Chapter 3041 Palace Maid

There are two stewards in the weaving workshop, both are women, both are technical talents that Bai Shan dug back from Qingzhou city, a weaving girl with the best weaving skills, and an embroidery girl with the best embroidery skills, and Bai Shan paid them wages. But a lot of them also promised to give them old age in the future.

It's not difficult, the current weaving workshop belongs to Beihai County Government, and their deeds are in his hands. In the future, if they want, he can take them away, or set up an industry in Beihai County and let them in Retirement in the shop means that they have the ability, and this is not difficult.

They also knew that a noble person came over today and wanted to go to the alley to pick them up, but they were stumped early in the morning. In order to satisfy the noble people, they had to take care of things first, so they didn't have time to pick them up at the front.

The door opened wide, and they saw Lord Zhou and the princess coming together. Although it was not the first time they had seen them, they were still a little excited.

The two of them immediately took someone to greet them, bowed their knees and saluted, "Meet the princess, and see Lord Zhou."

Mingda raised his hand slightly and said, "Don't be too polite, let's go to the weaving workshop first."

She looked around curiously and asked, "Are there weaving workshops on the left and right?"

"Yes." Jiang Zhiniang introduced: "In the beginning, the magistrate of Bai only rented us two yards, both at the end of the alley by the river, with looms on one side and embroidery girls on the other side. clothes."

In fact, because the long-term workers were in urgent need of clothes, at first they needed a large number of embroiderers who could cut and sew clothes. There were very few people who followed Jiang Zhiniang.

Even now, "The three courtyards on this side are all owned by embroidered women, and there is another one here, and only those two are the study places for our weaving women."

She said: "Many people who come here don't know how to weave, and it's not something that can be learned in a day or two, so the output is extremely low. Now the embroidery girls still buy the fabric they use to cut their clothes."

Zhou Man and Mingda nodded, and went in to see the weavers wove on the loom.

Zhou Man took it seriously. Her family also had a loom, but it was very different from the one here.

The loom is in the third sister-in-law's room, and she knits the best cloth at home, so every year they mix the linen woven by her.

Sometimes when there is excess fabric, it 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 said with a smile: "I also have one at home, but it's not like this, it's hand-cranked, that is, people sit like this, and then pull and push with the heald... "

Zhiniang froze for a moment and then said, "That's a waist machine. Now there are many folks who have it at home, but the speed of the waist machine is not as fast as that of a treadmill. As far as I know, all the weaving workshops have changed their pedals long ago."

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

Her third sister-in-law's weaving speed is fast in the village, but now the less skilled weavers use a pedal machine, and the speed seems to be about the same.

Not to mention the skilled Zhiniang, there is a Zhiniang dug from Qingzhou beside her, her hands and feet move together, and they do it very quickly.

Zhou Man looked at the loom thoughtfully, but she didn't say anything and began to ask about the lives of the female workers.

They lived well here, not only the new female workers who came to work, but also Zhiniang, who was recruited from Qingzhou.

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

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

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

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

Yue Xiu Niang said: "What they are making now are the simplest clothes, there is no embroidery pattern, and the most common blue linen cloth is used..."

It is also because the clothes they make are provided to the long-term workers, and there is no need for embroidery. The embroiderers also want them to master the magic of needle and thread first, and then embroider when they are proficient.

But embroidery is actually not the same as making clothes.

Those who can embroider will definitely be able to make clothes, but those who can make clothes may not necessarily be able to embroider.

With so many people, Xiu Niang can only teach them the basics. If they want to go further, they need not only more efforts, but also their elite teaching.

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

Yue Xiu Niang took them to see the clothes made by the newly embroidered girls.

Zhou Man and Ming Da are not very good at female workers, but they are still able to read them, and there are several most powerful palace maids and cakes nearby.

They will.

So they picked up the clothes and checked them. Zhou Man and Mingda felt that they were not bad, and nodded again and again, at least they didn't see what Bai Shan said before, one long sleeve and one short sleeve.

The palace maids frowned and whispered, "The stitches are a little loose..."

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

On the side, Yue Xiu Niang heard embarrassment on her face, nodded and said, "Yes, they are all beginners, so the needlework is basic. By the way, this is the first batch of Xiu Niang, and the clothes they made are not bad. ."

Zhou Man simply took out the clothes from the basket and showed them to the palace maid. She, a layman, still didn't read it, just listened to it.

The maids checked the stitches and nodded reluctantly. Although there were still many problems, the quality was indeed better than the previous batch, so they could barely be worn.

Mingda's eyes wandered on their faces, and after a while, he smiled slightly, and said to them, "If I am inconvenient, you can take care of this weaving workshop for me."

The palace ladies immediately shied away, "The slaves still have to take care of the princess."

Mingda said, "Why do I need so many people to take care of me? You should also learn more skills. If you let it go in the future, you can support yourself with your skills."

The palace maids who were about to shirk immediately stopped talking, but glanced at Zhou Man, bowed their knees, and responded respectfully, "Yes, follow the princess's teachings."

Zhou Man said: "You are all good knitting workers. I don't think there is much to learn in this area, but to run a weaving workshop well, in addition to the female knitting workers, you must also be able to keep accounts and deal with people to discuss business."

Zhou Man had a good relationship with the palace maids, and when it was her turn to be on duty in the palace, she often chatted with the palace maids and the servants.

Much of it is discussed later.

The queen is benevolent, and the palace maids can be released when they reach a certain age, but when they were released from the palace, their grades were not too young. Most of them were over 25 years old.

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;

However, 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 option.

The second is that the next emperor will honor her, but the honor is also divided into grades. One is to directly seal an appointment and give her a mansion and servants, so that she can take care of her life; the other is to send it to Zhuangzi to honor her. There are also servants to take care of them, but they don’t have the former kind of freedom and dignity;

The third is that the next emperor can't remember her, or even has a bad relationship with her, then she will find a way to release her, otherwise there will be only a dead end in staying in the palace.

With Aunt Shang's qualifications, if she doesn't return to her mother's home after her release, she will be transferred to a noble family as a nanny and earn some money to support her family;

Or find other jobs, such as picking up some female knitting workers, and relying on some savings from the past to live. Basically, this is the choice for most palace maids.

It's fine when you're young, but the older you get, the more difficult life gets.

Therefore, the maids, like the servants, also like to save money. If they can't save the money for retirement, then they have to find a way to get married.

It's just that even if they can go out of the palace on the line of 25 years old, this age is very old outside, and it is difficult to find a matching man, most of them are widowers, and even have children, life is even more difficult.

Especially the maids who have seen all kinds of men in the palace, they would rather be single and work harder than marrying themselves in confusion and falling into a deeper quagmire.

Therefore, the words of Mingda and Zhou Man made them very excited.

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