Ancient Chinese wool spinning technology was very prosperous during the Han and Tang dynasties.

Sheep breeds and looms were transmitted from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, and the textile technology of the Central Plains was also transmitted back to the Western Regions, and long-term exchanges and promotions were promoted, so that the textile technology of the two places developed rapidly.

The wooden bow used to play cotton was first used to play wool!

It is a pity that five generations later, the Central Plains and the Western Regions have been cut off for a long time. The Yuan Dynasty was a great fusion for a period of time, but the rebellion of the kings of the northwest, the internal strife of the Chagatai Khan, the ethnic groups in Xinjiang were changed, and various traditional crafts were almost cut off. In the Ming Dynasty, Xinjiang and Central Asia continued to war, encountering several Sudans who only knew how to rob but did not produce, coupled with the interruption of trade and exchanges, which directly brought the woolen technology in Xinjiang back to the primitive society.

Today's Turpan, Hami and other places are widely used to play wool with leather ropes. The wool ejected by this process can only be used to make felt, and even the blanket is a little rough.

There are also excellent craftsmen who can spin wool yarn, but they need two people to cooperate and twist it by hand, and the wool yarn spun is of different thicknesses. Only top craftsmen can spin fine wool yarn, but the yield rate is ultra-low and the efficiency is very impressive.

Turpan.

Ra Kanghan looked at the working carding machine, his eyes were shining with gold, and he said excitedly: "With this kind of machine, you can produce gold every day!" ”

"It's okay." Wang Yuan was a little disappointed.

This kind of desktop carding machine, which was available in Britain decades ago, belongs to the abandoned things of the industrial revolution.

The wool in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains cannot be combed because it is all short wool. Although Wang Yuan added a combing function to the carding machine, it was only a "fake combing", so that the wool combed out was slightly more uniform.

As for the wool spinning machine, the cotton spinning machine is directly moved, and wool is actually better than cotton for spinning. However, local changes must be made, and if the spinning wheel is too heavy and too large, the spun wool yarn will be particularly coarse and uneven. Wang Yuan experimented with the students on the optimal quality and size of the spinning wheel more than ten times, and finally came up with the most suitable data.

Wang Yuan and the students had never been exposed to wool spinning, and everything was improved by the machines moved from Gansu.

Well, the wool textile industry in Gansu in the Ming Dynasty was far more developed than in Xinjiang and Mongolia! Some of the technologies were transmitted from Central Asia in the Yuan Dynasty, and exchanges between the East and the West were very frequent at that time.

The change of the loom is not very big, and the loom used is the one over there in Tianjin!

Carding machine, spinning machine, loom, these three kinds of machines can be taken out, and Turpan can be built into a textile center in the Western Regions. It is possible to purchase wool not only from the northern and southern parts of the Tien Shan Mountains, but also from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan even after the population is abundant and production is expanded.

Where do workers go?

Wang Yuan burned and looted, and captured more than 30,000 women. It was distributed to the various ministries, and there were more than 10,000 left, and most of them belonged to war widows.

Let's put it this way, the bachelors who immigrated from Shaanxi can directly assign wives, which can be regarded as promoting ethnic integration.

Just by waiting for the craftsmen to make the machines and provide these women with pre-job training, huge spinning mills and spinning mills can be built. Even, Wang Yuan was still studying knitting techniques, and then taught these women to knit sweaters.

"Mr. Wang," Zhu Dangshu asked, "Are you asking for too few shares in these factories?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "A lot, I only invest in technology, and the rest is to pick up money for nothing." ”

Wang Yuan decided to set up a joint-stock company, with Xiliang Wang Zhu Dangshu accounting for 40% of the shares, Guanxi Qiwei, Yamulan, Yibuci, Bu'er's child, and Xiaoliebald accounting for 40% of the shares, and the cheap old man Lai Han accounting for 5% of the shares, and the remaining 15% of the shares were owned by Wang Yuan.

Once the factory is booming and becomes the hen that lays golden eggs, these tribes will form an alliance of interests with the King of Xiliang.

Wang Yuan simply said directly to the northern and southern departments of the Tianshan Mountains, if anyone dares to attack the idea of the factory, gather together to attack Turpan, Zhu Dangshu, the king of Xiliang, will burn down the factory! When the time comes, everyone will not want to make money.

