Wei and Jin Cooks

He said thank you to your father and mother, your face turned red, and the enthusiasm on your face did not fade away until you returned to the team.

Zhao Hanzhang just pretended not to know, but Wang was concerned. Others didn't know, but she knew why Xie Xiangrong came.

She was very apologetic when she saw that this silly boy Erlang only regarded her as his master's aunt, as if she had made the trip in vain.

So she called a family of three to her side, introduced Xie Xiangrong to Beigong Tuanyuan, and said: "It's your first time to be an official. You can learn from Tuanyuan. The officialdom is different from that at home. Not only do the men there not pity us women, but they also They will look down on us everywhere, thinking that we are not good at this or that.”

“If you want to stand firm in the officialdom and make a difference, you have to fight it out yourself. This was the case with Sanniang in the past, and the same is true with Tuan Yuan. You should learn more from Tuan Yuan to avoid being bullied.”

Xie's father and mother felt chilled. Did the Queen Mother also agree with Xie Xiangrong's appointment?

The two of them were a little confused. This world was a little different from the one they knew.

Forget about Xie Xiangrong, they have determined that their daughter has no chance to fight for this marriage, but Beigong Reunion... The Queen Mother and Qin Junwang are obviously interested in it. Why doesn't the Queen Mother object to Beigong Reunion and becoming an official?

 This is her daughter-in-law.

　　　Xie’s father is one of the teachers in Yangxia County School.

He actually doesn't like the female students in the class very much, and he also knows that many parents are forced to send their girls to school.

His neighbors also often complained about this policy, believing that after sending the girls at home to study, housework and farm work became more arduous, which took up a lot of their time.

In addition, there are some hidden reasons that are not humane to outsiders.

 Forget it about the emperor, they thought that the queen mother would be like them and not happy with the female members of the family entering the officialdom.

 Wang wouldn’t think that way. She wished that her daughter-in-law would be the second most powerful in the world and her daughter the most powerful in the world, so that her son would have her daughter-in-law to protect him from being bullied in the future.

While thinking wildly, they arrived at the water mill by Luoshui River.

The water mill has been expanded three times, and you can hear the running water and the squeaking, the grinding and pounding sounds of the bells. The people in Luoyang and surrounding areas now rely on this water mill.

 The restaurants and restaurants in the city come every half month. In addition to shelling people and grinding flour, the water mill also sells rice bran and wheat bran, which also generates a monthly income.

 Although this income is very small, it can support the salaries of several craftsmen.

Zhao Hanzhang felt that it was too long for the people of Luoyang on the other side to come here. Recently, he was planning to build several more water mills along the Luoshui River, which would not only facilitate the people, but also share the pressure of the water mills.

 There is a larger and expanded workshop less than a mile upstream of the water mill.

It was originally a water forge, but it was slowly expanded later. It has been expanded more than ten times, and slowly extended to the water mill where it is visible to the naked eye.

There are many departments of Gewu Division there, and the branches of the Ministry of Industry are also here. In order to protect the things and people inside, Zhao Hanzhang not only stationed a Zhao family army there, but also moved the Dongying army over, and its station was in the workshop. Five miles away.

 At this distance, if something happens to the workshop, we can immediately ask for help from the Dongying army.

 Zhao Hanzhang left most of the people at the water mill, and she only took the main staff to the workshop above.

There are now a thousand craftsmen in this workshop alone, bringing together the best craftsmen in various fields from all over the country. She believes that there will be more craftsmen gathered in the future.

Fu Tinghan and Guo Pu were waiting for them at the door. As soon as they met, he couldn't help but smile, "In a quarter of an hour, Zheng Chun calculated that you were about to arrive. I still didn't believe it. I didn't expect that he calculated so accurately. You guys just arrived at the door." Just come up.”

Zhao Hanzhang looked at Guo Pu, who was smiling and saluting, and said, "He didn't calculate this. Zeng Yue sent someone up to inform him in advance."

Guo Pu: "This is a chance. Otherwise, there are so many people in this workshop, why am I the only one who comes up to report it?"

 Zhao Hanzhang smiled slightly and did not refute again. Instead, he called Zhao Erlang and Beigong Tuanyuan over, "Guo Qing, this is the beloved daughter of King Qin and General Beigong."

Guo Pu's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at the two of them carefully. After a moment, he said: "It's a match made in heaven. It seems that it won't be long before I can ask for a wedding drink."

Zhao Hanzhang laughed heartily and pulled Fu Tinghan inside.

Wang, who was behind him, was also very happy when he heard this, and introduced to Mrs. Beigong in a low voice: "This is Guo Pu, who is proficient in fortune-telling and fortune-telling. If he says yes, it must be good."

