The cold wind from Siberia howled through Chang'an City, rattling the branches of the trees on both sides of the street.

The pedestrians on the road wrapped up their clothes tightly and walked forward briskly with their heads down.

The business of Fan Yang linen shop in West Market is getting better and better.

"Shopkeeper Lu, you still have the best vision. After this year, the price of linen cloth really rose again, and the price of all kinds of furs purchased from Hebei also continued to rise. ”

Xiao Er had just sold a piece of linen, smiling and talking to the shopkeeper Lu who walked by.

Although the weather is cold and the crowds of people shopping in the West Market have decreased, the business of the Lujia linen shop in Fanyang has not deteriorated at all.

Linen cloth is not a cloth with a good warmth effect, but it is a fabric that almost all ordinary people can afford.

In this cold day, only the children of the nobles and wealthy merchants can afford all kinds of fine furs, and ordinary people dare not ask for luxury, and it is already a very happy thing to be able to buy a linen cloth to go home.

However, the price of linen is now three times that of the beginning of last year.

Ordinary people need almost 100 yuan to make a piece of clothing, and the money for buying linen cloth alone is almost 100 yuan, which is beyond the spending power of most ordinary people.

But there is no way, many families can only buy a little bit, and the family must at least have a dress that can be worn out of the house, right?

"Nonsense, when did my judgment go wrong? A few days ago, at the gathering of the shopkeepers, the proprietor praised me for coming. ”

Shopkeeper Lu has been having a good time during this time, and even the concubines in the family have clearly felt that he has stopped after a few breaths recently.

"By the way, remember to tell everyone that all those who come to buy things must not bargain with them, let alone reduce the price. Whether it is the linen cloth or fur in our shop, it is the most complete in Chang'an City, and the quality is also the best, which is the price. ”

Although Shopkeeper Lu did not sign an agreement with other families such as price alliances, other merchants were not stupid, and when they saw that the largest linen merchant in Chang'an City was selling so expensive, they naturally would not sell their own goods cheaply.

"Shopkeeper, don't worry! At the current price, it has been selling better and better day by day in recent days. ”

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Just as Shopkeeper Lu was talking to Xiao Er, the shop that had been closed for a long time opposite suddenly opened.

There is a row of stools at the door of the shop, and a dozen women sit on chairs knitting woolen yarn, some preparing to make wool vests, some preparing to make wool pants, and some are making wool blankets.

On the other side, more than a dozen woolen sweaters of different styles are being worn on wooden dolls for passers-by to see.

In front of the puppets, there are also tables with woolen coats and clumps of woolen thread.

Needless to say, this is the opening of a clothing store under the Chu Wangfu.

"Sister Xiang'er, everything has been prepared according to the requirements in Sister Qing'er's letter, do you think there is anything else that needs to be added?"

Xing'er was assigned to be in charge of the newly opened clothing store, and the more experienced Xiang'er naturally wanted to come over to assist for a while, anyway, the Treasure Pavilion was already on the right track, and it was the same with her or not.

As for the arrangement that Qing'er told Xing'er in her letter, it was naturally Li Kuan's handwriting.

Xiang'er: "I see that the preparations in the shop are almost there, but the prince hopes that we will promote the use of wool thread as soon as possible, which will allow more people to know how to process wool thread into woolen clothes, I think you can put more effort into this." ”

"Well, I have an idea, but I haven't dared to say it, I'm afraid that the housekeeper will say that I am a loser!" Apricot glanced at Laifu not far away a little tangled.

"Oh? Let's hear it. The prince is the most open-minded, as long as he can complete the task he arranged, no matter what the method is, he should support it. ”

"I ...... I think we can ask dozens of people to walk around Chang'an City in woolen clothes, and then provide a batch of wool threads for free to the matchmakers in each workshop, provided that they use these wool threads to weave woolen clothes themselves. ”

After Xing'er finished speaking, she looked at Xiang'er a little apprehensively; Although Li Kuan was ready to let her be in charge of the business of the clothing store, Xiang'er was asked to supervise and assist in the early days, and it can be said that Xiang'er has a great say in the operation of the clothing store.

"No problem! Xing'er, I agreed to this plan for the prince! ”

At that moment, a figure sprang out from the side.

"Ahh Steward Wang, are you back? ”

"Is the prince back too?"

Qing'er and Xing'er laughed excitedly when they saw Wang Xuance who suddenly appeared.

"Without His Majesty's will, the prince cannot return to Beijing. However, I estimate that it will not be too long, and it just so happens that the promotion of wool thread is of great significance, so the prince asked me to escort a batch of wool thread back and return to Beijing in advance. ”

Li Kuan made a disturbance in Liangzhou City, he had already heard the rumors, and the eldest grandson Wuji was proposing to transfer him back to Chang'an City.

It is estimated that at this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji regretted his death in his heart, and sent Li Kuan to Liangzhou, not only did not harm him, but gave him all kinds of opportunities for meritorious service.

Some time ago, I saw the warmth effect of the woolen sweater worn by Li Shimin in the imperial study, and combined with the news that the eldest grandson's family inquired about from Liangzhou, the eldest grandson Wuji was keenly aware that wool, which was useless before, would have a great future.

The team of the eldest grandson's family to the grassland to buy wool had already set off a few days ago.

At this time, letting Li Kuan continue to stay in Liangzhou will not only not harm Li Kuan in the slightest, but will give the Chu Wangfu more the upper hand in wool-related matters.

With the mind of the eldest grandson Wuji, he naturally wanted to get Li Kuan back.

"Is there any new wool coming in? There is already a backlog of more than 100,000 catties of wool thread in the warehouse, and if it is increased, I don't know when it will be sold. Apricot felt a rush of pressure coming over her.

"Our wool thread only sells for 20 yuan a catty, a month before the opening of the purchase can also be discounted, a sweater also needs about two catties of wool thread, so calculated, more than 30 yuan can weave a warm wool sweater, much cheaper than linen clothes, most of the people in Chang'an City can afford it. What do you have to worry about? ”

Wang Xuance has always been by Li Kuan's side, and he is obviously much more confident than Xing'er in the usefulness and future of wool thread.

Xiang'er: "Steward Wang is right, Xing'er, if you weave this woolen sweater yourself, it is cheaper than linen clothes, and the warmth effect is indeed much better than linen, there is no reason why the people don't like it." ”

"I think the promotion idea you mentioned just now, Miss Xing'er, is very good. A team of weak women wearing woolen sweaters and wool pants walked in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, holding up a big sign in their hands, writing "a woolen jacket, warm over a dogskin jacket", "opening rewards, 20% discount", "Liangzhou wool thread, a must-have choice at home" and other words, which will definitely be able to sensation the whole city in a short time. ”

Wang Xuance thought of what Li Kuan had said to him.

Xing'er said a little excitedly: "Is this plan really feasible?" ”