Free Web NovelChapter 789: Chapter 84: Moonlight Celestial Silkworm and the Silk Industry (Part 4)
Weapons refined with this Moon Crown Tree flower, even if they are only of ordinary grade, can fetch a high price of 1 Gold Coin.
If they are Fine Level weapons, the price will certainly not be less than 10 Golden Crowns.
Over the past month or so, simply selling such weapons to the Knights has earned the Territory about 3,000 Golden Crowns.
A Spirit Plant like this can provide immense help to a power, so it’s understandable that Vandar and the others have such high expectations.
Su Li certainly supports them in searching for new Spirit Plants, after all, if they are transplanted to the Hesse Territory, Su Li can enjoy the benefits effortlessly. He eagerly asked, "Do you have any directions or goals? Finding a completely new Spirit Plant is not easy."
Vandar nodded: "We roughly have a direction. We’ve heard that in the distant East, there is a more fantastical mulberry tree. The Moon Empress taught the people of Zhendan to reel silk and make clothes, so the silk of Zhendan is renowned throughout the old world. We plan to commission Ms. Melly Ramsey to collect a Zhendan mulberry tree for us. Such mulberry trees should be quite common in the East."
It is important to note that the Empire indeed possesses the craftsmanship for making silk, since in the major cities within the Empire, both industry and craftsmanship are already quite developed. Besides, there are many mechanical workshops, companies, and even banks, with a highly active citizen class.
So the art of making silk exists in many territories, for instance, the southern Sulande Province is known for producing high-end clothes, books, silk, cattle, and beauties.
The Northern People of the Empire disdain this greatly. They look down on everything related to makeup, silk, precious metals, and most of what the Southern people value as "superior living."
The Empire just can’t weave silk clothing as high-end and full of fantastical colors as those in Zhendan.
Even in the Dawn Church, there are quite a few Dawn Nuns who know how to rear silkworms and reel silk.
Honestly, if Vandar wants to cultivate other Spirit Trees, Su Li has little motivation to help him.
But if the Dawn Church wants to plant mulberries, Su Li’s mindset would be completely different!
Encouraging farmers to plant mulberries, that’s something embedded in Su Li’s genes as the most important matter, which concerns his design for the Territory’s specialties.
Last year, Su Li planned five major categories of specialties for the Territory. His most anticipated top five categories are grain, armor, spices, silk, and porcelain.
This order represents the priority he places on each.
Undoubtedly, the Territory has already sequentially resolved the first three. In terms of grain production, the Territory has gradually gained a reputation for its border grain warehouse, and this harvest season will surely see a bumper crop.
For armor and weapon production, the Hesse Territory can even export military equipment backwards to the Dwarves. The armory of Hesse’s armor is selling well in Marle Castle and the entire northern Border Prince’s Territory. Knights highly praise the fine equipment from Hesse Territory, taking pride in owning a fine-level piece created by the Hesse Armory.
As for spices, Hesse Territory has gradually been promoting them. Although the Snake Woman, Hela, has not yet settled her mind and is not very active in spice production, at least there is a pathway. Su Li either waits for opportunities or persuades her; the spice production capacity can certainly be enhanced sooner or later.
What needs to be addressed next is undoubtedly the production of silk in the Territory!
This is indeed a highly profitable industry. The Empire’s North may not recognize this high-grade material much, but in the central and southern parts of the Empire, silk is quite a hot commodity!
