In this era of low productivity, the first thing the people at the bottom have to solve is the problem of survival, and food and clothing can be said to be the first two most basic problems to be solved by human survival, so there is a saying that "life is a life, food and clothing are two things", from this point of view, the invention of the water-powered spinning machine is of great significance.

Thinking of this, Zeng Qisheng walked quickly to Zhao Shizhen's side, bowed to him solemnly and saluted: "Mr. Zhao, please accept the student's worship, Mr. Zhao can invent such an artifact, it is really the blessing of millions of people in my Ming Dynasty, its merit can be compared to Dayu's water control, Shennong's taste of herbs, will be famous in history, forever in the annals of history!" ……”

Zhao Shizhen was stunned for a moment, waved his hand again and again, and said: "The old man doesn't dare to be greedy, this water-powered spinning machine was invented by my family, and the old man is just painting a scoop according to the gourd......"

Zeng Qisheng turned his head to look at Guo Zhiyuan with a shocked face, and was about to come over and bow to Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan touched his nose a little embarrassed, he couldn't tell Zeng Qisheng that I was also plagiarizing, if you want to worship, go and worship the Englishman Arkwright, it's not right, Arkwright will not be born yet. However, he also knew that in order for Zeng Qisheng to be loyal to him, he had to be completely convinced. Forcing Diyun waved his hand lightly and said: "Mr. Zeng doesn't have to be like this, this little trick is nothing ......"

Zeng Qisheng only thought that Guo Zhiyuan was modest, and insisted on bowing to Guo Zhiyuan, but Zhao Shizhen on the side laughed and said: "Qisheng, you should save the province, my family has a lot of whimsical ideas, he also invented the hydraulic loom, the hydraulic forging hammer, the four-wheeled carriage and bicycle you saw along the way were all invented by him, how many bows do you have to bow?" ……”

Hearing Zhao Shizhen say this, Zeng Qisheng just gave up, but his gaze at Guo Zhiyuan was different from before, before he could only be regarded as respectful to Guo Zhiyuan, but at this time he worshipped, thinking that no wonder Zhang Cheng said that Guo Zhiyuan was like a god, Guo Zhiyuan not only Wen Taowu is far beyond ordinary people, but also has the talent of the world, and can also invent such an artifact for the benefit of the people, Zeng Qisheng is also considered to be a scholar of the past, but I can't think of any historical celebrity who can have such a ability to turn decay into magic, isn't it just like a god?

Looking at Zeng Qisheng, who was full of admiration and looking at himself, Guo Zhiyuan knew that there was one more talent in his team who was desperately loyal to him, in fact, Guo Zhiyuan also knew that it was necessary to engage in a cult of personality, but he also had to admit that before he was strong enough, this kind of personality cult was the best way to ensure the cohesion of his team. However, because of their blind worship of themselves, no one can dissuade and correct them, and their power will collapse overnight. But at least for now, he needs to achieve absolute control of the team, so as to ensure that his grand plan for Dongfan can be quickly advanced and executed, and there will be no internal friction to cause resistance.

Coming out of the textile workshop, Guo Zhiyuan and his entourage continued to walk downstream of the Tamsui River along the embankment, approaching the estuary where the Tamsui River joins the sea, and the river surface became wider and wider, at this time Zeng Qisheng couldn't help but exclaim, because he saw a patch of water ducks and grass geese on the beach of the Tamsui River in front of him, or frolicking and getting lost in the shallow water, or strolling on the river beach, the sound of "quack" was endless, and the number of them was more than 100,000!

No wonder Zeng Qisheng will be so surprised, Dongfan is lonely overseas, the general living materials can be purchased in the inland and then transported to Dongfan by ship, but it is not easy to transport such living creatures like chickens, ducks, and geese from the inland to Dongfan, the sea is stormy, and even people can take a boat to go so far by sea are a little unbearable, not to mention poultry, to transport poultry, livestock and other living animals from the inland to Dongfan, I am afraid that more than half of the way will die, then the cost is high, perhaps in order to enrich the species structure of Dongfan, you can transport a small amount of poultry regardless of loss, Livestock came over, but such a huge number of live birds was absolutely impossible, so how did Guo Zhiyuan turn so many live birds out?

The breeding industry in this era is very backward, ordinary people are rare to eat meat a few times a year, that is, to raise a few poultry at home, but also to lay eggs to sell for money, they are reluctant to eat, the reason is very simple, the grain production of this era is low, people are not full, where is the grain to feed poultry and livestock, if only rely on poultry to forage for food, poultry and do not grow meat, raising is also for nothing.

Another reason is that the reproduction rate of poultry is slow, and the poultry reproduction of this era is still in the stage of reproduction by the natural hatching of eggs by hens, so that the speed is naturally not fast, and it is impossible to have the conditions for a large number of concentrated breeding. In the war between the Central Plains and the nomads in the history of China, the Central Plains was in a weak position most of the time, because the nomads were able to consume a large amount of meat, and their physical fitness was much stronger than that of the Central Plains people who mainly ate rice and pasta, so even if the nomads lagged behind the Central Plains in terms of culture and economy, they had more advantages in fighting.

Guo Zhiyuan wants to change the fate of the nation, naturally he will not forget the great enemy of the northern slaves, he immigrated 300,000 immigrants from the inland to Dongfan, these immigrants are poor households with poor families who cannot eat enough, and his physical fitness can be imagined, and he wants to build a city and build Dongfan, these immigrants have to engage in heavy manual labor, so he must not only ensure that these immigrants can eat enough, but also improve their dietary structure, be able to eat meat, so as to gradually improve their physical fitness.

To let the immigrants eat meat, it is necessary to develop the breeding industry, pig breeding is one thing, but pig breeding or other large-scale livestock breeding to develop takes time, can only take it slowly, but poultry breeding is more effective, as a traverser, Guo Zhiyuan of course knows how primitive the means of breeding only with hens naturally hatching eggs, as long as the eggs are placed in a space that meets the conditions of their incubation temperature, humidity, etc., without hen hatching, young birds can still break out of the shell, this is not a high-tech, In modern times, even the old farmers with little education know the principle of incubating chickens, ducklings, and geese.

Of course, there is no electricity in this era, but Guo Zhiyuan can still do it if he wants to get a constant temperature hatchery house, and the food needed for poultry growth is also very easy to solve, the small fish and shrimp in the river, and the mud snails on the beach are countless, and there is no need to use precious grain to raise, and the growth rate is fast, no, it has been less than two months since the first batch of young birds hatched, and Guo Zhiyuan's poultry "army" has developed to the scale of 100,000!