Of course Huiniang had heard of this man. It could be said that Guo Pu was one of the important reasons why the new emperor could ascend the throne so quickly without causing any negative consequences.

She and Bei Gongchun both believed that Guo Pu would choose Zhao Hanzhang because he knew that God chose Zhao Hanzhang.

 Since he said it was a match made in heaven, it must be a match made in heaven.

Huiniang couldn’t help but bring a smile to her face.

 Fu Tinghan took them to the Department of Gewu of the Ministry of Industry. It was a very deep set of courtyards, and each courtyard studied different things.

 The Ministry of Industry's Gewu Department still focuses on civilian research, so he took them to the textile branch.

The yard is large and flat. Several groups of people gathered together to study, and their voices were very low.

Zhao Hanzhang looked surprised, and Fu Tinghan explained: "They heard that the Queen Mother was accompanying them this time, so they all restrained themselves a lot. Even when they argued, they spoke softly."

 “So if I come, they won’t restrain themselves?”

Fu Tinghan: "You come here often, but they don't care."

They made new spinning machines and looms, which were nearly twice the size of the original ones, but with more spindles. There are now forty-eight spinning machines.

Fu Tinghan said: "Take hemp spinning as an example. The previously modified spinning machine had twenty spindles and could spin twenty-five kilograms of hemp thread a day, but now it can spin sixty kilograms of hemp thread. This is not the spinning machine before our modification. , generally there are only two to five spindles, and up to three kilograms of yarn can be spun in a day. Moreover, the general spinning machines are still mainly hand-operated. Now we continue the last improvement and use pedals."

Although Fu Tinghan had improved textile machines and looms as early as the first year of Yongjia and did not refuse the outflow of technology, the new textile machines and new looms were still only spread within a small area and were not popularized.

Zhao Hanzhang asked various county governments to make statistics. At present, Yuzhou has the most first-generation improved textile machines, but it only accounts for 20% of the household registrations, followed by Shu.

The new textile looms in Shu were brought by Zhu Zhen. I heard that he bought ten spinning machines and looms. After they were transported to Shu with great difficulty, two of them were dismantled and the craftsmen copied them.

However, the proportion of Shu land is not high. Only some large households and a small number of middle-income households have replaced new textile machines.

 Having such a small share has advantages and disadvantages.

 The advantage is that the loss of promoting the second generation of new textile machines will be much smaller, and the cost of replacing general-purpose textile machines will be reduced;

 The disadvantage is that the first generation is so difficult to promote, let alone the second generation?

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "How is the quality? Textile machines and looms are expensive. It may take ten or even decades for a family to buy one. Usually, only parts such as spindles are replaced."

Fu Tinghan said: "We have been using it for three days in a row, and no major problems have been found so far, but some areas need to be improved slightly." He asked people to sit down and spin, and then pointed out the problematic areas to Zhao Hanzhang, "We are spinning There are four types of fibers. Except for silk, which is long fiber, the rest of wool, linen and cotton are short fibers. I think the thread weaved from it is a bit thicker than silk, which is not conducive to the weaving of fine fabrics. I want to start from the spindle. Once you get it, you can make a set of replaceable yarn spindles. When you need thin threads, use one set of spindles, and when you need thick threads, use another set of spindles.”

Zhao Hanzhang: "Very few people in ordinary households can replace yarn spindles, right?"

"Yes, it takes a lot of time to change the yarn spindle, and ordinary people may not know how to change it. They have to hire craftsmen to come to their homes, which is another expense. So I want to make a yarn spindle that can change the thickness. This will Saves a lot of replacement time and cost.”

Zhao Hanzhang: “Has it been done?”

 Fu Tinghan: “I already have a clue.”

The craftsmen on the side quickly said: "Your Majesty, we all think that such spindles, which can be of any thickness, are not that important, because most of the people raising silkworms among the people are concentrated in Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Shu. Silkworm farmers generally do not plant more silkworms in order to save labor. For hemp, silk and satin are sold and then resold to purchase hemp thread or linen cloth from others, so the spinning machine only needs to make two types, one labeled as thin thread spindles and the other as thick thread spindles.”

Zhao Hanzhang: "Some people not only make thin threads for silk and satin, but also make thin threads for cotton and linen?"

The craftsman laughed and said: "This question was also raised by Fu Shangshu, but we have tested it and found that the linen thread spun from the thick thread spindle can be half as thin with a little skill. All weavers can do it, otherwise why would linen cloth be divided into thick and thin?" Where’s the seed?”

