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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 187 The Troubles at the Textile Machine

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    With the arrival of the rainy season, the weather in Guanzhong is getting hotter and hotter, followed by a surge in demand for summer clothes. Pingyang Garment Workshop is rushing to make clothes day and night.  ¡ª{2}{3}{w}{x}] ?? We are fighting on the front line and have never rested since the flowers bloomed in spring.  Wei Zifu came over with a pile of experimental materials: "Sister Xia Yu, please come and take a look at the test results of the new textile machine." "Well, I heard that this development seems to be going very smoothly, and Junhou even came to the workshop in person to provide guidance.  Research and development direction." Xia Yu greeted the Wei family's sister with a smile.  Originally, in the Hou Mansion, Wei Junru and she were in a competitive relationship, and she would never show favor to the Wei family. Since Wei Junru was promoted to a concubine, Xia Yu was sent to the garment workshop, and her status changed.  In the precarious situation, it is inevitable that the confidence of the Wei family will be a little lacking when she meets the Wei family again, and the tone of her speech becomes more and more gentle. What's more, Xia Yu learned from Princess Yangxin that Wei Zifu has a special status and must win over and cultivate her to maintain her closeness to the Hou family.  feel.  Therefore, within a few months of Wei Zifu's arrival at the garment factory, the thirteen-year-old girl seemed to have become the number two manager of the garment factory, with real power limited to Xia Yu, the confidant of Princess Yangxin.  After taking the thick kraft paper bag and opening it, she couldn't help but gasp. Xia Yu exclaimed: "Instruction manual for the textile machine, this is not a testing machine!" "Really? I didn't look at it just now." Opening the kraft paper bag  , I counted at least five or six hundred pages of scattered information, and the complex structural diagrams made people¡¯s heads spin.  The supporting function description information and equipment maintenance information are all dazzling.  "It's true! It looks like the new textile machine is very powerful." The two women flipped through the instructions with great interest, and the more they read, the more thrilling they became.  New textile machines greatly improved the efficiency of spinning and weaving.  The new textile machine is very similar to the spinning wheel, but there are some differences.  The spinning wheel is a textile machine that has been passed down from ancient ancestors to this day. A small yarn wheel slowly rotates with a thread of silk. Such a traditional craft has hardly been improved since it was passed down to this day. People use such primitive tools to spin day after day.  Thread weaving has low efficiency, low output and waste of labor, making the cloth expensive.  The grinding wheel of the new spinning wheel is much larger than that of the traditional spinning wheel.  The wheel hub like a millstone rotates slowly under the drive of the water wheel. The yarn wheel drives forty strands of spindles to rotate at the same time. The raw silk and twine extracted will be forty times more than before.  "Forty times. What an amazing loom!" "What is a shuttle?" "The instructions are for a shuttle that does not require two people to write. One person can complete the weaving independently. The weaving speed is doubled, and it can  Weaving a piece of cloth twice as wide as before. "Does that mean we used to weave one piece of cloth? Now the piece of cloth is five feet wide." "It seems to be a large textile machine."  , which can increase the spinning speed by 40 times.  A large loom can increase the weaving efficiency by 4 times.  It requires more than a dozen workers to work together to make it work. It requires an extremely complex division of labor and requires each textile woman to have professional textile operation skills. Even though there are so many demanding and complex requirements, the work efficiency is there.  The amount of raw silk produced in one day is 40 times that of before, and the amount of cloth produced in one day is four times that of before.  No one will refuse it.  Facts have proved that this is also the case. Pingyang Garment Factory soon added 20 sets of looms, each set is a large-scale loom, and 900 outstanding female weavers will be responsible for 12 hours of non-stop work.  Operation, strive to maximize production efficiency as soon as possible.  Only three months have passed, which is July of the first year of Jianyuan and August of 141 BC.  The amount of raw silk pulled out of Pingyang Garment Factory every day reached astronomical figures, and the market went from being in short supply to oversupply. The price of raw silk began to plummet, from 100 yen per spindle to 50 yen per spindle, and the price of twine dropped from 20 yen per spindle.  At 10 cents per spindle, the price of raw silk and linen thread was cut in half, and the impact was that the price of silk and linen was cut by a full 30%.  The merchants were almost going crazy with joy. They ate as much cheap cloth as was available on the market. A steady stream of carriages and ships headed to Kanto. Cheaper linen and silk rushed to every corner of the country. Not only  It is the ordinary textile households in Guanzhong who have to face the crisis of bankruptcy, and even the preventive households in Guandong are complaining.  