This girl's name is Ye Zi. She is one of the first primitive people created by her own hands. She has never had a last name. She likes to look at all kinds of leaves, so she gave herself the nickname Ye Zi. She likes to be in the woods every day.
He is a good hand at digging around and picking various fruits. After practicing, he has gained spiritual power and strengthened his physical condition. He even enjoys climbing up and down trees. He also likes to collect some strange-shaped leaves.
But lately, she has been enjoying squatting on the mulberry tree. Sometimes, she squats for a long time.
These are all seen in Zhong Yan's eyes.
"I have been paying attention to you for several days. You have been here this month. How is it? What have you seen?"
Zhong Yan asked with a smile.
"Patriarch, Ye Zi discovered a kind of bug. This bug is very special. At first, it was just a small black dot. They will eat mulberry leaves very quickly, and they will grow very fast. They will shed their skin every few days.
, then they will grow bigger, become snow-white, very beautiful and cute, but recently, they don’t eat or drink, and suddenly spit out a lot of white silk, wrapping themselves together, and I don’t know what this is.
what happened."
Ye Zi first excitedly told Zhong Yan about his discovery, and then his mood became depressed again.
This sudden situation of spinning silk around herself made her completely confused as to what was going on, and she was very worried. After all, she had watched these little guys grow up, so the concern in her heart was inevitable, and there were some
I'm just curious and don't know what this will turn into.
"Haha, if you want to know the result, Ye Zi, it should be almost done by now. Look carefully."
Zhong Yan smiled and gestured.
Katcha!!
At this moment, a crisp tearing sound could be heard. Looking carefully, the white cocoon wrapped in mulberry leaves was quickly bitten into a hole. In the hole, he saw a
A chubby moth with a pair of white wings came out, waving its wings, but seemed to be too fat to fly. It landed on the mulberry leaf next to it and gathered with other moths. After a while,
Climbing to the branch again, from the belly, I saw that pieces of eggs fell on the branches, and they were pale yellow.
"Chief, what kind of insect is this?"
Ye Zi blinked and asked eagerly.
"This is called mulberry silkworm. Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves. They eat a large amount of fresh mulberry leaves every day. They grow and metamorphose rapidly. Each time they shed their skin, they metamorphose and grow. It only takes about a month to spin silk and spin cocoons.
It binds itself until it completes its last transformation and turns into a silkworm moth. Silkworm moths cannot fly. After mating with the opposite sex, they will begin to lay silkworm eggs. These silkworm eggs will hatch again at the appropriate temperature, giving birth to more silkworms.
silkworm."
"The silk spun out by these silkworms is used to weave silk, silk quilts and other silk fabrics. It is an excellent material and can be woven into cloth. It is much better than those burlap."
Zhong Yan explained with a smile.
"Patriarch, you are saying that these silks can be woven into cloth and made into clothing fabrics. Just like the silk clothing material that Sister Xiaoyun said."
Ye Zi's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly.
During this period of time, Fairy Lake City and Starry Sky City were also in constant communication and running-in. A lot of new information was passed from Fairy Lake City. What was said in the conversation were all new things to the original people, and many of them were new.
Keep it in mind naturally.
Sometimes, the clothes worn by the people in Fairy Lake City can arouse the curiosity of the tribesmen and want to know how they are made.
Of course, there are fabrics here in the City of Starry Sky, but they are all purchased from the City of Origin. They are all finished products and there is no way to make them. In Fairy Lake City, there are people who can weave cloth. After coming here, they also taught the original people how to use burlap.
By the time the fibers are woven, the finished piece of cloth has already been woven.
But what woven from burlap is just burlap, which is very rough.
You know, in the Chinese lineage, weaving has been passed down for a long time.
The fabrics produced are divided into several grades: brocade, damask, silk, satin, linen and coarse cloth.
The first level, brocade: silk textile fabrics, using heavy texture, colorful yarn-dyed jacquard silk fabrics woven with multi-color silk threads. Brocade is a prestigious jacquard silk. In ancient times, there was a saying "Weaving and picking as a text, its price is as high as
The theory of "jin" can be divided into Shu brocade, Song brocade and Yun brocade.
The second level, damask: silkworm self-woven fabric; adopts twill weave or twill weave change weave, the fabric surface has diagonal weave silk fabric, texture is light and thin. In the early days, the surface of the fabric had a mountain-shaped twill weave, which "looks like ice"
", so it is called Ling.
The third level, silk: silk and linen blended fabrics; silk fabrics with plain weave or changed weave, closely interlaced warp and weft. Silk is the general name for silk fabrics. Its characteristics are: silk surface is crisp and fine, smooth to the touch. Silk fabrics with no other obvious characteristics
All can be called silk.
The fourth level, satin: fine linen silk textile fabric; a silk fabric that adopts satin weave or satin change weave, with a smooth, bright and fine appearance.
