On the first day of the first month of March, two people left Yingxian in the same car and headed for the west of Jiangling City.

The black-faced young man in the car was dressed in a silk uniform and wore a copper-stamped yellow ribbon, obviously a high-ranking official, naturally a black man. There is also a doctor who is dressed in white silk and carries a medicine bag on his shoulder, which is Chen Wuyi, who has just arrived in Nanjun and was ordered to create a medical soldier system with Heifu.

"I never thought that it was only March, and it was so hot in South County."

Chen Wuyi wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, looked at the sun above his head and cried out in agony. He was a northerner, and he didn't like the heat very much, and he didn't wear any clothes after bathing, but came out wearing only a thin silk coat.

This year, the temperature is slightly higher than that of later generations, Heifu has seen rhinoceros on the bank of Yunmengze, it is said that there are elephants after the Yangtze River, plus there is no rain for several days, the temperature is indeed a little hot. Probably because his physique was used to the weather in Nanjun, he didn't feel much of it, but he just teased:

"Since he was afraid of the heat, Dr. Chen didn't stay well in Xianyang, but he took the initiative to ask for orders to come to Nanjun to do something? It's only spring, and it's summer, but you can bear it!"

Chen Wuyi said: "Guanzhong and Xianyang, my master personally handles it, and my disciples are all sent to various counties, so I took the initiative to ask to come to Nanjun."

He is very shrewd in his calculations, and it is easier to make results when he partners with Heifu.

Heifu knew it well, and he didn't expose it, but just introduced the scenery of Gangneung.

Chen Wuyi is the first time to come to Gangneung, and in this metropolis where "morning clothes are fresh and twilight clothes are bad", it is very fresh to look left and right. His eyes especially liked to look at the slender waisted girls who were wearing thin silk silks and sitting by the bridge.

Then he sighed with emotion: "Jiangling is worthy of being the hometown of Chu State, with Wu and Ba in the west, and Yunmeng in the east." If you talk about grandeur, Jiangling is of course not as good as Xianyang, but in terms of prosperous commerce and trade, and the people are free and easy, it is a little stronger than the old-fashioned Guanzhong. ”

However, he made a special trip to the south, not for fun, and today he entered Gangneung with Heifu for the sake of the medical soldiers.

Heifu also did not hide his selfishness, and said to Chen Wujiao: "I think that the medical staff should be divided into two parts, one is to accompany the army and cooperate with the army, quickly bandage the wounded, and then bring them back to the camp, and the other is to wait for the wounded soldiers to arrive in the camp and assist the military doctor to save people. ”

When a piece of empty wants to be implemented, there are many details to consider, since Heifu has been entrusted by the county guard and the county lieutenant, he must do his best to do a good job, otherwise he, as an advocate of this matter, if he is not as good as Guanzhong and other counties, wouldn't it be a shame?

"When the ambulancemen went into battle with the army, they stood behind the array with the military judge, and when the battle began, they assisted each other by carrying the wounded and fallen soldiers on stretchers away from the battle formation, and binding them to stop the bleeding. Who will supply such a large amount? That's what you and I'm going to solve today. ”

Heifu knew that the bandages of later generations should be made of cotton, but in these years, there was no cotton in China, let alone cotton cloth, so he could only find a substitute in the existing cloth of the Qin State.

While talking, they also came to the weaving room in the west of Gangneung City......

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The so-called weaving room is the textile workshop of the official camp of the Qin State, at this moment, the weaving room engineer has received the news and is waiting outside, and when he saw Heifu and others arriving, he hurriedly greeted him and said:

"The subordinates are far away, and it is really our honor that the left soldier Cao Shi can come to the weaving room."

The chief official of the county worker Cao Peng is the worker Cao Peng, with a rank of 400 stones, and there are many workshops under it, such as the copper official workshop, the weaving workshop, etc. Although the weaver is also an official, compared to the 400 stone high position of Heifu's "Left Soldier Cao Shi", it is not worth mentioning that he is only 100 stones, and he has to be warmly welcomed, and there is nothing wrong with calling himself a subordinate.

Besides, it has been rumored recently that this left soldier Cao Shi is not only a confidant of the county lieutenant, but also quite appreciated by the county guard, so he let him talk in a private room......

After a few polite words, Heifu made his intentions clear, and the weaver immediately welcomed him in.

They first passed through the silkworm house, March is the critical moment of silkworm growth, see those silkworm foil, all dense silkworms are slowly wriggling, silkworm farmers spread the newly picked mulberry leaves, only to hear the rustling, after a while to see that the mulberry leaves were gnawed to only the leaf veins and meridians.

Next is the weaving room, and before I got closer, I heard the continuous lyricism. This voice was all too familiar to Heifu, because his mother and sister-in-law also often weaved at home, weaving silk threads and twine into cloth with warp and weft.

In these years, male ploughing and female weaving is the standard division of labor, as the so-called "one husband does not plow, or suffers from hunger; If a woman does not weave, she may suffer from the cold", the crops can fill the stomachs of the family, and the mulberry hemp will give them clothes to cover their bodies. Silkworm raising, mulberry trees, silk reeling, and silk weaving are half of the sky that supports the economy of self-sufficient small-scale farmers.

In addition to individual small farmers weaving at home, the government, which has a great demand for cloth every year, will also set up weaving workshops in counties and counties, and the weavers who are busy in them are basically official slaves and maids. After the nobles and officials and women were implicated, they were often sent to the weaving room. At present, Heifu saw hundreds of women of all ages in the room, rocking the spinning wheel and weaving the loom, busy and busy.

