Ah sneeze!
Gu Zhengchen rubbed his nose and looked up at the gloomy sky. It looked like it was going to rain.
Since sending Mao Xiang and Liu Ji away, Gu Zhengchen has been busy with resettlement matters. Just because these people have settled in their homes does not mean that the matter is over, but it is just the beginning.
Minor matters such as food and daily life are guided and assisted by subordinate staff and government officials. What Gu Zhengchen has to do is to select the head of the village and determine the rules.
Agula and Saihanzhuan were renamed Gugui and Zhaochuan. Together with Huoxun and Emaju, they became four miles long, each in charge of an area. Considering security issues, Gu Zhengchen set up a night patrol system, headed by a wealthy Jurong family. Eight people, including Huoxun, Equestrian, etc., are sent out for each mile, and they are divided into two shifts every night, that is, five people patrol the night in two rounds.
This kind of night patrol is not to guard against Huoxun, Equestrian and others, but to reassure the people of Jurong County. After all, these people were all Tatars before. Will they wake up in the middle of the night and light a bunch of them? Fire, yelling around the fire, getting too excited and returning to the old business of threshing grass and grain...
Jurong City is just a fence city, and there are no guard sergeants stationed in the city. The inspection department is outside the city. If something goes wrong, the few government officials in the county office can't stop these people at all. There are no night patrols or alarms. People, people in the city can't sleep well.
Even though it wouldn't be a big deal if there were eight members of the Jurong family, at least they felt at ease.
Gu Zhengchen is not worried about the rebellion of this group of people. In the final analysis, they were captured because they cherished their lives. Otherwise, they would have fought to the last drop of blood on the battlefield. Rebellion in Jurong is no different from seeking death. Although there are no soldiers here, but There are soldiers in Jinling. They can't catch you wherever they go.
For several days, the county government was very quiet.
The people were busy with the autumn harvest. During this period, the county government did not issue any notices. Gu Zhengchen was not idle either. He led the newly formed construction team to directly renovate the Guo family courtyard. All the doors that should be demolished were demolished. There were no As for the load-bearing walls, the main thing is not to destroy the pillars. They can be demolished at will. All the east and west wings are opened, the lobby is also opened, and the house in the backyard is not spared.
You really don’t have to be afraid if you can’t even go together. As for the construction, it is taught by skilled craftsmen. Basic strength, horsemanship, Gugui and others can still do it.
In addition to the Guo Dian family, Guo Shan, Guo Qu, Guo Yue, Guo Yuan, Guo Cha, Guo Sheng and other residences were also spared. What pleased Gu Zhengchen most was that the residences of the Guo Qu family and Guo Sheng family were similar to the Guo family compound. Neighbors, this is more convenient. Since these two alleys are usually not used by people, they demolished the walls and merged them into one compound...
While preparing the "factory", Gu Zhengchen asked Sun Niang and Zhang about the whole process of cotton spinning. There are four major steps:
Defend, play, spin, weave.
Defend.
To remove cotton seeds, the traditional process requires rolling and squeezing to finally remove the cotton seeds.
Gu Zhengchen remembered that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, cotton textile companies began to use a large number of mixers. They were mainly divided into two types, one was the Jurong type, which could be used for four people, and the other was the Taicang type, which could be used for eight people.
The Jurong type was naturally developed by the people of Jurong. However, the Ming Dynasty has just been founded, and I don’t know who invented the truck mixer. Taicang is in Suzhou, and his grandmother is not easy to find. In addition, ancient inventions have no patents. If you leave the name behind, you can’t trace the source back.
Gu Zhengchen had no choice but to think about the truck mixer himself. Later, when he was a child, there was a textile machine at home. His mother often weaved when she was young. The shadow of the shuttle flying around was still in front of him. There were also truck mixers in the neighborhood. Thinking about the structure, it was not difficult to draw the drawings. .
