Yingtianfu Tianyu Palace
At this moment, Yang Rong was standing in front of the palace, with a huge and strange object next to him. At first glance, it looked like a loom, but upon closer inspection, it was still very different from an ordinary loom.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Mother Ma, and Zhu Quan gathered around the loom and looked at it curiously.
I am afraid that at this moment, among the people in the hall, except Zhu Xiongying, no one can clearly realize what the machine in front of them represents.
"We don't understand this thing. Aren't the looms we've seen before all horizontal? The shuttle can also be turned horizontally. Now it's vertical. Is there any explanation?"
Lao Zhu scratched his head and looked at his wife beside him blankly.
Even though she is the queen of the world, Ma Shi never slacks off for a day and helps with weaving and making clothes when she has nothing to do. Therefore, Ma Shi should be the one who knows the textile industry best among these people in the palace.
Zhu Quan ran to the weird-shaped loom, rested his chin on it, and said curiously,
"Father and Queen, look, there is a roller here!"
"Ah? Where is it? Let's take a look!" Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Quan's finger and put his head into the loom, "Hey! It's true, you boy, your eyes are quite bright!"
"Hehe." Zhu Quan scratched his head in embarrassment. His father rarely praised others. To be praised like this, Xiao Qi was visibly happy.
"Grandma, do you want to try it?"
Zhu Xiongying took Ma's hand and asked.
Ma nodded and looked very eager to try. This is a woman who lives her life. No matter what kind of gold, silver or brocade clothes you give her, a good loom would make Ma more happy.
Because Ma Shi knew clearly in his heart that gold, silver and jewelry cost money, but looms could make money.
How much difference will be made when one comes and goes? To live your life, you have to make careful calculations from every detail.
"Grandma, try it?" Ma wiped her hands on her clothes. Even though her hands were already very clean, she still did this subconsciously when she touched such a brand-new loom.
"OK."
Yang Rong came over at the right time. He didn't understand this thing very well either.
The Jiangnan Orihu who made this thing is a long-term worker in a small family workshop. If you ask him to say it, he can't explain it clearly. He only demonstrated it many times in front of public officials, and Yang Rong barely knew how to do it. operate,
However, even though Yang Rong knew this loom relatively well, every time he saw this loom, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there are so many talented people in the world!
Ma was helped to the loom by Zhu Xiongying. All the young and old men looked over curiously.
Ma sat there, no longer as calm as before, and seemed a little at a loss for a moment.
Ordinary looms are stepped on by feet, but Ma extended his feet and found that the bottom of the loom was empty. There was no place for feet to step on. How could he weave?
"Grandma, what are you doing standing there? Don't you think our girl is confused?"
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded Yang Rong, and Yang Rong quickly reacted and said hurriedly,
"Empress Dowager, you have to shake this."
Ma looked over and saw a hand-cranked handle next to the loom. This was really new for the loom.
It's not like Ma didn't notice such an unexpected design just now, but she really didn't expect that this hand crank handle was used to replace the pedals!
"This..." Ma didn't know where to put his hands. Looking closely, this loom was really different.
Not only is there no place for the feet to step on, but one spindle that was originally placed horizontally has become eight vertically parallel spindles. The eight spindles that exist side by side are driven by the spinning wheel in the loom.
"Mother, just shake this."
"okay."
Ma put his two hands on the hand wheel. With a little force, the hand wheel started to rotate smoothly.
Immediately after the hand wheel drives the spinning wheel, the spinning wheel drives the spindle, and the eight vertical and parallel spindles also start working, one after another, looking harmonious and beautiful.
Ma's eyes slowly widened, as if she didn't believe what was happening in front of her. With her effortless hand cranking, the cloth that usually took an hour to weave was made in just a short while.
The efficiency of the loom in front of me is eight times that of ordinary looms! ! !
Zhu Xiongying was in a good mood as he watched. This long-term worker in Jiangnan was one of the few people Zhu Xiongying casually mentioned when he was controlling floods in Jiangnan. One of them,
Of course, these long-term workers did not know that it was the emperor who was advising them.
Zhu Xiongying could redeem handlooms through the system mall, but he did not do so.
Instead, he planted a few seeds in the Jiangnan textile industry, and today it is finally time for them to take root and sprout.
We must believe that the wisdom of the people is great,
Ma's turning speed of the hand crank became slower and slower. It wasn't that she had no strength, but she was really shocked and couldn't turn it anymore.
Not only Ma, but also Lao Zhu was completely dumbfounded. Zhu Quan stood there with his mouth wide open.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked like he had seen a ghost. It was not that his eldest grandson had never brought him something new, let's take the kerosene lamp as an example. It was new, but it was still within the scope of Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding.
But the strange loom in front of him was really beyond Lao Zhu’s understanding.
A few years ago, someone told Lao Zhu that there was such a loom that could increase the weaving speed by eight times.
Lao Zhu didn't even look at him, so he chopped the man down without hesitation and cursed,
"How dare these alchemists play tricks on us?! They are looking for death!"
The Central Plains region is not only a major agricultural country, but also a major textile industry country. The four words "men farm and women weave" describe the production methods of the Central Plains region in one sentence.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the upper position, understood better than anyone else what the appearance of this loom meant.
For example,
Now there is suddenly such a large area of arable land. No matter what is grown on this arable land, the yield is eight times that of other arable land.
If this piece of cultivated land is as big as a mansion, think about it, how much war will this piece of cultivated land cause?
Changes in production tools have directly led to a leap in productivity.
Zhu Yuanzhang's fingers were trembling and his breathing was rapid. He looked at Yang Rong and asked the most critical question,
“Is this thing productive?”
"Your Majesty, you can definitely do it!" Yang Rong said excitedly, his eyes gleaming.
"It's nothing more than making the horizontal spindle of an ordinary loom vertical, and the rest of the rollers and handles don't take much effort."
Lao Zhu also saw that this loom does not require any technology, it is just the most basic roller drive.
But the simpler it is, the more difficult it is for Lao Zhu to understand.
Just replace the horizontal one with the vertical one, and the production efficiency will increase eight times?
How the hell is this possible? !
