"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the little girl Ding Jie."

Ding Wei laughed, he was displaced in his early years and was arrested to serve in the army one after another, but he never thought that his wife would bring up a pair of children.

Zhu Cijiong looked at it carefully, and saw that this woman was quite tall, converted into the size of the next generation, I am afraid that it will be about 1.65 meters.

Although this height is only an upper-average woman in later generations, in this era, she is very tall.

Even, Zhang Yan, who is already outstanding, is afraid that when she arrives in front of her, she is afraid that it will reach her eyebrows.

Seeing that His Majesty and her father said the same, Ding Jie gradually became bolder, she looked Zhu Cijiong up and down, covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Your Majesty is also an ordinary person!"

Zhang raised his eyebrows, and was about to scold, who knew that Zhu Cijiong actually laughed.

"You little girl, it's quite interesting, tell me, where am I like ordinary people? What is different from ordinary people? ”

Ding Wei originally heard his daughter's bold words, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and before he could scold his daughter, he heard His Majesty follow his daughter's words and ask.

He raised his head slightly, glanced at Zhu Cijiong, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, and then looked at his daughter.

Although his daughter can be regarded as very beautiful, Ding Wei thinks that she still can't be regarded as one in a thousand, and even one in a thousand is reluctant.

The daughter is too tall, and this is the biggest bruise.

When this child was a child, it was the time of national turmoil, and it was the time to change his teeth, but he didn't take care of it, which made Ding Jie's front teeth a little untidy.

With these two things alone, Ding Wei knew that if his daughter went to the draft, first of all, if her posture was not right, she would be brushed off.

This time, he was transferred to Qifeng Mountain as Fang Zheng, because it was too far away from Nanyang, and it was because His Majesty specially favored the craftsmen who allowed them to work here and brought their families.

Just now, Ding Jie was very interested in a debugged hydraulic oil press, and was holding a small stick, constantly poking at the rolled oil cakes.

How do you know that His Majesty's guards came to inform him to take over.

Unexpectedly, Ding Jie also came along.

At this time, looking at His Majesty's attitude, it seems that there is a lot to be expected!

……

Hearing Zhu Cijiong's words, Ding Jie chuckled and pointed at the hem of his clothes: "Your Majesty's clothes are the same as the soldiers, they are all stained with mud, doesn't this mean that Your Majesty is the same as ordinary people?" ”

Zhu Cijiong looked down, isn't it, the mud bounced from the horse's hooves stuck to the hem of his clothes, pants, and boots.

"What about what makes me different from ordinary people?"

Zhu Cijiong has not spoken to someone like this for a long time.

Because of the identity of the original owner, even Zhang Yan had never been so easy to talk to him.

For more than two years, seeing someone see him and be able to talk to him so equally, Zhu Cijiong felt as if he was in a different world.

"Your Majesty thinks I'm stupid?"

Ding Jie tilted her head.

……

Zhu Cijiong chuckled.

This girl is not very beautiful, at most she is just a first-class asset.

It's just that she has a different flavor on her body.

Xu was the reason why Ding Wei caused the orphans and widows to suffer in his early years, and he loved her very much.

made this Ding Jie have a lively personality and developed a straightforward personality in clothes.

Ding Wei is a scholar, I heard him say that he is still a scholar who is about to be admitted to Xiucai, if it were not for Zhang Xianzhong's military disaster and was captured by Zuo Liangyu, his family would have become a squire.

Under Ding Wei's teaching, Ding Jie was also literate and literate, and even dabbled in a subset of scriptures and histories.

Zhu Cijiong laughed, but he didn't answer Ding Jie's words, and walked straight forward with everyone.

"Your Majesty, you haven't answered me yet!" Ding Jie stomped his feet.

It was Zhu Cijiong's chuckle that answered him......

……

On this side of the waterfall of Qifeng Mountain, the peak starts from the middle of the mountain, and nearly 100 waterwheels have been built here at the foot of the mountain.

Each waterwheel drives an iron shaft to rotate, and at the end of the iron shaft, it is connected to a huge house.

A creaking sound came from inside the house.

"Your Majesty!"

Ding Wei pointed to the huge waterwheel on the mountainside: "The twenty waterwheels at the front are owned by the cotton spinning side. ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded, this is the drawing he handed over to Zhang Siyuan.

The spindles of Jenny's spinning machine have been increased to 100 spindles of cotton yarn at the same time.

