The son crosses every night

That night, Tang Hua still didn't dare to go to Ruan Shijie's side, so he could only sneak over to talk to him in the dead of night.

"Wait." Ruan Shijie quickly grabbed him, "Don't close the door."

"Oh." Tang Hua raised his head, obediently leaned against the wall, and talked to Ruan Shijie through a door.

He had just closed the doors and windows and bolted them, as long as he didn't pass through, even if his elder brother broke into the door, he wouldn't be able to find it.

Tanghua's voice was so soft that it was only breathless, "Sir?"

The light from Ruan Shijie's study came in and stopped abruptly at the door, unable to illuminate at all. Tang Hua looked at Ruan Shijie's figure over there in the dark, his eyes reflected the light and looked a little radiant.

Ruan Shijie asked, "What's the situation over there?"

Tang Hua said in a low voice: "Brother came to the dyeing workshop with me. He lives next door. I'm afraid that if he comes to me suddenly at night, he will find that I'm not there."

"He suddenly walked with you for a while on a whim?"

"It should be." Tang Hua whispered, "Sir, I told my elder brother today that I often dream, and many things come from dreams."

"Ok?"

Tang Hua squeezed her earlobe, a little embarrassed, "During the Chinese New Year, I pretended to dream to remind His Majesty, and I thought it was very useful, so I told my elder brother that many things I know come from dreams."

There was a smile on Ruan Shijie's lips, "Did he believe it?"

Tang Hua hesitated, "I believe it."

The two whispered to each other through a door, and each other's breath was like the evening wind blowing, gently lingering around the body.

Ruan Shijie said: "This is a good idea. In a few days, find a chance to get some living things back to your room, and see if you can bring them in."

"cat?"

"Cats are fine too." Ruan Shijie lowered his eyelids slightly, and his voice became more deep and mellow because of the extremely low pressure, "I suspect that only you can open this door, and even only you can pass through the door to see clearly what is behind it." , you try to find a way to experiment."

Tang Hua nodded, "I'll find a cat to experiment with when the eldest brother returns."

Ruan Shi smiled, "Just remember it."

Tang Hua looked at him, the two of them had finished speaking, so they should close the door logically.

They didn't get along very much for two days, Tang Hua was a little reluctant, and their eyes intertwined.

Ruan Shijie said in a low voice, "Give me the river mud first."

Tang Hua remembered it now, and hurriedly went to get the bamboo tube under the table, "Sir, do you have anything to put it in there?"

"I'm going to get a fresh-keeping bag." Ruan Shijie said, "Wait a minute."

Tang Hua held the pot of mud and stood there waiting for a while, when Ruan Shi came back, Tang Hua poured half of the pot of mud and water into it.

Ruan Shijie tied his pockets and said in a low voice, "Go and rest."

Tang Hua nodded, but hesitating and reluctant to close the door.

Ruan Shijie smiled again, and said in a low voice, "Good night."

"Good night, sir."

In the early morning of the second day, after the drill obediently followed by Tang Hua, the two brothers went to the lobby for dinner together.

Gu Tangyu looked at his snow-white face and asked in a low voice, "What did you dream about last night?"

Tang Hua shook his head slightly, and also said in a low voice: "It's not like I dream about things every day. It was easier for me to dream when I was alone, and it's not easy to have people around me."

"When did you start having dreams like this?"

"When brother Han fell into the water last year, I was locked up in a side courtyard, and somehow I started dreaming."

"Is there anything special before dreaming?"

Tang Hua hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "The servant forgot to bring me food at that time, I was hungry for more than a day, I couldn't stand it, so I had this dream and ate something in the dream."

Gu Tangyu rubbed his head, sighed silently, "Brother, I know, remember, don't tell anyone else about this."

Tanghua nodded, and Gu Tangyu continued: "You have to sleep in a dream with no one on your side. After you go back, you let people sleep in the room on your left and right. I don't know if this dream is good or bad. You don't want to do it again in the future."

Tanghua didn't expect that his elder brother would object directly, so he whispered anxiously: "I think it's good to have this dream, many things are learned from dreams, why don't you continue to do it?"

"How can you get something for nothing?" When Gu Tangyu mentioned this matter, there was no room for negotiation, and asked with a straight face: "Do you know the price of dreaming?"

"Just have a dream, which of us doesn't dream? Brother, I don't think it's a problem, just let me do it."

Tang Hua was really afraid that he would refuse, so he pulled his sleeves and said in a low voice: "Otherwise, we will go to Beiyun Temple after we return to the imperial capital in a few days, if the master inside doesn't see anything unusual, you can Let me sleep."

Gu Tangyu narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is in the dream that you are so reluctant to part with?"

"Yes, I can see a lot of things." Tang Hua stammered a little, and said, "I even dreamed about the snowstorm, maybe in the future I can also dream about some life-threatening events. This is a good fate, I don't want to have a treasure mountain not to enter."

Gu Tangyu knocked on his forehead, and reproached him: "Can a good match from heaven be used like this?"

Tang Hua said anxiously: "Brother, you can do what you want."

