The little brother is very smart!

Zhu Zhanji nodded with satisfaction.

Woolen or not, it doesn’t matter.

The important thing is that His Highness the Grandson of the Ming Dynasty invented knitting sweaters. If word spreads about this, wouldn’t it damage his bright image?

Thinking about how several women would knit sweaters together while gossiping about his invention of knitting sweaters, he felt a little numb.

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

God knows, if he acts like this, one day he will become a friend of women in the Ming Dynasty!

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

Let Zhou Chen be the future friend of women in the Ming Dynasty.

With these things in mind, Zhu Zhanji continued: "In this case, we can just sell wool directly. I think it will definitely be more popular. Some women have nothing to do and only need two or three wooden needles.

There is no need to use a textile machine, and there is no need to limit the location or time. It is also fun to be able to knit a sweater and chat at the same time.”

"Great Sun Yingming!"

Zhou Chen flattered him, and then added: "Not only that, but by eliminating the most troublesome weaving process, the efficiency of the textile factory will be greatly improved. In the past, it might only be able to weave 10,000 pieces a year.

Cloth, now we only weave wool. There are more than 1,000 people in the textile factory and 600 textile machines. Excluding some weaving machines, there are 400 machines that can be used to weave threads. One cart has five or 200 machines.

A cart of four knits can weave 150 knits per day, a cart of four knits can weave 150 knits, a cart of three knits can weave fifty knits, a cart of three knits can weave fifty knits, and the total is one day.

It can produce 17,500 kilograms of wool!"

"Tsk!"

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

I admire this guy's mental arithmetic ability. He didn't even pause for a moment.

"If it's seventeen thousand a day, it's not bad!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said.

He just took a look and found that a bundle of wool was about half a kilogram, which was almost like a ball of wool in later generations.

According to his experience, a scarf requires almost one ball of yarn, and a sweater requires almost four balls.

In this way, this small textile factory can produce more than 10,000 scarves, or more than 4,000 sweaters a day.

Of course the accounts cannot be calculated 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, the wool will definitely be welcomed by a large number of women.

Think about the popularity of wool in later generations. Even junior high school students who are just beginning to have a love interest can knit a scarf and a scarf. When winter comes, some girls even knit scarves in class.

If the knitting of sweaters was brought to the Ming Dynasty, in this era where men farmed and women knitted, there would be something as flexible and convenient as knitting sweaters.

After the busy farming days, four or five rural women, or girls from wealthy families, would gather together in villages, alleys, or attic boudoirs, and chat while knitting sweaters.

Zhu Zhanji had almost imagined Zhou Chen becoming a friend of women in the future.

After all, if women who originally stayed at home weaving were freed and brought to the streets, wouldn't this benefit the majority of women?

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhou Chen with deep meaning. After thinking for a while, he asked: "If the textile factory is producing at full capacity, will the wool be able to keep up with the supply? Don't worry that the wool will not be able to keep up with the weaving thread by then.

speed."

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

"Your Highness, please rest assured. Recently, people from the Ministry of Revenue arranged to go to the grassland to purchase wool. It is said that the people in the grassland know that Ming Dynasty wants to purchase wool, and they still use salt, cloth, pottery, grain and other living materials. Some tribal leaders even

We approached them directly and those who took the initiative to lower the price of wool wanted to exchange for these things, so the supply of wool was definitely high.”

Zhu Zhanji showed a smile on his face and said: "There is no need to lower the price. We can't let them suffer. After all, they have to earn what they should earn from the sheep they have worked so hard to raise. Otherwise, how can they provide us with more

wool?"

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

"Your Highness is absolutely right. I have calculated that the wool of a sheep is about three to five kilograms. One kilogram of ordinary yellow salt worth fifty cents can be exchanged for the wool of ten sheep, which is about forty kilograms. Forty kilograms."

After removing the impurities from kilograms of wool, and then soaking and drying, there will be about thirty kilograms left, which can produce sixty bundles of wool. Adding in various costs, the cost of one bundle of wool will never exceed five cents!"

"Is it so cheap?"

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment when he heard the score Zhou Chen had settled for him.

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 we calculate it this way, a ball of wool only costs five cents, so doesn’t a sweater cost only twenty cents?

Although wool is not a sweater, it only takes a few hours to produce a bunch of wool, but knitting a sweater takes some time.

This time is quite different from the time used to weave cloth using a loom.

But knitting sweaters is different. This thing does not require a loom.

Not to mention being restricted by time and place, you can knit a few times whenever you have some free time.

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

Then cut a few branches and shave two knitting needles yourself. How much does it cost?

Knitting a sweater is not difficult in the first place. The cost of a ball of wool is only five cents. Even if he needs to make some money, he can double it and sell a ball of wool for ten cents.

In other words, you only need to spend forty pennies and find some time on weekdays, and you can easily get an extremely warm sweater!

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

Gu Liang/span If the method of knitting sweaters is popularized, how many people who could not afford to wear clothes will be able to say goodbye to the days of being naked from now on?

When Zhou Chen heard Zhu Zhanji's words, he also nodded and said: "The reason why it is cheap is entirely because the weaving process is omitted. If the weaving process is added, 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 spoke, he was suddenly stunned.

Zhu Zhanji: “…”

He suddenly glanced at Zhou Chen with some confusion.

I don’t know how many people named Bai will be benefited by the method of knitting sweaters.

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

I was throwing all the credit on this guy's head in vain.

Zhu Zhanji feels that he is still a little young.

Sometimes I think too poorly about things.

Originally, he only planned to purchase wool as a means of sanctioning the grasslands.

Secondly, you can use your own knowledge of the methods to remove the odor of wool, and then make some money.

However, now he realizes that sanctioning the grassland is nothing.

Isn’t wool delicious for knitting sweaters?

Food, clothing, housing and transportation!

Dressing comes before eating.

If we could solve the clothing problem of the people of the Ming Dynasty, how much credit would it be?

You must know that this method is obviously different from the traditional textile industry.

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

But what about knitting sweaters?

Just two steps: spinning and weaving.

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

Taking into account the cost, Zhu Zhanji understood that it can be said that the credit for this matter is almost as great as that of Xinyan. To some extent, it is even much higher than that of Xinyan.

It's impossible to say that I don't have a trace of regret in my heart.

This is an opportunity to build your reputation.

However, Zhu Zhanji also understood better that he was the superior after all, and once he said something, even if he did it wrong, he would have to swallow it with tears and broken 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 talented person, so it’s not too bad to win people’s hearts.

As Zhou Chen was talking, he had obviously thought of this, so he was stunned. Then he looked at Zhu Zhanji blankly, hesitated for a moment and said, "Grandson, you were the one who invented this method of knitting sweaters."

Bar?"

Now he also wanted to understand the credit for this matter.

It seems like just one step is omitted, but what is really saved here is the threshold for millions of people in the Ming Dynasty to put on a piece of clothing!

And this is what His Highness the Grandson had in mind.
To be continued...