Hua Kai's thoughts in Hua Cheng were on the next step of building a country. He must determine the future development direction of High Willow County before that.
Hua Jiazhu's workshops were being expanded. Hua Kai and Wuren Tuya left Hua Cheng and went to the tribes at the foot of the mountain to watch the herdsmen instructing the slaves to shear the sheep.
"What do you do with the sheep's wool?" Hua Kai looked at the slaves skillfully shearing the sheep and asked the person in charge of the ranch here.
All the ranches at the foot of the mountain belonged to the Hua family. All the ranches were Hua family's Household Servant.
Every spring, the ranches had to shear the sheep's wool. Otherwise, the sheep would get sick from the heat.
"Family Head, how can the wool be used? It is all dug and buried." The Hua family's Household Servant replied.
"Such good wool is thrown away?
Can't it be made into a wool coat? "Hua Kai couldn't help but ask.
"This … overcoat made of wool can only be worn by slaves. Not only is the smell too strong, it's also too heavy, the color is ugly, and the key point is that it's troublesome to make." The servant was somewhat puzzled as to why Hua Kai would ask these questions.
Hua Kai just remembered that in this world, wool coats were made by sticking the wool outside the linen clothes. It was ugly and not very warm.
Hua Kai now lacked an industry that could drive the development of all the people. If he could make wool products, not only could it solve the production problem of the people of High Willow County, the Hua family could also establish a closer cooperation with the tribes of the grassland. He suddenly remembered the story of "sheep eating people." If the Hua family could master the wool weaving technology, then it would be an unpredictable power.
"Okay, you inform all the tribes at the foot of the mountain. This year, don't throw away the sheep's wool. Send it all to Hua Cheng. I have a use for it." Hua Kai finished and returned to the Pegasus Farm with Wuren Tuya.
"Why did you go back after just going down the mountain? What good things did you think of?"
Wuren Tuya and Hua Kai had been married for half a year, and Hua Kai could often think of some strange things. This caused the High Willow Region to have more and more small inventions and snacks. High Willow Region attracted outsiders, and these small things played an important role.
"I thought of something good. If this thing is made, the Hua family will earn at least a million gold every year. All of the people in High Willow County, including the women, will be able to earn money to support their families. None of us will have to suffer from the cold during the winter." Hua Kai said.
The process of making wool into coats or wool was actually very simple. The key was selecting, washing, combing, and spinning. Selecting, washing, and combing required simple tools. With the ability of the Hua family's carpenters, it was too easy to make.
Spinning thread was a bit troublesome, and it was impossible to unify the workshops into running thread, but this could be handed over to the people of High Willow County to do.
When women had the means to earn money to support themselves, their status would be able to rise. This was crucial to the culture and prosperity of High Willow Region. After all, there were many more women than men in this world.
Although selecting, washing, and combing were simple, the average person didn't know the trick and couldn't do it. Hua Kai called the craftsmen in Hua City and had them make the equipment needed for the three processes according to his requirements.
Selecting the wool was actually quite easy. After washing the wool and drying it, it was placed on a few rows of silver wires. The distance between the silver wires at the top was large, and the distance between the wires decreased as it went down. Three layers were enough.
The wool was placed on top and the silver wires were flicked. The sharp and hard wool would fall down, and the soft cashmere would be on top. The second and third layers of wool could be flicked a few more times, and the cashmere could be completely sorted out.
After selecting the cashmere, the next step was to wash the cashmere. After steaming and washing it a few times with water, some of the cashmere's color was still gray. At this time, it needed to be washed with some special things. There were many herbs here that had the effect of removing the smell and bleaching.
After washing the cashmere, combing the cashmere was relatively simple. All the washed cashmere was combed neatly with a comb, and some of the bad wool was removed. Then, it could be sent to the women to be spun or directly made into woolen overcoats.
It only took one day for Hua Kai to prepare all the equipment needed for the process. He personally made the world's first cashmere.
Hua Kai brought the cashmere to Wuren Tuya. Wuren Tuya glanced at it and somewhat disapproved. "You worked in full swing for a few days just for this?
What are you going to do with it? Are you going to make clothes? "
"Don't look down on this thing. Cashmere is much better than silk and cloth. Moreover, it doesn't look any worse than cloth. Tomorrow, I will let the maids try to spin it into yarn and then weave it into clothes. Look, 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 instructed his butler, Wal-mart, to find an open space in Hua City and build a factory on it. He brought all the various tools that he had made in the past few days to the new factory, and then called over 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. Wuren Tuya's eyes widened in surprise when she saw it.
"You said that these were all made with wool?" Wuren Tuya asked in disbelief.
