After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 140 Cotton Business

What Shen Tang took out was nothing else but the cotton and cotton cloth that he had shown to Minister Zhao before.

A small ball of cotton and a piece of cotton cloth were passed from one wealthy businessman to another.

"How come this material is so soft, Boss Zhou? It's not inferior to silk at all."

Someone spoke.

Zhou Zhenxiong nodded. When the cotton and cotton cloth came into his hands, he could feel that the fabric was softer and thicker than silk.

The cotton is light and soft in the hands and warm to the touch.

Zhou Zhenxiong naturally thought that if this was used to make clothes, it would definitely be very warm.

Make clothes!

Zhou Zhenxiong widened his eyes. Could this be what the Ning'an County Marquis wanted to talk about?

When he met Shen Tang's smiling eyes, Zhou Zhenxiong felt that he seemed to have guessed right.

"I wonder what you think of my material?"

"The material of this Junhou is delicate and soft, and this white cotton is also extremely soft."

"This is called cotton. I've gathered you all here today for this very reason. I wonder if you're interested in growing it."

As soon as Shen Tang said this, everyone fell silent.

Although the material is good, each company has its own main business to do.

Planting. Since they became businessmen, except for a few tea merchants and grain merchants present, other merchants have basically rarely been involved in the planting industry except for their family land.

"Marquis, this is the first time we've seen this thing. Could you please give us more details?"

Zhou Zhenxiong's heart was in turmoil, but his experiences over the years helped him calm down.

Shen Tang glanced at him and said with a smile:

"Of course, since I'm asking you all to grow cotton together, I have to explain it to you all."

"I'm not very good at business, and I'm not as well-informed about the outside world as you bosses. I wonder what the current market price of linen and silk is?"

"In the market today, coarse linen costs about five hundred wen a piece, and the cheapest fine linen costs fifteen hundred taels a piece. Even silk, not to mention the worst silk, costs about ten taels a piece, not to mention the finest Shu brocade, which can cost over twenty taels.

After the embroidery of the women, some satins are worth thousands of gold."

Zhou Zhenxiong spoke. The Zhou family had the most say in this matter, so no one objected to what Zhou Zhenxiong said.

"Boss Zhou, take a look at my material and think about the market price if I sell it."

Zhou Zhenxiong looked at the material carefully and pondered:

"This material of Junhou is much better than linen, but its fineness cannot be compared with silk. However, this material is much better than most materials on the market.

If this kind of material were to be sold, Zhou thinks it would cost between six and eight taels of silver per piece."

"Boss Zhou is indeed an expert."

Shen Tang smiled and said:

"But what if I say that if I sell this material, it won't cost more than three taels of silver per piece?"

what!

No more than three taels of silver per horse!

Zhou Zhenxiong couldn't help but speak:

"This is impossible, this is too cheap!"

This is a piece of material!

A horse from Da Qi is about ten meters long, which is not more than three taels of silver. It's impossible!

"You are kidding, Lord. My family also makes hemp. It takes a lot of time to weave a piece of cloth."

Even the most skilled weaver can only weave a little over one meter a day.

Seeing Zhou Zhenxiong so shocked, the others couldn't believe it.

"Boss Zhou, don't worry. What if a piece of cloth like this really doesn't cost more than three taels of silver? Do you think it will sell well?"

This is not just a good seller, it's being snapped up like crazy!

A piece of cloth cost three taels of silver, and half a piece of cloth cost less than one tael of silver.

One piece of cloth can make about two or three sets of clothes, so a set of clothes made of such good material costs only about one or two taels of silver.

The expressions on everyone's faces did not escape Shen Tang's eyes.

"Marquis, this material really won't cost more than three taels of silver?"

Shen Tang nodded.

"I got this cotton and this cotton cloth by accident. I think this material is much better than linen in terms of warmth and comfort.

Shen Tang doesn't have any special abilities, but he just wants ordinary people to be able to buy cotton cloth with the money they would have spent on linen."

Zhou Zhenxiong still refused to believe it.

"Jun Hou, I know Jun Hou's soap business is good, but this woven cloth is still far from soap. Not to mention how cotton can be made into thread, even weaving this cloth requires a lot of manpower and time."

"I know Boss Zhou has good intentions, but as for the weaving, you don't have to worry about it. I'm just asking if you're willing to cooperate with me, Shen Tang, on this business."

Shen Tang would not reveal the fact that he had a loom and a series of other textile instruments.

Shen Tang looked at the conflicted expressions on everyone's faces, but he was not in a hurry.

After all, this incident had a great impact on them, especially Boss Zhou, who frowned tightly.

"Marquis, if this is the reason for today's incident, my Zhou family will not be involved."

Zhou Zhenxiong thought seriously for a while and then refused.

He admitted that Shen Tang might be a rare genius, but in the field of textiles, the Zhou family had a history of hundreds of years.

Although this cloth is really good, and sometimes even as good as silk, he really doesn't believe that Shen Tang is willing to sell it at such a low price.

Zhou Zhenxiong even guessed that Shen Tang was using his own money to subsidize the price of the fabric.

It is not enough to produce 1,000 kilograms of rice per mu, and now he wants to get involved in the fabric industry.

Is it also to earn a good reputation for serving the people?

Zhou Zhenxiong stopped thinking about it. The Zhou family was a merchant family, so naturally they put profit first. Such an approach was only for fame and had no profit, so it would be better for the Zhou family not to get involved.

Zhou Zhenxiong's words were like a weather vane, and he refused almost as soon as he opened his mouth.

People who were on good terms with the Zhou family also stood up to refuse.

The Zhou family is in the silk and fabric business. Now that Zhou Zhenxiong has said he won't get involved, it's even more unlikely that others will.

"In that case, Shen Tang won't see you off."

In a short time, only three families remained in the box.

These families are not the biggest businesses in the city, but those who are invited by Shen Tang have the most important character.

These families did not have as much wealth as other families, and they were unwilling to leave because of Shen Tang's confident look and the title he held.

There are even two with gambler's nature.

They missed the soap business last time, so why not give the fabric business a try this time?

Although three taels of silver for a piece of cloth is ridiculous, what if it succeeds?

If this succeeds, they dare not even imagine how much the material can be sold for.

Shen Tang also had impressions of the remaining bosses. One was a tea merchant in the town, and the other two were ship merchants at the town’s dock.

"Since you are here to stay, Shen Tang will get straight to the point."

"I have already reported this cotton business to the Emperor."