After giving the cloth to Lin Dan, the eldest prince asked, "How is it, Miss Lin, are you still satisfied? If you think these women are available, I will send them to your village tonight. But you You have to watch them, let alone let people discover their Japanese identities, or you will be in big trouble if you snap off a hat that harbors thieves."
"I understand, Your Highness Xie." Lin Dan cupped his hands gratefully. She knew that to bring these women out, Du Rusong and the eldest prince must have taken a risk.
Du Ruyan was a little worried at first, but she calmed down when she saw Lin Dan's calm expression. She patted the fabric in her hand and said with a smile, "Slightly, these fabrics are more beautiful than Shu brocade, and they will definitely suppress Meng Zhong's arrogance."
"In the Japanese country, this Kesi technique is called Nishijin weaving, and it was inherited from the prosperous Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago. On closer inspection, this is actually our own technique, but it was lost due to the war. Now it has returned to its homeland, We must carry forward it and pass it on from generation to generation. The things of the ancestors cannot be lost again." In front of the eldest prince, Lin Dan didn't mind saying a few nice words.
The eldest prince was really moved, and immediately assured: "What Miss Lin said is. How could the Japanese pirates take away the things of the ancestors? You just take those women back and learn their weaving skills as soon as possible, something happened. I bear it."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Lin Dan bowed respectfully.
Du Ruyan hurriedly said: "Then let's take those women away now, lest we have more dreams at night."
"No, we have to tie them up for a few more days, and we will release them when they are desperate. Don't be too hasty with grace, so that they won't have a long memory and will be difficult to discipline in the future. The best way to tame wild beasts is with a whip. Food." Lin Dan couldn't help but froze as soon as he finished speaking. She seemed to be familiar with things in the army and knew how to tame captives. Was she a soldier in her last life
When she pondered, she didn't realize that the first prince and Du Ruyan were looking at her with complicated eyes. They originally thought that Lin Dan was an honest person, but in the end, they found out that this honest person's behavior is really cruel, not deliberately pretending, nor formed by the day after tomorrow, but the kind that penetrates into the bones, reveals pure harmony Naive and cruel.
Du Ruyan laughed quickly, hugged Lin Dan's arm and said, "Dan, you are amazing, you are too thoughtful! I will listen to you." It's me and the faint who are the ones who are in charge, and maybe I will implicate my brother and the eldest prince! Thinking of this, Du Ruyan lost all sympathy.
The eldest prince, who was still a little worried, has now completely relaxed. To say that Lin Dan is kind, she is indeed kind, but when she should be cruel, she will not be soft-hearted. It is undoubtedly very reassuring to work with such people.
"Okay, then I'll lock them up for a few more days. You're tired too, go back to your room to rest." The eldest prince sent the two back to the wing, turned to go to the next door, and shook his head at Du Rusong, who was still asleep, "Rusong , you seem to have a crush on an incredible girl."
"What did you do lightly?" Du Rusong, who was tortured by the severe pain and couldn't sleep, immediately cheered up.
The eldest prince repeated the previous things carefully, and sighed: "I have never seen such a calm, hard-hearted, and resolute girl."
Du Rusong chuckled and coughed, "Her father and her mother are both horse thieves, she is naturally different from other girls."
The eldest prince looked at him and sighed in his heart, "Look at the proud appearance of my friend, as if the descendants of horse thieves are of such incredible origin. No cure, really no cure!
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Because he was busy taking care of Du Rusong, Lin Dan didn't go to the store to check for half a month. But even if she and Du Ruyan were both absent, there was nothing to worry about in the store, because they didn't receive any orders at all, and the business was taken away by the Mengshi Embroidery Village opposite.
Zhang Hui was so anxious that she had to bite the bullet and come to the First Prince's Mansion to find someone. She used to be a horse thief, so she naturally had a natural resistance to these officers and soldiers. Fortunately, Lin Dan quickly came out with a package and said, "Mother, there are two pieces of clothes here, which are made according to the size of you and San Yiniang. You two don't have to do anything, just put on your clothes. , just go around the store when the crowd is most crowded. If someone asks, you can say that the fabric on your body is custom-made by the embroidery village, the current production is very small, and you don’t take out, so don’t talk to them about it.”
Zhang Hui opened the package and looked at it, and was immediately stunned.
Lin Dan patted her shoulder and asked, "Mother, did you hear me?"
"I heard it, I heard it," Zhang Hui nodded dazedly, and finally said hesitantly, "Dan, are such nice clothes really made for me?"
"Of course, I'm running out of time, so I only made two pieces of clothes. In the future, when I have time, I will make one for Si Yiniang. Please explain a few words to me, so that she doesn't think too much. Wait for Du Gongzi to raise her. If I am not here, they will have no one to rely on. Empress Du can't go down the mountain casually, and she has been feeling a little depressed these years and can't stand the stimulation. , She still doesn't know about Du Gongzi's injury. Mother, please help them take care of the mansion, and don't let people go in casually."
