In Daming, there were two domestic trade routes from Zhejiang to Fujian.
One enters the upper reaches of the Qiantang River from various waterways in South Zhili, then turns to Changshan in Zhejiang and Yushan in Jiangxi, passes through Fenshuiguanhekou Town in Chong'an, Fujian, and enters Fujian. The other enters from the Qiantang River.
Jiangshan County in Zhejiang Province is connected to Xianxia Ridge in Pucheng.
Both trade routes rotated between water and land. Northern Fujian, eastern Jiangxi, and western Zhejiang were mountainous, and the Daopoqi District was the most mountainous. When Zheng Haizhu took his nephew north to the south of the Yangtze River to make a living, he experienced various customs and customs along the way and gained a lot of knowledge.
, but also suffered a lot from traveling across mountains and rivers.
Fortunately, this time I am following Eunuch Liu south, so I can choose the third way.
Sea route.
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The thick wooden walls of the Fuchuan blocked the biting cold wind on the sea in winter.
An expensive East China Sea crystal window fills the cabin with daylight.
Zheng Haizhu sat in front of the window, holding a long dress in her hands, inspecting the details.
"Sister Azhu, I heard that Mr. Shu told "Journey to the West" that the palace of the Dragon King of the East China Sea is made of crystal. Now, I feel like I am in a crystal palace."
Tailor Fan's daughter, Fan Polu, put her nose against the crystal window and stared, trying to see clearly the majestic appearance of the sergeants on the deck outside, while expressing her excitement to Zheng Haizhu.
Zheng Haizhu went with Eunuch Liu's fleet to Yuegang this time, and took Fan Polu with her as a female companion. Not only would her daily life be more convenient, but she would also use the twenty days on the ship to complete some special clothing samples.
The little girl Fan Polu feels that her luck this winter is as good as a dream.
Sister Azhu is not only a new customer of her family, but she will also take her out and follow the imperial official ship to Yuegang to expand her horizons.
When he first boarded this large ship, which was even more gorgeous than the pavilions of many wealthy people in Songjiang, Fan Polu was still a little trepidatious because he heard that women would be looked down upon on board ships.
Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps on the deck with Sister Azhu, we saw several women, either carrying vegetable baskets or holding clean mattresses, swarming around like bees.
Sister Azhu told her at that time that as early as two hundred years ago, on the treasure ship that the Sanbao eunuchs sailed to the West, there were dozens of women who were responsible for cooking, washing, and mending things.
Walking in front of them, the general surnamed Ma also turned his head and told her with a kind smile that in his hometown in Sichuan, women could not only board ships, but also fight in the water. Although her mother was mainly engaged in riding, archery and
Although he has a long spear, he has a female naval force under his command that is good at jumping and fighting between warships on the river.
Fan Polu breathed a sigh of relief, but soon became embarrassed again.
She was almost in her prime, and when she saw an outstanding man, she felt both admiration and shyness, so she simply lowered her head.
General Ma is so young, so good-looking, and as a military general, he is not fierce at all. When he heard her name, he praised the word "Polu" for its pleasantness.
Well, although he seemed to smile only in front of Sister Azhu. When facing other people on the boat, including the kind-hearted Eunuch Liu, the corners of General Ma's mouth were flat.
In the cabin at this moment, Zheng Haizhu looked at Fan Polu. Just now, he seemed to be thinking about something like an adult. When he studied the crystal window, he showed a naive and curious look like a little daughter. It was really cute and endearing.
Zheng Haizhu then smiled and said: "This Donghai crystal has always been a tribute. Nowadays, the craftsmen are becoming more and more skillful. They can not only make windows, but also grind reading glasses. I heard that the crystal reading glasses used by the pavilion elders are...
It costs twenty taels of silver a pair."
"Ah?" Fan Polu was speechless, stretched out his hand to gesture for a moment, and sighed, "Wouldn't such a big window cost several hundred taels of silver?"
