Lady of the Lord From the East

The high-end fabrics in the old tailor shop are actually prepared for the nobles in the county. The biggest customer is naturally the owner of the Williams family. The fabrics Wei Wei bought before were all samples brought to the castle by the old tailor. According to her I like the simple and elegant styles, and those gorgeous colors that are more in line with the noble aesthetic are less.

Taking advantage of this time to go out, Wei Wei simply picked out an extra batch of fabrics, because she thought that since she was going to the royal capital to attend the queen's birthday banquet, the three of them also had to prepare separate dresses.

Although it is said that it is best to go to the tailor shop in the capital, that is more in line with the aesthetic trend of the capital, but if there is an accident on the road that delays the journey, if that's the case, I'm afraid they can't guarantee that it can be done before the banquet. dress up.

So to be on the safe side, prepare one now, even if it may not be so trendy, but at least it won't be disrespectful to others.

In addition, after they go to the capital, they may receive banquet invitations from other nobles. Even if they can't wear different dresses every time, they must at least have two or three different sets.

So Wei Wei not only bought fabrics for the queen's dress, but also bought fabrics and furs that she liked, that Dolores liked and that suited Felix and her aesthetic.

With such a choice, she directly took away most of the high-grade fabrics that had been accumulated in the tailor's shop for a long time and could not be sold, and spent half of the money order that had been distributed before, making other guests who witnessed this scene stare at her. When he came out, the old tailor was so happy that his mouth went to the back of his ears.

He never imagined that he would be able to make such a big deal, so he took the fine linen cloth embroidered with gold thread. When he gritted his teeth and bought it back, he never thought that anyone could buy it all directly, but thought it was very suitable. Cut into small pieces to make the lace and decoration of the clothes, which can not only improve the grade of the clothes, but also the acceptance of the nobles is higher.

And now, Wei Wei directly bought all the cloth. Although this cost him a production fee, he made a lot of money just from the difference in the price of buying and selling the cloth.

I believe that soon, the future hostess of Sardinson County likes luxury, and the news of spending money like water will spread throughout the county, and then spread from the mouths of those businessmen to other places. The fact that the Earl was very wealthy would also make a lot of noise.

Wei Wei doesn't care what they think, she believes that the money spent on this shopping will be recovered sooner or later, and if the high-end fabrics are carefully maintained, they can be worn for many years. Since they are meant to be worn by themselves, why bother.

However, Dolores was a little uneasy, because a large part of the batch of materials Wei Wei bought was for her, and Dolores didn't want it at all, but Wei Wei didn't listen to her at all, and bought whatever she thought was suitable. What, completely treating Dolores as her doll.

The little girl was worried that Felix would scold her after he knew about it. She believed that her brother would be willing to spend money for Wei Wei, but she might not be so generous in exchange for herself. After all, it was not a small amount, but hundreds of gold coins.

"Don't worry, it's my own money." Wei Wei lowered her head and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "It's all mine, it didn't cost him a single copper coin, so don't worry about what your brother thinks."

At most, she is jealous that she buys more for Dolores than for him, but men don't need too many clothes, women must prepare more in this regard!

But even Wei Wei's money was too extravagant.

The little girl tried to persuade Wei Wei in a soft voice: "You don't want to spend so much money in the future, and because it's yours, don't you want to keep it well?"

If she had a hundred gold coins, she would be reluctant to spend it.

"Gold coins won't turn into more money, only if it flows, can it become more." Wei Wei led her and stood by the carriage to watch the apprentice load the purchased fabrics into the carriage: "I am here. After spending money, tailors can have money to buy more fabrics, and the fabricators can sell more fabrics and get more income, and they can use the money to buy food and other household items. It will drive a lot of different businesses, and those who do business still need to pay taxes, so we will have more taxes, one link after another, so that everyone's life will be better, and we not only use money If you buy cloth, you can get more tax, so it's not really a loss, is it?"

Wei Wei doesn't understand economics, but it's okay to fool the little girl.

"Of course, all of this must be based on your ability to pay for your own expenses. If you buy things with other people's money, of course you can't. People still have to rely on themselves."

Dolores can't understand, she thinks what Wei Wei said seems to make sense, but there seems to be something wrong.

The dazed little girl didn't figure out what was wrong in the end.

The maids came back with the items they purchased, because there are more caravans coming and going recently, they bought most of the items on the list, but some were not found.

