Chapter 5

Zhao Yan lifted the quilt, rubbed his eyes, and said, "It's so cold this day, what's the matter!" ”

Lu girl said: "We do business, even if it's cold!" It's not the same every day! Doing this business is very dull, and it is usually supported by a small business; I want to live a nourishing life, but I need to rely on big business. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he said, "Hmm! The surname Zhang is in a hurry, and he can pay us back! This is a big business, if you make a profit, you can have a good year this year! ”

"Five hundred taels, you're happy to be like this! Today's business is bigger, make sure you are happy! ”

Zhao Yan came interested, very interesting, "What business?" Can you tell us about that? Bigger than Boss Zhang's? ”

"Brother Zhao, when the time comes, I'll take you to see our new business!"

"New business? All right! Hurry up and eat, I'll see what new business it is! ”

Lu Yatou set up the dishes and chopsticks and served a bowl of noodle soup for Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan is already very accustomed to this pretty girl. This girl takes care of her diet and daily life, and she is very attentive! Looking at this pretty girl, Zhao Yan thought: It is enough to be accompanied by a beautiful woman, and peace of mind is home.

After taking the chopsticks handed over by the girl, Zhao Yan sandwiched the vegetables and horse vegetables of this year, I didn't think it before, but now I feel that the taste is really light. Knowing that it is because of the lack of seasoning, in these years, there is no rich seasoning in later generations, no chili, no monosodium glutamate, no chicken essence, and no hot pot ingredients!

"If you can fry it in oil, it will probably be more flavorful if you put some chili peppers," Zhao Yan sighed.

"Oh! Brother Zhao is tired of eating? Lu asked.

Zhao Yan listened to the inexplicable voice and said, "How come? I'll never get tired of your cooking, and I'm still addicted! It's just that I just eat the food you cooked, and I still let you serve me, but I'm very embarrassed. I want to show my hand! ”

Lu Yatou, who was eating, smiled, and said, "Brother Zhao, whatever you want to eat, I'll make it for you." Why do it yourself, gentlemen should stay away from the kitchen! ”

"This kitchen fun, know hot pot? The spicy inside is very enjoyable! Zhao Yan said.

"What's the smell? What is Chili? Lu asked.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but taste the taste of Sichuan hot pot and said: "It's a seasoning, and it tastes spicy!" ”

"I don't know where it's available?" Lu asked the girl.

"Nowhere to sell?"

"But why?"

"Pepper in the Americas, pepper in India. Middle-earth does not. ”

When Lu Yatou heard this, she paused for a moment and smiled: "Let's eat, it's cold!" ”

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After the two finished eating, Lu Yatou supported the men and drove a carriage, and Zhao Yan and the two took the carriage to the west of the city.

Pingxian County is a small county on the edge of the canal, and its economic status is not as good as Yangzhou, but the layout of the city also has its own pattern, which is boxy, and also forms a cross in the city, which embodies the orthodox ruling concept of the ancient ruling class. With Chang'an City and Luoyang City, Pingxian County also has two cities, East and West.

Zhao Yan and Lu Yatou came to the west of the city in a carriage and stopped in front of a cloth village.

Zhao Yan opened the curtain all the way and looked, and saw the cloth village, he raised his eyes to look, but he saw the door plaque that said, Ningjia cloth village.

Zhao Yan was a little touched and said, "Isn't this Zhang Ji Buzhuang?" How did you change it to Ning Ji? ”

Lu Yatou sat on the side and said with a smile: "Of course it's yours, Brother Zhao, you have a cloth village, are you happy?" It's your business! ”

Zhao Yan was in a complicated mood for a while, and he didn't know what to say. He couldn't study, and then his father and mother died, so he was really helpless, so he became a shopkeeper and a businessman, but it was not his heart.

In ancient times, it was known that merchants in the Qin Dynasty were not allowed to wear silk; In the Han Dynasty, there was too much property and it was confiscated as official property; In the Tang Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to be officials; It wasn't until the Song Dynasty that the merchant class improved a little, and the peddlers wore silk shoes; It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that there was vitality and red-topped businessmen.

I thought that Zhao Yan was a person who had crossed through and was reborn, but he didn't expect to be the king and hegemon, but he always had to study and be an official, and he would be a powerful minister; But thinking of Wu Zetian's character, Zhao Yan didn't dare to have any ideas, and in the end he could only accept the reality and be a businessman!

I didn't think about it, so I became a shopkeeper, and I saw the cruelty of this ancient society! A huge Zhangjia cloth village was swallowed up to the Ning family in an instant! It may be that an industry that has been passed down for generations has come to naught in an instant!

Lu Ya shook Zhao Yan and said with a smile, "Aren't you happy?" That's what it is! There will be more in the future! Brother Zhao, get out of the car and go in and see! ”

Zhao Yan picked the curtain, hugged the girl and came down, followed by the guy, and entered the shop.

