Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1255 Xishan Speed

  After hearing this, Wang Jinyuan felt a little stressed.

"this…"

  He hesitated, and saw Fang Jifan looking at him with a smile.

  This smile is very kind, fully showing Fang Jifan's kind heart on his face.

  Wang Jinyuan gritted his teeth: "The little one understands, the young master treats the little one with great kindness, and the little one must... work hard to do things beautifully."

  Fang Jifan nodded and nodded: "That's it, do you know why I like you and always treat you as my own son? It's because you, Wang Jinyuan, are very close to my heart."

  The first textile workshop has started to get busy.

  The artisans here are well treated.

  They are all experienced and willing to endure hardships and stand hard work.

  The huge steam engine is started. It takes time and effort to burn and stop the steam engine. Therefore, in order to ensure production and reduce waste, it only takes twelve hours to run continuously.

  The stove was stained, and thick smoke billowed from the chimney.

  For the entire long line, Fang Jifan adopted the method of the production line of later generations, dividing the entire production line into several processes, and each person is only responsible for one process.

  This method can allow a worker to quickly familiarize himself with his position in a very short period of time, and greatly improve his efficiency.

  The huge steam machine began to roar.

  Countless shuttles began to spin crazily.

Although the transmission is a steam engine, the textile machine is an improved version of the Jenny textile machine. Immediately afterwards, the rows of spindles began to rotate, and quickly, the drawn silk began to change continuously with the rotation of the spindles. get thicker...

The operation of the assembly line ensures that the craftsmen can familiarize themselves with their positions. The powerful transmission force brought by the steam engine can make the machine work without sleep, while the transformation of the textile machine and the flying shuttle ensure that a textile machine can exceed four hours. The productivity of ten old looms.

  Because the machine cannot be shut down at night, the most troublesome thing about the night shift is the problem of lighting.

At this time, candles and oil lamps are still used to light the lamps, even if the fires are covered with glass covers. In this cotton spinning workshop, because there are too many combustible materials, there are many cotton wools floating in the air. It is very easy to cause a catastrophe.

   Right now, it is difficult to find a good solution for the time being, but... There is no solution at all. There are many glass windows around the workshop, and after that, piles of bonfires are lit outside the glass windows.

  After the bonfire, place a glass mirror.

  In this way, the fire light is directly shot into the workshop through the transparent window by the glass mirror.

  The light reflected from all directions illuminates the workshop at night.

  Because the open fire is placed outside the workshop, and there are special people watching it, it is enough to ensure safety.

  In this first cotton spinning workshop, almost day and night.

  The technicians of the Steam Research Institute even stayed directly with Zhu Houzhao to solve possible problems at any time. In addition to maintenance, they were more likely to find ways to improve the textile machines during the production process.

  After seven or eight days, new textile machines continued to be added to the factory building.

  Even...Zhu Houzhao was in a nearby factory building and ordered someone to build a chimney.

  Countless cotton is spun, produced, and then piled into nearby warehouses.

  Fang Jifan also comes here often, he likes the feeling of being in the workshop.

  Women workers are often shy and terrified when they meet strange men.

  Fang Jifan put on a pair of toad mirrors to avoid their embarrassment, which is very reasonable.

   And in order to show that he is a decent person, it seems reasonable to wear a big gold chain.

   Besides, Fang Jifan is a person who attaches great importance to the concept of time. He has a big gold pocket watch in his pocket, and he opens it with a bang to see the time. Isn't this reasoning still untenable?

  Zhu Houzhao is different. The workshop is a bit hot because of the steam. He likes to wear a small gown, exposing the muscles of his arms, and drinking.

  Fang Jifan sometimes really despises Zhu Houzhao, this guy...if he wasn't the prince, he would have lost his descendants.

  His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan often come here, so Wang Jinyuan dares not neglect him, so he cheers up and comes to take care of him every day.

  He is a merchant, he does not care about technical issues, he only cares about how much cotton, how much fabric can be spun, what is the daily output, and how to arrange production.

  A courtyard wall was set up around the cotton spinning workshop, and the courtyard gate was guarded by special personnel.

   On the one hand, it is to ensure the safety of the female workers. After all, if they come into contact with strange men, they will inevitably feel uncomfortable.

But Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao are different, Fang Jifan is not bragging, at least in Xishan, the reputation of the prince and himself is still very good, everyone calls himself benevolent, and regards himself and the prince as moral models, the two of them come and go at will, No one would gossip about it.

   Scum like Wang Jinyuan is different. When going in and out, there will be a special old lady following him, just to guard against him.

  Fang Jifan looked at these female workers and felt emotional in his heart. He said to Zhu Houzhao: "Look at them, all of them are ingenious. I can see their hearts from their appearance."

