The price of cotton cloth in the West Market has gradually stabilized.

Many merchants who have seen the benefits of cotton cloth have also begun selling cotton cloth to various places.

The series of cotton clothes launched by the Prince of Chu's clothing store effectively promoted the prosperity of the cotton market.

It feels good and comfortable to wear.

Pure cotton clothing is not only liked by the common people, but also by nobles.

"Five cents per foot, Your Majesty, the price of cotton cloth on the market has basically been fixed."

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Zhong reported to Li Shimin the situation of cotton cloth these days.

As a major policy of the imperial court, the promotion of cotton planting in Hedong Road was naturally the focus of Li Shimin's concern.

Now that the cotton has been picked, what needs to be concerned about is the sales of cotton cloth.

Li Shimin was naturally happy that food, clothing, housing and transportation could bring so much more fabrics to the market in Datang.

"The price is quite reasonable. You can buy a brand new set of clothes for only twenty or thirty cents. The quality is much better than linen."

Li Shimin placed several pieces of silk, linen, cotton and wool cloth in front of his desk, feeling the differences between them.

The price of cotton cloth is not the cheapest, nor is the breathability the best, but its overall performance is the undisputed number one.

Especially when it comes to personal clothing, even silk cannot compare.

Sometimes, the more expensive something is, the better it is not.

"Yes, there is still some pressure for ordinary people to buy cotton cloth. But for craftsmen in various workshops in Chang'an City, it is not difficult at all to make cotton clothes on board. This cotton cloth is more durable, wear-resistant and warm than linen cloth.

The effect is also much better, and the people will be blessed this winter."

Li Zhong did not let his family buy land to grow cotton in Shuozhou this year. Now that he feels the huge benefits and benefits brought by cotton, he can't help but regret it.

There are many people in Chang'an City who have similar ideas.

Therefore, in the past few days, many noble families have sent their children to Shuozhou for next year's cotton planting.

"Food production has increased, cloth production has also increased, coupled with the introduction of caesarean section operations and the establishment of the Affiliated Hospital of Guanshishan Academy Medical College, the population of Datang should increase a lot this year, right?"

Population is wealth.

In this era, the population of a county is often an important reference factor in determining whether the county is an upper or lower county.

In previous years, when the population had increased, everyone would have worried about various problems such as insufficient land and insufficient food.

However, in Chang'an City today, absolutely no one has such worries.

Especially with the continuous establishment of various workshops, the demand for manpower is constantly rising.

Even the price of slaves transported from the grassland has increased by 30%.

This further stimulated the Chunyu family in Dengzhou and Dafei in Liangzhou and their slave-catching teams to increase the frequency of their activities.

"It's not clear about other state capitals, but in Chang'an County, the population has increased by more than 10% this year."

"Okay! I have been on the throne for so many years, and I can finally live a comfortable life."

Li Shimin put down the cotton in his hand and smiled on his face.

However, the moon shines crookedly on Kyushu, making some people happy and some sad.

While Li Shimin and his ministers were talking happily in the Xuanzheng Hall, the shopkeeper of Fan Yang's Lu Family Linen Shop looked sad.

"Shopkeeper Lu, it's not that the guys are not working hard, it's actually that if the price of our linen cloth is not reduced, it will almost be the same price as cotton cloth. Those people are not stupid either. There was no cotton cloth in the past, and linen cloth is the cheapest, so naturally it is not necessary to buy it.

Sell. Now that the price is not much different, but it is obviously better than cotton in every aspect, who would come here to buy linen?"

"The profit margin of the linen in our shop is not high to begin with. Affected by the influence of wool thread and woolen cloth, the price has already dropped once. Now it continues to drop, so should our shop continue to operate? The key is the people.

Our demand for linen is low, and even if the price drops, we may not be able to sell well."

Shopkeeper Lu's mind is still clear.

However, he didn't know how to solve this kind of problem.

The original wool thread was like this, and the linen fabric is like this now.

This shop of my own really competes with the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

"Shopkeeper Lu, if we are willing to lower the price, actually... we can still sell it."

The guy hesitated for a while and finally said this.

"Huh? How do you say this?"

Shopkeeper Lu was certainly not stupid, and he understood the meaning behind the waiter's words.

"In the past few days, some merchants have come to ask us about linen. The quantity of linen they want is very large, but the price they offer is relatively low. Moreover, he said that if we are willing to sell twine, then how much they want,

The premise is that the price needs to be lowered.”

As the largest linen shop in Chang'an City and even in the Tang Dynasty, the Fan Yang Lu family has its own special linen workshop, and naturally also has a special twine workshop.

Moreover, the production of this hemp has a time limit and is not available all year round.

Therefore, there is a large amount of twine stored in the warehouse of Fan Yang's Lu Family Linen Shop.

If no changes are made and the current trend continues, these goods in the warehouse will have no chance of turning into linen.

If you can't sell it, why produce it?

"How much does it take for someone to have such a loud voice?"

Shopkeeper Lu's face showed an expression of disbelief.

In his eyes, these twine basically have no other function besides making linen cloth.

Now there are people who come here specifically to purchase hemp thread. Could it be that they are confident that they can weave better linen than the one produced by the Lu family?

Or is it that the cost of the linen weaved by them is much lower than that of our own?

No matter which one it is, Shopkeeper Lu doesn’t believe it.

"It's true that there are as many as you want. Although I don't know this person, I asked about it and I heard that he works behind the manager Wang of Prince Chu's Mansion."

"Wang Fugui? Why does the Chu Palace want to buy so much twine?"

Shopkeeper Lu showed a puzzled expression.

The cotton cloth thing was invented by the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

Nowadays, cotton cloth is so easy to sell that the Prince of Chu's Mansion actually arranged for someone to come to him to buy twine.

I can’t understand this operation at all!

"I don't know very well. Logically speaking, the linen in our shop is the best in the entire Tang Dynasty. They buy the linen from us, and the linen they weave cannot be better than ours, nor can the price be comparable."

We are low, unless they don’t want to make money anymore.”

"We'll wait and see for a few more days. If the situation can improve after other linen shops reduce their prices, then there is no need for us to sell cotton threads to the Prince of Chu's Mansion. The price is reduced anyway, so why should we lower the price to the Prince of Chu's Mansion? But if the situation remains the same

No, then just sell all the twine."
Chapter completed!