Chapter Ninety-Five: Difficult Wool
"Now that the matter has been decided, let's draft the Cabinet!" Zhu Youzhu sat up with a light smile, and said in a gentle tone: "Autumn is coming soon, the court has been busy for a year, and you have all worked hard. ”
Listening to Zhu Youzhang's words, the three of them naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The ministers must do their best." ”
On the side of the capital, Zhu Youzhu finalized the tax collection for Zhu Houzhao, which paved the way for Zhu Houzhao, but here in Liaodong, Zhu Houzhao is solving new problems.
Looking at Gao Feng in front of him, Zhu Houzhao slowly said, "Still can't you?" ”
"Go back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it's still not good." Gao Feng's face was also ugly, and he said cautiously: "The craftsmen have tried various methods, but they still can't imitate the thread, let alone weave the cloth, and the wool thread released is basically like this, it is too rough." Saying that, Gao Feng took out a ball of thread, and then gave it to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and took the thread ball, this thing is too thick, it is almost the same as making rope, and it is no fun to make clothes.
"It seems that you can't get anything rough!" Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and handed the thread ball to Liu Jin, the expression on his face was very helpless, in fact, Zhu Houzhao had thought of this situation for a long time, and he was also mentally prepared, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
Many people have wondered why China's wool textile can't develop, after all, China has such a vast grassland. Although the grassland is occupied by ethnic minorities, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, it also took and demanded from the grassland tribes, is it because the Chinese are not so smart? Many people have summed up a lot of reasons.
For example, the mulberry and silkworm industry is developed, such as the cotton and linen industry, but in fact it is not the case, it is originally very simple, and the sheep on the grassland are not good.
The sheep raised on the grassland is called Mongolian sheep, which is the name given by later generations, and it is directly named after the place name, which shows its unique representativeness. The largest number and most widely distributed coarse wool sheep breed in China, Mongolian sheep is one of the three major coarse wool sheep breeds in China, it has strong vitality, suitable for nomadic herding, cold resistance, drought tolerance and other characteristics, and has good meat and fat production.
Just look at his advantages and disadvantages, a little because of his strong vitality, suitable for nomadism, cold tolerance, drought tolerance and other characteristics, and has good meat and fat production.
It is completely in line with the needs of nomads, or this is the result of thousands of years of domestication of nomadic peoples, in a word, it is easy to feed and produce meat, which can provide meat for the grassland herdsmen.
The disadvantage is that this is a coarse sheep, and it is not even a disadvantage, but here in Zhu Houzhao, this is a disadvantage. Because the wool of coarse sheep cannot be spun and weaved, at most it is slow to make carpets and tents, and it is still suitable for nomads, of course, it is also very good for making felt, and almost all the characteristics are prepared for nomads.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao thought that even if it was worse, he could at least weave some coarse cloth, but now it seems hopeless.
"Okay, then you don't need to spin and weave." Zhu Hou looked at Gao Feng and instructed: "Try to make felt and carpet!" ”
Since it doesn't work, then I don't force it, and I can sell it as felt and carpets, and Zhu Houzhao believes that this thing can sell well when it is promoted. As for spinning and weaving, then you can only wait until you get the fine-wool sheep of later generations, that is, merino sheep, which are native to Spain. In the middle of the 16th century, the Spanish merino sheep was introduced to the United States, and in the 18th century, it was successively introduced to Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Russia, South Africa and other countries, and by the 19th century, it spread all over the world.
The current Daming doesn't have it, so there is no way to do this, but Zhu Houzhao believes that he will definitely be able to get it.
Since he knew in advance, Zhu Houzhao naturally made preparations, and after glancing at Gao Feng, Zhu Houzhao instructed: "Try it with cashmere!" ”
Many people in later generations are different, in fact, wool is wool, cashmere is cashmere, these two are not the same thing at all. Wool comes out of sheep, whereas cashmere comes out of goats. Although Daming does not have fine-wool sheep, cashmere is available, and it is very good, but Zhu Houzhao wants to make civilian products, but he can't.
The price of cashmere, which has really been high, because the production is low, but the main high-end can also make a lot of money.
Marketing strategy Zhu Houzhao has thought about it, it's time to start building Daming's luxury brand, how did luxury jewelry come about? The earliest luxury goods were specially provided by the royal family, and only later entered the homes of the common people. As long as Zhu Houzhao positions the cashmere products as a tribute, and then launches a strange Zhai to advocate it, the price of cashmere, tsk, Zhu Houzhao believes that everyone will be shocked.
When the time comes, it is estimated that it will be able to make a lot of money when it is exported to North Korea, anyway, if it is popular in the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be popular in North Korea, and even the party will fight in North Korea.
"Yes, the slave will arrange for someone to try when she goes back." Gao Feng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down, without the slightest certainty in his tone.
Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to say anything to Gao Feng, waved his hand and motioned him to step back, using cashmere Zhu Houzhao is very sure, because there are Liaoning goats here. Zhu Houzhao spent some time in the Northeast in his previous life, and he knows this very well. In later generations, Liaoning cashmere goat is a precious cashmere goat breed in China, and the cashmere produced is called "fiber gem" by experts because of its excellent quality, and it is the best animal fiber textile raw material in the textile industry.
Liaoning cashmere goats are among the most advanced products of the same kind in the world in terms of fluff quality and cashmere production, and are known as "Chinese national treasures". Liaoning cashmere goat is the world's white cashmere goat breed with good fluff quality and the highest cashmere yield, which is a cashmere meat dual-use breed, with high cashmere yield, strong adaptability, stable genetic performance, and significant effect of improving local goats.
Anyway, now that the entire Northeast is sparsely populated, he simply herds sheep, and as for the grassland, Zhu Houzhao is still not ready to let the goats go to the scourge.
The grass on the grassland is thin, the goats eat the grass roots, grazing goats on the grassland can easily cause environmental damage, and Zhu Houzhao is not worried about the expansion of goats into the grassland until the entire northeast land is filled with goats. As for the goats that fill the northeast, the own fine wool sheep are estimated to have also come, and it is said that the Huanyi Bureau can go to the south to find it.
Let's see if those who engage in smuggling can get it, and if they can get it, then they can just use it and cultivate some breeding sheep.
Although there is no way to get fine-wool sheep for the time being, cashmere and coarse wool sheep are enough for the time being, and there is no problem in supporting the prevention industry in Liaodong. Zhu Houzhao is worried about other places, maybe someone will herd goats on the grassland for huge profits, and it will be difficult to do. It seems that this matter of sucking cats and sheep really can't be delayed.