The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1812
Before the eighth day of September, everyone was not idle. The Taishi Bureau and the Ministry of Officials discussed many matters on the eighth day of September, while Empress Changsun went to Huangzhuang first, and stayed there for one night, just to See the finished product woven from wool on the improved loom.

And Qibi Heli and Ashina Simo are still in Anbei Dufu, with Qibi Heli in the middle, and the wool accumulated in the tribe is also continuously transported to Chang'an. He Li agreed, but when the academy purchases wool, it will give priority to purchasing from his tribe.

Qibi Heli, a foreign general, is so loyal to Datang, Xuan Shijing also wants to take the lead in making things easier for him, isn't he?

In this way, Qibiheli's tribe used the wool they didn't need at all, and exchanged some money to go back, subsidized their own lives, and made the surrounding tribes envious.

By the time Qibi Heli returns to Chang'an, it is estimated that business will come to his door.

Qibi Heli's tribe is like this, and other tribes must be moved by seeing it. They can't go to Xuan Shijing directly, they will definitely go to Qibi Heli, and Qibi Heli will also go to Xuan Shijing to discuss this matter At that time, Xuan Shijing will become the hands-free shopkeeper again, and hand over this matter to Qiandui to discuss.

The wool from the prairie entered the Tang Dynasty and was transported to various workshops. The profitable business in the middle fell into the hands of Qiandui, and the Xuan family made profits from it.
It can be said that Xuan Shijing can earn a lot of money by talking about it.

Do you want the Xuan family to earn this kind of money?Then we have to see who improved the loom. It is a student of the Engineering College. How did the Engineering College come about?The Xuan family invested money to build it, and it was built with money in the first place. Could it not be for the Xuan family but for outsiders?
And if those workshops want to buy improved looms, they can only buy them from the academy. If they are really targeted by the Xuan family, saying that the engineering college is not allowed to sell looms to so-and-so, the engineering college will definitely do so. Ah, isn't there Li Tai in the Engineering College?

Li Tai has a share in the Xuan family's business, can Li Tai make himself lose money?

At the beginning, Xuan Shijing found backers for the Xuan family's business, and now these backers have grown up, but it's amazing, once Li Chengqian succeeds to the throne, the money pile is considered to be half an imperial merchant.

Carloads of compacted and baled wool left the grassland, entered Chang'an, and entered Huangzhuang, and then the finished products were transported out of Huangzhuang to the shop under the name of Empress Changsun in Chang'an City.

For these wool fabrics, Empress Changsun specially bought a shop in the East Market of Chang'an City to sell these items, also to see how these items sold and whether the common people could accept them.

The price of the finished product is more than ten times higher than the price of pure wool. After all, there are labor costs in it. What kind of business is not profitable?

As for the price issue, Empress Changsun also sent people to do some investigations in Chang'an City, and the investigations were detailed. After all, the price of the first batch of wool fabrics will affect the future price, so I dare not make a random decision.

If it is set high, it is true to make money, but it violates the original purpose, which is to make it affordable for the common people, so that the common people can live a warm winter, but it is not good to set it low, and it is necessary to remove labor costs. In addition to the cost, three melons and two dates cannot be transferred, and this business cannot always be done by the royal family.

The most important thing is to spread it to merchants and let merchants set up workshops. If only the royal family supplies this thing to the people of the Tang Dynasty, they will not be able to produce so many finished products even if they are exhausted.

"Come and have a look. The wool fabrics woven by the newly improved looms of the Engineering College are soft, warm and cheap. Don't miss them when you pass by!" A stall was set up outside the shop, and on the stall were It was the wool fabric produced in Huangzhuang, and the guy behind the stall was shouting hard.

"Don't miss it when you pass by. The wool fabric produced in Huangzhuang is woven by the empress herself. The empress will use it! I will guarantee you a warm winter!"

The guy yelled like this, which really attracted a lot of people on the side of the road, especially yelling that the empress would agree to use it.

Aren't most of the things used by the empress as tributes?How can it still be sold at a roadside stall?

Produced by Huangzhuang, isn't Huangzhuang the village cultivated by His Majesty and Empress?

"My little brother, what is this?" Someone came to the stall and asked.

"It's made of wool, feel it first, is it soft or not?" the clerk greeted with hospitality.

Looking at the pure white cloth, the surface is still somewhat rough. Although it looks good, I always feel that it is not as smooth as ordinary cloth.

The man stretched out his hand and touched it. It was indeed quite thick and soft.

"How?" asked the man with a smile.

"It's quite soft, but is this thing strong? Also, look at the surface, it looks rougher than ordinary cloth, but it feels quite slippery," said the man.

"Of course, this is wool. Although it doesn't look as smooth as ordinary cloth, you have also tried it out, isn't it good? Ordinary cloth is wear-resistant, but this thing keeps warm. Ordinary cloth, a layer of warmth Is it?" The man asked back: "Different cloths have different uses. Ordinary cloth and oilcloth have different uses, right? Satin and silk are not the same?"

"Is this stuff really warm?" the man asked again.

"Of course, I've said it all. It's made of wool. It's so cold in the north. The barbarians on the grasslands in the north rely on it to keep warm. It's just that they use wool. Let's process the wool and make it warmer." It’s cleaner and tidier.” The man said, “There are also different thicknesses. If you are really afraid of the cold in winter, you can buy the thickest one, whether it’s made into clothes to wear inside, or you can go back and make a mattress. , quilts, they are all good."

The man is chatting with the guests here, attracting more and more people to gather here, listening to the conversation between the two, it is the first time for everyone to see the cloth made of wool, if it is so useful as the man said , the price must not be low, right?

After the man told the price, the common people were amazed.

You say that things are so good, but the price is not high. Are your things really good?
"Fathers and elders, we don't dare to deceive people. The things come from Huangzhuang, and the empress personally ordered them to come down. The little ones also want to set the price higher to make money, but the empress does not allow it. If the elders of the villagers buy it all Excuse me, what is the Queen doing for it? The Queen’s original intention is to make these good things affordable for all the folks and elders, that’s why the price is so cheap.”

(End of this chapter)