"That's right. How much do you think these clothes are worth? How much do you think this cashmere coat and scarf are worth?" Hua Kai looked at Wuren Tuya and said with a smile.
"I can't believe that wool can be made into such soft clothes. This feels so much better than fine cloth. And this cashmere coat, this … should be something only nobles can afford!" Wurentua was unable to give a price for these clothes. "Hahaha! Hahaha!
Hua Kai and Wuren Tuya arrived at a small building beside the central lake. Huang Shuyun was idle and chatting with Fourth Aunt and Fifth Aunt with a few maids. When they saw Hua Kai arrive, Fourth Aunt and Fifth Aunt stood up and bowed to Hua Kai and were about to take their leave.
"Fourth Aunt, Fifth Aunt, since you are here, I have something that I want to show you.
What do you think of these clothes? "Hua Kai took out the cashmere robe and said. This was the one that required the most manpower.
"This … this doesn't seem to be made of cotton or silk. It feels really good. Is this some kind of treasure?
It doesn't seem like it either! "
Princess Ji Le hugged her two sons. The two little fellows were now almost three years old and were at the age where they were making noise. Everyone in the Hua family was very fond of them.
"This was made with wool by my maids. How much do you think it will cost?" Hua Kai asked.
"Ordinary cloth clothes like this will cost about 8 silver. If it is silk, it will cost more than 60 silver.
This one was of much better quality than the fine cloth, and it felt softer to the touch.
However, the price should be lower than silk. 40 silver taels should be suitable. Son, how much does it cost to make these clothes? "Huang Shuyun asked.
Huang Shuyun was most familiar with the price of cloth and clothes. She said.
Hua Kai thought that this robe should weigh about 8 silver taels. According to the speed of selecting, washing, and combing, as long as there were hundreds of people every day, it wouldn't be a problem to comb tens of thousands of jins of wool. The most important thing was the spinning. If one person spun half a jin of yarn a day, it wouldn't be a problem to weave 2 jin of cloth a day.
Making the clothes didn't take much effort. The average time to make a cashmere robe was less than 4 days. Perhaps after the process was more familiar and the equipment was improved, it wouldn't even take a day. This showed that a woman could make at least 40 silver taels in 4 days.
Hua Kai brought his mother, fourth aunt, and fifth aunt to his small experimental workshop. Everyone saw 20 maids working together. A large pile of dirty and smelly wool was made into exquisite clothes step by step. This process was really strange.
"Son, this method of making wool into clothes is really amazing. Wool is everywhere. If we can make all the wool in Gao Liu County into clothes like this, it will certainly be loved by the common people. 40 silver taels of wool is much more durable than silk. Moreover, it is also very warm in winter." Huang Shuyun excitedly said.
"If we want to make all the wool into clothes, it will take at least tens of thousands of people.
I think the three procedures of selecting, washing, and combing are the simplest and fastest. We can give the cashmere to the common people. We will give 30 bone coins for a jin of cashmere to make a spinning thread and 20 bone coins for a piece of cloth. So a woman can earn 20 bone coins a month. I believe many herdsmen are willing to do it. "Hua Kai said.
Giving the cashmere to the herdsmen, the labor cost of the Hua family for a piece of cloth was about 140 bone coins. If it was made into clothes, it would be really profitable.
Hearing Hua Kai's words, everyone's eyes could not help but brighten. While the Hua family was earning more wealth, the status of women in Gao Liu County was bound to improve, because a man doing odd jobs in Gao Liu County was only 20 bone coins a day.
Hua Kai's mother, fourth aunt, and fifth aunt couldn't help but listen. They began to ask about the details of the implementation of this set of methods.
"Son, this weaving matter will be handed over to the female officials in the family!
The three of us will stare at the back and nothing will happen. "
Huang Shuyun said this sentence without any certainty. If Hua Kai handed over such an important thing to the female officials, then the meaning would be different.
"Since mother said so, then let the female officials do the wool weaving matter first. I will let all the ranches in Gao Liu City send the wool over in the next few days!
Every jin of wool … five bone coins. The selection, washing, and combing will all be placed here.
After the cashmere comes out, I will tell the female officials a little bit about the spinning technology. The cashmere will turn into wool of different thicknesses. I will teach them the technical essentials. "
Hua Kai said and Huang Shuyun asked people to invite the Hua family's female officials. The status of the Hua family's female officials in the Hua family was not low. Most of them were above the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm. Now the Hua family has more than a dozen female officials in the Xiantian realm. Their ability was strictly tested.
After explaining all the technology and telling the carpenters to continue to study the improvement of the technology, Hua Kai no longer cared about the wool. At this time, a news came to Hua Kai, which made Hua Kai unable to sit still.