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can become the most outstanding Suzhou embroidery artist, Yang Yi expected that Shen Sanniang would be a middle-aged woman, but what he never expected was that Shen Sanniang was only seventeen years old, and she had just married last year, and her husband's family was a wealthy businessman in Wu County.

Shen Sanniang has a delicate melon seed face, eyebrows painted distant mountains, cheeks dyed lightly, a typical water town woman, clear and graceful, when Yang Yi saw her, she was in front of the stretch, holding a needle and thread to the woman in the embroidery workshop while demonstrating and explaining, the soft Wu Nong's soft language is very good.

"There are several points in this double-sided embroidery, you have to remember, first of all, when embroidering, cut the end of the thread, pierce it from the top, and then start the needle at the second or third filament from the needle, extract a little thread tail from the thread, press the thread tail when the needle, connect the short needle several times, hide the thread tail, so that the front and back sides are not exposed.

Secondly, when embroidering, the needle is vertical, so as not to puncture the embroidery thread on the reverse side. Furthermore, grasp the pin headers: arrange the pins very evenly in order, and do not sparse them improperly, so that the two sides can be equal. There is also the hidden head, which hides the end of the thread in the last stitch and does not expose the end of the thread. ”

Shen Sanniang's hands did not stop when explaining, her ten fingers were slender and round, like spring onions and white, showing the water-like soft demeanor of a Jiangnan woman.

The hair-thin embroidery needle seems to have spirituality in her hand, making you feel that it is not her ten fingers threading the needle, but ten fingers dancing with the needle and thread;

Just looking at her beautiful movements is a kind of enjoyment, ten fingers with spring breeze, gazing at the bowl, stitch by stitch embroidered a beautiful fate on the level of time.

In her, you can clearly understand what a Jiangnan woman is like. The Jiangnan woman is like Shen Sanniang, Qingling. Beautiful, delicate. Elegant, inadvertently always exudes watery tenderness and wisdom.

Shen Sanniang was too focused, Yang Yi, Qing Niang and Adella were brought into the spacious embroidery workshop by the woman who guarded the door, and she didn't even notice it;

The woman guarding the door wanted to go up to report, but was stopped by Yang Yi. On the contrary, after receiving the report, her husband Xu Jinghong hurried to the embroidery workshop, and Xia Mingqing, the magistrate of Wu County, also hurried to arrive, and everyone had to pay a salute.

Xia Mingqing was both surprised and delighted, and said again and again: "Mrs. Yang is coming to my Wu County." It is really the luck of the people of my Wu County, Xia Guan added as a local parent official, greeted late, and hoped that Mrs. Yang would forgive the sin, Mrs. Yang, when the next official came, someone had prepared water and wine, and washed the dust for Mrs. Yang, and hoped that Mrs. Yang could move to enjoy the light, so that the next official could do the friendship of the landlord. ”

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Lord Xia." Let's talk about this later, I informed Lord Xia to come to this embroidery workshop, there is something else, let's visit this embroidery workshop first. ”

Yang Yi's name is like thunder. He suddenly appeared in the embroidery workshop, and Xu Jinghong, as the owner, was also nervous and excited, but the identities of the two sides were very different. In addition, Xia Mingqing of Youzhi County is here, and he has no part to speak at all.

Why did Yang Yi come?

Xu Jinghong was nervous. Yang Yi suddenly asked him: "Young Master Xu doesn't have to be restrained, I took the liberty to visit." I just want to have an in-depth understanding of this Suzhou embroidery, may I ask Xu Gongzi, how many embroidery workshops like yours are there in Wu County? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, Mrs. Yang is too polite, Xiao Min really doesn't dare to be called Mrs. Yang's son, Mrs. Yang still calls the villain a cheap name." Xu Jinghong was so long that he didn't dare to say anything.

