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"General, my subordinates think that I will make hundreds of them at least..."

"No, thousands of them should be made."

"With this hydraulic weaving, why worry that Yunzhong County is not rich?"

Fusu frowned upon hearing this:

"The general weaves this cloth, how much do you plan to sell it for?"

Shen Bing couldn't help being taken aback, this was something he hadn't thought about.

Meng Liang thought about it and replied:

"My lord, I think this cloth should be sold for [-] yuan!"

In Qin Shi, the cloth that can be made into a set of summer clothes is worth about [-] yuan...

At this time, each person only needs two qian per day for daily rations, and only eight qian for a day of hard labor, so the fifty qian is not a small amount.

In terms of quality, the cloth woven by water is better in color, so it is not an exaggeration to be about ten dollars more expensive.

Fusu frowned, touched the cloth and said:

"Are I making this cloth to collect money for Yunzhong County?"

Shen Bing thought for a while and said:

"My subordinates think that this cloth should be sold for 45 yuan!"

Everyone couldn't help but look sideways when they heard the words, and Meng Liang even looked at Shen Bing with a pair of inexplicable eyes.

It seems to be saying to Shen Bing: Even if you want to go along with Fusu, you can't set the price lower than the handmade ones!

Shen Bing explained:

"If it is sold for [-] yuan, the common people will still only be able to wear old clothes."

This is true.

Ten qian may not be a big deal to high officials and nobles, but to ordinary people, it is a daily ration for five people, which is not a small amount.

And people don't care too much about quality issues, what they need more is to keep warm.

Shen Bing continued:

"If the common people don't buy it, it means that this cloth can only be sold to noble people, so how can we sell this cloth in large quantities?"

"If it can't be sold in large quantities, how can this cloth bring wealth to Yunzhong County?"

Meng Liang understood after listening.

This is actually the modern strategy of small profits but quick turnover.

Therefore, this pricing not only satisfied Fusu's wish, but also took into account Meng Liang's ideas.

What's more important... the pricing won't disrupt the national market in an instant.

Chapter 317 Industrialization

In fact, the price of 45 yuan is still too high for Fusu.

Fusu's compassionate heart wished to send these cloths to people's homes for free, and even spread this water-powered weaving method to the whole country quickly to relieve the people's worries about clothing.

But objectively speaking, 45 yuan is indeed a bit expensive.

Because if the [-] qian for summer clothes is distributed, it is about [-] qian for ramie raw materials, [-] qian for spinning yarn, and [-] qian for weaving.

Shen Bing uses hydraulic weaving for almost no cost, and if you want to calculate the cost, it is at most a penny... A worker can maintain many hydraulic looms at the same time, and after sharing, there is not much cost, plus waterwheels, land and other expenses, The average cost of one set of clothes is enough.

Based on such a calculation, a piece of fabric produced in Yunzhong County can make a profit if sold for 31 renminbi, and at this time, selling for 45 renminbi is a proper huge profit.

Of course Fusu would settle the bill, so he was still a little dissatisfied.

But Shen Bing explained to Fusu:

"My lord doesn't know something, this price is exactly what the people think."

Fu Suqi said:

"How can the price of 45 yuan be considered by the people?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Young master, you should know that there are many people in Daqin who specialize in weaving."

"Even if they don't specialize in weaving, there are also many common people who run concurrently. Ordinary people often need to weave a few extra bolts of cloth to sell to supplement their household expenses."

"That's why the poor are often the sellers, and the rich and powerful are the buyers."

"If we sell cloth at a very low price and of high quality..."

Fusu immediately understood:

"It's true what the general said."

"If we do this, ordinary people will not be able to support their families!"

Shen Bing replied:

"There's more than nothing to support a family."

"Originally each piece of cloth can be sold for 45 renminbi, but now I wait for [-] renminbi, who will buy coarse cloth for [-] renminbi?"

"They can only lower the price to [-] yuan."

"In this way, each piece of cloth loses ten yuan, and I'm afraid that even the original capital will not be recovered."

"So..."

Fusu nodded and said:

"They can't make ends meet, they have to find another way to make a living."

"The cloth woven by ordinary people was originally expected to be able to supplement their families, but they could only get back the money for the raw materials."

Shen Bing replied:

"It makes sense."

"If we set a price of 45 yuan, it is actually giving the people time and opportunity to find another way of life."

"If the price is set at 31 yuan at this time, not only will it fail to benefit the people, but it will also disturb the turmoil in Daqinbu City and even the community."

"That's why the subordinates think that the price of cloth should be lowered year by year, and they must not rush for speed."

