boyutpedia Chapter 361 Everything is going smoothly as planned
Chapter 361 Everything is going smoothly as planned
Socks from Suhe are the best sellers now. When it gets cold in early winter, many people can’t afford cotton shoes. The socks from Suhe workshops are cheap. Ordinary people can spend ten coins to buy a pair of thick socks and survive the winter.
Su He also sent someone to find Yin Shan of Dongjie State to learn how to make felt shoes. Everyone there knew how to make them. Su He didn't have to teach them himself, which was more convenient. Felt is also made of wool and has good warmth retention.
Soon, Suhe Woolen Workshop launched felt shoes, which were still very cheap, cheaper than leather boots and cotton shoes.
Wang Xiaohu even came to her to buy a lot of supplies, as the army was still short of winter warming supplies. However, they needed to be purchased gradually, and all of these would cost money.
Su He later thought of a way for him, they could buy wool in bulk, and she would only charge some processing fees, which would save money. Wang Xiaohu would wait for her to finish a batch and then send another batch of wool to him in time.
In this way, Wang Xiaohu would not spend so much money at once, after all, they were also doing business. Only by spending money in a steady manner could they avoid spending more than they earned. Every winter, the general's mansion would have a large expense just for the winter cotton-padded clothes for the army.
Only those who are truly in the general's mansion know how much money the country spends every year just to support the army. Every year, the generals are under great pressure, and the money they receive from above is simply not enough. The soldiers have to fight in battles and also train in peacetime, which are very physically demanding activities.
Food and drink must be guaranteed, and clothes must be neat and tidy. You can't serve as a soldier with patches on your body! These all require a lot of silver to be guaranteed.
Why did the general control the local power and bypass the government? It was because he wanted to take control of the local economic power. Otherwise, if the money from above was not enough, the soldiers could not be supported, and how could they fight in the battlefield to defend the country?
Su He was very busy in Fenggu City, turning the wool into all kinds of clothes, shoes and hats. Because they were not stingy in teaching outsiders, many women in the city could earn some living expenses from this.
There are also some foreign merchants who specialize in purchasing these things, and Su He doesn't mind if someone steals his business. His original intention was to let everyone make some money and improve their lives.
Soon, the wool products of Fenggu City became famous in Ansheng State. Many merchants came here to buy the wool products and brought them to all parts of the country.
General Wang An was even more delighted. They could collect a tax from the two countries' fairs. They could also collect another tax from the city's business. All this money could be used to feed the army.
He hoped that there would be as many merchants as possible. The increasing number of foreign merchants in the city made Fenggou City bustling with people and a prosperous scene. It was worth his efforts to promote trade between the two countries.
Now there is the largest mule and horse trading market in Ansheng State in Wengcheng. Livestock from Dongjie State continue to flow into Ansheng State, and cattle, sheep, mules and horses are supplied to all parts of the country.
This is a good sign. With more livestock, Ansheng will be able to breed good horses, and the army will have its own cavalry sooner or later. In this way, the army's strength will be greatly enhanced, and it will be able to penetrate deep into enemy countries to defend against the enemy.
Dongjie State and some other border states dared to harass Ansheng State because they saw that the army was weak. If there were cavalry, they would no longer just defend, but could take the initiative to attack when encountering the enemy.
This is also the reason why Dongjie Kingdom is unwilling to sell a large number of horses to Ansheng Kingdom. However, once the transaction begins, the people of the two countries don't care so much, they all use their most common things to exchange for supplies, and the most common thing in Dongjie Kingdom is horses.
Therefore, as long as the trade between the two countries is opened, the flow of horses into Ansheng Kingdom will not be stopped. General Wang An had already calculated this point, but it was not as he wished, and everything went smoothly as planned.