The big man has a living father

Chapter 71 I'm Losing Money
The blood has gone to my brain and formed a blood clot, and I feel so cold inside.

Princess Wei Chang added: "I heard that Huo Hai invented the pants, and the word spread among the people. Everyone found that the weather was too cold, and the new pants were warmer, so they spread a long time ago."

Then she turned around and scolded Huo Hai: "You invented the pants, didn't you? How could you not tell me first? I learned about it from the palace maids."

Huo Hai scratched his head: "I forgot that the new pants are warmer."

Huo Hai certainly knew that Princess Wei Chang had been making various attempts to test the warmth retention.

Liu Che almost fainted. When he heard that these were not Huo Hai's pants but pants invented by Huo Hai, he was relieved. But when he saw that Huo Hai and Princess Wei Chang were so close, he felt uneasy again!

Seeing Huo Hai like that, Liu Che immediately had the urge to beat him up.

On the contrary, Wei Zifu was curious about her future son-in-law's creativity and admired Huo Hai's intelligence.

This is called.

The mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at him, the happier she became.

The father-in-law looked at his son-in-law and became angrier and angrier.

At this time, Huo Hai actually had no idea that people all over Chang'an City were saying that he had squandered the Huo family's wealth in order to pursue the princess.

Seeing Princess Wei lying on the chair and not getting up, she said, "I have made this chair but have not tried it yet. Let me try it."

Princess Wei Chang hadn't felt enough yet: "No."

Huo Hai: "I want to sit on it and feel it so I can improve it."

Princess Wei Chang then stood up.

When Princess Wei Chang came up, Huo Hai sat down, rubbing his body back and forth to adjust his posture.

After sitting down and feeling comfortable, Huo Hai leaned back and said, "This backrest is still too straight."

The feeling of sitting on it is more like a wooden chair with a hard back.

"If the backrest was moved back a bit and made of cloth, it would be perfect for camping."

Princess Wei Chang was puzzled: "What is camping? Is it the same as Xiliu Camp and Baxia Camp?"

Huo Hai: "Camping... It means something similar, it's also about setting up a camp, but it's not a camp for soldiers to live in, it's a camp for enjoying the scenery in the wild."

Princess Wei Chang suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean outing? I have a set of nesting tableware, which is just right for outings. With this armchair, it is really convenient for outings. Unfortunately, it is not spring now, so it is not suitable for outings, nor is it autumn, so it is not suitable for autumn hunting."

Huo Hai: "Camping is about experiencing nature. It doesn't matter whether it's spring, summer, autumn or winter. You can go anytime. If your highness is interested, we can go camping by the Wei River in a couple of days."

Liu Che: Camping by the Wei River? I think you want to be left dead in the wilderness by the Wei River!

Princess Wei Chang: "Beside the Wei River, isn't that the pasture? I heard from the Crown Prince that the milk is very delicious. Isn't it said that milk tastes very fishy? Can he tolerate it?"

Huo Hai whispered, "Nonsense, the prince's special supply has honey and pomace added to it."

Princess Wei Chang changed the subject, while Wei Zifu next to her insisted on taking Liu Che for a walk to feel whether the warmth of the floor heating could be felt in every place.

Liu Che: "My feet hurt, I don't want to walk."

Princess Wei Chang: "Mother, let me walk with you."

Huo Hai: "Prince, let's go."

Seeing that everyone had left, Liu Che spread out his hands with a confused look on his face.

What does it mean? Does that mean I am redundant in this family?
"Oh my, my foot is suddenly healed again!"

Princess Wei Chang: "? If you are well, father, you should go shopping with mother."

How dare Huo Hai disturb the empress and the emperor's world of two?
"You may sit down, Prince."

Liu Che: “???”

Liu Che was very unwilling, but since things had come to this, he could only accompany Wei Zifu and leave.

While walking, he kept looking back.

Princess Wei Chang looked worried: "We can lay floor heating, but what will ordinary people do this winter?"

