Yao Qi ran all the way to Li County, Li County.

Before he came, he was discouraged, but when he arrived in this Li City, he found that his life was not bad.

The Hou family took him in, and the courtyard where he lives now is even bigger than Chaoge, although the land price of Licheng can not be compared with Chaoge, but it is really magnanimous, with everything there are carved beams and paintings, and all kinds of facilities are available.

Not only that, as a nobleman in Licheng, there is no need to be afraid, and the punishment is not strict, and the life is very peaceful.

And there is money to be made.

Yao Qi is the Yao family in charge of the enclosure, and naturally he is also in charge of the woolen clothing workshop.

He knows how to distinguish the good and bad of sheep, and knows what kind of sheep are suitable for making sweaters.

The most suitable for shaving wool to make sweaters is the Qiang sheep.

As the name suggests, it is a sheep grazing by the Qiang people, domesticated from the argali, which is generally considered to be the ancestor of sheep in later generations.

There are two types of fur on argali, coarse hair, which is about the thickness of human hair, and down, which grows close to the skin.

Fluff is used to keep warm in winter, so every year after spring, the fluff on the sheep's body will fall off, and new fluff will grow back after autumn.

The so-called Qiang because of the sheep, the Qiang people domesticated the wild sheep, the formation of the Qiang sheep, the wool produced by the Qiang sheep is no longer distinguished from coarse wool, fluff, and will not shed hair, will always maintain growth.

It can be said that the thickness of Qiang sheep wool is just right, and the yield is also high, such wool is most suitable for twisting into wool, weaving into sweaters, and is most suitable for mass production of woolen clothes.

However, grazing Qiang sheep is not a simple matter, because large-scale sheep breeding just emerged last year, not only are there few sheep breeding, but there are not many suitable pastures in Dashang.

But none of these problems are a problem in Li County.

Li County is adjacent to the Qiang people in the north and Xirong in the west, which is a border land, and it is also the easiest place to obtain Qiang sheep and breed sheep, and there are even a lot of suitable pastures.

Moreover, the remnants of the Qiang people, led by Ou He and Yao Ge, were also under the protection of Li County because Chao Ge had not come up with a way to deal with Bo Yi Kao for a long time.

After seeing the abilities of Nezha and Wei Hu, only Jiang Wenhuan can bring them a sense of security.

As a result, all the nobles of Li County became rich.

Not only do they have Qiang sheep under their hands, but there are also Qiang people who help graze, and these desperate Qiang people have very low requirements, especially easy to feed, and they will help graze if they give some food.

A piece of woolen sweater is tantamount to the wealth of mountains and seas.

The same pasture, with the same or even less input, produces more woolen clothes than the workshops in the Northland.

Yao Qi just handed over the method of weaving woolen sweaters to Hou Yan as a protective asset, and the Hou family quickly accumulated considerable wealth, whether it was the common people or the nobles, they needed a large number of woolen clothes.

Caravans can bring back a large amount of goods with just a cart of sweaters, even grain that is not easily traded, but also a huge amount of money.

Yao Qi was very emotional, if it was the Yao family in Li County instead of the Hou family, how good it would be!

.........

Hou Yan was cross-legged in the yard, drinking a little wine.

The house is being renovated.

The old house is thirty years old, and for the aristocracy, it is already in disrepair.

In the past, he was reluctant to repair, and it cost a lot to repair the mansion, although the Hou family was a big noble, but Li Di had no output, and the family had a big business, and the daily expenses were about the same.

But now it's different, the profitability of woolen sweaters is too high.

Even if the scale has not been fully developed now, it is enough to make a lot of money by selling it in the entire Li County, no worse than some small princes.

Even Hou Yan's own car is all new, all of them are made of high-quality wood, gold silk and jade carving, and if there is a little less, he will feel that the family has too much money and will not be able to spend it.

Not only that, but there are also tall Qiang people waiting by their side, just for grazing and shearing, it is not enough, they can also be hired as subordinates.

The subordinates of other nobles are all ordinary people, but the descendants of our Hou family are all Qiang people, and as soon as they say it, they have to save face.

Hou Yan was napping in the yard, this day is too beautiful, as long as he doesn't go too far, everything is available.

He thought of his own note, and if the expectation was good, the king would inevitably make a slight concession and implement the policy of grace and power, and relax a little more in the matter of the nobles "leasing" land.....

The beneficiary is definitely himself! This wool business alone is enough to protect the Hou family's business for a hundred years!

Hou Yan also heard from aristocratic friends in the north that there is a huge demand for woolen clothes in the north now.

Other Hou Yan didn't dare to say it, but when it came to wool, their Qiang sheep here were the best!

Only the sheep raised by the Qiang people and Xirong can compare with them, but they are all foreign races, who dares to trade with foreign races?

That is to say, the best quality sweaters of the current merchants are all in the hands of the Hou family, and because there are remnants of the Qiang people who fled from the wilderness, the technology mastered by the Hou family is also the best!

Good quality, low cost, everyone knows, this is picking up money!

Hou Yan has already begun to think about what land is suitable for grazing in Li County, and after the policy of the imperial court is relaxed, how to take those lands for himself, for which his hair has fallen out a lot, but it is all worth it, money, all money, visible benefits to the naked eye!

At this moment, a man with a wide chest, big arms, strong limbs, and a thick neck came to the courtyard.

With small eyes, a flat nose, and a sparse beard, he looked tired, but this could not hide the strong muscles on his body, and he was obviously very powerful.

Hou Yan squinted his eyes and raised his head slightly, this person was originally a warrior whose status was only below the king of Qiang among the Qiang people, Oh He.

But even so, what if he didn't have to ask himself to persuade Jiang Wenhuan to send troops to counterattack the Qiang?

It is said that the two of them, Oh He and Yao Ge, fled all the way with the remnants of the Qiang people, first begging Huang Feihu to send troops, and then begging Su Quanzhong to send troops, and the two of them reported to the imperial court, but the court did not send it, and the king obviously did not want to attack the Qiang people at this time.

It's a pity that these two people still have revenge intentions, even if they have settled down a little in Li County, they still keep asking Jiang Wenhuan to send troops.

Hou Yan squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the alien race is so stupid, the Great Shang Army is marching south, where are the soldiers and horses to avenge the Qiang people?

Even if there are soldiers and horses, there is not enough food and grass!

The aristocratic Tian can be confiscated in Chaoge, but he can't collect much when he goes down to this Li County!

Jiang Wenhuan can fight, can he still see the fake accounts made by these nobles together? Just give some meaning!

The insufficient supply of grain and grass in Li County means that there is no logistics, even if Jiang Wenhuan wants to send troops, there is no way!

Hou Yan was even a little proud, what was the use of seeing that the king of Su constantly suppressing the nobles?

In the end, don't you have to be constrained by these nobles?

The two talked a few words, and Hou Yan sneered and asked Oh He to retreat, isn't it just a Qin cha? What's the big deal?