Looking through the "Nongshu" written by Wang Zhen of the Yuan Dynasty, we also recorded the churning. The original text is: "The man churned the cart, with four pieces of wood as a frame, and two small pillars, about five feet high, with square wooden tubes on top. Each of the upright pillars has a link. Both the shaft and the shaft end are turned, and the end of the shaft is not penetrated. Two people drop the shaft, and one person feeds cotton wool. When the two shafts are rolled together, the seeds fall inside and the cotton comes out. Compared with using a rolling shaft, it has several utilitarian benefits. times..."
With these records and the experience of later generations, it should not be difficult to create a highly efficient truck mixer.
bomb.
Before the Ming Dynasty, bamboo was used as the bow and rope was used as the string, which had insufficient elasticity. In the Ming Dynasty, wood was used as the bow and wax silk was used as the string, which enhanced the strength and elasticity of the slingshot.
This kind of slingshot is "about five feet long, round and sharp at the top, wide at the bottom, with a string as thick as five strands of string. If you put it in the bow flower dress, hit the string with a mallet and make a sound, it will rise up in surprise, scattering like snow, and as light as "Smoke", there are drawings and records in the classics, and people can be arranged to prepare this.
Spinning.
In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was already a three-spindle pedal spinning wheel that could be used to spin silk and hemp. However, this kind of three-spindle pedal spinning wheel is not suitable for spinning cotton yarn and is easy to break. However, the efficiency of spinning cotton with a single-spindle spinning wheel is very low. It takes three or four people to spin yarn hard to supply the needs of a loom. , apparently unable to keep up with supply.
Fortunately, Huang Daopo innovated the technology and built a three-spindle pedal cotton spinning wheel. This type of spinning wheel is not a secret. There are many in the homes of common people in Jiangnan. Just build it according to the style.
Weave.
There is no need to worry about this, just move it to people's homes, or build it according to people's homes.
The entire process chain is completely connected, and all that remains is the design of the assembly line and the arrangement of space, where to design the raw material warehouse, where to design the finished product warehouse, how to efficiently connect, how to save time and waste in the intermediate links, and form a line of operations to defend, Gu Zhengchen needs to calculate and deduce one by one how many people should be assigned to each of bombarding, spinning and weaving to ensure a stable supply of weaving, and discuss the issues with Sun Niang and others...
Sun Niang looked at the high-spirited Gu Zhengchen and expressed her biggest worry: "Master, we have no problem with what you said. It's just that the county government requisitioned a thousand women to work in one go. But this has never happened before. The county government Whether wages can be paid as scheduled is probably what everyone is most worried about..."
Gu Zhengchen said confidently: "You don't have to worry about money and food. The county government can handle it by requisitioning thousands of people to serve as corvees for two or three months. There is no reason to requisition a thousand women to work without providing money or food."
Sun Niang wanted to say that the county government could not afford it because the county government gave too little and most of it was eaten by subordinate officials.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Sun Niang's expression and understood her thoughts. Yes, that part was eaten by the county government officials. Since the county government has not been "deficit" after eating it, it doesn't mean that the county government can support it. Why do so many people work?
It doesn't matter whose pocket the money and food ends up in, the key is that it can be sustained, and that's enough.
"Don't worry, the income from this case is not huge. The county government will withhold part of it and use it exclusively for textile work."
Gu Zhengchen gave Sun Niang reassurance.
Sun Niang was even more frightened: "Master, you are a good official. You dare not make mistakes. Everyone is looking forward to living a good life with you."
If you didn’t confiscate your property, all the proceeds will naturally belong to the imperial court. Even if you intercepted it, it was done secretly and quietly. How could you say it...
Gu Zhengchen disagreed. He couldn't do everything by himself. All the benefits were for Lao Zhu's family. If he withheld one-fifth or one-third of the money, Lao Zhu wouldn't have much objection. After all, the money would eventually be spent. Returning it to the people does not mean lining your own pockets...
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My brother is gone. During the mourning period, I will take one to two days off. Thank you for your understanding and support.
