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- "There are pavilions and pavilions with green roofs, and my lover is gone, struggling to endure the waves. I'm just afraid that my dancing clothes are cold and easy to fall off, and I am worried about the west wind in Nanpu. The tall willows are hanging in the shade, and the old fish are blowing the waves. Leave me to live among the flowers."
Yang Yi stood at the bow of the boat, chattering a few words without starting to the end. The river breeze blew, and his sleeves were fluttering. He was truly a romantic figure in the world.
There is the sound of oars on the Bianhe River, boats are constantly coming and going, the smoke and willows are dimly visible on both sides of the river, and the scenery is picturesque. Looking back, the majestic East Stable has been submerged in the smoke and willows.
Hearing the sound, Qing Niang came out of the cabin. She was dressed in a spring shirt and a loose skirt, just like the fairy Lingbo, adding the most vivid touch to this touching spring scenery.
"Brother Yang, do you miss Jiangnan?"
"What did Qing Niang say?"
"I guess I must have thought about it. Time flies so fast. We haven't been back to Jiangnan for two or three years. We listened to the spring rain in the small building all night, and sold apricot flowers in the alley tomorrow. This early spring in February is the most beautiful time in Jiangnan. It¡¯s the new season, and I miss Jiangnan too.¡±
Qing Niang had a longing look on her face. She had been to Jiangnan twice, and Yang Yi had accompanied her to travel around to enjoy the spring scenery of Jiangnan. Those beautiful times were deeply imprinted in her mind, and she could never forget them.
Yang Yi said with a smile: "Qing Niang, Brother Yang has no special arrangements for his trip to Beijing to inspect places this time. He just wants to walk around casually. There is no time limit. This time, Brother Yang Yi not only wants to take you back to visit Jiangnan, I will also take you to visit the beautiful rivers and mountains in various places, and your "Qing Niang's Wanderings" can add a rich and colorful touch."
Qing Niang couldn't hide her joy after hearing this. Although traveling far away is hard, but as the saying goes, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. If Li Bai hadn't roamed all his life, and if Du Fu hadn't been half a lifetime, how could he have come to the most magnificent works in the Tang Dynasty? of poetry!
In fact, Qing Niang understands that the most beautiful poems cannot be found by her and Xiao Ai searching around Tokyo. The most beautiful poems are among the magnificent rivers and mountains. If you don¡¯t go for a walk and see, it will be difficult to write equally magnificent poems.
Yang Yi also believes that if she takes Qingniang out for more walks to broaden her horizons, even if there is no "miserable and tragic" "Slow Voice" in the future, she will have more ethereal and distant poems.
This time he went out of Beijing. Of course there will be some arrangements privately, but there is really no official itinerary and time. It has been six or seven years since the Song Dynasty reformed. How are various policies implemented at the local level? What changes has the reform brought to the people? Need What adjustments should be made based on the actual situation? This is definitely not something that can be determined by sitting in Tokyo and listening to local reports.
In recent years, the imperial court has always sent high-ranking officials to inspect local areas, but Yang Yi, as the maker of many policies, has never been to the local areas for actual inspections. This is not okay.
So as soon as the expansion project of the stable was completed, he immediately went out to Beijing for inspection.
It is now the spring of the fifth year of Wenchang, and the expansion project of the stables took a full sixteen months. It was only completed half a year ahead of schedule after Yang Yi fully implemented the policy of getting more for more work. For more than a year, Yang Yi has been staying in the stable, quite relaxing. This time out of Beijing can be regarded as a time of tranquility and rest.
In the cabin, Adela was boiling water to make tea. When Yang Yi and Qing Niang returned to the cabin, the water on the stove was just boiling.
With an uncontrollable smile on her face, Adela used bamboo clips to take out the tea leaves from the tea can and put them into cups respectively, then poured boiling water in and covered the tea lid with her delicate hands. The movements are light and agile, full of beauty.
Yang Yi looked at her with a smile, feeling quite emotional in his heart. Adela was once a princess of a country, and she had never done such things as making tea before. She had been in Tokyo for more than a year. She has been working hard to learn Han culture, including tea art, and now she has learned the tea ceremony in a decent way.
She was naturally very happy that Yang Yi could bring Adela out with her this time. Serving tea, adding fragrance and serving ink, competing to do everything. When the tea was brought to Yang Yi, she smiled and said, "Please try it, Yang Lang. This tea may suit your liking."
Yang Yi opened the lid of the tea cup, and a wisp of fragrance suddenly filled the cabin. He took a sip and praised with a smile: "Good tea, Adela's tea art is getting more and more exquisite."
Adela had just learned this tea making skill, and she was even more happy when she got the compliment. A touch of beauty flowed on her beautiful face.
The rise of this type of tea is not long ago. For a long time, the royal family and nobles drank Tuancha. The main process of making Tuancha is to first steam the picked new leaves in a steamer, then mash them, put them into a model and pat them with your hands. Press it into a certain shape, then dry it and package it.
This kind of group tea needs to be boiled when drinking, and cheese and spices are often added to the tea.
Qing tea appeared in the past 20 or 30 years, and it was not widely spread. It probably first appeared in Hangzhou.
Su Dongpo once made separate evaluations of Tuancha and Qingcha, saying that Tuancha had a "heshuozhi numbness". The so-called sesame gas refers to the mixed aroma of tea. Although it is rich and thick, the true aroma of tea is lost.
When he was an official in Hangzhou, he often went to the Shousheng Temple at the foot of Longjing Shifeng Mountain to drink tea and recite poems. The "Baiyunfeng Tea" he drank was the roasted tea produced by the monks.?Dongpo once left a poem: "The two flags are new under the Baiyun Peak, and the greasy green grows fresh in the spring of Grain Rain."