The fifth level, linen: burlap silk textile fabric; linen is a kind of fabric made from flax, ramie, jute, sisal, abaca and other hemp plant fibers. Products made of linen are breathable, refreshing and soft.
Comfortable, washable, sun-resistant, antiseptic, and antibacterial.
The sixth level, coarse cloth: cotton and silk textile cloth; coarse cloth, also known as homespun cloth, is made of pure cotton as raw material, carefully woven shuttle by shuttle with primitive spinning wheels and wooden looms, and has a very long history.
Chinese silk has always been famous all over the world.
Regarding the question of leaves, Zhong Yan also smiled and nodded: "Yes, as long as these silks can be woven into cloth, they can be made into exquisite and beautiful clothes. They are very soft and comfortable to wear. Your discovery is extremely valuable.
If we can find silkworms, we can raise silkworms, collect cocoons, and obtain silk. In the future, we can weave silk. Your discovery has made a great contribution."
"Great, can I raise these silkworms?"
When Ye Zi heard this, her eyes showed excitement, and the beautiful clothes made of silk reappeared in her mind. There was a longing and expectation in her heart. She wanted to see that everyone in the clan could wear the silk clothes she raised. Then
How beautiful.
"Of course you can. Moreover, you can bring other people to raise silkworms together. We can raise a large number of silkworms and obtain a large amount of silk, so that everyone can wear beautiful and exquisite clothes."
Zhong Yan said with a smile.
There are many mulberry trees nearby, and mulberry trees can be transplanted with branches, so it is not difficult to plant them. Breeding silkworms is not difficult, as long as you pay attention to some problems, you can harvest a batch of silk every once in a while. If the silk
There are enough to fully meet the needs of the territory. Moreover, hemp silk or even cotton silk can be used for weaving. In this case, it is excellent to solve the problem of clothing.
Now, Liu Qingyun and the others have begun to make arrangements to plant cotton. Cotton seeds have also been purchased from the City of Origin before. As long as they are planted at the right time and a batch is harvested, some problems can be solved, such as quilts, cotton clothes, etc.
"Don't worry, Patriarch, I will lead my sisters to raise silkworms carefully. It doesn't take much time to raise silkworms. I just need to replace the mulberry leaves on time. I remember them very clearly. I will definitely take good care of them and have them full."
When you are full, you will spit out more silk. This silk is so thin and soft."
Ye Zi said with confidence.
She had carefully observed the entire process of silkworm transformation, cocooning, and egg-laying, so she naturally understood how to raise silkworms. There might be some problems at the beginning, but she believed that she would be able to solve them.
"Yi Zi, you don't have a last name yet."
Zhong Yan looked at Ye Zi with a smile and said suddenly.
"No...no."
Ye Zi suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhong Yan excitedly. His heart was beating violently and he said expectantly: "Chief, can you give me a surname?"
"Ye Ye, you like to observe, discover mulberry trees, and find mulberry silkworms. Let my tribe cultivate mulberry silkworms and obtain silk. Naturally, you are qualified to be given a surname by the leader of this tribe. From today on, you will be given a surname of Sang. You have the surname Sang.
"
Zhong Yan smiled, patted Ye Zi's head, and said.
"Sang, with the Sang family name, I will have a surname in the future."
Ye Zi, no, should be called Yousang now, with a look of excitement and joy on his face. In the entire Ling Tribe, there are very few people who can be given a surname by Zhong Yan himself.
There is the Xiong family, there is the Yi family, there is the Yu family, there is the Wen family, there is the Tian family. Now we have to add the Sang family.
Each of them has played a major role in the development of civilization. The Xiong family is named after their bravery and bear hunting.
After saying this, he was given the gift of Youyi.
There is the Yu family who got their surname from fishing, the Wen family who got their surname from being the best in learning writing knowledge, the Arita family who reclaimed wasteland and planted rice, and got the highest yield of rice and got their surname. Now there is the Sang family who got their surname from discovering mulberry silkworms and getting silk.
.
Each one is outstanding.
As long as we don't stick to the wall, we can look forward to the future.
"I will inform you to build a silkworm house in the Starry Sky City. You can select a hundred women to enter the silkworm house to collect silkworm eggs for new breeding."
Zhong Yan immediately ordered.
"Yes, clan leader, I will definitely complete the task and raise more silk for my tribe."
Yousang said with a firm face.
Then he skipped to the city with Zhong Yan's orders.
"The basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, have basically begun to improve. The four-season rice plant has begun to breed new seedlings again. As for clothing, the nearby mulberry and hemp can be woven. Although the current weaving technology is not too exquisite, it is enough to meet the needs of survival.
If you need to live there, the two Feng Shui Holy Cities are getting bigger every day and are enough to accommodate the entire current population. Living there will be of great benefit to your body. If you can, there is no need to pursue it too deliberately for the time being.
Just open the roads between the cities. The most important thing now is to determine the currency system."