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Chapter 255 Selling Things (38)

In this kind of work, Wang Dong was surprised to find that the endurance-boosting effect of the sea dog burst tire health pill he took before was really good. For a whole week, he almost only slept for three hours a day, but he still felt energetic, almost human-like. working machine.

And during this week, Wang Dong's ability finally impressed the entire Wang family.Wang Dong was busy from morning to night every day, with everything from arranging reclamation of canals to breeding of tobacco and sugar beet seedlings. In the afternoon, he went to the white fungus planting field to see the latest white fungus growth. Humidity and temperature, sometimes he happily goes outside the city to search for quartz sand and various necessary minerals to prepare the preliminary preparations for the glass factory.All these tasks came rushing in. If it weren't for Wang Dong's investigation in Shanzhou City in this time and space before, he has a detailed understanding of the operation mode of these industries, and he has made time planning and progress planning early. , he will definitely mess up everything, and to the Wang family, it seems that Wang Dong only does all this in an orderly manner, which is simply like a miracle. They cannot imagine how many things Wang Dong has to calculate in his mind, and Wang Dong East.After showing his ability, no one in the Wang family dared to question him anymore.

But at this moment, Yang suddenly came to the door.

Wang Dong looked at the old lady's sad face with some doubts, and couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Yang hesitated for a while, and said to Wang Dong, "We have no money in our account."

"In the past few days, the labor cost invested in this farm is nearly 400 taels, and the land needs to be leveled, and the outside masters must be invited to teach the slaves to plow the fields, and some farm tools and cattle must be purchased. A total of 500 taels have been invested. Two went in..."

Mrs. Yang was a little embarrassed when she said that. She has been paying attention to the farm's affairs these days. Knowing that Wang Dong brought a lot of machinery and equipment from Kunlun Mountain, she has also seen these precision machinery far beyond the level of this era. I know those things are very valuable.

Just relying on these machines, Wang Dong's investment in this farm is far greater than her own investment, so when Mrs. Yang said that she had no money to invest, she couldn't help but feel a little emboldened, but Wang Dong only had machines but no silver. All the working capital of Zhuangzhuang in operation is provided by the Yang family. You must know that the Wang family is not considered rich at all, and they can barely maintain it under the management of the Yang family. They have not been in Shanzhou for a long time. , Yang wanted to borrow money and had no place to ask, so she came to complain to Wang Dong as a last resort.

Hearing this, Wang Dong didn't show any surprise, he said with a smile: "I forgot these few days, we really should make some money."

Yang was quite surprised when he heard that, "Why do you still have a way to make money?"

Wang Dong nodded and turned around and shouted, "He La, where is He La?"

He has been in the farm for the past few days, and He Luo, as his personal attendant, has been by his side all the time. When he heard his call, someone immediately went to look for He Luo, and soon He Luo came running over.

Wang Dongdao: "Has the Huohuanbu recently made by your tribe been effective?"

He Luo wanted to tell Wang Dong about this a long time ago, but he never had the chance. This is also the way for their tribe to make a fortune in the future. Why didn't he care?Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Master, the cloth has already been made."

Wang Dong nodded and said, "Bring it to me tomorrow." After speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember when he saw Mrs. Yang, so he continued to ask He Luo, "By the way, is the cashmere sweater ready?"

He Luo nodded again and said with a smile: "The cashmere sweater has also been made. It is warm and light as the adults said. It's just that the source of materials is really not easy. Otherwise, this product can also become our main product for export."

Wang Dong nodded and said with a smile: "Maybe not now, but maybe in the future."

He turned to Yang and said, "Recently, I researched some fabrics in He Luo's tribe and tried to make a cashmere sweater. It's not easy to come by. It just happens that the weather is still cold recently. Why don't you wear it?" Bar."

Yang Shi couldn't help being taken aback when she heard the words, and then she was a little moved. After getting in touch with her in the past few days, she also knew that Wang Dong is not the kind of person who sees money. Peaceful and refined, if you think about it from the bottom of your heart, if you can choose someone to be your son, Yang even thinks that Wang Dongyuan is much better than Wang Hui.

But now Wang Dong still thinks about giving her clothes, this can't help but touch Yang's heart.She is also in her 50s this year. She has no children in her life and has gone through two marriages. Her fate can be described as rough. She usually looks like a shrewd and capable old lady outside, but Yang's heart is not so good. Lonely, no matter what age old people are, they need company. For Wang Dong's concern, Yang's is naturally quite useful.

The cashmere sweater is something that Wang Dong has long wanted to make. Before he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, he thought that knitting sweaters in later generations had once become a popular decompression activity all over the country. In fact, as far as he knows, sweater knitting is not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States. It is also a very popular handicraft hobby for the public. He even seems to have seen news about British athletes knitting sweaters on the sidelines of the Olympic Games to relieve their psychological pressure.

In the past, Wang Dong has always been curious, why the wool was not made into wool for knitting sweaters in history when so many sheep are produced in a place like the Northwest?So after coming to the Northwest of Datang, apart from studying textile machines, Wang Dong naturally had the idea of ​​entering the wool spinning industry.

In later generations, Shanzhou wool textile products were also one of the top commodities for local export, so Wang Dong asked He Luo's Shanzhou Qiang to find some wool for him, but after hearing Wang Dong's request, the Shanzhou Qiang people were very disappointed. It's a look of bewilderment.

After they got the wool at this time, Wang Dong also figured out the reason why He La and the others were strange. The wool they got for him was a big truckload, but when he looked through the wool, it was all thick and hard. It is about to catch up with sandpaper. The things woven by this thing must not be worn on the body, and judging by He Luo's operation method, it is estimated that the sheep raised in Shanzhou have never been shaved in their entire lives. This is the carload of wool. I don't know how many sheep scolded the street to get it.

It’s no wonder why, when they heard that Wang Dong wanted to use wool to make clothes, they all showed strange expressions. After going back to check the information, Wang Dong found out that the sheep raised in ancient China and later generations were used to make wool yarn. Although all sheep are called sheep, they belong to different breeds. For example, the Ningxia sheep, Tibetan sheep and Mongolian sheep produced in the northwest area until later generations belong to very typical coarse or medium coarse wool sheep breeds. The fine-wool sheep that are used as raw materials for wool spinning are completely different types. The sheep wool here can be used to make things like carpets and wool felt, but it cannot be used for fine textiles. If you want to make clothes, you can only choose lamb fur. Lamb skin was already one of the specialties of Northwest China at this time. In the Shanzhou Qiang tribe like He Luo, the large tax burden paid every year was offset by lamb skin.

Just think about it, if wool can be directly spun into wool to weave clothes, the local people must have discovered this skill a long time ago, so why do they need to enlighten themselves?After a lot of tossing, the wool obtained by Wang Dong could not be woven into a sweater at all, but since it was the beginning of spring at this time, the sheep had grown new cashmere, so after some combing, Wang Dong got a few catties of cashmere. The cost of this little cashmere is indeed too high, and it is impossible to mass-produce it at all, so he simply asked the people of Shanzhou Qiang to collect the cashmere, added a little hemp fiber, and made it into cashmere and hemp. Fiber blended wool, and then let the women of Shanzhou Qiang use this wool to weave a sweater.

(End of this chapter)