Destiny Only Han

Chapter 519 Liu Ying: Come hit me!

"Because I am the son of King Lei!"

As soon as Liu Ying finished speaking, thunderous laughter erupted in the workshop, and Lu Wan patted Liu Bang's shoulder vigorously, leaning forward and backward, looking like he couldn't stop laughing.

They have seen the statue of King Lei, and everyone else can accept it, except for the fact that the three-legged toad is all over his body, which makes Liu Bang unwilling to be the god of this family...

Liu Bang's face darkened, and he pointed at Liu Ying fiercely with his finger, and when he was about to go back, he would step into the palace gate with Liu Ying's left foot first and beat him up!
Liu Ying said that it doesn't matter, anyway, he will live in Zhongyangli for the next period of time, and Liu Bang will come here to play wild if he has the ability!

Well, spring is here, and the polo competition that Liu Ying has been preparing for a long time will enter the preliminary stage. Polo teams from all over the country will come to Xinfeng City to participate in the competition.

Polo is an effective sport for training light cavalry. After all, if you can swing a cue about 1.5 meters on a galloping horse and hit a fist-sized takraw ball, you can use a three-foot saber to accurately strike the enemy's neck. across.

Everyone laughed a few more times, and Xiao He stood up to smooth things over:

"Let's go back to the previous thing. What exactly does the sewing machine you mentioned do? How do you use it?"

Liu Ying explained: "Of course it is sewing clothes! Compared with the previous stitches, the stitches made by this machine are also very fine, and the important thing is that the speed is faster!"

He was still confused when he saw Xiao He and others, so he didn't explain any more. After all, how things like cranks and connecting rods work, they couldn't explain them clearly, so it's better to have someone actually operate them for them to see, anyway. For the big guys, you only need to know how to use it and what effect it can produce.

So Liu Ying waved her hand and asked someone to find a skilled sewing worker and bring the fabrics that had been cut in advance.

Well, in history, the first sewing machine was made by the British Thomas Sander in 1790, but this sewing machine is very simple and inefficient. Single thread chain stitch hand sewing machine for leather shoes.

In 1841, the second year of the Opium War, the Frenchman Timonia invented the chain stitch sewing machine with hooks and needles.

The sewing machine made by Liu Ying is an improved version of the pedal-operated sewing machine made by Eloque Merritt Singer in 1859.

Before the emergence of electric sewing machines, this kind of sewing machine was undoubtedly the most efficient. Therefore, in the crowd of Xiao He and others standing in a circle, although the sewing worker seemed a little nervous, his feet flew up, and he was able to do it without much effort. A straight-leg cotton gown was sewn.

Of course, the premise of this speed is that someone has already cut all parts of the clothes, and he only needs to sew the pieces of clothes together.

Lu Wan took off the straight-leg dress from the sewing machine, looked at it again and again, and was amazed:
"Not bad, the stitches are fine, even the top embroiderers are no more than that... Do you still have this kind of sewing machine? The price is whatever you want, and I will take one away later."

Well, since Concubine Yu made a long life garment for Taigong Liu, it has been well received, so she is obsessed with making clothes for everyone close to her. For example, Liu Ying once had all the clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter wrapped round by Concubine Yu...

Therefore, a certain licking dog felt pain in his heart when he saw his daughter-in-law's bleeding finger.

So, Licking Dog scanned around twice with threatening eyes, meaning that whoever robs him will kill him...

"okay!"

Liu Yingxi smiled, he likes this kind of leek, and he took the initiative to show the thick and plump roots and cut it casually, although today is not a sewing machine press conference...

Zhou Ke, the imperial censor at the side, let out a long sigh: "Such a miraculous thing, if it is a plaything, it will be fine, if it is produced in large quantities, I am afraid that many women will have nothing to do..."

"No way!" Liu Ying shook her head:
"There will definitely be pains in the transition period! But think about it this way, Dr. Yu Shi, if the efficiency of sewing clothes is improved, more fabrics will be needed, so those women who cannot sew clothes for others to subsidize their households can become weavers. Women workers, earning higher wages than ever before.”

"Moreover, the increase in textile factories will also increase the price of raw materials such as cotton, linen and wool, and more farmers will grow this cash crop, which will increase their income."

"As for the clothes made... well, with the increase of the population and the increase of per capita wealth, no amount of clothes is enough!"

Well, no one questioned the problem of food production reduction. After all, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and with iron oxen plowing, there will be no shortage of food in a short period of time.

Listening to Liu Ying's vivid picture, even Xiao He nodded slightly.

Clothes in this period were expensive, and many poor people actually only had two pieces of clothing, one was shorts and a waistcoat for summer, and the other was a long robe worn in spring, autumn and winter. When it's time to put some stuffing like straw to keep warm.

The root cause of the situation of "those who are covered in silk and silk are not silkworm farmers" lies in the low productivity. It takes a lot of man-hours to sew clothes by hand, and they lose money when they are sold cheaply. It can only remain high.

For example, in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", when Hai Rui wanted to sell the cotton cloth woven at home for money, he said that a piece of cotton cloth was worth ten jin just for the price of buying cotton. The purchase price of five hanging coins.

With Xiao He nodding frequently, there is also Zhang Cang, the strategist.

As the head of the National Audit Bureau, he knows more about many data than Zhou Ke and Xiao He.

In fact, with the massive promotion of Liu's spinning machine created by Liu Ying, that is, the modified version of the "Jenny Machine", many housewives are in a semi-unemployed state, and the way of subsidizing their households has changed from spinning to raising chickens. Ducks and other livestock.

After all, although the demand for clothes is large, the efficiency of hand-sewing is too low, which leads to a limited consumption of cloth, and in this state, silk threads cannot be sold.

Therefore, when the efficiency of making clothes is improved, the entire industrial chain will be revitalized.

Seeing that the people around her became a little restless, Liu Ying waved her hand and said, "Today, I will only sell Uncle Lu, and I will keep the rest for use!"

After all, the sewing machine is limited by the lathe's ability to process precision parts, and its production capacity is limited. The important thing is that these guys buy it back, and most of them are like those clocks and watches, and they are placed at home as ornaments to show off their wealth...

Therefore, Liu Ying approached Xiao He and whispered, "Teacher, with these highly efficient sewing machines, do you think it's time for the Han army to unify their uniforms?"

Well, the clothes of the soldiers in this period need to be prepared by themselves, so after forming an army formation, the colorful clothes are almost killing obsessive-compulsive disorder...

Xiao He crossed his arms and looked vigilant: "What are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)