Chapter 91 91 Cotton Opening

Chapter 91 Cotton Opening

Purple Fruit Tribe, Jenny's kitchen.

Roning took Horn to try to boil cocoons.

At first, Roning did not think about spinning, but chose to go in the direction of "cotton opening".

To open the cotton, you need to put soda ash or baking soda into the pot during the cocoon boiling process, but he didn't have these things temporarily.

So he could only make some wood ash on the spot. This thing is also an alkaline substance. Although it looks a bit black, it will adhere to the cocoon after adding it to the pot.

However, during the boiling process, the wood ash will react with the sericin and debris on the cocoon, and it can be washed away in the end, and it will not be dyed.

Since it was the first time to boil cocoons, Roning only selected a dozen cocoons for trial.

He first removed the floating silk on the outside of the cocoon, then threw it into a small pot, added clean water and wood ash, and started to boil over high heat.

After boiling for more than half an hour, Roning saw that it was almost done, so he picked up the boiled yellow cocoon and washed it with clean water.

The moment it came into contact with the clean water, the yellowish cocoon turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye, which attracted Horn's amazement.

Next, in his disbelief, Luo Ning peeled the cocoon, removed the dead silkworm pupa inside, and then stretched it with his hands and put it on the cotton ring made of a bamboo strip in advance.

Although he failed several times, practice makes perfect, and Luo Ning quickly mastered the routine.

At first, a thin layer of silk sheets could not be seen. After Luo Ning stacked seven or eight, a piece of "cloth" appeared in front of everyone.

"This step is called 'opening cotton'. Stacking these dozen cocoons together like this can form a silk bag."

Luo Ning introduced: "Make a few more such silk bags, then take them out to wash twice and dry them. After that, you can cut, stretch, spread them, and stack them together to get a silk quilt."

Horn carefully took the silk bag handed over by Luo Ning, his eyes full of wonder.

He had always thought that boiling cocoons was another way to eat silkworm pupae, but he didn't expect that what was in front of him was actually a special piece of cloth.

Jenny, who was standing by, also looked at the scene in amazement.

At this moment, they finally understood why the lord was interested in sericulture. It turned out that it had such a wonderful use!

"My lord, your profound knowledge deeply impressed me!"

Jenny bowed deeply to express her admiration, "Although I don't know what the silk quilt you are talking about is, I may have expected that it is definitely worth a lot of money!"

"That's natural." Luo Ning smiled.

Although there are fighting magic in this world, food, clothing, housing and transportation are also indispensable. Good things will always be needed by people, especially things that represent the status of the nobility are even more valuable.

"Horn, since you are interested in sericulture, you can try more, but you have to pay attention to keep the silkworm seeds and don't try them all."

He suggested, "In addition, this is just one of the ways to use cocoons. We can also spin silk."

"Spin silk?" Horn was very curious and listened with his ears erect.

"You can think of the cocoon as a ball surrounded by a line. What we need to do is to find its thread ends and then gather seven or eight silk threads together to form a silk thread."

Roning gestured and said, "Then we can use these silk threads to weave cloth and make clothes."

His description was still too abstract. Horn and Jenny were both in the state of poor students listening to the teacher's math class.

But this did not prevent the two from admiring and marveling at Roning. Just like Horn said-although I don't understand, I feel it's amazing.

Horn looked at the silk bag in his hand, thinking of eating so many silkworm pupae and throwing away so many silk cocoons in the past, and suddenly felt a sense of waste.

While the two were talking, Macken came in from outside, "My lord, Redar and Tom are here."

"Okay."

Ronin introduced Jenny and Horn: "Redar is my commander, I'll go meet him. Horn, if you are interested, you can try to open the cotton first, and we will study how to draw silk later."

After that, he left the kitchen.

Horn and Jenny did not realize Ronin's intention of calling Redar over, they just thought it was to deal with Slaine.

After the two of them retracted their gaze, they began to lower their heads and carefully observe the silk bag in their hands.