Wei Wei looked at the things she didn't buy on it. It was some materials she was going to use to make cosmetics, such as mica powder that she was going to use to make eye shadows.

"It doesn't matter. If you can't buy it now, you can wait until Wangdu to buy it. There should be there."

She found a lot of various cosmetic formulas, but the range of choices is very low. They can be made by themselves as long as the ingredients are gathered together, and the production time is not long, and most of them can be done in one day, so even if you go to Wangdu, you should Also catch up.

Even if it doesn't catch up, it's nothing, at most it's just missing one or two things, and it's not a cosmetic that will be used at this time, and defects will not be discovered.

"Put everything away, we're going back."

After returning to the castle with a full harvest, Wei Wei plunged into work.

The design draft for the queen's dress was first drawn. The small round neck stitching dress is made of red woolen fabric as a whole, but fine linen with gold threads is stitched from the chest to the hem of the skirt, and some treatment is done on the waist. , which can make the waist of the wearer look more slender, and the large sleeves that conform to the trend of this period also have a circle of the same gold as the decoration on the cuffs, which complements the gold on the skirt. In addition, the upper body is made of gold fabric. There is also a cross-tie rope design similar to a waistband. The red binding rope extends all the way to the waist and is decorated with a knot, and the splicing of the two fabrics of the lower skirt is also made of the same red as the skirt. A layer of lace , so that the whole skirt looks like a long golden dress is worn under the red robe, forming a fake two-piece effect.

This design is actually very common, but compared to the clothing style at this time, its upper body effect can definitely be called amazing.

Wei Wei drew the design drawings, and then cut the pattern by herself. After that, the sewing work was handed over to a few maids who were good at sewing. Several people made it at the same time. This skirt without too many fancy designs can be used in about two days. Finish.

When the dress is finished, they will start preparing the dresses for the three masters of the Earl's family. Of course, in order not to steal the Queen's limelight, Wei Wei and Dolores' dresses are still the mainstream style, at most in the details. Make some changes, such as adding an embroidered pattern and lace or something.

Ready-made embroidery is obviously too time-consuming, so Wei Wei picked out some suitable ones from their embroidery works and sewed them directly at that time.

"Can this be a present for the queen?"

Dolores came to Wei Wei with a fan and asked if she could add a fan to the queen's gift.

It was not a fan made by Wei Wei at first embroidered by herself, but made later. There are carvings on the fan bones, and the edge of the red fine linen fan is embroidered with gold thread. It looks like the dress they made. It fits well.

This is a fan made by Dolores herself. Since Wei Wei made her first fan, she has made several with different patterns by herself, and seems to take this as a collection interest in private.

Wei Wei was surprised: "We have already prepared a lot of things. Are you sure you want to send this out? Don't you like it very much?"

Dolores kicked the ground embarrassedly: "I think if the queen uses them, other noble ladies will use them in the future, so I can take them with me when I go to the banquet."

At the last banquet, she was embarrassed to use it because no one had a fan, but if possible, she wished she had one at that time, because she found that with a fan in her hand, she could be less nervous.

Wei Wei understood what she meant. She wanted to take the opportunity to sell the fan so that she could use it in an open and honest manner.

She rubbed the little girl's head: "Then ask the carpenter to make you a box and put it in it."

"Okay, I'll go right now." The little girl ran away happily.

Looking at her back with a helpless smile, Wei Wei lowered her head and continued to fiddle with cosmetics.

She had to prepare a set of skin care products and a set of the simplest makeup products before departure.

She has done most of the things, and it is easy to do it again, but in the makeup for the queen, she changed the rouge into lipstick, and the blush was also made with dried roses because she had red and blue flowers in her hands. All are used up, the rouge is only enough for myself, and there is no excess to give away.

Anyway, the lipstick is easy to make. A little vegetable color powder, some olive oil, and a certain proportion of beeswax. After mixing, heat it in water until it melts, and then put it in a mold to freeze and set it. It takes less than two hours before and after. well done.

Color powder is also easy to get, if you want bright red, you can use beetroot to grind into powder, red brown can be used cinnamon, and many other plant powders can be used, and there are more different colors to match.

As for the container for the lipstick, there is no lipstick tube. Wei Wei bought some cosmetics directly from the merchant, then poured out the contents, put those exquisitely crafted gilt utensils in it, and matched it with a small brush. The brush head is easy to access.

