Chapter 418: Distribution of Winter Clothes
Houcheng
The bandit problem in Xuantu County was cleared up, and Lu Songli prepared to summon craftsmen and artisans who could make kangs in various villages in the name of the governor's office, and go to Xuantu County to help the people make kangs.
Winter is coming soon and it has been snowing lightly at night. This is a very important matter.
So, a red notice was posted on the red wall of the Houcheng County Magistrate's Mansion, recruiting a large number of skilled kang-making craftsmen to come to Xuantu County to provide guidance on kang-making. The salary was also written on the notice. At the end of the red notice, it was also written that everyone was encouraged to inform each other.
In addition, this matter also requires the cooperation of the county governor of Xuantu County. Therefore, before posting the notice, Lu Songli invited the county governors of Xuantu County and Lelang County in the name of her father.
After the red notice was posted, the villages in Liaodong County were bustling with activity for families with good kang-making skills, with even the village chief visiting their homes in person.
"Uncle Qiu, you're a good kang-making expert. The government is recruiting craftsmen like you to go out and make kangs for people. You'll be given two kilograms of grain every day as rations, and when you're done, you'll get two kilograms of meat or eggs. Would you like to go?"
The honest man nodded and said, "Yes."
His wife smiled and said, "Of course he'll go. Winter's almost here, and there's nothing much to do in the fields. Just staying at home is just a waste of food. It's good for the old man to go out and earn some food."
The government gives two kilograms of food rations every day, which is enough for the old man to eat his fill, not to mention two kilograms of meat after the end. What a good job it is.
"Okay, I'll sign you up."
"Okay."
Garment workshop warehouse
Lu Songli's elder sister Lu Songyun took a notebook and counted and checked the winter clothes that had been put into storage.
In the warehouse next door, the guys were moving the finished winter clothes into the warehouse.
At this time, a capable-looking daughter-in-law walked in and said, "Ayun, this is the last batch. Once it's put into storage and counted, this matter will be over."
"Yeah." Lu Songyun responded while counting, occasionally taking out a finished product and checking it carefully.
Zhao Li'niang also stepped forward to help. Thinking of how busy they had been during this period, she couldn't help but sigh. Their entire garment workshop has been busy for three months, right?
When they first started making this winter coat called a vest, they knew nothing and really learned it step by step.
When Lu Songyun heard her sigh, she couldn't help but think of the difficult process of making these vests.
The most labor-intensive task is to produce these woolen vests.
They must wash the wool repeatedly with soap until it is shiny, and then dry it in the sun. After the snow-white wool is dried, it will be sent to the cotton-flossing room, where the wool balls will be manually combed and pulled apart, and then a set of tools will be used to fluff the wool.
Actually, this is a set of cotton-fluffing tools, which are now used to comb out all the wool fibers and make them fluffy.
This fluffy wool is then mixed with some kapok to serve as the filling for the vest.
In addition to wool vests, they also make several other vests of different qualities depending on the filling material, such as goose down vests, duck down vests and silk cotton vests.
In addition to vests, their clothing workshop also made a batch of waistcoats using the rabbit skins and sheepskins with wool that were sent to them.
They worked hard for three months on the entire garment workshop and finally finished it.
Houcheng, New County Governor's Mansion
A subordinate came in to report, "Madam Qin Liu, the clothing workshop has sent four or five pieces of clothing. They said all the clothes are ready now. If it's convenient for you, you can take them away at any time."
Lu Songli put it down and smiled, "Let me see it."
The winter in Northeast China has always been a concern for her. As early as several months ago, she started to solve the problem of winter clothing for the soldiers.
At that time, they had already established initial trust with Ji Wuyin.
Most of the wool used in this batch of vests was obtained through Ji Wuyin's connections.
Ji Wuyin was a big business man. His main base was in the south before, and he had little dealings with the northern herdsmen.
But he knew many people, including some merchants who frequently dealt with the northern nomads. Through Ji Wuyin's connections, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce offered salt and tea, which the nomads could not resist, as a trade, and acquired a batch of wool from them through barter.
As for the silk cotton used in this batch of vests, it was still provided by Ji Wuyin, and it was his inventory.
This year, there was a bumper silk harvest in the Jiangnan area, and the silk could not be sold at a high price, so he hoarded it and waited to see what would happen next year.
When the Ji family completely withdrew from the South, Lu Songli accidentally learned about this and asked Xue Xu to act as a lobbyist and take the initiative to help the Ji family consume half of their inventory.
Lu Songli touched the five types of vests and asked, "Did the clothing factory report the quantity?"
"I've reported that there are about 41,962 woolen vests. There are 15,000 silk and cotton vests..." The subordinate then reported the number of several other types of vests.
Lu Songli nodded.
The garment factory sent a total of five vests of different grades, each with slightly different fillings.
The lowest quality vests were filled with wool and kapok. This type of vest was the most common and was issued to soldiers.
The second is silk cotton, and the best is real down jackets, which are made of a mixture of duck down and duck feathers. Goose down is also available, but in smaller quantities.
In addition, there are vests made of sheepskin and fur, as well as rabbit skin vests.
A rabbit fur vest requires about eight skins, so the number of these two types of vests is only slightly more than that of down vests and goose down vests.
This is the only way this year. Lu Songli thought to himself that it was not an easy task to equip every soldier under his command with a vest.
Even wool vests filled with wool and kapok have standards and specifications. Keeping warm is a must, so there are requirements for the wool content inside. The wool fiber content must reach 60% or more.
The goose down vests and duck down vests are all carefully crafted by the most skilled female workers in the garment workshop. There is also a small batch of snow-white rabbit fur vests, which are eye-catching in both cut and style.
She planned to hand over this batch of top-quality goods to Ji Wuyin and have him transport them to branches in other states and counties for sale. She believed that they would be very popular among the women of wealthy families.
Lu Songli calculated that her father had rested for a few days and it was time to work. "Go and invite my father over."
She planned to have her father go to the barracks tomorrow to show his presence. The soldiers had to know who had gotten them their winter clothes, so they didn't feel grateful to the wrong person.
When Hongluo went to ask Lu Desheng to come, he was still struggling and refused to move. "Did your second young lady say anything?"
"The winter clothes at the clothing workshop are ready. The Second Miss hopes that you will take these clothes to the various military camps to entertain the troops."
Upon hearing this, Lu Desheng looked outside at the north wind blowing and the sporadic snow falling, and he was extremely suspicious. He thought that he had tried so hard to overthrow Shi Tao just to avoid being ordered to go out on rainy days.
Now he's going out even on snowy days? Why are things getting worse and worse? What went wrong?
Seeing that he didn't move, Jiang kicked him out and said, "Hurry up and get back to work."
"young married woman?"
Jiang was merciless and asked, "How many days have you rested?" This old frivolous man, her waist.
Lu Desheng felt a little guilty. He hadn't done much work since he repaired the rotten wood.
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