Then he replied, "Back to Mrs. Yang, in addition to my home, there are a few embroidery workshops in my Wu County, but they are not as large as my family, more than 20 or so embroiderers, but there are many women who can embroider in Wu County, most of them are embroidered at home alone, and most of the embroidery products are kept for their own use, and a small amount is sold on the market." ”

Yang Yi bowed slightly, expressing his understanding of what Xu Jinghong said. Now Su embroidery is only available in Wu County, and most of them are used by boudoir women to pass the time in their spare time, just like their own piano exercises and other women, sometimes they also embroider some handkerchiefs or something, and they do not make a living from it.

In this case, embroidery is mostly a personal hobby for self-entertainment, lack of interest driven, lack of communication and development, it is difficult to truly form an industry that benefits thousands of households.

"How did Xu Gongzi come up with the idea of opening such a big embroidery workshop?"

"This" Xu Jinghong was a little embarrassed, opening this embroidery workshop was naturally to make money, his wife's embroidery was famous far and wide, the Xu family was originally a wealthy businessman in Wu County, and immediately thought of using Shen Sanniang's reputation to open an embroidery workshop; Hire some women who have a certain foundation in embroidery, and let Shen Sanniang teach and embroider at the same time, which can bring a good income to the family.

To put it bluntly, this embroidery workshop is to make money, but I am embarrassed to say this to Yang Yi.

Yang Yi reacted, and said with a smile: "For money, Xu Gongzi opened the embroidery workshop for money, this is actually nothing bad to say, this official came this time, it is also for money, for women all over the world can make money." Your family opened this embroidery workshop for self-interest and others, and it should be encouraged. ”

"Thank you Mrs. Yang for your compliment, Xiaomin is really ashamed."

Yang Yi continued with a smile: "If Gongzi Xu doesn't mind and let your lady come forward, I have something to ask her, how about it?" ”

"Mrs. Yang has a life, how dare the villain disobey." Xu Jinghong lowered his head, he was quite handsome and well-cultivated, and he was a good match for Shen Sanniang, who was clear and graceful.

"The little woman has seen Mrs. Yang." That Shen Sanniang only came up to give a gift at this time, and she was blessed with a graceful posture, soft as water, but there was some apprehension in her eyes, and she quietly looked forward to her husband when she gave the gift, implying that she wanted to ask for help.

Yang Yi was secretly amused, and said in an easy-going tone as much as possible: "The lady of the Xu family is exempt from courtesy, can you take out your best embroidery and give it to the official, the official intends to dedicate it to the Queen Mother, if the Queen Mother likes it, she will not be rewarded." ”

Xu Jinghong and Shen Sanniang and his wife were overjoyed when they heard this, if they could really get the praise of the Queen Mother, the status of the Xu family would not be the same, and this kind of opportunity was hard to find in the dreams of the small people.

Shen Sanniang quickly took out an embroidery and spread it out on the embroidery screen, this embroidery is called "Jiangnan March", near the upper right corner there are several typical Jiangnan style tile houses in the distance, in front of the house is a wide river, there are several small boats moored on the river, and there are large apricot blossoms on the bank. The trees are full of apricot red, beautiful;

The whole embroidery is layered. The pattern is beautiful and the idea is clever. The embroidery is meticulous, the stitching is lively and smart, and the beautiful scenery of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River is vividly embroidered.

Qing Niang and Adella saw this ingenious embroidery, and immediately fell in love with it, admiring, usually they also embroidered some flowers, but it was not comparable to Shen Sanniang's exquisite embroidery.

Shen Sanniang saw that Qingniang and Adela liked it so much, so she hurriedly took out two more embroideries to give to the two.

These fine embroideries often cost thousands of pieces, which is considered a very valuable item. Qing Niang and Adella didn't dare to accept it without permission, so they couldn't help but look at Yang Yi together.

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Mrs. Xu's kindness, if you like it, accept it, and give some gifts to Mrs. Xu." ”

Qing Niang and Adella dared to accept the embroidery, and each gave Shen Sanniang a big gift.

Yang Yi waited for them to finish being polite to each other before he continued: "Mrs. Xu, I don't hide it, this official came this time to ask Mrs. Xu."

