In ancient times, almost all women could weave, dye cloth, cut, sew clothes, because the shops of that era did not sell ready-to-wear clothes, they only sold cloth, and this habit actually continued to later generations, in the years when I was born and raised, that is, around 1980, there were still many families who bought their own cloth to sew clothes. Even in 2012, there were still many hard-working older generations who bought their own yarn to knit sweaters.

To dye this batch of mandarin duck jackets a color, it doesn't seem to be a difficult task, just find a few women and do it.

However, dyeing one garment and dyeing a hundred garments are two completely different things. You only need to find a few people to do it casually, but if you want to dye a hundred clothes at a relatively fast speed, it involves arranging manpower and division of labor, which is really not something that anyone can manage.

Zhang Yingxian took the initiative to dye these 100 battle jackets, which is really right! Because Akiba's surname is relatively soft, if she is to be responsible for arranging manpower, it will definitely smash the pot. But Zhang Yingxian has been used to calling people since she was a child, and she is also handy in arranging maids to do things. This is the unique advantage of the children of rich families, and people from poor backgrounds really can't do this without a period of practice. From the perspective of later generations, it is her rough application of human resources.

Zhang Yingxian first gathered more than a dozen of his maids, and then asked them to go to the cottage to spread a few circles, and found a large number of women, all of whom knew how to dye cloth and sew clothes, and found some idle men. Then she began to assign tasks, and the men went to the mountains to find the roots of banlan, purple cabbage, turmeric, cork, gardenia, flower tea, black tea, roses, and other things that could be used to dye cloth. The women first washed the mandarin duck jacket and patched the holes on it.

In ancient times, the steps of natural dyeing cloth are as follows: the first is to boil the dyeing water, this step is actually to put the picked banlan root, purple cabbage, turmeric, cork, gardenia or something into the water to boil, and boil the color out. Then I got a big pot of dyed water. Then use another pot with a clean boiling cloth, cook the cloth "cooked", and remove the stains on it. Finally, put the boiled clothes into the dyeing water, soak them for a short time, then take them out and squeeze out the water, rinse them with water, dry them, and the color will be dyed.

Under Zhang Yingxian's arrangement, the men found berries, and the women boiled water, washed the laundry, and divided into many groups to work, which seemed to be not messy, this is indeed a kind of ability, if you change the autumn leaves to be responsible for the arrangement, it will definitely not be able to arrange it so well.

As a result, the dyeing work was completed in only three days, and the 100 mandarin duck battle jackets were all red and black and purple, completely different from the clothes of the officers and soldiers, and the damaged parts on the battle jackets were carefully sewn up by the women.

When these 100 black and purple battle jackets were delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang, he couldn't help but sigh, quite surprised, he had a new understanding of Zhang Yingxian's ability. Especially the patched places, he couldn't help but think of one thing in his heart.

In the previous life, when Zhu Yuanzhang first started the army, the conditions of the army were as poor as now, the soldiers were not well fed, they could not dress warmly, they could not afford to marry a daughter-in-law, and no one cared about their clothes if they were torn. His wife at the time, who was also the queen of Bigfoot, took the initiative to stand up and take care of the soldiers, helping the soldiers sew clothes and make shoes, and made a great contribution to stabilizing the morale of the army.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops as a cloth cloth, but he was able to have so many heroes and heroes who loyally followed him to fight the world, not only because of his own personal charm, but also because of Queen Ma's strength.

Safflower also needs to be lined with green leaves! It is impossible to have a woman by the hero's side.

Seeing a rare flash of appreciation in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Zhang Yingxian actually secretly rejoiced, do you finally have me in your eyes? This is a pragmatic man, he is unmoved by the beauty in front of his eyes, but when she does something well, she can clearly see that Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude has changed subtly.

He's not as difficult to get along with as he thinks! Zhang Yingxian was a little bolder, and leaned closer and said, "Actually, I can also help you deal with paperwork, bookkeeping, manage ordnance, grain and grass...... According to my observations in the past few months, you are the only one who can read and write in this cottage...... Although Li Chujiu knew a few words, he didn't know much, and it was very difficult to keep accounts...... But I've been knowledgeable since I was a child, and I've learned everything, and I can help you with all these things. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile: "I'm just a bandit nest here, how can I have any paperwork to deal with?" Do I still have to deal with the official documents of the imperial court? As for ordnance, grain and grass, there are only a few pieces at all, and you can remember it when you keep accounts with your brain, and Li Chujiu's level is enough to deal with it. ”

"But...... I...... I had to do something! Zhang Ying said very seriously: "If you don't do anything, I'll ...... Insecurity. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and after a long while, he relaxed: "There is something suitable for you to do." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yingxian was overjoyed.

