Chapter 962 Chapter 962, Quartermaster Department
Daohua only knew the most basic knitting techniques, which she had taught herself when she was bored in her previous life. When she finished knitting a small vest sweater for her son, it attracted many maids and old women in the mansion to watch. The most interested among them were the people in the sewing room.
The needlework is not difficult to learn. Daohua demonstrated it twice to the people in the sewing room, and they learned it quickly. Not only that, they also innovated and came up with new needlework.
"Professional matters should be left to professionals."
Daohua's hands were not as skillful as those in the sewing room, but she had seen many knitted items made of wool. Through her frequent requests, the sewing room soon made sweaters, hats, scarves and other items with different patterns.
Guo Ruomei looked through the vests, gloves, socks and other small items sent by the sewing room and couldn't help saying, "It's convenient to use these bamboo sticks to knit sweaters."
Daohua: "In Xiliang, many families can't afford looms, but bamboo sticks are not hard to come by. My mother has seen that this needlework is not difficult to learn. The women in the family can almost understand it after just one look."
Guo Ruomei looked surprised: "You want to promote your knitting skills?"
Daohua smiled and said, "I didn't invent the knitting method. If it can be popularized among the people, fewer people will suffer from the cold when winter comes."
"The sweaters knitted here are soft, warm, and durable. Even if they are worn out or torn, they can be refurbished at any time."
Guo Ruomei smiled and nodded: "Wool is not hard to come by in Xiliang. If we really promote it, the lives of the people in Xiliang will be much better."
As he spoke, he looked at the rice flowers with a smile.
"You have done another good thing for the people."
Daohua smiled modestly and said, "This is nothing. If Xiliang wants to develop, it still depends mainly on Yeyang. What I have done can only slightly improve the lives of the people."
Guo Ruomei: "This is more than enough."
That night, after Xiao Yeyang came back, he also looked through some woolen knitted items. The first thing he thought of was the army.
Although the soldiers now have cotton-padded clothes, the winter in Xiliang is too cold and they will still be freezing if they only wear cotton-padded clothes.
With sweaters and trousers, you will be much better able to keep out the cold.
"Don't tell anyone about this knitting technique yet. I'll collect some wool first. In the cold winter, ordinary people can still warm themselves by the fire at home, but the soldiers have to patrol outside."
Governing every part of Xiliang requires money, so now he has to be thrifty.
In the past, wool was mainly bought by wealthy businessmen to make items such as wool blankets and wool felt. There were not many buyers, so the amount used was not much. However, once the knitting technique for sweaters was spread, the price of wool might rise.
Daohua naturally agreed, but simply asked, "Do you have to take care of all these things? Xiliang is on the border, and there are many troops stationed there. They need a huge amount of supplies. Doesn't the Dusi have a dedicated military supply department to manage all this?"
Xiao Yeyang's eyes lit up: "Military Quartermaster Department?"
Daohua nodded: "It is the department responsible for supplying the army with daily supplies."
Xiao Yeyang laughed and said, "Don't tell me, there really isn't any. In the past, all the supplies needed by the border troops were provided by the guards."
Quartermaster General's Office.
If Xiliang wants to achieve separation of military and political affairs, he really should build a quartermaster department.
Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua and said with a smile, "You really are my lucky star." He paused and said, "What do you think about letting Su Hongxin run the Quartermaster Department?"
Rice Flower: “Hmm?”
Xiao Yeyang: "Su Hongxin has come all the way to join me. Now that the war with Western Liao is over, I can't let him stay in the army forever. Yuan Xuan and your eldest brother have their own assignments, so I can't leave him behind."
Daohua smiled and said, "You decide for yourself."
The next day, when Xiao Yeyang arrived at the Dusi, he sent a message to Su Hongxin, asking him to come to Liangdu. Then he looked through the map of Liangdu and finally planned to convert the Weijia granary on the outskirts of Liangdu into a military supply department.
The Wei family's granary not only covers a large area, but is also very solidly built, with hundreds of warehouses, making it very suitable for storing military supplies.
At the same time, people were sent to start collecting wool.
The officials of the Dusi were somewhat puzzled by this.
"What's the point of collecting wool? Isn't that just nonsense?"
"That's right. The Dusi didn't have much money to begin with. Now they have to build roads, post stations, and family quarters for the border troops. The Dusi is almost bankrupt."
"Forget it, why bother with so much? If Prince Xiao wants to make trouble, then let him make trouble. When he runs out of money, he will naturally know to stop."
As for Su Hongxin, as soon as he received Xiao Yeyang's letter, he immediately rode to Liangdu at full speed with his personal guards.
The first thing he said when he saw Xiao Yeyang was: "I thought you had forgotten me!"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at him and handed him the plan of the Quartermaster Department. "The Quartermaster Department is a garrison commander, a fourth-rank official, in charge of all military supplies for the Xiliang Border Army. Are you willing to do it?"
Su Hongxin didn't even finish reading the plan map before he quickly nodded: "I agree, I agree." Now that the war with Western Liao has stopped, those who want to be promoted in the military town can only accumulate experience.
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I'll give you half a month to settle your family. Is that enough?"
Su Hongxin smiled and said, "That's enough, but I'd like to trouble you to send two people who are familiar with Liangdu to me. I need to buy the house first."
Xiao Yeyang said directly: "Go find Wen Xiu, he is familiar with this area."
Su Hongxin: "Okay, I'll go down first."
After the Quartermaster Department was set up, a large amount of wool was sent there. When the wool was almost harvested in the spring, news came from the Weiyuan Palace that everyone could go to the Four Seasons Ranch to learn how to knit sweaters with bamboo sticks.
"Weaving clothes with bamboo sticks? Really?"
"Which ranch is Four Seasons Ranch? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
"Stupid, there are Four Seasons Grain Store, Four Seasons Fruit and Vegetable Store, and Four Seasons Pharmacy in the city. These stores are all owned by Princess Weiyuan, so the Four Seasons Ranch must also belong to Princess Weiyuan."
"Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Of course I have to go. How can anything that comes out of the palace be bad? If bamboo sticks can really be woven into clothes, maybe I can wear new clothes this year."
After hearing this news, the officials of the Dusi finally understood why Xiao Yeyang had hoarded a large amount of wool some time ago.
Everyone arrived at the Four Seasons Ranch with curiosity.
In order to promote the knitting technique, Daohua also put in some effort and asked the people in the sewing room to demonstrate how to wash wool, how to twist the wool into yarn of different thicknesses, how to dye it, and how to weave the yarn into clothes.
The ranch also gave a set of bamboo sticks for free to the first group of people who started learning.
Nowadays, almost all women know how to sew, and just as Daohua thought, it is not difficult for women to learn.
When the first person knitted a sock, everyone stopped just watching.
Yan Shouhou smiled and stepped forward, saying, "My princess said that the ranch will teach everyone how to knit sweaters for free for a month. Anyone who wants to learn can come."
"Those who bring their own bamboo sticks and yarn can take their knitted items away, but those who don't have these will have to leave their knitted items behind."
(End of this chapter)
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