Of course, he has another way, which is to organize manpower to develop a steam spinning machine, which can increase the efficiency dozens of times. But unfortunately, even Mayi is now the most technologically advanced place in the world.
But making a steam engine is as difficult as China's desire to land on the moon. Although it is possible, it will take decades even if huge manpower and material resources are invested. And it is obvious that troubled times are coming, and Xu Wei cannot waste money.
Make an Apollo project like the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Xu Juan was obviously disappointed when she heard this. Faced with such a look, Xu Wei could only run away.
Faced with more and more wool, Xu Wei could not make a steam spinning machine, or even improve the original spinning machine. He could only ask the wood factory to suspend other work and give priority to manufacturing spinning machines.
Soon 2,000 textile machines were manufactured and installed in the textile factory. The efficiency of the textile factory quickly increased to the point where it could produce 40,000 pieces of woolen cloth per month, which barely reached Xu Wei's expectations.
But in order to improve the efficiency of the loom, he posted notices at the four doors of Mayi, saying that whoever has a way to improve the speed of the loom will be rewarded 100,000 yuan!
This notice caused a sensation in the entire Mayi people. This was a fortune that could make people crazy, so that the entire Mayi people began to think of ways to improve the efficiency of the textile machines. Of course, it is difficult for anyone to win this bonus in a short time.
Obtained. But as long as he keeps thinking, Xu Wei knows that someone will definitely find a way.
As the efficiency of the textile factory not only improved, but the monthly output of woolen cloth exceeded 40,000 pieces, Xu Wei also began to put woolen cloth in supermarkets in Mayi.
These cloths were soon discovered by the tribesmen in Mayi, and they also liked the woolen cloth very much.
In Mayi, all cloth must be imported from outside, so that the price of linen has risen to 500 yuan per piece. This has made everyone complain, but there is no way. Who makes Mayi not grow sisal and cannot produce linen, and transport it to Mayi
The price is naturally expensive.
This is still in Mayi. If these linen cloths are transported to the grassland, the merchants will not sell them at all without thousands of dollars.
So in this era, having a caravan is really very profitable, and of course it is also very dangerous. Although it is not like the age of discovery, where more than half of the people died, we still often encounter accidents such as bandits, bandits, and horse bandits.
, losing 10% or 20% of goods and personnel. Therefore, the profit is not high and it is impossible to continue doing it.
Mayi was barely within the territory of the Han Dynasty, so the price was only doubled, but it was still extremely expensive for the people of Mayi.
And if you don’t need it, you can’t still wear a sweater in the summer! Now that everyone has discovered woolen cloth that is thick, comfortable and cheap, who is still willing to use expensive and scratchy linen? They have spent their savings to buy woolen cloth.
So much so that all the woolen cloth produced by the textile mills was bought up by the people of Mayi, and there was no share for export at all.
Soon the whole linen in Mayi was unsaleable, and no one came to buy this kind of low-quality and high-priced cloth. This made Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping extremely anxious.
They are the closest force to Mayi. It only takes half a day for Mayi's goods to go down the Sanggan River to the Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion in Youzhou, and it only takes a day and a half to go upstream.
In addition, they use ships to transport goods, which is naturally more than ten times stronger than horse-drawn carriages. Therefore, a large amount of goods in Mayi are transported to Youzhou for sale, and the Sanggan River runs through the entire Youzhou, which makes them even more vulnerable.
Tiaoshangdao was uniquely endowed, but in just half a year they helped Liu Bei accumulate a lot of money.
But they also have troubles, that is, just having money is not enough to buy things here in Mayi. Lei Gong is not short of money. He even specifically explained to the businessmen who came to Mayi that even if there is money in Mayi, there is not much money.
Function, if you want to come here to do business, you must bring the goods that Mayi needs, especially the important thing to talk to them about food.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Mayi's industry is developed, but after all, it only occupies one and a half counties, and many basic raw materials have to be purchased from outside. However, money does not play a big role here, so Xu Wei decided
Barter trade policy.
Hu merchants usually bring wool, cattle and sheep to Mayi, and these are what Mayi wants, especially sheep can increase Mayi's grain reserves, and cattle can help with farming and transportation, so Xu Wei is very interested in these Hu merchants.
Come and feel welcome.
Liu Bei specifically asked Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping not to bring food to Mayi. After thinking for a long time, the two finally found salt and linen, two bulk commodities that could meet Mayi's requirements. They relied on the golden waterway of Sanggan River.
, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping occupied most of the market in Mayi for their salt and linen, and they exchanged a large number of unique commodities in Mayi.
And now the appearance of Mayi's woolen cloth directly wiped out their linen market, which directly destroyed half of the foreign trade share of Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion. Without these linen cloths, they can no longer buy enough goods to sell in Youzhou.
This seriously affected the income of Daotuntian Xiaowei Mansion.
Knowing that the matter was of great importance, the two bought hundreds of woolen cloths, found a transport ship, and went down the river back to the Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion, hoping to report to Liu Bei about the situation in Mayi.
At this time, Liu Bei was also inspecting the wheat in the Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion.
Last year Liu Bei also faced the same dilemma as Xu Wei, that is, it was already past the farming season when he was stationed in the fields, so he had to choose to plant winter wheat.
Although he opened up 2 million acres of wasteland, he did not have Xu Wei's curved shaft plow and eight-oxen plow for deep plowing, Xu Wei's elevated water canal, and he did not even know how to compost, so the wheat growth in his fields was not as good as that of Ma
Over there!
But even so, when he saw the green fields of wheat grass, he happily said to Guan Yu and the others: "The yield of these wheat per mu is more than one stone, maybe one and a half stone. In this way, we can harvest 3 million stone of grain this year, which is enough for everyone."
We all have enough to eat, and after purchasing the wheat, we can also plant bean sprouts for a season, which can not only cultivate the land, but also make some money with the bean sprouts, so that in a few years, everyone can take root in Youzhou."
Jian Yong smiled and said: "One hundred thousand refugees have settled down again and become common people of our Han Dynasty. Xuande's achievements are enough to be remembered in history!"
But Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "My little contribution is nothing. If Liu Zhoumu hadn't given me enough money and food and used the power of the entire Youzhou to help the Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion, Tuntian wouldn't have been able to produce results so quickly!"
"Not to mention that before me, there was Zhuangjiehou who followed the millions of refugees and kept the entire Jizhou road open at night without picking up any belongings. This is an achievement that can truly go down in history!"
Guan Yu also sighed and said: "Marquis Zhuangjie served the country and the people. He was a hero for a lifetime, but it was a pity that he died at the hands of a villain!"