The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Half a month ago, Xia Anran had heard reports from the craftsmen that they modified the loom according to the requirements of the weavers, so he thought that it would not take long to see the results.

Xia Anran asked the weavers to make a small sample first, there is no need to make a big one first, after all, a big one is time-consuming and laborious, and the pattern is not easy to design.

But I didn't expect Aru to be the first to hand in the work.

When he stepped into the weaving room, he saw a slightly sprawled girl quietly manipulating the loom.Seeing him enter, the weavers stood up to greet him one after another, Xia Anran only nodded slightly, and picked up a sachet handed over by the person in charge here.

Xia Anran's fingers slowly swipe across the top, this is a picture of colorful butterflies flying, this kind of pattern most often appears in the embroidery of girls.

He stretched out his hand to touch it lightly, and felt it was slightly uneven. When he turned over, the pattern on the back was basically the same. Although there were some threads, it was indeed a Kesi craft.

After half a year, I finally took a small step.

Xia Anran handed the things to the person in charge and praised: "Very well done." He clearly felt that A Ru, who had been holding her breath, was relieved, and the female worker in charge had a gentle smile on her face. One of the best weaving girls in this country is called Yunniang.

The name of the character is best at weaving brocade and has a good temper.

Yunniang glanced at the little king with a crooked smile, and then at Aru who was hiding behind and dared not show her face, feeling a little amused in her heart.

A Ru was picked up by the little king, and it seems that the house was built to keep her. If it weren't for the fact that His Royal Highness is still young, I'm afraid he would have everything to say.

And even if His Highness is young, some people will inevitably make irresponsible remarks.

But Yunniang kept the bowl of water level from beginning to end, and her impartial attitude stabilized the quietness of the room, and at the same time gained Aru's favor.Soon, she got the truth from A Ru.

At that time, the little girl clenched her fists to express that she must not disappoint His Highness who believed in her, but at the same time she was troubled by whether she understood or not, but forcefully wrote down the knowledge, and felt guilty for not being able to provide Yunniang with more information.Naturally, Yunniang would not mention that she was reminded before she came here, it was just a comfort.

A Ru worked hard, and her younger brother was also very well-behaved.

At first, many people opposed A Ru's plan to keep her younger brother in the house.

The things in the room where they are located are very delicate, not to mention other things, let’s talk about silk thread, this thing is thin and brittle, if one is not careful, it will be stirred into a ball, if it is disturbed, it is impossible to smooth it out , can only be completely scrapped.

And everyone needs to complete the tasks assigned by King Zhongshan, and they all have to concentrate. If the baby is crying, how can people do things?

It's just a big winter, and this one came before them, so it's not easy for everyone to expressly object.

Fortunately, this little brother is really good, A Ru took a hemp rope and surrounded her brother with a place, and stuffed a small wooden knife into the little brother.

Her younger brother really kept exercising in that small circle. Every day, he had to finish squatting for an hour, hack five hundred times with a knife, and practice handstands, lifting stones, etc., without doing anything less.

Not to mention the younger brother, even A Ru is extremely stubborn, so it should be said that he is a real sibling.

Xia Anran didn't understand, Yunniang knew that Aru was a layman as soon as she got to the bottom of it.Xiuniang and Zhiniang seem to be in the same industry, but in fact there are many differences. This feeling is probably similar to the difference between watercolor and oil painting.

A layman thinks it is next door, but an insider thinks it is several mountains.

She only mentioned a few words, and A Ru understood her hint, but after that, she kept learning and practiced desperately. In addition, Kesi is a new craft for them, and they also need to adapt. The progress of both parties is slow. almost.But being able to get to where she is now from a layman with no foundation is enough for Yunniang to admire.

Because of the stubbornness of the siblings, Yunniang intended to befriend them.

In this way, the first piece of Kesi with an extremely long face landed on A Ru.

Kesi is a double-edged sword.

Kesi technology originated in the Han Dynasty and matured in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but its peak was in the Ming and Qing dynasties.The Kesi technique in the Song Dynasty was mainly used to make picture scrolls and empress costumes, but in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Kesi became the royal clothing manufacturing. With the addition of gold thread, feathers and other precious items, Kesi gradually It has become a memory with a symbol of imperial power and dignity.

