The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Originally, Artilan thought these silks were woven by Evelyn. How could she not cherish the fruits of her labor at all? Now the case is solved. These silks were not woven by her at all.

If it wasn't painstakingly woven by herself, naturally she wouldn't cherish it.

Wait a minute, if these silks weren't woven by Evelyn, then wouldn't he be teaching the fishmen to learn weaving from Evelyn for nothing?

Originally, Artilan thought Evelyn had created a wooden spinning machine to spin thread and weave cloth.

As it turns out, the silk is woven by spiders. With the fishmen's skills, there is no way they can learn the spider's weaving skills. Damn it!

The curiosity about this giant spider with a diameter of over eight meters was instantly suppressed by the bad mood of the linen technology tree being destroyed.

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Artilan, who came and went in a hurry, did not disturb the giant spider. She was still carefully weaving the silk in her hands.

Returning to Evelyn's house, Artilan couldn't wait to ask:

"Evelyn, can you make wooden spinning and weaving machines?"

Evelyn, who was holding a sheep tendon, was stunned for a moment.

"Weaving can be done with hands. Why do you need to create a wooden machine to weave? Isn't that just creating trouble for yourself?"

Artilan looked at her helplessly. He was so stupid, really. He only knew that Madam Spider Silk could weave silk, but he forgot that spiders don't need machine assistance to weave.

"But the fishmen must have the assistance of machines to weave cloth!"

As soon as Artilan said this, Evelyn immediately understood.

"I see."

She put down the sheep tendon in her hand, grabbed a ball of spider silk to wipe her hands, and cut a thin branch from the big tree next to her. In a few strokes, she shaved the branch into two wooden needles and held them in her hand.

"Although I don't know what the loom you are talking about is like, these two wooden needles can imitate the spider's weaving method to a great extent. I'll show you."

As she spoke, Evelyn grabbed a ball of spider silk and wrapped it around the wooden needles, demonstrating a hand-knitted silk to Artilan.

Artilan had seen adults in his family use knitting when he was a child. He had also seen weaving machines weaving heavy blankets, but he didn't have much talent in this area and didn't understand the key to it.

Otherwise, he would have designed the loom himself. Where would he need to painstakingly please Evelyn to teach the fishmen to weave? As a result, Artilan encountered a talented player.

Evelyn's speed was very fast. The spider silk turned into a slender white silk scarf in her hands in less than two minutes. She walked directly to Artilan and tied the silk scarf on his arm.

"Look, isn't it beautiful?"

"The knitting technique can be used for the time being. Please teach it to the fishmen. However, the efficiency of knitting is too slow. I still need to find a weaver who can use a loom."

Evelyn waved her hand casually.

"No need, it's just a loom. Give me some time, and I guarantee to design a loom that will satisfy you."

On the surface, Evelyn was very calm, but she was very clear that if she wanted to hold on to Artilan, this long-term food ticket, the loom must be designed as soon as possible.

"No problem, I'll leave the loom to you. I see that your house is piled up with so much silk. Do you have any plans to sell some? I can exchange it for food."

"One bolt of silk covers your three meals for a month. Do you want someone to send it to you, or do you want to eat in Greenscale Town?"

"Ah?"

Evelyn blinked in surprise. These silks were just something she and Arachne made casually to pass the time. She didn't expect that one bolt would be worth a month's worth of food.

"Can Arachne eat with us?"

"Arachne, you're not talking about that big spider in the back, are you?"

"Yes."

"This… I'm afraid not. With Arachne's size, I can't provide that much food for her. Even feeding the dependents who have come to me is a problem now."

"If the food produced in the Black Forest is not enough to support the big spider, I can help you sell the silk and exchange it for meat, so you don't have to worry about Arachne not having enough food."

Evelyn said disapprovingly:

"These little spiders will attract lizards, snakes, frogs, and birds from the south to prey on them. They eat the little spiders, and Arachne eats them. Isn't this the balance of the Black Forest?"

Artilan was speechless. He originally thought that the little spiders were Arachne's offspring, but now it seems that these little spiders are bait for Arachne to hunt!

"What kind of spider is Arachne? How did she grow so big? Or did you use some secret recipe to cultivate her? If so, then don't say it."

Evelyn opened the third jar that Artilan brought on her own.

"Snake soup! I like to eat snake meat the most."

Ignored, Artilan could only walk to the silk and check it with Mage Hand. The silk was rolled up by Evelyn with a two-meter-long wooden stick. The silk was about ten meters long, and about the same width as the wooden stick.

