Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is supervised by craftsmen in the west of the city.

Smoke rises, flames roar, clanging sounds, and a constant flow of people comes and goes, and all kinds of ironware are being sent to other places. In the other yards, it was just as busy.

As a craftsman's supervisor, in addition to the production of weapons, it was also a place for various improvements and inventions.

The crown prince Wang Xin is inspecting the results of this period of workmanship.

"Your Highness, this is the ring chain mail we just made, and we are now preparing to test it." A craftsman said, holding a roll of strange armor.

Wang Xin stretched out his hand to take the armor, only to see that the armor was actually all iron rings, dense, and the armor was heavy in his hand, obviously full of materials, and immediately ordered someone to test it.

In the nearby test field, several soldiers began to test the weapons used in ring chain mail such as bows and arrows, crossbows, horizontal knives, horse lances, and hammers.

After about half an hour, the test results came out, and the ring chain mail has a high defense against swords, and it also has some defense against bows and arrows, but it is much worse against crossbow arrows, horse lances, and sledgehammers.

Sledgehammers, in particular, are almost completely devoid of any defense.

"Your Highness, this ring lock armor is very ineffective when used alone, but if it is combined with other armor, the effect is very good." Said the soldier who was testing next to him.

"Make a batch out first, send it to the border army and let them try, remember to let them wear double armor." Wang Xin looked at the test results and said.

The ring lock armor is lightweight, and the wearing body is very flexible, almost unaffected, and the armor is worn on the outside for more defense.

It's just that ring chain mail is very troublesome to build, after all, it is not easy to weave iron rings together.

After seeing the armor, Wang Xin went to another workshop, and as soon as he entered this workshop, a wave of steaming water came to his face, and the water vapor was mixed with an unpleasant fishy smell and mixed with the smell of feces, which made people extremely disgusted.

Wang Xin frowned, although as the crown prince and the future heir of the Great Qian Empire, he was not pampered since he was a child.

"Your Highness, the environment here is bad, why don't you go out first?" The master craftsman next to him said respectfully.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Xin waved his hand and said, "Who is under the jurisdiction of this place?" ”

"Your Highness, it's Your Majesty!" A middle-aged man sweating profusely and getting wet stepped forward.

Wang Xin looked around, and then asked, "Are these wool weaves ready?" ”

In the workshop, there are large pools, soaked in a large amount of gray-brown wool, and in the pools, there are also a large number of white stones, which are constantly steaming. Those stones are limestone.

"Your Highness, the texture of this wool is hard, and the length of the wool is also short, we invited the spinners of the Weaving Bureau to weave, and barely weaved some of them."

"The wool from the Northland has a strong fishy smell and is very dirty, and needs to be soaked in lime water first, and after nine repeated cleanings, the wool will take on a yellowish or white color.

The wool is then dried, carded, and then kneaded into threads before being spun. ”

So saying, the master master led the people through the workshop, and at last came to a room, where he offered the woollen fabric that had been spun.

Wang Xin picked up the piece of textile and it was quite soft to start, but the whole textile looked far less soft and smooth than silk, and the lines on it were also very rough, and Wang Xin's brows were furrowed.

Wang Xin attached great importance to wool fabrics, and his father, His Majesty Wang Jing, Emperor Daqian, also attached great importance to woolen fabrics.

Since the Great Cadres occupied the northern grasslands, there have been 200,000 cadres on the grasslands after several years of immigration, and these cadres live in the six newly built cities.

As a result, it took several years, and although the grassland was successfully controlled, it required a lot of money and grain every year. Just the grain needs to be transported here every year as much as a million stones.

Although millions of cattle and sheep are also transported to various parts of Daqian every year, the profits earned are still unable to break even.

This kind of unilateral investment, if the country is strong, can naturally be maintained, after all, the importance of the Northland grassland is needless to say. However, if the national strength declines and cannot be supported, soon the rule of the Great Cadres in the grassland will be disintegrated little by little.

In the end, the troops had to withdraw and retreat to the Central Plains.

Therefore, in order to maintain the balance of payments, the imperial court kept asking people to find places on the grassland where they could make money.

It's a pity that there is almost nothing on the grassland except for cattle and sheep. Even for some minerals, it is extremely difficult to mine them. Therefore, many people have set their sights on wool.

Wool grows every year, and if it can be sold for money, the court will have a steady stream of income.

In fact, the Xiongnu have been experimenting with wool weaving for a long time, but unfortunately there has been little change in wool weaving technology for decades.

Wang Xin asked the craftsman to learn this technique and improve it at the same time.

He has also seen the wool textiles of the Huns, and the wool textiles are very badly made. The wool is not cleaned, the texture is not soft, and it is not comfortable to wear on the body at all.

The only benefit is that it is very warm.

In fact, China's native goats, sheep, and wool are not very useful. These wools are not long enough, they are difficult to weave, and even when they are woven, the shape is rough.

After dozens of experiments, the craftsman only made similar wool fabrics, but the result still did not meet Wang Xin's requirements.

"Your Highness, although these wool are a little worse than making clothes, they can be made into blankets, and this kind of wool blanket has good warmth, much stronger than that made of linen." A weaver girl next to her said suddenly.

When Wang Xin heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is there a wool blanket that has already been made?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, wait a minute." As she spoke, she saw the weaver fetch a thick blanket from a nearby room.

Wang Xin opened it and saw that the wool blanket was quite heavy, and the texture on it was rough, but it was also tight, and the warmth of the wool was also good. It is suitable for making blankets.

After inspecting it, Wang Xin immediately said: "Make a hundred blankets first, and send them to the border army to try." ”

Wang Xin is now very troubled by these wool, the ancestors left the wool weaving method on the bamboo slips, but they tried, and the wool woven was not good.

If the wool blanket is feasible, it can be regarded as finding a way out for the wool, as for the sheepskin fur, it is only used by the people in the border areas, and it is difficult to promote it.

(End of chapter)