The small official "Dian Silk", who is specifically responsible for the production of silk silk, also came to introduce that silk is the most important product of the weaving room, from silkworm raising to silk spinning, weaving and dyeing, all of which are one-stop to the end.

Heifu picked up a piece of newly produced silk and looked at it, and after pulling it, he shook his head and said: "Silk silk is not good, it is too expensive, if you use this thing for wounds and bandages, it will cost too much......"

Although the silk silk of Nanjun is not as famous as Shu Jin, A Jin, Lu Min, and Huainan Bei Jin, it is not cheap. An ordinary silk silk is worth about five or six hundred dollars, and a better one is worth thousands of dollars!

Heifu had to consider the cost: "Writing on silk silk is still considered a waste by the Qin government, let alone used to save the lives of lowly soldiers in the eyes of nobles?" But not every battlefield emergency can be like before, you can pull the enemy's silk flag to make materials! ”

After rejecting the silk, they continued on their way and inspected the arrowroot cloth, which was mainly used to sew the underwear, but it still did not work. The fine kudzu cloth is light and thin, and it is just right to make summer underwear, but it is a little fragile to make bandages, and the price is still expensive.

They finally went to the burlap weaving workshop, because the hemp was planted in February and March, and there was no material for weaving, so it was not a lively place, except for a few female officials and slaves who were weaving clothes and shoes from the linen cloth left over from last year.

It is worth noting that those clothes were to be sent to the dyeing workshop in the back and dyed in a Chu color......

They are weaving the clothes provided to the concubines, the rites of the country, starting from the clothing system, people of different statuses, with different clothes, cutting different clothes, dyeing different colors, are all exquisite. For example, as an official, Heifu wears silk silk, while ordinary Qianshou and subordinate concubines wear linen, and when you walk on the road, you can see at a glance what kind of professional class you are.

At this time, a small official hurriedly ran to the weaving room master and whispered a few words to him, and the weaving room master hurriedly confessed to Heifu and Chen Wujiao, saying that there was something outside, so he asked the little official in charge of the linen weaving "Dian 枲" (xǐ) to accompany him, and he hurriedly walked out.

Dian Bi respectfully followed Heifu's side, and he answered whatever Heifu asked.

As the largest clothing in the world, silk and linen, one expensive and one cheap; One is gorgeous, the other is unpretentious; One is smooth, the other is rough, and the two are often weighed together. But in fact, the history of linen in China is longer than silk.

"So that the history of Bing Cao knows that the world has a legend of Boyu making clothes."

The little official said with a smile: "It is rumored that the ancient sage Boyu was the first person to discover that the ubiquitous hemp can be used to weave clothes. He eats hemp ropes, hangs his hands through his fingers, and weaves a cloth like a snare, and the world follows suit, so that there is a machine, and all the people can also get linen cloth to cover their shame and keep out the cold. ”

"Still snare", indicating that it is very sparse, after all, the textile technology was primitive in ancient times.

"If there is really the Yellow Emperor Shennong, then what they wear, in addition to animal skins, is it also a fishing net suit?" Thinking of this meeting, Heifu couldn't help but laugh.

Then, the pawn clerk took out linen of different materials from the storeroom, a total of three kinds, and introduced them one by one.

"This is 苘 (qǐng) linen cloth, which can be used to make cow clothes, raincoats, or kneaded into ropes to make bags."

The burlap was rough and bulky, and was clearly not suitable for bandages, and Hafu immediately dismissed it.

Then, the little official pointed to a white and refreshing fabric and said: "This is ramie (níng) linen, and it is also the most common linen cloth in Nanjun. ”

Without saying a word, Heifu picked up the cloth, and after careful observation, his face was happy.

This kind of cloth was also found in the house, and the clothes he wore before he became a doctor were made of this cloth. And in his mind, it is most suitable as a substitute for gauze bandages, and it is also this thing!

"If memory serves, gauze bandages are characterized by sparseness and a pronounced grid, exactly in line with ramie cloth!"

Heifu, who wore this cloth, especially remembered that this cloth was also cool and sweaty, breathable, and washable and sunfast!

It's the perfect fabric for medical bandages, and most importantly, it's cheap!

"It's about three hundred dollars a horse in Anlu, and Jiangling is a little more expensive, but it's also within the acceptable range."

The size of a piece of cloth is four feet long and two feet two inches wide, just enough for an adult's clothing, and if it is made into a bandage, it can make at least twenty rolls.

Seeing that Heifu had found what he needed, he smiled with satisfaction, and Dian Wei also flattered him on the side and said: "Congratulations to the soldier Cao Shi, human words, mayflies digging and reading, linen clothes are like snow, and it is appropriate to use this linen cloth to wrap the wounds of the soldiers!"

The words were very good, and Hefu remembered this poem, and he hoped that he would use it in the future.

Then, Heifu asked the officials about the production of ramie cloth, and learned that this kind of hemp was cultivated everywhere in Nanjun, and that the Gangneung weaving room alone could produce at least 50,000 horses a year, so Heifu was relieved.

Before leaving, out of curiosity, he asked Dian Feng again: "I see that this third linen cloth is slightly yellow in color, and the material is not tight or dense, if the ramie cloth is not enough, it can also be used as a substitute, what is it called."

Dian Feng said with a smile: "This kind of linen cloth is less in the south and more in the north, and it is generally called hemp, also called hemp!"