"In this way, the common people can really get benefits."

Fusu couldn't help but be amazed when he heard the words, nodded repeatedly and said:

"What the general said is true, Fusu has been taught."

So many things are not just purely based on benevolence and righteousness, and good intentions. Many times, it is good intentions to do bad things.

Before the matter of paper, Shen Bing could set the price at will, mainly because paper has little to do with ordinary people, and most of the people who need paper are scholars or dignitaries.

Cloth is different. Most of the weavers are ordinary people. Once the price drops, it will have a great impact on them. It can be said that it will affect the whole body.

For example, when the hydraulic loom was invented in modern times, it directly caused a large number of handicraftsmen to lose their jobs. As a result, violent conflicts and social turmoil broke out, and some people even rushed to the factory to smash those machines.

Now that Shen Bing has lowered the price step by step, he can give the people some preparations to minimize the conflict and turmoil.

But that's just the first step.

The hydraulic loom came out, and of course the hydraulic spinning machine was also indispensable.

So it can save a lot of cost. If you push all these things out at once, you can make a lot of money selling a piece of cloth for [-] yuan...

Of course, Shen Bing has to take it step by step at this time. He divides the textile workshop into three parts:

The first block is the raw material workshop.

The most primitive raw materials are planted, but there is almost no need to worry about planting. The agricultural land in the north and west circles of Yunzhong County is enough for planting.

If it doesn't work, just enclose another piece of land around Yunzhong City. Anyway, now the Xiongnu basically dare not provoke the Qin army in the north.

But the raw materials are not immediately usable after they are planted.

It also needs to be soaked, peeled, rinsed (sun and night dew) and other treatments.

These need to be done manually.

The second block is the textile workshop.

There are mainly three operations here: hemp, thread, and twist.

These steps can be replaced by hydro spinning machines.

However, there are still operations such as combing and sizing that require manual labor.

The third piece is the weaving workshop.

Needless to say, this is the hydraulic loom.

In addition, Shen Bing also plans to build a port in the upstream agricultural area and downstream industrial area, and each port will plan several roads extending in all directions to connect industrial and agricultural places.

Needless to say what this is used for...

After the ramie is harvested in the upstream agricultural area, it can be transported to the downstream industrial area through the port, which is convenient and quick and saves transportation costs.

So this Yunzhong County was actually built by Shen Bing into a large textile factory... From planting to finished cloth, there is no loss.

Garment factories can also be considered for future development.

Each of these links requires a lot of manpower.

For example, farmers are needed for planting, boatmen are needed for transportation, and workers are needed for workshops.

In addition, Shen Bing still needs manpower to repair the road...

It can be predicted that Yunzhong County will become the textile center of Daqin in the near future. There will be a large amount of cloth shipped out and a large amount of ore, grain, etc. will be shipped in here, so of course there needs to be better and wider roads.

The reason why a large amount of ore and food are needed is because Yunzhong County is in urgent need of them.

And transportation is a two-way thing.

The so-called two-way transportation means that there is a convoy in Yunzhong County. The main task of this convoy is to transport the cloth produced in Yunzhong County to various parts of the Central Plains for sale.

How about returning to the Central Plains after the cloth is sold out?

Could it be that he returned to Yunzhong County empty?

Of course it is impossible, this is a huge waste of transport capacity, so it is necessary to bring some things that are urgently needed by Yunzhong County and relatively cheap in the Central Plains.

Ore and food are, at least for now, urgently needed.

Especially food...

Yunzhong County is located in the north where the winter is relatively cold, and the crop is characterized by the fact that it can only grow spring wheat that is ripe once a year like Yandi.

At this time, the season of farming has just been missed, and the farming can only wait until next year.

The five dishes are okay, but the planting is still in a hurry.Grain can only be bought, plus the time it will take to garrison the fields next year until the crops mature, at least two years will need to buy grain from the Central Plains.

To feed the increasing number of returnees, the food gap is an extremely large number.

Needless to say, how to feed these people is the way of industrialization:

Turn the returnees into workers, the workers produce cloth and make profits, and then use these profits to buy food from the Central Plains and transport it back to feed the workers...

With such a cycle and snowballing, Yunzhong County will soon become a large city combining industry and agriculture.

Chapter 318 Worker

Shen Bing is using the modern knowledge system to develop Yunzhong County.

What is needed for industrial development?

The high school geography teacher knocked on the blackboard and drew the key points: "city, government, transportation, labor, technology".

Although Shen Bing didn't like geography very much in high school, he still memorized these elements by heart.