As long as this material is mass-produced and equipped, the war in the south is not a cause for concern. ”

Gao Lanying was eager to try, although he couldn't be the general of Pingshu, but it was not bad to be able to contribute to the war in the south.

But Peng Zun was thinking of something else: "General Gao, what is the cost of this wool weaving?"

Gao Lanying was slightly dissatisfied, but she could also understand that she was a general of the Great Shang, and the other party was a nobleman, with a different position, and naturally different ideas, the king was already suppressing the nobles, and it was already good for the children of nobles like Peng Zun to not participate in the rebellion, as for counting on them to contribute to the country... Thinking too much.

"Childe rest assured, as long as the scale of wool weaving is large enough, then its cost is low, and the output is better than mulberry hemp, such a kind of clothing that is warmer than mulberry hemp and more expensive than mulberry hemp...."

Gao Lanying didn't speak, but Peng Zun quickly reacted: "The scale is big enough, since General Gao said so, it's not enough to come to Chaoge, isn't it enough to become a scale, could it be that he thinks about the northern grasslands?"

Gao Lanying nodded: "Exactly, the northern tribes are subservient, men can mine in the mines, and women lack strength and it is difficult to mine to make a living, why don't they continue to do what they are good at?"

Although it is said that she wants to improve the status of women, Gao Lanying will not say that women are as powerful as men, she knows how to promote her strengths and avoid weaknesses, and women's strength is not big, but she can do this kind of fine work handy.

Peng Zun seemed to see the copper coins like the tide of the sea, and said after a while: "General Gao, my Peng family caravan has been to the mining areas in the north, and there are indeed many women in the villages formed by foreign tribes, if they can be used, they can be hundreds or tens of thousands, but the only concern is that when there is enough wool and enough women to weave, can there really be so many people to buy it?"

Gao Lanying said with a smile: "I don't know if the people will buy it, but I know that the nobles and princes will definitely buy it, and the war in the south is anxious, and they will inevitably buy a large number of woolen clothes as military supplies." ”

Peng Zun chuckled in his heart, as if he had been calculated.

How many people need to be hired to raise sheep and how many people need to be hired to shear, spin and weave clothes for large-scale woolen garment weaving?

Even the investment in the hand-patterned loom is not a small amount, as well as the transportation of the garment.

Not to mention, and then you have to pay a large amount of business taxes.

The south entered winter ahead of schedule, and the army needed a large number of winter clothes, which could certainly solve the problem of sales, but if they did not produce woolen clothes, wouldn't the army need winter clothes?

Of course, if the aristocracy did not participate in it, the imperial court would have to invest in advance, and the treasury, which was already not rich due to large-scale construction, might collapse.

But it was different for the nobles to come forward, the initial investment was all the responsibility of the nobles themselves, and the court only needed a small amount of money in the end to exchange for a large number of winter clothes, and maybe it would also fill the treasury because of the high commercial taxes.

After all, as soon as the woolen jacket came out, not only the army needed it, but also the nobles and princes would buy it.

Peng Zun thought clearly, no wonder King Xuan attaches so much importance to women, these women do have uniqueness, all for today.

If there is such a level of interest, if he is replaced, he will also attach importance to women!

"I understand what General Gao meant, but I also ask General Gao to let me go home and discuss it with my parents. ”

Peng Zun already had a plan in his heart, although there was a lot of investment in the early stage, it must be done, and the Peng family wanted to monopolize all woolen clothes as much as possible.

Not to mention that even if a large amount of commercial taxes are collected, it is profitable, just hiring women to herd sheep and weave clothes on a large scale is also an invisible talisman.

If the king wants to turn his face and exterminate all the nobles, he will also keep his hands on the Peng family, not because of love, not reputation, or the blood of his ancestors, but a large number of hired people.

Once the Peng family collapsed, these employed people all lost their sources of livelihood, and even if the imperial court could take over the property immediately, they would have a headache for a while.

Peng Zun just wants to say one thing now, the nobles are right to do business, although everything is pushed by the king and forcibly transformed, but there is no doubt that the direction is correct.

...................

Gao Lanying has organized the women of the Women's Federation to make hundreds of woolen sweaters.

Zishou in the deep palace only knew about this because You Hun complained that profiteers bought too much wool, and the price of wool rose sharply.

The purpose of buying wool on a large scale cannot be to eat, but only to wear.

flipped through the music again, and sure enough, I found that Gao Lanying had made a woolen sweater.

Zishou's face turned green at that time, and he immediately left the palace, and he couldn't understand a word, so he had to go and see it in person.

When he arrived at the women's army barracks, Gao Lanying took the woolen thread and demonstrated it in person.

A dazzling operation frightened the child so much that he couldn't close his mouth.

Big sister, with your forty-nine eyes that shoot at the enemy, the brilliant performance makes Jiang Ziya jealous, is actually a stick needle for sweaters?

It lives up to its name, and it's a good stab!

Zishou picked up a woolen sweater and asked You Hun to try it on.

"It's a little tight, I can't get in. You Hun felt a little uncomfortable.

Under the policy of extravagant governance, he became fatter and fatter, and there was a great tendency to develop towards the three hundred guards.

If you can't get in, you use some force, Zishou took the handle, and You Hun barely supported the woolen jacket that was one size smaller on his body.

Gao Lanying said: "Lord You, this woolen coat is different from the linen clothes, even if it is smaller, it can become a fit if you wear it for a while." ”

You Hun nodded, he did feel a little adapted, he walked out, at the beginning of November, it was a little cold, but as soon as he wore this tight woolen sweater, he felt a little hot and dry.

"This thing...."You Hun couldn't find an adjective for a long time, and finally stammered: "It's really a divine thing." ”

Although China only officially began knitting sweaters in the 1920s, as early as 2000 B.C., Xinjiang had already used wool for weaving.

The Qiang people who plundered Xiqi earlier were the first tribes to improve wild sheep into sheep, and they used jade knives made of quartz to cut off the soft hair, twist it into wool, and use it to weave cloth, and this kind of cloth was once used as a commodity to the Central Plains, called "brown", and there is also a record of "weaving skin" in "Yugong".

By the time of the Qin and Han dynasties, the wool weaving technology had been quite mature, with people and beasts grape pattern double-layer plain weave, wool ribbon, blue oblique brown, etc., what Gao Lanying did was to take the wool fabric one step further and turn it into wool weaving.

Therefore, it is not completely impossible for Gao Lanying to lead the woman to start knitting sweaters three thousand years in advance.

In fact, knitting sweaters is not a big deal, just now the wool output of this hand-patterned loom is not enough to improve women's productivity qualitatively, the birth of sweaters is not a great thing, but what Zishou cares about is what makes Gao Lanying have an idea, and must strangle this kind of spirit in the cradle.