But Xu Wei didn't realize that Zhen An had agreed to look at Xu Wei's idea, and continued to seduce: "In addition to sweaters in Mayi, I also used wool to weave a kind of woolen cloth. It is not only much thicker than linen, but also silk."
It is much cheaper, especially for the people in the north. As long as the shopkeeper can produce grain, if you bring one stone of grain, I will give you a piece of cloth. The more grain you bring, the more I will give you a piece of cloth.
many!"
After speaking, Xu Wei asked his men to take out the woolen cloth used in the experiment and show it to Zhen An.
Nowadays, throughout the Han Dynasty, the poor use linen to make clothes, and the rich use silk to make clothes. Cotton is not available in this era, because cotton was only an ornamental plant in this era. Among the flowers in the palace, they were all
I don't know if it has leaked out into the public.
Therefore, in this era, textiles were not only crude but also very valuable, and could even be used as a substitute for money. When Xu Wei said that wool could be woven, it was like telling Zhen An that he had picked up a money printing press. He instantly became energetic.
The process of weaving woolen cloth is not complicated. The looms in this world can be used directly. The difficulty is to weave sheep wool. Sweaters can be made with thicker wool, which even makes it more cold-proof and warm!
But to weave wool into wool cloth, the wool thread needs to be spun very finely and densely, at least not much thicker than cotton thread. Xu Wei specially made an iron brush to comb wool sheep, which can make the wool fluffy.
It is also straight, so that long and long fibers can be pulled out continuously when spinning. This kind of wool can be spun into wool thread that is similar to cotton thread. Although it is simple to say, the process took a long time for craftsmen to experiment.
, now he is just waiting for the weather to get warmer, so he uses the female sweater workers to spin woolen cloth. Because he also knows that this winter will last for a few months at most. When the weather is hot, woolen sweaters will not be sold, so naturally he will launch new flagship products.
product.
A piece of snow-white woolen cloth was delivered to Zhen An's hands. Zhen An stroked the woolen cloth in surprise. It was compact and fine, not as prickly as linen, nor as light as silk. It was simply the best item for making clothes.
Zhen An asked in surprise: "How much does such a piece of cloth cost, and how much can Qu Shuai provide?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Your price will not exceed 500 yuan per piece of cloth. When I subsidize the cost of helping you transport food, as for how much you want to sell, I can't control it. As for the quantity of cloth, in winter, because of my ministry
Everyone is busy producing woolen clothes, so the output is not high, but when the spring comes, I can order 10,000 pieces for you every month."
"Ten thousand pieces is too few. Han Dynasty consumes more than 20 million pieces of silk and linen every year. Xu Shuai, the price of your woolen cloth is only a little more expensive than linen. It can completely replace the position of linen. It is a market worth tens of millions."
,10,000 pieces of woolen cloth are too few.”
Xu Wei said with a smile: "It's easy to ask for as much woolen cloth as you want. I will give you as much woolen cloth as you can carry food here. I promise you a thousand pieces of gold! But I have promised you in advance that I will announce this news to everyone."
If the shopkeeper of Mayi's caravan arrives late, he will have to wait in line, after all, our woolen cloth production is limited!"
Zhen An thought for a while and said: "I will definitely find a way to transport grain to Mayi. Qu Shuai will help me keep 100,000 horses first!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Don't worry, let's sell sweaters first, woolen cloth will be something later!"
But Zhen An was very anxious. With woolen cloth as a leading product, Zhen An also felt that she could use her family's connections to start a grain business.
Zhen An Dayi said solemnly: "Qu Shuai and I are friends, but Qu Shuai is in trouble, of course I have to find a way to help."
This change is too fast!
Xu Wei saluted and said: "Thank you very much, shopkeeper!"
Zhen An said: "I want to thank Lei Gongqushuai for giving us a bite of food. This is very important to the Zhen family now."
Xu Wei asked curiously: "Now that there are capable officials like Fu Bian in Jizhou, it is said that Jizhou does not close its doors at night, and it is a peaceful and peaceful scene. What will happen to the Zhen family?"
Zhen An sighed and said: "This Fu Bian is a lunatic. He has ignored everything in order to resettle the refugees. My Zhen family only has tens of thousands of acres of land without paying taxes. He actually said it was ownerless land and directly distributed it to the refugees. We went to him to argue, but he took out his money and grain book and said that these lands really belong to our family and we have to pay back taxes for a full 100 years. This is already more than the price of buying this land. Who will pay the taxes? You can afford it! There are complaints that the entire Jizhou officialdom was manipulated by Fu Bian!"
"Furthermore, the remaining members of other noble families wanted to take back their own fields, but Fu Bian refused to agree to anything. He said that the owners of these lands were unknown, and he had to find out before handing them over to them. His standard was to collect them according to the imperial court's standards. According to the tax standard, only those who have a tax certificate from the court can prove that it is your land. Those who have not paid taxes are all ownerless land, so he gave all these lands to the common people!"
"Whose family doesn't have a few acres of land hidden these days? Crazy Fu is so strict about it. He is trying to make an enemy of the entire noble family!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Wei. The handsome Qu next to him also made the entire Jizhou clan gnash their teeth with hatred. If it hadn't been for the crowbar he made, the Wubao of the clan would not be as big as a piece of paper. It will break if you poke it.
Xu Wei smiled, but secretly said in his heart, "Your land is too big for a few acres."
Although Fu Bian wanted to do something to delay the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the entire officialdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty was corrupt. What's the use of just relying on Qingtian? Once he left, everything would not be restored to the original state, let alone the biggest corrupt official in the imperial court. It should be the Ling Emperor. How dare Fu Bian kill the Ling Emperor!
With the existence of such a pig teammate, Xu Wei was not optimistic about Fu Bian's approach. His reformism was destined not to be forgiven by the nobles, and whether he had organized the power of the people to suppress the nobles, the people would be destroyed and the government would be at risk. It is a destined ending. If you want to reform in this era, you are not like Wang Anshi. Even if you fail, you will only be demoted. If you fail here, your life will be in danger.
Not to mention that the conflicts in the Han Dynasty have become so intense that the people have rebelled. In the words of political books, "class conflicts have reached the point where they are irreconcilable." At this time, it is already too late to make reforms, and there is no room for the centrists. Now. Either the common people have successfully rebelled completely, and like Liu Bang and others, a group of commoner generals have appeared. They understand the people and reduce conflicts, or else it is the same as the original history, the power of the noble gentry is too strong, and the Yellow Turban Army can only become As an embellishment of history, a group of noble families competed for power, and the final victor even oppressed the people more violently. The people continued to accumulate anger and waited for the next outbreak.