The Prodigal Son of the Empire

Chapter 46 Fuyang cloth village

Xu Changlin's complexion did not change at all. He was too clear about his young master's virtues, and said quietly: "Our Earl's Mansion does a lot of business, including silk, tea, jade and so on."

After hearing this, Wang Kang was not calm anymore. No wonder Wang Dingchang was as rich as Yangzhou.

This business is very profitable.

"Of course, the biggest and best thing we make is silk cloth," Xu Changlin said again.

"The fabric and silk dyed by our Earl's Mansion are bright and bright, and they are not easy to fade. Not only are they directly supplied to Kyoto, but they are also sold to other countries..."

Xu Changlin had a proud look on his face, obviously he was very proud of having achieved such an achievement.

"Is the fabric I'm wearing dyed by our family?" Wang Kang asked, pointing to his clothes.

"Yes!" Xu Changlin nodded and said, "Young master, you are wearing the best fabric in our family, and the dyeing is luxurious purple. You know, in the whole Yangzhou city, our family is the only one that can dye purple." .”

"Is this the best?" Wang Kang curled his lips. The fabric is not bad, pure cotton is smooth and soft, but the dyeing is a bit poor.

Although it is purple, it is not bright, dull and slightly black.

Lin Yuyan looked at Wang Kang's expression of dissatisfaction, and was speechless for a while. Wang Kang didn't quite understand, but she knew it very well.

The reason why Wang Dingchang's business can have such a large scale is because of its very mature dyeing process.

Especially the recipe for dyeing purple cloth is a secret that is not passed on. This recipe alone is priceless.

The corner of Xu Changlin's mouth twitched, this prodigal young master really doesn't know what to say,

He said again: "Why don't you take the young master to our cloth dyeing workshop?"

"Okay, I have a better recipe for dyeing cloth than this," Wang Kang nodded, "just to teach our craftsmen!"

"What did you say? Do you have a better formula for dyeing cloth?" Before Xu Changlin said anything, Lin Yuyan exclaimed first.

"That's right, what's the problem?" Wang Kang answered as a matter of course. There is a library in his mind, and it is not easy to look up a few cloth dyeing recipes.

"You are so fearless!" Lin Yuyan laughed angrily. What is the formula for dyeing cloth?This is the top secret of each cloth workshop, and each formula is obtained through countless experiments.

The prodigal son easily said that he had a better formula for dyeing cloth.

"Well, young master, why don't we go to the tea house to have a look, the cloth dyeing house smells too strong, it hurts your body." Xu Changlin said hastily.

He had a bad premonition in his heart, and even winked at Lin Yuyan, but he never dared to let this master go to the cloth dyeing workshop.

Can he come up with a better formula?Others don't know about Xu Changlin, but they know very well that a large part of the reason why the Earl's Mansion has achieved such success is because of its unique formula.

And these formulas are all tested out with a lot of energy and even money. Each formula is very expensive, in order to ensure that it will not be leaked.

Only the person in charge of the workshop knows the formula, if this master goes to make trouble in the past, it will be a big loss.

Lin Yuyan obviously understood what Xu Changlin meant, and was just about to speak out to dissuade her, but at this time Wang Kang had already said, "I went to the cloth dyeing workshop. How dare you believe me, young master? Today I will show it to you to see."

"This..." Xu Changlin wanted to slap himself in the face, and he blamed himself for leading in this direction.

But now that Wang Kang had spoken, he didn't dare to disobey, and said again: "Then young master, just go, just take a look, and don't delay the work of the craftsmen!"

"Lead the way!" Wang Kang didn't want to say more, he knew what Xu Changlin's subtext meant.

It’s nothing more than just don’t mess around, I still don’t believe him in the end, I will have to dye better cloth for you to see later.

Wang Kang thought to himself, the poorly dyed purple material he was wearing was unique, so wouldn't better cloth be more precious, and he did it for the Earl's House.

Under the leadership of Xu Changlin, several people sat in a carriage and stopped in front of a three-story pavilion on South Street. The sign on it said, Fuyang Cloth Village!

This is a cloth shop in Earl's Mansion. It was not called by this name at first, but it was changed after Wang Dingchang was granted the title of Uncle Fuyang.

Seen from the outside, this cloth shop looks magnificent and grand, like the Fuyang Earl's Mansion.

Several people entered the door, and immediately a staff came up to greet them, "Deacon Xu, you are here!"

The guy's eyes lit up, and he said with a flattering smile.

"Where is Shopkeeper He? I'll bring the young master over to have a look today, and let him come out to meet him."

Xu Changlin ordered in a deep voice.

"Young master is here?" The clerk was stunned, he worked as a clerk in this Fuyang cloth village, so he had heard of Wang Kang's name, but he had never seen him with his own eyes.

Presumably this young master is the famous young master Kang, he looks handsome, not as rumored.

The clerk thought strangely, and hurriedly said: "The shopkeeper He is busy at the back, and another batch of cloth is going to be dyed today."

"Okay, then you are busy, let's go to the back to find him," Xu Changlin nodded to the man, and then led Wang Kang to the backyard of Buzhuang.

"Because our family's business is good, the cloth and silk sell quickly. For convenience, each cloth shop has its own dyeing workshop..." Xu Changlin explained as he walked.

Hearing this, Wang Kang secretly nodded, this way can save a lot of transportation costs.

While chatting, several people came to the backyard through the back door of the cloth house. The backyard was quite large, and several craftsmen in the yard were busy. They all nodded when they saw Xu Changlin coming in, but no one knew Wang Kang.

Because he doesn't usually come here.

Xu Changlin responded one by one, and then led Wang Kang into another room, which should be the core of the dyeing workshop.

The room was filled with a strange smell, several large dye vats were placed, and a middle-aged man was busy in front of a large pot in one corner.

"That's shopkeeper He. He is the only one in this branch who has the recipe for dyeing cloth, so he makes every dyed cloth himself."

Xu Changlin pointed to the middle-aged man and said, "Our purple dye formula can be developed, and shopkeeper He has contributed a lot!"

Wang Kangding saw with his own eyes that this man had something, he could develop a formula for dyeing purple cloth.

In ancient times, the most precious cloth was not yellow or other colors, but purple!

In fact, it is easy to understand when you think about it. It is rare to see materials that can extract purple in daily life, so purple is also the most precious.

Wang Kang walked over to shopkeeper He, and watching his actions, Wang Kang understood where his purple color came from, and it was actually made by mixing blue and red dyes.

Chapter 47 You don't even believe me, do you?

For a modern person, it is easy to know that blue and red are mixed to form purple, but it was different in ancient times. Just this point alone, I don’t know how many times I have to experiment.

"Have you never tried other methods to extract purple?" Wang Kang asked involuntarily as he watched shopkeeper He carefully adjust the ratio.

Although this kind of mixing can produce purple, it is much worse when used for dyeing cloth. The most obvious is the uneven color reception and the difficulty in adjusting the proportion. If it is slightly wrong, the color may appear different.

Moreover, the humidity of the two dyes is different, which makes the dyed purple cloth easy to fade.