Before he could ask any more questions, he only inquired about the origin of the cloth before following Magistrate Wu to the town and villages.
Those who were well-known in the town had heard that the county magistrate was coming, and they had been waiting at the town entrance for a long time.
When Song Ning and Magistrate Wu got out of the carriage, the scene before them was not as prosperous as their Shanhe Town had seemed back then.
Accompanied by the crowd, Song Ning and Magistrate Wu walked through the fields and finally saw the unpalatable food that Magistrate Wu had mentioned.
"Miss Song, these are all."
Song Ning squatted on the edge of the field, picked up a small flower and looked at it, feeling as if she had seen it somewhere before.
There are quite a few in this area, all different colors, so they shouldn't be the same kind. But this kind of thing doesn't look like it's edible.
After examining it for a while, she suddenly remembered it. Wasn't this gromwell root? She had seen it in her village in her past life.
The Jin Dynasty already had the technology of weaving and dyeing cloth, things they had never seen before.
Song Ning stood up and laughed, "This is not for eating, but a kind of herb that can be used as medicine. If I'm not mistaken, it can also be used as a dye for cloth."
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Wu quickly squatted down to take a look, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.
Herbs are great! Herbs can be sold for money!
"Are there any people in Yong'an County who know how to dye cloth?" Song Ning asked.
"Yes, there is one in Guiping Lane in the west of the county town. It is a dyeing workshop that has been passed down from generation to generation."
Song Ning then remembered the floral fabrics he had seen on the street earlier and asked, "Then I would like to trouble the magistrate to show me the way. I would like to pay him a visit. Perhaps I can find a way for Yongning County to make money in the future."
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