The lipstick made from beeswax and olive oil has a good shelf life. The three colors she prepared are also very positive. Except for the lack of vitamin E, the lipstick looks a little dry, but the overall is still good.

As for other cosmetics, eyebrow pencils and eye shadows lack mica powder, and can only wait until Wangdu to see if they want to do them. The blush is made of dried rose flowers.

The foundation is made of ancient Huaxia formula, and the gouache in the rouge gouache is made from rice. The rice in Wei Wei’s hands is still the rice that was grown by herself. The harvested rice is just a little bit. Some do foundation, but it makes her feel bad.

—If Felix hadn’t told him that there are also rice-growing countries around Prady, and that he could buy some by agreement with the merchants who came and went, she would definitely be reluctant to use it. After all, she found out that there is a place in Sardinson County It is suitable for rice cultivation, and she is planning to go there next year to open paddy fields.

Of course, in the spare time for the congratulations, Wei Wei did not forget to arrange her own experimental field. Many plants in the experimental field are not suitable for winter, but Wei Wei can't watch them die in winter like this, she can only think The way to keep them warm, the actual operation can only be left to the gardeners.

"Hopefully, when I come back, there are still living plants in my fields."

Sitting on the carriage, Wei Wei kept her eyes fixed on the direction of the castle garden.

Today is the time to set off. There are as many as fifty people in the team going to the capital. Wei Wei and Dolores each brought their own personal maids. Felix also brought a male servant. It was the knights who protected them.

Felix didn't ride a carriage. He wore armor and rode with the knights, but there were still as many as ten carriages. Wei Wei and Dolores shared a carriage and sat in the middle of the convoy, while the four maids Sitting on the carriage behind them, the rest of the carriage was filled with the luggage of the three masters, except for the supplies for the team.

If it weren't for the fact that they were in a hurry and it was inconvenient to bring those goods that would slow down the trip, they would still like to send a batch of goods by the way.

Coming into November, Sardinson County is welcoming a cold winter after a short autumn. It seems that when you wake up, the temperature outside has dropped below ten degrees. Even sitting in the carriage, you can feel the silk. A cold breeze came in from the gap in the carriage.

Fortunately, they did a good job of keeping them warm, especially the carriage that the two hostess rode in. The seats on both sides of the carriage were originally covered with wooden boards, which were transformed into beds, and some suitcases were placed in the spare part in the middle, stacked on top of each other. It was just right under the plank to make it firmer, and there were several layers of blankets and quilts on the plank, so even if they had to stay in this cramped carriage for nearly twenty days, they could still live comfortably. Some.

The maids naturally don't have such good treatment, but they wear thick clothes, and also prepare a few blankets in the carriage, so there is no need to worry about catching a cold.

On the contrary, the men will be very tired on this journey, because they have no carriages to ride, and they have to camp and sleep on the spot when they encounter the wild on the road. The conditions are much more difficult than the women.

Fortunately, men are used to this for a long time, and everything that should be prepared is properly prepared, and Wei Wei also brought some medicinal materials, this journey should be relatively smooth.

"Don't worry so much, the gardeners will take care of your precious plants, and if it's too cold, they'll move them into the castle."

Felix rode his horse to the carriage, holding a rope in his hand. On the other end of the rope was Wei Wei's jade lion. This unicorn-like white horse would follow them to the capital.

If you don't bring it, no one will be able to appease it if Wei Wei is not there.

The Jade Lion has a bad temper, and no one except Wei Wei is a bird. Felix's dark Marios pursued it for the entire estrus period but failed to catch it. At this time, the estrus period has passed. Although the dark horse still loves the jade lion, But not as restless as before.

- But it seems to be a plus for it to be able to maintain a estrus season without finding another lover. At least now the Jade Lion is not so repulsive. Last time Wei Wei heard from the stable groom that the Jade Lion is now willing to marry Rios shared his feed, which no other horses ever touched before.

Maybe if things go on like this, Rios will get what he wants next year.

For now, however, there is still a long way to go.

The jade lion refused to be ridden by other people, let alone pull the carriage, so Felix had to lead it and tie it to the carriage and let it run with the carriage.

The journey to the royal capital was bumpy and boring. The team ran all day on the road. The place where they stopped and rested before dark was a wilderness. There was no one around.

