Lord of Rot

Chapter 263 Finally got white socks (page 12)

Iron Stone City hired 2000 mercenaries to go to Iron Valley.

Li Qi's first reaction was the oil in Tiegu.

"Did Baron Spark also know about the oil?"

He didn't believe that Baron Sparks loved to fight, but he believed that Baron Sparks liked mining very much. An iron mine gave Iron Stone City enough money to squander, and it became a holy place for pleasure. If he knew that there was oil in Iron Valley, there was no reason not to Go and grab it.

The news may have been revealed by Denis to get the best of both worlds.

But the greater possibility should be the people under Denis.

"This is a bit troublesome."

No one knew the benefits of Iron Valley. Li Qi could win Iron Valley at a "suffering loss" before, but now Iron Valley is very likely to become popular.

It's not just Iron Stone City, he has to face a lot of competitors.

"We can only hope that their target is not oil."

Li Qi sighed and nodded to Carrot: "Thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest first."

"Yes, my lord."

Because Tiegu was very likely to miss him, Li Qi was not in a good mood next, but he had no reason to use troops and could only wait quietly.

After supervising the spinning of cocoons, Li Qi told the carpenter to weave silk as soon as possible after the carpenter made the loom.

The clothing materials in Lulea continent are divided into several categories.

The first is hemp. The materials are easy to grow and obtain. Nettle, flax, etc. are all materials. Ordinary people will wear clothes made of hemp. Don't expect this thing to be very comfortable.

There is also wool. The environment of Lurea continent is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Ordinary people will wear clothes made of wool.

Fur will be used most in winter, especially in the north, to keep people warm and cold.

Leather is also a good material, but wearing leather requires a certain amount of income, which ordinary people cannot afford.

Nobles also use velvet, which is a very luxurious and precious material and a symbol of status.

Li Qi's most valuable item is not velvet, but his keel plate armor, but he can use a few more silk clothes in the future.

"When the silk materials come out, we must send clothes to the beautiful noble ladies who can carry the goods." Li Qi thought in his mind: "Send a few more sets to Hong Qiangwei, as well as water hyacinth blue. Mrs. Jie Lin can also send them. Agnes from Three Forks can also be sent... Stacie, alas, we can't favor one over the other."

It's not that he feels sorry for Silk, but based on his understanding of Stacie, she doesn't like red clothes and prefers armed weapons. Giving her a dress is far more in line with her feelings than giving a well-made sword.

"Cousin Bode's woman can also give you a set."

It is very common for nobles to give clothes to each other, but there are almost no people who are as dedicated as Li Qi to giving clothes to noble ladies.

He knew the value of silk.

Silk is a high-end market, especially our own silk, which is the cocoon of a giant moth and is many times better than ordinary silk in terms of material toughness.

But after all, it is not the silk spun by extraordinary silkworms, so the silk is still afraid of fire and knife cutting.

The aristocratic lady was wearing a beautiful dress. If she was chopped with an ax, it would be of no use if her skin was not broken. If her ribs were smashed, her internal organs would bleed and she would die.

Li Qi thought carefully about whether he had forgotten a certain aristocratic lady with traffic.

As long as there is some intersection, you can give it away, but you must pay attention to the "coffee status". Like Johann Hann's wife, although you can give it away, it is not necessary.

The other party does not have the ability to carry goods.

"It would be nice if I could give the queen a dress."

Being able to get the favor of the largest traffic in the entire kingdom, Li Qi no longer has to worry about the sales of silk in the future.

But just thinking about it, the queen would not care about a country baron, and most of the gifts he sent would not reach the queen.

The shipment volume of silkworm cocoons was very large. In the next few days, they kept cooking and spinning, and there was a huge pile.

Looking at the cocoons, only a few were picked out.

On the other hand, Akeke and Pitts were fed with silkworm chrysalis by Li Qi every day, and their faces turned red every day.

Thanks to this, Li Qi was able to see the little maid put on a thin maid outfit early in the cold winter, which was eye-catching.

The loom was finally produced and officially put into use.

The weather has not warmed up yet, otherwise you can consider building a silkworm village first.

Spring silkworms are raised approximately in April, and can be raised in batches until late autumn in October.

It is definitely not easy to raise such silkworm babies, which are less than half the size of a person. A large number of people must be used, and the moths must be killed after they lay their eggs. Not only are they unaffordable, flying moths are too dangerous.

"I wonder what this kind of silkworm baby eats," Li Qi thought in his mind: "It's big, so it must eat something different. It can't be meat. After all, moths even eat people."

The cost of feeding pigs is not small, but depending on the amount of silk produced and the price of silk, if the profit is sufficient, it is not impossible to raise pigs and feed silkworms.

Porcupine Castle had many huge empty rooms. Before the silkworm village and textile factory were built, he had people working in the castle.

Li Qi inspected silk production.

The main thing is to check the finished products. This batch of undyed silk is pure white.

The tailor who had made clothes for Li Qi before was transferred directly to be the director of the textile factory because he was also good at textiles.

With his income soaring, he didn't have to do any work himself, and he was still a manager, the tailor agreed on the spot, fearing that Li Qi would regret it.

For an ordinary tailor to become a factory director is also a huge step forward in status.

Seeing Li Qi coming, the tailor factory director came over with a smile on his face: "Good day, Sir!"

"Good day" Li Qi nodded lightly.

Everyone is very busy, several textile machines are working, and the carpenters are still working overtime.

"Oh, sir, please allow me to praise you," the tailor said excitedly: "Silk is definitely the most perfect fabric I have ever seen. It is extremely comfortable and comparable to velvet. I think it has a higher price than velvet."

A higher price?

of course.

There is a road on earth called the Silk Road.

Silk also has a purchasing power equivalent to currency. Of course, the purchasing power comes from its own strength, but its value cannot be denied.

The silk technology of the porcupine collar is completely inferior to that of the earth, and the workmanship is still very rough, not to mention the craftsmanship of only a few dozen grams per piece of clothing, but in terms of comfort and luxury, it is definitely qualified.

The batch of silkworm cocoons in Li Qi's hands is large and sufficient, and his craftsmanship can be gradually improved.

"The price of velvet is the silver moon," Li Qi said, "the price of silk in the future is the gold sun."

The tailor was stunned.

"Is this price..." The tailor has never made clothes for a nobleman, and he knows that the most luxurious dress for a nobleman only costs a few gold days to more than ten gold days.

Of course, if you inlaid all kinds of rare gold and silver treasures on your dress, it might be worth thousands of gold days.

Using gold days as the fabric selling price unit, then the cost of making a noble dress would probably be more than ten gold days. Then the dress would be made by a tailor, and the price wouldn't be... hiss.

"We raise moths as big as calves and silkworm cocoons half as tall as a man. These are precious species only found in porcupine collars," Li Qi said. "As for the expensiveness you mentioned, that's not a disadvantage, that's an advantage."