"Well," the head of the Tang family said with a gentler expression, "So, I discussed with the head of the village, why don't we invite the heads of the villages and clan leaders of several nearby villages to discuss it together. Unmarried young ladies can come to learn, but if the married man is not in these villages, then the craft can no longer be passed on. Otherwise, the family will no longer be able to work in the workshop, and will have to pay silver or land to the clan."
Tang Shiyue thought about it and felt that this was actually safer.
Knitting is indeed something that deserves such attention.
In fact, generally speaking, young ladies will not move away from these villages to get married. If they can reach a common agreement, it will indeed be beneficial to everyone.
You know, clans were an extremely powerful existence in ancient times. Even if you became a prime minister, you would not dare to betray your clan easily, so the restraining force was actually very great.
Tang Shiyue thanked the old patriarch again and again, saying that everything would be entirely up to him.
Chen Lizheng quietly served as a foil at the side, smiling the whole time, without any airs and very good-tempered.
Every time he saw Tang Shiyue, he couldn't help but feel lucky. This young lady was really extraordinary and seemed to have endless skills. Fortunately, he had never really offended her!
The two of them had dinner at the clan leader's house and discussed the details.
On the next day, the clan leader sent people to travel around the area, and then set a time for everyone to meet in Jubao Village.
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There are a total of eight villages nearby, including Jubao Village, the nearest Dayue Village and Xiaoyue Village, and the slightly farther Dongshan Village and Yangti Village. These five villages form a circle and have the closest ties with all kinds of relatives.
Then there are three villages that are quite far away. There is not much communication between them normally, but the head of the Tang family still notified them all.
On that day, people from Dayue Village and Xiaoyue Village came most actively.
They are the closest to them, and they see them selling jelly and bean curd sticks every day, making a lot of money. They have been jealous for a long time. It is rare that they have something to do this time, and they are willing to take them to play together. This is equivalent to giving money to them!
The people of the two villages had been happy for several days and came here before dawn.
People from Dongshan Village and Yangti Village also arrived very early, and then people from several other villages came one after another, but no one from Zhujiayu came until noon, when a young man came over and said something.
Zhujiayu is the richest village nearby. It has produced several scholars. Moreover, they live close to the town and feel that they are half townspeople. Usually, they are not very friendly to the other villages, and no one comes to work in the winery.
I heard that this time it was a young lady who wanted to open a weaving workshop, a woman's thing, and the head of the Zhu family and the head of the village were not interested at all.
A young lady, whose family can afford to support her, why should she come all the way to learn this? If she is seduced by some poor young man, it will be a trouble again.
Although the young man didn't say it directly, this is what he meant.
The head of the Tang family didn't care and nodded in agreement. Of course, the others didn't care either. Wouldn't it be better if there were one less group of people fighting?
So the group of people had their meal first, and the old patriarch took them around the village, looking at the wine shop and the martial arts hall, and also the textile workshop that was being built. In his words, he boasted implicitly.
It seems that when leaders conduct inspections, the same routine applies both in ancient and modern times.
Tang Shiyue accompanied them on the trip as a mascot, and the matter was settled. Moreover, the old patriarch had learned his lesson recently, and the group of people signed a contract together.
Then after this group of people returned, they started to hold meetings, communicate and make arrangements in their respective territories.
Tang Shiyue's weaving workshop was popular before it even opened. Anyone who had relatives in Jubao Village came to visit them in the past two days. Tang Shiyue didn't want to be treated like a giant panda, so after brewing a batch of jujube wine and ringo wine, she started running towards the town.
Well, Ringo is an apple, which can not only be used to make wine, but also to brew Tangjia fruit wine, which is considered the latest kind of fruit in the local area.
It was the first time for the Lin Family Dyeing Workshop to do this kind of work, but it was done very delicately. Tang Shiyue looked at it carefully for a long time but could not find any fault with it.
The ancient craftsmen had such a meticulous craftsmanship that modern people sometimes cannot match.
Then the head of the Lin family came to her and said, "I heard that the young lady wants to twist it into threads. We think that twisting it into threads and then dyeing it may be less laborious than dyeing it like this, and it will be easier to dye and dry it in the sun."
Tang Shiyue thought so too, so she asked, "Then can you twist the thread?"
Master Lin said, "There are a few who can."
"Then you guys roll out some yarn and we'll try dyeing some first. If it's easy to dye, then we'll dye it that way."
Master Lin said with some embarrassment: "We can try it, but there are too many. Our dyeing workshop cannot handle it."
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "It's okay, let's try it first. I'll pay you separately for this trial. If I think it's okay, I'll take it back to twist the thread and then take it back to dye it. It's the first time, let's try it more."
Seeing that she was easy to talk to, Master Lin was relieved and said with a smile, "Master Tang is right."
So they first assigned a few people to twist the thread, and on the next day they told her that the thread would be easier to dye after twisting, and there would be no problem of not being dyed thoroughly. Most importantly, it was easy to dry in the sun, saving time.
But this disrupted the plan.
Tang Shiyue directly asked people to pull the wool back, and then called the villagers over to set up a temporary workshop to wash, dry and twist the wool into yarn.
Now in the whole Jubao Village, who doesn't know this young lady's temper? Even if she does the work for nothing, everyone will fight for her head.
Because there were a lot of people coming and going in the village recently, someone who knew about it passed the news back to the village, and many people from neighboring villages also came over.
All things are difficult at the beginning. Only when Tang Shiyue really started doing it did he realize that this job was very troublesome.
Although she is a versatile person with a wide range of knowledge in her head and she likes to do in-depth research, she has never seen a wool production line!
When I was doing experiments in the dyeing workshop before, I would pick out a piece of cloth to try, which is completely different from cleaning in such a large quantity.
You have to know that real wool contains a lot of sheep sweat, mud, dirt, and tangles, which are not easy to wash off. Moreover, wool is not a one-piece piece like clothes, but is scattered. After all the trouble, there is no efficient way.
At this moment, a voice whispered, "Master Tang, why don't you pick them first and then wash them."
Tang Shiyue turned her head and saw a woman standing a few steps away, looking at her intently.
She looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a very worn green skirt, but it was washed clean, and had a woman's hairstyle. Her eyebrows and eyes were beautiful, but with a sickly pale color.
His attitude was calm, but when he saw her, a certain light burst out from his eyes... That kind of ardent hope, blooming from her eyes that were no longer clear, was impossible to ignore.
Tang Shiyue frowned slightly.
She would not mistake that light, it was the light of hope that a desperate person saw.
Tang Shiyue asked: "What do you mean?"
The woman said, "I think that it is impossible to clean the wool just by washing it. We should pick the wool first to remove all the dirt and get the clean wool. Then after washing, we can filter out the sand and it will be done."
She explained in detail, and Tang Shiyue thought it sounded quite reliable: "Well, you can try it."
The woman perked up a little. "Besides, wool can't be hung to dry. It's not easy to dry if it's spread out to dry. Besides, it's easy for sand to blow into it. I think we should build some warm niches to dry it."
Yes, you can have a dryer.
Tang Shiyue said, "That's right." She began to direct the people to do the picking work, saying, "This work must be done carefully. The wool picked out must be fluffy and tangled. Everyone will get a basket and whoever picks it will own it. If someone doesn't do a good job, then my weaving workshop won't use them, and I won't teach you the craft later."
She paused and said, "But we can't go too far. What I mean is that we can't throw away all the good wool just for fear of being fined. This also needs to be checked. In short, we must be careful."
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