Calculated in this way, one bolt of silk can make at least two sets of clothes, but the white silk is a bit too ordinary. Fortunately, he found several plants in the forest that can be used as dyes.

"Evelyn, I'll give you a thousand rabbit meat, or fifty sand sheep meat, or twenty wild boar meat for a bolt of silk, how about that?"

Evelyn replied vaguely while eating snake soup:

"Okay, but you have to help me make it into dishes."

Artilan glanced at her coldly, asking you how Arachne came to be, you didn't say. As soon as eating was mentioned, you couldn't wait to answer before swallowing the food in your mouth.

I thought you were a cold and aloof older sister, but I didn't expect you to be a foodie.

Evelyn's silks are all white spider silk in their original color. Such silk is of excellent quality, but for vulgar humans who are willing to spend money on luxury goods, it is a bit too elegant.

The several dyeing plants that Artilan discovered can play their role.

Of course, directly dyeing the silk, what if the silk is dyed badly?

Artilan naturally had to try the correct usage of the dye with linen first, and then dye the silk that Evelyn had just wrapped around his arm.

Wait a minute!

Isn't Evelyn wearing red silk products? In that case, she must have mastered the technology of dyeing silk.

"Evelyn, how did you dye the silk red?"

"There are many madder plants growing in the forest. As long as Arachne eats the corresponding amount of madder, she can get red silk. Do you want red silk too?"

Artilan was speechless. He suddenly felt like he was an idiot climbing the technology tree in a fantasy world. Should he also directly control an animal that can weave cloth like Evelyn?

Forget it, magical beasts like Arachne do not have the value of being popularized. People who can control magical beasts to weave cloth are one in a hundred among professionals. The path he chose can create the most wealth.

Although he can't directly eat madder like Arachne and spit out red silk to weave silk, Artilan also mastered the technology of dyeing red cloth with madder.

Boiling the dried madder into red dye, after ten immersions and drying, you can get very bright red cloth.

Of course, this is the ideal situation. What color it will be dyed in specifically still needs to be tried.

Now, Artilan has mastered the madder that can dye the cloth red, the indigo that can dye it blue, the turmeric that can dye it yellow, and the gromwell that can dye it purple.

Red, blue, yellow, and purple dyes are enough for the early stage, and new colors of cloth can be obtained by mixing different dyes.

For example, green can be obtained by re-dyeing yellow and blue.

"Besides madder, Evelyn, have you found any other dyeing plants?"

Looking at the empty jar in front of her, Evelyn shook her head a little embarrassedly.

"No, madder was also because Arachne accidentally ate a few plants and found that she could spit out red spider silk. That's why I let Arachne eat a lot of madder to help me make this red dress."

"I know a few other plants that can be dyed. Can you help me make a few clothes? I'll exchange them for food. I'll provide the design drawings."

The snake princess wears clothes made of linen and shells, which cannot bring out her beauty at all. Artilan wants to design a Hanfu for Ophelia with purple and blue, dotted with white cloud patterns, to show her elegant temperament.

Wait a minute, Ophelia is wearing linen, which means that there should be a race in the rainforest that has mastered the skill of weaving linen. Regardless of whether the food is sufficient or not, Artilan has decided to recruit them!

"No problem, you treat me to food. I originally planned to give you a few bolts of silk, but it's best to make clothes directly to let Arachne see the person wearing this dress."

"Only in this way will the clothes made be beautiful and fit."

Artilan looked back at the table and found that the food he brought had been completely wiped out by Evelyn alone.

"Amazing, it seems that I have to bring more food next time."

Evelyn rarely showed a slight blush of shyness on her face.

"No need, this much is enough."

"Does Arachne like to eat raw or cooked? Does she eat pure meat, or mix in some vegetables like carrots and onions?"

"Please prepare some of everything. Sometimes she eats raw, and sometimes she eats cooked food with me. Anyway, I can't figure out her temper."

Artilan asked suspiciously:

"Isn't she your animal companion?"

Evelyn shook her head and said:

"She is my companion, but she is not under my control. She has her own ideas. Unless something big happens, she does her own thing. As for what you asked me before, I don't know what kind of species Arachne is, and I don't know how she grew up like this."

"I only know that she appeared by my side as if it were destined, just like my constitution that makes people unhappy is unpredictable. But compared to my unhappiness, Arachne has a rare good temper."

"She is willing to help those who seek help from her, provided that they prepare equal rewards."