Seeing his appearance, Gu Tangyu didn't refuse any more, he just said: "Go to Beiyun Temple to see it in a few days before we talk about it."

Tang Hua breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there is still a turning point for this matter.

This matter is considered to be clear on the elder brother's side. If he can be persuaded, it will be much more convenient for him to help cover it up in the future.

After the two of them finished their meal, they went to look at the wool washed yesterday.

After a night of blowing and drying, the wool has almost dried, and it is spread on the grass in large clumps, showing a faint yellow color. It is very soft to the touch, not as rough and knotted as the wool just delivered.

Gu Tangyu stretched out his hand to grab a ball, pinched it lightly, and put it under his nose to sniff.

The unique fishy smell of wool has become extremely light, and it will disappear completely after washing it once or twice.

Tang Hua also touched it with his hands, and found that the wool was already very good, but it was not as good as he expected.

He thought for a while, then turned his head and said, "Pingyuan, get a dozen or so people to sort the wool, sort out the wool that is too rough and short, and clean out the debris inside."

Jiang Pingyuan nodded, and waved to a servant who was working next to him. Soon, a dozen people came over with baskets and chairs. After saluting, they sorted the wool according to Tanghua's request.

Tang Hua thought for a while, and then said: "Is there any room for the cauldron for boiling potato juice? Have someone clean it up and boil some hot water. Later, we will try to boil wool."

The wool treatment method he learned from books also includes processes such as acid injection and carbonization. The conditions are not enough, and Tang Hua does not want to toss for the time being.

Others make worse wool than theirs, and they should be fine with it.

Gu Tangyu led people to watch them busy.

When Tanghua boiled the wool, he divided a control group, one was boiled with lye, and the other was boiled with clear water. When the fire was boiled, the whole dyeing workshop was filled with a strange smell.

The river flowed slowly beside it, and Tang Hua and the others fished out the wool that had been boiled for half an hour, rinsed it in the river and put it in the sun to dry.

The sun was strong in the morning, and the wool was half-dried in a short while.

Tang Hua reached out and squeezed two balls of wool. The wool boiled with lye was obviously whiter and softer, and the fishy smell was almost gone.

Tang Hua let out a sigh of relief, then turned to Jiang Pingyuan and said, "This step of making alkali must be kept strictly confidential. Don't let the prescription out, and the wool will be treated like this in the future. Alkali will hurt the skin, try not to touch it directly, and use sticks to stir more. "

Jiang Pingyuan nodded, "I understand."

"In the future, we will deal with the wool according to this formula. We will send out the wool according to the previous plan, and invite some skilled weavers to spin it into thread. Some of the wool thread will be collected, and some of it will be spun into cloth."

"Yes."

Tang Hua exhaled, "Wash the wool for the time being, and let them not be lazy on the Xiangyun yarn end, soak it in the sun twice a day, first get out the evenly dyed yarn, and then postpone the step of crossing the river mud for the time being."

Jiang Pingyuan should go down.

Seeing that they had finished speaking, Gu Tangyu asked Tanghua, "Where are you going to sell this wool?"

Tang Hua said without hesitation: "Selling loose, we just want to open a fabric store, and then we can send them over and sell them together. Our wool is not too much, so we should be able to sell it all."

Gu Tangyu: "I see that your wool is pretty good, after making it into a sweater, sell some of it to me."

"No need." Tang Hua stared into his brother's eyes and whispered, "It's not a difficult thing to get. I'll give you a recipe for making soda later. It just so happens that you go to the frontier. Wool collection is cheaper than mine." It’s cheaper here, just wash it and make it into clothes.”

In addition to knitting wool, sweaters can also be made by felting, or they can be spun into cloth and then cut. This is not difficult, and Tang Hua believes that they can make it out.

Gu Tangyu and his younger brother looked at each other with a smile in their eyes, "Aren't you afraid that if I make too much wool, I will compete with you for business?"

"My own family, how can it be regarded as robbery?"

Gu Tangyu patted him on the shoulder, "I wrote it down for my brother."

Tang Hua thought for a while and asked, "Brother, how many women are there in your army?"

"Ok?"

Tang Hua was afraid of ambiguity, so he hurriedly explained: "The frontier is bitterly cold, and the crops are afraid of being difficult to survive. The soldiers at the bottom do not have much money. The elder brother might as well ask their wives to weave wool and give them money by piece. At that time, they can help the soldiers a lot. It can unite people's hearts."

Gu Tangyu smiled: "It's a good idea, I'll go back and think about it."

Tang Hua nodded, and said, "I don't know how many people grow cotton in the frontier? I think if we can reclaim arable land, growing cotton is also good."

Gu Tangyu: "There is not enough food to grow. How can there be fields to grow cotton? Most of the frontiers use leather, sheepskin, deerskin and dog skin to protect themselves from the cold in winter, but cotton is rarely used."

Tanghua thought of coal for a moment. There are many plains and plateaus in the frontier, so there should be coal, but it is not easy to dig. He quickly suppressed the relevant years. This is not something he can touch.

Tang Hua said honestly, "It's my fault."

"Next time I will take you to the frontier, and you will know."

Tang Hua nodded, raised his face and smiled at his elder brother.