South of Juyang City is the ancestral home of the Zhu family.
Brother and sister Zhu Zongting and Zhu Wanning were sitting together in the pavilion in the back garden.
Their eyelids were drooped, as if they had something on their mind.
I do not know how long it has been.
Zhu Zongting slowly raised his eyelids and looked at Zhu Wanning sitting opposite.
Then he slowly said: "There is no need to rush this matter. Let's wait and see what happens."
"If the princess really wants to take a concubine for the prince, she can only control it for a few days."
"Compared with other families, our Zhu family naturally has great advantages."
Zhu Wanning nodded slightly when she heard this, and then asked: "Has brother ever informed grandpa about this?"
"Of course I have informed you." Zhu Zongting paused for a moment, then replied: "After returning from Zuixian Tower last night, my grandfather sent someone to look for me to come to Yiyang Court to discuss the matter in detail."
Zhu Wanning raised her head and looked at Zhu Zongting, her tone changed slightly and said, "What did grandpa say when he was looking for his brother?"
"It's nothing." Zhu Zongting shook his head slightly and said, "It's nothing more than letting nature take its course and getting closer."
The words are over.
Zhu Wanning's eyelids couldn't help but droop slightly again.
The so-called letting nature take its course is nothing more than forcing this matter.
Just order the Zhu family brother and sister to wait for the final result in peace and quiet.
The so-called close relationship is nothing more than an indication of Zhu Huaimin's attitude towards this matter.
Thinking about this.
Zhu Wanning slowly raised her head, nodded slightly and said, "Wanning understands. Please tell my brother to tell grandpa that Wanning will definitely let nature take its course."
Zhu Zongting's face paused slightly when he heard this, and then he spoke again: "In addition, grandpa wrote to his father last night, asking his mother to choose a day to return home."
As soon as this statement came out.
An inexplicable look suddenly appeared in Zhu Wanning's eyes, and her face couldn't help but turn slightly red.
Of course.
Just as brother and sister Zhu Wanning and Zhu Zongting were chatting.
A lady who was over fifty years old was invited to the Changchun Hall of Prince Yan's Mansion.
And less than half an hour later, he came out of Prince Yan's Mansion with a smile on his face.
Then he walked slowly towards the Zhu family's ancestral home located in the south of Juyang City.
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Noon.
Chengyun Hall of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Xu Yi, dressed in dark jade uniforms, was sitting in the study room of the side hall.
Processing the documents from Wang's camp in an orderly manner.
Although he was never in the king's camp.
But because of the existence of the military laws and regulations formulated.
Even though he was in Juyang City, he knew everything in Wang's Camp, big and small.
At this time, Xu Yi was already immersed in the paperwork.
As for concubinage.
Don't say that it has been fully delegated to Wang Qiujin.
Even if he hadn't, he would never pay too much attention to concubinage.
Nothing else.
Taking concubines is a matter for Xu Yi.
It's just the most insignificant ripple in the great journey of hegemony.
I do not know how long it has been.
Xu Yi gently put down the last document in his hand.
He looked up at the closed study door and whispered, "Good morning."
Yang Xian'an, who was standing outside the study room of the side hall, quickly raised his hands and saluted after hearing this: "I'm here."
"Come in." Xu Yi slowly withdrew his gaze and said calmly.
"Yes." Yang Xian'an agreed, then gently opened the study door and walked in.
After more than ten breaths.
Yang Xian'an gently closed the study door, stood two steps away from Xu Yi, raised his hands and saluted again: "Sixth Master."
Xu Yi nodded slightly and then motioned for Yang Xian'an to come forward and take a seat.
After Yang Xianan slowly took his seat.
Xu Yi raised his head
He looked at Yang Xian'an and ordered: "Colonel Xin sent a document saying that nearly half of the new recruits in King Wang's camp lack winter clothing."
"From now on, the five old merchant houses in Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Guangyang County, Zhuo County, and Dai County will purchase 15 sets of warm-weather cotton-padded clothes and 15,000 sets of bedding and other items in the five counties."
"In addition, we are looking for a hundred smart men and five hundred soldiers from the king's camp, and form another caravan to carry 200,000 taels of silver to Guanzhong."
"Purchasing cotton in large quantities in Guanzhong."
The words are over.
Yang Xian'an quickly raised his hands and saluted, "Follow the order!"
The reason why he ordered to purchase cotton in the Guanzhong area more than 2,000 miles away.
Nothing more than that.
That is the current Zhou Dynasty. Except for the large-scale cotton planting in the Guanzhong area, even if cotton is grown in other areas, it is mostly grown as an ornamental.
Therefore, its quantity can be imagined.
The reason why Guanzhong grows cotton on a large scale.
Naturally, Xu Yi’s contribution is inseparable from this.