In his impression, Emperor Wanli had a Kesi dragon robe, which had been manufactured for 15 years. Later generations of cultural relics managers sought folk craftsmen who could reproduce this dragon robe and traveled all over China before finding a master.

In the Qing Dynasty, the silk weaving industry in Jiangnan was completely tied to the big royal ship. At its peak, nearly 10 people were engaged in the weaving industry. Relying on silk, Jiangnan almost gave birth to capitalist commerce, which shows its huge profits. .

Like making porcelain, Xia Anran's purpose of tinkering with this technology in advance is to sell it to the Huns.

Bank of China has a vicious vision, and people are not easy to deal with. A piece of porcelain may not be enough to attract people, and it is difficult for porcelain to enter the Xiongnu market at first. After all, the volume of porcelain is huge and it is not convenient to smuggle.

This is not the case with silk fabrics.

It is thin, foldable, and expensive, making it a favorite of smugglers.Even when the Huns officially prohibited the Huns from wearing silk, the silk smuggling trade never stopped.

What's more, purely from the perspective of clothing, silk fabrics are indeed not as hard as animal skins. At best, silk fabrics are more comfortable to wear, but what about Kesi?

Or add brocade?Compared with Kesi, brocade weaving is much simpler to make, and the finished product is faster, which is suitable for mass production.

If using these silk fabrics to make clothes will arouse the vigilance of the Huns, then make small decorations first.

In this era when paper was not popularized, most people used feather fans to fan the wind. It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that the embryonic form of round fans gradually appeared.

How many girls can resist the exquisite beauty of Qingluo Xiaofan fluttering Liuying?

Even modern women who have the convenience of an electric fan can't help but buy two exquisite round fans occasionally after passing through an embroidery shop.

In the words of the girls, what they fan is not the wind, but a sense of ritual.

If fans still have seasonal limitations, they can also be used to make hair bands, shawls, and small silk scarves.

For Xia Anran from modern times, although he has never understood why girls have so many places to decorate and shop, but now these are sources of inspiration for him.

Thanks to the merchants of a certain treasure for doing everything they can to make money.

And the most important thing is that silk alone can make the Gentiles crazy about it, if you add silk with exquisite patterns.

Many foreign countries have been beaten out of their temper by the Huns.Nowadays, the Xiongnu can be said to be the most powerful group in East Asia. The reason why the term country cannot be used is because the Xiongnu did not establish a country.

Strictly speaking, they are a tribal alliance brought together by various tribes under the banner of the Huns.

As long as it is an alliance, there is room for each to break.

Money and interests can stir people's hearts.

Loyal people are worthy of admiration, because there are too few people who can maintain their hearts under the temptation of interests.

And loyalty is precisely the last thing the Huns need.

On the vast prairie, all the actions of the Huns are to live and serve.As long as they are alive, they can pay any price.

Be it alliances or betrayals, stabbing in the back is nothing more than commonplace.

Using profit as the driving force, corrupt them bit by bit with material, and at the same time buy the slaves of the Huns, so that these people who hate the Huns the most will enrich the border.

There will be a period of peace for more than ten years between the Huns and the Han.

Ten years is enough for a power to turn from prosperity to decline under the impetus of someone with a heart.

And once the Huns royal court begins to decline, there is no need for a big man to take action, and the Muqiang effect of the Huns will cause the Huns to start civil strife until a new leader is elected.

On the other hand, in order to achieve this goal, the big man must export a considerable amount of various products, which will inevitably lead to the transformation of weaving, brocade, silk, embroidery and other activities from the status of women subsidizing their households in their spare time. as the main occupation.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the style of the whole country was biased towards frugality and simplicity.This is because of the lack of supplies, and secondly because the royal family took the lead.

In fact, even Liu Xiaosheng, who is the prince, has many clothes made by his mother after weaving and tie-dying.Today, women are also half of the family farm work.

