"How does Your Highness know this? You've never seen woolen yarn before." Even Zhao Wudi was confused.
After many battles with the enemy, every time the wool season came, large pieces of discarded wool could often be seen on the grasslands.
No one picked up the roots.
"Just wait and see, you'll be amazed soon!
If we can defeat the barbarians, we will have a lot of grassland.
We can also come here to graze.
In addition to making money from selling sheep, wool can also bring in a lot of income.
Winter is very hard for people.
The main reason is that the production of sheepskin is too small, and ordinary people have no cotton clothes to wear in winter.
If we can make reasonable use of this wool, we can make sweaters in large quantities.
People will suffer less in winter."
Li Ye asked people to prepare paper and pen and began to design a spinning wheel for weaving wool.
Cashmere wool is spun into cotton yarn, which can then be woven into cloth.
Of course, the wool is thicker, so it is more convenient to knit it into a sweater.
Princess Ruyue and the others were very curious and watched quietly from the side.
After working for more than an hour, I finally finished designing the spinning wheel.
I saw this ancient spinning wheel when I visited the Li Ye Museum.
The structure is not complicated.
It can be made out of wood.
There are many carpenters among the craftsmen working, so give the drawings to them and start production.
In just over half a day, more than a dozen craftsmen worked together to build the first wool spinning wheel.
Li Ye took the selected wool, pulled a line onto the spinning wheel, and started to turn the spinning wheel.
The wool is drawn into the thread and wound around the spindle.
Soon a spindle was made.
Li Ye picked up the spindle and showed it to everyone: "See, this is how we spin the thread.
If you knit a sweater with this kind of wool, you will be very warm when you wear it.
Moreover, the thickness of the sweater can be changed according to the different styles.
This way we can cope with different temperatures.”
Seeing the woolen fluff turning into yarn, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
I've never seen such artistic skills before.
“The female family members who come in the future can be assigned to do these tasks.
Even though the money I earn isn’t much, it’s enough to support my family and cover my food expenses.”
Li Ye said.
In this era, it is very difficult for a woman to support the whole family.
It is absolutely unattainable.
Princess Ruyue also knows the importance of this craft.
㳎 Very cheap wool can be woven into clothes and can definitely be sold at a high price.
Any clothing that can keep you warm is not cheap.
You can sell it for more than ten times the profit if you bring it back.
I didn't expect it to be such a great success.
"That's great! If we could collect all the wool and make clothes out of it, we could make a lot of money."
"Then let's buy a lot. When all my husband's family members move here, the number of people may reach several million.
All kinds of supplies will be extremely scarce, so we must speed up our preparations."
I was a little worried that just preparing clothes would be a big problem.
I didn't expect it to be resolved so quickly.
Sheepskin can be made into leather clothing, and wool can be woven into sweaters.
We can also ship more clothes from the mainland to ensure that we can have a safe winter.
Li Ye nodded: "In addition to purchasing more cattle and sheep, the purchase of wool must be accelerated.
The best thing we can do is to recruit more merchants from other countries and have them buy goods from us all over the country.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, you can exchange it for goods.”
“People on the grassland will definitely think we are stupid for spending money to buy these things.
Little did they know that such precious things would be wasted tomorrow.
Your Highness is truly amazing, knowing so much."
Lei Ying also followed suit and praised continuously.
"Hurry up and arrange for more people to build spinning wheels! In addition to building the village and the wall as soon as possible, we must also speed up preparations for building houses.
I have designed the style of the houses and built them in this way.”
Li Ye took out the design drawings of the house again.
Each family has three large tiled houses and four side rooms, which is enough for a family to live in.
Although the yard is not too big, it still has a sheep pen and a stable.
It makes it convenient for them to raise livestock.
Looking at the beautiful yard plan, everyone present was full of praise.
However, I was very confused when I saw that there was a chimney above the bed in the house leading to the outside.
"Your Highness, what's going on here? Why is there a chimney built on the bed?" Lei Ying asked puzzledly.
Li Ye explained to them: "This is for making a kang! The winter in the north is extremely cold, and even with thick bedding it is hard to bear.
Especially those who migrated from the mainland, they simply can't bear it.
Especially in extremely cold winters, people may even freeze to death.
So you can light a fire under the bed and make the whole house warm!
The kang is long and wide, so even a family can sleep comfortably together.
If it is inconvenient, you can build a kang in other rooms so that you can live separately.
As long as you put coal or firewood under the kang, the whole house will be warm.
Getting through the winter won’t be a problem.”
"So that's how it is! I can light a fire in the house without having to worry about smoke.
This method is indeed good!" Lei Ying suddenly realized.
Zhao Wudi was also amazed.
He said, "Why didn't I think of such a solution before?
For troops stationed at the border, winter is very difficult.
If every house had a kang, we wouldn't have to worry about being cold at night."
"That's one way, but we already have 700,000 to 800,000 people.
By the time all the families arrived, there would be at least three or four million people.
How much wood would be needed if so many people all used the kang?
Even if we cut down all the trees along the border, I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough for the fire." Princess Ruyue asked.
Li Ye had already made preparations and said confidently: "I have been planning this for so many years, how could I not be prepared at all?
There is a coal mine not far from here!
And it's not buried too deep underground.
Send people to mine the coal. Even if there are millions of people, it will take hundreds or thousands of years to burn it all."
The utilization rate of coal in ancient times was very low.
The main reason is that coal has a strong smell and is prone to gas poisoning.
Many people think this thing is poisonous.
Especially the powerful and wealthy have no roots.
In winter, the rich used charcoal, and the airtightness of their houses was not very good.
Using charcoal for heating is generally not dangerous.
It's just that the cost of burning charcoal is too high, and ordinary people can't afford it.
This resulted in very cheap coal prices.
In addition, it is buried deep and difficult to explore.
Based on his experience and knowledge from his previous life, Li Ye sent people to search for coal mines according to the terrain and soil quality.
In order to find deeper coal mines, they were even equipped with Luoyang shovels.
Even coal mines buried dozens of meters below can be found.
After so many years of hard work, Li Ye has found many coal resources.
It is very appropriate to promote it at this time.
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