"This thing is so light!"

Jenny stroked it, "If it can be made into a quilt as Lord Roning said, it must be very light."

"In addition to quilts, it can also be made into clothes. Lord said that more than a thousand silk cocoons can make a silk dress."

Horn emphasized: "Lord also said that he would recruit dyers to make colorful silk in the future. The dress made of it is much rarer than ordinary noble dresses!"

He looked at his wife seriously, "I must make a dress like this for you and Irene!"

Jenny was very moved, "I believe you can do it!"

In Roning's temporary room, he met Rydar and Tom who came from the Qingzhu tribe.

"Lord, Wilson arrived safely in the Qingzhu tribe yesterday, and the census work has begun today."

Rydar reported the situation over there, "With the assistance of Juwitt and Sim, the people of the Qingzhu tribe are relatively cooperative. According to Wilson, he can complete the registration work today."

Roning nodded. There are only more than 300 people in the Qingzhu tribe, and the residence is relatively concentrated, so it is indeed not difficult.

Back to the point.

"Jenny and Horn should be fine, but it is necessary for you to come here."

Ronin said: "If things go as Jenny expected, the people of the Gray Earth Tribe will probably be here later. Rydal Tom, you take people to hide in the mountains and forests on both sides, and wait for them to come in before cutting off their retreat."

The Purple Fruit Tribe is a ring mountain with a notch. If the retreat is blocked, it will be like inviting someone into a trap and then closing the door to fight the dog.

"Leave it to us!"

Rydal smiled, "I heard from the political officer that the wild tribe in the woods has existed for 20 years. I didn't expect you to have solved most of it so quickly. If the outside world heard it, I'm afraid they would be amazed at your ability!"

"They just don't want to spend the effort."

Ronin shook his head. If the nobles were really determined to get rid of the wild tribe, they could still do it, but they didn't have the motivation, and they didn't want to bear the loss.

The reason why he was able to conquer so quickly was, on the one hand, a blitzkrieg. The Green Bamboo Tribe had no time to react and form a strong resistance, while the Purple Fruit Tribe surrendered without resistance.

As the sky gradually darkened, Jenny had arranged for the servants to prepare dinner. Horn was in the warehouse, selecting the better cocoons to keep for silkworm seeds according to the method taught by Ronin. This time, the number of silkworm seeds was a little more, and hundreds of them were prepared.

Rydar, Tom and others went out to ambush early, but McKen stayed by Ronin's side as a personal guard.

"How was the statistics today?"

Ronin was sitting on a chair in the living room, checking the several pieces of parchment handed over by Irene, which recorded the other party's statistical information.

Irene stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed, "It's not finished yet, give me another morning, I will definitely finish it!"

Ronin checked with a smile.

There were almost no special craftsmen in the Savage Tribe. Several people's names were marked with words such as masons and carpenters, but their specific levels were not clear.

However, for Ronin, anyone who had some basics in these directions could be used.

"Your handwriting is good, much better than Wilson's."

"Really?"

Miss Irene was so happy to hear this compliment that she even jumped a little.

Ronin didn't understand why the other party was so excited, but he nodded, "Of course, I never lie."

He really didn't lie. Irene's handwriting was neater and more comfortable to read than Wilson's.

I didn't finish the registration today, probably because I was not familiar with it at the beginning.

Ronin returned the parchment to the other party, "Come on, but you have a good talent for magic, don't forget to practice. To me, the value of a powerful magician is much greater than that of a political officer!"

Political officers can be trained in batches, but magicians cannot.

What Ronin likes about Irene is always her magic talent.

"Sir!"

While they were talking, a guard ran over from outside, "There are horses coming from a distance. The commander asked me to inform you that they might be from the Gray Earth Tribe."

Roning raised his eyebrows, "How many people are coming?"

"It seems to be more than a dozen. The road is too far and it's hard to see clearly."

"Okay, go and inform Jenny and Horn to open the door to welcome guests."

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