At night, Yiremu came again.
This time she sent two sets of clothes, which were actually coats made of sky silk, with a layer of extremely light and warm cashmere fabric sandwiched inside.
Wen Qingzhu didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after Yiremu explained it, he became interested in these two sets of clothes.
After trying it on, she was surprised to find that it was really warm.
She couldn't help but ask Yiremu: "Are there any embroiderers in Tianying City who are so skillful?"
"The women of Qi State are very skillful. They can weave it. But there are fewer people now. When we catch them later, we can make them for adults as soon as possible."
Wen Qingzhu's smile was a little stiff, but in order to avoid being exposed, she kept smiling and asked: "This is also the case. The weaving method in Qi is indeed different from ours, but don't the women here learn from it?"
Yiremu looked at her strangely: "The materials used in these clothes are very rare. Even if they learn how to use them, they have no use for them."
"This is not right. The Xiongnu and Qi are at war now. The women of Qi are not so easy to catch. Wouldn't it be better for us to learn from them?"
"Why do you need to learn! Let the lowly Qi people learn it. This craft hurts the hands and eyes, and is not suitable for us. It doesn't matter if we fight, as long as we give enough money, the Asang tribe of Qi will send her!"
Yiremu didn't care at all. When he talked about the women of Qi State, he seemed to be talking about animals.
Wen Qingzhu's heart grew colder and colder after hearing this.
The Asan tribe is really awesome!
The narrator, He Lai, was standing. He had been paying attention to Wen Qingzhu, and he always felt that the master was not very happy just now.
Soon, Wen Qingzhu went in and changed his clothes.
When she came out, she couldn't stop praising her clothes for the past two days. Seeing that she was happy, Yiremu said goodbye and left.
As soon as she left, the smile on Wen Qingzhu's face disappeared instantly.
He Lai walked up and couldn't help but asked: "Aren't you happy, sir?"
Wen Qingzhu's heart tightened. Why did she look around? There was He Lai next to her!
After thinking for a while, she turned around quickly, her face still ugly: "I am indeed unhappy."
"Why? Is it because we arrested Qi people?"
He Lai's words were a sure hit.
However, Wen Qingzhu would not admit it and shook his head: "No, it's because I think everyone's attitude here is wrong."
He Lai was puzzled, so Wen Qingzhu continued to explain: "Look, the Qi country is powerful, supports so many people, is prosperous, and has various conditions that we Xiongnu cannot compare with. Is it really just the Qi people's women who are clever? Maybe it is. Are their weaving skills better than ours?"
"This is indeed true." He Lai nodded.
Wen Qingzhu saw that he seemed to have listened and relaxed: "I have been to Qi State. You know this. They have writing and inheritance. The most important thing is that they are humble and know how to apply what they have learned."
"Putting what you have learned into practice?" He Lai didn't quite understand the word, and it sounded unfamiliar.
Wen Qingzhu continued: "They just don't know anything, so they learn it. The most important thing is that they know it. Think about it, the women of Qi can weave such exquisite and light clothes. Although we don't have enough materials, our techniques are not enough." It's the same. We can use this technique to knit warmer woolen clothes, which may not be as thin but are definitely lighter than our traditional clothes.
Think about it, every household has sheep. If every household can weave woolen clothes, they can withstand the cold winter even when there is not enough charcoal fire! By reducing the chance of freezing to death, will the population slowly increase soon? "
He Lai thought about it carefully and finally said: "Your Excellency, you are right. Not only are we not humble enough, but we are also not hardworking enough."
Wen Qingzhu didn't expect him to understand it at all, and he was very pleased.
It's not that she wants to help the Huns, but if the Huns are fed and clothed, according to their temperament, they will attack Qi less often.
But their temperament, as long as they stutter, they don't want to work, Wen Qingzhu found it difficult.
Early on the first morning, Wen Qingzhu took out his clothes and approached He Lai.
"Follow me to the palace. My clothes are damaged and I need them to repair them."
He Lai glanced at the bundle in her hand and asked, "Can't I just send it to you directly? Why do you need to go all the way?"
"This is an opportunity. I've heard about your chance to meet the second prince. The second prince originally wanted to promote you to the palace, but unfortunately, you were banished and given to me."
He Lai was stunned, he didn't know about this.
Wen Qingzhu stopped looking at him, turned around and went out, got on the carriage, and asked him to get in the carriage with him.
Not long after, they arrived at the gate of the palace.
Before waiting for two quarters of an hour, Qiu Lin came to greet him personally.
Wen Qingzhu explained the purpose of his visit, and Qiu Lin had the same question: "My lord can just send you the clothes directly, why bother to go there in person?"
"Don't I want to see those women with exquisite skills?" Wen Qingzhu relied on his status to throw the question back.
Qiu Lin was speechless and could only lead her in.
But when she got to the door, Qiu Lin stopped her: "I suggest you don't go in."
Wen Qingzhu laughed: "Is there anything you can't do to see people?"
Qiu Lin glanced at He Lai's arm that was still hanging. Thinking about it, in the eyes of a person like Lord Xiaoshui, there was nothing he had never seen before.
Killing people without giving orders.
She insisted on meeting today, but it was just her temporary interest.
Qiulin figured it out and took her in.
The courtyard was quite open, and there were nearly a dozen women sitting under the corridor.