In order to pull women out of busy agricultural activities, it is necessary to promote agricultural tools first.A society can develop further only when people can be separated from the most basic work that satisfies the requirements of life.

The small commodity industry, manufacturing industry, service industry and other industries are all in the plan book of the young vassal king.

Therefore, after Xia Anran came out of the cloth workshop, she boarded the carriage without stopping, and went to the relatively remote Zhongshan country blacksmith workshop.

The surname of the owner here is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Dachui.

He was originally just a hammer master in an ordinary blacksmith shop in Lunu County. His main task was to repair farm tools and make some small ornaments.

Such a technical level is naturally enough for a blacksmith in a county town to hold a hammer, but it is not enough for a master blacksmith in the capital of a country.

After the order of Zhongshan to close the country came down, the master blacksmith was also very courageous.He knew in his heart that if he didn't move, other blacksmiths would come and build a shop to seize his business. It was a bad feeling to let others take away his own fat.

So this person contacted his brothers and sisters, and extended outward through his personal network, and found many master blacksmiths.At the same time, he spent all his savings together, extended the shop, and built a blast furnace at the same time.

In addition to the two blast furnaces it already owned, the Zhang family blacksmith shop has become a top-equipped device with three blast furnaces.

Facts have proved that his decision is very clever.

As the officially designated blacksmith shop, Zhang Da Blacksmith took over the business of making farm tools set by the little king in one go.

What made him scratch his head was that, along with the deposit, there were acceptance criteria, which seemed to be listed by a knowledgeable person. Although strict, they were not strict.Blacksmith Zhang agreed immediately.

The first to be delivered were the plowshares, which took a short time to build as there was only one component, and are now secured to wooden plow beds with tanned rattan.

The craftsman who was doing the experiment didn't wait for the petty official to bring the ox. With a flick of his sleeve, he pulled the rope and dragged the plow forward.The craftsman who was supporting him at the back looked very relaxed, especially when the former tried to turn around, he showed surprise.

After the two worked together to shovel a small acre of field, they both came up with mutually satisfactory answers.

At the same time, the clerk brought the most advanced Zhiyuanli, and after testing it himself, he was more inclined to Quyuanli from the perspective of a "cow" or a human being.

There is only one word difference between Quyuanli and Zhiyuanli, but the feelings it brings to people are completely different.The Quyuan was formed in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no major change in the subsequent eras, which shows the degree of ingenuity that has been unchanged since its initial production.

Among them, the most popular one is that the Quyuan plow is equipped with a plow evaluation device, which can control the depth of the plowshare into the ground, so that it can deal with most of the fields in different situations.

Moreover, it lowers the center of gravity and shortens the length of the plow shaft, thereby reducing the burden on animal power, and it can save labor for both humans and animals.

While everyone was pondering, the ox was also brought.There was also a rich peasant who came together, and this cow was the livestock of the rich peasant.

Although the taxation and grain management team led by the Zhisu Neishi of Zhongshan State had some knowledge of cultivated land, some operations still had to be tried by real farmers.No matter whether it is power posture or farming habits, it needs to be tested by farmers.

After the old farmer saw the new plow, his originally calm expression froze. He whistled for the ox without a nose ring, and he did it himself.

The experiment report was quickly handed over to Xia Anran.Only looking at the data submitted by the management below, Xia Anran did not hesitate to use the seal on it.

After receiving the approval letter, Zhi Su Naishi immediately hired craftsmen to step up the production, and he first took a small batch of plows that had been made to the southern region.

Zhongshan Kingdom is a strip-shaped administrative map, mainly in the north-south direction.Even though the location is protected by the Taihang Mountains from the north wind and generally presents a warm climate, due to the natural superiority of the latitude, the south still needs to thaw earlier than the north.

Therefore, due to the needs of livestock recovery, when piercing the nose of the cow, it was planned to advance from south to north.

When the officials went south this time, they found that the number of calves in the farmland had increased significantly at a cursory glance. After asking, they found out that many of these calves were purchased by residents of Zhongshan Kingdom from surrounding counties.

Farmers face the loess and their backs to the sky, work diligently all their lives, and look honest and honest.But at the same time they are also very sensitive to some government actions.

