Chapter 1561: The Straw Sandals Talk

The whole floor was filled with the aroma of food, and the other women were not very happy eating.

From time to time, they glanced at the table in the corner of the window, wondering whether to go home and ask their men to cook for them?

After thinking about it again, they gave up, thinking that they would be beaten.

"Li Lang, don't cook for me all the time in the future. Other men don't do it." Princess Yongmu didn't want to be called a shrew.

"Men cook when they are alone. When their wives are not around and they have no money, they have to cook by themselves." Li Yi thought of two people.

One is Du Fu. When Du Fu was fleeing, he ate acorns and yams, otherwise he would be hungry. .

It is said that the cause of his death was that he ate a meal that was too full, and then he didn't survive.

The other one is Su Shi. Su Shi also had a time of poverty. When he had the upper hand in the party struggle, he was very angry when he beat others, and when others had the upper hand, he was also beaten severely.

However, he was more tenacious, and his political enemies kept moving him to another place in order to make him die quickly without adapting to the local climate.

This is how Liu Youqiu died in history. He was assigned to this place and then to another place.

He was angry, tired from the journey, and not used to the environment, so he died.

Su Shi was not like that. Su Shi was awesome. He could even make himself sick and write poems for fun.

When he was a small official in Huangzhou, Hubei, he wrote "Don't listen to the sound of leaves being blown by the wind in the forest... A raincoat will let you live your life... There is no wind or rain, no clear sky. " and caught a cold. .

He also wrote "Red Cliff Fu" and "The Great River Goes East, the Waves Wash Away..." in Nian Nujiao.

Then he was sent to Hainan Island, which was definitely not a good place in the Song Dynasty. He also wrote poems and opened a school there.

Dongpo pork was invented by him. It was so greedy. There was no beef or mutton to eat, so he could only eat pork.

Li Yi thought that Li Bai would probably be able to cook. Li Bai was not only good at writing poems. The place where he was born needed military force to ensure his safety.

Li Bai could walk around by himself, holding a sword, and killing rabbits was probably a common thing.

"What if someone says so!" Princess Yongmu didn't know Li Bai and Du Fu, let alone the unborn Su Shi. .

"Listen to others and change, and live for others? The cement floor really needs water, and it will burn your feet in a few days."

Li Yi saw that there were still people walking barefoot, not even wearing a pair of straw sandals, and felt uncomfortable.

"Did you see that man? Ask him why he doesn't wear shoes."

Li Yi thought that everyone should live better where he was.

The maid ran out and held the handrail of the stairs with one hand when she went down the stairs. She jumped directly and fell on the handrail.

Li Yi: "..."

He was full of memories. He had played like this in school before. He fell down diagonally for more than ten meters and fell to the ground backwards. It was okay.

There was also a butt on it and slid down. Anyway, you can do whatever you want.

The man was soon caught up and stood there talking to the maid.

The maid ran back and the man waited in the same place.

"Boss, he said he was alone. He just came to Chang'an yesterday and couldn't find a job. He ate free black bread slices in the shed and stayed there at night." The maid gave the reason.

"I'll find him a job. Ask him if he can weave straw sandals. If not, I'll arrange for him to learn. He can weave straw sandals in one day.

Speaking of which, I thought of a set of tools for weaving straw sandals. Ordinary straw sandals that don't require very beautiful ones and can be worn for a few days can be woven out of fifty or sixty pairs a day.

If they are well woven, they can't even weave one pair a day. I'll draw pictures and put them in the newspaper."

When Li Yi heard that he had just arrived and hadn't found a job yet, he arranged it. You sent someone to ask.

Straw sandals made of straw are very fast and will break after a few days of wearing.

The maid next to him hurriedly looked for something, while the maid who had been guarding next to him continued to record in a small notebook.

Record what Li Yi and Princess Yongmu said. Today, if you see someone without shoes, ask them and get the tools for weaving straw sandals.

After getting the things, Li Yi started to draw on his fingers. The speed was fast. No scale was needed, just mark the data.

"Take it to a nearby labor union and ask them to make it. The distance is short. This broken thing is not worth the hands of the masters in the village."

The set of tools for weaving straw shoes made by Li Yi has a simple structure. You don't need to use your hands to draw the thread. There are special small wooden buckles for drawing the thread.

To weave straw into ropes, you usually rub it. The tool Li Yi gave is to directly draw a few strands of straw. The middle position is rotated by force, and the rope comes out from the top to the bottom.

Of course, this kind of rope cannot be strong enough to withstand force, and it is guaranteed to break.

The key is fast speed. For skilled workers, weaving a hundred pairs of straw shoes a day is like playing.

"Li Lang, what are these for?" Princess Yongmu asked, pointing to the grooved wooden pieces of different lengths with a shaft at one end.

"If the feet are long, shouldn't the straw sandals fit the feet of others? How many times do you need a long or short rope, and how many times should the amount be decreased or increased each time? There is a formula, and the calculation is the number of different shakes.

Originally, one would be enough, but I was afraid that their brains were not good enough and they couldn't calculate it, so I just made a bunch and shook it.

This is a wire tie, and this is called a rotating braiding machine, a wire hook, and a cross-up and down wire guide.

Time is actually wasted on arranging the grass. If you really want to braid, you can change the tools back and forth and keep them at hand."

Li Yi introduced the purpose of each tool. In order to pursue speed, it is as convenient as possible.

"If it is an assembly line operation, each person is only responsible for one step, isn't it faster?" Princess Yongmu instantly thought of the convenience of division of labor and cooperation.

"Yes!" Li Yi gave Princess Yongmu an approving look.

Xiaolan followed and said: "Organize people and work together."

Li Yi also gave Xiaolan an expression of approval, but said: "Why make so many straw sandals? I drew the tool drawings to give people an idea.

If it can be used to weave straw sandals, it can be used to weave other things. We will soon have a lot of rabbit meat and rabbit skin, and use rabbit skin to make shoes.

The sole is a bamboo or wood piece with fine linen woven on top.

If you are in a hurry in Jingzhao Prefecture, soft-sole full-leather shoes are also fine, walking on other roads will hurt your feet.

Felt soles are okay, rabbit hair can be used to make felt, pig hair... pig hair is better for making brushes."

"Weaving straw sandals is not profitable, what's the point of him weaving them?" Xiaolan asked with a pout.

"I give him money, and he puts them outside each block after weaving them. If anyone has broken shoes, they can take a pair and go.

In many places in our Tang Dynasty, people in the village will weave straw sandals and hang them under the eaves or on the fences.

Especially in places with many mountain roads, people walk between villages and prepare shoes. Others cannot carry money with them, and it is inconvenient to exchange, so they just take them away.

When people from this village go to other villages and their shoes are broken, they also take a pair.

No one will take more, it's so tiring to carry, you can weave them yourself when you go home."

Li Yi explained the customs and customs of the Tang Dynasty to the people of the Tang Dynasty, but Princess Yongmu and Xiaolan didn't know at all.

There is no industry specializing in selling straw sandals in the Tang Dynasty. How to calculate the price of straw sandals when selling other shoes? One coin for two pairs?

If you sell straw mats, or other hemp shoes, leather shoes, it's okay to match a pair of straw sandals.

Unless the grass used is different, and the weaving is fine and strong, you want to sell it as a work of art, dream on!