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Chapter 41 Holding a Wool Fair

Author: Use your soul to aim

Hearing that Miss Su didn't want money, Zhang Zongxian was confused: What do you want if you don't want money? Do you want me to marry you? It's not impossible, but I have to discuss this with Su'e.

"I hope the county magistrate will allow these poor women like me to go to the medical clinic in the college to study and become a medical woman in the future."

Zhang Zongxian didn't get the answer he wanted as to why she wanted to be a medical woman.

This girl Su is so imaginative! The industry span is so huge.

"This is a simple matter. I will ask Uncle Ding to tell the doctor."

"The daughter of the people thanked the county magistrate. If there is nothing to do, the lady took her leave."

In feudal society, all medical students were men, and because of the constraints of ethics and ethics, it was difficult for women to get effective medical treatment when they were sick. Miss Su also experienced many separations from sisters, and now she is pessimistic about everything.

The school that saw Zhang Zongxian also wanted to learn medical skills and pass them on to create a team of medical women to serve women all over the world.

After settling the reception issue, Zhang Zongxian continued to go to class. Other county magistrates drank wine and listened to little girls every day, but he was the only one who was busier every day than in his previous life, teaching a group of children.

Now Zhang Zongxian understands the saying that he had to kill pigs in his previous life to become a teacher in this life. His blood pressure is high every day because of the anger of those bastards.

Soon XCMG had built fifty spinning wheels. Zhang Zongxian immediately asked Qian Dianshi to arrange for the government officials to inform those Li Zheng to attend the Taiping trade show in Ma Market three days later.

Zhang Zongxian hired thirty village women who were good at spinning and weaving. They first practiced how to spin wool thread, and based on their memories of helping knit sweaters when they were young, he asked the maids to knit ten sweaters and trousers.

It is planned to let people try on the clothes at the trade fair. Zhang Zongxian will not show up at the trade fair. Instead, Hu Biao will be asked to explain specific policies to those Li Zheng.

On the day of the trade fair, Zhang Zongxian had a stage set up in front of the Ma Shi Inn. He also called in a band to add to the fun.

A banner was hung on the stage, which read "Taiping Wool Textile Exhibition". Twenty pedal spinning wheels were placed on the stage. Ten sweaters and trousers were hung under the banner.

Zhang Zongxian himself hid on the second floor of the inn to observe the situation below.

Soon many people and businessmen gathered to watch, and those in charge also arrived at the venue one after another.

Everyone is talking about what this exhibition is about? What does the Taiping want to do? What are those spinning wheels used for?

After almost everyone had arrived, Hu Biao walked up to the stage and said to the invited Li Zhengmen.

"Dear fellow villagers, I am Hu Biao, the current steward of the horse market. Taiping invited you here today to show you something. Something that can make you rich.

The winters have been getting colder and colder in recent years, and the price of cotton has become more and more fierce. An old cotton coat costs one or two cents."

At this point, Hu Biao paused to look at the reactions of everyone in the audience.

I saw everyone in the audience nodding in agreement when it was mentioned that the price of cotton-padded clothes was getting higher and higher. These cotton-padded clothes could not even be purchased by their family, which was too expensive. How much did one stone of food cost? A piece of cotton-padded clothing could be exchanged for one stone.

Food.

"Today, what Taiping shows you is a sweater that can replace cotton-padded clothes to keep warm and is cheaper than cotton-padded clothes."

After saying that, he waved his hands and asked the women to take the cleaned wool and come to the stage to start spinning wool with a pedal spinning wheel.

It was also the first time that everyone saw so many spinning wheels spinning together, and they saw the white and pure hair of unknown animals being spun into wool.

Then Hu Biao waved his hand and ten people ran out from the inn holding a large ball of wool and two slender branches and began to knit sweaters in front of everyone.

Everyone present stared at the women with wide eyes. Fortunately, Zhang Zongxian asked those women to wear silk hats. Otherwise, those women would have experienced this if they were stared at by so many people.

Then they saw the wool gradually taking shape in the hands of the women. Everyone understood that this was a sweater!

Couldn't I just buy the wool and knit a sweater myself? It would be much easier than the cotton-padded clothes. I don't know how much the wool costs.

Those businessmen who were just watching the excitement immediately realized the huge commercial value of the sweater. Several people who were familiar with Hu Biao had already started to ask Hu Biao about the price.

Hu Biao originally wanted to follow the price set by Zhang Zongxian, but seeing the greed in the eyes of those businessmen, Hu Biao felt that the price set was too low.

He excused himself to let them take a look beforehand, turned back to the inn, and went straight to the second floor to find Zhang Zongxian.

"The county magistrate is really a business wizard. It's clear at a glance that Zheng Zheng's interest has been aroused. As soon as the loan and sales policy is announced, the strong ones will definitely want it.

It’s just that the county magistrate just showed them how to spin wool, and those merchants could figure out the trick at a glance, and they could go back and buy the wool themselves. Wouldn’t it be like giving away the chicken that lays the golden eggs to others?”

"Director Hu, you are right, but unwashed wool cannot be spun into thread. Even if they discover how to clean wool, it will be useless without wool.

These things cannot be hidden. As long as we control most of the wool, we control the market. By the time they know how to clean the wool, we have already bought back all the wool available on the grassland."

"I admire the county magistrate for his cleverness, but the herdsmen will definitely not shear this sheep in winter. It has to be sheared in summer. I'm afraid there won't be enough time!"

"We can collect as much wool as we can now. When spring comes, Boren will kill them on the grassland. Then those tribes will have to sell their wool to us, otherwise they will be wiped out."

"The county magistrate has great foresight and foresight, but I admire the young lady very much. It's just that the price of wool you set earlier was too low. Those merchants were asking about the price. The young lady also tried on the sweater. It's very warm. I want to sell it to the capital."

It’s more valuable than cotton-padded clothes!”

After listening to Hu Biao's statement, Zhang Zongxian also fell into deep thought. It is true that this wool has good thermal insulation effect and can be knitted in many patterns. It is also new. Wouldn't it be more popular if it could be dyed into various colors?

Zhang Zongxian's previous plan was to sell a pound of wool for five cents, but now it seems that the price is indeed a bit low. Zhang Zongxian didn't know how much to buy, so he asked Hu Biao for his opinion.

"The county minister thinks that this wool costs at least three taels of silver per kilogram. The price will be lowered after the wool is stored. Moreover, your original plan to lend money to the people to spin the yarn is not feasible! After the people weave the wool,

It will definitely be taken away by those merchants.

Even if the purchase price is increased, it still won't work. It's better to build a workshop in the city and recruit workers to spin the thread."

Zhang Zongxian also felt that he had taken things for granted and not thought thoroughly. But his original purpose was to provide the people with an additional means of keeping warm and an additional income. If he opened his own factory, all the profits would belong to him and fall into the hands of the people.

The benefits will be much less.

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