"Okay, I see." Zhang Hui nodded hastily, not realizing what was wrong with her daughter taking care of two people four or five years older than her. Today's Lin Mansion and Du Mansion are all supported by her alone.
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The next day, Zhang Hui and San Yiniang went to visit the shop wearing new clothes. It was noon at this time, the sun was shining all over the earth, bringing warmth, and it also attracted everyone to go out and enjoy this rare sunny weather. Another new-style Shu brocade came out from Meng's Embroidery Village today, and a group of ladies and socialites rushed to buy it in a horse-drawn carriage.
"Don't rob it, this Shu Jin has already been reserved by the governor's wife!" the shopkeeper shouted loudly.
"Why was she booked again! How did you guys do business?"
"If the ladies want to, they can also make an order with me. Once it is shipped, we will deliver it to the door immediately. There is nothing we can do. Now that the owner's weaving workshop has just opened, there are too few weavers who can weave this kind of brocade. The output cannot be increased. When the imperial commissioner to buy fabrics for the nobles in the palace arrives in the middle of the year, I am afraid that the Shu brocade that our family produces throughout the year will be offered. Several ladies want to buy them at that time, and we will not be able to supply them. Our owner It's also very embarrassing!" The shopkeeper sighed helplessly.
I heard that this kind of fabric will become a tribute, and it will be impossible to buy it in the future. The ladies and young ladies are panic buying again, and they have ordered all the fabrics in four or five months, and the price has doubled several times.
The passers-by licked their tongues when they saw it, thinking that the fabrics of this shop must be the best in Lin'an Prefecture, otherwise why would there be so many nobles rushing to buy it? Once this impression is made, the effect brought about is quickly manifested. When the families in Lin'an Prefecture were a little better off, when they needed to buy cloth, the first thing that came to mind would undoubtedly be Meng's Embroidery Village.
The business of the nearby shops was all robbed, but in order to get a new-style Shu brocade business from Meng Zhong, they had to swallow it up. Just as they were jealous, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Danyanxiu Village, and two tall middle-aged women walked down from the inside, stood still and stroked the skirts a little, then stepped up the steps. . The sun just hit the top of their heads, causing their dresses to reflect a shimmering shimmer, instantly stealing the attention of passersby.
I saw one of them was wearing a big red skirt, and one of them was wearing a dark blue skirt, which are the most popular styles nowadays. The texture of both fabrics is very smooth and drapeable. After wearing, it will naturally fit on the body curve. When walking, it swings gently with the wind, like rolling waves, and like clouds and smoke drifting. There is a kind of spiritual beauty.
If only the texture is excellent, it would not be surprising, but the strange thing is that the bright red fabric emits a faint golden light under the sunlight. This light is not fixed, nor is it dazzling, it looks very soft. Bright, and then like flowing water, it slowly swims along the folds formed by the clothes, and keeps changing to bright or dark colors with the walking of the wearer and the change of the light, just like the water sprinkled in the sky when the dusk is approaching. That cloudy sky.
However, when you get closer to see it, you will find that where is this cloth mixed with golden clouds? In the backlight, it really is a pure red cloth, not a single blemish.
The dark blue clothes are also made of the same fabric, which is a solid color in the backlight, but emits a soft blue-white light in the sunlight, and you can vaguely see many shining points of light, like the stars all over the night sky. A lot of mystery and agility are revealed in the stillness.
After reading these two clothes, and then looking at the new-style Shu brocade produced by Mengshi Embroidery Village, you can immediately notice the difference between the two. The reason why the new style of Shu brocade shines is because during the weaving process, the weaver girl mixed a kind of gold thread into the warp and weft. It looks very beautiful from a distance, but when you look closely, you can see that this kind of gold thread is much harder and thicker than silk. , greatly affects the texture and feel of the fabric, making it appear less smooth and less drapey.
Although it is dazzling, this brilliance is crude and the traces of artificial weaving are too obvious. It does not look like the cloth on the two women at all. It has a delicate feel and a dangling texture. The reason why it can reflect light depends not on the rough gold thread, but on a mesh of silk woven into it, which is so thin that it is difficult to see with the naked eye. This layer of net is completely integrated with the base fabric, and the light displayed is floating, thin, and transparent, which complements the light of nature and is integrated.
Such fine workmanship, such natural brilliance and color, immediately set off the new style of Shu brocade. Even though Zhang Hui and San Yiniang were only average in appearance, and they were a little older, they still looked radiant and charming.
The ladies and ladies who were busy buying Shu brocade looked at them one by one, and then froze one by one.