Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 301 Difficult Wool

"Since the matter has been settled, let the cabinet draw up an order!" Zhu Youtang sat up with a light smile, and said in a gentle tone: "Autumn is coming soon, the court has been busy for a year, and you all have worked hard. Already, after the busy work this autumn, we monarchs and ministers should take a rest."

Hearing Zhu Youtang's words, the three of them naturally did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "I will definitely do my best."

On the capital side, Zhu Youtang finalized the tax collection for Zhu Houzhao, which paved the way for Zhu Houzhao, but in Liaodong, Zhu Houzhao was solving new problems.

Looking at Gao Feng in front of him, Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "Is it still not possible?"

"Going back to His Royal Highness, it still doesn't work." Gao Feng's face was also ugly, and he said cautiously: "The craftsmen have tried various methods, but they still can't imitate the thread, let alone weaving cloth. The wool thread released is basically like this. , It's too rough." Said Gao Feng took out a ball of thread, and then gave it to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and took the ball of thread over. It was too thick to make a rope, and it was useless to make clothes.

"It seems that you can't get rough ones!" Zhu Houzhao reached out and handed the ball of thread to Liu Jin, with a helpless expression on his face. In fact, Zhu Houzhao had thought of this situation a long time ago, and he was also mentally prepared. But he didn't expect it to be so bad.

Many people have wondered why China's wool textiles cannot develop. After all, China has such a vast grassland.Although the grasslands are occupied by ethnic minorities, when the Central Plains dynasty was strong, they also took whatever they wanted from the grassland tribes. Is it because the Chinese are not so smart?Many people have summed up many reasons.

For example, the mulberry planting and sericulture industry is well developed, such as the cotton and linen industry, but in fact it is not the case. It was originally very simple, and sheep on the grassland can't do it.

The sheep raised on the grassland are called Mongolian sheep. This is the name given by later generations. It is named directly after the place name, which shows its unique representativeness.The largest and most widely distributed breed of coarse-wool sheep in China, Mongolian sheep is one of the three major breeds of coarse-wool sheep in my country. performance.

Just look at its advantages and disadvantages. Some of them are strong vitality, suitable for nomadism, cold resistance, drought resistance, etc., and have good meat and fat production performance.

It fully meets the needs of nomads, or it is the result of domestication of nomads for thousands of years. In a word, it is easy to feed and produce meat, which can provide meat for grassland herdsmen.

The disadvantage is that it is a coarse-wool sheep, and it is not even considered a disadvantage, but in Zhu Houzhao's case, this is a disadvantage.Because the wool of coarse sheep cannot be spun and weaved, it is slow to make carpets and tents at most. It is still suitable for nomads. Of course, it is also very good for making felt. Almost all the characteristics are prepared for nomads. .

Originally Zhu Houzhao thought that even if it was worse, he could at least weave some coarse cloth, but now it seems hopeless.

"Okay, then we don't need to spin and weave." Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Feng and said, "Try to make felts and carpets!"

Since it doesn't work, then I don't have to force it, and I can also sell it when I make it into felts and carpets. Zhu Houzhao believes that these things can sell well when they are promoted.As for spinning and weaving, you can only wait until you get the fine-wool sheep of later generations, that is, Merino sheep, which originated in Spain. In the middle of the 16th century, Spanish merino sheep were introduced to the United States, and then to Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Russia, South Africa and other countries in the 18th century, and spread all over the world in the 19th century.

Now Daming doesn't have it, so there's nothing he can do about it, but Zhu Houzhao believes that he can definitely get it.

Now that he knew it in advance, Zhu Houzhao naturally made preparations. After glancing at Gao Feng, Zhu Houzhao ordered, "Try it with cashmere!"

Many people in later generations are different. In fact, wool is wool, and cashmere is cashmere. These two things are not the same thing at all.Wool comes from sheep and cashmere comes from goats.Although Daming didn't have fine wool sheep, it did have cashmere, and it was very good, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't do it if he wanted to make civilian goods.

The price of cashmere has really remained high because of the low output, but it can also make a lot of money by focusing on high-end products.

Zhu Houzhao has already thought about the marketing strategy. It's time to start building Daming's luxury brand. How did luxury accessories come about?The earliest luxury goods were specially provided by the royal family, and then they entered the common people's homes.Zhu Houzhao only needs to position the cashmere products as tributes, and then launch Qiweizhai to promote the price of cashmere, tsk tsk, Zhu Houzhao believes that everyone will be shocked.

When it is exported to North Korea, it is estimated that it will make a lot of money. Anyway, if it is popular in Ming Dynasty, North Korea will definitely be popular. Even the party struggles in North Korea will learn.

"Yes, I will arrange for someone to try it when I return home." Gao Feng didn't dare to neglect, and quickly bowed and said without any certainty in his tone.

Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to say anything to Gao Feng, and waved his hand to signal him to back down. Zhu Houzhao was very sure of using cashmere, because there were Liaoning goats here.Zhu Houzhao spent some time in Northeast China in his previous life, so he knows this very well.In later generations, Liaoning cashmere goat is a precious cashmere goat breed in my country. The cashmere produced is called "fiber gem" by experts because of its excellent quality, and it is the best animal fiber textile raw material in the textile industry.

Liaoning cashmere goat ranks first among similar products in the world in terms of wool quality and cashmere production, and is known as the "Chinese National Treasure".Liaoning cashmere goat is a white cashmere goat breed with excellent wool quality and the highest cashmere production in the world.

Anyway, now that the entire Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, the sheep are simply herded. As for the grasslands, Zhu Houzhao is still not going to let the goats harm them.

The turf on the grassland is thin, and goats eat grass roots. Grazing goats on the grassland can easily cause environmental damage. Before the entire northeast land is filled with goats, Zhu Houzhao is not worried about the expansion of goats to the grassland.As for the goats filling up the Northeast, their fine-wool sheep probably also came. It is said that they can ask the Clothes Bureau to look for it in the south.

Let's see if those smugglers can get it. If they can get it, they can just use it and make some breeding sheep.

Although there is no way to get fine-wool sheep for the time being, cashmere and coarse-wool sheep are enough for the time being, and there is no problem supporting the prevention industry in Liaodong.Zhu Houzhao is worried about other places. Maybe someone will herd goats on the grassland for profit, and it will be difficult.It seems that the matter of sucking cats and sheep really cannot be delayed.

(End of this chapter)