Chapter 175 interests first
The arrival of the half-elves injected new vitality into the territory. After hearing that there were weaving experts in the half-elves, Su Lun immediately ordered the establishment of a weaving factory.
The amount of cotton originally planted in the territory has also doubled. The cotton was originally planted to make cotton coats. Now Sulun has a new plan to make cotton cloth. You should know that although silk is smooth and comfortable, it is too expensive. Cotton cloth is also a high-end fabric and is more popular in the north, and it has a better warming effect.
In addition to skilled workers, building a weaving factory requires professional looms. There are not many looms in the territory, the weaving efficiency is not high, and the gaps in the weaving cloth are very large. Sulun looked at the textile machine in front of him. This was a single spinning wheel, and he could only weave a silk cotton at the same time.
The textile technology used by the half-elves is now a three-spin spinning wheel. It can spin three silk cotton at the same time. Not to mention the others, the efficiency alone is three times higher.
After studying the structure of the loom, Sulun transformed and upgraded the existing looms.
Having the powerful skill of mechanical control made Sulun know these machines well. After talking to several cloth weaving masters for a while, Sulun transformed these looms on their suggestions.
The technology of a three-spin spinning wheel is not difficult. To put it bluntly, as long as you understand the principles, you can easily make it. Many times it is not that the technology cannot be done, but that your thinking is in a misunderstanding. After understanding the problems of these textile machines, Su Lun first made a three-spin textile machine.
Since you can weave three spindles at a time, why not add more spindles? After some transformation, Sulun successfully made a textile machine that can weave five spindles at a time and a textile machine that can weave nine spindles at a time.
The structure of a five-spinned textile machine is not difficult, it is similar to that of a three-spinned textile machine. The structure of a nine-spinned textile machine is much more complicated, and it is already an essential difference from a five-spinned textile machine.
The efficiency of the nine-spinned textile machine is comparable to that of the Jenny spinning machine in the early days of the Industrial Revolution in the past. As for making textile machines that can weave more spinnings, Sulun has no plans for the time being. It can indeed be made after the ongoing process, but this era is not a highly prosperous society in the previous life.
Too much production will directly cause the price of cotton cloth to drop, which is not good news for Sulun. The production level in this world is only in the medieval level, with limited consumer markets. The appearance of a large amount of cotton cloth will directly lead to the price of cotton cloth. Cotton cloth is not sugar, but is a consumable product.
At that time, a large number of cotton cloth will be launched, but the market will not expand, and the price of cotton cloth will plummet. The more powerful the textile machine Su Lun spent in the end, the more efficient the textile machine it made, the more severe the price of cotton cloth will fall. The final result is that cotton cloth will become a commodity that ordinary people can buy and sell at will.
Cotton cloth that could have made money easily had to become small profits and quick turnover. Similarly, the increase in cotton production will also increase the scope of cotton planting and the price of cotton will also increase. This will further compress the profits of cotton cloth. Su Lun will be very willing to do his best in the end.
Of course, in this way, the civilian class will get a lot of benefits, such as after the price of cotton, they can also wear it, but what does this have to do with Sulun? So the best technology is not the best choice. He doesn't want to turn luxury goods into cabbage, which will not be beneficial to him.
Many times, the stronger the technology, the better, but economic interests need to be considered.
In order to prevent the technology of the textile machine from leaking, Sulun deliberately used the nine-split textile machine with the most complex structure. Another advantage of the nine-split textile machine is that it requires a small number of weavers. The smaller the number of people, the lower the risk of leakage. The technology of the nine-split textile machine is very complex, and it is also very difficult to learn secretly.
[New Textile Machine: The new textile machine after improvement and upgrade has improved efficiency and quality, with a leapfrog improvement in work efficiency +30, quality +10, output +40, durability +15, serious work +15]
With the new textile machine, the weaving factory was built soon, but there were some problems when the weaving factory was established. At this time, it was completely out of touch with yellow and yellow. The cotton had not been planted, the ice and snow had not melted, and the business roads had not been opened. Even with machines, it was impossible to produce. Zhenbeicheng now has machines but no raw materials to start construction.
However, although there is no cotton, there are many plants such as flax, ramie, jute, etc. on the wasteland. The half-elves often collect these plants and then weave them into cloth after processing. Since there is no cotton, we will make various linens first.
Moreover, some linen woven cloths are not worse than cotton cloths, just like the cloths woven by masters are also very comfortable to wear. Many churches use linen and ramie to make clothes.
