The east side of Liangzhou City was originally the most desolate area, with some simple houses scattered and even patches of farmland.

On a vacant land, in just one month, a large number of houses were built.

It stands to reason that winter is not suitable for construction, especially the winter of Datang.

However, after leveling the ground and laying the foundation before the snow falls, the next step is to build the pillars with stones, and then erect thick beams, planks and thick green tiles, and the rest of the work is not afraid of snow.

Seeing that the technical problems of wool cleaning and weaving were almost solved, Li Kuan immediately accelerated the construction of the wool workshop.

"Lord Wang, this is a wool thread made from wool cleaned today, I think it's already very good." Wang Xuance excitedly came to Li Kuan's side with a small bundle of woolen thread.

"If you use this to knit sweaters, it's okay to be so-so. But if you want to make wool cloth, it's not enough. Li Kuan picked up the wool thread ball and looked at it, and felt that it was difficult to estimate it in a short period of time to improve it significantly, and then considering that the warehouse was already full of wool, and if it was not treated, it might be broken, so he agreed to the official start of the wool workshop.

It is said that it is a wool workshop, but it is not a simple workshop, from the tanning, washing, bleaching, drying, to spinning and weaving of wool, the entire wool workshop covers an area of several acres and employs more than 300 people.

This is still the workshop has just started trial production, and the production capacity has not been fully released, otherwise it will exceed 1,000 people per minute.

The textile industry is inherently labor-intensive.

In an environment where productivity is less developed, the demand for manpower becomes even higher.

Not surprisingly, there will no longer be a beggar in Liangzhou City this winter, and there will no longer be a homeless person.

"Has all the wool from the Northwest Trade been transported here?"

In front of the gate of the wool workshop, Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang followed Wang Fugui, watching the wool of a carriage being transported in, and they were very curious about how this wool workshop handled and used the wool.

Although there were special guards at the entrance of the wool workshop, with Wang Fugui with them, they could easily get in.

Wang Fugui: "That's right, it's all transported here." ”

"Did the prince really personally instruct the craftsmen in the workshop to handle the wool?" Chu Suiliang couldn't believe that a prince would actually guide craftsmen in the workshop.

Let's not talk about how he can understand more than a craftsman, even if he really understands, no prince will teach craftsmen to do things, right?

Identity and status don't match at all.

Chu Suiliang, a child born in a small family, has a deep understanding of this.

"These days, the prince is not in the house, that is, in the wool workshop, just now we went to the palace, the prince is not there, then it must be here." Wang Fugui was very determined to take Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang into the gate, passed through a square, and came to a house.

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Chang'an City.

"Li Zhong, what has that guy Li Kuan been busy with in Liangzhou City lately?"

After Li Shimin finished dealing with the day's twists and turns, he stretched his waist and casually asked Li Kuan about his situation.

Since Li Kuan defeated the elite of the Western Turks with the strength of a thousand guards, Li Shimin has become more and more fond of this concubine's son, and the Hundred Cavalry Division even arranged an extra squad to go to Liangzhou for this purpose.

So don't look at the distance between Liangzhou and Chang'an City, but the news of Liangzhou City can be quickly transmitted to Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu ...... He hasn't been busy with anything lately. It snows heavily in Liangzhou, and it is inconvenient to go out in winter. Li Zhong's eyes flickered, and he answered Li Shimin's question hesitantly.

"Huh?" Li Shimin glared dissatisfied, "Are you old and faint?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Li Zhong was startled when he saw Li Shimin's eyes.

"Hmph, I don't dare, that's not to be honest, what kind of basket has Li Kuan stabbed during this time?"

Without waiting for Li Zhong to say, Li Shimin also guessed that Li Kuan must have made some kind of moth, otherwise he would not be like this when he asked Li Zhong.

This son of his own, can he really toss?

Don't be afraid, what scene haven't I seen?

Breathe deeply......

Li Shimin was mentally prepared, and his eyes were fixed on Li Zhong.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu...... He...... He went on a spree in the northwest to buy wool. At this time, Li Zhong didn't dare to hide anything anymore.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you can ask for more blessings.

"Buying wool? Is wool anything good for taking things? Li Shimin was spinning in a big circle, and he really couldn't think of the use of wool.

"The subordinates didn't know, after receiving the news that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had purchased wool on a large scale, he also went to consult General Zhiwei Sili to see if there was any special use of wool on the grassland that his subordinates didn't know. As a result, the general was also puzzled that wool was also useless in the grassland, and its effect was not even as great as sheep dung. It can be said that even if the herdsmen on the grassland see a pile of wool on the ground, they will not bend down to pick it up, because it is really useless. ”

"You've said a lot of big buyings, how much wool did he buy?" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhong in a somewhat unkind tone.

His second son, just now was still thinking that he really had the style of a father, and he defeated the Western Turks at a young age, but he didn't expect a big turn in minutes.

"Your Majesty, the exact number of subordinates doesn't know, it changes every day. But there is news that Xue Yantuo in the north of Liangzhou, Tuyuhun in the south, and other tribes in the surrounding area have been running to Liangzhou City almost all winter, all for the same thing: to sell wool to the northwest trade. ”

"Northwest Trade? This is the son of a scoundrel again? ”

"Northwest trade is indeed the industry of the Chu Palace."

"Wool is useless on the grassland, Li Kuan is actually willing to spend money to buy it, and if he has spare money, it is better to build the city wall of Liangzhou City for me. Hmph, if you make some money with honeycomb coal, you don't take money seriously. ”

Li Shimin thought of Fang Xuanling's report on the situation of the household just a few days ago, and then thought of Li Kuan's lavish spending, no, where is this spending money, this is a waste, and he is very unhappy in his heart!

"Your Majesty, it is said that the wool purchased by the Northwest Trade has exceeded 300,000 catties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the wool is piled up. A while ago, the housekeeper of the Chu Wangfu also specially arranged a team of people to send a large number of supplies to Liangzhou. ”

"I'm so angry! Let him look at Liangzhou City for me, he is good, he actually sends money to people every day, isn't he afraid that everyone will think that my Li Tang is easy to take advantage of? ”

"Your Majesty, maybe His Royal Highness the King of Chu has other considerations."

"Think about it, the Turks can't take wool, just Li Kuan, can he know more about wool than the herdsmen who have lived in the steppe for generations?"