The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 105 It's not enough if you have a hand
I saw the first water truck successfully transfer water.

Liu Yi let out a long breath of relief.

According to the amount of farmland and the population in the city, one waterwheel is far from enough.

The number of waterwheels has to be increased appropriately.

Under the premise of ensuring that the farmland is irrigated.

The excess river water can also be led back to the home. Although it cannot be drunk directly, there is no problem at all for laundry and the like.

For the next period of time.

Liu Yi promoted hydraulic power, built dams, expanded roads, and improved people's livelihood...

The people are full of enthusiasm and put more energy into the construction of the small town.

Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it's winter time.

The dry leaves were blown by the cold north wind, leaving the treetops reluctantly and falling to the ground.

Flocks of wild geese flew south one after another, leaving an afterimage in the sky as if they had never been there.

The people in the city had already replaced their short shirts with long ones, but they were still shivering from the cold.

The winter in the north is dry and cold, and the lowest temperature can reach minus 30 degrees.

On days without heating, everyone can only burn some firewood to resist the severe cold.

This was Liu Yi's first winter at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

He unconsciously tightened the fur coat on his body, wrapping himself tightly with three layers inside and outside.

Even so, he could still feel the full malice of the cold winter.

It's really cold today.

It's so cold that you just want to lie in bed.

He really wanted a down jacket, plus thick fleece and long johns, and it would be best to have a pair of fleece shoes.

That was simply too nice.

He was originally a southerner in his previous life.

Although the south is humid and cold, the temperature is not so low.

The resistance is over.

As the lord of the small town.

Liu Yi can still resist the wind and cold with a fur coat.

But the life of the poor people in the city is not so easy.

Most of them just covered themselves with sackcloth.

Some families will fill the linen interlayer with reeds and silk, but it is still difficult to resist the severe cold.

Liu Yi, who saw all this in his eyes, felt very uncomfortable.

As long as there is a sweater, the winter of these low-level people will be easier.

sweater?

When Liu Yi was a child, he saw women and knit hand-knitted sweaters.

The little girls in the class once had crazes such as weaving scarves.

He also learned two hands, but gave up without patience.

Although many years have passed, I still have some impressions of the basic techniques.

A roll of wool and two long sticks made of bamboo for knitting needles.

Don't you have a hand?

Nothing to do.

Liu Yi ordered people to process some wool in a series.

The resulting clean wool is twisted repeatedly so that the strands become thinner and stronger.

Finally, the threads are plied into wool by doubling.

Although it looks rough, Liu Yi thinks it is barely usable.

He ordered men to wind up the coarse wool.

According to the memory in my mind, I clumsily twisted and twisted the thick woolen yarn in my hand, and finally got the feel of it.

But he was still impatient.

Knitting sweaters is really not just about having hands, you have to be able to sit still.

Moreover, he had forgotten a few key stitches, and the knitted sweater would be very shabby, no one would dare to wear it.

It's not shameful for old men not to knit a sweater!
He had no choice but to comfort himself, and then very simply called in many excellent female workers.

Tell them what's on your mind.

These women workers are said to use these thick threads to weave clothes and wrap them around their bodies to keep out the cold.

They all felt that it was a bit of fantasy, too taken for granted.

If it wasn't Liu Yi who said this to them, they would definitely think that the other party was a lunatic.

But Liu Yi is different, they are still very convinced of Liu Yi.

Before Liu Yi, they did not believe that there was a water truck that could easily pump water to irrigate the farmland.

Many people almost worshiped Liu Yi.

So they listened very carefully and studied the acupuncture techniques seriously.

With the help of Liu Yi's patient explanation, these female workers who are already very good at manual work quickly started to learn.

Liu Yi couldn't remember how to weave the stitches on several key parts, but he still understood the general direction of thinking.

Through Liu Yi's idea, these female workers discussed collectively and tried continuously, which took a lot of effort.

Finally overcome the difficulties.

With the joint efforts of all of them day and night, the first hand-knitted sweater in the small town was finally born.

The appearance is not far from what Liu Yi saw in later generations.

Although it is not dyed, it still looks very attractive.

Unpretentious, but durable.

In the future, it only needs to be improved and perfected to improve the quality of the material and improve the stitching method.

You're sure to be able to knit a hand-knit sweater that's warm, functional, and good-looking.

Let some qualified people be able to wear good clothes, and at the same time, it can make Zhang Ling's business have one more product.

When Zhang Ling comes back, he can start to study and arrange this matter.

Liu Yi still likes to be a hands-off shopkeeper. What he has to do is to discover the strengths of his subordinates.

If he had to do everything himself, not to mention that he was exhausted, the potential of his subordinates would not be activated.

Appropriate letting go, overall grasp is his positioning of himself.

Due to limited raw materials, Liu Yi cannot vigorously produce hand-knitted sweaters so that every commoner can wear these relatively warm clothes.

But he was still able to make several of his confidants wear these hand-knitted sweaters.

For this appearance and material are different from any kind of clothes they wear on weekdays.

Everyone seemed very strange.

They wore linen over cotton, but never sweaters.

The most important thing is that this is the clothes that Liu Yi rewarded them.

For them, this is a great gift, representing Liu Yi's care and attention to them.

Everyone was very moved and thanked Liu Yi one after another.

Dian Wei and others admired Liu Yi's whimsical idea of ​​making sweaters out of wool.

Whether it's special salt, shochu, alcohol, waterwheels or now sweaters.

Liu Yi can always bring them big or small surprises.

Not to mention, this so-called sweater is indeed much warmer than those cloth and cotton clothes.

Everyone put on the clothes Liu Yi rewarded, and they couldn't put it down.

Warmer body, warmer heart.

Of course, the hand-knitted sweater is just an inadvertent episode in Liu Yi's long winter.

Everything in Ngai Hing City is gradually on the right track.

There are many things that he doesn't need to worry about.

He can safely leave the corresponding affairs to everyone to take care of.

The day was sunny and clear.

It is rare for everyone to be free.

Liu Yi, Bai Qi and others drank in the courtyard to drive away the cold.

Thank them for their hard work these days, and also to strengthen the connection between everyone, shorten the distance between each other, and get closer to each other.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The atmosphere became lively.

The shochu is already strong enough, and it is very enjoyable to drink after heating.

Everyone here is young and strong.

Everyone is about the same age and congenial, and most of them are young, energetic and passionate old men.

Zhang Mancheng looked at Dian Wei and the others who were pushing cups and changing glasses, laughing heartily, and always felt that something was missing in the atmosphere.

He said loudly to the crowd:
"Drinking alone is not enough to enjoy yourself, I have a proposal, I don't know what you think!"

(End of this chapter)