze easily. Both the overhead crane and the keel rollover are running as usual. Such as the three-legged wave beard, but also covered by the greenhouse. It is hot and does not freeze in the middle of winter. Although the temperature is cold, this time before the year is the most leisurely time in Lousang. After a season of hard work, the people began to enjoy a rich and leisurely life. Lousang, where all industries are prosperous, can also meet almost all the needs of the people.

Feasts of various names appeared in groups. Liu Bei still did the same as usual, letting the clan relatives do the work for his brother.

The biggest difference from the past is that there are significantly fewer white events, and almost all of them are wedding feasts. The reason for this is that the heating facilities all over Lousang have saved the lives of the elderly and widows.

The first snow of the winter fell during the night. When the morning dawned, it was white. The silhouettes of the heavy buildings and the skyline are also covered with snow. Just as the people of the city were taking to the streets to clear the snow, they were busy. A weak boy wearing a hat walked into Lousang through the snow. Found Liu Bei's mansion.

After asking the guards, it was determined that it was Liu Bei's mansion. The boy took out a piece of lambskin from his bosom and wrapped it lightly in front of the steps.

He said to the guard again: Uncle Lao has a word. Just said: 'It was the old people of Yan Kingdom who enshrined this thing in front of the steps'.

Without waiting for the guard to ask, the boy turned and left.

The white soldier stepped forward, unwrapped the package, and examined it carefully. After confirming that there is no fraud, he will be sent to the Hou Mansion.

Liu Bei opened the package, and it was a one-eared pottery cup.

'The old people of Yan Kingdom are enshrined in front of the steps'. Could it be Yan Rou?

Liu Bei hurriedly took the gift cup from Yan Rou when he left. Compared with the two, the type of instrument is exactly the same.

It's really Yan Rou.

One after the other, send two identical pottery cups, why is this?

Liu Bei couldn't understand it for a while, so he invited Geng Yong and Cui Jun to ask Yan Rou what his intentions were.