This is a very typical shop, there are a large number of linen cloth, divided into colored and natural, colored is not rich, there are crimson, indigo, black and other natural pigments, but also rich in color, that is, not washed; As for the natural color, it is completely the color of the plant fiber itself, almost white, but yellowish. This is also the most common clothes for ordinary old white surnames, but rich families will pay more attention to it, and the colors are richer, but there is no essential difference. In the obvious position of the shop but also put some silk, look smooth and bright, but it is not much, want to see Wu Zhou these years, although in the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, the life of ordinary people is not as good as the early Tang Dynasty, so just after passing through Juntian, life is comfortable. At this time, Pingxian County, next to the canal, can be regarded as borrowing the light of the golden waterway, and the life is quite peaceful, but it has not reached the point of wearing silk. When I saw the cloth village, I knew that the current consumption level of ordinary people was still linen and the like.

As soon as Zhao Yan and his entourage arrived at the store, the shopkeeper came out of the back hall, Zhao Yan recognized this person, and knew that he had worked in Zhangji Buzhuang for many years, but he didn't want to, so he changed the master at this time.

"Money shopkeeper, do you know why we're here?" Lu Yatou said lightly.

The money shopkeeper obviously knew about the matter, although he was unhappy, he couldn't say anything, and said with a dry smile: "The new owner came to check the accounts, and the villain is very welcome!" The villain then brought the ledger to the proprietor to see. ”

"Not busy! Come today, is to recognize people for you, from today on, the former Zhang family's property has changed bosses, you have to recognize well, what to do in the future, you have to think about it! Lu said.

"Since Boss Zhang mortgaged the property to you, today, I naturally know what to do! Please rest assured, this villain is still saved! "The money shopkeeper is very practical.

Zhao Yan listened to what he said and understood a little, but his mind was not on this, and he had to show his head to speak.

"Since the money shopkeeper is like this, I also believe you, there is no hurry to check the accounts, I will let the shopkeeper Feng come back, and you will take me to see the workshop today!" Zhao Yan said.

Since the new owner said, the money shopkeeper said: "The workshop is in the backyard, please come with me." ”

Lu Yatou pulled Zhao Yan to follow, intentionally or unintentionally walking in front, Zhao Yan smelled the inexplicable fragrance of the hairline, and let her. But I didn't know that Lu Yatou was just worried about what kind of mystery there was in this courtyard, which would scare Zhao Shusheng.

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The backyard is huge, and it can be seen that this is a printing and dyeing workshop.

In this era, printing and dyeing was the use of mineral plants to dye textiles, and through long-term practice, the extraction and dyeing of various dyes were mastered to produce colorful textiles. Dye the linen cloth red with hematite powder; In this year, the primary color of blue, red, yellow, white and black is called five colors, of which the primary color white is dyed with the natural mineral sericite, but it is mainly obtained by bleaching. Bleached hemp, multi-use plant ash and lime to soak repeatedly. Spread the boiled flax wisps with lime on the reed curtain on the flat water surface, half-soaked and half-dried for many days, until the hemp wisps are extremely white. This is to use the ultraviolet rays of sunlight to oxidize the impurities and pigments in the fibers due to the interfacial reaction of the water surface, and play a bleaching role. Red was originally made of hematite mineral powder, later cinnabar, and later madder, and its roots contain alizarin, which can be dyed red with the help of alum. Cyan is also dyed from indigo extracted from blue grass, and there are several types of grass that can extract indigo, and it was originally made with horse blue. The same is true for yellow and black, both of which use the pigments in the plant and are dyed through a process. The one in front of you belongs to post-weaving dyeing, which is different from post-dyeing weaving.

Although these are very primitive for the perfect chemical industry in later generations, but in this time period, it is really the world's leading stunt, and the old people in the industry don't know it, Zhao Yan looked at it, but he didn't ask much.

Zhao Yan suddenly had a feeling and said softly: "From today on, I will be a rich man with endless colorful clothes!" All year round, flowers bloom and the sun is warm! Be a happy person from today! "Guarding the money village, looking at the cloth village! This is how Zhao Yan feels at the moment!

Lu Yatou quietly listened to Zhao Yan's self-talk, very calm, very plain, but she couldn't help but think of a thought in her heart: Is there really happiness in this world?

Lu Yatou couldn't help asking, "Brother, will you marry me?" Looking at Zhao Yan without blinking, her desire for happiness was already hungry!

Zhao Yan's heart was touched, "I'll marry you!" This is my promise and it will never change! You are my man, always will be! ”

Lu Yatou faced the sun, feeling the air warm, "Let's pull the hook!" No change for a hundred years! ”

Zhao Yan smiled, "You look so beautiful, I'm not stupid!" ”