In order to protect Turpan, even in the face of the invasion of the Yarkand Khanate, the various ministries had to send troops to support, because everyone suffered from the loss of Turpan.

"General Wang, more than 100,000 Tatar troops, enter Kouyansui and Ningxia!" A fast horse galloped in.

When Wang Yuan received the news, he finally remembered that he was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and one of his duties was to defend the Shaanxi-Gansu border.

But it's too late now.

The little Mongolian prince sent troops in the autumn, ran to the Ming Dynasty to loot, and withdrew his troops before the wind and snow came. And Wang Yuan is far away in the Western Regions, and when he goes to the front line, it is estimated that the little Mongolian prince will return to the grassland for the winter.

Wang Yuan ignored this military situation, ran to Zhu Dangshu's palace to eat mutton, and by the way, called the palace governor Shi Zhang Zigao as well.

"The immigrants have all been settled, right?" Wang Yuan asked.

Zhang Zigao said: "It's just a temporary settlement, and there are still many things to do in the future." ”

Wang Yuan said: "If you don't have a wife, whether you want to or not, assign them a woman to marry." As long as you can speak Chinese, the children born are Han Chinese. ”

Zhang Zigao said: "There are still too few bachelors, and we have captured too many Turpan women. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Then let them have wives and concubines, even Han people who are already married, and they can also give them concubines." Anyway, we must make the Han people in Turpan faster, as long as there is enough food, everyone can give birth to a bunch of them. ”

Zhu Dangshu immediately smiled: "These Shaanxi immigrants are also created, they are dying of starvation in their hometown, and they can have wives and concubines when they come to the Western Regions." ”

Wang Yuan said to the two: "All parts of Turpan will try to encourage intermarriage among all ethnic groups in the future. You can even make a rule, as long as it is an interracial marriage, you can reduce taxes for three years after giving birth to an heir! When the time comes, you have me, I have you, and the risk of rebellion is much less. ”

"That's a good idea." Zhang Zigao nodded in approval.

Zhu Dangshu suddenly asked: "Will President Wang return to Beijing after the beginning of spring?" ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "Where can I wait for the beginning of spring?" I'm going to leave in a few days. ”

Zhu Dangshu said: "It's snowing." ”

"The wind and snow are unhindered." Wang Yuan has stayed enough in Turpan and wants to go home early to accompany his wife.

In the past few months, Wang Yuan has visited many places.

He went to see the Flame Mountain, and he looked at the coal fields over there, but the mining cost was too high. Because most of the places close to the oasis are in a state of spontaneous combustion, humans and animals cannot withstand the high temperature. Coal has to be mined far away in the Gobi region, and it is nonsense to want to mine and use it without the support of the railway.

According to the exploration results of later generations, the coal reserves of this coalfield rank first in Asia, and seventy percent of them are ready for open-pit mining!

Alas, let's go to Shanxi to play one day, and I don't know what progress the development of the steam engine in the capital has reached.

Wang Yuan returned to the residence after eating and drinking, and Xiangxiang immediately came over to undress and take off his boots.

"Husband, will you rest now?" Xiangxiang can already speak Chinese, but only for daily communication, and the accent is particularly strange, with a hint of mutton skewers.

Wang Yuan said, "I'll read the book for a while. ”

The book was borrowed from Zhang Zigao, who used to have many books, and only took one copy of "Zizhi Tongjian" with him when he fled for his life.

By the way, except for the Chinese character books, Wang Yuan burned all the books in the territory. This move even provoked some people to rebel, Wang Yuan personally led troops to quell the chaos, and killed thousands of people, which can be regarded as the Western Regions version of "book burning and pit Confucianism".

Xiangxiang sat quietly next to her, in a daze for a while, and suddenly remembered to make tea for Wang Yuan, and then began to practice calligraphy by candlelight.

Well, at the beginning of people, nature is good, and Xiangxiang is learning the "Three Character Classic".

After reading a "Tongjian", Wang Yuan closed the book, and Xiangxiang immediately came over to serve, blushing and helping him remove his clothes.

Next, naturally, roll the sheets.

Wang Yuan couldn't wait to go back, and one of the big reasons was that because the water source here was insufficient, he had to take a bath every few days. I often eat mutton and dairy products, and the smell on my body is so heavy, I feel uncomfortable when I pop.