If not for the disaster relief period in Guanzhong, he took advantage of the rain and snow to obtain a large amount of cotton from the household department to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts to keep out the cold.
Perhaps it is just cotton, but it is still an exotic plant used by wealthy families to watch.
During the subsequent work-for-relief process, Xu Yi distributed cotton seeds to Guanzhong victims many times, asking each household to select an acre of barren land for planting.
They also agreed to find someone to buy them at the price of grain when winter comes.
It can be seen that since then, Xu Yi has been preparing to join the feudal clan.
In this era, cotton-padded clothes, bedding and other items were broadly considered.
Although its name is cotton, the stuffing inside is made of hemp and kudzu.
Its cold-proof effect is naturally not comparable to that of cotton.
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In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Xu Yi, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, calmed down slightly.
Then he continued to give instructions: "In addition, find an open space of about fifty acres in Juyang City."
"Build a workshop on that vacant land."
"As soon as the cotton arrives, we can hire female workers in the city to sew cotton clothes and quilts."
Yang Xian'an's face straightened when he heard this, and then he raised his hands and saluted, "Follow the order!"
Xu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Go."
"Yes." Yang Xian'an stood up slowly and saluted with his hands in hand.
After Yang Xianan's figure completely disappeared from the side hall study.
Xu Yi slowly stood up, picked up a glass of water and poured it into the inkstone.
Pick up the ink stick and grind it slowly in the inkstone.
While grinding, he recalled in his mind all the memories of the Spinning Jenny and the Flying Shuttle Loom that he had seen in his previous life.
True.
There were also various spinning machines and looms in this era.
However, the existing spinning machines and looms are all too slow in efficiency without exception.
The spinning jenny and flying shuttle loom can not only save costs, but also improve efficiency.
With all these things, why not do it?
After a while.
Xu Yi stopped grinding the ink in his hand.
Then he took a piece of white rice paper and slowly spread it on the desk.
After everything is ready.
Xu Yi slowly took his seat, reached out and picked up a langhao pen, and slowly painted on the white rice paper.
It doesn't take a while.
A strange prototype of a spinning machine appears vividly on the rice paper.
Xu Yi stared at the lifelike spinning machine prototype on the rice paper for a moment.
Then he picked up the pen again and disassembled it one by one based on his past life memories.
When Xu Yi stopped writing again.
Under the weird-looking spinning machine, there are dozens of parts of different lengths and styles.
And the left side of each component is marked by Xu Yi with numbers.
serial number.
Xu Yi held the langhao pen in his hand and pondered for a few breaths.
Finally, he slowly wrote in writing on the lower right corner of the rice paper - Qiu Sheng Spinning Machine.
The biggest advantage of this spinning machine is that it can spin eight yarn spindles at the same time.
This means that only one person can complete the spinning capacity of eight people.
And this is just the beginning.
After the eight-thread spinning machine, there is also the sixteen-thread spinning machine.
In Xu Yi’s impression, the Jenny spinning machine can spin up to eighty spindles at the same time.
It’s not that he didn’t want to get it right in one step and directly build a Jenny spinning machine that could spin eighty spindles at the same time.
In fact, it only remembers the structure of the eight-thread spinning jenny.
Xu Yi stared at the rice paper with "Autumn Sound Spinning Machine" painted on the desk.
He murmured in a low voice: "The rest depends on the Gongzheng Institute and the Academy of Strange Objects."
The Gongzhengsuo he mentioned was an official structure of the royal palace, and its role was equivalent to that of the Ministry of Industry among the six ministries.
As for the Academy of Strange Objects, there is currently only one person in charge, Zhu Zongnian.
After more than a hundred breaths.
Wait until the ink is completely dry.
Xu Yi gently moved aside the rice paper with the sound of the autumn sound loom.
Then he laid down the paper again and started painting again.
After a while.
A machine that is as weird as the Qiusheng loom appears vividly on the rice paper.
After its structure is completely decomposed.
Xu Yi slowly wrote on the lower right corner of the rice paper: "Flying Shuttle Textile Machine."
The so-called flying shuttle loom.
Its main principle is to rely on the two small wheels inside the shuttle.
With the help of the spring force on both sides of the chute, the two small wheels in the shuttle can travel back and forth quickly.
After that, by using the misalignment of the lines and the fixation of the flying shuttle, pieces of exquisite fabric can be woven.
It can be said without any hesitation.
"Qiu Sheng Spinning Machine" and Shuttle Textile Machine are combined in pairs.
With the same number of employees, its production capacity would far exceed that of all the cloth shops in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
It’s even a complete beating!
Wait for the ink to dry.
Xu Yi arranged the maps of the Qiusheng spinning machine and the shuttle spinning machine and put them into his sleeves.
Although these two things are not well-known nowadays.
But he firmly believes that as more and more cotton is planted next year.
These two items are bound to leave a strong mark in the history of the textile industry.
