Chapter 422 Wool

Hua Kai's mind was on the next step of building a country in Huacheng. He had to determine the future development direction of Gaoliu County before that.

The workshops led by the Hua family were being expanded. Hua Kai and Wu Ren Tuya left Huacheng on this day and watched the herdsmen commanding slaves to shear wool in the tribes at the foot of the mountain.

"What will you do with this wool after you shear it?" Hua Kai said to the ranch manager here, watching the slaves shearing wool skillfully.

All the ranches under Pingding Mountain belong to the Hua family, and all the ranch managers are Hua family servants. Every spring, the ranch must shear the sheep, otherwise the sheep will get sick from the heat.

"Master, how can this wool be used? It's all buried in a pit." The Hua family servant replied.

"Such good wool is thrown away? Can't it be made into a wool coat?" Hua Kai asked.

"This... a coat made of wool can only be worn by slaves. It's too smelly and too heavy. The color is ugly, and the key is that it's troublesome to make." The servant was a little puzzled as to why Hua Kai asked these questions.

Hua Kai then remembered that in this world, woolen coats are made by gluing wool to the outside of linen clothes, which is ugly and not very warm.

Hua Kai now lacks an industry that can drive the development of all the people. If woolen products are made, it will not only solve the production problems of the people in Gaoliu County, but also the Hua family can establish a closer cooperative relationship with the tribes on the grassland. He suddenly remembered the story of "sheep eating people". If the Hua family can master the wool weaving technology, it will be an unpredictable and powerful force.

"Okay, you notify all the tribes at the foot of the mountain. Don't throw away the wool this year. Send it all to Huacheng. I will use it." Hua Kai said and went back to [Tianmachang] with Wu Ren Tuya.

"Why did you go back just after going down the mountain? What good things have you thought of?" Wu Ren Tuya and Hua Kai have been married for half a year. Hua Kai can often come up with some strange things, which has led to more and more small inventions in Gaoliu County and more and more snacks. Gaoliu County attracts outsiders to come, and these small things have contributed greatly.

"I have an idea. If this thing is made, the Hua family will have at least one million gold income every year. The people of Gaoliu County, including women, can make money to support their families. All of us will not be cold in winter." Hua Kai said.

The process of making wool into coats or wool yarn is actually very simple. The key lies in selecting wool, washing wool, combing wool, and spinning. Selecting wool, washing wool, and combing wool require simple tools. With the strength of the Hua family carpenters, it is too easy to make it.

Spinning is a bit troublesome. It is impossible to achieve unified flow spinning in the workshop, but these can be handed over to the people of Gaoliu County. Women have the means to make money to support themselves, and their status may be improved. This is also crucial to the culture, prosperity and development of Gaoliu County. After all, there are many more women than men in this world.

Although selecting wool, washing wool, and combing wool are simple, ordinary people cannot do it without knowing the tricks. Hua Kai called Huacheng craftsmen and asked them to make the equipment needed for the three processes according to their requirements.

It is actually quite easy to select cashmere. After washing the wool, dry it in the sun and place it on several rows of silver threads. The distance between the top silver threads is large, and the distance between them is smaller as you go down. Three layers are enough.

Put the wool on top and flick the silver threads. The sharp and hard wool will fall down, and the soft cashmere will be on top. The second and third layers of wool can be flicked several times, so that all the cashmere can be picked out.

After the cashmere is selected, the next step is to wash the cashmere. After steaming and washing it several times with clean water, some cashmere is still gray in color. At this time, you need to use some special things to wash it. Many medicinal herbs here have the effect of deodorizing and bleaching.

After washing the cashmere, combing the cashmere is relatively simple. Comb all the washed cashmere with a comb and remove some bad wool. Then the women can send it to spinning or make plush coats directly.

It only took one day for Hua Kai to prepare all the equipment required for the process, and he personally made the world's first cashmere.

Hua Kai brought the cashmere to Urentuya, who looked at it with some disapproval: "You have been busy for several days just for this? What is this for? Are you going to make clothes?"

"Don't underestimate this thing. Cashmere is much better than silk and fine cloth in keeping warm, and it looks no worse than fine cloth. Tomorrow I will ask the maid to try to spin it into yarn and then weave it into clothes. You can see that this wool can be dyed into various colors and made into wool to weave sweaters. It is very useful!" Hua Kai said with a smile.

The next day, Hua Kai ordered the butler Hua Fu to find a vacant land in Huacheng and build a factory on the vacant land. He brought all the tools he had made in the past few days to the new factory, and then called 20 female officials and maids to work together.

It only took ten days for Hua Kai to return home with a robe, a coat, and a scarf. Urentuya opened her eyes wide in surprise when she saw it.

