Mountain and Forest Kingdom

There are many types of food and clothing, and different periods have different expectations.

Lawrence walked into the tool room with a pile of wood, followed by a slim and energetic blond girl who was 1.65 meters tall.

Sophia is the most beautiful woman Lawrence has ever seen, even more beautiful than Helen.

Back then, she had worked as a coolie in the manor for many years and was in her vigorous adolescence. At the same time, compared with a group of expired barbarian women, as long as a foreign beauty who did not work was a little cleaner and her breasts were bigger, she would definitely be a beauty.

Later, when I saw Helen again, I felt that she was very ordinary. I even felt that her breasts were a bit slumped, her face was a bit yellow, and her waist was a lot thicker.

All beauties are raised, and Lawrence not only has to maintain his own health, but also helps Sophia and others maintain their beauty for a longer period of time.

The first is beautiful clothes, which enhance beauty the most and are also the main source of temperament.

"Sophia, today we are going to make a turntable that is convenient for weaving, and a card that can loosen the wool."

Sofia nodded and said: "Yes, Master! How can I help?"

Lawrence didn't want Sophia to touch axes, hammers and nails. The girl was not suitable for such manual work.

"Just sit or stand aside and rest. While you are resting, help me sense the people and animals around me. If anyone comes near, tell me."

Sophia responded obediently, "Yes, Master! Sophia knows!"

Lawrence sat on a stool and began to work. The wooden tenon structure could be built without nails, but the nails were built to save trouble. Lawrence now no longer needed to drill holes to save nails.

The wooden wheel was very simple, Lawrence first made the spinning wheel and then the comb.

The wool is sifted to remove the bloody wool, as well as the dirty wool with feces and soil.

The rest of the wool is also divided into black wool and white wool. Black wool is suitable for making black clothes, coats, gloves and hats, while white wool is suitable for making white clothes, especially underwear.

Lawrence drove a dozen nails into a wooden board, then turned the board over so that the nail-studded side faced upwards.

Another wooden board was made using the same technique. The only difference is that this wooden board is slightly curved.

Lawrence compared the positions of the two nail boards so that the nails on the two boards could pass over each other.

Then a wooden frame was made to fix the upper nail board so that the upper nail board could swing easily and the upper nails could easily pass through the lower nail board.

Laying the clumps of wool on the bottom peg board, Lawrence tried to separate them with a card.

It took a little effort, but with repeated pushes, some cotton-like wool was pushed to both sides of the card.

Sofia sat on a chair on the side and looked at this. After Lawrence tested it, she asked: "Master, is it easier to use a comb?"

Lawrence explained: "It's almost the same. It's actually quite fast to just do it manually and let people separate the wool by hand, but it can save trouble."

At this stage, a skilled worker is certainly worth these inconvenient wooden equipment.

Due to the relationship between population and area, and the large number of idle women under his command, using artificial intelligence is the wisest choice at this stage.

Lawrence only planned to develop some textile equipment that was relevant to the current situation, such as traditional handloom spinning wheels.

Even the textile cart without spindles and shuttles was too advanced for this era, especially the nearby savage women, who Lawrence felt preferred to make woolen sweaters by hand.

The simpler the textile tools, the greater the improvement to the current simple textile technology.

Lawrence thought about how to make his housewives familiar with the tools as soon as possible, and made another spinning pendant.

The structure is a hollow circular piece of wood with a small stick around which wool thread can be wrapped.

The working principle of the spindle is to use one hand to turn the handle and the other hand to pull the fiber to continue.

The simpler the tool, the less time it takes to learn, the easier it is to get started, and the easier it is to accept and promote, making it easier to improve efficiency.

The whole process of sorting wool and pulling loose wool into yarn is so simple that even ancient people could quickly master it.

This kind of work is very suitable for women, and it is also suitable as a boring pastime during the long nights. When people are working, they will feel that time passes quickly, and there is no need to use any brain.

While Lawrence was studying how to make tools simpler and safer, Sophia suddenly looked out the door.

"Master, Salil is here."

"I'm here." Salil walked in curiously and said with suspicion: "Are you stealing something?"

Sophia explained: "No, the master asked me to practice witchcraft to see if what I say is accurate."

"Oh! Come on, Sophia!" Salil encouraged with a smile, and then walked towards Lawrence who was working, "Lawrence, I asked and found that we may not have enough wool."

Before Lawrence could speak, Sofia asked: "Why is there still not enough? It's several thousand kilograms!"

Salil explained: "I asked several women, and they all said that each person needs more than 60 pounds of wool to make clothes."

Lawrence raised his head and said directly: "Impossible, I have calculated this matter, and our sheep cannot support this number at all!"

Sariel defended: "Emma and Bull said so. If you don't believe me, I'll call them over!"

Seeing Salil going to call someone, Lawrence stopped her, "No, I know what's going on."

Sariel stopped and looked at Lawrence, curiously waiting for an answer.

Lawrence explained: "They are talking about fur, including wool and sheepskin. In fact, it does not need that much. Each person only has fifteen pounds of wool per year. This is a calculation that takes into account wear and tear and the extreme cold climate here. "

A thick wool coat is a must-have for every man to keep out the cold. This one alone requires more than eight pounds of wool.

"We have enough wool now. Not counting the forest people, there are about 860 people, including newly purchased slaves, people from Dumu Port, and new-born babies."

"In addition to wool, we also have linen and sheepskin coats. Everyone can have a new coat, and the manor people and warriors can even have two or three."

Salil breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "That's good! Then we can raise more sheep ourselves, so we don't have to buy other people's wool, and we can make a lot of money by selling our own wool!"

Lawrence smiled and said: "No, the manor's sheep herd cannot continue to expand. It will stop when it reaches one hundred."

Sariel frowned and looked at Lawrence, "Why is this?"

Lawrence had already considered this question.

Human power is always limited and cannot violate objective laws.

The northern border is not suitable for growing food or breeding. This is the natural law of the northern border.

"One of our sheep needs 700 kilograms of fodder every year, which is about 90 acres of grassland, or three times the amount of bushes."

"Think about the scope of this activity. How long does it take to travel from our manor to ten acres of land in a straight line? Moreover, our area is not all grassland. Most of the area is farmland and buildings, or waterways and rocks."

"Especially in winter, we used to be able to feed a small number of sheep. Once there are too many sheep and they are concentrated, we have to feed grain."

"Compared with raising our own sheep, buying wool from outside is the most cost-effective thing. We only need to raise a small number of goats and sheep in the downstream forests and nearby manor towns, mainly for goat milk and mutton meat."

Sariel thinks Lawrence is so powerful. He can see so far and is worthy of being a crow prophet who can predict things!

"Well! Then let's cut down more trees and exchange the wood for wool!" Salil thought this was still a big profit. They had a lot of wood.

Lawrence felt that this matter was also very important, "Yes, in the future, other people are prohibited from cutting oak at will. The same is true in Uge Village. They must get our permission and pay taxes."

"These trees are our property, including everything in the mountains, forests, rivers and seas. Even the feathers dropped by birds flying in the sky are ours! So is the feces!"

Salil happily agreed, "That's right! They're all ours!"