Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 332 Su He Wants to Build a Wool Workshop

They are not pedantic, and good habits will not change just because their family conditions have improved. For example, they have never stopped practicing martial arts in the morning, which is the capital for survival in this chaotic world.

Who knows whether this emperor can keep his throne? If there is any disturbance, their family can hide in the mountains and forests, and they can survive by hunting with martial arts skills.

They don't want the world to get worse, but they must be prepared. Su He doesn't believe in this world. The people are too poor. When they are poor, they want to change. When they are poor to a certain extent, they have no scruples.

When people can no longer survive, they will take risks. Every civil unrest and dynasty change was caused by the people rebelling because they were suffering too much.

Their families have recovered and their living conditions have gradually improved, but most ordinary people are still living in poverty. Otherwise, why are there so many beggars on the streets? Aren't they begging on the streets because they can't afford to eat and survive?

Su He also followed the principle of "If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world." Now that her family's living conditions have improved, she often gives leftovers to beggars in the city and helps ordinary people in the city make money. Now that she is here and General Wang An has provided her with an opportunity, she should repay him well.

Su He waited until the city was stable, and then she would trade her own noodles for wool from Dongjie. Wool could be spun into yarn to make sweaters and blankets. She thought about opening a workshop and recruiting some women to learn how to weave so they could earn money.

The workshop doesn't need to be too big. Once you learn how to make these things, you can take them home. After they are done, they can recycle and sell them. People here have too few things to wear in winter, so sweaters are simple to knit and durable.

The most important thing is that the sweater can be disassembled and re-knitted, and it will not be worn out by generations. The reuse rate of wool is very high, so ordinary people can afford it and use it.

Su He tried his best to do something practical for the people, so that some could earn money and some could exchange for new clothes.

These may not play a big role, but Su He remembers that wool in his past once warmed a generation of people and kept them away from the cold. And blankets are something Su He still misses now. Spreading them on the bed in winter is so warm.

If it weren't for the later technological progress and the rise of blended fabrics, which replaced its function, it would have slowly withdrawn from people's lives, but it is really warm and windproof.

Felt has many uses, the most important of which is to make insoles and boots. It is very practical in winter because of its strong warmth retention. If it is used to keep warm in winter vegetable greenhouses, vegetables can be grown, solving the problem of eating vegetables in winter.

Therefore, if the peace talks were successful, wool would be too common in Dongjie and too needed in Ansheng. The common people could exchange what they had in their hands for wool. If they could really exchange it, the common people's lives would be better in the future.

In fact, in ancient times, most people had the hardest time getting through the cold winter, but could barely get through the other three seasons. When Su He first came here, winter was also the hardest time to get through. Fortunately, there was less work in the fields in winter, otherwise the family would have been frozen without thick cotton clothes.

Winter is also the season with the highest mortality rate. Those who live in broken houses or are homeless may die in this season. If you have a piece of felt, you may be able to survive the winter. In fact, felt is very common in Dongjie Kingdom.

Their tents are all made of felt, and every year the cattle and sheep produce a lot of wool. The life in Dongjie is actually better than that in Ansheng, so they have the strength to come and rob things frequently.

But the things there are relatively simple, and relatively poor compared to Ansheng. In addition, they have always felt that the military and civilians of Ansheng are weak, and they have regarded this country as their granary for generations.

However, in the past ten years, they have had a harder time, and this time they were completely defeated. If it weren't for the vast territory of their country and the difficulty of pursuing them on the grassland, the Ansheng Kingdom could have reached their capital.

Now it is obvious that the soldiers of Fenggu City have become much stronger. The accuracy and power of their archery are different from before. Their soldiers also said that Fenggu City is becoming more and more difficult to attack.