The team sent by the prime minister to perforate cattle made them sensitively aware of something.Some families without cattle, after watching the excitement, went back to think about it and asked someone to buy a calf elsewhere.

The decision of these people is correct.Because soon they all got Qu Yuanli, which was promoted from top to bottom.

Compared with the livestock plow that appeared in the past few years, the Quyuan plow has been further improved, and it feels lighter and more labor-saving to use.

Even for ordinary farmers, they don't need an animal in front to save them energy, and they can let it push by themselves.Especially families with calves at home are almost reluctant to let calves work.

The cowboy is still young, so he doesn't dare to be too ruthless now, if he hurts his bones, he won't grow up in the future.

Now the main job of the calf is to eat, sleep and watch the children.

The utensils made by Zhang Blacksmith seem to be numerous, but they can only be said to be sparkling fires across the country.Today's main method of promotion is to distribute to counties and townships, and then the county or township chief will promote the next step to follow the example and make a batch of farm tools made by the villagers themselves.

The counties and townships have a good ability to adapt to the method of top-down farm implements.This year everyone is richer than in previous years, especially some men helped to cook the kang after picking the lacquer fruit, and got another wage.

What's more, it is extremely wasteful to use one set of farm tools for the whole family, and the farmers have also developed a set of know-how from their long-term planting experience.

Basically, I only use farm tools once or twice a year, and it’s a waste to keep them on weekdays. It’s better to borrow them after you’ve built them yourself. In the same way, you can exchange them with others, and everyone doesn’t take advantage of others.

If you can’t afford farm tools, you can use your own labor to exchange farm tools, help the owner of the farm tools clear pigweed, tidy up the fields, or start a wasteland to grow some side dishes.

They are all from the folks in the village, and they are not likely to encounter excessive hosts.

So, in this winter, most of the carpenters in Zhongshan Kingdom failed to succeed. Most of them, under the temptation of money, kept doing ping-pong.

Just to get the tools ready before mid-spring.

In addition to rice, Xia Anran also sent people to other areas to purchase some Shumai as seeds.

Although Zhongshan has a network of rivers, there are still many areas that lack water conservancy irrigation.Previously, these areas were mainly planted with vegetables, but now Zhongshan State distributes the seeds of wheat shrubs in the name of the government, encouraging everyone to experiment with the diversity of plants.

The farmers heard that His Highness seemed to like to eat bean milk, and they were very willing to open up some wasteland to try various kinds, especially when they heard that the two could rotate crops.

Although the individual yield is not comparable to that of rice, but if it can be rotated, the yield of one-year-old is also quite considerable.

The farmers have adapted well to the newly issued farm tools, except for one outlier.

An anomaly that Xia Anran could never have imagined.

That is the seedling horse used to transplant rice seedlings.

When the little crescent was made, no one thought it was strange, but the little grandson of the old carpenter accidentally climbed up and sat on it and was unwilling to come down.

The old carpenter's old wife also found that putting her little grandson on top of her head can make him quiet for a long time.

So, after finishing the prototype, the old carpenter built a smaller version for his grandson.This was nothing at all, but an accident happened when the officials were teaching the lower-level officials how to use these farm tools.

At that time, the snow had not yet melted, and this kind of Yangma, which needs to be in the mud to exert its moving effect, also exerted a similar effect on the snow.

We are all young people. After a while, everyone found that sitting on this prop and sliding down the snow from a slightly higher slope could not be more exciting.

The clerk in charge of the records looked at the instructions handed over by his superiors, and then looked at the seedlings that had been used for many purposes besides transplanting rice seedlings, and his eyes were a little subtle.

Speaking of which, these people who play the most fiercely with pommel horses seem to be about the same age as the little king.

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Of course, the little official didn't guess that Xia Anran made this for fun, but how did this strangely shaped rice transplanting device be made in the first place?And how it was found to be very easy to transplant rice seedlings, it is worth pondering!

It is used for transplanting rice seedlings during busy farming seasons, coaxing grandchildren during slack farming seasons, and skiing in winter. It seems to be a good idea for multi-purpose use. Well, it is a good reason for promotion.