"The reason Fu Shangshu wants to think about fine thread spindles is because silk can be made even thinner. Some precious satin brocades require extremely fine threads, which cannot be satisfied by general-purpose spindles. But in my opinion, this kind of yarn will be used in this world. There are very few people growing textile machines. We at the Ministry of Industry want to do it, but there is no need to promote it among the people."

Zhao Hanzhang understood, "Spindles are sold in a targeted manner and have very few users."

 The craftsman nodded.

Fu Tinghan on the side was about to speak but stopped.

 Zhao Hanzhang knew what he wanted to say.

 At present, the sericulture areas are mainly concentrated in Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Shu area, but the sericulture area they were familiar with in later generations was Jiangnan.

 The current economic and technological development of Jiangnan is far less than that of the Central Plains. Their silk and satin production is not high, and there are even fewer exquisite ones that can be recognized nationwide.

 But now that there is a radio station, she still needs to build roads. In the future, exchanges between the north and the south will become more and more frequent. In addition, the docks in Qingzhou and Guangzhou have been built, and domestic fabrics will be continuously sold in the future.

 Jiangnan will definitely become a regional economic center.

Since a spinning machine is so valuable, he wanted to get it right in one step and consider the future, so that the people would not have to spend money repeatedly because of upgrading.

Zhao Hanzhang pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you ever calculated the lifespan of a dual-function spindle?"

 Fu Tinghan: “The lifespan of the spindle is reduced by one-third compared to the one we use now.”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Then just follow what the master craftsmen said, just launch two spinning machines first, and focus on promoting thick-line spindle spinning machines."

 Fu Tinghan was puzzled.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Have you forgotten that our technology will continue to improve? In five or ten years, can't we add more spindles to the spinning machine? Or, can't we change the power system?"

 Fu Tinghan understood almost immediately, "You want to change to steam power?"

 Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows.

 Fu Tinghan said: "I tried..."

 The craftsman on the side said quietly: "It exploded."

They didn’t know what steam was before, but now they know it. They feel that they are brave enough, but they find that they are still far behind compared with Fu Shangshu.

The craftsman said: "Fu Shangshu blew up three spinning machines in less than a month."

 So under their strong opposition, he took a step back and returned to manpower, finally not wanting to use external force to drive the spinning machine.

Fu Tinghan was a little embarrassed.

Zhao Hanzhang encouraged him, "Don't be discouraged. If it doesn't work now, I believe it will work in the future."

Spinning machines have made great progress, and looms are naturally not bad either. In addition to a foot-operated loom, Fu Tinghan also made a huge hydraulic loom.

At this time, it was placed in another room, where there was a power facility made of water imported from the Luoshui River to drive the loom.

He prefers this water-powered loom to the second-generation pedal loom. "I also want to build a water-powered spinning machine next to it. I have calculated that the spindles can be increased to eighty without the need for people." By trampling, you only need to add flax, and you can spin hundreds of pounds of flax in one day.”

 With this output, I don’t know how much money I can make if I open a cloth mill.

 Didn’t she feel that there were few manpower? Wouldn’t this save manpower?

Zhao Hanzhang's eyes were bright and he waved his hand and said: "Do it. When the research is completed, I will choose a site to build a cloth workshop by Luoshui River."

After seeing the loom, Fu Tinghan took them through the corridor. The corridor was very spacious and could accommodate two carriages. But now, there was only one side for people and carriages, and a row of railroad tracks on the ground on the other side.

 Wang and others looked at it curiously.

Zhao Hanzhang and Zhao Erlang were not surprised. A bell rang, and a long series of caterpillar-like iron boxes came beeping along the railway track, with black smoke rising from the top.

Wang and others were full of curiosity. Because they didn’t understand it, they didn’t feel shocked.

When the caterpillar arrived, they realized belatedly, "Why is there no one or horse to pull it?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said, "Auntie, you are so awesome. You got the point right in the first sentence."

Zeng Yue stepped forward and opened the carriage door, and Zhao Hanzhang helped Wang get into the car. Everyone got on the car one after another. The seats inside were fixed. Zhao Hanzhang quickly chose a seat and sat down.

As soon as everyone was seated, the car started to drive from here to the deepest part at the end, where was the Gwu Department of the Ministry of War.

Wang reached out and touched the wall of the car, then glanced back and forth at the people on the car, and couldn't help but marvel, "Being able to pull so many people at one time, doesn't it mean that people can travel in this car without horses in the future?"

 Zhao Hanzhang nodded.

Huiniang was so shocked that she could not speak. Although she had not read much, she still knew that horses were strategic materials and how important they were.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "It's a pity that there are few iron ores and iron, so it cannot be popularized for the time being."

Although it cannot be popularized, it can be used in some mines to transport heavy objects. Although the distance is short, it can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

 Two chapters combined into one, see you tomorrow