Xu Yi calmed down and shook the slightly messy thoughts out of his mind.
Then he took out another piece of white rice paper and laid it flat on the desk.
Compared with just now, although Xu Yi was holding a langhao pen this time, he had not started writing for a long time.
His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was deep in thought, or as if he was stuck in the slightly complicated memories in his mind and could not recover for a while.
I do not know how long it has been.
Xu Yi's brows slowly relaxed.
Then he picked up a pen and slowly wrote four big characters on the white rice paper--cloth-covered iron armor.
Xu Yi paused for a moment, then continued to write slowly: "Take seven pounds of cotton and beat it repeatedly."
"Take cotton cloth and sew it into a jacket."
"The cotton that has been beaten repeatedly is sewn into the sandwich layer of the jacket."
"Supplemented by three-inch square iron pieces, lay them flat in the sandwich layer of the jacket."
"Tighten it with nails of brass and iron, and stamp it down with your feet."
"As long as it doesn't swell, dry it and use it."
Wait until the last word is written.
Xu Yi paused for a moment, then picked up the pen again and slowly painted on the blank space on the right side of the rice paper.
Compared with traditional armor.
Both the cost and the production cycle of cloth-covered armor will be greatly reduced.
First of all, the armor pieces used in cloth-covered iron armor are all large pieces of three-inch square armor, and the armor pieces are mostly made of copper,
Fixed with iron nails.
In this way, the materials used will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the required nail formation time will also be greatly reduced.
In contrast, traditional armor.
The required quantity of nail pieces is large and precise.
When the nail sheets are stacked layer by layer, holes for the nail sheets need to be opened.
After opening the hole, it needs to be braided with leather strips.
If the same number of craftsmen make cloth-covered iron armor and traditional armor at the same time.
I am afraid that such a strange scene will appear by then.
That is to say, more than ten pieces of cloth-covered iron armor have been made.
The traditional armor is more than half-formed.
And the silver cost between the two is basically the same.
In addition, cloth armor has two other advantages.
One is to confuse the enemy.
Because the armor pieces are sewn into the fabric, the enemy cannot attack through the gaps between the armor pieces like traditional armor.
Second, it is cold-resistant and easy to wear.
Cloth armor is based on cotton and has certain thermal properties.
Since then, because of its lighter weight, wearing it is naturally not as cumbersome as traditional armor.
certainly.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Although cloth armor has many advantages such as high quality, low price, protection from cold, and easy to wear.
But there is one shortcoming that cannot be avoided in any case.
That is - defensiveness.
Compared with traditional armor, the defensive properties of cloth armor are bound to be greatly reduced.
After a while.
A lifelike picture of iron armor on cloth appears on the right side of the rice paper.
Xu Yi slowly put down the langhao pen in his hand.
After staring at the lifelike picture of iron armor on cloth.
He murmured in a low voice: "Everyone in the trapped camp and the 100 households in Xuanjia camp and below will be equipped with cloth-covered iron armor."
"A pair of ring-arm armors were added to the cloth-covered armor of Baihu and Bo."
"Generals such as Qu Chang and above are equipped with traditional iron armor."
"As for the five thousand soldiers of Xuanjia Camp, the original specifications remain unchanged, and they are still equipped with men and horses!"
Not to mention that Xu Yi only owns two counties now.
Even Emperor Zhengde, who had the power over the entire empire, would never be able to equip the entire army with traditional armor.
That's why.
The value of cloth-covered armor has just been revealed.
Although its protective power is not as good as traditional iron armor.
But compared to leather armor and paper armor, it is countless times stronger.
What's more, in many cases the soldiers at the lowest level can't even wear leather armor or paper armor.
And a piece of cloth-covered iron armor whose defensive power is much inferior to traditional armor.
At critical moments, it can definitely increase the survival rate of ordinary soldiers on the battlefield by countless times.
After all, having armor is better than having no armor at all.
As for the arm armor Xu Yi mentioned.
In short, it is a pair of iron arm guards.
After adding a pair of ring arm armor to the village commander and hundreds of households, their survival rate on the battlefield will inevitably increase greatly.
And generals with song length and above.
At least he could lead 500 troops, and at most he could lead thousands of troops.
At this level, the importance of his life being safe in an army is self-evident.
Therefore, these people must wear traditional armor with better defense!
As for the five thousand soldiers of Xuanjia Camp.
This is the foundation for Xu Yi to settle down in troubled times.
Even if he eats and drinks less, he will never be stingy in the matter of Xuanjia Camp's armaments.
Nothing else.
Xu Yi can still tell which one is light and which is serious.
After a while.
Wait until the ink on the armor picture on the canvas is completely dry.
Xu Yi took it into his arms with great solemnity.
nowadays.
All is ready except for the opportunity.
When cotton arrives, armaments are replaced with new ones.
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