As for the folklore, it was originally a toy for the little princes, but it was finally discovered by the wise and mighty Majesty that it could be improved, and it became a seedling that was easy for farmers to transplant.Who spread this rumor?The little official didn't know.

And how did the news become "This is the little king's toy when he was young, as long as he builds a pommel horse, he can get the same toy as the little king and the little princes". Officials have nothing to do with it!

Xia Anran, who didn't know that a scapegoat had already been thrown on her body, felt very happy when she saw the farmers ping-pong and beat the seedlings by themselves when they went out later.

He occasionally saw children sitting and playing on it, and he didn't think there was anything wrong.

Occasionally, when I see someone playing crazy, they will ask people to stop the carriage and tell the adults who are taking care of it. This thing hits people hard.

As for the subtle eyes of the villagers after he finished speaking, he took it as his discomfort with a king who is so close to the people like him!

While busy, the time has entered the end of February, the snowfall has stopped, and the snow on the streets is gradually melting. Before people feel the temperature rise, the tender grass growing in the permafrost has announced the arrival of spring.

The team and tributes for the King's Mansion of Zhongshan's departure to Chang'an are almost ready. Cheng Buzhi personally leads the team, accompanied by Prime Minister Zhi Zhi, who has explosive fighting power.

Grand Tutor Zhai Yi and imperial censor Han Ying sit in Zhongshan Kingdom, and the mighty pilgrimage team is about to formally march towards Chang'an City.

Compared with the autumn, the number of vassal kings who participated in the spring pilgrimage was less. After all, everyone had a harvest in the autumn, and they didn’t feel so distressed when they handed it in. In the spring, they were really digging their own food. .

In addition, traveling in summer and autumn is more convenient than traveling in winter and spring, if Xia Anran hadn't needed to see his father, he would not travel at this time.

Compared to other elder brothers and uncles, Xia Anran does not have this kind of financial pressure, after all, his father personally exempted him from taxes for ten years.Before deciding to travel, Xia Anran specially wrote to his fourth brother, Lu Wang Liu Yu.

This one is the son of Cheng Ji. He has a famous younger brother named Liu Fei. He is the most capable of fighting among Emperor Jing's fourteen sons, and he is also the only prince who participated in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.But at the same time, he also has a particularly bearish younger brother, the eighth son of Jiaoxi Wang Liu Duan, who is simply a little expert among the princes.But this one also saw through Emperor Wu's mind, and lived a lifetime of absurdity and happiness just like the ninth son of the emperor Liu Sheng, and also had a good death.

Regardless of what happened to the princes later on, in fact the relationship between the princes of the Liu family is not bad, after all they all got together when they were young.

When the older brother, King Lu, heard that the ninth younger brother planned to go to pay homage in the spring, he came to ask him the key points that need to be paid attention to. Fucked two younger brothers.

Since they want to go together, it's okay to have a few more, so Xia Anran called his neighbor, the second son of the emperor, Hejian Wang Liu De.Liu De likes to read books and doesn't like to join in the fun, but he is very interested in the paper Xia Anran sent over, so he also came along.

Before the vassal kings leave their fiefs, they must first submit documents to the court, and they can only travel after the emperor allows them to leave.Just because of waiting for a reply, Xia Anran's travel time was delayed a lot.

Zhongshan State is located between Shandong and Chang'an City, so Liu De, who is the elder brother, waved his hand, indicating that he and Xia Anran would go south, and the three Cheng Ji brothers would go west, and the two parties would meet in Xingtai when the time came.

In order to save time, Liu De asked Xia Anran to wait at the same place. When he was about to arrive, he would send people to Zhongshan Country, and then the two parties would go south together.

Everyone walks in a group, it's lively, and it's safer.After all, the assessment of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms is less than a year old, and no one knows whether there is a rebel army hiding on any mountain.

So, after explaining to his subordinates, Xia Anran left Lunu County, the central city of Zhongshan, and lived in a place further south.Of course, by the way, he wanted to see the construction of the hot spring village.