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Chapter 365 The significance of promoting the development of textiles
The maid immediately stopped treading the board, and the maid who had been spinning came over and cut the woven cloth from the loom with scissors.

The maid carefully pulled out the cloth and was about to hand it to Maximus, but the usually steady Sheslet unexpectedly took it first and said, "Let me see."

This piece of linen is one meter wide and about two meters long, with a uniform texture. The yarns are arranged neatly and tightly, both horizontally and vertically, without any twists or clutter...

"What a good cloth! What a good cloth!" Sheslet stroked the cloth gently, and couldn't help but admire it. Then she looked at Maximus, her eyes seemed to be burning with scorching flames, and her voice was loud and eager: "Chief, this spinning wheel! And this loom--"

"This is called a pedal three-spinning spinning wheel! This is called a pedal vertical loom! Both were taught to me by the goddess Danu in my dream. I asked the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to make them after repeated attempts."

Maximus said calmly, "I called you here today, the director of the weaving workshop, because I want you to give me an evaluation after you have seen them. What do you think of these two weaving machines?"

"It is worthy of the great goddess Danu to give you enlightenment! This spinning wheel and this loom are so ingeniously designed, it is totally beyond the imagination of us mortals!"

Sheslet did not question what Maximus said at all, because in the past two years, Goddess Danu had created some ingenious instruments through Maximus, which greatly enhanced the strength of the tribe. On the contrary, she was extremely excited: This time, the light of Goddess Danu finally shone on the weaving workshop. I believe that it will not be long before some people in the workshop will be promoted because of this! "

"Chief, if our weaving workshop wants to weave a piece of cloth like this..." Sheslet held the freshly woven cloth in his hand and continued to praise it seriously: "From spinning to fully weaving, if four people are used, it will take about two days to complete. If the number of people is reduced by half, the time will have to double. But using these two machines, it only takes two people less than half a day to complete it!

If the weaving workshop uses this new spinning wheel and loom in the future, we can not only weave more cloth in a very short time, but also remove a lot of manpower, so that the workshop will not be too bloated-"

"No, the weaving workshop cannot lay off workers!" Maximus reminded solemnly: "Since we settled down here, thanks to everyone's joint efforts, every Nix tribe member has fertile land, comfortable housing, and enough food, but there is one thing that has not changed much, that is the clothes we wear.

On the one hand, it’s because we didn’t have enough raw materials before, and on the other hand, it’s because spinning and weaving takes too much time and manpower. So far, we have woven very little cloth, and made even fewer clothes. Many of the people who followed me through life and death are still wearing the clothes we got in Italy. Those clothes have been washed and worn over and over again, and they are already a little tattered..."

Maximus blamed himself: "Every time I saw Volenus, Cornelius, Capito... wearing white and tattered clothes to attend the council meeting, I was ashamed. The good life I promised to give everyone should not be like this! So I prayed devoutly to the goddess Danu, and the goddess answered me!
Now that these two machines have been made, and you can see that they are much better than the existing spinning and looms, I will ask the craftsmen in the furniture workshop to make more spinning wheels and looms and hand them over to the weaving workshop. And you——"

Maximus emphasized, "Sheslet, you have to organize all the people in the workshop who are good at weaving to get familiar with and use these two new machines as soon as possible, weave more and better cloth as soon as possible, and meet the tribe's clothing needs as soon as possible. In the future, you can even trade cloth with other races to exchange for more urgently needed materials for the tribe!——"

When Sheslet heard this, she was excited that the weaving workshop was beginning to receive attention from the leader, but at the same time she also felt pressured. She couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Leader, I'm afraid the current manpower is not enough for the weaving workshop to meet your requirements."

"The weaving workshop can recruit more people, recruit tribesmen who are good at weaving, especially women! Women are weak and cannot farm as well as men, but they are more agile and better at weaving. They can use the wages they earn in the weaving workshop to pay for the cost of hiring foreign assistants or foreigners to farm."

Maximus also reminded: "There are not enough people, and the workshop needs to be expanded... You can go directly to your boss Capito for help to solve these problems. In the process of using these two new machines, if you find any shortcomings in them, you can also submit your opinions to Capito and ask him to find craftsmen to help improve and perfect these two machines...

