Chapter 134: Words and deeds are good
"Mingfu! Mingfu. It's actually Mingfu who has arrived."
The students suddenly became lively and rushed to say hello to Pei Yaoqing.
Pei Yaoqing responded with a smile, then looked at the ice sculpture and found that it was a rabbit.
He smiled and said: "Hello Rabbit. Next year, Rabbit Yi and Mao, you will also be very good. I see you have a deep friendship. Well, there is a poem in Yuefu. A white rabbit walks here and there. The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as before."
After saying that, he carried it on his back and continued walking.
The students at the back greeted each other respectfully and went back to studying how to draw and what poems to write. They no longer looked like they were arguing just now.
They heard what Mingfu meant.
Pei Yaoqing looked at a few more places and was not satisfied. He actually heard someone saying that he would pay someone to write for him.
Looking at these people, he couldn't help but think of Li Yi. That day, Li Yi casually said that he was fishing alone in the cold river, and the birds were flying over thousands of mountains...
"I wonder what Brother Yi is doing now? I've been busy lately and can't spare the time to go over and see." Pei Yaoqing muttered to himself, shook his head, and continued walking.
Li Yi, who was remembered by others, had just put down the last stroke and completed the Compendium of Materia Medica.
He moved his wrists, put on his fur coat and went out.
The palace maid Taohong, who was waiting in the outer hall and waiting for orders, was wearing a sweater and a woolen sweater.
Taught by Li Yi, he found that the wool of sheep bought for meat was shaved and made into felt.
There was not enough cotton, so farmers could only wear fur clothes, which were very heavy.
It is made of pigskin or sheepskin, and when worn on the body, Zhuangzi can show off.
Sheepskin or goatskin, with hair on it.
The skins of the sheep were cooked, and the wool was shaved and made into felt.
Li Yi couldn't bear to part with it. What's the use of felt? It's not as good as a sweater.
Wash the wool, take off some of the fat, card it, spin it, and start weaving.
He originally knew how to use flat needles to practice his finger dexterity.
Weave a large piece at a time, just like a piece of sack.
But now you can see the pictures and check the information with the system, and you can use other acupuncture methods.
Teach the maids and eunuchs, but now Taohong is not very skilled in weaving, and Cuiliu and the two eunuchs went out to teach others.
"Dongzhu Li, look, I have knitted so much." Taohong put down the bamboo needle and thread and let Li Yi see.
"Okay, the more I use this method, the more I become proficient. I can knit a sweater and chat without delay. The knitted sweater can be worn on the body to keep warm, but it cannot be worn close to the body and it is itchy."
Li Yi praised him and talked about the disadvantages of sweaters.
"It's better than hemp." Taohong doesn't think the fur is prickly, and some people wear rough hemp clothes.
"Yes, it's better than hemp. When you get back from work, it would be a pity to ask the people in the palace to go to the East and West markets to buy wool and make it into felt."
Li Yi gave an idea: use bad wool to make felt and good wool to make clothes.
The good wool from Tubo was made into Pupu, but the Pupu was woven according to the weaving method.
There is one in Zhuangzi. The last time Tibetans came over to deliver alliance letters in exchange for soy sauce, they gave them in exchange for money.
"Yes!" Taohong put down her things and stood up. She knew that Li Yi was going outside and she had to follow him, taking the medicine box with her.
Li Yi saw Taohong's medicine box sinking, thought about it, walked out and went straight to the workshop.
Go to the place and find a craftsman: "Master Tong, I will draw a picture for you and you can make it."
As he spoke, he took the paper, ruler and charcoal to draw a picture.
Soon the frame of a trolley case was drawn and handed to Master Tong.
"This is simple. The tube is made of copper sheets to expand and contract, and the reel shaft is also made of copper. In total, it weighs eight or nine kilograms."
He could tell at a glance what it was used for, and first talked about the weight.
"It doesn't matter, it saves more effort than carrying it on your back." Li Yi said.
