At the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the thousand-person gamble that Li Yuan wanted to engage in was once again unsuccessful, whether it was inside or outside the hall, ninety percent of the people were drunk, and after the New Year's bell rang, the people from each family carried it back.

The amount of willow wood wine is not good, the drunk is fast, and the sobering up is also fast.

When he was carried back to the house, Liu Mu had a headache, and he was already sober.

To Liu Mu's surprise, Dugu Lanruo was also drunk.

"Why are you drunk?" Liu Mu had never seen Dugu Lanruo drink more than two glasses of wine, but today he was drunk.

"Today, happy." Dugu Lanruo said with a little drunkenness.

Liu Mu stretched out his hand to take the sobering soup and was about to feed it to Dugu Lanruo, but was pushed away: "It's okay, I don't drink that thing." There was a little mess in the harem today, but it was quite an interesting little mess. ”

"What kind of mess?"

"The two ladies of the Taiyuan Wang family who came with the imperial aunt are wearing old clothes."

Liu Mu didn't quite understand: "What's wrong with this old clothes." After speaking, he pointed to himself, and Liu Mu didn't make new clothes for himself this year.

Dugu Lanruo motioned for Baoqin to bring tea over, and then let Xiao Ling'er and Xie Xing'er also sit in the house.

The two women were very excited, which was enough to prove that they had been accepted by Dugu Lanruo, and they would not deliberately avoid the two of them when they talked about anything.

"Let's talk about this mess first, it was a few little girls chasing and fighting, and accidentally hung up the clothes of these two Mrs. Wang with candlesticks. After Sister Yang saw it, she deliberately reminded me, and I found out the old clothes they were wearing. ”

Referring to the old clothes again, Liu Mu said: "In your opinion, the Taiyuan Wang clan has no money. ”

"Not only is there no money, but one of these two Mrs. Wang is from the Li family of Zhaojun and the other is from the Lu family of Fanyang. You can ask Baoqin to arrange someone to investigate secretly, Sister Yang reminded me that the money raised by the Donggang Bosi may have drained the money of these three families, and these three must have other things. ”

Baoqin said on the side: "Fanyang Lu heard that Qinghe Cui's investment in high-grade porcelain kilns, and they also chose to invest in three. Although it was produced, it did not meet the expectations of Fan Yang Lu's family, and it was all inferior porcelain. Then, they wanted to poach a ghost-level porcelain craftsman from Xingyao at a high price, but they were discovered by the Qinghe Cui clan. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

"Well, both of them have made no noise about this, but in private, Fan Yang Lu's family must have lost a lot of money."

"Just an old coat?" Liu Mu couldn't believe it, and because he saw that he was wearing old clothes, he decided that these families had no money. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

Dugu Lanruo explained: "That's not an ordinary old clothes, as far as Sister Yang observes, it has been washed at least twice. ”

"What?" Liu Mu didn't understand it at all, and it was considered an old clothes after washing.

Dugu Lanruo held the teacup and motioned for Xiao Ling'er to explain this.

Xiao Ling'er said: "There are three major difficulties in high-quality silk ready-to-wear. The first difficulty is to ensure that there are no broken wires, splices, or wrong wires in the selected part of the fabric, that is to say, that piece must be absolutely complete. The second dilemma is color matching, multiple pieces of clothing are spliced, and it must be the same silk fabric to prevent color differences. ”

These two points can be understood by Yanagi.

Xiao Ling'er continued: "The third and most difficult is that there is a defect in the upper dye, and no one has ever been able to solve this problem. The better the color, the more serious the defect. This defect is that I am afraid of water, and even sweat on my hands will affect the color and luster. ”

"Go on." Yanagi still didn't understand what it was.

"Husband, have you ever seen Her Royal Highness's fine silk clothes worn three times?" After Xiao Ling'er asked rhetorically, Liu Mu thought for a long time, it seems that after marriage, his pockets are not so poor, Dugu Lanruo's clothes are generally worn twice, at most three times, and there is definitely no fourth time, these clothes will be rewarded with some accessories removed.

Yanagi nodded, and didn't seem to have it.

"Husband, the silk clothes of the nobles are not washed, and they are worn once and cooled in a ventilated place, and then put them away. Sometimes you wear a garment only once, and you never wear it a second time. ”

Liu Mu suddenly remembered a small joke in the later life.

In later generations, a girl sent a certain brand-name dress worth 600,000 Japanese dollars to be dry cleaned, but it was washed and wasted in one go.

After the claim, the dry cleaner called the customer service of the brand.

The customer service told me that this kind of clothes is not washed, and it will be thrown away after wearing it a few times, so it cannot be washed, and it will be broken when washed.

At that time, Liu Mu always thought that this was just a joke of a black brand, but now after listening to Xiao Ling'er, Liu Mu realized that it was really because of poverty that affected his knowledge. In order to ensure the color and gloss of silk dresses, the top nobles of the Tang Dynasty did not even consider going to laundry.

Xie Xing'er also said at this time: "In the weaving workshop of the husband, none of the silk products can be washed. In particular, the gold silk makeup velvet will be destroyed at the sight of water. The only way to do this is vinegar steaming, but it's not something that ordinary craftsmen can master. So there is a very clear difference in the washed silk. ”

"You guys are amazing, I didn't even think of that. I often see women sitting in a long line on the bluestone platform washing clothes by the river, and I have also seen people washing silk clothes. ”

"Ordinary clothes can naturally be washed ......" Xie Xing'er also planned to explain in detail to Liu Mu the different washing methods of clothes of various materials, especially how to clean and maintain high-quality cashmere fabrics. Dugu Lanruo interrupted her: "Don't talk about trivial things like laundry, right now, the Taiyuan Wang family has no money." ”

Baoqin immediately said: "The money they invested in the Donggang Shipping Division is not much, maybe these companies were not as rich as the folk rumors before." ”

"No, it's because the family business is too big and there are too many people. Even though there is money, it is estimated that it is already very tight. Xiao Ling'er added on the side.

Liu Mu immediately asked: "What do you mean that the Taiyuan Wang clan entrusted the Qinghe Cui clan to come to the door in advance, this is a conspiracy?" ”

Xiao Ling'er first glanced at Dugu Lanruo, and after getting Dugu Lanruo's permission, she said:

"I don't know about the conspiracy, but the overtures are inevitable. There is reason to believe that after Wang paid a large amount of money to Cui's, he either did not pay it in full, or took this opportunity to ask Cui's to help him. The husband only needs to pay attention to whether Wang has a private investigation into Liu Ye. ”

After listening to Xiao Ling'er's words, Liu Mu nodded.

That's right, this can be verified, just stare at Wang's attitude towards Liu Yi to know the result.

The process of marrying such a big family is complicated and scary.

"But, what is Wang's overture?" Yanagi couldn't figure it out again.

Xiao Ling'er spoke at this time: "Lutai Wharf, Sanhui Haikou Wharf and, Baodi Salt Warehouse, which is not in the planning but has not yet been built. ”

"Are you sure?" Yanagi asked in a puzzled tone.