Shen Lang couldn't help looking at Tian Shisan again, because he represented Tian Heng's will of the Black Clothes Gang.
And just now when Shen Lang was making dyes, Jinxiu Pavilion Lin Mo betrayed him and sent someone to inform the Xu family to come. Tian Shisan obviously saw it, but he didn't have any intention to stop it, let alone remind Shen Lang .
Therefore, at this moment, Shen Lang was facing three behemoths.
The Xu family, the Lin family, Tian Heng, the Black Clothes Gang.
So the smartest thing he can do now is to admit that this formula was stolen, and then immediately implement the great cause of upgrading Ruanfan, and retaliate wildly after he has power.
Because Xu Qianqian agreed in front of the officials of Xuanwu City that if Shen Lang pleaded guilty, everything would be forgotten.
She is a person who cherishes her reputation, if Shen Lang pleaded guilty, she would definitely not attack him face to face today, but would just let Tian Heng deal with him secretly, at least Shen Lang would be safe today.
But!
Want to pour this pot of dirty dung on Shen Lang's head, and let him do it himself
Absolutely impossible, Shen Lang would never be so useless.
Shen Lang looked at Xu Qianqian, and asked, "You said that my new formula of golden yellow dye was stolen, what evidence do you have?"
Master Xu sneered and said, "You, Shen Lang, are just an ignorant waste, while my Xu family has been in the silk cloth business for decades, and I am very good at dyeing. This golden dye formula is my He Qianqian worked hard to develop it himself. I don’t know how much manpower, material and financial resources were spent. It took several years. We hid this secret and wanted to surprise the Monarch Weaving Mansion. But we didn’t expect you Things that climb outside not only steal my property, molested my maid, but even stole the dye formula that is related to my family's lifeblood."
Then Patriarch Xu said coldly: "Qianqian, how important is this new formula, why did you put it in the drawer?"
Xu Qianqian said: "I'm sorry father, I had complete trust in Shen Lang before, and I didn't know he would do such a thing."
Then, she looked at Shen Lang and said: "When you were in Xu's house, there were servants who bullied you, so I whipped them and ordered anyone who dared to say anything bad about you to be kicked out of the house. No one cares about you in Xu's house. I don't dislike you for being mentally retarded, dull and stupid. I come to talk to you every day. Why do you do such a thing? Even if I abandon you for revenge, it's just for me personally. Why do you want to cut off the lifeblood of my family? Besides, if you If you don't do those scandalous things, why would my Xu family drive you out?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the officials present were a little weird.
But half of them believed Xu Patriarch and Xu Qianqian's words.
The Xu family is indeed proficient in silk dyes, otherwise their silk would not be exclusively for the monarch's weaving house. And they had heard of Shen Lang's reputation of being ignorant and incompetent, so they also firmly believed that this new formula was researched by the Xu family and Shen Lang stole it.
Shen Lang said slowly: "You have no evidence, and neither do I, but everyone will believe that this new formula was researched by your Xu family, and I have a hard time denying it."
Patriarch Xu smiled inwardly: "It's good that you know."
This thing is really cool, not only got a wonderful golden yellow dye formula for nothing, but also sent Shen Lang to prison in the name of Zhengshun.
Immediately, Patriarch Xu said coldly: "The truth has been revealed, arrest people! Under torture, I don't believe that this trash will not confess."
"Why is Patriarch Xu in such a hurry?" Shen Lang said with a smile, "Although it's hard for me to argue, it's easy to prove it!"
Then, Shen Lang looked at Xu Qianqian and said: "Miss Qianqian, you are proficient in dyes, so let me ask you, which color is the most difficult?"
Xu Qianqian said: "The most difficult color is of course purple."
That's right, the most difficult color to dye in ancient times was purple, not yellow.
Of course, it is not impossible to dye purple. In ancient China, comfrey roots were first used to make purple dyes, but the color was inferior. Afterwards, the purple dye is made from dyed sea snails such as purple scorpion, and the purple color looks better.
Duke Heng of Qi liked to wear purple clothes. At that time, one bolt of purple cloth was worth five bolts of white cloth, so it was expensive and rare.
In the West, dyed seashells are used to make purple dyes. The ancient and the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty also liked this purple very much. Not only the clothes, but even the sails were dyed purple.
But whether it is dyeing conch or seashells to extract purple dye, the cost is extremely astonishing. Just one gram of dye requires three hundred dyed seashells.
