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The Illegitimate Son of the Song Dynasty Volume 4 Chapter 718 Cotton tying machine. Cotton bow. Spinning wheel

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    "Let youth blow your long hair, let it pull your dreams. Unknowingly, the history of this city has remembered your smile. The blue sky in the red heart is the beginning of life. You have been awake all night after the spring rain.  The days when I sleep alone" Yang Yi hummed a song and walked into his courtyard;

    Since Thirteenth Niang and others were not seen in the front yard, I continued to walk around the back yard. I was already halfway through the walk, but I still didn¡¯t see anyone.

    He counted in his mind, Thirteen Niang, Qing Niang, Han Bi'er, Li Xiangxian, Qin Cao, Mu Wanling, Adela, Zhenzi, plus the twin sisters Li Fang and Li Zi. Calculating, there are also wives and concubines at home.  There were ten of them, why didn¡¯t I see any of them today?  It seems there is still too little!

    To be honest, as a man, very few people think that they have too many wives and concubines. In Tokyo, whoever has some power doesn't have a lot of wives and concubines?

    Some people don¡¯t use a table to eat. A beauty is holding a dish and dancing in front of you. You only need to take a look at what you want to eat, and the delicious food will be delivered to your mouth naturally;

    Of course, if you don¡¯t want to eat vegetables and want to eat something else, just a look is enough.

    It¡¯s common for families to have dozens or even hundreds of women. Considering Yang Yiquan¡¯s world-famous family status, ten women are still few.

    At least the Yang family felt that it was missing. She hoped that the Yang family could be as prosperous as the Su family and form a family that lasted for generations.

    Su Song had fifteen or six wives and concubines, seventeen sons and thirteen daughters, and now has thirty or forty grandchildren.

    It just so happens that the thirty-year-old mother is the mistress of the Yang family. The Yang family can't help but compare the Yang family to the Su family. This is not a better comparison.  When compared to Yang, she couldn't help but sigh, because she thought Yang Yi had too few concubines.

    This year.  Not being able to have children is a woman's problem, so Yang felt that there would be more concubines.  This one doesn't give birth to that one. Only in this way can the Yang family become more prosperous.

    Yang Yi was often amused by this. If you look at Yang's idea from the perspective of later generations, you would find Yang's idea somewhat ridiculous, but it was normal in this era. As an emperor, if you exclusively favor a woman, resulting in few heirs, the ministers will  He spit on the emperor's face: How could you do this?  How could you not be blessed with a few more women? You are putting the safety of the country and society at risk!

    This kind of thinking has naturally affected the people. It is normal for Yang Yi to hope that Yang Yi will marry more women and have more children.

    Yang Yi walked around half of the backyard, but didn't see a woman of his own, and only then did he think of these ridiculous questions in his mind.

    The backyard was too big, and when he turned halfway, he became a little impatient and saw two pretty maids wiping the railings on both sides of the winding corridor.  He asked from a distance: "You two, do you know where Madam and the others have gone?"

    There were no less than a hundred maids in the backyard. Yang Yi couldn't even remember all their names. The two pretty maids Yingying Yifu replied: "Go back to the master. Madam and the others are all in the small courtyard on the right side."

    When they answered, they glanced at Yang Yi quietly. There was a bit of shame in their eyes, which made Yang Yi smile.  He naturally knew what this look meant, that he was pregnant with a girl.  We have seen many people in this backyard, but he is the only man in this backyard.  And he's so handsome and outstanding ugh

    Hearing that their accents were a little stiff, Yang Yi asked curiously: "Where are you from?"

    "Go back to my lord, both of you are Koreans."

    The two of them are in perfect harmony, and their movements and demeanor do have the gentleness and elegance of Korean women. In the Tang Dynasty, Silla maids were very popular, and there was a saying that "Kunlun slaves, Silla maids".

    Nowadays, wealthy households in the Song Dynasty still like to buy Korean women as maids the most, followed by Japanese women, and women from Annan are also very popular;

    The women in these three places are more obedient and docile, but after putting on Hanfu, they are basically the same as Han people. Therefore, some families who like exotic customs will also choose women from the Western Regions as concubines and maids.

    The Song Dynasty is now the most prosperous place in the world, and it is also the most desirable place for people from all over the world. Therefore, not all women from various countries are forcibly sold here, and a large part of them come to the Song Dynasty voluntarily.

    Just like many Chinese people in later generations who went abroad to wash dishes and clean toilets felt very honored. Now people from all over the world regard the Song Dynasty as a paradise. For these women, coming to the Song Dynasty to be a maid is also an honor, at least materially.  Life is a hundred times better than what they had before.

    Think about it, Zhenzi is a princess of a country, and when she first arrived in Tokyo, she followed Grandma Liu into the Grand View Garden. Not to mention these foreign women living in the lower class, when they came to Tokyo, they used to go from hell to heaven.  It's not an exaggeration to describe their feelings.

    Since the first year of Shaosheng, the Song Dynasty has reformed its bad governance at home and expanded its territory externally. The people's lives have become better and better. This will inevitably lead to the fact that the slaves'There are less resources.

    " Just like Xu Er's family in Xujia Village. Originally, if one of them had a natural disaster, the brother and sister would probably be sold into slavery. Now, not only will the Xu family not become slaves, but they also want to buy two slaves to serve their parents.

    The source of these slaves has decreased, and the demand has increased. To make up for this gap, we can only turn our attention to surrounding countries. If there is demand, there will be a market. Nowadays, the number of people pouring into the Song Dynasty through various channels every year is countless. Even so  , still in short supply.

