The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 147 The favor owed must be repaid, and the head of the feudal feudal clan summoned the Fifth Battalion to help out!

"The garment factory has been focusing on making winter clothes for the soldiers recently. It uses thick wool cloth to make a pair of winter trousers, a short jacket, a coat, and a set of gloves for each soldier. Make winter clothes for the soldiers before the first heavy snowfall, and distribute them to them.” The farmers who received the wool looms have already started to produce cloth in small batches, and the first batch of wool cloth must of course be given priority to military use, Song Yingkui Hurry up and call Guo Kaifeng to let him arrange the production of winter clothes.

"My lord, are you going to make clothes for the government officials in various towns this time?" Guo Kaifeng admired the thick wool weaved by Wuying very much. The less the better.

"Temporarily guarantee the military use, and wait until the soldiers have enough clothes, and then consider the winter clothes of the officials!" At present, the output of pure wool cloth is not high, and it takes a lot of time to make the clothes. Song Yingkui thinks that the winter clothes of the officials are OK Let's drag it back, when they didn't distribute clothes before, didn't they live as usual?

"My lord, can the craftsmen of the Textile Research Group make more woolen looms? Even if it is to sell the looms directly with cash, so as to increase the production of our woolen cloth. I think it is a good idea for our woolen cloth to be brought to the market." We don’t have to worry about selling it. Based on the purchase price of wool from the feudal clan, we can earn a lot of money even if we sell our wool cloth at the current price of cotton cloth, not to mention our wool cloth is much better than cotton cloth!” See Song Yingkui and There was no mention of the expansion of woolen cloth production, so Guo Kaifeng had no choice but to bring it up on his own initiative.

"The current price of cotton cloth is inflated, mainly due to the poor business channels. I estimate that the price of cotton cloth will drop in a few days. As for pure wool cloth, it is more suitable for making winter clothes, and the cost of raw materials is also low. There is no room for further price cuts. If the price of cotton cloth drops a little bit, our advantage will not be obvious. Therefore, I think it is not very appropriate to expand production in an all-round way. The weaving business that our fifth battalion will engage in in the future should be wool-linen blended spinning and wool-cotton Blended fabrics. The spinning and research group is currently focusing on the development of blending machines, and has no energy to waste time on wool spinning machines.

How about this? The Industrial Institute set up another textile machinery manufacturing factory. With the finished products and plans made by the textile research institute, it will mainly produce the current wool spinning machines on a small scale. After the blending equipment is mature, it will produce blending machinery.In the future, the spinning machinery factory will mainly produce mature spinning machinery, which will not only be used for its own use, but also be exported!The Textile Research Institute is mainly engaged in the research and development of new products, not mass production of machinery!
On your side, we should plan the layout of our channels for collecting cotton and linen raw materials early, so as not to be stopped by cotton and linen raw materials! "

Blended?Could it be that wool is mixed with cotton and linen to make yarn and weave?After listening to Song Yingkui's explanation on the industrial layout, Guo Kaifeng had countless questions in his mind, and asked: "My lord, will blended fabrics be better than woolen fabrics?"

"How do you say this? Pure fabrics have the advantages of pure fabrics, and blended fabrics have the advantages of blended fabrics. For example, if the pure wool fabric is thick, it has a good effect on keeping out the cold and is also wear-resistant, but it is too heavy and not cold. It’s a little unsuitable and uncomfortable to wear in the weather. If it’s made thin, it won’t withstand the wind and cold if it’s not densely woven. Although pure cotton cloth is close-fitting, it’s not easy to weave thick and it’s not wear-resistant! If the two are blended, you should be able to get a kind of Compared with cotton cloth, it is more wear-resistant than cotton cloth, and it is lighter than wool cloth and fits the body. The Textile Research Institute is looking for a way to properly match the two and take advantage of both.”

"My lord, if the blended fabric can be made, it will definitely be sold well in the world! We have to pay close attention to this industry." Hearing Song Yingkui's explanation, Guo Kaifeng's tone of speech changed. Fabric that has both the advantages of cotton and wool?Isn't our fifth battalion about to be released?

"Yes, let's get some snacks! The main purpose of developing blended fabrics is to reduce the cost of fabrics, so as to solve the people's shortage of fabrics." How can our pattern be compared to that of a businessman like you?We are for the world to have clothes to wear, okay?Unconsciously, Song Yingkui raised his compulsion in his speech!

"If you want to make good cloth at a low price, you have to focus on linen-wool blending. It is difficult to reduce the cost of cotton materials. However, I feel that making cotton-wool blended fabrics can make money as well. The textile research group should first It's better to focus on this, us."

Is it difficult to reduce the cost of cotton materials?Why does Guo Kaifeng think so?It stands to reason that the output of growing cotton is not lower than that of growing hemp. It is not a problem to grow cotton in the sunny place in the northwest frontier? "Guo shopkeeper, why do you think it is difficult to reduce the cost of cotton materials? There are places such as Huizhou, Wazhou and Gongchang not far from us that can grow cotton. Why don't they grow cotton more?"

"Hey! The yield of cotton is indeed not lower than that of hemp, but the seeds of this thing are not easy to get, it is too labor-intensive, and the cost of weaving cotton cloth is too high."

It turns out that the immature technology of cotton seed removal has caused the cost of cotton cloth to not come down?This is easy to do. The principle of the cotton tying machine is very simple and it is not difficult to do it. Song Yingkui happened to have seen it before crossing.So, we have another advantage in developing the blended textile industry?Wuying Town has become a well-known textile center, and it has another reliance!
It was nearly October, and the whole town of Wuying was full of laughter. This year was a good year for everyone in Wuying.

In addition to the slightly better yields of traditional grain crops such as wheat, the farmers who planted the land also planted a lot of potatoes this year and ushered in a bumper harvest.The Tudou tutelary government is open to acquisitions, doesn't that mean it can be exchanged for a lot of cash?
Most of the refugees who fled to the Fifth Battalion not only had stable employment, but also bought brick houses on credit. Their lives were considered stable, and they no longer felt that they were displaced refugees.

The most satisfying ones are naturally the soldiers of the garrison. Although the military salary is not high, other benefits are good.The food in the military camp stove is definitely not available at home. Not only can you eat deliciously, but you can also see meat and eggs from time to time.What makes people even more envious is that they actually have to send out two sets of clothes in one year.Especially the winter coats that have been distributed recently, the texture is so good.Just this set of clothes, if sold outside, would be worth three or four taels of silver, right?Even if ordinary people have money, they still can't buy clothes of this quality.For this suit of clothes, serving as a soldier for the garrison is worth it.

"There was a dispute between your tribe and the Ministry of Yeli when they fought for the winter field? The Ministry of Yeli still suffered at your hands, and now they are calling people from other tribes to join forces to attack you? Your leader is really not a quiet master. !" Just as the five camps were happily enjoying the atmosphere of the harvest, Bai Feiyan sent a fast horse to find Song Yingkui.Said that their tribe encountered a crisis in the military situation, and asked the Fifth Battalion to fulfill the covenant and enter the Sunan Grassland as soon as possible to help.

After asking the messenger for details, Song Yingkui felt that Kurosawa was mainly to blame for this incident.Bai Feiyan, this woman, is a bit naughty. She actually competes with the most powerful Yeli tribe on the Sunan grassland for winter pasture.Can you just take it easy and figure it out slowly?Now, it's a hornet's nest, and several powerful groups in the Sunan grassland have united to find a place!The Fifth Battalion Army owed others a favor, so they couldn't refuse the request to help in the group fight.

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