"Your Highness, is it too early for us to build a down jacket factory now?"
In three days, a suitable factory building was found for the down jacket factory.
Yu Ji looked at the busy workers and asked Ying Feiyu doubtfully.
Since it is not a heavy industry, we did not rebuild outside the city, but bought a former brewery in the city!
The profit was not good and it was closed down in the first two years. All the craftsmen and the shopkeepers went to work in Ying Feiyu's winery!
The craftsmen continued to make wine, and the shopkeeper did some administrative work inside, making more money than when he worked alone!
So when he learned that His Highness the Prince wanted to buy his old winery, he lowered the price quite a bit!
In his words, if you keep it there, it will just wait to collapse. It is better to sell it to His Highness the Prince and make the best use of it!
However, Ying Feiyu did not pay the price he said, but gave a very reasonable price!
After the shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly, he happily sold the workshop to him!
The craftsmen are finishing up now and it won’t be long before they can start work!
The textile factory is also working hard to produce the fabrics needed to make down jackets!
As for the purchase of ducks and geese, we still have to wait until the workshops are all cleaned up before starting!
"Morning? Is this still early? If it's any later, you won't even be able to drink the soup!"
Ying Feiyu shook his head without thinking.
"But...it's not even midsummer yet, and it's even further away from autumn and winter!"
At this time, the leaves are just about to fade away from their tender green color and turn towards dark green.
People's clothes are getting thinner and thinner, so how can they use down jackets?
"What we are doing is a factory, which requires mass production. We are not living at home. We can just make everything for the family in a few days...!"
Ying Feiyu explained with a smile, "If we don't start production until autumn and winter, and everyone's cotton-padded jackets are ready by then, who will buy our down jackets? Besides, the down jacket factory's daily production capacity is limited, how can we supply it? There are so many people in Da Qin?"
Although the price of down jackets is not too low, there are many rich people in Daqin.
This thing is not a luxury product. As long as the people are down-to-earth and willing to work, they can afford it, and the consumption is also very large!
"Yes! That makes sense. His Royal Highness is thoughtful!"
Yu Ji instantly transformed into a little fan girl and looked at him with admiring eyes.
Ying Feiyu thought to himself: It's not that he thought carefully, but that this is what the clothing factories in later generations did.
Production of spring and summer clothes begins in winter.
When summer comes, we have already started making winter styles!
I have never eaten pork, but I have still seen pigs running away!
"Your Highness, the workshop is expected to be tidied up in two days. Can we start purchasing ducks and geese by then?"
"Well! If the craftsmen sent by Huang Yuan act quickly and install the electricity in the entire factory, then the official construction can begin!"
As soon as Ying Feiyu finished speaking, he saw Huang Yuan leading a group of people walking towards them.
"His Royal Highness, you have been waiting for a long time!"
Even though Huang Yuan and Ying Feiyu were already very familiar with each other, he always showed a lot of courtesy when they met.
"Brother Emperor, didn't he come looking for you? How come you have time to bring the craftsmen here in person?"
Ying Feiyu remembered that Ying Heng said that he wanted to use electric motors to replace steam engines and needed Huang Yuan's help. Why did this guy still have time to come here?
"Gongzi Heng has a strong talent for technology. I only explained the principles and techniques once and he was already able to get started. In the past two days, I didn't use my help at all. He has been doing research by himself! I learned that His Highness the Prince has opened The down jacket factory needed electricity, so I rushed over with the craftsmen!"
The electricity used in factories is different from that in homes, and there are many things that need to be paid attention to.
Huang Yuan was afraid that the craftsmen under him would make some mistakes, so he personally brought people here!
Except here, the same applies to other factories. He personally leads people to arrange the routes and leaves only after ensuring that everything is perfect!
"That's fine!"
Huang Yuan is attentive, and by letting him lead people to install the circuit, Ying Feiyu can feel more at ease.
The workshop is not very big, the front row is a shop floor, used for sales!
The back is like a courtyard!
On the left and right sides, Ying Feiyu plans to use it as a production workshop.
The back row is used to purchase ducks and geese and store the produced down jackets!
The courtyard in the middle is used for cleaning and drying feathers!
Huang Yuan led the craftsmen to lay the wires, and it was completed in just one day.
In the newspaper the next day, in addition to the recruitment of female workers, there was also news about the acquisition of ducks and geese!
"His Royal Highness has opened another down jacket factory? What is a down jacket? And why do you want to buy ducks and geese? Even the feathers?"
"I don't know, I've never heard of a down jacket!"
A down jacket factory confused all the people.
No one knows what this down jacket factory is?
"No matter what he does, buying duck and goose feathers is real anyway. I have raised the old goose at home for several years. Recently, it doesn't like to lay eggs. It eats a lot of food. I am about to kill it. Well, when the time comes, I will take the feathers to the down jacket factory and ask if they can really be sold for money!"
"Hmm! What a coincidence. The ducks I just killed today have their feathers thrown under the big tree in the garden to be turned into fertilizer. I will quickly collect them later and send them to the down jacket factory to try my luck!"
"When you said that, I also remembered it. When I was walking last night, someone threw a lot of goose feathers on the side of Beishan. Couldn't I pick them up and exchange them for money...?"
After reading the newspaper and learning that the down jacket factory not only collects live ducks and geese, but also collects feathers, the people suddenly became energetic.
To them, those feathers were just thrown away as waste.
It's even said that even throwing it is too laborious.
I never thought that I could exchange money now?
As soon as the newspaper was published, in just over an hour, there were already people carrying goose feathers to sell them!
"Mom, your feathers are of good quality and have lots of down. This goose should be quite big, right?"
The person in charge of collecting fur is a little maid from Bieyuan. She is usually very clever, so she was transferred here by Yu Ji.
"Girl, you are absolutely right. I have been raising this goose for several years. How much do you think I can get for these feathers?"
The old lady with gray hair on her temples opened her cloth bag and asked tentatively.
Of course, she didn't expect how much money she could exchange for the hair. It was enough to buy a few pieces of candy for the children at home, so it was not in vain!
"That's right, auntie, when we trim hair, we look at the quality first and the weight second! The quality of yours is good, but the final price depends on the weight!"
Feathers are temporarily divided into two grades, the ones with clean coat color and those with lots of down are the first grade.
Those with more variegated colors and less fluff are second-rate products!
The goose feathers the old lady brought were not only of good quality, but also in large quantities. The final price was thirty cents!
