Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 71 I, Zhou Chen, a friend of Ming women! ! !
Little brother is very good!
Zhu Zhanji nodded with satisfaction.

It doesn't matter if it's wool or not.
The important thing is that His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun of the Ming Dynasty invented the sweater. After the news got out, wouldn't it damage his bright image?
Thinking about the few women knitting sweaters together in the future, and then gossiping about his invention of knitting sweaters, he felt a little bit numb.

The picture was so beautiful that he didn't dare to think about it.

God knows, if he does it like this, one day he will become Daming's female friend!

Seeing Zhou Chen take over the pot, Zhu Zhanji felt comfortable.

Let Zhou Chen come, the future female friend of Ming Dynasty.

Thinking about these things in his heart, Zhu Zhanji continued: "In this way, we can just sell wool directly. I think it will definitely be more popular. Some women, who have nothing to do, only need two or three wooden needles. It’s also interesting to be able to chat while knitting a sweater without using a loom, and without restricting the location and time.”

"Grandfather Sun Yingming!"

Zhou Chen flattered, and then added: "Not only that, but in this way, the most troublesome weaving process will be subtracted, and the efficiency of the textile factory will also be greatly improved. In the past, perhaps only 1000 pieces could be woven in a year. Cloth, now we only weave wool. There are more than 150 people in the textile factory, and [-] textile machines. After removing some weaving machines, there are [-] machines that can weave thread. It can weave [-] yarns, [-] yarns per cart with four yarns, [-] yarns per day, and [-] yarns per car with three yarns, and [-] yarns per day. Seventy-five hundred thousand!"

"Tsk!"

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but smacked his lips when he heard the data reported by Zhou Chen in one go.

Some people admire this guy's mental arithmetic ability, this breath does not even bring the slightest pause.

"If it's [-] yuan a day, it's not bad!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded.

He just looked at it, and a piece of wool weighs almost half a catty, almost like a ball of wool in later generations.

According to his experience, a scarf needs almost one ball of wool, and a sweater needs about four balls.

In this way, it is equivalent to the fact that this small textile factory can produce more than 1 scarves, or more than 4000 sweaters in one day.

Of course, the account must not be calculated in this way, but the efficiency of this textile factory has indeed been greatly improved.

Moreover, in this era, few people sell ready-made clothes. If the method of knitting sweaters is popularized by then, wool will definitely be welcomed by a large number of women.

Thinking about the popularity of wool in later generations, junior high school students who are so young can knit scarves and necks. In winter, some girls even knit scarves in class.

If knitting sweaters were brought to Daming, this era that favored men farming and women weaving would have something as flexible and convenient as knitting sweaters.

After the busy farming season, four or five rural women, or young ladies from rich families, gather together in villages, attics, and boudoirs, and chat while knitting sweaters.

Zhu Zhanji has almost thought that Zhou Chen will become a picture of a friend of women in the future.

After all, if the women who originally stayed at home weaving were freed and went to the streets and alleys, wouldn't this benefit the majority of women?
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhou Chen with deep eyes, and after thinking about it, he asked: "If the textile factory is fully producing, can the wool keep up with the supply? Don't worry about the wool not keeping up with the weaving thread." speed."

Zhou Chen didn't know that Zhu Zhanji had already thought so much in his mind, even thinking about his future name, so he immediately said:

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Recently, the household department arranged to go to the grassland to buy wool. It is said that the grassland people knew that Daming wanted to buy wool, and they still used salt, as well as cloth, pottery, grain and other daily necessities. The leaders of some tribes even Those who came up directly and actively lowered the price of wool wanted to exchange for these things, so wool will definitely be in supply."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile on his face: "It's not necessary to lower the price. We can't let them suffer. After all, the sheep they raised so hard should let them earn what they should earn. Otherwise, how can they provide us with more money?" wool?"

Zhou Chen nodded, knowing that Zhu Zhanji's words meant that he wanted grassland people to raise more sheep, so he smiled and said:

"Your Highness is very correct. I have calculated that the wool of a sheep is about three to five catties. A catty of ordinary yellow salt with [-] Wen can be exchanged for ten sheep's wool, which is about forty catties. Forty catty Remove impurities from a catty of wool, and then soak it to dry, about [-] catties will be left, which can produce [-] jin of wool, plus all kinds of costs here, the cost of a jin of wool will never exceed five yuan!"

"Is it so cheap?"

Zhu Zhanji was stunned when he heard Zhou Chen's account for himself.

He had thought that the cost of wool would be very low, but he never thought that the cost of wool would be so low.

If calculated in this way, the cost of a ball of wool is only five cents, wouldn't it mean that the cost of a sweater is only twenty cents!
Although wool is not a sweater, and it takes only a few hours to produce a skein of wool, it takes some time to knit a sweater.

This time is not much different from the time we used to weave with looms.

But knitting sweaters is different. You don't need a loom for this thing.

Not to mention being limited by time and place, you can knit a few times when you are almost free.

