Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 90 Textile Machines Tend to Mechanization

Now, Zhu Di was a little interested.

"Why, you still want to promote textile machines in your Wanping County? Turn Wanping County into another Songjiang Prefecture?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di widened his eyes, "You speak so boldly, do you know what a Songjiang Mansion means to me, Daming?"

Guo An said: "The lower officials know it."

Zhu Di took a deep breath, stared at Guo An closely for a while, and asked again: "How sure are you?"

Guo An replied: "I don't know, but I will definitely do my best!"

Zhu Di said: "Very good, above this matter, as long as you ask for anything, we will definitely satisfy you!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An's face brightened.

"Come on, let's take you to watch the weaving machine!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Out of the side halls, Guo An followed Zhu Di around a few side halls, and the more he walked, the more he went wrong. Looking at the figures on the left and right, they were all the servants, Guo An finally remembered something, and his expression couldn't help but change.

"Your Highness, is this the inner court?"

"nature!"

Zhu Di kept walking.

"Your Highness, I'm a foreign minister..."

Before Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di said coldly: "Then take care of your eyes!"

"Yes Yes……"

Guo An trembled, and immediately lowered his head tightly, not daring to look around.

After following Zhu Di to a side hall next to the main hall, Guo An relaxed.

However, he was soon shocked by the scene in front of him.

Several exquisite machines were placed directly in the middle of the side hall, occupying more than half of the side hall.

Only now did he understand why only Yanwang Palace had such a loom in Beiping Mansion.

Because, this is not a set, but a set.

At this moment, beside the machine, there are still a few maids busy.

Seeing Zhu Di coming in, he quickly got up to salute.

"See Your Highness!"

"Let's go in and take a look, and you'll go your own way!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

All the maidservants responded in unison, and then took a curious look at Guo An beside Zhu Di, then turned to do their work.

Zhu Di turned to look at Guo An: "This thing is a textile machine, you can watch whatever you want!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An thanked each other, stared quickly, and looked around the loom one by one.

No wonder, Huang Daopo, a woman, is famous all over the world in this era by virtue of her loom.

In the cotton gin, one maid feeds the cotton, and two maids shake the wooden handle. The seed cotton is rolled by two round wooden sticks, and the cotton wool and cotton seeds are quickly separated to the two sides, which is fast and labor-saving.

The cotton plucking machine has a long bow and a thick string, and the string is hit hard with a stick, and the cotton suddenly fluffs up.

There are three spinning wheels, one maid can sit there, and one person can spin three cotton threads at the same time.

There is also a spinning machine, a maid is sitting on one side, kicking her feet, and her hands are shuttled back and forth, and the cotton threads are quickly turned into a piece of cotton cloth in the hands of the maid.

Guo An couldn't help exclaiming: "This is mechanized labor."

On the side, Zhu Di asked curiously: "What is mechanization?"

Guo An patiently explained: "Your Highness, mechanization means that machines are used for all work, just like the work done by these maids, machines can be used. Not only is the speed fast, but the work is also good."

"and then?"

"Then……"

Guo An was taken aback, glanced at Zhu Di, and said slowly, "Your Highness, I want to improve these machines."

"Ok?"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An suspiciously, "Do you know how to carpenter?"

Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness misunderstood. Although I don't know carpentry skills, I can come up with ideas, and then trouble the carpenters in Your Highness's palace, just like in an iron smelting workshop."

Zhu Di asked, "Then, do you want to do the textile machine business?"

Guo An said: "Yes, and no!"

Zhu Di asked, "What do you mean?"

Guo An replied: "The lower officials want to disassemble these machines so that one person can operate them, for example, one person can pluck cotton, and one person can separate cotton seeds.

Then, sell these to the people of Wanping County. "

The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, pointed at those machines, and said to Guo An: "Do you know how much it will cost to buy one of these machines?"

Guo An smiled confidently, "Your Highness, no matter how expensive these machines are, they are all made of wood, and the real cost price is not too high."

Zhu Di: "..."

He didn't think about these things.

Guo An continued: "Besides, these machines are too huge, and the lower officials are not prepared to allow every family to afford one, as long as one family can afford one.

In a village, it is enough to make up a set.

As long as they are slack, those peasant women can spin and weave cloth by themselves at home. "

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "In this way, they can use cotton cloth to pay taxes, and in this way, they can not only pay less taxes, but also save the court some trouble."

Guo An was taken aback, he didn't mean that, he just wanted those peasant women to weave their own cloth, and then spin their own clothes, with the money they earned.

However, what Zhu Di said also makes sense.

There is a great difference in the amount of tax paid in cotton cloth from that paid in cotton.

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed, feeling that he had finally found some confidence in front of the thief officer Guo An this time, and asked, "How many carpenters do you need?"

Guo An pondered for a moment, then said: "Ten!"

Without thinking about it, Zhu Di nodded in agreement.

"Can!"

"what else do you want?"

Guo An looked up and looked around, and asked with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, can I do some research here?"

Zhu Di was taken aback, "Research on these textile machines?"

Guo An nodded slightly: "Exactly!"

Afterwards, after thinking for a while, he said, "If, if possible, I want His Highness to send a few carpenters to study with me!"

Zhu Di immediately looked at Guo An with vigilance, "This textile machine was specially purchased by the princess, you don't want to dismantle it, do you?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, how can you be so bold?"

Guo An shook his head again and again, and after seeing Zhu Di still had an expression of disbelief, he explained slowly: "I just want to take a few carpenters to draw blueprints, and then let those carpenters familiarize themselves with these textile machines. After that, when you go back, you can look at the drawings and make a set.”

Only then did Zhu Di relax, "This king will send someone to call for craftsmen for you, and bring you pens, ink, paper and inkstones."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, then walked out.

Outside the courtyard, a familiar servant was found, and after some explanation, he entered a large hall beside him.

"I have met Your Highness in person!"

As Zhu Di entered the hall, Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun hurriedly got up to greet her.

"No gift, no gift."

Zhu Di stepped forward quickly, helped Xu Miaoyun up, with a smirk on his face.

"The girl is waiting for us?"

"His Royal Highness brought a strange man into the harem, and even broke into the concubine's weaving hall. The concubine must come and have a look."

"Hehe, my sister misunderstood, we don't have any objections to the textile hall, but Guo An wants to take a look at the textile machine... that is Guo An, the magistrate of Wanping County, who is extremely good at arithmetic..."

Zhu Di quickly explained the whole story.

……

(End of this chapter)