flstandardbreds Chapter 377 Housewarming Party
Chapter 377 Housewarming Party
Whenever Ye Jintang shared a room with Xiao Mo, he would be exhausted the whole morning the next day.
While she was complaining that Xiao Mo was not a human being and was stronger than a pile driver, she was drinking the spring water madly.
"My lady, the prince really loves you."
Luzhu was very happy to see that Ye Jintang only had a little red mark on his waist, but no bruises or purple marks elsewhere on his body. It seemed that the King of Qin was a man who listened to advice.
"It hurts me a lot."
Ye Jintang almost gritted her teeth when she said this. That bastard Xiao Mo was a hypocrite. It was rumored in the capital that he had a violent personality. She thought the rumor was correct.
After drinking the spring water, Ye Jintang finally felt a little more energetic. When Xiao Mo heard that she had woken up, he came to see her with a shameless face.
"Don't be so attentive. I'm busy today."
Ye Jintang pushed Xiao Mo's face, which was full of sycophantic smile, away from her. Since the palace was busy moving, she had too much to do.
"Okay, then I won't bother you. I'll come over and have lunch with you at noon."
"Well, go get busy."
After driving the clingy Xiao Mo away, Ye Jintang couldn't help rubbing his hands.
The weather has been very cold these days, and even though she had turned on the floor heating in her house, she still felt her hands were cold.
The spinning and weaving workshops were bustling with activity, and every female worker was learning very hard how to spin and weave.
Gu Wan'er brought some samples woven by the female workers to Ye Jintang to see. Although the quality of the woven cloth was not particularly good, she was still very happy that there had been such great progress in a short period of time.
Looking at the cloth in his hand, Ye Jintang thought that the fine cloth they wove was all white, even if it had dark patterns it was still white. If it was dyed and washed and turned into other colors, the selling price would also be different depending on the color.
Since it is fine cloth, those who buy it are basically wealthy families, and both girls and boys have some money in their hands.
At present, a piece of crabapple red cotton cloth can be sold for 300 wen, and a piece of bamboo green cotton cloth can be sold for 280 wen.
If they dyed all the fine cloth in various colors, the money they earned would increase significantly.
However, dyeing cloth is a technical job, and you can't just dye it and sell it at a high price.
Firstly, the colors are difficult to mix, and secondly, they are difficult to dye. Once people buy them and wash them a few times, the colors fade away. I’m afraid they will never buy them again.
Ningchuan Prefecture is rich in cotton. For a long time to come, Xiao Mo's military pay will depend on cotton and cotton cloth.
Dyeing cloth is imperative.
As for dyeing cloth, Ye Jintang naturally didn't know how.
She handed the matter over to Gu Wan'er, who was now the manager of the rouge workshop and was always traveling outside, so it was very easy for her to find some recipes for dyeing cloth.
In just half a day, Gu Wan'er brought Ye Jintang several secret recipes for dyeing cloth.
"There are so many good things in Ningchuan City. If these cloth dyeing secret recipes are in the dyeing workshop, they are all passed down from generation to generation. Even if you give them several thousand taels of silver, the dyeing workshop may not be willing to sell them."
"But I only spent ten taels of silver on this secret recipe in Ningchuan City."
"There were also several people who heard that I was collecting secret recipes for dyeing cloth, and they tried their best to sell them to me. However, I saw that the colors they dyed cloth were either blue or gray, which was really nothing special, so I didn't buy them."
Gu Wan'er put a few prescriptions on the small table and asked Ye Jintang to take a look.
"I don't know how effective these so-called secret recipes are. Find a few people to dye it in the next few days and see how it works."
Ye Jintang quickly scanned the dyeing recipes. She didn't expect that some of the recipes would use traditional Chinese medicine. What she had the most was traditional Chinese medicine. She immediately asked Gu Wan'er to follow Lu Zhu to her warehouse to get the traditional Chinese medicine needed for dyeing.
As for the place to do the experiment, Gu Wan'er chose a dyeing workshop that used to be the Hua family's. There were all kinds of items here. She had all the dyes needed for dyeing cloth, and she could just take the white cloth and start dyeing.
The housewarming party was approaching, and Ye Jintang thought that Gu Wan'er would have to wait until after the party before giving out the samples.
Who would have thought that she was so efficient? On the morning of the housewarming party, she excitedly came to see Ye Jintang with a few pieces of cloth.
"My lady, it seems that the secret recipe for dyeing cloth that I bought for 10 taels of silver is real. The cloth dyed is very beautiful."
Ye Jintang was also surprised when she took the cloth from Gu Wan'er. The colors of Begonia Red and Pink were very similar, and she was really afraid that she couldn't dye it. However, the sample cloth that Gu Wan'er brought was extremely bright in color, and the Begonia Red and Pink were clearly distinguishable.
Also, purple is a color that is extremely difficult to dye. I didn't expect that the sample that Gu Wan'er brought was of such pure color. If it is used to dye silk and brocade, the noble ladies in the capital will definitely like it very much.
"Yes, these pieces of material are all well dyed. Begonia red, peach red, khaki, sky blue, bamboo green, leather color, and coupling color. Dye a few meters of cloth carefully with these seven colors. After dyeing, wash and rub it several times to see if the color fades seriously. If it does not fade, dye all the white cloth you weave in the future into these seven colors."
"Yes, I'm dyeing some right now."
Gu Wan'er ran away with the sample cloth. Nanny Zhang came over and asked Ye Jintang to go to the flower hall. Some ladies had already come and were drinking tea in the flower hall.
"Madam Zhang, have all the banquet arrangements been made? Have all the dishes and arrangements been checked?"
"Your Highness, I have checked everything this morning. Everything is arranged properly. There will be no mistakes."
"Well, I have a big surprise for you ladies. I hope they will like it."
Ye Jintang had invited Madam Wei, Madam Hu, the head of the Wei family, and Madam Shi, the head of the Niu family. When she came to the flower hall, everyone had already arrived.
As soon as Ye Jintang appeared at the door of the flower hall, all the people sitting in the room stood up and greeted her.
This was completely different treatment from the last time she hosted a banquet. Almost all the ladies and noble girls praised her.
"My lady, this is my legitimate daughter, Hongyun."
Mrs. Shi took the initiative to introduce Niu Hongyun to Ye Jintang.
Looking at her attitude, Ye Jintang vaguely guessed Mrs. Shi's intention.
The Niu family manages the largest mine in Ningchuan City and employs tens of thousands of refugee miners. It can be said that their family business is extremely large.
But now Mr. Niu fell ill before winter, and has been ill again and again until now.
The heir Niu Zhengye is not good at business, and the only legitimate son of the Niu family is said to be not ambitious. He usually likes to walk cats and dogs and not do his job. The only one who has some ability is the legitimate daughter of the Niu family, Niu Hongyun.
Now she is in charge of most of the Niu family's industries.
"I've met my empress."
Niu Hongyun had a face as white as a silver plate and looked very dignified. She was also very generous and decent when she saluted Ye Jintang.
After a few pleasantries, Ye Jintang found out that Niu Hongyun was two years older than her. Despite being so young, she had already been helping Mrs. Shi with household management for many years. Ye Jintang admired her from the bottom of her heart.
She doesn't have any golden fingers, but she is able to manage so many businesses of the Niu family relying solely on what she learned from Mrs. Shi. This ability is truly amazing.
At first, Ye Jintang thought that Mrs. Shi introduced Niu Hongyun to her in order to ask her for help and let Niu Hongyun take over the mine. After all, this matter was related to the future life and death of the Niu family and was quite tricky.
Unfortunately she guessed wrong.