Chapter 84: Cashmere

"Feng Aiqing, what are the other boxes?" Li Shimin looked at Feng Daiwen and everyone with satisfaction after dividing the ownership of the paper, and asked:

"Hui Sheng, this is a way to make money for the local people in Shuofang, which can not only make people no longer afraid of the cold in winter, but also allow the people to earn some wages." Feng Daiwen said as he opened the box,

"Clothes? What is this made of? Li Shimin knew that Feng Daiwen was buying wool in Shuofang, guessed that it was made of wool, or looked at the clothes in his hand and asked:

"Hui Sheng, this is made of wool, which is thicker and warmer than ordinary linen," Feng Daiwen distributed the clothes inside to the previous ministers to see, and said to Li Shimin:

"Yes, there is no dryness on the sheep, but it is a little rougher, and it may not be comfortable to wear closely." The eldest grandson Wuji looked at it and said:

"How much does it cost?" Li Shimin asked the question he was most concerned about.

"This kind of coarsest clothes only costs 20 yuan a piece," Feng Daiwen said:

"It's a good 20 yuan, and the people can afford it. It's really warm," Fang Xuanling wrapped his clothes around his hands and felt it:

"What Fang Gong said is very true, please see, this is designed for Datang soldiers." Feng Daiwen called a royal guard and asked him to take off his coat and armor and put on tight-fitting woolen clothes, which are high-necked round clothes and two long sleeves, which are exactly the same as the high-necked pullover sweatshirts of later generations, and the lower body is pants, head coverings, socks, scarves, and gloves. It became a person completely enclosed in clothes, with his eyes and mouth and nose outside.

"Okay, good," Li Shimin looked at the guards who took off their clothes and were covered with sweat happily and shouted loudly: After all, it is now October, and the weather has begun to turn cold, and the guards are sweating all over their bodies after wearing them for a while, which shows how warm they are.

"Yes, yes, in the future, my Datang can also send troops in winter, and my Datang Erlang is no longer afraid of the cold." Qin Qiong also said happily.

"This is the cashmere coat that the minister dedicated to the saint," Feng Daiwen took out a snow-white robe-style dress from the box, with a placket, with white jade as the button, and gold wire trimming, which looked luxurious but not extravagant.

Li Shimin smiled happily and took his son-in-law's filial piety clothes, nodded with satisfaction, touched it with his hand and asked suspiciously: "Why is this one so soft, smoother than silk, and so light." ”

"Back to the saint, this is made of cashmere, is the use of the finest wool on the goat in the spring and summer season, after more than 30 clever women took more than 10 days, after more than 30 processes, in order to completely remove the peculiar smell, concocted soft, the best goat cashmere 100 sheep only two taels, hundreds of thousands of sheep in Shuofang only made five pieces of top grade, this one is Shuofang people feel the grace of the saint specially made for the saint." Feng Daiwen introduced with a slight exaggeration:

"Haha, okay, I have to think carefully about the treasures that others offer to me, and what the people give to me, I can receive them with peace of mind, haha." Li Shimin laughed so much that people put it away.

"Is Feng Hou too extravagant?" Li Gang frowned and said:

"Li Gong's words are wrong, this cashmere is a thing for sheep to keep out the cold in winter, and it will fall off at the turn of spring and summer, we just use it, why say that it is extravagant, and the people also have one more job, which is where our duty as an official lies." Feng Daiwen saw Li Gang picking on the thorns, and retorted without hesitation:

"Haha, Feng Aiqing's exploits are obvious to all, I am very relieved, Aiqing has just returned to Chang'an and went down to rest," Li Shimin said when he saw Li Gang standing there speechless and embarrassed.

"Thank you for the saint's understanding, Weichen retired," Feng Daiwen saw that there was nothing to do, so he took the opportunity to retire.

As soon as Feng Daiwen walked out of the main hall, a eunuch trotted over and said, "Master Hou, the Emperor is invited." ”

Feng Daiwen followed the little eunuch to the Imperial Garden, only to find that Li Yuan was basking in the sun with a large family, and the eldest grandson was waiting with the children.

"Haha, Feng Erlang, I heard that you have brought a lot of items back, but there are gifts from me," Li Yuan shouted loudly when he saw Feng Daiwen coming from afar:

"I've seen the imperial grandfather, the mother, the princess," Feng Daiwen smiled and said to Li Yuan and the others, who were more and more like children:

"Haha, tell me what to bring back, you're not in Chang'an, no one is looking for me to have some fun, it's really boring." Li Yuan laughed and said:

"It's not fun, but the kid brought back a good thing for the emperor's grandfather," Feng Daiwen asked people to take out a cashmere robe and a pair of cashmere pants and handed it to Li Yuan.

"Hmph, what good thing should I be, but a leather dress, when I don't have a good one? Bearskin, tiger skin, I don't have anything. Li Yuan saw that it was a hairy dress, and he didn't ask what kind of hair it was, and said directly dissatisfied:

Feng Daiwen explained with a wry smile: "Grandpa Huang underestimated this dress, this is a cashmere coat, the fluff on tens of thousands of goats can make a robe like this, it can be said that the price is more than gold, and it is more exquisite, lightweight, and warmer than tiger skins and other things, and the imperial grandfather can't walk around the palace in tiger skins." ”

Li Yuan thought for a moment that he was wearing a tiger skin and couldn't help but smile and scolded: "Stinky boy, even if what you say is reasonable, I will accept it, what about my story." ”

Feng Daiwen pretended to wipe the non-existent Han Shui and hurriedly handed over the story that had been prepared a long time ago: "Hehe, Grandpa Huang, it's all here,"

Li Yuan happily took it and laughed: "Haha, slippery, you kid still understands me." ”

Feng Daiwen took out two more women's coats, these two coats were completely modeled after the coats of later generations, with high collars, plackets, with precious stones as buttons, one embroidered with gold silk phoenix, pearl embellishment, and one embroidered with gold silk A huge lotus flower on the back, handed to the eldest grandson and Guang'an respectively,

Guang'an shyly lowered his head and took it, and the eldest grandson let the two palace maids look at it and smiled with satisfaction: "Even if you have a conscience, you still know how to honor the palace,"

Feng Daiwen smiled and said, "This is one of the dowry gifts for the princess to marry the princess." ”

The eldest grandson snorted coldly and said: "Just one piece of clothing as a dowry, although the clothes are good, do you mean that the daughter of this palace is worth a piece of clothing?" ”

Feng Daiwen couldn't help but explain with a wry smile: "Niangniang misunderstood, what Erchen said was the technology of making clothes, the general wool clothes are only ten yuan, the general cashmere can be sold for a few times, and the cashmere clothes are not sold if they are less than ten times, like this kind of boutique is at least equal to the weight of gold, and Niangniang also knows that wool and cashmere are cheap, and only Erchen can make this kind of wool clothes that have no peculiar smell, warm and soft." ”

The eldest grandson suddenly opened his eyebrows and smiled: "Well, okay, this is a good boy, knowing that the palace is nervous, so he sent money to the palace, and the palace maid you used to let the palace train to make cotton clothes is fine now, so it's up to you to arrange it." The palace left Sancheng as a dowry for Guang'an. ”

This is really generous to others, I dare not refuse, just like people say that life is like that,,, can only be enjoyed,,, Feng Daiwen hurriedly nodded and agreed.