After the cloth is woven, you will need to figure out the dyes yourself. If your weaving workshop can find some new and good dyes that can make our clothes more colorful and less likely to fade when washed, then the tribe will give your weaving workshop a big reward!"

Maximus was able to draw the blueprints of spinning wheels and looms because in his previous life, when he was drawing and designing for the game of Civilization, he came across the subject of textiles. He also made a special effort to learn about it in detail to ensure that he could accurately draw the patterns of ancient spinning wheels and looms.

But he could not help with dyes, because most of the dyes of this era came from natural plants and minerals. The situation in each region was different. For example, the most famous Tyrian purple was obtained by the residents of Tyre in the eastern Mediterranean. They found that the liquid extracted from a kind of murex on the coast could dye cloth into a bright purple, thus becoming an extremely expensive dye. The race that discovered this dye was also called "Phoenicians" by the Mediterranean states.

In fact, after the Nixes settled here, the weaving workshop and pottery workshop had discovered several plant and mineral dyes through the preparation of the tribesmen, but those were the accumulation of the Segestica, Ardi, and Scodischi people who had lived here for generations in the long-term labor practice. Maximus hoped to mobilize the enthusiasm of the textile workers by making meritorious contributions and actively looking for more and better dyes. Sure enough, Sheslet said excitedly: "Chief, the goddess Danu favors our weaving workshop so much! You have given us such a great help, I will not let you down, and I will do my best to lead everyone in our weaving workshop to weave more cloth and dye more beautiful cloth!"

"Okay, I look forward to you leading the weaving workshop to make greater contributions to our tribe!" Maximus encouraged loudly with a smile on his face.

The reason why Maximus took out the new spinning wheel and weaving wheel at this time was not only because the tribe had sufficient flax raw materials, but more importantly, the paper money of the Nix tribe would be launched at the end of the year. In order to make the value of the paper money stronger and allow the tribesmen holding the paper money to have more things to buy, he had to devote more energy to the four basic needs of human beings - "clothing" in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Because as long as there are enough raw materials, sufficient manpower and improved production efficiency, the textile industry can easily form economies of scale and create huge wealth. At that time, it can not only fully meet the needs of the people, but also sell to surrounding tribes, earn their wealth and strengthen the strength of the tribe.

Sheslet had no idea what kind of responsibility she was shouldering, and she was impatiently asking Maximus: she wanted to operate the spinning wheel and weaving wheel herself right now.

After Maximus nodded in agreement, she began to operate the loom with great interest under the guidance of the maid.

At this time, the servant came over and whispered something in Maximus' ear.

"Capito, the weaving workshop is the matter you should focus on next. You should do your best to help Sheslet solve any difficulties she has. I hope to see this new spinning wheel and loom being used extensively in the weaving workshop and producing a large amount of cloth before the end of the year!" Maximus said solemnly again.

"As you wish, chief," Capito bowed in response.

Maximus nodded, turned and left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and came to his office in the front yard, where he saw Gillicus, the chief of the Military Intelligence Department, waiting outside the house.

"Chief!" Gillicus saluted respectfully.

Maximus walked into the house and motioned for Gillicus to follow him: "What other important information is there?"

"Chief, the war between the coalition forces of the Dacians and the Boys has already yielded results. This is the intelligence sent back by Brochi's men undercover in the Military Intelligence Department." Gillicus said, handing over the secret letter in his hand.

Maximus took it and opened it. It was clearly written on it: On September 9, the Pannonian coalition forces, which had crossed the Danube and were stationed on the east bank, received orders from the Boii to attack the Dacian territory along the north bank of the Danube. On the way, they encountered the main force of Dacia. After the two sides fought, the Pannonian army was defeated and quickly fled back to the territory on the west bank of the Danube. Two days later, they learned that the Boii army was also defeated by the Dacians. The Pannonian coalition took the opportunity to disband and go home. According to the information now obtained, the losses of the Pannonian coalition forces were not too great, and Brochi only suffered 3 to casualties.

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At the end of 71 BC, Crassus, who had suppressed the Spartacus uprising, and Pompey, who had quelled the Spanish rebellion, joined forces to run for the Roman consul. With their brilliant military exploits and extraordinary prestige, they successfully became Roman consuls the next year.

Pompey was a general with outstanding military achievements. After becoming consul, he habitually brought his bravery on the battlefield to the political arena.

(End of this chapter)