Wentang

Chapter 416 Cotton Spinning
Cotton is also a treasure that Yueshan has long been interested in, but it has not been able to develop due to too few seeds.After the successful planting last year, a large number of seeds were obtained, and the planting area reached ten acres this year.

At this time, the harvest season had just passed, and a total of [-] kilograms of seed cotton had been picked.

Don't think that [-] kilograms is inconspicuous. The volume of cotton is very large, and [-] kilograms can be piled up enough to see a small house.If a set of cotton-padded clothes (padded jacket, cotton trousers, and cotton hat) weighs four catties, one thousand sets can be made.

Naturally, Yue Shan would not use all the cotton to make cotton coats, quilts, etc. The key is cotton cloth, which is what is really in demand.

So as early as when the cotton was picked, he had already drawn the blueprints of the cotton spinning machinery and asked the craftsmen at home to make them.

Painting traditional cotton spinning equipment was not a problem for him.When I was a child, I lived in the countryside, and I often dealt with cotton spinning machines.

Later, due to work reasons, I also saw many classic cotton spinning equipment structure diagrams in books, and even visited ancient cotton spinning machines in museums.

He did not draw all the structural diagrams of cotton spinning machines, there is no need for that, only the most classic ones will do.

The first is the cotton spinning machine, that is, the machine that spins cotton into thread.He drew two kinds: one is the oldest kind that can only spin one thread, this kind of structure is simple and cheap, suitable for home use.

At that time, John Bull's cotton cloth sold well all over the world, but they were helpless in the face of small family workshops in China. In the end, they had no choice but to launch the Opium War.

Another is the famous spinning jenny, a machine that is very suitable for industrialized mass production.The John Bull family's cotton cloth dumped this kind of machine all over the world.

Then there is the loom, the machine that weaves the spun cotton thread into cloth.This Yueshan directly copied the flying shuttle loom. Its biggest advantage is that it can be operated by a single person, and the weaving is wider and faster.

The spinning jenny and shuttle loom combine to give John Bull wings.Now, these wings belong to Datang.

In ancient times, the shortage of fabrics was a worldwide problem. As long as fabrics can be produced, there is no reason why they cannot be sold.If the price is cheap, it is the best-selling product in the world.

Let's put it this way, in ancient times cloth was a hard currency harder than gold and silver.There are some places where you can't buy anything with gold, but you can go anywhere with cloth and you won't starve.

Yue Shan and Bao Dalin came to the backyard together and saw the finished product in a certain big house.Looking at this cotton spinning machine, which is almost exactly the same as the later generations, he felt cordial and a little excited.

"Have you tried it, how is it?" Yue Shan asked.

"Mother, show Da Lang quickly." Bao Dalin said to the old woman beside him.

This old woman is Bao Dalin's mother-in-law, known as Aunt Bao.

Mrs. Bao said quickly: "It works, it works very well." As she spoke, she sat in front of the single-person spinning machine, shaking the handle with one hand, and holding a bunch of cotton wool with the other.

With the buzzing sound, her hand holding the cotton wool shook like ramen noodles, and the thin white threads were quickly entangled into cotton spindles.

"Okay, okay." Yue Shan couldn't close his mouth with joy.After Mrs. Bao finished spinning the cotton in her hands, he asked, "What about the multi-head spinning machine? Is it also easy to use?"

"That one works better. It spins very fast, but it's a little troublesome to operate. It's better to use the one-headed one for one person." Mrs. Bao replied.

"The multi-head itself is not for one person." Yue Shan said simply and came to the loom, and found that half a piece of cloth had already been woven with threads.

When he saw the half piece of cloth, he knew that there was no need to look at it, the loom was easy to use, but he let Mrs. Bao sit on it and weave for a while.

Listening to the familiar 'clang bang bang' sound of the loom, Yue Shan's eyes were a little moist.These are all childhood memories. I thought I would never hear them again, but I didn’t expect to hear them again after traveling to more than 1000 years ago.

"Ms. Bao, take someone to study this machine carefully. It is not enough to weave the cloth, but also to make the cloth beautiful and durable. Half of the cotton in the warehouse is handed over to you. Study hard, and you will be rewarded for the results. .”

"Don't worry Dalang, I know my wife, I will not let you down."

"The remaining cotton is made into quilts and cotton clothes. The best fabrics must be used. I will give them away."

"Here." Madam Bao's eyes lit up and she became excited.

If you use the best fabrics and give them away, you will definitely have a share in the palace. It is a great honor for the clothes you make to be sent to the palace to be worn by saints and empresses.

As for how she guessed it... There is no need to guess, Li Shimin and his wife have come to Yueshan's house too often, and everyone in the house has seen them many times.He also knew that whenever Yue Shan came up with something new, he would send a copy to the palace.

This time, it is also emphasized that the best fabrics should be used, which will definitely be sent to the palace.

She guessed right, these cotton-padded quilts and quilts Yue Shan was indeed going to give a few sets to the palace, and the rest of Beijing's respectable people, including people with better relationships, would give one set.

The purpose is very simple. If you want to promote cotton planting as soon as possible, the best way is to start from the top.As long as high-level officials see its benefits, it can be promoted nationwide with one order.

After explaining the matter of cotton spinning, Yue Shan devoted himself to "The Analects of Confucius" again.

The influence of justice caused by the Analects of Confucius is growing. At the beginning, some people used He Yan's "Analects of Confucius" and Huang Kan's "Lunyu Shu" as analogies, but soon fewer people did so.

Gradually, few people mentioned these two books in the chats and exchanges, and people must talk about "The Analects of Confucius" when talking about it.Yueshan's knowledge was also officially recognized by everyone, and it was called Yuexue or Xinxue.

Longshoushan Academy is also rising, and countless scholars who seek innovation and change regard it as a holy place for Confucianism and new learning.

Many scholars who dismissed Longshoushan Academy in the past and did not take the entrance examination regretted it.Everyone knows that it will be even more difficult to get into Longshoushan Academy in the future.

Yue Shan's reputation reached a peak, which means that the busy season is coming, and countless people come to him to discuss knowledge.Some people he can refuse, some people must accept.

Not to mention, there are a lot of people in front of him who he can't refuse-members of the big dictionary compilation team.These are all representative figures of one side's theory, and rejecting them is equivalent to rejecting a large number of figures.

Therefore, each of these people must be personally received by Yueshan.

Fortunately, Li Gang was there. He used his qualifications to suppress people and divided more than a hundred people into ten groups.Although Yue Shan's reception was a bit tiring, it saved a lot of time.

The people in the compilation team of the Great Dictionary are easy to talk about, but it is not easy to entertain the great Confucians outside.Others came alone, so you can't tell them, you wait, gather ten people together to see me.

If that's the case, he doesn't have to mess around.

And in order to promote the Analects of Confucius justice and publicize the new learning faster, he has to give as many public lectures as possible to explain the meaning to more people.

After a rough calculation, he will not be idle for the next three months or so.

Yue Shan didn't feel bored or tired. When a person is really doing something he is interested in, he will not feel this kind of emotion.

Instead, the change is to enjoy a little more.

Now Yue Shan enjoys this kind of academic exchange with people even more.

(End of this chapter)