"Brother Zhang." Everyone packed their luggage clearly, Ren Donghao walked over and looked at Zhang Xifan expectantly.

Zhang Xifan patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, I happened to go to Jingzhou with me this time, I haven't forgotten you."

Ren Donghao's heart finally settled, and he followed the horse steadily, and under the leadership of Guo Ming'an's cavalry, several people successively encountered small groups of troops from several small tribes, and gradually approached the border Huaixi after a fierce battle.

……

Ning Changrong inspected the wool that Zhang Xifan had traded and transported back on the grassland one by one, and smelled the pungent smell from afar.

He gently touched the wool in those bags with his hand, which was very delicate.

"Tsk, there are so many sheep from these Northern Firmaments."

The wool transported back is the appearance after being compressed, even if it is compressed, there are several large carts, and if it is used to make sweaters, at least tens of thousands of pieces can be made.

It slowly becomes fluffy after being exposed to the sun, which is somewhat similar to cotton.

It's a pity that the wool stinks and gets dirty.

Ning Husheng covered his nose and followed Ning Changrong, "What are we doing with these hairs?"

"These are treasures, treasures from the cold, better than cotton."

Ning Husheng was puzzled: "Do you want to fill these wool into your clothes and use them as cotton?" I'm afraid no one wants such a big smell, right?"

Typical dislike of the rich, and the unaffordable.

How is it possible to be so wasteful, to fill the wool directly into the clothes?

Ning Changrong smiled, didn't explain, wait until I go back to find a way to see how to get rid of the smell of these wool.

He pointed to the wool in front of him, "You tell them to turn it all over and pile it all together."

Ning Husheng didn't know why, but he did it.

Ning Changrong went home directly and found Ning Qingxi, who was still learning the rules.

Ning Qingxi said hello to his grandmother with relief as if he saw a rescuer, and Ning Changrong came to the study.

"Dad, thank you so much."

Ning Changrong looked at her amusedly: "If you insist on insisting, isn't this what you agree."

"Consent is consent, but it doesn't prevent me from complaining." Ningqing West Road.

"Dad, didn't you say you had something to do with me?"

Ning Changrong sat down, "What? In such a hurry, you want to go back and continue to learn the rules?"

Ning Qingxi's head shook like a rattle, "Okay, okay, then you can think about it and then speak slowly."

Ning Changrong pondered for a moment, "What's going on, I asked people to trade a lot of wool in the grassland and come back, the smell of those wool sheep is too strong, you can help me check if there is any way to get rid of the smell of sheep."

He paused and continued, "And then there's the one that you can do to make a machine that can spin wool into yarn?"

Ning Qingxi asked curiously, "Isn't there cotton?" Why do you need wool?"

"Cotton is not as warm as wool."

Ning Changrong smiled mysteriously, "The most important thing is to let the grassland people know that wool can be traded as currency."

Ning Qingxi's eyes widened, and after pondering for a while, she understood what her father was thinking.

She gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Dad, you're still ruthless."

Ning Changrong scolded with a smile, "Why is Dad ruthless?"

Isn't that ruthless? Let those steppe people know that wool can be used as currency, will the steppe people not go crazy raising sheep?

The wool can grow after stubble, which is much better than selling the fur directly.

What about later? Will there be fewer tribes that keep other animals? Will everyone be the first to raise sheep?

When they know that the wool that can grow forever can be exchanged for a lot of supplies, will they still go on the horse and grab it?

Slowly developing, even if the grassland cannot be assimilated, the combat effectiveness of the grassland tribes will become weaker and weaker.

Although this method is quite ruthless, it does not hurt people's lives, and it is better than fighting between the two sides.

Ning Qingxi closed his eyes and searched in his mind for a while, and then found a way to clean the smell of wool.

"Dad, you can soak the wool in salt water, which can not only eliminate the smell of mutton, but also play a role in sterilization and disinfection."

Ning Changrong shook his head and denied: "How can there be so much salt to soak? It's too expensive, and you'll see if there's any other way."

Ning Qingxi looked for a while and said, "There is another way, use vinegar."

One costs more money than the other, "Do you want to find a way to do it without money?" The cost of this set is too high."

"I found it," Ning Qingxi said again, "but the wool made by this method may still have some taste."

Ning Changrong asked, "What method?"

"Wash it with water, add some soap if you can, and put it in the sun." Ning Qingxi paused for a moment and then said:

"But there's a problem, maybe the smell of mutton is not so completely removed."

Ning Changrong was silent for a while and said, "No matter, try first."

"Help me find out if there is a loom that can spin wool into wool."

After saying that, Ning Changrong left, and Ning Qingxi continued to rummage through the drawings of the textile machine in the study.

When he came to the place where the wool was stacked, Ning Husheng was directing people to gather the wool.

Wool is overwhelmingly placed in the open air in large fields.

Bag after bag was poured out and dried in the sun, and the smell of mutton was pungent.

Seeing Ning Changrong's figure, Ning Husheng hurriedly walked up: "Changrong, half of the wool has been dismantled."

Ning Changrong nodded, and it took a long time to hold back the desire to vomit.

"Go to the families of these soldiers, and if you want, let them come and help wash the wool, and give them fifty wen a day."

Cleaning wool isn't really worth fifty yuan, but the smell of this wool is too great, and it is used as taking care of the soldiers' families.

When the families of those soldiers learned that there was such a good job, they rushed to sign up.

On weekdays, I help people wash clothes, and I can pay up to 10 to 20 yuan a day.

Fifty wen for washing and washing smelly wool, and it would be a fool not to rush to grab it.

Ning Changrong instructed Ning Husheng to handle the matter, "You keep an eye on it, don't let them be lazy, twenty-five women should be able to wash these wool in two days."

"Don't worry, I won't let them be lazy, if they dare to be lazy, they won't have their share in this kind of work in the future, they know it."

Ning Changrong covered his nose and took a breath before saying, "Use a little bit of soaphorn, soak the wool first and then wash it, and then put it on the cement slab to let the sun shine after washing, and notify me when it's done."

After finishing the order, Ning Changrong turned around and left.

Under Ning Husheng's instructions, those women happily went to the river to scrub their wool, which also attracted the attention of many people.

After asking, I learned that these women were all family members of soldiers, and everyone in the military families of the previous dynasty avoided them, not only to go to war and die, but also to be deducted from their wages, and to work for Shangguan in peacetime.

Da'an's is different, the military household is not what you want to be, you can be rewarded, and you can report it directly if you are wronged on weekdays.

I often get temporary jobs like this fifty a day.