At the school ground in Huaizhong City, the sound of heavy breathing could be heard. Li Jie, who was in the process of losing weight, did another set of diving birds, and then jogged two laps of the school ground before ending his exercise.
"Shou Li."
The crocodile guard handed Li Jie a towel. This towel was extremely expensive because it was made of kapok blend.
At this time, kapok had many names. The barbarians belonging to the Chu State called it "Banzhi". For example, tribes such as Baipu and Ba State made a living from "Banzhi" and specially provided "Banzhi" silk to Chu.
country.
In the State of Chu, variegated silk was used to make coats to keep out the cold.
The cold-weather jackets from the Chu State were sold to Luoyi. Because they were often covered with Wu brocade or other silks on the outer layer, they were often called "gold thread".
Just from the name, you know that it is extremely expensive.
The state of Wu called Kapok "Ruomu", which is the Ruomu in the sentence "Boundless Ruomu Xiao Xiaoxia" when Li Yi was studying ancient poetry.
There is very little kapok in Suzhou, but there is a lot of kapok in Yue. However, it is not easy to process kapok, but it is not a problem here for Li Jie.
A batch of kapok cloth was trial-produced. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, Jiangyin City's hydraulic spinning wheel and one machine can process 123 kilograms of spindles a day, which is enough for almost ten pieces of cloth.
Under normal circumstances, a machine's monthly output is three hundred pieces of cloth.
It’s just that kapok is rare. Even if kapok is widely grown now, its maturity will only be a few years away.
When Commissioner Li was still studying, due to the shortage of cotton usage, the school was entrusted by the direct management department to conduct demonstration research and overcome the problem of kapok being easily flattened and felted, so that the practical technical indicators could be compared with those of nine-hole
Comparable to polyester.
At the same time, there are various advantages that polyester is far from reaching, which has also made kapok cotton silk a mid-to-high-end fabric for a long time and has never entered the low-end market.
Kapok was one of the top products of the Textile College.
It's just that before Li Jie graduated from university, his family's textile factory closed down. In desperation, he embarked on a strange development route.
However, Commissioner Li was still very interested when he saw the "Ruomu" and "Jinlu" merchants in Gusu. It was really a waste to give this thing to these rubes.
Whatever you do, it's just a good towel to wipe away the smelly sweat on your body.
Of course, the main thing is to consider the health of the wives. During menstrual period, it is very uncomfortable.
With kapok, Anerle or Hushubao, you can get a little bamboo charcoal and grind it into an interlayer, and the effect is very good.
As for the yield of kapok, Commissioner Li has no expectations at all.
When he was studying, the big guys in the Textile College could only increase the yield of the mature trees planted in Jibei to about 30 kilograms, and they were destined to be mid- to high-end products for a long time.
As for straw cotton... Commissioner Li talked with the old man from Qin State, the county magistrate of Huai County. Anyway, Qin State didn't get anything similar to kapok. It did get a lot of sheepskin, but it was of no use.
However, the main product processed by the hydraulic spinning wheel is not cotton, not even silk, but ramie.
The monetary value of silk is much greater than the value of commodities. Unless he runs out of money again, Li Jie will work overtime to get the whole family busy together and print more money to make large payments.
There is no way, the big payment these days, besides gold, is silk.
High-grade silk is about the same as a large check.
As for coins and copper coins, they are all small transactions...
The most important aspect of clothing, food, housing and transportation is linen spinning.
It's just that the linen spinning technology these days is very backward, and the name of the processed material is the same.
What a mess, super troublesome!
Li Jie came to Huaizhong City to lose fat and weight, and it wasn't all about Panyu playing with snakes. Anyway, now he couldn't play with two snakes, so he had to find something to do.
The location of the Huaizhong Hemp Textile Factory was determined to be "Yingrui" because the Huaishui River was rich in water resources, and it was much easier to drive a reciprocating soft linen machine.
If you rely solely on people, you won't be able to produce much.
By replicating those machines in Jiangyin, production can be increased within half a year.
In addition to serving as grain-producing areas, both sides of the Huai River are also important linen-producing areas.
This is a big project and there is no room for relaxation.
However, before starting the entire large project, the problem of food must first be solved. Whether Chen Guo's grain borrowing operation is successful or not actually has a bearing on whether Huaizhong City's output will be high or low next year.
If we can't borrow grain, the planting area of hemp material next year may not be very large. After all, we must first ensure the problem of food.
If you have food to eat, you can still think about other things that you don't have.
After borrowing the grain, Commissioner Li planned to get it right in one step. It would be much easier to plant hemp in a large area and harvest it. Moreover, for ordinary savages and barbarians, there was a limit to how much they could steal, whether it was ramie or jute.
After all, processing is difficult. If it is not processed in time, the raw hemp will be broken into pieces.
Li Jie's plan was to plant flax in the periphery, and grow grain in the area near Huaizhong City. High-quality land would of course give priority to the supply of grain.
After some exercise at Huai Zhong Campus, Commissioner Li put on a T-shirt, beach pants, and sandals while walking and asked: "Did that old guy Ziqi go to Kuaiji Mountain?"
"Looking back at Li, Lord Shang sent someone to tell him, guessing that he went to Kuaiji Mountain."
"Then he must have gone. He can't go to Suzhou."
Li Jie smiled, "I think Wuji must have asked someone to follow him secretly, right?"
"yes."
"That's good."
Suddenly remembering something, Li Jie said again, "Let people go back to Jiangyin and ask the Ziqi tribe directly where the old guy went to hang out."
"yes!"
Li Jie didn't care whether Ziqi could be found or not, but if Ziqi's head was useful, he could throw it to those bastards in Gusu.
Anyway, according to the agreement, he has provided blessings to Ziqi's clan members. Now Ziqi's nephews are also helping in Jiangyin City, and they are more obedient than many outsiders.
"This old guy...is it really just to express condolences to his boss?"
Rubbing his chin, Commissioner Li simply didn't believe that a person like Ziqi could be so simple-minded. There must be feelings between the king and his subjects, but the old monster is dead, and the living will definitely not side with the dead.
"What are you thinking about?"
Li Jie couldn't figure it out. In his opinion, the ideas of many elites these days were illogical, but this in itself was a conflict between his own views and the mainstream of the times.
"Could it be a one-on-one challenge with the guy who was causing trouble behind the scenes before?"
Suddenly I remembered that the palace guards who had deceived the young master were heading north, and there was no news about Wu Shui's gang. Now, depending on what my uncle wanted, Zi Qi also went north. He couldn't just go to force Yang.
National pension.
If you think about it boldly, you might as well go further north.
"This old guy... can pretty much run."
Li Jie was scolded, but he still admired this old traitor for actually escaping unscathed at the last moment of the Wu Kingdom's great upheaval. Not only did he escape unscathed, but his family was also saved.
Compare it to the Jia family who was shot while lying down. The difference between being an official and a human being is astonishing.
"Li Jun."
Just as Commissioner Li was still thinking about Ziqi's matter, he saw "Xiao Qing" walking over with his head held high. Li Jie saw this and quickly stepped forward to help him: "You should be careful when you walk. It's better to go slowly than to go fast."
"Why is this?"
"A gentleman is like jade, gentle and gentle like jade. If you slow down, you will be more like a gentleman."
"good."
Gui Zhen, who was dressed in men's clothing, thought for a while, nodded, and accepted Li Jie's explanation.