Some churches stipulate that they are not allowed to wear cotton, silk and other clothes. The original meaning was to let church members wear ordinary linen and sharpen their will. As a result, they did not wear cotton, silk, and they wore thin linen and ramie.
The land outside the town of Zhenbei was reclaimed in large quantities, and more than 100 plowing oxen were also taken out to cultivate the land. After the training of the barbarians, the wildness of these bisons was much more restrained.
Barbarians are not humans, especially those barbarian warriors, who help train them when they are idle. These barbarian warriors can easily suppress the bisons and force them to act according to the will of the barbarians.
After being cleaned up several times, these bisons have become qualified plowing oxes, but more than one hundred plowing oxes are basically unrealistic to cultivate 50,000 acres of land, and in many cases they can only use human resources. After defeating the Orc Alliance, a large number of orc slaves, werewolves, goblins and bear goblins were captured, and these slaves were very strong and used to cultivate the land.
Outside Zhenbei City, there is a simple sewage treatment plant, where all sewer drains gather. Su Lun was carrying a mask and directing his apprentice to make farm fertilizer. In addition to domestic sewage, there are also excrement such as manure. Even the cow, horse manure and sheep manure in the territory were collected and sent here.
In addition to a few humans, there are more goblins and dogheads here. After the feces are fermented, they are processed in a few processes and then made into farm fertilizers. Although the fertility of these farm fertilizers is not as good as that of chemical fertilizers, the effect is also good. In addition to the effect of the harvest altar, the land output in Zhenbeicheng will definitely increase significantly this year.
Only half of the newly opened land is used to grow grain, and the rest are generally planted with various crops, soybeans, sesame, ramie, fine flax, beets, cotton, etc.
In addition to potatoes, there are wheat and barley. The winemaking workshop in Zhenbei City is trying various grains to make wine. He is preparing to brew some high-altitude wine. The weather in the north is cold, and high-altitude wine is more popular.
After this year, there will definitely be too much food in Zhenbeicheng. These foods will become bad and moldy after being left for a long time. Therefore, the best way is to sell them or consume them. You don’t need to think about over-transporting food from the northern wasteland to humans. It will definitely be a loss. Instead, you can sell them to some tribes on the wasteland that are willing to be close to Zhenbeicheng, such as the Centaur tribe. Speaking of which, Su Lun hasn’t seen a little mare for a while, and he doesn’t know how she is.
If the operation is done well, Sulun will soon be able to use grain to form an alliance on the wasteland. In addition to selling grain, making wine is also a big part of the food consumption, and the price of wine is much higher than that of grain. Other races on the wasteland also like to drink, but because of the grain production problem, wine is more precious, and even if sold to Carter City, it will have a considerable income.
There are two types of wines in this world, one is wine, which is aimed at the aristocratic class. The other is ale, which is aimed at ordinary people. The rum produced by Sulun with waste honey is also aimed at the aristocratic. The sales of low-end rum is not good. The mercenaries and caravan guards think it is too light. This kind of wine is more popular in southern provinces, but the channels of Zhenbeicheng cannot be extended there.
For oatmeal, barley and potato winemaking, all attempts are made in winemaking workshops. If you want to brew a high-level wine, you need to distillate it. The production of a distilled liquor is not difficult. The only problem is sealing. However, in this magical world, there are many ways to solve the sealing problem.
These technologies require slow exploration and experimentation. Many times, a lot of knowledge brought by Su Lun from his previous life cannot be used in this world. In the past few years, Su Lun has practiced a lot. For example, the killing weapon of black gunpowder was made according to proportions, but the result was that black gunpowder could not explode in this world.
There is something similar to black gunpowder in this world called dwarf gunpowder. Sulun doesn't know the specific formula. The dwarfs kept secrets strictly and did not leak them. It is said that the cost of this gunpowder is very high. Of course, there is another reason. The advanced professions in this world are too strong, and the power of dwarf gunpowder is not as powerful as imagined. At least the power of the wizards' fireball explosion is stronger than a bucket of dwarf gunpowder.
Su Lun was very busy during this period. With his hard work, a large number of fertile fields were reclaimed, irrigation facilities outside the territory were gradually improved, farm fertilizer fermentation farms were also built, weaving plants were established, and the oak forest in Zhenbei City also grew very well.
Miss Chris was also very busy during this period. Sulun gave her the matters in the ruling hall to deal with. At the same time, in order to improve her strength, she would take time to go to the training ground to train and dodge every day, and she has made great progress during this period.
The weaving factory was also left to her to take charge, and Chris was still learning various management knowledge. The little maid's eagerness to learn was worthy of encouragement. He really needed a capable maid.
Chapter completed!