    As Yang Yi walked to the small courtyard on the left side, he was thinking about whether he should also let the West Indian Trading Company go to Africa to traffic people. It is said that this is a very profitable business. Well, in my opinion, it is  It's getting more and more evil, let's talk about this later.

    When we arrived at the small courtyard on the right wing, which is the "Su's Studio", it was very lively inside. Except for the pregnant Qin Cao, all the women in the family were here. In the courtyard, there were a group of females porridge and the singing of birds and swallows. It was really  It is a breathtaking scenery.

    Each of these women is a stunning beauty who has captivated the country. This is no exaggeration, because most of Yang Yi¡¯s women were selected one by one from each country. Zhenzi was selected from Japan, and Adela was selected from  Gao Changguo selected them, Mu Wanling was selected from Dali Kingdom, and the Li sisters were selected from Jiaozhi Kingdom. They were selected one in a million. If they were not stunningly beautiful in the world, how could they be in the eyes of Yang Daguan?

    They were surrounding a few things and discussing them curiously. Zhenzi said in amazement: "Just these three things. Did the master sell five hundred thousand yuan? It's unbelievable."

    As soon as Yang Yi heard Zhenzi's words, he guessed what they were surrounding.

    He quickly stepped forward and squeezed in.  There were only three objects on the ground. He recognized the slingshot bow.  There were two other items, which he could roughly guess from their appearance, namely the cotton binding machine and the spinning wheel;

    Han Bi'er had a lot of things to do, and it was exactly when these three things arrived that she rushed back. When she saw Yang Yi, she couldn't help but smile and said: "Master, I have lived up to my trust and got these three things back. Master, please take a look."  Look, it¡¯s right.¡±

    "Well, thank you for your hard work, Bi'er. However, I have only seen these things like slingshots. Others are just hearsay. I have never seen the real thing."

    Yang Yi said and curiously walked over to the cotton binding machine to watch. In fact, the reason why cotton is difficult to process is mainly because the cotton in the cotton is difficult to remove.  If you try to peel the cotton buds out from the middle of the cotton with your hands, it is extremely laborious and time-consuming. One person cannot peel much in a day;

    Another difficulty is that before there was a cotton slingshot, everyone didn¡¯t know how to make cotton fluffy.  Without fluffing the cotton, it is difficult to spin and make quilts.

    Yang Yi just took one look at the cotton binding machine and couldn't help but slap his forehead.  Because this thing is so simple, no wonder Zhenzi said it was unbelievable that such a thing could sell for five hundred thousand yuan.

    really.  The cost of this cotton-tying machine on the ground will never exceed twenty cents.  And it doesn¡¯t require a professional carpenter, it can be easily copied by a normal person.

    Under it are two pieces of wood to make a base frame.  Two wooden stakes with thick arms, about the height of a person, were erected in the middle of the chassis. Two circular shafts were mounted horizontally on these two wooden stakes, and a "Z"-shaped rocker was connected to the outside of the circular shafts.

    Shake and rotate the two circular shafts to let the cotton pass between the two circular shafts, and use the squeezing force of the two shafts to forcefully squeeze the cotton out of the cotton.

    There is a baffle under the two circular shafts. The cotton passes through the two circular shafts and falls to the back. The squeezed out cotton lint falls on the other side of the baffle, which can avoid repeated adulteration of cotton lint.

    Its working principle is like a rolling pin, except that the rolling pin interacts with the tabletop, while the cotton binding machine interacts with two shafts. When the cotton passes through, it is squeezed flat by the two round shafts like dough.  , the cotton seeds were squeezed out in this way.

    Yang Yi was quite emotional after reading it. No one in the entire Song Dynasty could figure out such a simple thing. This is really hard to explain.

    He said to Zhenzi: "This thing is very simple, but it does not mean that it is not worth half a million yuan. Before it appeared, no one knew that you could take out the cotton wool so easily and measure the value of something. No.  Not in its simplicity or complexity, but in the value it creates.¡±

    Yang Yi's words were firmly supported by Thirteen Niang, and she immediately said: "Look, sir, I think this cotton binding machine can be improved. Now it requires two people to operate it, one standing on the side, and each shaking it."  A round shaft will do;

    I thought about it for a while and thought that I could slightly improve the round shaft and change it to a way of turning with a foot pedal, so that one person can operate it, and turning it with a foot pedal is much less labor-intensive. Both hands can be free to stuff cotton and tie.  The linting speed must be much faster.  "

    Thirteenth Niang deserves to be YangThe female scientist at home, if this cotton-tying cart is placed here, she is probably the only one who will figure out how to improve it.

    Yang Yi knew her idea was feasible as soon as she heard it. Don't underestimate this small improvement. It can allow one person to do the work of two people. In the future, if the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company builds a cotton binding factory, it will originally employ 10,000 workers.  Once Thirteen Niang improves like this, it will be enough to hire 5,000 workers;

    This will save half the cost of the cotton binding factory. Over the years, it is difficult to calculate how much money can be saved.

    This is the revolutionary change brought about by technological innovation. Yang Yi immediately thought of setting up an invention award in the future to encourage private creativity.

    Of course, the trading company should set up a specialized scientific research institution, give them some ideas, and let this institution conduct research and development. With the financial resources of the trading company as the backing, sooner or later this institution can become the integration and production place of the world's most advanced technologies.  .

    Having the most advanced technology in hand is the hard way.

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    ps: Thanks to Taoist Kongshi, Qiuzhi Shenguang, hst66, mars800423 and other book friends for their support, Haoyuan paused.
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