Zhao Feng followed the Shen family's housekeeper to the weaving workshop and found that the raw materials used by the Shen family were all very good mulberry and linen, as well as some silk and so on.
I went to the dyeing workshop again and saw that the raw materials used here are also very high quality.
And here, Zhao Feng also saw Shen Chuchu hiding here.
Shen Chuchu was hiding in the dyeing room. When she saw the housekeeper coming, she thought he was coming to catch her, so she quickly begged the housekeeper.
"Uncle Chen, don't tell my dad, I'm hiding here!"
"As soon as I go back, he will force me to get married again. It's better to let me stay here!"
Hearing Shen Chuchu's words, the housekeeper, Uncle Chen, shook his head and said.
"Miss, you misunderstood. I didn't come here to ask you to go back."
"I'm taking our new servant to take a look at our dyeing workshop."
Uncle Chen said this and turned to look at Zhao Feng with some embarrassment.
At Zhao Feng's request, no one in the Shen family knew that Zhao Feng had come specifically to help Shen Baochuan, and was treated as a guest by Shen Baochuan, treating him only as an ordinary servant.
But Uncle Chen knew it!
He has followed Shen Baochuan for so many years, and he has never seen Shen Baochuan show such an expression to a young man.
At this time, he said that Zhao Feng was an ordinary servant, and he just felt a little nervous in his heart.
Shen Chuchu turned to look at Zhao Feng, and then suddenly laughed.
"It turns out he's a new servant, so where did my father arrange for him?"
Before Uncle Chen had time to speak, Zhao Feng spoke directly to Shen Chuchu.
"Master hasn't arranged anything for me yet. If Miss doesn't mind, you can let me stay in this dyeing workshop!"
Shen Chuchu rolled her eyes and asked Zhao Feng.
"You can't be the lobbyist sent by my father to persuade me to get married, right?"
"If that were the case, I wouldn't leave you here!"
Zhao Feng smiled and shook his head, saying that he would not say such things, and Shen Chuchu nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then you can stay here. Uncle Chen, go back and tell my father that I have detained this new servant!"
Zhao Feng immediately smiled. Just now, Shen Chuchu asked the housekeeper, Uncle Chen, not to tell Shen Baochuan that she was here, but now he said so. Didn't he expose himself?
However, Uncle Chen didn't say much, he just nodded and left here.
Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng and asked directly to Zhao Feng.
"Tell me first, what will you do?"
"Have you ever learned anything about dyeing cloth?"
Zhao Feng shook his head.
Shen Chuchu frowned slightly: "Then can you mix dye and dry the fabric?"
Zhao Feng shook his head again.
This time it was Shen Chuchu's turn to feel helpless.
"How come you can't do anything? If I had known this, I wouldn't have let you stay!"
Shen Chuchu walked to the back sulkingly, while Zhao Feng followed her, watching the dyeing process from left to right.
The craftsmanship of this era was still very simple. You only need to put the woven fabric into the dye vat and soak it to ensure that all parts are dyed, and then take it out to dry.
After drying, wash it with clean water and soap locust, and then do this again.
After many times, the entire piece of fabric is evenly dyed with color, and it is considered over.
Ordinary fabric dyeing only takes three or four times, but the Shen family's fabrics need to be dyed a full seven times, and the better fabrics need to be dyed nine times!
This is also the reason why the Shen family's fabric costs are relatively high.
But Zhao Feng couldn't help but shake his head after looking at it.
"This kind of fabric dyeing process is really bad!"
Zhao Feng spoke out of emotion, but when Shen Chuchu heard this, she turned her head angrily and said.
"What did you say?"
"This is the cloth dyeing technique that our Shen family has inherited for hundreds of years, and you actually said that our technique is poor!"
Zhao Feng nodded seriously and pointed at the dye vats.
"You just throw the fabric in here and soak it. After a long period of soaking, the fabric is dyed. This is just the simplest process."
"If these dye vats are heated and the fabric is dyed at a constant temperature, the dyeing effect will definitely be better!"
After Zhao Feng said this, ignoring Shen Chuchu's puzzled expression, he pointed to the mulberry linen piled aside.
"And if you look at these fabrics, they have a certain color. Some are yellowish, and some are black and brown. The color of the dyed fabric will be affected by the original color."
"If we could turn these fabrics into white first and then dye them, wouldn't the effect be better?"
Shen Chuchu quickly shook her head, then frowned and said.
"But these mulberry linen cloths are inherently yellow-brown! It's not like silk, which is white and has no other color."
Zhao Feng laughed: "Actually, silk also has a little color, but it's just too thin, so I can't see it."
"As for these fabrics, they only need to be faded to turn them into white!"
Since cotton had not yet been cultivated in this era, people did not use cotton cloth at all, so the most commonly used cloths were mulberry cloth and linen cloth.
This kind of fabric is much less comfortable and warm than cotton, and the process used in weaving it also makes this kind of fabric feel rough to the touch.
Zhao Feng has long wanted to change this matter. After all, those mulberry cloth and linen cloth are really not very comfortable to wear!
Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng curiously, but Zhao Feng said directly.
"The simplest fading method is to use alkali. Please help me prepare some materials. I can definitely make these cloths white!"
Zhao Feng directly told some materials, and Shen Chuchu quickly asked the servants in the dyeing shop to buy them. Then she realized what she wanted and said to Zhao Feng.
"That's not right. Didn't I ask you to stay here and work? Why did you start dictating our place when you first came here?"
Zhao Feng couldn't help laughing and said to Shen Chuchu.
"If the method I mentioned is really effective, wouldn't it be better than me doing a lot of work?"
Shen Chuchu was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help laughing. Seeing Zhao Feng's confident expression, Shen Chuchu suddenly blushed, and then said secretly in her heart.
"It's strange, why is this person so confident? He obviously said he has never had any experience in dyeing cloth!"
"Hmph, wait until he can't turn those fabrics into white, and I'll laugh at him again!"
Zhao Feng, on the other hand, recalled the methods of making chemical raw materials that he had learned in his previous life, and the smile on his face became more intense.
If you want to make these mulberry cloth and linen cloth fade, you only need to use some bleach. The most commonly used bleach is caustic soda, and it is not complicated to make!
