Chapter 346: Depressed Chief Torch (Please vote and subscribe)
These 400+ rolls of original woolen cloth are all the output of the Han tribe in the past month. They were all made in a hurry and were not dyed. Not only was it labor-intensive and material-intensive, but also time was not allowed. Besides, this was originally a foreign trade product, so there was no need to make it so exquisite. The best way was to get the most benefits in the shortest time.
However, as a first-hand source of goods, the Han tribe also made a lot of profit. The Han tribe purchased the wool of an adult sheep. On average, each sheep had about 8 kilograms of wool. After processing, it could produce a piece of cloth with a width of two meters and a length of ten meters.
That is to say, 16 kilograms of wool can produce 20 square meters of woolen cloth. Such woolen cloth is very thin, with a gram weight of less than 500 grams per square meter. It is very suitable for making clothes in spring, summer and autumn. It is a flagship product of the Han tribe's foreign trade cloth. After all, those nomadic tribes still have to wear animal skins in winter. No matter how thick the woolen cloth produced is, it is not as warm as wearing a sheepskin coat directly. Even if thick woolen cloth is made, it cannot be sold.
There is a saying that is very true, the market determines the product, and it is very appropriate to put it here.
However, for such thin woolen cloth, the selling price and purchase price of the Han tribe are ridiculously different. The price given by Luo Chong is that a piece of cloth two meters long and two meters wide must be exchanged for the wool of two sheep, or a sheepskin with wool can be exchanged for four meters of woolen cloth, and a live sheep can be exchanged for 6 meters of woolen cloth. It can also be a lamb, and there is no restriction on gender and size.
Well, this price is very high. Just looking at wool and woolen cloth, the difference is ten times. One-fifth of the wool of a sheep can be exchanged for the wool of two sheep after being processed by the Han tribe. Then the Han tribe can buy it back and produce 20 meters of woolen cloth. Then it can be exchanged for the wool of ten sheep and produce 100 meters of woolen cloth.
This is the advantage brought by technology, the commercial form of wealth plunder. According to this price difference, in the long run, everyone in the Han tribe can cover themselves with woolen quilts. Luo Chong's plan to replace cotton with wool will not be an empty talk. It is very likely to be realized. Take the more than 400 rolls of woolen cloth produced now. In fact, only one-fifth of the raw materials are used, and the remaining four-fifths are earned by the Han tribe.
As long as the Han tribe is given some time, this wool can be turned into clothes for the tribesmen, sheets for the beds, and quilts for the bodies. The Han tribe can gradually say goodbye to the difficulties of relying on animal skins to survive the winter.
And these are just the benefits brought by exchanging wool. What if it is used to exchange sheepskins, or live sheep?
If six meters of cloth is exchanged for one sheep, an ordinary female weaver in the Han tribe can weave 10 meters of cloth every day using a shuttle loom, which is equivalent to earning one and a half live sheep in one day. This is much better than hunting. The key is that it is safe and stable. Where can you find such a good thing?
In the past, the Han tribe expanded its influence through the market, and now it recruits laborers and expands the population through the market. Today's foreign trade makes the Han tribe rich. This is the biggest income for the people to improve their living standards. This is what Luo Chong said, the national policy of prospering the country through trade.
Nearly 300 horses, more than a dozen oxen pulling carts, 48 large and small vehicles, 76 elite heavy cavalry, 80 caravan members, fully loaded with iron pots and iron spoons, iron scissors, various ceramic containers, wooden buckets, original woolen cloth, pure and flawless white salt, this is the goods and personnel and vehicle configuration carried by the caravan dispatched by the Han tribe this time.
They will go all the way south from the east bank of the river, first trade with the tribes in the mountains and forests along the way, and then exit the canyon into the vast grassland to arrive at the final destination of this transaction.
However, this time Luo Chong made a request to You Fu, asking them to explore as far south as possible, find the tribal caravan that owns the bamboo, try to make contact with them, and then drive them out of a certain range through negotiations, leaving enough room for the Han tribe to move around. Otherwise, they would be beaten every time they meet in the future. If they dare to steal business from the Han tribe, there would be nothing to say.
You Fu also kept Luo Chong's words in mind. He could go out and live a free and unrestrained life, and bring many benefits to the tribe, so that the people could live a better life. This job really suited You Fu's mind. He loved this wandering lifestyle, but he also wanted to have a stable and safe rear base as a resting place. These two requirements were actually very contradictory, but Luo Chong undoubtedly solved all his problems, so You Fu was very loyal to Luo Chong, and worked hard to complete one order after another given by Luo Chong.
At the same time as the caravan set out, thousands of acres of farmland in the new city had been cultivated, and the ditches used to divert water had been dug and unblocked by slaves. Dashu was in charge of all affairs in the new city. Now, according to Luo Chong's previous request, he asked Dali to lead the team, leading 200 tribesmen and 300 slaves, some cattle and horses, various production and living tools, and the wooden boats of the Han tribe, to the salt lake area to dig magnetite. The iron ore of the Han tribe has been exhausted, and a large amount must be reserved this year.
In the north of Hanyang City, the tribal alliance observation group led by two reconnaissance teams has also arrived at the plateau grassland they mentioned, and found another tribal alliance that lives by cooperative hunting. The two sides are negotiating about visiting the Han tribe, and the previous group of people who learned to raise livestock are obviously persuading them to go to the Han tribe together.
The current communication between the two sides is still relatively smooth. Most of the leaders of this hunting alliance are interested in the Han tribe. It is estimated that in a few days, they will follow them to the south of Hanyang City.
But some people are happy and some are sad. The two tribal alliances in the north are happy about visiting the Han tribe, while in the mountains and forests south of Hanyang City, the leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, is about to cry.
He regrets it very much now, especially for telling Youfu that there is a big lake in the south. As a result, he himself did not expect that Youfu and his friends would unexpectedly find the grassland in order to explore the big lake, and they also met the nomadic tribe there and did big business with them. Every time they passed by him, they could bring back countless cattle, horses and sheep.
The Lu leader was very depressed. He was obviously a big customer of the Han tribe before, and the spotted pigs raised by his tribe could be sold at a good price, especially when he first traded with the Han tribe. At that time, Youfu had not yet joined the Han tribe, so he did not feel sorry for those goods, which gave him great convenience and the price of selling goods was very low.
But since the Han tribe had a new source of livestock, the spotted pigs of their Lu tribe began to depreciate, and now they can hardly afford to eat white salt.
(End of this chapter)
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