After a bumpy day on the carriage, when Wei Wei was helped by Felix to get off the carriage, her whole body was swaying and she looked like a weak and delicate young lady.

God knows it stands to reason that she should be a master who can beat ten, but most of the time, why does her reaction seem to be no different from ordinary weak women? Obviously, she has tested it in private, and her strength is still very good, and she is also a ruthless person who can smash stones with one punch.

So it's still the game's role. After all, she's a female doctor. It's probably the norm for all healing professions to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger or something.

Dolores' situation was worse than Wei Wei's. The little girl's face was a little pale, and she had some nausea. It was obviously motion sickness.

Wei Wei hurriedly asked the maid to find the lemon slices that had been stored before, and drinking it in water could relieve the symptoms of motion sickness.

The knights were busy setting up camp, the bonfire was already burning, and a pot on the fire was boiling water. Dolores' maid poured some lemonade into the little girl, and then took over the cooking work with Qin and the others.

I have to say that compared to the men who are only good at barbecue, the level of cooking of the maids is applauded. After all, even Dolores, who often acts as a little tail for Wei Wei, has learned some cooking skills from the sidelines. There needs to be some culinary talk, and the maid, who is always assigned to do the trick, naturally has more.

Wei Wei stayed by Dolores' side, rubbing her acupuncture points to relieve her discomfort, and soon the little girl's face improved a lot.

After patrolling around the area to make sure that there were no beasts nearby, Felix, who also caught a rabbit by the way, took off his helmet and went to their side.

He asked Dolores, "How is it? Still feeling sick?"

The little girl leaned against Wei Wei softly: "I feel much better."

Then, even though she knew it was impossible, she couldn't help but ask her brother, "Can I not ride in a carriage? Maybe riding a horse will feel better."

"No, you haven't learned to ride a horse, it's too dangerous, and it's winter now, what if you get sick when the cold wind blows." Felix took off his gloves and rubbed his sister's head—because he often saw Wei Wei do this, he I also want to try it. Although it doesn't quite conform to the etiquette that a lady should have, it doesn't matter since she is a sister, and it feels really good.

Wei Wei also said, "When you get used to riding in a carriage, it won't be so uncomfortable anymore."

The little girl responded glumly.

They rested in the wilderness for one night, and set off again at dawn the next day. The journey after that was almost the same. Because they had to hurry, most of the time, even if they were in the surrounding cities, they would not stay for too long, and Wei Wei had no chance to visit. Visiting those places, at most, while resting in the hotel, look out the window through the window.

After getting used to the bumps of the carriage, Dolores really stopped getting motion sickness. It was just that after she didn't get motion sickness, the little girl began to feel bored in the carriage, but because the carriage was too bumpy, her favorite embroidery couldn't I did, but the little girl was bored, so she could only hold the doll and want Wei Wei to play with her.

Wei Wei is not bad. Although reading a book by car is not good for her eyes, her encyclopedia is just a decoration. The actual content can be read directly in her mind. It is rare to read more books when she has time. She has been busy adding more recently. More medical knowledge is not boring at all.

Wei Wei, who was entangled by the little girl, couldn't help but just wanted to read a book: "You go to the carriage at the back to play with Qin and the others, and see if you want to finish the house or have a tea party, or let them tell you stories or something. Yes, I remember there were quite a few biscuits in the food carriage."

The biscuits are milk biscuits made with pancakes and steamed buns before going out. They are seasoned with a lot of maltose. They taste full of milky flavor. Because they can be stored for a long time in this season, I have made a lot of them so that everyone can occasionally improve the taste when they are on the road. .

As soon as Dolores heard that she could go to eat snacks, she immediately complied happily, opened the car curtain and said to her brother who was standing beside the car, then hugged her doll and ran to the box with the baby clothes in her arms. went behind.

The convoy stopped for a while because of Dolores, but soon started again.

Wei Wei was the only one left in the carriage. I thought that I would be able to continue studying quietly now, but as soon as the front sister left, the rear brother came.

Felix drove his mount to come over. If he hadn't been wearing armor, he would have preferred to get on the carriage and sit with Wei Wei.

But at this moment, he could only regretfully speak to Wei Wei across the carriage: "Let me tell you about the royal capital."

This is a topic worth listening to.

Wei Wei closed the book: "Okay, by the way, tell me about the people in the capital who need special attention."