The Three Spirit Stones

Chapter 123 Zhuozhou Wool Factory

A large area of ​​houses was built on a flat area downstream of the Yangjun River in Zhuozhou.

This is the Zhuozhou Wool Processing Factory. All the wool collected in Xiongzhou is sent here for processing.

In the open space inside the factory, large pools were built with blue bricks and cement, and clumps of wool were soaking in the pools.

After soaking for half a day, the wool is taken out for cleaning, and then soaked in other pools for a few hours before being cleaned again. Then, it is placed in a machine with a rotating wheel for cleaning and dehydration. After dehydration, it is sent to a coal-fired drying machine for drying. Finally, the dried wool is put into bags and patted to loosen it.

This wool can be used to make woolen quilts and weave wool yarn.

Because the surface of wool is covered with a layer of grease film, if it is not degreased and directly spun and woven, the clothes after production and processing will be covered with lanolin smell and grease, which will not only stink, but also breed maggots.

Therefore, wool must undergo degreasing, sterilization and cleaning processes.

Acai not only formulated a formula for wool degreasing and sterilization, but also used physical and mechanical methods to separate lanolin from wool washing waste liquid.

After being purified, these lanolins can become good things and can be made into skin care products, high-end soaps and other daily necessities.

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Yelu Ruan never knew why Cheng Yu paid such a high price to buy so much wool?

Until he held a shareholders' meeting,

At the press conference, shareholders were surprised to find that the dirty wool had been transformed into exquisite clothes and quilts.

The use of fur to make clothes has existed since ancient times, and the ancients called it "qiu".

There is a saying that goes "ge clothing in summer, deer fur in winter", which shows that deer fur is usually winter clothing.

Fox fur and leopard fur are soft, comfortable and the most valuable, usually worn by nobles, while deer fur and sheep fur are common and mostly worn by common people.

But the softness and comfort of fox and leopard furs are only relative to deer and sheep furs. Compared with these wool sweaters and quilts, there is a world of difference between them.

The shareholders touched the clothes and couldn't believe they were made of wool.

The wool quilt is delicate, soft and comfortable to the touch. Most importantly, it has no sheep smell or greasy feeling. It is like touching a cloud.

Imagine how warm it would be to have a quilt like this in winter!

The knitting method of those woolen sweaters was very peculiar. They had no lapels or buttons.

Cheng Yu asked an employee to demonstrate how to put it on, and people realized that it was put on from the head.

The shareholders tried the clothes on one after another. They were a little uncomfortable at first because they were tight, but after wearing them for a while they found that the clothes were very warm. Several strong shareholders soon began to sweat.

These are really good stuff!

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, clothing comes first.

It is conceivable that once these clothes and quilts are launched on the market, they will surely be sold well as long as the price is not too expensive.

The shareholders were asking about the situation. Cheng Yu asked everyone to sit down. He said, "The preliminary price of each of these wool sweaters is about 2 to 4 taels of silver, and the wool quilt is about 10 to 20 taels of silver. These prices will fluctuate depending on the labor and raw materials, but they should be roughly the same."

When shareholders heard the price, they were shocked.

This is too cheap!

A piece of clothing and quilt can be used for a long time, and even ordinary people can afford it if they grit their teeth.

Wouldn't this be too cheap?

Cheng Yu explained that this price already covers at least half of the profit. It is not a bad idea to set it too high, but if it is too expensive, fewer people will buy it, and the profit will be less. If it is sold at a lower price, more people will buy it, and the business will last for a long time.

This made a lot of sense, and Yelu Ruan and several royal relatives immediately expressed their agreement.

Then, Cheng Yu announced a plan.

This wool processing factory, Cheng's Industry, holds 35% of the technical shares, Liao Emperor Yelu Ruan holds 30% of the imperial power shares, and the remaining 35% of the shares are raised from the public.

According to preliminary estimates, the processing plant will need about 1.5 million taels to buy land, build a factory building, purchase building materials, and labor for building the building, and about 500,000 taels to purchase wool raw materials (including the wool purchased in the early stage), a total of 2 million taels.

The two million taels were divided into two million shares, each worth one tael of silver, but no one could buy more than 50,000 shares.

When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking again.

How many are 50,000 shares?

It’s only 50,000 taels of silver. Can’t I buy more even if I have the money?

This regulation is unreasonable.

At this time, Yelu Ruan spoke up and said, "Who said it's unreasonable? This is too reasonable."

"Look how many people are here?"

"There are at least fifty people here, and there are only two million shares in total. Fifty thousand shares per person is not enough,"

"If you have the money to buy all the shares, what else will others have to eat? Who doesn't know that this business can make a lot of money?"

This remark made everyone afraid to say a word.

In fact, everyone understood that even without them, Lord Guangcheng and the Liao Emperor could run the wool processing factory well, but the emperor still separated out the other three because he understood that he could not have the whole thing alone.

But even so, some people still said, "We think it's okay for His Majesty to take 30, but isn't it too much for Lord Cheng to take 35?"

When the others heard this, they quickly agreed. Some said, "Twenty-five is enough, I think."

Some people said, "Twenty-five is a little too little. After all, the factory can't be opened without Lord Cheng. Thirty is more reasonable."

Some people also said, "The extra ones can be shared among us. There are so many of us that there is not enough."

Cheng Yu looked at the greedy faces of these people and cursed in his heart,

Go to hell!

If it wasn’t for the destiny of the Song Dynasty, would I share the cake with you country bumpkins?

If you still want to eat my share, go back to the grassland and eat grass!

Then, he said calmly, "Our Cheng's Industry actually only accounts for 30%, and the other 5% is used for wool degreasing and sterilization materials. We have to pay a lot for these."

"Besides, our Cheng Group's industry is huge. We have to support so many people. Thirty is already considered a small amount."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly remembered that there must be a secret recipe to turn the stinky wool into such a clean and soft one.

Someone said, "My Lord, you can't just bear these costs. This is our common business. How about you list the cost of these materials and we can share the cost. What do you think?"

Some smart people smelled the door and immediately agreed to follow suit.

Cheng Yu's eyes turned colder. He said, "This is the secret recipe of our Cheng's Industry. It took countless people's hard work to develop it. How can we just make it public?"

Those people wanted to say something else, but Cheng Yu was already a little impatient. He said, "Since you think it's too little, why don't you follow the rules of your grassland? Find someone to fight me one-on-one. If I lose, I'll give up the 5%. How about that?"

When everyone heard this, they looked at him strangely.

I thought, who doesn’t know that you are playing with the tiger as a cat?

Who dares to challenge you in a one-on-one fight?

The others also looked unhappy when they heard this. The one who proposed this awkwardly tried to smooth things over by saying, "Well,...well, actually, the share given to the Marquis is quite fair. After all, the Marquis has a large family and a large business."

Others followed suit.

Yes Yes Yes……

After discussing the cake distribution issue, the next step is site selection.

Cheng Yu said that wool factories need a lot of water, so they must choose places with water sources, and they must be located downstream so as not to affect people's daily water use.

Another reason is that it cannot be too far from Xiongzhou, otherwise the transportation cost will be too high.

The two suitable places were Mozhou and Zhuozhou. He asked everyone which one they would choose?

Does this need to be said?

Since everyone present here is from Liao, of course we will choose Zhuozhou.

Mozhou belongs to the territory of the Song Dynasty, so the industry you invest in must be within your own territory.

Cheng Yu obeyed the majority and chose the factory site in the lower reaches of Yangjun River in Zhuozhou.

Then, we discussed other details.

When we were about to adjourn the meeting, there was a sudden noise outside.