Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 3041 Lady of the palace

There are two stewards in the weaving workshop, both of them are women, both of whom are technical talents that Bai Shan dug back from Qingzhou City. One is the weaver with the best weaving skills, and the other is the embroiderer with the best embroidery. Bai Shan gives them the wages. But many, but also promised to support them in the future.

It’s not difficult. The current weaving workshop belongs to Beihai County Government. Their physique is in his hands. In the future, if they want, he can take them away or set up an industry in Beihai County. The old age in the shop means that they have the ability, which is not difficult.

  They also know that there are noble people here today, and they wanted to go to the alley to pick up people, but they were caught early in the morning. In order to satisfy the nobles, they handled things first, so they didn’t have time to pick them up.

  The door opened wide, and seeing Lord Zhou and the princess came together, although it was not the first time they saw the two of them, they were still a little excited.

  The two immediately took someone to greet him with a quick walk, curtly bowed, "See the princess, and see Lord Zhou."

  Mingda slightly raised his hand and said, “Don’t be polite, let’s go to the weaving workshop first.”

  She looked around curiously, and asked, "Is there a weaving workshop on both sides?"

"Yes." Jiang Zhiniang introduced: "In the beginning, the Bai county magistrate only rented two yards for us, both of which are at the end of the alley, facing the river. One side is equipped with looms, and the other side is made by embroiderers. Place for clothes."

  In fact, because the long-term workers urgently need clothes, what they need at the beginning is a large number of embroiders who can cut and sew clothes. Very few people follow Jiang Zhiniang.

  It is also now, "The three yards on this side are all used by embroidered women, and there is another one on this side, and only those two are our learning places for weavers."

  She said: “Many people who come here don’t know how to weave. This is not something they can learn in a day or two, so the output is extremely low. Now the fabrics used by embroidered ladies to cut their clothes are bought from outside.”

   Zhou Man and Mingda nodded, and went in to watch the weavers weaving on the loom.

   Zhou Man took it very seriously. Her family also has a loom, but it is very different from here.

  The loom is in Sansao’s room. She wove the best cloth at home, so every year they exchange the tune of linen woven by her.

  Sometimes the extra fabric will be used to make clothes for everyone. In her memory, she can make a new dress every year.

There is still a big difference between the two. Zhou Man smiled and said: "I also have one at home, but it's not like this, but it's hand-cranked. It's just a person sitting like this, and then pulling and pushing with the heddle... "

  The girl weaver froze for a moment and then said: "That is a waist machine, and now many folks also have it at home, but the speed of the waist machine is not as fast as the treadmill. As far as I know, weaving workshops in various places have long changed their pedals."

   Zhou Man nodded slightly, "What you are doing now is much faster than what I have seen."

  The speed of her third sister-in-law weaving is considered fast in the village, but now the unskilled Weaver uses a pedal machine, and the speed seems to be about the same.

  Not to mention the skilled Weaver, there is a Zhiniang dug from Qingzhou on the side, moving hands and feet together, doing fast.

   Zhou Man looked at the loom thoughtfully, but she said nothing, and began to ask about the lives of the female workers.

  They live very well here. Not only the new female workers who came to work, but also the Zhiniang who was dug from Qingzhou also felt that they had a good time.

  Here, they not only have high wages, but they can also get red envelopes every month. The amount of red envelopes is determined according to the number and quality of the apprentices they teach.

  Because of this red envelope, they are very dedicated to these students.

  After seeing the weaving workshop, they went to see the embroidery workshop opposite.

The people inside    are sitting on a table and cutting clothes.

   Yue Xiu Niang said: "They are all making the simplest clothes now, there is no embroidery pattern, they use the most common cyan linen..."

  It’s also because the clothes they make are provided to long-term workers. Embroidery is not needed. Embroidery ladies also want them to master the magical functions of needlework based on this, and then embroider them when they become proficient.

  But embroidery is actually different from making clothes.

