Chapter 111                                                                                                                             

Zhou Mengchen said, "It's good. Just do it with peace of mind."

Zhou Mengchen no longer cared about this issue. On the one hand, there was absolutely no problem with Yang Jisheng to handle the common affairs. On the other hand, even if Zhou Mengchen wanted to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, how could he get involved? However, he was confident that this would never be the case in the future.

All of this needs to be changed.

However, the most important thing for Zhou Mengchen was to make money. He didn't want to keep building the city walls in Datong for the last few years.

Of course, the city wall needs to be built. But other things need to be done.

Zhou Mengchen drew some silver dollars to expand the cement plant. He built some new cement cellars near the side wall and rich in raw materials. Datong's resources for producing cement were quite rich. Under Zhou Mengchen's preparation, the preliminary work of building the side wall was gradually completed.

Zhou Mengchen mobilized half of the troops of the garrison to join the construction.

Although it would be a good effect to the soldiers, Zhou Mengchen had to do this after calculating the cost. Moreover, Datong's industries are booming, and there has been a shortage of labor. After all, the killing of the Tatars in Datong a few years ago was a slaughter of Datong. Even though he had many children in recent years, it would take many years to grow up.

Driven by economic factors, Zhou Mengchen didn't even need to emphasize anything. People from Shanxi, even Shaanxi and Hebei came to Datong to escape their lives.

Especially the blacksmith.

In fact, the development of Datong's economy is based on the dumping of low-priced products from Datong to the people of the north.

It’s okay to say that canned food, after all, the desire for meat among the Ming Dynasty was endless. As long as the price was low, it could be consumed and would not affect the local breeding business. After all, canned meat is not as good as fresh meat. But blacksmiths are different.

The large-scale industrial iron tools produced by Datong have hit the northern steel market at low prices. Many of the iron smith shops in various places have changed their careers and died. Many of them have to go to other places to make a living. In the whole north, except for the canal and several big cities such as Kaifeng, Datong is a hot land.

So a considerable number of people choose to come to Datong, plus refugees and so on. In short, the population gap in Datong has been alleviated to a certain extent.

However, most of the governments in the Ming Dynasty reacted very slowly. No, they did not respond at all. Their management of these merchants was more about business, that is, the government wanted something and showed up to the merchants below. Let them contribute money and efforts.

They don’t care whether the merchant can survive. Businessmen with backgrounds naturally dare not neglect. However, businessmen without backgrounds just let local officials control them.

The so-called people do not fight with officials.

They may never react to this situation.

Wait until Zhou Mengchen arranges all this.

Tengxiang also came to visit Zhou Mengchen and brought the master craftsman who was weaving in Jiangnan.

Zhou Mengchen was overjoyed and came to the Wool Textile Research Institute, which is the backyard of Datong Academy with Tengxiang.

There are several courtyards here that are doing this.

The master craftsman from Jiangnan was actually an old woman. She saw that her head was covered in silver hair, but she was neatly combed. Although there were wrinkles on her face, she rarely had old tempers, but she was more tough.

Tengxiang introduced to Zhou Mengchen: "This Xue Wang family is a good weaving master in Jiangnan. The family originally runs a weaving workshop. She married the Wang family, but her husband died. She has no children, but she has good skills and is proficient in various textiles. The dragon robe on His Majesty is made by her disciples. If the Xue family had not made too much trouble, she would not have come to Datong. This is a treasure, and she dare not neglect the weaving of Jiangnan."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen secretly admired the Xue Wang family, who felt like a strong woman from later generations.

Zhou Mengchen didn't have to ask the Xue Wang family what troubles were. Because it was obvious that a widow had no children, and according to the rules, it was probably a matter of being a desperate family. A sentient being forced to adopt a child, a sentient being fought for family property, and even a sold out person.

Zhou Mengchen has long been accustomed to such a thing.

As soon as Xue Wangshi got into work, she was very serious. She looked at the entire wool textile process very carefully.

Zhou Mengchen's preparation was not for nothing.

He prepared two parts. One part was various processing techniques for wool. The other part was to redesign various machinery based on the characteristics of wool. Try to use mechanical power rather than manpower. If Zhou Mengchen had not had time and many design and manufacturing problems had not been solved, he even wanted to go directly to the steam engine.

In fact, without the arrival of Xue Wang, Zhou Mengchen would not wait any longer. The wool textile industry may not be able to meet Zhou Mengchen's expectations, but it can only solve the problem in production. It cannot wait indefinitely.

Mrs. Xue Wang looked carefully.

Zhou Mengchen immediately asked, "Mrs. Xue, don't know what to do?"

Xue Wangshi looked at the wool in her hand and said with a piece of cloth: "The quality of the wool is not as good as that of Taihu sheep. If you are interested, you can bring a batch of sheep from Taihu Lake. However, the whole process is quite innovative. Although there are some inappropriate parts, it is also a small problem. If you are weaving a carpet or something, this is enough."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Mrs. Xue is right, but I am not satisfied with this, but I don't know what Mrs. Xue thinks?"

Xue Wang said, "Sir, if you want to make clothes, the old woman has only two ways. I don't know if it can be done. Please listen to it."

Zhou Mengchen heard that although Xue Wang's tone was very modest, he was actually very confident.

Zhou Mengchen immediately said, "Madam, please speak."

Xue Wangshi said: "The first solution is to weave wool and cotton together, so that this problem can be solved. When I was in Jiangnan, I proposed this idea, but there are many problems to be solved. If adults trust me, give me some time and I will solve this problem. If I don't trust me, just pretend I didn't say it?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen frowned immediately.

It was not that he did not believe in Xue Wang's ability, but was worried about the difficulty. Cotton and wool are two different fabrics, so there was no problem getting them together? You should know that the wool of Mongolian sheep itself was divided into different wools, and it was very laborious to separate these two kinds of wools.

How can this method achieve the desired effect?

Zhou Mengchen had no idea for a moment. He pondered for a moment and said, "What is another way?"

Xue Wang said: "The other way is to work hard on style. Please give me some wool cloth and other fabrics."

Zhou Mengchen immediately went to make arrangements.

Soon, more than a dozen fabrics were placed on it. Xue Wang walked up, touched the fabric one by one with his hands, then took out scissors, cut out a large piece of cloth, and then brought the wool fabric. Then he used the needle and thread, but in a while, a piece of clothing was made.

When Zhou Mengchen saw it, he didn't know how to say this piece of clothing.

Simply put, it is a jacket.

There is a layer of wool cloth in the middle and there are thicker fabrics on both sides, so that the wool is not close to the body. It is especially hollowed out in many places and pasted some treated wool, which looks very cute.

Zhou Mengchen stroked the inner city of his clothes with his hands, and he really didn't feel anything. Although he didn't wear it on his body, he felt very warm.

This disappointed Zhou Mengchen. Zhou Mengchen has always used this idea. It is just that wool cloth is just used as a filler and a warm material. Perhaps it can turn decay into magic for experts like Xue Wang. But not everyone can do this.

After all, there is no garment making these days. People sell fabrics themselves and make their own clothes when they go home.

"This is just an emergency solution. The most fundamental solution is the cotton-wool Tongzhi mentioned earlier." Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "It's just that I don't know when this solution will be successful. Now things are imminent, so I can only do it."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Madam Xue, please make a winter outfit for me. In addition, I will entrust my wife to knit wool and cotton together."

Mrs. Xue raised her eyebrows and said, "Please rest assured that this thing will definitely be done well."
Chapter completed!