"Teach!" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "As you just said, in my cottage, I am the only one who can read and write, and the others are all coarse, Li Chujiu's level, it is okay to deal with the bandits' nest, and when he goes out of the mountain and enters the city, he will faint immediately." I hope you can act as a teacher for the time being, so that Li Chuer, Wang Er, Desperate Sanlang, and Ma Xiaotian can read a few words. ”

"Out of the mountains? Town? Zhang Yingxian was shocked by these keywords in his words, she thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to be a bandit in the mountains for a lifetime, and she was also mentally prepared to be a thief for a lifetime, but she didn't expect this man to be ambitious, and he actually wanted to go to the city.

"What do you think...... This little cottage is my stage? Zhu Yuanzhang responded casually, when he said this, he didn't deliberately suppress his anger, because there were only two people in the cave, he and Zhang Yingxian were there, there was no need for him to hide anything in front of this woman, and the momentum that once overlooked the world couldn't help but burst out from this sentence.

Zhang Yingxian felt his arrogance, and couldn't help but take a step back, and took another step back......

Three days later, a small cave on the top of the mountain was cleaned out, benches and tables were placed in it, and it became a primary school hall, Zhang Yingxian, the only intellectual in the whole cottage, began to be a teacher here, this school has no restrictions, anyone who wants to learn to read and write can come.

The most active student is Li Chujiu, as soon as he heard that his sister-in-law was willing to teach him to read and write, his motivation was really not ordinary, and he came to squat in the school early. Soon Ma Xiaotian also came over, and brought his thirty-five brothers, all excited to learn something, as Zhu Yuanzhang's earliest batch of henchmen, as long as the scale of the cottage expands in the future, they will all take on heavy responsibilities, so it is always good to learn more. Desperate Saburo also reluctantly came hard.

As for Wang Er...... Skipping class! If this rough man wants to read and write, it will be as uncomfortable as killing him.

Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang learned the news of Wang Er's skipping class, and immediately jumped three feet high in anger, and ordered angrily: "All the soldiers go out to find me, arrest Wang Er, and punish him to squat in the school for a month." ”

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This day, the golden sun rose from the east as usual, the spring breeze warmly blew through the delicate grass blades, and the breath of spring finally entered Huanglong Mountain. It's already April outside the mountains, but it's only early spring in the mountains, which is not a lot of fun.

Zhu Yuanzhang got up in the morning and punched, moved his muscles and bones, and when the sky was completely bright, he went to the training ground on the top of the mountain to inspect the soldiers' morning exercises, and then went to the school to listen for a while, and saw Wang Er sitting in the school in a regular manner and did not skip class, so he was relieved.

Walking on the top of the mountain at will, he couldn't help but start thinking in his heart: It's been half a year since he entered Huanglong Mountain, and he doesn't know what the situation outside the mountain is? Although he had been a ghost for hundreds of years, and the following historical events were all treasures, he didn't know that they were all big things, some small details, or local battles that happened in a certain place. So, what is the situation outside the mountain now, he can't say.

Half of the food brought in the mountains has already been consumed.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not a person who likes to eat up the stored grain and then go to the next batch of food. This kind of stupid thing, even animals don't care about it, for example, squirrels know to store more food in the cave in case of emergency, how can a person like Zhu Yuanzhang be temporary?

He couldn't help but secretly calculate, it was time to go out to the mountains to collect food!

The surroundings of Huanglong Mountain are surrounded by several cities. The two * counties of Baishui and Chengcheng in the south are so familiar that they can't be more familiar, so they don't need to be introduced. In the north of Huanglong Mountain, there is Yi * Sichuan * County, to the west is Luo * Sichuan * County and Huang * Ling * County, as for the east side, it is the Yellow River natural risk, and after the Yellow River is the mountain * West * Province.

Which one of these large cities will be chosen to collect food? The blind election will definitely not succeed, it seems that they have to send Ma Xiaotian and them to go out of the mountains and go around these counties to understand the information before making a decision.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, the sentry at the gate of the cottage shouted again: "Attention...... It's a mountain with people...... There are a lot of people...... Note ......"

The sound of "empty, empty" bangzi rang out, and the soldiers in the cottage heard the bangzi sound and hurriedly ran towards the various defense points of the cottage, stood in their positions, and were on full alert.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also walked to the edge of a sentry tower and stretched out his head to look down the mountain.

I saw that a large group of people really came at the foot of the mountain, and at a glance, at least seven or eight hundred, no wonder the sentry wanted to knock on the bang to call the police. These people did not wear the military uniforms of the Ming army, but wore ordinary linen clothes, and they did not look like officers and soldiers, but more like ordinary people. Moreover, they did not carry weapons, but carried all kinds of strange things, such as some carrying a large basket, some carrying a latte pot, some even carrying a cabinet on their backs, and some carrying a table...... These people look like they're moving!