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Chapter 448 Plant Dyeing, It's a Hit!
Ninety thousand sheep and six thousand cattle are still on their way.

Manager Zhu's letter urging delivery had already been sent back by Xiao Jin.

In the very first sentence of his letter, he shouted:
"Not enough to sell! Not enough at all! Nine hundred bolts of cloth didn't even last half a day."

The day after the cotton cloth was sold out, many herders came to the ranch, all asking where they could buy this kind of cotton cloth with flowers and leaves.

General, you didn't see it, but the women of the Hesa ​​tribe fought over a piece of floral cloth.

Some people bought it for one or two taels of silver, but couldn't resist the temptation of others and easily resold it for two taels of silver.

"General, can we still send more goods? Three thousand horses are not too many, eight hundred are not too few."

Gan Minglan: "."

The floral cotton cloth, coveted by the herders of the Ili River Valley, is equally loved by the young women and wives of the Kansai region.

According to sources familiar with the matter.

The inventor of this floral fabric was a young woman who was not yet five years old in the family of the General of the West.

The news became increasingly fantastical as it spread.

They practically mythologized the little girl's brilliant mind.

The story is short.

Since Gan Minglan returned from the southwestern battlefield, little Yuanyuan's clinginess has reached a new level.

She was on duty at the general's mansion, and the guards were standing not far from the office door.

After playing with the little girls for a while, he would run to the door to take a peek.

She went out of the manor to inspect the soldiers' regular training, and the little girl followed behind her with a few maids, keeping a distance.

Gan Minglan knew that this behavior in children was called separation anxiety disorder in psychology.

Lack of security.

To avoid making my child anxious, I play with her whenever I have free time.

Both mother and daughter are wood-type ability users and enjoy being close to nature.

The two of them treated Dongxueshan as their own backyard.

With the continuous support of a low-level crystal core, the little guy has now reached the edge of level two superpowers.

Specifically, she can encourage a flower bud to bloom within a dozen or so breaths.

The game of urging flowers to bloom is her favorite.

Every time I go up the mountain, I pick the best-looking branches from my harvest to take home.

Not long ago, I brought home a branch of peach blossoms.

After returning home, the little guy suddenly had a whimsical idea.

She asked the embroiderers in the manor to sew the peach blossoms she had brought back onto her little skirt.

This has truly put the embroiderers in a difficult position.

The delicate peach blossom petals cannot be sewn together.

Embroidered peach blossoms are something no one cares about at all.

To fulfill her daughter's wish to sew real peach blossoms onto her dress, Gan Minglan came up with the idea of ​​plant dyeing.

She had done this job before.

It would look beautiful as curtains!

Intrigued, she and her daughter spent the entire afternoon hammering away with a small iron hammer.

As a result, the peach blossoms she dyed were even more beautiful than she had imagined.

Little Yuanyuan, beaming with joy, went out for a stroll in her peach blossom dress, which brought tears to the eyes of a group of girls her age.

Gan Minglan: "."

Her brother used to love showing off his "Rat King" title among his peers, and he finally managed to get it tied up at Green Mountain Academy. Now, it's his own sister's turn!
They are truly siblings from the same mother, a bond forged in their genes.

The consequence of making the child cry was that Gan Minglan, the parent, was summoned to the door by the manager of the cotton weaving workshop.

I thought the child who was made to cry was the head of the household.

It turns out they came to ask for plant dyeing techniques.

General Gan dismissed it, saying, "It doesn't require much skill. As long as the color-fixing problem is handled properly, even a teenager could do it!"

Ordinary people wouldn't understand what color fixing is!

The manager confidently stated: "This skill can guarantee a steady income for at least two years."

The only drawback is that it requires a lot of manpower.

After discussing it, the two decided to give the task to the older girls at the girls' school.

"We can't let the female students work for free. They should be paid at least one hundred coins for each piece of cloth they dye. For those with rich imaginations, the price can be increased appropriately."

As it turned out, the older female students were very willing to do this job.

Girls in their early teens are at an age of innocence and naivety, possessing rich imagination and creativity.

Some people prefer large ferns, where just a few leaves can create a landscape several feet in size.

Some people are engrossed in tapping on the various wildflowers they've gathered from the grasslands; the combination of flowers and leaves is quite beautiful.

Each pattern created through printing and dyeing is a unique work of art.

Ordinary white cotton cloth is elevated and its value increases dramatically because of these patterns.

Because these were all hammered out by hand.

Those who are quick and efficient will need two days.

Those with poor manual dexterity may take five days to complete the dyeing of a single piece of cloth.

then.

This beautiful, handcrafted printed fabric, before it was even officially sold in the Kansai region, became a hit in the Iri River Valley, more than a thousand miles away.

The cotton spinning manager was helpless in the face of the high-priced order that came from Manager Zhu.

It's not that I don't want to earn money.

There is simply no stock available.

The nine hundred horses she took to the ranch were something she managed to squeeze out despite the pressure of being pressured to place an order.

The six months leading up to the new cotton harvest are a time when we cannot afford to be careless.

After being informed that production capacity could not keep up, Manager Zhu was left with only regret.

If there's nothing to sell, then keep buying!

During his continuous purchase of cattle and sheep for more than half a month, the wallets of the herders from various tribes of the Hesa ​​ethnic group have become bulging.

I have money in my pocket now.

However, Balicheng did not have a wide variety of goods for these herders to choose from.

Having money but nowhere to spend it, I can only wander around other cities.

Upon witnessing this scene, a merchant from Balicheng finally could no longer remain seated.

They came all the way to the ranch hoping to find out from Manager Zhu about the sourcing channels for Kansai goods.

Manager Zhu was a man of strong character; how could he possibly reveal his miserable state of having nothing to sell in front of the Hu people?

He spread his hands:
“Your Khanate has not formally established diplomatic relations with the Yongtai Dynasty. Without a pass, the furthest you can go east is to Weilum.”

Having been a traveling merchant for many years and even visited Tokyo several times, he expressed his understanding of these circumstances, and then humbly said:
"Going to Kansai is out of the question. It would be good if we could buy things from the head steward."

Steward Zhu barely managed to maintain his composure:
"Then be more specific, what exactly do you want to buy?"

The merchant stared intently at him:
"Anything is fine, as long as you Han people find it useful, delicious, or beautiful! We'll make sure the head steward doesn't lose out on the price!"

The merchant had traveled between the two countries for over a decade, and he came to a conclusion during his sales.

That is:
What the Han people use frequently is considered good.

What Han Chinese people pursue is what's popular!
Simply add a few words like "recommended by Han Chinese" before the products you buy, and the herders will blindly follow suit!

Manager Zhu: The demeanor of a great nation has been embodied!
After seeing off the greedy Hu merchant, Qu Daxian and his companions, who had overheard the conversation, rubbed their hands together.
"Then is the liquor brewed here considered a local specialty?"

Steward Zhu spoke with conviction:
"The brewer is Han Chinese, the jars used to hold the wine come from Guanzhong, so the wine produced is naturally a specialty of Guanzhong!"

Master Qu: "."

(End of this chapter)