Chapter 204: Datang's New Costumes
"Sister-in-law, can you help me see, is this pattern suitable for him?" A little girl was holding a sweater shyly and was asking her sister-in-law.
"His aunt, you help me count, I'm going to knit a sweater for my baby." In a short period of time, the women in the entire Chang'an City were a little crazy, whether they were officials, businessmen, and even the lowest slaves, they all had four bamboo needles and a roll of wool, and they were busy knitting sweaters for their close people.
However, the grades of sweaters woven by everyone are different, official, and even rich, that is woven cashmere thread, and others are woven wool, to say that this wool is not bad, that is, it makes people wear it with a little itch, naturally those who have money are unwilling to wear it, but if it is woven into a coat, they still like to wear it, but, but, this grade is not lowered, they have to abandon this sweater, and only take the sweater woven by cashmere thread to wear.
To say, this is also a little mistake of Yang Heng, he actually forgot the distinction between ranks, you must know that in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the hierarchy system is the strictest, how can you let the servants and some high-ranking officials wear the same clothes, but Yang Heng does not regret it, this kind of sweater can only be worn as warm clothing, not for display, when people at the bottom can't afford to wear fur and other clothes to keep warm, how many people will be grateful to Yang Heng if they wear such a sweater to keep warm, although they are only grateful to the princess, You know, this yarn and weaving method came from the princess's shop.
The princess's storefront, that is, Changle's storefront, has been changed from one to two this time, and one in the East Market. One in the West Market. The East Market is dominated by fine cashmere threads. There is also a satin surface, which is filled with fluff and warm clothing.
Yang Heng didn't think of the grade, but thought of the purchasing power, the fluffy thread, and the clothes, which were all quite expensive, but the wool thread in the West Market, the price was cheap. It may not even be possible to earn it manually.
"Sister-in-law, what are you laughing at, you have to know that this store doesn't make much money." "I just like the feeling, you see how happy the people who bought the wool are, this winter, they will not be freezing." At this time, Changle was happy to do something that could share his father's worries, and he knew that every winter in Ludao, whether it was in Chang'an City. Or outside the city, there will be some people who will freeze to death. They couldn't afford to buy warm clothes before they would freeze to death, and this time, Yang Heng did such a thing, although he didn't get any profit from the wool thread, he was still very happy.
"Alas, I don't understand you, there's nothing to see here, let's go to Dongshi to have a look." Although Xiao Niang knows a lot of things, but what kind of things like freezing to death and not having clothes to wear, but no one has told her, naturally she can't understand these things, if Yang Heng is here, then he will definitely think of letting Xiao Niang know more things, to know that Xiao Niang's identity in the future is a princess, and it may even be a queen, so she has to understand some folk suffering, in the same way, Changle also thought of this matter, whether it is Yu Zhang, or Xiao Niang, she wants them to know something, She also thought about the princess, but she didn't think that the little lady would be the queen, you must know that Lu Dao's current position as the crown prince and brother is very stable.
In the East Market, there are also many customers, and there are a lot of carriages and ox carts parked in front of the store, and even horses, and there are even official wives or some ladies who come on horseback, which shows how attractive these wool are.
"Sister, you came to buy thread today, why don't I know that you have a mother-in-law." "Ah, you're going to die, what's the shame of your mother-in-law's family, I'm going to knit a sweater for my father, let him wear it inside the armor, so that he won't suffer in winter, ah, I know, you have a mother-in-law's family, are you buying wool to weave sweaters for your lover?" "Well, what's so scary about this, he is also a person in the army, so he is naturally going to go to the battlefield, I have the same idea as you, I also give him a sweater to make him more comfortable in winter."
Why do they know this, in fact, this is all Yang Heng's specially made advertisement, the advertisement in the West Market is very good, just arrange a few people outside the door to greet some people who come out to buy things, "Auntie, come in and take a look, our princess is kind-hearted, the newly developed wool thread can be woven into clothes, and you are not afraid of the cold when you wear it in winter, what, you don't know what clothes Lu Dao is, you look at my body, this hot day, I am covering maggots, am I easy, I," said and pulled the clothes on his body for everyone to see, Sure enough, this sweat is a whooshing flow. "What, you won't, say it earlier, we have a master who specializes in teaching people to knit sweaters, and we don't charge money, really, even if you don't want to buy it, you can go in and have a look." "Okay, let's go in and have a look, you can go in too, it's really maggots to cover maggots when you're dressed so warm outside on this hot day." The aunt said kindly.
"No, our princess said, to benefit as many people as possible, wear warm clothes in winter, you see how kind our princess is, "It's not your princess who said it, it's your concubine who said it, but Yang Heng did tell them to say this, how loving it is, the princess cares about the people's suffering, and develops woolen sweaters for the poor to keep them warm."
And Dongshi is a different look, a few subordinates and a few palace maids are performing pantomime on the side, why is it pantomime, because Yang Heng feels that this is really difficult to express in words.
The content of the pantomime is two couples, the wife is sending her husband on the expedition, when they wear armor, a man is wearing a single coat, making a shivering look, the wife is putting armor on the side, and the other pair is, the man is wearing a single coat first, but also shivering, and then the wife first put on a woolen pants for him, the upper body is a sweater, because it is a cashmere sweater and sweater pants, it looks very thin, and the husband immediately feels warm, and then the wife puts on the armor, and then the picture turns, The two men walked together on the road, in the shape of a horse, the one without a sweater would shiver from time to time, while the other would march on a horse with joy, and even some of them would show off to their companions, and occasionally pretend to wipe their sweat.
In the third act, both of them are back, their wives are removing their armor, the wife who is not wearing a sweater is difficult to remove the armor, sometimes the husband will make a grinning appearance, which means that he is injured, the armor is sticking to his body, it is difficult to take it off, and it will even be very painful, while the other pair is joyfully unloading the armor, and the husband is still gesturing with his wife from time to time, which means thanking his wife for knitting such a sweater for himself, so that he can suffer less on the battlefield.
When the husband took off his armor, the husband laboriously broke the military medal in half, half of it was hung around his neck, and half of it was tied to his wife's neck, and his wife cried with joy.
Especially since this is summer, performing the scene of winter, it feels very funny, obviously sweating, but still pretending to be very cold, which makes people laugh for a while.
"How about it, sister-in-law, my design is good, it works very well, how are you going to reward me." Xiao Niang said triumphantly, it turned out that this was a pantomime directed by Xiao Niang, Yang Heng just gave a general outline, and it was so good to perform, such a performance actually provoked a lot of women to come to buy threads and learn to knit sweaters, Changle made a big room out in a timely manner, so that these ladies and ladies could study in it, tea, cold drinks, and some small snacks were also served from time to time, although it was said to be free, but when anyone left, they would just leave, Who doesn't throw down a piece of silver or a string of copper coins, and after settling the accounts, this income is even more than the income from selling wool, and this rich man's business is easy to do!
"Husband, you're so good," Changle gratefully hugged Yang Heng's arm, half-hung on Yang Heng's body, and said angrily. (To be continued......)