Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 257: Really Good Wool

Qi Fei knew that Mei Qian had been making distilled liquor these days, but she never thought that the liquor Mei Qian made would smell so good.

Especially since Mei Qian stays in there for so long every day, the smell of alcohol on her body when she comes out makes even a person who is not addicted to alcohol feel uneasy.

"Qianqian, is this really something you made for cleaning the soldiers' wounds? It's really not for drinking?"

If he had known Qi Fei would ask this question, when Mei Qian presented a batch of alcohol, he also kept a few jars of liquor that had skipped several distillation processes and had an alcohol content of about 40%.

"There are drinks. When we get back, we'll bring them out during the New Year's banquet."

The Western Rong soldiers at Jiannan Pass were more persistent than Qi Fei expected. Qi Fei had been held back for nearly half a month.

It started snowing in the early winter in the northwest, and it was at this time that the Western Rong soldiers began to retreat and behave themselves.

Mei Qian and his group then rushed to the capital of Li Su Prefecture.

Qi Fei actually prepared a farm for Mei Qian near the city at the beginning. It was relatively small, with only fifty acres of land in total.

In the short term, it's okay for Mei Qian to settle these women here, but in the long term, this land cannot provide food and drink for so many people.

It was also because of the consideration that in case Mei Qian brought too many people, Qi Fei chose another manor, far away from the city, but the second most livable place in Li Su's mansion - Tianxue City.

Tianxue City is on the northwest border of Lisu Prefecture.

Logically speaking, the further northwest you go from Li Su Prefecture, the more desolate it becomes, but Tianxue City is an exception.

There are high mountains to the west and north of Tianxue City. From a distance, they look majestic and grand, and there is snow on the top of the mountains that never melts all year round.

Tianxue City is right under the Snow Mountain.

Moreover, Tianxue City has abundant underground water resources and rivers formed by snow water from the mountains, making it suitable for farming and even more suitable for grazing.

This also meets Mei Qian's previous requirements for a farm, which is to be able to farm and graze.

The manor that Qi Fei prepared for Mei Qian in Tianxue City was even bigger, five times larger than the one in Xinquan.

Although Tianxue City is remote, it was also the place that the Western Rong people wanted to fight for the most in previous years. The local culture of Tianxue City is actually not completely like the internal culture of Anguo. On the contrary, some of the culture there is influenced by some Western Region merchants, and the atmosphere is more open.

More than 20 years ago, when the Western Rong conquered Anguo, they also discovered Tianxue City. Even after being driven back for so many years, they still "can't forget" Tianxue City.

However, due to the terrain, the Western Rong people had to take a detour and advance from east to west every time they attacked.

After hearing this, Mei Qian also wanted to go there in person to see what its charm was.

Fortunately, in the past two years, most of the Western Rong people's military forces have been concentrated on the larger Anguo hinterland.

Tianxue City also got a rare opportunity to catch its breath, and Qi Fei also reinforced Tianxue City from east to west in the past few years.

Mei Qian also told this to all the girls. They should adapt themselves in Xinquan this winter and then go to Tianxue City in the spring.

So, on the way back to the city, Mei Qian discussed the use of alcohol with the military doctor, handed the alcohol to the military doctor, and asked them to explore the alcohol carefully, and then write a letter to inform Qi Fei.

After confirming that the alcohol was indeed feasible, Mei Qian planned to write a memorial to Qi Chen to talk about the alcohol.

To be honest, she didn't intend to hide this matter, but sometimes she couldn't remember it. If she hadn't seen so much wine sent by Zuixing County, she would never have remembered it.

After Mei Qian arrived at Xinquan, it snowed heavily again and again. Mei Qian didn't come out of the yard for more than half a month.

Just as the sky cleared up again, Mei Qian was still regretting that it was difficult to make snowmen with the dry snow in the northwest, when Qi Fei came to find her again.

"You said before that those girls have great abilities. Now that they have arrived and settled down in the manor, shouldn't you tell me about their abilities?"

Seeing that Qi Fei was still obsessed with the abilities of these women, Mei Qian said, "When the weather gets better, I'll take you to see them."

"It's sunny today, so we can go today."

"No, it's cold."

Qian Qian had tasted the dry and cold plums of the northwest, and she didn't want to go out at all.

"Yes, you can. Just wear more clothes."

Mei Qian: "You'll freeze to death." "No, I've been fine for so many years. I remember your home is also in the north. Even further north than here, you shouldn't be afraid of the cold."

Mei Qian: "..."

Then it definitely won’t be cold with a kang.

Besides, her grandmother would not let Mei Qian run so far outside in such cold weather!

But Mei Qian couldn't beat Qi Fei, and finally wrapped herself up like a ball. When she got on the horse, the horse almost kicked over and fell off because of this "ball spirit"!

The group rode out of the city on horseback, and when they arrived at the farm, they happened to run into a group of women knitting sweaters in the house.

"what is this?"

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the house, Qi Fei was attracted by these sweaters.

The texture of the textile was rough, and the threads were much thicker than the silk and mulberry silk she knew, but when she touched it, she realized something was wrong.

Really soft and warm to the touch.

"How is this made?"

Qi Fei was holding a sweater vest that had not yet been finished, and looked at Mei Qian with shining eyes.

She actually already had the answer in her heart, but she still wanted to hear Mei Qian confirm it herself.

"wool."

"really?"

Qi Fei stared at the wool thread in her hand carefully. At this moment, a brave woman next to her told Qi Fei that they had a place in the farm to process wool and weave it into thread.

Because when they arrived, there was a group of sheep on the farm, half of which were to be slaughtered this year.

They thought about the skills that Mei Qian had taught them, and since they didn't have much wool to begin with, they might as well make more wool and continue knitting sweaters to practice their skills.

They remembered that Mei Qian once said that she would bring people to see their achievements.

The earliest results had already been worn by them, and they had nowhere to move around in the snow, so the current situation occurred.

"Wool can be plucked from sheep in all three seasons except winter.

As long as the wool is processed well and made into high-quality wool products, it is a very good business whether you keep it for yourself or sell it to others."

Mei Qian looked at Qi Fei looking at the sweater, her eyes full of smiles.

"Besides, if possible in the future, we can still do this wool business with the Xirong people."

"With the Xirong people?"

Qi Fei immediately showed displeasure, and felt that she was going crazy just thinking about it. Mei Qian just sighed and said, "But you can't really exterminate them all, right?"

Since it is impossible to exterminate them all, then we have to control them and assimilate them.

But it was obvious that Qi Fei really didn't want to hear about the Xirong people.

Qi Fei asked Mei Qian to talk to Min You about the foreign trade of wool later, or if the matter was taken care of by the court in the future, she could let Qi Chen decide.

She just wanted to hear about how wool can improve people's lives.

After hearing this, Qi Fei was overjoyed. She hugged Mei Qian excitedly and said, "What else can't you do? You can make salt, sweet potatoes, alcohol, and now wool. You are amazing!"

"No. This is not just my achievement. Um...eh? Wait, sweet potato?"

After being out for so long, Mei Qian just remembered one thing - the sweet potatoes planted in the spring have grown, right?

Mei Qian: I feel very sorry that I didn’t get to see the sweet potatoes being dug out with my own eyes.

Mu Ying: Anyway, it wasn’t planted by you, so what’s there to regret?

Mei Qian: But I know you planted it, and you even carried out manure. Hahahaha, don’t you want to see the sweet potatoes you planted?
Mu Ying: Get lost! !