I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 209 If you only want to change, then you are like-minded people!

Pei Xidao, this gentleman, started from the county magistrate, to the magistrate, and then to the central government.

When he was an official in other places, he knew the hardships of the people, knew how to farm when farming, knew astronomy and built water conservancy, and he was not a problem with spinning and weaving.

But when did he see this incomparably huge loom in front of him...

You don't need to push your hands or step your feet. Driven by two large water trucks, you can swing the warp frame up and down by yourself, and shuttle back and forth non-stop.

This is the first time I have seen such a sensible loom!

It only needs someone to replace the warp thread frame, and then it can weave by itself.

Just like the hydraulic thresher by the river, it can thresh and winch by itself as long as someone stuffs the rice into it.

that's amazing!

The father and son of the Pei family stared blankly for a long time, feeling inexplicably shocked.

Pei Ruyu stammered and asked: "Erlang, this, this thing, you also created it?"

Guo Yi shrugged shamelessly, and responded with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple, as long as the movements of stepping on the pedal and moving the hand are replaced with mechanical ones, and the water wheel is used to drive it.

Any mechanical invention has always been for the convenience of human beings, to save manpower, and to obtain higher efficiency.

Just like the simplest water quilt and water mill in the past, then the more complicated water wheel, and then the more complicated hydraulic thresher and hydraulic loom.

In the future, there will be large-scale water mills for grinding noodles, hydraulic blowers for refining steel, and more complex hydraulic spinning machines.

It can not only greatly save manpower, but also improve efficiency.Just like this hydraulic loom, only two people are required to operate it, and it can handle the workload of forty people. "

Any mechanical invention is for the convenience of human beings.

Pei Xidao didn't have this concept before. Although he knew that the water wheel was convenient for carrying water and the loom was convenient for weaving cloth, it was the first time he heard of this more detailed concept today.

Especially after walking on Jinghu North Road, it was the first time I saw the new Luoyang shovel that can dig a well in two hours; the first time I saw the tall gantry that can lift a ship; I saw a Liaozi who could mow ten acres of land in one day;
It was also the first time I saw a hydraulic thresher that was a hundred times faster than human power, and it was the first time I saw this huge hydraulic loom that was dozens of times faster than human power.

They all have one thing in common, liberating manpower!
Free the people from the extremely heavy toil.

And Pei Xianggong saw the essence of it at a glance: "In this way, the price of cloth will be greatly reduced, and everyone can afford it. From then on, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty will no longer have clothes. Uncovered ones!
Erlang really deserves to be a talent in the world! "

When Guo Yi heard this, he couldn't help laughing wryly: "To be honest, my original intention was to use a lot of cheap fabrics to lower the price of food.

Later, after thinking about it for a long time, I felt that I had taken it for granted.The only way to bring down food prices is to be more productive. "

"Use cloth to lower food prices?"

Pei Xidao couldn't help being taken aback: "What do you mean?" Cloth is cloth, grain is grain, they are basically two different things, how can cloth be used to lower the price of grain?

"Since ancient times, food, clothing, housing and transportation have been the four major needs of life. Food and clothes are the first, and they are the two most profitable things, and they are also the two things that the aristocratic families firmly control.

As long as a large amount of cheap fabrics continue to flow into the market, it will have an impact on the entire fabric industry.

Or, they let me attack and then occupy the market.Or, they just follow behind and eat.

And in this way, they need a lot of money.Instead of selling food to make up for it, you have to sell other things. "

Well!
What a fantastic idea!
At first glance, it was Guo Erlang's idea, just like the coquettish idea of ​​a partner defrauding the imperial court of spring taxes.

"It's somewhat possible, but not very likely." Pei Xianggong replied to the point.

"Then how much fabric do you have to have to resist drought as much as the entire fabric?"

"Half of Jinghu North Road, plus the hemp silk produced by Kuizhou Road and Jinghu South Road is enough?"

A voice came suddenly, but it was not from Guo Yi.

Guo Yi and Pei's father and son couldn't help turning their heads to look.

His Highness the King of Chu, I do not know when he will come.

He met the eyes of the three people, and pointed to the house next to him: "This is a storeroom for hemp silk, a full 10,000+ taels of silver, most of the unsalable hemp silk on Jinghu North Road, I collected it coming.

Not only that, but also the hemp silk transported from Kuizhou Road. "

While speaking, he pushed open the stone door of the warehouse together with Steward Zhu.

This was originally a newly built loom workshop, with a width of 20 meters and a length of 500 meters, supported by intermittent stone walls in the middle.But now, there are too many hemp threads, and there is nowhere to put them, so they can only be put here.

The loom workshop is being rebuilt.

And as the stone door was pushed open, what came into view was twenty rows of wooden shelves that could not be seen at a glance.

And these twenty rows of wooden frames are all covered with hemp silk.

There are too many, it makes people feel dizzy!
Patients with dense disease can be scared to death on the spot.

Not to mention the Pei family father and son, even Guo Yi couldn't help swallowing.

It was really shocking, just like seeing the endless bobbin carts in Zhangshuikou for the first time!

It is also like the spider web-like construction map of the Liuzhihe Salt Field.

All three are great wonders of man-made creations.

"His Royal Highness Chu, you really have a lot of courage! It's really the only thing I've seen in my life!"

"I can't help it, I don't want to be like this. The price of food is so high that I have to put all my eggs in one basket. If I don't succeed, I will succeed!" His Royal Highness King Chu replied resoundingly.

A full 10,000+ taels of silver, Jiangling Mansion and Fuxing Company will be split [-]-[-].All the proceeds from the literary fair, including the two restaurants and the charity sale, were all given away.

He was willing to cut himself to pieces to bring down the price of food.

When Pei Xianggong saw his appearance and expression, he couldn't help but think of his agreement with Guo Yi.

From the drought on North Jingbei Road, from the drought-resistance measures taken by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, to the current desperate purchase of hemp silk, it can be clearly seen that this is a change seeker.

As long as you ask for change, you are like-minded people.

Today's Great Zhou Dynasty has already reached the time for change.If you stick to the old rules, you can only wait for death.

Well!
And Guo Erlang, that monkey-like boy.He is a variable, the biggest variable.

As for Guo Yi, seeing the dull scene, he couldn't help smiling and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Pei came all the way from the capital, do you want to treat him well?"

Of course,
The King of Chu suddenly came back to his senses, took two quick steps, came to Pei Xidao, and asked in a hurried tone: "Pei Xianggong, have you seen the lonely mother and concubine recently? Is she in good health?"

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

In a blink of an eye, he has been out for five years, and he hasn't seen his mother for five years.

However, it was already a bit over the line for him to ask this question.

Because his mother and concubine are from the harem.Except for the Holy Majesty and the underage prince, no other men are allowed to enter the harem.

But at this time, he couldn't care less.

It has been five years since I left home at the age of 15...

Pei Xidao naturally understood, so he quickly nodded and responded: "Yes! It's the Lantern Festival, when the Holy Majesty is hosting a banquet in the palace. Please rest assured, Your Highness, your mother and concubine are in good health!"

(End of this chapter)