Zheng Haizhu pursed her lips and pushed the skirt in her hand: "Eunuch Liu is so kind to us that he allows us to live in such a nice cabin. Little girl, you have to be more diligent and learn from other crystal craftsmen's skills and diligence. Come on, put the
This row of woven gold edges needs to be dismantled and then sewn to create a wave-like feel. Don’t be so rigid.”
Fan Polu obediently took the skirt and played with it for a while. Just when he was wondering what the "feeling of waves" would be like, he saw Sister Azhu already standing up and squatting towards the hatch.
"Eunuch Liu, General Ma."
Liu Shimin and Ma Xianglin stood outside the cabin with their hands behind their backs, their expressions gentle and gentle, but their bodies did not move.
Zheng Haizhu guessed that the two of them came for the progress that he reported on the deck today, but it was inconvenient to enter the woman's cabin.
She then carried another smaller piece of textile and called Fan Polu out of the cabin.
Liu Shimin stared at the woman's dress that looked like a palace curtain in Fan Polu's hand, not hiding his surprise.
"Miss Zheng, is this what you said that Thai and Western businessmen would like?"
Zheng Haizhu nodded very confidently and said: "Yes, this is called a dress."
Then he instructed Fan Polu to hold the shoulder sleeves and lift up the skirt, while he leaned over and spread out the gorgeous skirt.
"Eunuch Liu, please see, this kind of skirt is different from the skirts and coats of our Ming Dynasty women. Its upper skirt and lower skirt are sewn together, so it is called a dress. When our country was in the Han Dynasty, there was a kind of deep skirt with a deep skirt like this.
Generally connected up and down, but the dresses that Thai and Western women like, the tops are as narrow and short as Hufu, but the skirts are fluffy like curtains, and somewhat like the felt tents that Mongolian people live in the grasslands."
Liu Shimin looked at it for a while, then nodded and said: "I said it looked familiar. I remembered that when Matteo Ricci, a missionary from Spain to Spain, presented Western treasures to Lord Long Live, Lord Long Live asked him about the scenery of Xifan.
Matthew took out some paintings, and the French women on them seemed to be wearing this kind of skirt."
Zheng Haizhu thought, great, Matteo Ricci is Italian. Since you have seen Western post-Renaissance oil paintings, it will not be so difficult for me to explain Baroque skirts.
She then freed up one hand, lifted up the sleeves of her dress, and explained: "The people over there in Taixi used to wear gloomy dark robes in the middle of winter more than two hundred years ago, but now they are different. They are civilians."
Ordinary people, as long as they could afford it, would wear brighter colors, and the hem of the skirt should be sewn with layers of lace like waves lapping on the shore. The sleeves below the elbows should also be sewn to look like trumpet flowers.
of."
Liu Shimin stared at Zheng Haizhu: "Young lady knows a lot."
Zheng Haizhu looked calm: "It's all thanks to the great grace of God that Yuegang can be opened and closed at the time of Lord Longqing. My hometown is not far from Haicheng County of Yuegang. When my brother was alive, he sometimes went to Zhangzhou Fucheng Cultural Club and sometimes to Haicheng County to visit friends.
When I returned to Longxi, I often talked to my sister-in-law and I about what we had learned from the missionaries. Moreover, my father-in-law also knew that Xu Hanlin’s family opened a Ci’en Hall in Songjiang, and my daughter-in-law’s husband’s family was related to the Xu family’s daughter-in-law.
Sometimes I am sent to Ci En Tang to help, and I also see some foreign paintings."
Liu Shimin's eyes flashed with deep meaning. He smiled and picked up the large cotton skirt held by Fan Polu and commented: "You don't necessarily take it to heart when you see it. You like to think about it, yes. Don't tell me, this watery red
The cotton cloth is piled with the lace you mentioned. Not only does it not look wrinkled after being worn for a long time, but it is indeed very colorful and lively. Well, we Ming scribes may sneer at it, but it is quite popular with those Western monkeys."
Zheng Haizhu continued: "Taiwanese people say that this kind of piled up shape like a lantern festival in Aoshan is called Baroque there. Not only women but also men now like to add patterns to their clothes."
As she spoke, she spread out the moon-white fabric in her hand and walked towards Ma Xianglin with a smile.
