Among them, the coarse cloth clothes worn by ordinary people are made of "hemp". This plant is very strong and can grow anywhere. Therefore, it has become the first choice for the civilian textile industry.
The slightly more advanced one is "Zunma", which is made from the plant "ramie".
Compared with "linen", "ramie" has a harsher growing environment. Not only does it like a warm and humid environment, but it is also a short-day plant, so it is basically found in the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, Shu
The ramie produced in the area is of the best quality, and the smart Shu people also processed the ramie carefully to make a kind of yarn worth a lot of gold, and named it "Huang Run", which complements the silk Shu brocade.
There is no trace of ramie in Xuchang or even in the entire Central Plains, so what He Yan is short of now is actually hemp thread.
"How come there isn't? I remember growing a lot of hemp!"
Linen is a very important economic crop. Even in this era when food is more important than life, linen is still grown in many places, so He Yan can't believe that there is not enough linen!
"Yes, there is, but...hey!"
It was Bian Bing who helped He Yan buy and sell hemp thread. After he explained it to He Yan, He Yan roughly understood the cause and effect.
Only aristocratic families can grow crops like linen in bulk. Even if ordinary people do it, they can only grow a small amount, which is enough for their own use.
Therefore, it is basically impossible to purchase hemp thread from ordinary people, mainly from aristocratic families.
But firstly, Cao Ren's "forced harvesting of grain" made these aristocratic families feel bad about He Yan. Secondly, these aristocratic families are not fools. He Yan's shipments are so fierce. It's strange that they are not jealous. How can they continue?
Provide raw materials?
"These bastards..."
He Yan also had a headache.
The local aristocratic families in Yingchuan are very powerful. If they target He Yan, He Yan will really be unable to move forward.
If you buy hemp from other places, let alone the high transportation costs, if a group of strong men come and snatch it for you in such a chaotic situation, you will have no place to cry, and you will be weird if you don't lose everything!
"Even if I plant it myself, it will be too late. The Battle of Guandu will end in October. By then, the price of land in the Central Plains will have stabilized, and the income will definitely not be too high..."
He Yan rubbed his temples and suddenly thought of someone.
"If it were him, he would definitely not be like those short-sighted people!"
After thinking about it, He Yan immediately began to write a greeting note: "If this person is willing to take action, then my goal is not just in Yuzhou!"
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Xuchang, Xunfu.
Xun Yu, who was the minister of the dynasty, returned home exhausted, but he did not even dare to close his eyes.
The frontline is getting tougher and tougher!
Not long ago, Yuan Shao built towers and oars, piled mountains of earth, and shot down Cao Ying with arrows.
Even if a resourceful man like Liu Ye invented the Thunderbolt Chariot to fight back and temporarily repelled Yuan Shao's offensive, Cao Cao's army was still at a disadvantage. He failed to gain an advantage in several attacks and could only continue to huddle in the camp and hold on.
Nowadays, the troops at the front are short of food and the soldiers are tired. Even Cao Cao is about to lose confidence. He wrote to Xun Yu several times to ask for his opinion.
Even though Xun Yu always stood firmly on Cao Cao's side, the difficulties would not disappear because of human will. The huge pressure from Cao Cao's side eventually fell on Xun Yu.
"well."
"Fortunately, Cao Ren defeated the Yellow Turban thieves who killed Runan before, otherwise the situation might have been more difficult."
After Xun Yu thought for a moment, he asked the guest next to him: "Is there any greeting card today?"
He has been waiting.
Wait for those aristocratic families to relent and provide some money and food to alleviate Guandu's urgent needs.
It's a pity that those aristocratic families have always acted like aristocratic families. Anyway, they were sure that Cao Cao would fail. They had only one iron rooster and not one stone of food.
"Hui Lingjun, there is no greeting card today."
The doorman responded habitually, but immediately changed his mind: "No, there is a greeting card at noon today, would you like to check it?"
"oh?"
Xun Yu finally looked happy.
Now, people from the imperial court don't want to see him, and people from local aristocratic families don't want to see him either. It's really rare for someone to come to visit him at this time!
"Whose invitation is this?"
"It seems to be Mr. He Yan of Sikong Mansion."
He Yan?
Xun Yu's smile froze on his face.
There are many people he wants to meet now, but He Yan is not among them.
"but……"
Xun Yu pondered for a moment, and the opinions of Guo Jia, Cao Ren and Man Chong came to mind.
Cao Ren was unreliable, so Xun Yu ignored him lazily.
But Guo Jia has always thought highly of himself. Although he only met He Yan once, he had a high opinion of He Yan.
The same was true for Man Chong. In his letter after the annihilation of Liu Pi, he clearly stated that it was He Yan's strategy that easily wiped out Liu Pi's gang who had been causing trouble to Runan County for several years. If not for bad luck, Liu Bei could even be captured.
Such a person is worth meeting even if it is not for the current situation.
"In that case, please reply to He Yan."
After replying to the post, He Yan visited Xun Yu with gifts.
It was also the first time that He Yan met Xun Yu, a big Chinese social butterfly. After seeing Xun Yu, He Yan also understood why Xun Yu was so popular.
Compared with Guo Jia, Xun Yu looks more upright and gentle. His slightly fat and round bones naturally give people a sense of intimacy, as if he has "I believe in you" written all over his face.
"I have met Mr. Xun Ling."
"Master He is exempt from courtesy."
After the two parties exchanged brief greetings, He Yan also knew that Xun Yu was busy with official duties, so he directly made his request.
"If Xun Lingjun is willing to provide thread and linen and let me spin it into cloth, it will undoubtedly be profitable for both parties."
After hearing this, Xun Yu still had an amiable smile on his face, but his words already contained a hint of polite refusal: "Young Master He may not know that I don't have any extra linen in my house. It's a pity."
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He Yan stared at Xun Yu: "Your Majesty, you should know that I am not talking about the linen in the house."
Of course there was no linen in Xun Yu’s house!
But is there the Yingchuan Xun family behind him?
Seeing He Yan pressing closer and closer, Xun Yu slowly shook his head: "If Mr. He only came to my house for this matter, then please come back. There are more than a thousand stones of linen on the market? You can't offend Xun, who is as big as me.
Come to the mansion to look for it."
If Xun Yu was trying to save face for He Yan just now, he would not even save face now.
As a minister of the Han Dynasty, how could he, Xun Yu, have the time to discuss some threads with He Yan?
If this spreads out, I don’t know what the world will think of him, Xun Yu.
Xun Yu himself was also a little disappointed with this meeting.
He Yan is obviously not the same as Guo Jia, the Qilinzi whom Man Chong praised in his letters...