Chapter 287 Down Jacket, Cabbage is Ripe
The next day, Shen Xiangwan woke up with Wei Chengyi, but they did not leave the space separately as usual. Instead, they simply washed up and asked No. 1 for mineral salt refining technology and loom drawings. They also harvested all the potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn currently planted in the space, planted cotton seeds, and did not leave until almost noon.

Wei Chengyi's people were very efficient. In just two days, they found several salt mines with abundant reserves and extracted white snowflake salt. Not only did they solve the problem of salt shortage, but they could also sell the snowflake salt to caravans at high prices and make huge profits.

"How are you? Are you feeling comfortable?"

In the main room, Zhao Yuping squatted on the ground and adjusted the new clothes for the little cub, asking with a smile on her face.

The cub did not answer immediately. He jumped on the spot and turned around a few times before saying, "Comfortable, Grandma. The new clothes are very comfortable to wear."

"As long as you're comfortable."

Hearing this, Zhao Yuping patted his little butt and stood up. The weather was getting colder and colder, so they all wore thin cotton coats, but the coats were relatively thick and heavy, and the children didn't like them very much. When Wanwan knew about this, she suggested that they use duck down or goose down instead of cotton to fill the clothes. So they tried to make one, and it seems to be very light indeed. As for whether it can keep warm, we still have to wait and see.

"Thank you grandma!"

The little cub clasped his fists and bowed to her in an imitative manner, as if he had become a little scholar.

"Don't thank me. The one you should thank the most is your aunt. She is the only one who would spoil you so much without any limit."

Poking his head with her finger, Zhao Yuping said with a smile, if she didn't know clearly that he was the orphan of the eldest son and his wife, she would have doubted whether he was Wanwan's biological son. In the whole family, Wanwan was the one who doted on him the most.

"If I don't spoil my own child, who else will I spoil?"

Shen Xiangwan's voice suddenly rang out, and the next second, she walked in from outside with Yuanyue.

"Auntie!"

Seeing her, the little cub immediately rushed over and hugged her legs. The grown-up wolf cub also rushed to her with a howl. Shen Xiangwan rubbed their heads respectively: "Hey, our An Ge'er is wearing new clothes, so handsome!"

The light blue fine cotton clothes wrapped around his round body made him look particularly funny. Shen Xiangwan's eyes turned into two crescent moons when she smiled. She liked this cute little cub the most.

"whee."

After receiving her praise, the little cub smiled so hard that his teeth showed, and he stayed with her and refused to leave.

Shen Xiangwan picked him up and sat down at the table. She touched his down jacket and said, "This down jacket feels much softer than a cotton coat. It should be very comfortable to wear. In the first month, send people to the city and villages to collect duck and goose down and make a few more for the children. Mother, Master's wife, you can also make two for yourselves when the time comes."

Shen Xiangwan pretended to be surprised when she touched a down jacket for the first time. In fact, the lower class people had no money to buy cotton, so they would stuff catkins, straw or something like that into the clothes they wore in winter. Some people also stuffed feathers of various poultry into the clothes, but they did not pick and choose. They stuffed all kinds of feathers into the clothes without processing them. Not only were they uncomfortable to wear, but they also had a bad smell. So it was not so abrupt for her to suggest making down jackets. However, she did not want all the feathers. She only collected duck down or goose down, and had them specially processed so that there was no peculiar smell.

"Yes."

Yuan Yue, who was standing nearby, bowed and accepted the order, but Zhao Yuping said hesitantly, "This down jacket is indeed light, but I don't know if it can keep me warm."

In order to avoid insufficient warmth, when she made clothes for her eldest grandson, she stuffed all the down she had collected into the clothes, for fear that he would be cold.

"hehe···"

Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Mom, do you want to see An Ge'er? His forehead is sweating."

As she spoke, she wiped the child's forehead with her hand to show her the sweat on her hand. This was before the child went out to run a few laps. If she went out to run a few laps, she would probably be even hotter. "Really?"

Looking at her hands, and then at the little face of her eldest grandson, which seemed to be a little red from the heat, Zhao Yuping stood up and hugged him, and then reached into his clothes: "Ang'er, is it hot?"

"Mm, Grandma, it's hot."

It would have been fine if she didn't ask, but as soon as she did, the child squirmed and started protesting.

“Is it because there is too much down stuffing?”

Mumbling something under her breath, Zhao Yuping undressed him and helped him put on his thin coat again: "Grandma will help you change it again, and we will wear new clothes tomorrow."

"it is good."

The little cub responded obediently and allowed her to help him change his down jacket.

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan and Ji Shaohan and his wife looked at each other, and the three of them laughed at the same time. This was their first time making down jackets, so it was good enough that they could make it. After making more modifications, they should be able to figure out the amount of down to use.

A few days later, all the cotton in the space was ripe. After Shen Xiangwan harvested it with his mind, he still chose to continue planting cotton. Only two cotton coats were too few for the soldiers. Moreover, they had been planting potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn for so long that they were not short of food for the time being. It would be better to plant more cotton. Even if there was enough cotton for the soldiers, the remaining cotton could be woven into cotton cloth and stored, right?

On the other hand, Wei Chengyi was also very helpful. After getting the cotton, he immediately arranged for people to weave day and night. In order to let the soldiers wear cotton clothes as soon as possible, they also subcontracted the work of making cotton clothes to the women in several nearby villages, and gave them a certain amount of silver for each piece they made. With strength in numbers, by the end of November, the entire army was wearing cotton clothes, and everyone had two sets to change, and cotton quilts and cotton shoes were also fully equipped.

"Yuanyue, has the pottery jar I asked you to order been delivered yet?"

The cabbages in the field have matured. After Shen Xiangwan checked them personally, she walked back and asked questions. Now that fresh vegetables are no longer available outside, she plans to make all the cabbages into sauerkraut or spicy cabbage. As early as when she decided to grow cabbages, she asked Yuanyue to find a kiln factory to customize the ceramic jars.

"It's delivered. It has a capacity of 200 kilograms. There are 10,000 of them in total."

In order to collect 10,000 pottery jars, she went to several kiln factories and even visited the neighboring county several times.

"Ten thousand is too few. Please order more."

After a moment of silence, Shen Xiangwan continued, the minimum yield of cabbage per mu is more than 2,000 kilograms, and more than 2,000 mu of land means several million jin. Even if it is a cabbage with a capacity of 200 jin, 10,000 cabbages are far from enough.

"Yes."

Hearing this, Yuan Yue had no choice but to accept the order. He was already thinking about how to negotiate with those kiln factories. Moreover, he could only go to the neighboring county to find other kiln factories. The kiln factories in Datong County were basically helping them to make wine jars and bottles for ointments, and they had no spare capacity to make pottery jars.

"Ah."

Nodding, Shen Xiangwan immediately went back and found Yuan Xiu, asking him to bring her a few carts of salt. Salt is essential for making sauerkraut or spicy cabbage.

【End of this chapter】

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