Chapter 770: Tokyo wool is as expensive as oil
The civil strife of the Liao Dynasty was pacified under the wisdom and heroism of the Empress Dowager Xiao Tzuli, and the whole country of the Liao Dynasty celebrated, even more lively than Zhengdan, which means that the Liao Dynasty is united and can recuperate and restore national strength.
No matter which country, the people are the most simple, and the most expected thing is just to live a good life, that's all, the concern for national political affairs is also related to their vital interests, and the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan makes them panic, for fear that there will be a division of Daliao.
Song Xiaoyi and Zhou Zhan saw the scenes of celebration in various places along the way, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and they didn't know whether this was good or bad for the Great Song Dynasty.
When the black hand left the capital, its powerful intelligence system was already in operation, and within five days, Zhao Zhen had received a secret report from the black hand, and Zhao Zhen was standing in front of the huge wool loom at this time to watch how this thing turned wool into wool.
The waiter sent a special wax pill, and the handwriting on it appeared in front of him when he gently cracked the note, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, if Xiao Tzuli didn't have such a means, where could he protect his son and the country of Da Liao, this woman is not simple!
Throwing the note into the sink for washing wool, the handwriting quickly dissipated, and the piece of paper slowly sank, as if it had never happened, it was not surprising that Zhao Zhen had already guessed something, the wool loom in front of him was the most important thing.
But when the fluffy and fluffy wool turned into wool from the huge loom, Zhao Zhen's eyes burst out with an astonishing look, which made the officials who would be the prisoners on the side slightly surprised, it was just a loom, how could His Majesty show the joy of a magnificent treasure?
Obviously, this is a misunderstanding, for Zhao Zhen, this is not only a machine for creating wealth, but also a powerful weapon, like the most gentle poison in the world, which is imperceptible, but the destructive power destroys the economy of the party members like a storm.
The Great Song Dynasty is about to open a new war mode, economic war, Zhao Zhen has been accumulating strength for this war, and it is also his leapfrog offensive strategy, first attacking the party, seizing a small piece of horse farmland, and then attacking the Liao Dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and expand the horse farm, now it is time to turn attention to the party item.
Only by completely recovering the land of the Hetao can Zhao Zhen feel at ease, and put all his strength into the war against the Liao Dynasty, and turned to the officials on the side and asked: "Can such a loom be mass-produced?" ”
The official bowed down and replied: "It is absolutely possible, although the structure of this loom is cumbersome, but it is all wooden tools, as long as the craftsman is skilled for three or five days!" ”
Zhao Zhen nodded: "Such looms should be mass-produced, the more the better!" From now on, you will make use of all the surplus and idle manpower, and step up the construction of looms, preferably by flowing water. ”
The official asked a little puzzled: "Official, Wei Chen dared to ask, although this loom is ingenious and can turn wool into wool, but there is a lot of money to make this thing, is it ......?"
Sancai on the side drank: "This is also something you can ask?" There must be an essence of what the official family says so, and you can do it, why do you have so much to do with it? ”
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, pulled up the kneeling official and said: "It doesn't matter, I can't tell you too clearly, but I also want you to know that the money for building these looms will not be wasted, and someone will soon come to buy these looms, and it will be purchased in large quantities." ”
The official who will be the prison will look at Zhao Zhen in surprise, in his opinion, who will spend money to buy this thing, even if it turns wool into wool, it seems that it is useless except to weave it into a blanket, if anyone wears a woolen coat and goes out without being laughed at?
In the face of his surprise, Zhao Zhen just smiled, who said that wool clothes can't be worn out? It's just that the method is wrong, and it's hard to take off a sweater once you put it on......
Compared to the fabric, the rarest place of the sweater is that it needs to be made into clothes, and the sweater needle, which seems to be insignificant but the most critical thing, is essential.
In the Great Song Dynasty, there was no shortage of industrious women, who could always provide more or less wealth for the family in their spare time, and they were never tired of it, and the factories could recruit these idle temporary workers and pay them for their time.
In fact, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were very smart, not only recruited these women, but also posted the money of a certain woman who did the most, the fastest, and the most beautiful clothes, and paid ten times a month......
Ten Dollars! This is a fortune that a man can't earn even if he is lucky in the factory for three months! For a while, this miracle spread all over the streets and alleys, and at the same time, it also made all the women of the Great Song Dynasty red-eyed, they had never heard of a woman other than Oiran who could earn so much money in a month.
It's a wealth that can be reached with just two hands! That woman is also called Du Shi Niang...... Because it just so happens that her surname is Du.
Of course, in order to promote the sweater Zhao Zhen and his harem is also indispensable, at the court meeting at the beginning of the month, Zhao Zhen rewarded the courtiers with exquisite sweaters, and Wang Yuyan, as the queen of the middle palace, actively cooperated.
The ladies of the court, the relatives of the clan, as long as they can enter the palace, will each be rewarded with one, including the princess Zhao Miaoyuan, who married out......
Sweaters, a dazzling garment, quickly became popular after they first appeared in the Great Song Dynasty, warm and comfortable, and more importantly, as long as they are worn inside the outer caftan, it does not affect the view at all, and some people even deliberately put the high collar up to expose the outside of the caftan.
Not only the rise of sweaters, but also cotton cloth and cotton clothes rose at the same time in the Great Song Dynasty, they are as warm and beautiful as sweaters, as long as the smudge is good, cotton cloth can also become exquisite clothing, and with sweaters, a new style is staged in the Great Song Dynasty, although it is still a long robe, a short placket, a skirt jacket and the like, but it gives people a new feeling.
Tokyo City leads the fashion of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty leads the trend of the world, and soon these cotton clothes and sweaters have become important goods of the Great Song Dynasty, and the supply of wings in the world exceeds demand.
As the raw material of sweaters, people call this kind of wool woven into something brown, because as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, there were sweaters, also called brown clothes, but the sweaters at that time were not comfortable, and later the appearance of twine and silk gradually replaced brown clothes.
Nowadays, the brown clothes of the Great Song Dynasty are called sweaters, because of its soft texture, warm and cold-proof, after several processes of processing it has been completely different from the original brown clothes, wearing it on the body does not feel rough and prickly, plus a cotton cloth made of underwear, it is really comfortable.
At this time, as the raw material wool of sweaters and other wool products, wool is very tight, and the wool of the Great Song Dynasty is completely insufficient, not to mention that the Song people's favorite is mutton soup, and the number of sheep can no longer meet the needs of the factory while providing delicious mutton.
At this time, it was necessary to import wool from other countries, and the country that produced wool was the Western Xia...... The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty did not hesitate to purchase wool from the Western Xia people, which led to the development of animal husbandry in the Western Xia, and many people in the Chinese court saw this help to the Western Xia and proposed that Zhao Zhen raise sheep in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, sheep are not as "delicate" as horses.
But Zhao Zhen vetoed them all, and even ignored them, because this was the beginning of his plan.