Xu Jinghong listened to him. hurriedly replied before Shen Sanniang: "What do you have to tell Mrs. Yang, but please give instructions, Mrs. Yang said that there is a request for clumsy Jing, this is to torment the people and clumsy Jing." ”

Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "You wait for me to finish speaking." This time, I really have something to ask for, and now I have established many large textile factories in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty. And there will be more and more such textile mills, which will have a great impact on the tradition of male farming and female weaving since ancient times. Many women will no longer be able to make a living from textiles;

Thinking of this, the official prepared to invite the court. In various prefectures and counties, especially in the Jiangnan region, a 'learning center' was set up, and people with exquisite skills in embroidery, such as Mrs. Xu, were invited to teach embroidery skills to women in various places;

Madame Xu can rest assured that once the official's recital can be passed by the imperial court, she will never teach Madame Xu and others to teach her skills in vain, and the imperial court will give you an appropriate salary, and even give you an official position or an edict to reward you for your contributions to the country and the people;

In addition, the official will also propose the establishment of the Department of Embroidery Engineering, which will bring together the most skilled people in embroidery to discuss the innovation of embroidery stitches and categories; It can also allow Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Bian embroidery experts to gather together, learn from each other, learn from each other, improve embroidery skills together, and innovate more embroidery techniques;

The official is very optimistic about the embroidery industry, not to mention the whole world, even if it is a place in the south of the Yangtze River, if you can do embroidery, women are learning from women, and the embroidery produced is very considerable;

At that time, whether it is sold all over the Great Song Dynasty in China, or sold overseas, it can create countless wealth, and countless people will benefit from it. ”

Yang Yi is a salary, an official position, and a famous posterity, Shen Sanniang said that it was a fake thing not to be moved, but it was a big matter, and she couldn't be the master, so she had to ask her husband for advice.

What can Xu Jinghong say, does he dare to say no?

Besides, this matter is always good and bad for the Xu family, and he has no reason to object.

At this point, Xia Mingqing, the county magistrate, understood the real purpose of Yang Yi's sudden appearance in Wu County, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Yang Dafu is far-sighted, dedicated to the welfare of the people, and the lower official as the local magistrate, and failed to think of these, it is really worthy of the official family, ashamed of the court and the people of the county, today Yang Taifu is vigilant, the official will be dedicated to his duties in the future, and vigorously advocate the women in the county to learn more embroidery, so that the grand scene of embroidery is formed in Wu County first." ”

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Lord Xia has this heart, that is the best, the official will pay attention to it, and when the grand scene of embroidery appears, the official will be the first to ask for credit for Lord Xia." ”

Xia Mingqing was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Mrs. Yang, the lower officials will do their best to do this well, and will not disappoint Mrs. Yang." ”

Accompanied by Xia Mingqing and Xu Jinghong, Yang Yi checked several other embroidery workshops, and as Xu Jinghong said, these embroidery workshops are relatively small, with a maximum of 20 people, and there is a slight gap between the embroidery skills and Shen Sanniang.

Yang Yi understands that if you want to become a Suzhou embroidery artist at the tip of the neck, in addition to the accumulation of experience, talent is more important, like Shen Sanniang has only been learning embroidery for eight or nine years, and she is only seventeen years old this year, but because of her spirituality, her embroidery skills have become the first in Wu County, and she embroiders better than many middle-aged and elderly women.

Yang Yi does not want to be able to learn the superb skills of Shen Sanniang, as long as he can embroider ordinary embroiderers, he is confident that he can go overseas to earn high profits.

Because in terms of embroidery, the level of various countries is too far apart, many countries don't even know how to embroidery, our worst embroidery here, get overseas can also become a treasure, the artistic value of the embroidery is too high, maybe no one knows how to appreciate it.

As for the establishment of the "Transmission Institute" and "Embroidery Engineering Department", Yang Yi does not have to worry about not being able to pass in the court, women's embroidery is the same as men's reading and ploughing, it is a matter of course in this era, and there is no reason for hundreds of officials to oppose it.

Take 10,000 steps back, there are really officials who oppose it, Yang Yi can also force this matter through his own faction, today he went to Wu County, it is destined to be a few years later, Su embroidery will be prosperous in Jiangnan, Yang Yi has this confidence.

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