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Chapter 945 Qi Ke's Order Meeting ([-])

Qi Ke decided to go to Chawabo country to buy wood, and hurried out the remaining spinning wheels. She was still thinking about the blended wool of rabbit wool, which is what winter socks depend on.

"Well, that's about the same." Thinking that Qi Ke still has to earn money, General Bai let go of what he had just mentioned, procrastination is not good for him, is it?
"Then let's talk about the processing fee? If the general is worried about delaying the delivery of all the work for eight months, then we can settle the bill once with one delivery. What do you think?"

"The processing fee is different for different yarn thicknesses, right?"

"Yes, the processing fee of cotton yarn is getting more and more expensive from thick to fine."

"How much is the thickest cotton yarn?"

"A tael or so of cotton produces 21 three-foot-long yarns, which are called 21 counts. Based on this count, the cloth woven is the thickest coarse cloth. The price is one purchase. The labor cost for processing two thousand catties is five taels. The larger the number, the finer the yarn, the more difficult it is to process, and the more expensive the labor cost, and the middle plain cloth is [-] counts, and the labor cost is seven taels."

"What about numbers below 21?"

"Below this number can't be used for weaving, but it is suitable for making other things." Qi Ke's eyes flickered, and he told the two elders present clearly that the roving below 21 counts had other uses for her.

General Bai tactfully didn't ask any more questions, so he asked Qi Ke to show off, and he just waited and watched patiently.

"Are you sure that the batch of cotton from overseas can reach the count you said?"

"I've seen cotton samples. It's definitely first-class cotton, with a lot of long staples. It's suitable for combed yarn. The loss ratio is about 130 catties of cotton to [-] catties of yarn. Can the general accept this loss?"

"What if I don't need combing?" Hearing the word combing and the loss ratio, the father and son of the Bai family instinctively wanted to save.

"It's not worth it. The first-grade cotton has less impurities and more long staples. The spun yarn is used for medium-to-high-end fabrics, and the carded yarn is suitable for making low-grade gray fabrics. It is a waste to use first-grade cotton to make low-grade fabrics." The cotton varieties in Qi Ke's hand They are all Xinjiang long-staple cotton, commonly known as the Bayi production area, which is also the planting variety of the Legion Farm. She naturally has the confidence to pat her chest and say that this is first-class cotton.

General Bai Da and his son were said to have no temper, and they deeply realized that they did not know enough about textiles, and they exposed their ignorance in a few words in front of experts.

"Winter is coming and I'm in dire need of cotton cotton cloths right now."

"The general may wish to interview the textile merchants in Dong'an Prefecture to see if they have ready-made gray cloth to exchange for goods. If the merchants in Dong'an Prefecture are disobedient and deliberately lower prices and do not want to do business well, then release the news and skip the local area. Merchants look for businessmen from other prefectures to cooperate, and we must be careful of merchants who feel that money is burnt and money is not earned."

"The whole premise of doing this is to negotiate the price with the merchant ship before we know how much gray cloth we should exchange with the merchant." General Bai rubbed his chin, feeling a little moved.

"Or we can take advantage of the current high price and sell some cotton first to attract the attention of merchants. If everything can be negotiated, merchant ships will come again in a few months. We are actually not worried about cotton." Advice aside.

"Okay, that's it, [-] bales of cotton, Bai Jiajun will take [-] bales, and hand it over to the factory for [-] bales to be processed into cotton yarn. The roving and medium yarns will each account for half, and the processing fee will be as you said. Forget it." General Bai didn't hesitate any more.

(End of this chapter)