They returned to Chang'an City, and before they had even sat down, Chu Xiwang came looking for her.
"You guys are going back these days, right? Go to Sihai Pavilion before you leave? I need your help with something."
"good."
This was Chu Xiwang's second invitation, and she also wanted to pick some gifts for her sister-in-law and brothers. If the locust plague was successfully controlled this time and Emperor Xuanwen was willing to exonerate them, then they would have a chance to wear it.
Xie An accompanied Xie Yanyan.
Sihai Pavilion mainly sells jewelry and rouge and powder. The Sihai Pavilion in Chang'an has a total of three floors, which is the largest in the entire Chang'an city.
Chu Xiwang took them to the VIP room on the second floor and told the shopkeeper to bring the best jewelry.
The shopkeeper soon brought in four trays of jewelry from the store. They were all the latest styles and looked very exquisite.
The shopkeeper introduced them to her, and Xie Yanyan finally picked out a pair of jade bracelets, a pair of gold bracelets, plus a few necklaces and hairpins.
After she finished choosing, the shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Miss, do you need anything else?"
"Bring me two sets of gold locks, necklaces, and bracelets for babies, one for boy and one for girl."
"Men's jade pendants, jade beads, and hair crowns, regardless of whether they are made of jade or gold, are all acceptable."
The shopkeeper brought out the best set in the store: "Miss, this set is carved from jade materials used exclusively by the royal family of the Han Dynasty. There is only this set in the entire Sihai Pavilion."
Jewelry also has temperament. Xie Yanyan saw this whole set of jewelry, including hair crowns, jade pendants, rings, gilded belts, and openwork flower and bird fasting sachets.
It's very exquisite and probably worth a lot of money.
She accepted all the men's accessories that the shopkeeper brought to her.
Chu Xiwang watched her choose silently. Xie Yanyan didn't choose anything for herself. She probably chose everything for her brothers and sisters-in-law.
After choosing, she asked the shopkeeper, "How much silver is it?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "How can I ask for money from Second Master's friend?"
"If you don't want the money, I don't want the things."
The shopkeeper looked at Chu Xi.
Chu Xiwang said to Xie Yanyan calmly: "I'll take you there."
"Can't."
Xie Anfeng also said: "Second Master Chu, Yan'er doesn't like to owe others, so don't be polite."
Chu Xiwang was silent for a while, then said to the shopkeeper, "Old Guo, give the original price to Miss Xie."
"You picked them all for your family, right? How about I give you one?"
"Thank you, Brother Chu. I don't really like wearing jewelry." Xie Yanyan said, "It's troublesome to work while wearing jewelry."
There were too many rules in ancient times. You couldn’t just accept jewelry or something like that. And she was still single.
Chu Xi looked at her from head to toe, and saw that she had no jewelry at all. Not to mention her head, even her wrists were empty.
Xie Anfeng also noticed this and felt very sad.
[Over the years, I have only been working in the military to make a living, and have neglected my children]
[My only daughter doesn’t own any jewelry]
[Save some money in the future and buy Yan'er some nice jewelry]
Xie Yanyan suddenly turned to look at him: "I don't like wearing jewelry, and it's not appropriate for us to wear gold and silver nowadays."
This was to comfort him, but Xie Anfeng felt even worse: "Yan'er, what if we are pardoned?"
"Even if I was pardoned, I still don't like wearing jewelry."
Lao Guo packed the things for Xie Yanyan. Xie Yanyan paid the money. Chu Xiwang asked her what her plans were next?
Xie Yanyan said to continue going to Lingnan.
"You saved the entire Northwest, you should be pardoned."
"Even if I am pardoned, I don't want to go back to Kyoto. Lingnan is a hard place, but it also offers opportunities."
"You decide where to settle down, and I will open a branch of Sihai Pavilion in Lingnan."
After they sat for a while, Chu Xiwang said to Xie Anfeng, "General Xie, I have a workshop. Miss Xie, please give me some pointers."
"Don't hold your hopes too high. She's just a child and may not understand."
"It's okay, Miss Xie, take a look first."
Seeing Chu Xiwang and Xie Yanyan walking towards the back, Lao Guo felt anxious and wanted to stop them.
[How can the master bring outsiders to the workshop?]
Chu Xiwang turned around and said to him, "Go to the front and greet people. You don't need to serve here."
Lao Guo paused, bowed his head and said respectfully, "Yes."
Xie Yanyan stopped and asked: "Inconvenient?"
"It's convenient." Chu Xiwang continued to lead the way.
The further they walked, the more Xie Yanyan and Xie Anfeng felt that Sihai Pavilion was unfathomable.
The facades on the first few floors were already big enough, but I didn’t expect the ones at the back to be even bigger.
Walking out of the corner door at the back, there is a long corridor, and beside the corridor is a bamboo forest. After passing through it, there is a quiet courtyard. The wall is very high, and Xie Yanyan "saw" someone guarding in the dark.
Chu Xiwang knocked on the door and a middle-aged man came to open it. When he saw Chu Xiwang, he respectfully called him "Master", then looked at Xie Yanyan and Xie Anfeng, and without saying a word, he politely led the way.
Chu Xiwang walked straight into the workshop. The middle-aged man didn't say a word, but followed him, slightly bent over, into a large yard.
Xie Yanyan swept around the yard and immediately realized that this was papermaking!
Just as she was about to go in, the middle-aged man said politely, "Miss, this is a workshop, it's inconvenient for outsiders..."
Chu Xiwang stopped and looked at him: "Old Cai, do you want to interfere in my business?"
"Master," Lao Cai knelt on the ground, "This is our secret recipe. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. This is the rule."
Chu Xiwang looked at him calmly for a second and said, "Go away."
The voice was very calm, but Lao Cai understood. He understood, and he didn't give in.
He had heard that the master had gone mad and had done many inappropriate things for a woman.
Chu Xiwang didn't argue and kicked Lao Cai away.
The kick was so hard that Lao Cai fainted on the spot.
Chu Xiwang continued to walk forward, and Xie Yanyan followed without saying a word, without changing her pace. Xie Anfeng frowned, but continued to follow his daughter.
"Ms. Xie, this is our papermaking workshop. We originally used straw to make pulp, which had very poor toughness. We have made improvements and used raw materials such as tree bark, hemp heads, and broken fishing nets to increase toughness."
He didn't say much, because Xie Yanyan was already watching the production process step by step.
Fiber separation, pulping, papermaking, and drying, these processes are now very advanced, and the paper produced has also changed from the previous primary paper, with toughness and thickness.
"Bring the paper to Miss Xie."
As soon as Chu Xiwang said something, someone brought up a stack of the best paper.
Xie Yanyan reached out and took one, took out a fountain pen from his pocket, tried to write on the paper, and found that it was easy to poke a hole in the paper.
She felt that this paper was somewhat similar to the stuff that rural women used to make shoes by pasting together rags and drying them in the 1960s and 1970s.
I tried to fold a piece of paper, and sure enough, it broke!
She carefully changed the position and folded it again, then unfolded it and found that the folded part was already fuzzy.
The young man who brought the paper was slightly dissatisfied and said, "Miss, this is the best paper in the Sixteen Kingdoms. Only the royal family can afford it. Be careful with it. It is much more durable than silk."
[I don't know who the master brought with him, but he kicked Master Cai unconscious as soon as he arrived.]
【Witch】
Xie Yanyan glanced at him lightly: "Can this be called paper?"
The man blushed and said, "Miss, you can't say such nonsense. This is indeed the best paper in the entire Sixteen Kingdoms."
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