Until one morning, nearly a thousand textile workers with sallow faces and skinny muscles came to protest outside the Pingyang Garment Factory holding large signs.  "Our family is about to run out of food, and our children are crying for food. Please give us a way to survive. I will kneel down and kowtow to you!" "You Pingyang Garment Factory can lower the price at all costs."?We are old and young, and we still need to eat. You are forcing us all to death by lowering the price like this. You are going too far!  " "Protest against cheap cloth ruining our lives, let the prices return to their original levels, and let the unscrupulous profiteers Pingyang Garment Factory be severely punished!  " "If you don't give us an explanation, we will never leave even if we die here today!  "The protesting crowd was excited. Some excited people bit their fingers and wrote letters of protest in blood. Even the patrolling Northern Army soldiers did not dare to attack easily. Li Gan led a patrol of 300 cavalry over. He looked left and right and turned around.  Then he walked back and his subordinate, the commander of the village, asked in confusion: "Captain, why don't we go and help Pingyang Garment Factory?"  That is the property of the Pingyang Hou family.  " "What a help!"  Do you think I am a fool?  You see, those weaver households are all poor people from near Chang'an. How can we talk to the elders in their hometown after doing something to them?  Don't forget that the children of the Northern Army are from good families in Longxi, Guanzhong. These weaver households may have your fellow villagers and elders.  "Li Gan snorted. The head of the village thought that you were about the same, so he changed his mind and said, "But I heard that the garment workshop is run by Princess Yangxin. What should I do?  " "So I have to go back and tell the lieutenant quickly that something big is going to happen to the Pingyang Hou family!  "Li Gan shouted and rushed away. "The Pingyang Hou family has caused big trouble again. The reason why I use the word "you" is because the things that have been caused in recent years are most likely related to the Pingyang Hou family. This time the incident is comparable to  In the past, because his family had offended ordinary people in Guanzhong, Tian Fu looked surprised: "Zhihu protested?  What did Marquis Pingyang say?  " "There is no news yet. I guess I am still scratching my head about this matter. Junhou has encountered a rare good thing!  "Ji Fu said proudly. "Oh?  Is it good for me too?  " "Of course there are benefits.  You are the Tingwei, and it is most appropriate to intervene in the name of the Tingwei Mansion. As an official, you should make decisions for the people. As long as you favor Orihu's side, the Marquis of Pingyang will definitely suffer the consequences.  " Tian Fu shook his head: "No, Pingyang Garment Factory is my niece's property, and it's not convenient for me to do it.  " "Are you worried" "You know my sister is the Queen Mother.  You should know my sister's character. She does not tolerate infighting among her own family members. I cannot fall out with my own family members.  The fight between me and Cao Shi is for the public good, but I can't attack Huer, this is not allowed.  " Tian Fu felt very embarrassed. His sister Wang Ao's son and three daughters were all very good. As an uncle, it was hard for him to attack his niece. Besides, he was not a close relative of the Wang family, and his status was not as good as that of Gaihou Wang Xin. Wang Ao  There is a red thread in my heart. If the family has a huge conflict, it will not be a joke to outsiders. Tian Fu made a stumbling block to Cao Shi, and was later warned by Wang Ao. If he had not smoothed the matter over with his smooth words, it would have been Cao Shi's fault.  The prince's status was so thorny that he didn't even have the chance to have a serious fight with Cao Shi.  Where is Marquis Pingyang?  " Prime Minister Shi Tianren said: "It should still be in Weiyang Palace.  " "That's what I said.  It¡¯s strange that the price of cloth on the market has been falling recently. It turns out that the commotion was caused by Binh Duong Garment Factory.  This is not good!  " "Then what does the Prime Minister mean?  " The old god of Xuchang lay down softly: "I don't mean anything, I just feel that I am competing with the people for profit. The practices of Pingyang Garment Factory are open to question. I hope that the Marquis of Pingyang can survive this disaster.  " "I hope I can get through it.  "Tian Ren said absently. There is a lot of protest in the city. The distance between Chang'an East City and Weiyang Palace is not short, and it has not reached Weiyang Palace at this moment. Weiyang Palace Map Room. "Your Majesty, please see, this is Huangshui.  Both sides of the Huangshui River are very good pasture areas. This is the upper reaches of the Jiuqu River, which meanders for thousands of miles. The river water here is not polluted by the soil and yellow sand of the Hetao, and the river water is still clear.  " "My brother-in-law just mentioned that the pioneering team has taken root in the Hehuang Valley. So have their pioneering efforts achieved any results?  " "Yes, I just beheaded a few troublemakers.  Liu Che's brows furrowed: "Something happened again?"  " "It's inevitable to cause trouble. Your Majesty also knows what kind of people those people are. In Chang'an City, they are ruffians who bring troubles. Their parents have long been dissatisfied with their lazy faces, so they took advantage of the opportunity to chase them away.  