"You said these are all made of wool?" Urentuya said in disbelief.

"Yes, how much do you think this dress is worth, how much is this cashmere coat and scarf worth?" Hua Kai looked at Wu Ren Tu Ya and said with a smile.

"It's really hard to believe that this wool can be turned into such soft clothes. It feels much better than fine cloth. And this cashmere coat, this... should only be affordable for nobles!" Wu Ren Tu Ya couldn't give a price for the value of these clothes.

Hua Kai and Wu Ren Tu Ya came to a small building by the central lake. Huang Shuyun was talking to the fourth and fifth aunts with a few maids. Seeing Hua Kai coming, the fourth and fifth aunts stood up and saluted Hua Kai and were about to leave.

"Fourth aunt, fifth aunt, you are here, I have something to show you. What do you think of this dress?" Hua Kai took out a cashmere robe and said, this one was the most labor-intensive.

"This... this doesn't look like cotton, nor is it silk, but it feels really good. Is this a treasure? It doesn't look like it!" Princess Ji Le held her two sons. The two little guys are now almost three years old and are in their noisy years. Everyone in the Hua family likes them very much.

"This is made by my maid with wool. How much do you think it will cost to buy it?" Hua Kai asked.

"An ordinary fine cloth garment costs about 8 silver, and silk costs more than 60 silver. This one is much better than fine cloth and feels softer. But the price should be lower than silk, 40 taels of silver should be appropriate. How much does it cost for you to make this dress?" Huang Shuyun said.

Huang Shuyun is most familiar with the prices of cloth and clothes, she said.

Hua Kai thought that this robe weighed about eight taels. According to the speed of selecting, washing and combing wool this time, as long as there are hundreds of people every day in the three major procedures, it is not a problem to comb out tens of thousands of pounds of wool. The most important thing is spinning. One person spins half a pound of yarn a day, and weaving two pounds of cloth a day is no problem.

It doesn't take much effort to make clothes. It takes less than four days on average to make a cashmere robe. Maybe it will take less than one day after the process is familiar and the equipment is improved. This means that a woman can create at least 40 silver in four days.

Hua Kai brought his mother, fourth aunt and fifth aunt to his experimental workshop. Everyone saw 20 maids working together to make a pile of dirty and smelly wool into exquisite clothes step by step. This process is really strange.

"Son, this method of making wool into clothes is really amazing. There is a lot of wool everywhere. If we can make all the wool in Gaoliu County into such clothes, it will definitely be liked by the people. 40 silver wool clothes are much more durable than silk, and they also keep warm in winter." Huang Shuyun said excitedly when she saw this.

"We need to make all the wool into clothes, which will require at least tens of thousands of people. I think that the three procedures of selecting, washing and combing cashmere are the simplest and fastest. We can give cashmere to the people. We pay 30 bone coins for spinning one pound of cashmere, and 20 bone coins for weaving one zhang of cloth. In this way, a woman can earn 20 bone coins a month. I believe many herdsmen are willing to do it." Hua Kai said.

If the cashmere is handed over to the herdsmen, the labor cost of one zhang of cloth for the Hua family is about 140 bone coins. If it is made into clothes, it will be a huge profit.

Hearing Hua Kai say this, everyone's eyes lit up. In this way, while the Hua family earns more wealth, the status of women in Gaoliu County will inevitably improve, because in Gaoliu County, a grown man doing odd jobs can only earn 20 bone coins a day at most.

Hua Kai's mother, fourth aunt, and fifth aunt couldn't stay when they heard it, and they began to ask about the details of this method.

"Son, let the weaving work be done by the female officials at home! Nothing will happen if the three of us keep an eye on it." Huang Shuyun said this without any confidence. If Hua Kai gave such an important matter to the female officials, it would have a different meaning.

"Since you said so, let the female officials do the wool weaving work first. I will ask all the ranches in Gaoliu City to send wool here in the next few days! Five bone coins for each pound of wool. When the time comes, the selection, washing and combing of cashmere will all be placed here.

After the cashmere comes out, I will tell the female officials about the spinning technology little by little. I will also teach them the craftsmanship and use of cashmere to make wool yarn of different thicknesses. When the time comes, I will teach them the technical essentials."

As Hua Kai said this, Huang Shuyun asked someone to invite the female officials of the Hua family. The female officials of the Hua family have a high status in the Hua family. Most of them are above the late stage of Qi training. Now the Hua family has more than ten female officials in the Xiantian realm, and their abilities have been strictly tested.

After handing over all the technical skills and telling the carpenter to continue researching and improving the technology, Hua Kai no longer cared about the wool. At this time, a piece of news came to Hua Kai, which made him unable to sit still.