Huo Hai: "This problem is not too difficult to solve. At least... the problem of the people near Chang'an is not difficult to solve." Princess Wei opened her eyes wide and looked at Huo Hai expectantly. She grabbed Huo Hai's arm with both hands and said, "Do you have a solution?"

At this time, Liu Che, whose neck could not turn his head too far, was watching the whole process and imagining the conversation in his mind.

[“Now everyone in Chang’an knows that you are pursuing me, what should I do?”

"This problem is not difficult to solve. At least, your old father can't stop us."

"Are you going to propose marriage?"

Wei Zifu was suspicious: "Strange, why is there a grinding sound? Is there a rat infestation in the prince's palace?"

At this time, Huo Hai put his hands on his hips and laughed, saying, "Of course there is a way to solve it. I have 100,000 cattle and sheep on the ranch, including 70,000 sheep! Do you know how much that is?"

"In order to raise them, I have to buy all the grass in Chang'an. If I don't produce anything, what will I do?"

Princess Wei was stunned for a moment: "Are you going to kill the sheep for its skin?"

First of all, this would not solve much of a problem. Secondly, if the cattle and sheep were killed, could the meat be sold in a short period of time? If it was sold at a low price, wouldn't it be a loss? What about the women and children of the Xiongnu?
Huo Hai: "Why kill the sheep? We can continue to raise them for their wool."

Princess Wei was very disappointed. "That amount of wool is not enough. I know wool can be made into felt blankets, but even with 70,000 sheep, we can only produce 50,000 felt blankets in a winter. It's not enough."

Huo Hai smiled slightly: "What kind of sheep felt blanket is this? It's not a blanket. You'll know when you go and see it."

Seeing Huo Hai so confident, Princess Wei Chang regained hope: "If it's not a sheepskin blanket, what is it?"

Huo Hai: "It's hard to describe. You'll know when you go and see it."

In fact, knitting sweaters with wool is not a high-tech thing. Fabrics have even existed since the pre-Qin period.

Since the war between the Han Dynasty and the Huns began, cattle and sheep moved south rapidly, and some people were forced to invent woolen fabrics.

But there are two problems that they can never solve.

One is how to clean the grease on the wool. If it is not cleaned, it is impossible to make very long thread.

The second is how to weave wool in a way that saves material and is warm.

Without solving these two problems, wool fabrics would not be able to spread on a large scale.

Because cleaning is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, the final product is not much cheaper than sheep felt, but the effect is much worse.

If Huo Hai had not seen the process with his own eyes, it would have been difficult for him to convince Princess Wei Chang that knitting sweaters could solve the wintering problem for a large number of ordinary people in Chang'an.

Princess Wei Chang: "Then, tomorrow."

Liu Che was very anxious in the distance. He was shortsighted to begin with, and now he could not see clearly. He had no idea what they were talking about.

Huo Hai put his hands on his hips and said, "Alas, for the people of Chang'an, I have really paid too much. I was originally planning to sell at a high price... to break even, but now it seems that I will have to sell at a loss."

"It's a good thing I have to walk everywhere I go."

At first, Princess Wei Chang didn't believe it.

After going out, I found that there was really no Huo Hai’s car in the Prince Palace parking lot.

Princess Wei Chang had not heard about Huo Hai's outrageous move of renting out his own parking space and parking his car in Weiyang Palace, so she believed his lies.

"Come here, give my carriage to Lord Huo. You can drive the carriage to the Huo residence and then go back to the residence."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Princess Wei Chang herself rode on the horse kept in the prince's palace and galloped away with her guards.

……

Late at night, Xiang Xu shivered: "The charcoal is almost burned out, and everyone else in the Prince's Palace has left, why hasn't the young master come out yet?"

In the distance, two imperial guards said, "Look, that car hasn't moved yet. What does that mean? Should we drive it away?"

Another imperial guard said: "Hush, you dare to drive away Lord Huo's retainer? Don't you want to live a miserable life?"

(End of this chapter)