In modern time and space, Lin Wanwan met Lu Shouyue once at Xie Yuting's restaurant. The other party gave her an invitation to attend his mother's birthday party in Haicheng.
Concerning this matter, Lin Wanwan also received an invitation from Mother Lu on WeChat, so naturally she didn't say anything.
Previously, Lin Wanwan received a super exquisite bracelet from Mother Lu, and Lin Wanwan was just thinking about returning the favor!
She has already prepared the gift, and I believe it will not be much worse than what Mother Lu gave her. It is the pendant made of rare cat's eye alexandrite, which is the handiwork of the palace craftsman of the Tang Dynasty.
Putting aside modern matters for the time being, Lin Wanwan began to prepare for a one-stop cotton textile business after returning to the Tang Dynasty.
The first step is to register the dried cotton into the warehouse. This step is also the step that people outside Linjiazhuang are most concerned about. Because the cost settlement is at this step, and then the cotton is processed into cotton cloth or cotton quilt and other finished products for sale.
, then it has nothing to do with the people who grow cotton.
The second step is to lead the Linjiazhuang tribesmen to process cotton and exchange it for money.
In the Tang Dynasty, except for Luan County, cotton was only grown in the Western Regions, Lingnan, Nanzhao and other places.
The cotton on the market was brought by Hu merchants from the Western Regions and was not available in other cities. It was only available in the Western Market in Chang'an, the center of the world, but the quantity was not large, not as much as the direct cotton from Gaochang.
The reason for this phenomenon is very simple. Li Shimin has not penetrated Gaochang yet and has not brought back the seeds of Gaochang cotton. This historical event did not occur until the thirteenth year of Zhenguan.
Because there was no physical cotton, it was naturally impossible for the people of the Tang Dynasty to know how to process and spin cotton.
Those Hu merchants who brought cotton all the way from the Western Regions to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty thought they could make a lot of money, but in fact, including the travel expenses, they could barely maintain capital at most. The profit was not high, so the merchants gradually became reluctant to bring it.
The Han people of the Tang Dynasty did not know how to handle primitive cotton.
Not to mention cotton quilts, cotton quilts also require skills. You can't just stuff cotton into the quilt cover. So what's the use of simply bringing cotton over? There is no buyer's market!
But things are different now in Luan County. During the New Year's Eve last year, Lin Wanwan bought a complete set of modern improved Huang Daopo textile looms and a complete set of cotton ginning trucks to remove seeds from cotton, spin the yarn and then weave it into
Budu plays a huge role.
Huang Daopo returned to Wunijing with his skills. Within a few years, he "taught him the surname of a woman. It was a lot of work. Soon after, he was replaced by Wujing. It became famous all over the world and had thousands of families who depended on it." It can be said that his merits are immeasurable.
The Vega of China's textile industry, the first cotton god.
If Lin Wanwan had a noble sentiment like Huang Daopo and taught all the peasant women in Luan County for free, then she should be able to replace Huang Daopo and become China's "Vega".
Huang Daopo's achievements were so great that she was treated like a celebrity throughout the ages. Her reputation among the people was extremely high, and she was admired by all people after her death. However, when she was alive, the court did not express much towards her!
Lin Wanwan not only wants to be famous after her death, she also wants to be profitable during her lifetime.
She is a common person, not a saint. The first thing she thinks of is the women with the same surname who are closely related to her. She should help the poor in her own family first, and then benefit the world!
It can be said that every household in the rural areas has a loom. The loom that Huang Daopo brought back was not a pure creation, but an improvement, and the same was naturally true for the one that Lin Wanwan brought to Datang.
The third uncle of the clan had already received a secret order from Lin Wanwan for these spinning and seed-removing machines, and had made many of them according to the instructions of the gourd, just to prepare for the follow-up work after the cotton was harvested.
In the contract between Xiao Chong and Lin Wanwan, it was stipulated that in three years, Linjiazhuang would make these cotton gins, stirrers, wooden bows, spinning wheels, looms, etc. public to the public one after another, and teach women with foreign surnames.
In other words, this windfall will last three years for Linjiazhuang. After three years, Lin Wanwan will lead all the women in Luang County to make a fortune together, making Luan County the cotton planting base and cotton textile center of the entire Tang Dynasty.
In fact, both Lin Wanwan and Xiao Chong understood that even without this contract, the secret would not be kept for long.
Rather than letting other nobles take advantage, Lin Wanwan should go public and gain a reputation for herself!
Maybe I will become China's "Vega" in the future and become a celebrity through the ages.
Besides, the weaving of cotton is similar to that of silk, linen, and kudzu. As long as you are a weaver girl and have the raw materials, you can succeed with a little more thinking.
Thirteen years after Zhenguan, Li Shimin brought back Gaochang cotton to the Tang Dynasty. Over the past hundred years, the common people slowly figured it out by themselves. The difference is that people with advanced tools are more efficient.
Of course, if Lin Wanwan is determined to prevent the development of this technology, it is not impossible. She can just control the source of cotton cultivation.
Historically, in the Tang Dynasty, even though Gaochang cotton was later introduced, not much cotton was actually used to weave cloth. Most of the cotton was slightly cultivated and used as ornamental flowers.
The reason for this may be that the ideas have not been opened up and various aspects of technology have not been understood.
If Lin Wanwan flaps her butterfly wings now, the entire cotton-related industry will inevitably be pushed forward many years.
In order to make up for the losses caused to Lin Wanwan by the disclosure three years later, Xiao Chong will help Linjiazhuang open up the upper-level sales market for cotton products without charging any intermediate fees.
Xiao Chong didn't even have a hand in business affairs. The Cotton Chamber of Commerce proposed by Lin Wanwan was obviously a matter of great benefit, but he was not tempted, let alone let Lin Wanwan share the profits with other squires and nobles in Luan County.
With him here, and Lin Wanwan's own reputation as the Lord of Le'an Township, Linjiazhuang will have no problem taking profits from the cotton line in Luan County.
The only thing Xiao Chong did was to take part of the cotton seedlings and give them on credit to the relatively backward and poor villages in Luan County with less developed water conservancy. He asked them to switch to hemp and cotton, and the county government guaranteed it. After the autumn harvest,
Le'an Xiangjun will then be responsible for the acquisition.
In order to advance this matter, the county government officials were tortured to death under Xiao Chong's hands.
The people in the poor ravines are ungrateful, incomprehensible, and stubborn, and asking them to change is like killing them.
"Civil servants" all complained that Xiao Chong was just messing around. No matter what these farm workers were doing, they all said that the imperial power would not go to the countryside, so why bother!
Those who are poor or not have nothing to do with the county government. When the autumn harvest comes, they will collect taxes step by step. What are they doing to support these poor people?
Having said that, in fact, the "civil servants" in the county government complained privately, but they mostly surrendered.
Especially those non-staff "contract workers" who have been rooted in Luan County for generations, respect the county magistrate who comes from the Lanling Xiao family.
Because they all understand that this time the county magistrate is really working for Luan County, not just for official career.
Of course, Xiao Chong's ambitions are his own business. Lin Wanwan now wants to lead Linjiazhuang and the surrounding villages to become rich and get rid of poverty and become well-off.