However, this also brings a disadvantage - whether it is human or animal power, it is a very laborious thing to run so many spindles at the same time.

It happened that the firearms workshop needed to use a hydraulic forging press, so Zhu Cijiong took out the drawings of the hydraulic loom.

"How's the experiment? Can it be used? ”

In fact, the use of hydraulic machinery by the Chinese people has long been comprehensive.

For example, Du Mu's water row, the water mill of Pi Zu Chongzhi, the water mill used to scoop rice, and even the physical picture of the water-powered spinning machine on the agricultural book!

……

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a "water transport instrument elephant platform".

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the astronomer Zhang Sixun improved the advantages of the automatic time signaling device; In terms of mechanical structure, the mechanical principles such as waterwheels, cylinder cars, orange trees, cams and balance levers used by the people are adopted to gather the observation, demonstration and time signaling equipment to form a whole and become an automated observatory.

……

After every technological peak in Huaxia, it will be interrupted by aliens.

The longer he has been in this era, the more Zhu Cijiong can't understand what a certain department in the future is doing?

In the midst of the hustle and bustle......

……

He decided to gather most of the machines that run hydraulically here in the Seven Peaks Mountain.

It's not that he has any habits, but this Seven Peaks Mountain is really an excellent place for a hydraulic workshop.

Ding Wei smiled and saw his nose and eyes: "Your Majesty just rest assured, not only the water-powered spinning machine and loom can already be put into use, but even the oil extraction and forging have been tried and tested, which is completely feasible!" ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and accompanied by everyone, the water workshops looked over one by one.

Sure enough, just like Ding Wei said, these hydraulic machinery is indeed not difficult, and at this time, most of the workshops have begun to operate.

"How many waterwheels can be arranged in this generation?"

Zhu Cijiong looked at the mostly vacant river and asked.

Ding Wei pointed to the long river: "Your Majesty, the locals call this place Qixingtan, and it is said that a section of more than 30 miles long has a significant drop. ”

"Our forging and grinding side must be placed under the waterfall, and in addition to that, most of the rivers can be accommodated for those small machinery such as oil extraction, weaving, and rice cooking."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and he stopped at the long station: "Every place suitable for building a waterwheel, you have completed it for me!" ”

"But Your Majesty, we don't need so much!" Ding Wei was very surprised.

Before coming, he specially asked Zhang Siyuan and got the data that Zhang Siyuan needed.

There are only 30 or so waterwheels on the cotton spinning side!

Zhu Cijiong's eyes narrowed.

Nanyang cotton cloth has now sold well in Henan and Hubei provinces, and even, sixty percent of the cotton cloth on the market is produced in Nanyang.

But!

That's not enough!

The production of cotton cloth should continue to expand!

As for the market......

With his improved cotton spinning machine, it has reached the pinnacle of a work, and now it has made up for the short board of power, which is almost the same as the "foreign cloth" in history.

How powerful the foreign cloth is in history, Zhu Cijiong knows.

His goal is to turn "foreign cloth" into "yang cloth"!

He believed that the Zheng family would send someone to contact him in a short time, and the Zheng family's ships would not be able to be used for smuggling, right?

……

On the other side of the waterfall, the hydraulic machinery is grinding, but instead of grain, not iron, but stone......

A kind of large bluestone that can be seen everywhere in Nanyang - limestone.

This thing is ground with clay, and then put into a furnace to burn, and the slag left over from iron smelting is ground and stirred, and a powder called "earth cement" is obtained.

That is, in the history of the rise of China, it occupies a heavy part of the soil cement.

Look at the roaring screech, piles of gravel, clay, turned into powder.

After the workers mixed the slag, they ground it again, and then packed the powder in jars, put it on a cart, and transported it to Ye County.

"How much cement is produced?"

Zhu Cijiong reached out and grabbed a handful of cement and rubbed it with his fingers.

The tentacles are delicate.

"Your Majesty, the yield of this thing is a bit low, and you can get about five hundred catties a day."

Ding Wei explained.

500 pounds......

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, five hundred catties of cement, mixed with sand, that is, 1,500 catties of mixed soil.

Pure cement construction, he didn't want to.

However, this thing is combined with the big bluestone everywhere in Nanyang, which is a good material for building a fortress.

"On the cement side, you still have to step up production!"