Go to the edge of Hehuang. If you do well, you will have the opportunity to return home in fine clothes. If you don't do well, you won't be able to come back in this life. People like that who go to Hehuang will definitely cause trouble if they can't eat well or sleep well.  ¡±   Cao Shi said it very lightly, but the actual situation is not that simple.  Yuan Zhong could not suppress his noble disciples, and within two months after arriving in the Hehuang Valley, he caused a big trouble. Several noble disciples fell in love with a violent shepherdess, and even coaxed and deceived several people to get rid of the shepherdess.  , that shepherdess was originally a young girl. Although she had arranged an in-law marriage, she was not married after all, so it didn't matter if she married a Han. But what made her angry was that the Han shamelessly used her as a sexual object, and several people took turns to come up to her.  After turning around and eating, she turned her back and refused to acknowledge anyone else. The unfortunate shepherdess had no way to appeal and had to return home. Not long after, she found out that she was pregnant.  Having snatched his lover away, the seven-foot man suddenly became furious and wanted an explanation.  The shepherdess's fianc¨¦, her parents, brothers, and dozens of people wanted to demand an explanation. Her fianc¨¦ kept saying that he wanted to kill those boys to express his hatred. It is conceivable that the noble disciples immediately stopped.  .  Haosheng failed to dissuade him, so more than a hundred people on both sides started a full-scale martial arts show. The Han people took advantage of their tall stature and strong physique. When Shengrong saw that his fists and feet were at a loss, he drew his knife and knocked down several noble disciples one by one.  When both sides saw this posture, they drew their swords one after another, and eventually it turned into a fight. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens of people were injured. The sword of Rong Rong was not sharp, and the loss of Xun Guizi was not great. On the contrary, it was the one who drew the sword first.  The soldiers suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy losses.  It¡¯s okay to get the news!  Shengrong, who was originally very enthusiastic, suddenly changed his face and led thousands of people to settle accounts with the Han people.  The knives of the soldiers were not as sharp as those of the Han people, but the bows and arrows were not bad at all. The atmosphere between the two sides was tense, and a fight was about to begin. The situation was very critical. If a trap was created, it might cause a big fuss and destroy the opening plan set by the emperor.  No one can afford the national policy.  Yuan Zhong invited Wu Yingqi, and the two of them personally found a few noble leaders to show their cards, and laid out two paths for them to choose, either handing over those few people who must die, or everyone must die together for those few people.  With the cruel facts in front of us, some people still showed stubborn resistance. Zhao Yingqi became angry on the spot. He captured all those who stubbornly resisted and punished them according to the standards of violating military orders.  Early the next morning.  A few unlucky ghosts were handed over, and were captured on the spot by a few wolf-like soldiers. It was said that they wanted to kill them to offer sacrifices to the dead.  After handling the conflict, the two sides negotiated secretly and reached a consensus. They continued to follow the original bilateral trade agreement. The soldiers exported worthless salt-alkali cattle and sheep, herbal medicine ores, and horses in exchange for Han iron cooking utensils, clean coal for fires, and silk cloth.  , tea ceramics, as well as bags, shoes and hats and other handicrafts made of wicker and bamboo wood.  "Small troubles are easy to deal with. There will always be conflicts between new immigrants and natives. The conflict between the two parties lies in the distribution of benefits. We trafficked and dumped Chang'an's surplus cheap goods in exchange for items that are useful to us. This is the correct idea. From now on  Similar methods can be used to deal with the Xiongnu. " "It makes sense. I want to command the Rongdi tribe in northern Xinjiang, but I can't bring enough benefits to them to impress Rongdi." Liu Che thought about the promotion of military reform.  , he planned to make some changes to the Northern Army and set up eight captains within the Northern Army system, independent of the many captains.  The eight captains are named separately: Zhongbao, Tunqi, Infantry, Yueqi, Changshui, Huqi, Shesheng, and Huben.  The Han army was dispatched in units of a thousand, so the eight captains controlled a thousand men. All of these thousand men were heavy cavalry with helmets and armor. These eight thousand heavy cavalry were the core content of the military reform.  Liu Che paced.  "Iron armor, the Mingguang armor you mentioned is pretty good. How many sets can be forged in a month?" "About ten sets." "What? Only ten sets? This speed is not good. One hundred sets per month is not enough. At least every  Five hundred sets per month are enough for replacement." Cao Shi looked solemnly and said: "Are you really planning to develop eight thousand heavy cavalry? I think one thousand is enough. It is too expensive to maintain." "Yes!  I need eight thousand heavy cavalry instead of one thousand. One thousand is too little. If you want to fight the Xiongnu to death, you must have eight thousand!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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