Chapter 287 Down Jacket, Cabbage is Ripe
The next day, Shen Xiangwan woke up with Wei Chengyi, but they did not leave the space separately as usual. Instead, after a simple wash, they asked No. 1 for mineral salt refining technology and loom drawings. They also harvested all the potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn currently planted in the space, planted cotton seeds, and did not leave until almost noon.
Wei Chengyi's people were very efficient. In just two days, they found several salt mines with abundant reserves and extracted white snowflake salt. Not only did they solve the problem of salt shortage, but they could also sell the snowflake salt to caravans at high prices and make huge profits.
"How is it? Are you comfortable?"
In the main room, Zhao Yuping squatted on the ground and straightened the new clothes for the little cub, asking with a smile on her face.
The cub didn't answer immediately. He jumped on the spot and turned around a few times before saying, "Comfortable, Grandma. New clothes are so comfortable."
"As long as you're comfortable."
Hearing this, Zhao Yuping patted his little butt and stood up. The weather was getting colder and colder, and they all wore thin cotton coats, but the cotton coats were relatively thick and heavy, and the children didn't like them very much. After Wanwan knew about it, she suggested that they use duck down or goose down instead of cotton to fill the clothes. So they tried to make one, and it seems to be very light at the moment. As for whether it can keep warm, we have to wait and see.
“Thank you, Grandma!”
The little cub clasped his fists and bowed to her in a realistic manner, as if he had become a little scholar.
"Don't thank me. The person you should thank the most is your aunt. She is the only one who would spoil you so unconditionally."
Zhao Yuping poked his head with her finger and said with a smile, if she didn't know clearly that he was the orphan of the eldest son and his wife, she would have doubted whether he was Wanwan's biological son. In the whole family, Wanwan was the one who doted on him the most.
"If I don't spoil my own child, who will I spoil?"
Shen Xiangwan's voice suddenly rang out, and the next second, she had walked in from outside with Yuan Yue.
"Aunt!"
Seeing her, the little cub immediately rushed over and hugged her legs. The grown-up wolf cub also rushed to her with a howl. Shen Xiangwan rubbed their heads respectively: "Hey, our An Ge'er is wearing new clothes, so handsome!"
The light blue fine cotton clothes wrapped around his round body, making him look particularly funny. Shen Xiangwan's eyes turned into two crescent moons when she smiled. She liked this cute little cub the most.
"whee."
After receiving her praise, the little cub smiled so hard that his teeth showed and he clung to her and refused to leave.
Shen Xiangwan picked him up and sat him down at the table. She touched his down jacket and said, "This down jacket feels much softer than a cotton coat and should be very comfortable to wear. In the first month, send people to the city and the villages to collect duck and goose down and make a few more for the children. Mother, Master's wife, you can also make two for yourselves when the time comes."
Shen Xiangwan pretended to be surprised as if it was her first time to touch a down jacket. In fact, the lower class people had no money to buy cotton, so they would stuff catkins and straw into their winter clothes. Some people would also stuff feathers from various poultry, but they didn't pick and choose. They stuffed all kinds of feathers into the clothes without processing them. Not only were they uncomfortable to wear, but they also had a bad smell. So it wasn't so abrupt for her to suggest making down jackets. However, she didn't want all kinds of feathers. She only collected duck down or goose down, and had them specially processed so that there was no peculiar smell.
"yes."
Yuan Yue, who was standing nearby, bowed and accepted the order. Zhao Yuping hesitated and said, "This down jacket is indeed light, but I don't know if it can keep me warm."
In order to prevent him from getting cold, she stuffed all the down she had collected into the clothes she made for her eldest grandson, fearing that he would get cold.
"hehe···"
Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “Mom, do you want to look at An Ge’er, his forehead is sweating.”
As she spoke, she wiped the child's forehead with her hand to let her see the sweat on her hand. This was before the child even got out of bed. If he went out to run a few laps, it would probably be even hotter.
"real?"
Looking at her hands, and then at her eldest grandson's little face, which seemed to be a little red from the heat, Zhao Yuping stood up and hugged him, then reached into his clothes and said, "Anger, is it very hot?"
"Mm, Grandma, it's hot."
It would have been fine if she hadn't asked, but as soon as she did, the child squirmed and started protesting.
"Could it be that there is too much down stuffing?"
Muttering softly, Zhao Yuping undressed him and helped him put on his thin jacket again: "Grandma will help you change it again. We will wear new clothes tomorrow."
"good."
The little cub responded obediently and let her help him change his down jacket.
Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan and Ji Shaohan and his wife looked at each other, and the three of them laughed at the same time. This was their first time making a down jacket, so it was good enough that they could make it. After a few more modifications, they should be able to figure out the amount of down to use.
A few days later, all the cotton in the space was ripe. After Shen Xiangwan harvested it with his mind, he still chose to continue planting cotton. The soldiers only had two cotton coats, which was too few. Moreover, they had been planting potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn for so long, and they were not short of food for the time being. It would be better to plant more cotton. Even if it was enough for the soldiers, the rest could be woven into cotton cloth and stored, right?
On the other hand, Wei Chengyi was also very helpful. After getting the cotton, he immediately arranged for people to weave day and night. In order to let the soldiers wear cotton clothes as soon as possible, they also subcontracted the work of making cotton clothes to women in several nearby villages, and gave them a certain amount of silver for each piece they made. Strength lies in numbers. By the end of November, the entire army was wearing cotton clothes, and each person had two sets to change, and cotton quilts and cotton shoes were also fully equipped.
"Yuanyue, has the ceramic jar I asked you to order arrived yet?"
The cabbages in the field were ripe. After Shen Xiangwan checked them personally, she walked back and asked about them. Now that fresh vegetables were no longer available outside, she planned to make all the cabbages into sauerkraut or kimchi. As early as when she decided to grow cabbages, she asked Yuanyue to find a kiln factory to customize the pottery jars.
"They've been delivered. They have a capacity of 200 kilograms, and there are 10,000 of them in total."
In order to collect 10,000 pottery jars, she went to several kilns and even went to the neighboring county several times.
"Ten thousand is too few. Please make a few more."
After a moment of silence, Shen Xiangwan continued, the minimum per-acre yield of Chinese cabbage is more than 2,000 kilograms. More than 2,000 acres of land means millions of catties. Even if it is a cabbage with a capacity of 200 catties, 10,000 cabbages is far from enough.
"yes."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yue had no choice but to accept the order. He was already thinking about how to negotiate with those kiln factories. He could only go to the next county to find other kiln factories. The kiln factories in Datong County were basically helping them to make wine jars and bottles for ointments, and had no spare capacity to make pottery jars.
"Um."
Nodding, Shen Xiangwan went back and immediately found Yuan Xiu, asking him to bring her a few carts of salt. Whether it was making sauerkraut or kimchi, salt was indispensable.
[End of this chapter]
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