The road surface of Zhuangzi was good, so I took him away, and when he got outside, he took his four-wheeled carriage.
Master Tong found someone, and everyone started making it together according to the size of different parts.
Li Yi looked at it with a smile, "I, a craftsman from Zhuangzi, have the same size and will not make random things."
In two quarters of an hour, a group of people made and assembled the frame of the trolley case, and even oiled the friction parts.
Li Yi took Taohong's first aid kit, put it on the shelf, and tied it with a rope made from the broken football lining: "Try it and drag it away."
Taohong took it, pulled it for two steps, and nodded vigorously: "It doesn't take much effort."
"Let's go and have a look at the river." Li Yi was satisfied and turned around to go out.
He doesn't carry the suitcase, let alone pull it.
He knew that if he did that, the maid and eunuch would be disappointed.
As expected, Taohong smiled with two dimples and followed behind, dragging the box with a clanking sound. There was nothing she could do, it was just this craftsmanship.
The craftsmen were waiting for people to go out, and Master Tong called out: "Quick, make a few more, the proprietor may need them again."
A group of people continue to do it.
By the Ba River, more people were chipping away at the ice.
Li Yi stood there and watched. The people working had nothing to do with Zhuangzi, but were hired by Zhangjia Village.
Ice is not used by Zhuangzi. Zhangjia Village has already dug an ice cellar in the village.
Last year I made money selling toads, and every family became rich.
I am planning to see if I can make money by selling ice next summer, and the villagers can also enjoy it.
The village paid workers 30% more than those in Chang'an city, and several small thatched huts were built to burn stoves.
In the large iron pot on the stove, pork bones and large fat meat slices were stewed, and next to them were earthenware bowls stacked together.
Cut the sauerkraut collected in a large clay pot into shreds, soak it in water, squeeze the water into a ball with your hands, and throw it into the pot.
The workers would come over at any time to scoop out a bowl and eat it. It was basically sauerkraut, and the fat had been cooked away.
Pinch a pinch of dried coriander and chopped green onion and throw it into a bowl. The workers will feel comfortable drinking it.
"Proprietor, they are learning from our Zhuangzi." Taohong looked at it and said to Li Yi.
"Well done." Li Yi was satisfied.
It shows that people in Zhangjia Village do have savings, and at the same time they are not so deprived of other people.
Because Zhuangzi once provided very good job benefits to the people in the village, the village is learning from it.
To educate the people is not just to tell them what to do, but also to model it.
If you can't do it yourself, why should you ask the people to do it?
"Let's go and try their soup." Li Yi smelled the sauerkraut and wanted to take a few bites.
"It's definitely not as good as our Zhuangzi." Taohong is now a little fan girl, and everything is as good as Zhuangzi's.
"Proprietor. Proprietor. Proprietor."
When people in Zhangjiacun saw Li Yi, they greeted him one after another and continued to do their work after saying hello.
Li Yi nodded in response. He was glad that Zhang Xiao's desire for power was not so strong, otherwise he would have had to fight.
The villagers of the Zhang family did not add their surname when they called him, which meant that they regarded him as their backbone.
He took the spoon and bowl himself, scooped out two spoons of soup, took some sauerkraut, and turned around to hand it to Taohong.
Get another bowl and drink it for yourself.
He blew in and took a sip, then clicked his lips twice and said, "What are you missing?"
"Without the star anise, the flavor of the aniseed water is missing." Tao Hong took a sip and immediately gave the answer.
"Yes, the ginger slices are missing, but there is no shortage of salt." Li Yi also tasted it.
"Bajiao and Jianggui are not like our Zhuangzi who buy them in sacks." Taohong was proud again.
"The other thing is that the sauerkraut is always put in freshly and the cooking time is short." After Li Yi finished speaking, he drank the soup and went out to look again.
The man guarding the shed hurriedly ran out and said that not long after, two more big pots came over from the village.
Chapter completed!