Expansion of the Cashmere Industry

As he chatted with Viscount Thoros while riding alongside him, Victor learned why the entire Snowflake Family had personally come to Two Rivers Territory this time.

One reason was that Victor's mother, Lady Ellie, was about to celebrate her birthday. His maternal grandfather, Luowei, said that his health was not as good as it used to be and wanted to see his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson one more time. The second reason was related to a business partnership with Two Rivers Territory: Viscount Thoros wanted to use this opportunity to expand the cashmere industry in Edelweiss Territory.

Victor was naturally delighted that his grandfather wanted to visit him and his parents. Although he often wrote letters to ask after them or arranged for merchant caravans to deliver gifts, nothing could express his longing as well as seeing them in person.

However, regarding his uncle Viscount Thoros's proposal to expand the cashmere industry, Victor did not give him an immediate answer.

The main reason was that he had just discussed reducing the frequency of overseas trade with Powell the day before, and they had already made a decision.

At present, there was a highly counterintuitive phenomenon in trade: the largest market for cashmere textiles was not the Vela Region or the Raine Kingdom itself, but the Southern Kingdoms near the tropics.

In theory, cashmere textiles were the warmest of all fabrics, second only to fur. However, the cashmere textiles produced in Edelweiss Territory and Two Rivers County did not sell well in the colder northern regions.

The nobles and commoners there preferred to wear fur coats. The nobles favored the pelts of various fierce beasts, as well as mink and fox fur, while commoners preferred sheepskin. They were actually less receptive to cashmere fabrics than to woolen ones.

When the two