Zhu Cijiong opened his mouth and said: "Don't look at the victory in the Battle of Yexian, but the Qing court is still an enemy that we can't resist!" ”

Zhu Cijiong patted Ding Wei on the shoulder: "You are a scholar, your mind is lively, you should know my intention to put you here." ”

Ding Wei was not afraid: "Your Majesty respectfully obeys His Majesty's teachings. ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled: "Do things with your heart, everything you should have, I won't treat you badly!" ”

……

Early the next morning, Zhu Cijiong got up and exercised, and after breakfast, he came to the riverside accompanied by Zhang Da.

But I saw that on the bank of the Qixingtan River, the families of the workers were washing clothes.

These women, the men of the family work in the workshops, but they also have jobs.

On the cotton spinning side, women who need ingenuity are mostly working in spinning workshops and textile workshops with these family members.

"Xiaojie, who are you washing clothes for, why haven't you seen this fabric before?"

"Hehe, Aunt Liu, I won't tell you!"

Zhu Cijiong was about to leave, when suddenly a voice came into his ears.

He looked carefully and saw a figure standing out from the crowd, so conspicuous.

Because the washing clothes had to be rolled up on their sleeves, the crowd did not wear padded jackets.

On the side of the aunt who has turned into a bucket waist with a lot of children, Ding Jie's small waist, round buttocks, and chest with two brackets exposed because of squatting and squeezing are so conspicuous......

"Zhang Da?" Zhu Cijiong turned his head.

He had already seen clearly that the clothes that Ding Jie was rinsing were the ones he changed yesterday.

Zhang Da scratched his head: "Your Majesty, the army is full of old men, I saw that Your Majesty's clothes were dirty last night, so I asked Miss Ding to wash ......."

"You!"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Zhang Da's mind, he can guess.

Seeing that she had a few words with Ding Jie yesterday, she was afraid that she thought she had a plan to collect it.

Zhang Da hehe smiled.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and sighed lightly, he is not a merciless person, Zhang Yan has already given everything, he has no reason to provoke others at this time.

Although he also knew that if he wanted to walk with Zhang Yan, he would still have to go through many hardships, and even the most unbearable worldly gaze.

Zhu Cijiong was thinking of a way to break the situation, and Ding Jie had already finished washing his clothes.

"Aunt Liu, Aunt Li, wash slowly, I'll go first!"

In winter, even though the flowing water is warm, Ding Jie's hands are still red from the cold.

She was holding the basin, and as soon as she turned her head, she saw Zhu Cijiong standing not far behind her.

"Ah, Your Majesty!"

Ding Jie ran over with her clothes in her arms: "How about breakfast, is it still to taste?" ”

Last night, Daddy told her a lot about wanting to send her to His Majesty.

Although Ding Jie is shy, she also knows that for herself, this is the supreme glory.

The daughter's family is the most thoughtful, and when she saw Zhu Cijiong "specially" come to see her wash clothes, her face suddenly turned red as an apple.

Zhu Cijiong sighed lightly, but with a smile on his face:

"You made breakfast today?"

Ding Jie's face turned even redder, she nodded slightly, and her long eyelashes blinked.

Seeing that this girl's hands were already frozen, Zhu Cijiong was about to ask Zhang Da to bring his clothes over, but he never thought that this guy would retreat more than a dozen steps away.

"Let's go back quickly, it's cold in the morning, but don't catch a cold."

Zhu Cijiong naturally would not make the action of draping his clothes on Ding Jie's body - it would be even more unclear to explain.

Ding Jie was like a mosquito, and murmured in a low voice, which was regarded as an agreement.

She carried the wooden basin, followed behind Zhu Cijiong, and slowly walked towards the residence.

"Is it cold?"

A big girl with yellow flowers washed her clothes, but Zhu Cijiong couldn't be cold.

Who knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, it made the atmosphere more ambiguous.

"It's not cold."

Ding Jie reversed yesterday's lively and cheerful temperament and murmured in a low voice.

"By the way, I don't know where your hometown is?"

Zhu Cijiong asked with a smile: "I heard your father say that he was from Gucheng, but later in order to avoid Zhang Xianzhong, his family moved east. ”

Ding Jie said in a low voice: "Baishui Ding's family." ”

"What?"

Zhu Cijiong was stunned, and the expression on his face instantly became wonderful:

"You say Baijie?"

For this name, Zhu Cijiong has to say that the power is very great!

Bai Jie is a poor woman, and after graduating from the normal school, she suffered all kinds of bullying...... Boss, director, professor, wealthy businessman......