Chapter 91 Greenhouse
On the day of the Cold Clothes Festival, the soldiers in the Thirteen Passes all put on winter clothes.
Originally, they heard that the general agreed to let the Su family embroidery room deliver the goods later.
I also think that I may not be able to wear this winter coat until the end of the month.
They discussed privately, wondering what kind of ability the Su family had that could make the general, who had always been compassionate to his soldiers, make an exception and grant them leniency.
When these winter clothes were actually handed into their hands, all doubts and speculations disappeared in an instant.
It's just because the material is so excellent and amazing.
In previous years, during the Cold Clothes Festival, in addition to commemorating relatives and friends, people would also burn some cotton-padded clothes for the deceased.
Women would also bring some cotton clothes for their husbands guarding the border or relatives doing hard labor.
This is because the winter clothes issued by the court could not withstand the biting cold at the border.
But this time, when the soldiers put on the new clothes, they immediately felt the difference.
Not only is this dress warm to the touch, but the material is also unusually soft.
Just like the first cut of lamb wool, it is softer and smoother than ever before.
Later they discovered that this clothing was not only extremely warm, but more miraculously, it could also increase body temperature.
The temperature difference between day and night at the border is extremely large. It is unbearably hot during the day, while the wind and snow condense at night.
But this piece of clothing seems to have magical powers, perfectly neutralizing the two completely different climate differences.
During daytime training, they no longer have to endure the heavy feeling of being suffocated by clothes, and during night patrols, they no longer have to worry about snowflakes hitting their bodies and freezing into ice.
It’s really good material!
The soldiers sighed and said that even if they had to wait another month, it would be worth it.
The fabric was delivered to the Consulate General within ten days, and then the busy process of filling it with cotton and cutting it into garments began.
Although the production was a little slow this year, the Consulate General had already made sufficient preparations. As soon as the Su family embroidery room delivered the fabric, they immediately started to make it.
Su Shengsheng neither missed the deadline nor offended Xie Xuan, so she only added five more days.
The official from the Consulate General couldn't help but praise her for handling things properly and not making them wait anxiously.
Therefore, it took only three days to sew these winter clothes urgently and sent them to the Twelve Checkpoints that night.
Before dawn, these warm winter clothes were already worn by the soldiers at the Thirteen Passes.
8666 pieces of cloth, totaling 6499 taels of silver. Excluding the advance payment of 3,000 taels, the remaining balance was also paid in full to the Su family.
A piece of acrylic fiber only costs 750 coins!
Although the price is a little higher than in previous years, judging from the soldiers' reactions, it is definitely worth the money.
Although the total price of the winter clothes fabric for these 130,000 soldiers is only more than 6,400 taels, this is only the outer clothing part.
It also requires filling with cotton wool, making armor, equipping with weapons, and daily rations, which are all considerable expenses.
This time, the performance of the Su family's embroidery room was obvious to all.
The acrylic cloth was also sold out due to its widespread praise from the soldiers.
Who says their fabrics are cheap and fit well?
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"In just ten days, we wove nine thousand pieces of cloth!"
"One woman turned over seven acres of land in one day!!"
"And what's more! Those bean sprouts and mushrooms grown in the greenhouse are actually sprouting. I saw it with my own eyes. Even the pakchoy has sprouted tender green leaves."
On this day, the beginning of winter, every household eats dumplings, but the most common topic of conversation at the dinner table is the Su family's farming in the winter.
"If he wasn't the reincarnation of Sun Wukong, how could he perform seventy-two transformations right under our noses? Could he really be a demon?"
It was because the owner of a cloth shop took the equipment back and studied it, and even after dismantling it into pieces, he still couldn't figure out the key.
The textile machine can only operate with the help of special devices provided by the Su family.
They disassembled the replacement parts, but found nothing, not even a hair!
Such a strange thing naturally attracted countless people to talk about it.
Is there just air in here? This is really weird.
Therefore, many gossipers spread rumors that the female manager of the Su family might be a monster.
Sun Wukong had to pluck a hair, but she only needed to blow on it and the entire natural barrier would be warm.
This is naturally referring to the promise that Su Shengsheng made to the thousands of households to provide land and heating.
Farming in the middle of winter was already a rare thing, not to mention the thousands of households that installed boilers and buried pipes from the wing rooms to the main house, making the entire house as warm as summer all day long.
They went to visit one after another, but were puzzled as to how the ceramic radiator could provide heat throughout the day.
Finally, they ran to the field to see what was happening.
Let’s see if Su Shengsheng really possesses the magical power of seventy-two transformations. With just a breath, he can make the temperature of more than a thousand greenhouses soar.
But this time, it was beyond their expectations.
There are no air ducts in those greenhouses, but the temperature has risen significantly. It is warm and pleasant during the day, and several times higher than the outside world at night.
Even though it is not as hot as summer, it is only the temperature of late autumn.
A small field, six acres of land, the entire greenhouse rises from the ground, magnificent.
When they sneaked in to take a look, they found that there was something else going on inside.
Unknown machines, carrying people, shuttled through the fields like flying.
Long, thin films as thin as cicada wings quickly covered the ground.
There were machines following closely behind, planting seedlings even faster than the people covering the film in front, and there were constant calls for urging.
This caused the person who was standing in front of him to look at the ridge to roll his eyes and glare back.
Even so, they never stopped working.
Countless people and machines were flying around in the greenhouse, creating a spectacular scene.
When they stopped to take a peek, instead of driving them away, the people greeted them warmly and handed them brochures.
The booklet details the planting techniques and the principles for maintaining this temperature.
It turned out that before building the greenhouse, they created an insulation layer when turning the soil underground.
The three-meter-high earthen walls absorb heat during the day and dissipate heat at night, forming an insulated greenhouse, which is called an "earth-wall solar greenhouse."
Anyway, no matter what Sun Moon is, they not only provide brochures, but also promise that as long as you buy their greenhouse film and other equipment, all the techniques will be taught to you.
In seven days, just seven days, the cabbages grew neatly and were as tall as a hand.
Even if they didn't want to believe it, they did it in front of everyone and they didn't freeze to death for seven whole days.
Even if it is a furry animal, if it is frozen outside for seven consecutive days, it will at least lose some skin if it doesn't die, right?
But which of the wheat seedlings and soybean seedlings that break out of the ground are not full of vitality and green?
If the Su family was secretly replacing one thing with another under their noses, how could they do that in such a vast area?
Even if she could secretly change it when people were napping, what was her purpose in farming day and night?
They were also promised that they would only pay for the film and greenhouse after the seedlings survived.
If nothing can be unearthed, wouldn’t all her efforts be in vain?
For a time, rumors about Su Shengsheng spread all over the streets and alleys.
It was such a bizarre thing, and we talked to each other one after another, afraid of missing anything.
They all wanted to know what this female manager of the Su family, who was eager to tell the world about her method, was trying to achieve.
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