When the Western Indian Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. was established, Yang Yi ordered Han Bier and others to work hard to explore the roasted tea technology. The hard work paid off. Now the Longjing, Biluochun and other teas produced by the trading company have a clear color after brewing, and a long aftertaste, which is deeply appreciated by the tea leaves. The taste was praised by literati such as Su Dongpo, and it became famous for a while. Drinking green tea has become a fashion.
Because the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company was the first to explore this field, it has a technical advantage in roasted tea. It has made a lot of money from tea alone. The shareholders of the trading company admire Yang Yi's foresight. Now he has any ideas. , trading company shareholders will implement it without compromise.
When the boat arrived at Yongqiu County, Yang Yi stopped the boat and prepared to go ashore to take a look. He was accompanied by a large number of people when he left Beijing this time. Together with the guards, there were more than 200 people in total. However, not all of them were with Yang Yi. Most of these people traveled by land, like a big net, spreading to the prefectures and counties along the way. Open and collect all aspects of information for Yang Yi.
At present, Yang Yi only has ten guards besides Xiao Yi, and they are all wearing casual clothes. Yang Yi believes that if he wants to see the truest situation, he cannot let local officials know his whereabouts in advance. Unless necessary, otherwise He will conduct all interviews in the form of "incognito private visits".
Yongqiu County is one of the prefectures and counties where the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company focuses on promoting cotton cultivation due to the Bianhe River passing through it and convenient waterway transportation. Large-scale cotton ginning, spinning and weaving factories were built outside the county.
These large factories were built on a tributary not far from the north bank of the Bian River. There is a large pier here. There are about a dozen ships docked at the pier, and hundreds of laborers are busy loading cloth onto the ships.
Yang Yi discovered that a prosperous town had suddenly formed here, with various factories and warehouses, supporting employee dormitories, fire prevention facilities, etc., covering an area of ??thousands of acres;
In addition, nearby people or businessmen in the county are also keeping an eye on the business opportunities. There are many restaurants, teahouses, and daily necessities shops around the factory, and there are also brothels, but they are relatively few;
The reason is that the number of female workers in the factory accounts for 70%, and the remaining 30% are male workers. Because the factory does not prohibit "free love" between men and women, there are more women than men. Most male workers are not worried about not having women, so there is not much market for brothels here.
The person in charge of the landowner received the news of Yang Yi's arrival and hurriedly came out to welcome him. He bowed from a distance and said, "I have seen Mr. Yang, this little man, Zhang Jiehe."
"There's no need to be polite, Manager Zhang. I'm just passing by and came in to see how the factory is operating. You can take me in and take a look, so there's no need to alarm others."
"Yes, Mr. Yang, please!" The name of the person is the shadow of the tree. Although Yang Yi behaves very easily, Zhang Jiehe is still frightened in front of him.
As the group walked inside, Zhang Jiehe introduced: "Master Taifu, our Yongqiu factory covers a total area of ??1,100 acres. From north to south are the raw material warehouse, cotton gin mill, spinning mill, Chenghong factory, and pulp factory. Yarn mills, weaving mills, printing and dyeing mills, etc. The one closest to the Bianhe pier is the finished product warehouse. In short, from the cotton coming in to the finished cloth going out, we have completed all the processes here. Mr. Yang, please get in the car. I'm here Show you around."
Because the factory area is so large, it is really difficult to walk all the way on two feet, so Zhang Jiehe ordered someone to prepare a carriage. Yang Yi asked Qing Niang and Adela to get in the car, and then he rode a horse. Accompanied by Zhang Jiehe, he walked to the factory area.
To weave a piece of cloth, we actually need to go through many processes, including ginning, elasticizing, rolling, spinning, redening, sizing, drafting, drawing in, reeding, shaking, weaving, and weaving. The cloth is dyed, pressed, etc.
There are also many workshops in the factory area, all of which are large brick buildings with tiles. There is an open space thirty to forty meters wide between each factory building. In case of fire, this land can be used as an isolation zone. There are bricks in the middle of the open space. There is a large pool filled with water;
There are even some water towers that are taller than houses, which can take over the spraying in case of fire. It can be seen that a lot of thought was put into building the factory in terms of fire prevention.
Zhang Jiehe kept introducing to Yang Yi: "At present, our Yongqiu factory has more than 4,400 workers. The majority of workers come from Nanyang, Dali, Japan, Korea and other places, and come from Yongqiu County and nearby villages. There are only 1,400 people in the factory, and most of these local workers do not live in the factory area, but come and go back every day."
Yang Yi nodded and asked: "How much cloth can the Yongqiu factory produce in a day?"
"Back to Taifu Yang, the current production of cotton cloth is about 10,000 pieces per day."
Yang Yi calculated carefully and was barely satisfied with the factory's production capacity. It turned out that ordinary people, even the most skillful women, could only weave one piece of cloth a day at most, and it was just weaving. If the striping, spinning and other processes are included together, it takes one person six or seven days to weave a piece of cloth.
There are now more than 4,000 people in the Yongqiu factory, and they can produce 10,000 pieces of cloth a day, which is equivalent to more than ten times that of ordinary pus. But thisYang Yi is still not satisfied with the speed. It seems that there is still much room for improvement in the production process.
The first place Zhang Jiehe took Yang Yi into was the weaving workshop. The huge factory building was full of crackling looms. Women were sitting in front of the looms, stepping on the pedals and throwing shuttles in their hands. It was a busy scene. scene.
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