Jiang Chan stood aside. Unlike the embarrassment of other vampires, she was clean all over. Who let these crazy idle people finish the heavy work? This shows how boring vampire life is.
When Nida came with the cloth in her arms, the open space in front of Jiang Chan's house was full of dye barrels. At a glance, there were fifty or sixty. Nida never knew there were so many colors that her eyes were going to be dazzled.
"God, how beautiful it would be if it were dyed with so many colors." Nida exclaimed and didn't notice the many vampires standing in the yard at all.
Seeing Nida, Solon raised his eyebrows at Jiang Chan and asked who it was.
Jiang Chan smiled: "Nida, this is one of my uncles. These are relatives of our family. The dyes we have prepared are good. Just when you come here, we will dye these cloth today."
"This is nieda, the wife of carpenter Jones. She has been weaving at home recently. This is finished cloth."
After taking the cloth in Nida's hand, Jiang Chan touched it: "coarse hemp? It's estimated that such cloth can't sell at a price."
"There is too little fine linen at home. I'll prepare more next time." Nida was a little embarrassed and tried to weave more cloth when she went back. She couldn't waste such precious dyes, could she?
"In half a month, it's the cotton harvest season. With cotton, you don't have to weave these coarse linen. Cotton is the most skin friendly."
Looking at the cotton field not far away, Jiang Chan smiled and dispelled Nida's idea.
"How's the loom Jones doing? How many more have been made? When the cotton is received, the loom must not be enough except for making quilts and cotton clothes."
"Their father and son are now at home and concentrate on making looms, spinning machines and cotton batting tools for others." in the face of so many people at once, Nida was a little restrained and only dared to look at Jiang Chan.
Solon raised his eyebrows: "Malvina, what are the spinning machines and cotton batting tools? I've seen you busy with a lot of things these days. Why don't you call us for such a good thing?"
"Yes, next time there will be such a thing, please call us together." the other vampires also protested. When they were bored and empty in the castle, the did so many interesting things in the village?
Jiang Chan spread her hand: "dye the cloth first, and then talk about the rest. Of course you have a chance if you want to see it."
Her cotton workshop is short of people. It would be great if someone could help manage it. Also find something to do for these people so that they don't have to do nothing in the castle all day.
"What shall we do?"
Before Nida could recover, the cloth in Jiang Chan's hand was robbed by two men. They looked at Jiang Chan with sparkling eyes, which was full of interest when they found an interesting thing.
Someone took over, and Jiang Chan was happy to move her mouth. She stood by the dyeing bucket, directing the vampires to dye cloth, fish it out and cross the water, and so on. Finally, a bloody burlap appeared.
Well, in the eyes of vampires, blood is the best color. Even Jiang Chan herself had several bloody cloaks.
"This color is so beautiful!" Nida murmured as she looked at the cloth hanging on the pole.
"It's really good. If it's made into a skirt, it'll look better." Jiang Chan picked up a branch and sketched a few strokes on the ground, which showed the style of a simple and generous dress.
"It's beautiful." Nida stared at the picture for several times and wondered if she could do it.
"Weina still has this skill? We won't have to worry about wearing clothes in the future. We can't just make skirts, shirts, pants, etc." looking at Jiang Chan, a man of about the same age smiled. They have a good relationship with Jiang Chan and talk to each other at will.
"Yes, we can make all kinds of clothes when cotton cloth is produced."
"Then you will open another clothing workshop."
They talked and laughed, and suddenly felt that such a day was particularly comfortable, not as idle as before.
Nida left the cloth, and Jiang Chan gave Nida gold coins according to the market price, which was rejected by Nida. Nida's only request was to have the dyed red cloth, and Jiang Chan agreed.
When Nida returned, she was followed by a vast group of people. If it were not for fear of scaring the villagers, it is estimated that these vampires would all follow.
Jiang Chan asks Henri and Henry to go back with Nida, while she stays at home to entertain Solon and others.
After all, Solon is a vampire for hundreds of years. He is comparable to a walking encyclopedia. He knows all the secrets. Jiang Chan has seen his pink gossip heart from his serious appearance.
It is rare to meet Jiang Chan who is willing to listen to him talk about ancient times. Solon can be said to have opened the chatterbox and talked endlessly in the living room. Many vampires just want to block their ears. Solon is too talkative.
What solved them was the loom and spinning machine brought back by Henri and others. Seeing these novel things, Solon closed his mouth.
Who doesn't have a curiosity?
These vampires seem to have found some toys. It's called a happy one.
Soon it was time for the cotton to mature. The villagers, men and women, old and young, were all armed to pick cotton peaches. The picked cotton peaches need to be dried on the site until the cotton peaches are cracked, and then the cotton is taken out, seeded and processed, etc.
The dried cotton was sent to the cotton workshop. The villagers came to the workshop to make cotton wadding, while the girls spun in the workshop. There were basically no idle people in the village except those children.
When these people came, they were poor. Jiang Chan asked them to plant cotton. They could keep 30% and give the rest to Jiang Chan, because Jiang Chan provided seeds, fields and so on. However, Jiang Chan still collects the grain according to 30% of the rent. If she collects 70% of the rent, the villagers are too tired to support their family.
Until next year, they only need to hand over 30% to Jiang Chan, and they can keep the rest by themselves, whether they send the excess cotton to the workshop or to the market.
Seeing that the quilt was soft and fluffy, like clouds in the sky, all the villagers who had hesitated changed their minds, and all the 30% of the cotton they had left were taken to the workshop to change into quilts.
Even if they stay in their hands, they can't make anything. It's better to change into a quilt, so it's better in winter.
The quilts have come out. Will the cotton cloth be far away? Jones and his son, together with several carpenters, worked day and night and finally made thirty looms. Nida became the director of the weaving workshop, and her craft was the most exquisite.