Therefore, purple dyes were extremely rare and expensive in ancient times on Earth.
At this time, Shen Lang's world has not yet found a way to extract purple from dyed seashells and conch, so where does the purple dye come from in this world? It is directly made by mixing blue dye and red dye.
But the dyeing effect is really not flattering, because the dyes of these two colors are not clever in themselves. Although they are mixed together, there is purple, but the effect is even more complicated. The first is uneven dyeing, the color is dull and clumsy, and the most important thing is that the wet fastness of the two dyes is different, so purple silk tends to fade easily.
Shen Lang said: "Purple dye is more difficult than yellow dye, right?"
Xu Qianqian said, "Of course!"
Purple dye is hailed as an insurmountable problem by the world's cloth and silk industry.
Shen Lang said: "It's very simple to prove whether I stole this golden dye. Let's conquer the purple dye together. Your Xu family used the power of the whole family to manufacture purple dye. I only have one person and no money. I use the simplest and lowest The cost of making purple dye, and then in front of several people present, to see who made the most beautiful purple? How about?"
As soon as these words came out, several officials present nodded in agreement with this method.
Xu Qianqian and Master Xu looked at each other and nodded. This method is beneficial to the Xu family.
They never believed that Shen Lang would do anything, the Xu family was the most professional.
Shen Lang said: "If the purple dye I made at a low cost is better, what does that prove?"
Xu Qianqian said: "That proves that you didn't steal the golden yellow dye formula, and we wronged you."
Shen Lang said: "At that time Patriarch Xu will apologize to me."
Patriarch Xu said coldly: "Let's talk about it after you win."
Shen Lang said: "Well, let's limit it to three hours! After three hours, let's compete and the truth will be revealed!"
"Yes!" said an official present.
Patriarch Xu said: "Go to the house immediately and get the best Dagong. Qianqian sits in charge and makes the best purple dye incomparably."
"Yes!" Xu Qianqian said.
This time, the Xu family is going to use the strength of the whole family.
And Shen Lang was still alone, and said to Lin Mo, "Boss Lin, I'm going to borrow your back kitchen again."
"Of course." Lin Mo said.
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After Shen Lang entered the back kitchen, he took out his secret weapon.
The best source of purple dye is litmus lichen.
This is a kind of moss, which is everywhere and is worthless at all, but the purple color made from this material is the most vivid, lively and beautiful.
In England in the 18th century, Cuthbert stumbled across a moss plant that could make purple dye with incomparably good results.
Since then, the purple dye extracted from litmus lichen has dominated the dye industry for more than a hundred years. It was not until the chemical industry advanced by leaps and bounds that there was a cheaper synthetic purple dye.
Then why did Shen Lang prepare litmus lichen in advance
Because this is his b-level, so be prepared.
Although the possibility of Lin Mo betraying him is very small, it is not that he has not made such mental preparations before, so he secretly prepared his trump card, and now he really used it.
Shen Lang crushed the dried litmus lichen, and then boiled it with soot and urine.
A sheer purple is drawn in no time.
Next, brighten with alum.
In no time, an inexpensive, yet beautiful and wonderful purple dye came out.
Compared with the purple dye in this world, I don't know where Gao Ming has gone.
Then, Shen Lang picked up a piece of colorless silk and put it in the dye for dyeing. After the dyeing was finished, he put it in the sun to dry.
Soon, purple silk appeared.
What a wonderful purple, so bright and vivid, with noble connotations.
Completely killed the purple silk in this world.
However, what Shen Lang wants to do is not only purple.
Just one purple color can win the Xu family, but it's not good enough to beat them in the face.
He seized all the time and directly used the materials of Lin Mo's family to create seven kinds of dyes, to dye the most gorgeous, mysterious and magical rainbow silk!
That is to say, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet are dyed on the same piece of silk. If the speed is fast enough and the action is precise enough, the rainbow silk produced will be extremely stunning and elegant.
Although he is not a professional dyer, he spent two full days playing in the Silk Museum.
And when Shen Lang entered Xu's family before, he saw workers dyeing cloth every day.
The most important thing is that there are materials in the alien laptop in Shen Lang's mind, and every step and every material is clearly written.
Therefore, although he can't be the most professional and best, it is enough.
Three hours later, Shen Lang's purple silk and rainbow silk were all dyed.
Purple silk is enough to win against Xu Qianqian.
And this rainbow silk is completely a killer feature.
It is unprecedented in this world, enough to crush the Xu family's silk into slag!
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