Ordinary people who cannot afford looms can buy a few balls of wool.

Then cut a few branches and cut two sweater needles, how much does it cost?
The work of knitting sweaters is not difficult. The cost of a ball of wool is only five yuan. Even if he needs to make some money, he can double it and sell it for ten yuan a ball of wool.

In other words, you only need to spend [-] Wen, and you can get an extremely warm sweater very easily if you take some time out on weekdays!

Zhu Zhanji suddenly realized that he seemed to have underestimated things like wool.

If the method of knitting sweaters is popularized, how many ordinary people who could not afford to wear clothes will be saved, and they will bid farewell to the days of naked clothes?
Zhou Chen also nodded when he heard what Zhu Zhanji said: "The reason why it is cheap is entirely because the process of weaving is omitted. If we add the process of weaving, I think the cost of a piece of cloth will directly become Three or four taels of silver, but without the weaving process, the cost of a piece of clothing..."

As Zhou Chen was talking, he suddenly froze.

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

He suddenly gave Zhou Chen a complicated look.

The method of knitting sweaters, now I don't know how many Bai surnames will be benefited.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it was used as an offering.

It's for nothing that I have given credit to this guy.

Zhu Zhanji felt that he was still a little young.

Thinking about things is sometimes too thoughtful.

Originally, when he bought wool, he only intended to use this method as a means of sanctioning the grassland.

The second is that you can use what you know to get rid of the smell of wool, and then make some money.

However, only now did he realize that sanctioning the grassland was nothing.

Isn't wool fragrant for knitting sweaters?
Food and clothing!

Dressing comes before eating.

If it can solve the problem of Ming people's clothing, how much credit should this be?
It is important to know that this method is significantly different from the traditional textile industry.

The traditional textile industry generally requires three steps: spinning, weaving, and sewing.

But what about knitting?

Just two steps: spinning and weaving.

Not to mention the technical level of the two, just the entry threshold for knitting sweaters has allowed a large number of poor people to have the qualifications to make their own clothes.

Counting the cost, Zhu Zhanji understands that it can be said that the credit for this matter is almost as great as that of Xinyan, and to a certain extent, it is even far higher than that of Xinyan.

It is impossible to say that there is no regret in my heart.

This is an opportunity to gain reputation.

But Zhu Zhanji also understands better that he is a superior after all, once he speaks about many things, even if he does something wrong, he has to swallow it with tears in his eyes and smashed his teeth.

Of course, the more important thing is that, as a time traveler, he does not lack such a method of knitting sweaters in his mind.

Moreover, Zhou Chen is also a talent, and it is not too bad to use it to buy people's hearts.

As Zhou Chen was talking, he obviously thought of this, so he was stunned, then looked at Zhu Zhanji in a daze, hesitated for a moment and said: "Grandson, or you invented the method of knitting sweaters Bar?"

At this moment, he also wanted to understand the credit for this matter.

It seems that only one step is omitted, but what is really saved here is the threshold for thousands of ordinary people in Ming Dynasty to wear a piece of clothing!
And this was originally what His Highness the Grandson thought of.

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Zhou Chen, shook his head, and said with a smile: "If you say it's yours, it's yours. After all, female celebrities or something, it doesn't sound good to say it on my head!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment, and said again: "It's just that once this matter is promoted, you have done a lot. I hope you won't let me down!"

"........."

Zhou Chen opened his mouth, and after seeing that Zhu Zhanji was indeed not telling lies, he immediately knelt down on the ground with a serious face, nodded his head at Zhu Zhanji, and said seriously: "Great grandson, great virtuous man, Zhou Chen can't help it." Dare to forget, Zhou Chen is His Highness's minister at this time, and will be His Highness's minister in this life, if he violates this oath, he will be destroyed!"

Seeing him like this, Zhu Zhanji curled up his mouth and said with a smile: "Get up, I am still very optimistic about you. I originally planned to wait for you to finish everything here before referring you to the Ministry of Industry. Now see Come on, after this incident, when the time comes, I will hand over the paper to the emperor, and I think you can take it up."

Zhou Chen clasped his fists respectfully: "Thank you His Highness Taisun for your cultivation!"

Looking at Zhou Chen's attitude, Zhu Zhanji felt that he had not misjudged the person, so he smiled and said, "My knitting technique is not difficult just now, you can find a few women with ingenuity later, and teach them how to knit." , Let them weave a few finished clothes first, and then send them to me when they are finished, I will be useful then."

"Yes!"

Zhou Chen nodded immediately when he heard the words.

Seeing that Zhou Chen agreed, Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and felt that there was nothing else to do, then he smiled and said: "There is nothing to do, I will go back, you go and bring me a dozen knitted yarns, and I will take them away." .”

Zhu Zhanji thought that his mother seemed to be quite free every day, so he planned to get her some wool balls to pass the time.

Zhou Chen prepared very quickly here, after all, it was just knitting, and it only took half an hour for a few balls of wool.

(End of this chapter)