  Those who know how to embroider will definitely make clothes, but those who know how to make clothes don’t necessarily embroider.

  There are so many people that Xiuniang can teach them only basic. If you want to go further, it will not only require more effort, but also their elite teaching.

  But that is mostly one-to-one teaching, and there is no such condition yet.

  Yue Xiu Niang took them to see the clothes made by the new embroidered women.

  Zhou Man and Mingda are not very good at female workers, but they still know how to watch them, and there are a few great palace ladies and cakes beside them.

  They will both.

  So I picked up the clothes and checked them. Zhou Man and Mingda thought it was not bad, and they nodded their heads. At least they didn't see the clothes that Bai Shan said before, one sleeve is long and the other is short.

  The maids frowned, and whispered: "The stitches are a bit loose..."

   "The needle method is not very good, it breaks easily..."

Yue Xiuniang on the side heard a little embarrassment on her face, and nodded: "Yes, they are all beginners, so stitches are basic. By the way, here are the first batch of embroidered women. The clothes they made are pretty good. ."

  Zhou Man simply took out the clothes from the basket and showed them to the court lady. She, a layman, still didn't look at it, just listen.

  The maids checked the stitches and reluctantly nodded. Although there are still many problems, the quality is indeed better than the batch just now, so you can barely wear it.

  Mingda's eyes flowed on their faces, and after a while, they smiled slightly, and said to them: "If my body is inconvenient, you can take care of this weaving workshop for me."

  The maids immediately shied away, "The slave maid has to take care of the princess."

  Mingda said: "Why do you need so many people to take care of me? You should learn more. If you let go, you can support yourself if you have a skill."

  The maids who were about to shirk immediately stopped talking, but bowed to their knees after a glance at Zhou Man, and replied respectfully: "Yes, follow the princess's teachings."

   Zhou Man said: "You women knitting workers are all good, I think there is nothing to learn in this area, but to run a weaving workshop, in addition to the women knitting workers, you also need to be able to keep accounts and deal with people and business."

   Zhou Man has a good relationship with the maids. When it is her turn to be on duty in the palace, she often chats with the maids.

  There is no less talk about the future.

  The queen is kind, and the maids can be released to a certain age, but they are not young when they are released from the palace, most of them are over 25 years old, and some of the more useful ones will be kept forever.

  For example, Aunt Shang, she is now nearly forty years old. As usual, she will always accompany the queen. When the queen goes west, she also has several choices.

   One is burial;

  But the queen should not like it, so no one will ask for it. Unless Aunt Shang is determined to die, there is a high probability that she will not choose this one.

The second is that the next emperor will honor and raise her, but the honor is also divided into ranks. One is to directly grant her a mandate and give the house and the servants so that she can support her forever; the other is to send her to the Zhuangzi for honor and support. There are also subordinates to take care of, but it is not the former kind of self-esteem;

  The third type is that the next emperor can't remember her, or even has a bad relationship with her, then she must find a way to let him go, otherwise there is only one dead end in the palace.

  With Aunt Shang’s qualifications, if she does not return to her natal family after she is released, she will be transferred to the rich and powerful family as a nanny, earning some money to support the family;

  Or find other jobs, such as picking up some women knitting workers, relying on some of the previous savings to live on, basically, most of the palace ladies are this kind of choice.

  It’s okay when you’re young. The older you are, the harder your life will be.

  So the maids, like the servants, also like to save money. If they can’t save the money for old-age care, they will have to find a way to marry.

  It’s just that even if they can go out of the palace on the 25-year-old line, this age is still very large outside, and it is difficult to find a suitable man. Most of them are widowers, even with children, and life is even more difficult.

  Especially the ladies of the palace who have seen men of all colors in the palace. They would rather be single and work harder than want to marry yourself confusedly and fall into a deeper mud.

  So Mingda and Zhou Man's words made them very excited.

See you tomorrow

  (End of this chapter)