There was also the sound of machinery inside the house, which sounded like weaving.
But the first time she saw it, she was shocked by the scene in front of her.
The women all had sallow complexions and were as thin as firewood. Their feet were holding on to the iron chains, and their hands were holding embroidered cloth and bandages. Their eyes were dry, but the work in their hands had not stopped.
Everyone's breathing was heavy. Just by looking at their faces and listening to their breathing, Wen Qingzhu could tell that several of them were dying soon.
Looking at these people intently, Wen Qingzhu remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, she asked: "Who is responsible for repairing it for me?"
Qiu Lin said quickly: "Wait a minute, I will help you take the clothes in."
Wen Qingzhu raised his hand to stop him: "No! I want to meet people. I don't like these people. I need a normal person to fix them for me."
Qiulin opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing and just nodded.
After a while, Qiu Lin brought out a middle-aged woman dragging a chain.
She still had some flesh on her face, but she was still very thin and looked sick.
"She has a serious lung disease. When sewing, she may cough and spit on her clothes."
Wen Qingzhu's face was full of disgust and rejection, and Qiu Lin was speechless.
He could only explain patiently: "They are all the best embroiderers. There is no one else. There are few slaves in Qi people now, and there are even fewer female slaves. Even if there are new ones, their techniques are not familiar."
"Forget it over there, just throw away these clothes." Wen Qingzhu gave He Lai a wink, and He Lai handed the bundle to Qiu Lin.
Qiu Lin, who was forced to take over the burden, was like holding a hot potato.
This is a gift from the second prince to Lord Xiaoshui, and he won't be able to make a new one for a while.
If the clothes were left here, the second prince might be blamed.
Wen Qingzhu turned to leave, but Qiu Lin suddenly remembered something and stopped her quickly: "Sir! Did you want to find a female slave to take care of the little master?"
Wen Qingzhu didn't expect Qiu Lin to take the initiative to bring up this issue, so he stopped and slowly turned around: "Yes, it's just that so many things happened in the past two days that I didn't think about it for a while."
Qiulin handed the clothes to the female slaves who looked the best and quickly ordered her to go in.
He then caught up and said, "Let me take you to see the other female slaves of Qi Ren."
The main problem now is to please Wen Qingzhu.
After taking two steps, Wen Qingzhu stopped, turned around, and said to Qiu Lin, "Go and call all the female slaves here, and pick the two that look the best and patch them up for me."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Qiu Lin agreed quickly and called people to call everyone out.
Soon, everyone appeared in front of her.
Wen Qingzhu took a quick glance and saw that there was no such thing as a mother-in-law.
Last night, she drew Tudan's mother's words based on Tudan's description and remembered his mother's appearance, so she decided to act alone.
After confirming not, Wen Qingzhu nodded: "Let's go."
After twisting and turning, they came to a courtyard that looked like a prison cell.
Qiu Lin brought all the slaves up and showed them to Wen Qingzhu one by one.
In the end there was none.
There are about thirty people here, some are ashen-faced, some are trembling, and some are very quiet, but their eyes always have some kind of hope.
These are all citizens of Daqi, and they are all newly captured.
If the Lu Jiajun in Dingyuan had not been decentralized, I wonder if these people would not have been arrested.
Wen Qingzhu took a deep breath and rejected it directly: "No way!"
Qiu Lin said helplessly: "Sir, if this is not enough, it will be gone."
Wen Qingzhu originally wanted to say that there were more at the military camp, but when he thought of Qiu Lin's character, he would definitely keep the good ones.
So he didn't say much.
As quickly as she came, she left just as quickly.
Qiu Lin finally sent Wen Qingzhu away, and Yiremu came over to invite him to see the second prince.
When they arrived at the inner hall, the second prince was in front of the defense plan. Seeing him coming, he asked casually: "Is she coming?"
"Yes." Qiu Lin understood and told the second prince what had just happened.
After hearing what he said, the second prince paused: "There is also a little adult? He looks like five or six years old?"
"Yes!" Qiu Lin did not dare to speak.
Although Master Xiaoshui said that was her younger brother, he always felt that he might be his son.
In the afternoon, Wen Qingzhu took Tudan out to ride horses.
The most spacious location is near the military camp.
Now it is outside the palace and within the Sky Eagle City, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Corpse Chaser.
He also heard about what happened in the morning. As soon as Wen Qingzhu went out in the afternoon, he immediately chased after her.
"Sir, do you want to ride a horse? In fact, it is best outside the city."
Wen Qingzhu looked at him with a half-smile: "Now? The fourth prince and the sixth prince will arrive tomorrow. It's not safe outside."
The corpse was shocked and nodded in agreement.
When we arrived near the military camp, a man who looked like a captain came over to say hello.
"Hello, Master Shizhu."
He also knew this man. Thinking of his instructions today, he asked one more question: "Where is Gailou? Isn't he working for General Juqu in the army? Let him come to see me."
"He who built the building..." The man hesitated and didn't say anything for a long time.
Zhi Zhu's face darkened: "Where on earth did he go!"
The man hurriedly bent down and said: "Brother Building Building finished doing some work for the general. On the way, he fell in love with a new woman and asked for leave to go home."
"Hmph! Go and get him back for me!" Zhi Zhu was completely angry now.