  Zhu Houzhao stared at the female worker's appearance: "Why can't I see it?"

Fang Jifan pointed at a female worker at a work station. This female worker had jet-black braids and a good-looking complexion. Fang Jifan said: "Look, her heart is very beautiful at first glance. The stretched willow eyebrows show that she is beautiful. There is nothing wrong with her heart; look at the big watery eyes, the eyes are the windows of the soul, it can be seen that she has a kind heart, look at her white teeth, it can be seen that she often takes care of her, she is a diligent girl; Her lips... her..."

  Zhu Houzhao stared at him: "According to this, I have already seen seventeen ingenious, kind and diligent girls."

  Fang Jifan glared at him: "Don't have dirty thoughts!"

  Zhu Houzhao wanted to strangle this **** brother-in-law to death.

Fang Jifan immediately said: "I mean, look at these female workers, what kind of girls they are, but it's a pity that most of them can't read big characters. If the girls can read, that would be even better, otherwise , Let’s organize people to run a cram school, called Xishan Kaimeng Tutorial Class, in the workshop, invite some literacy, teach them literacy, and learn arithmetic.”

   "Will it delay production?"

  Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back: "Anyway, they work in three shifts, and they can't be idle all the time. These women who are willing to come out to work are precious assets. Only by making them better than others, others will follow suit."

  Fang Jifan said, and yelled at Wang Jinyuan: "Dog thing..."

  Wang Jinyuan trotted over quickly, Fang Jifan attached to his ear, and whispered a few words.

   "I understand, I understand, the young master is really wise, it can be said that he is farsighted and far-sighted."

"roll!"

  Wang Jinyuan immediately felt relieved when he heard the words, and nodded cheerfully: "The little one must be done, it must be done."

  Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back, and said immediately: "Later, let's go take inventory, now time is running out, don't let Your Majesty make fun of us."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded, and couldn't help feeling: "Old Fang, I found that you are still very righteous."

  ...

  Kunning Palace.

  The sky is already dark.

  Emperor Hongzhi drove here, and from a distance, he heard the clicking sound of the loom.

  Emperor Hongzhi felt warm when he heard this voice.

  The empress is virtuous, this is my blessing.

  He stepped into the bedroom.

  But I saw Queen Zhang sitting next to the loom, and the female doctor Liang Ruying beside her was also helping with spinning.

  Queen Zhang pulled out the silk one by one from the loom with familiar hands. Behind her, the **** said: "Your Majesty is here."

  Empress Zhang didn't stand up, she was still concentrating, while Emperor Hongzhi hurried to Empress Zhang and said, "It's so late, why are you still..."

  Empress Zhang's face was cold.

  I think that at the beginning, Emperor Hongzhi wanted the palace to set an example and practice strict thrift. As a queen, Empress Zhang naturally weaved cloth herself.

   But later, when Emperor Hongzhi had money, he was so terrified that he ordered people to remove all the looms.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, the money in Emperor Hongzhi's stock market fell to the bottom all of a sudden, and he said to people that it is better to be more frugal in the palace. There are so many eyes and ears in the palace, can't you understand this?

  Although the stock price is skyrocketing again now, Empress Zhang has accumulated a lot of anger in her heart, so she simply continued to weave. She especially remembered, when the child Princess Taikang... secretly said to herself when she entered the palace, His Majesty said that she was useless and a useless woman.

  Even though Empress Zhang didn't turn against Emperor Hongzhi immediately, she has always thought about it.

OK.

   Didn’t you say that Ben Gong is useless? Didn't you, Zhu Youtang, lose all the money in your family, and you began to imply that this palace should practice strict frugality and set an example for the world?

   That will weave.

   "Why is Your Majesty here?" Queen Zhang said calmly.

  Liang Ruying realized that His Majesty was coming, so she took a few steps back and saluted.

  Emperor Hongzhi grasped Empress Zhang's fragrant shoulders with both embarrassing hands behind him, and said, "It's getting late...I see..."

"This is impossible. Although there is silver in the palace now, your Majesty, if there are so many people here and there, if all of them are useless, how much money will be wasted. The concubine is the head of the harem. As an example, the courtiers and concubines are weaving here. The female officials and people in the palaces are now following suit. Even the female doctors are weaving. There are thousands of people up and down. How much money was saved in the palace. Your Majesty...you see, this is woven by concubines during the day, okay?"

   There are half a horse in full.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help holding Empress Zhang's hand, and there was a small callus on the palm of the hand. Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: "Oh, this is what the servants do. You can take a rest, it doesn't have to be like this."

  …

  Chapter 3 was delivered, it was announced yesterday, and it will be updated as usual today, so it’s a break, and it will start tomorrow. Four changes every day.

  (end of this chapter)