However, if you want to build a full set of textile workshops, it is not enough to have a spinning machine, but also to manufacture a loom.

The principle of the loom is mainly through the interlacing of warp and weft, the cotton thread is woven into cloth, the ancient Chinese weaving technology has developed rapidly, but the old loom is time-consuming and laborious due to the inconvenience of weaving the weft, and the width of the woven cloth is not enough.

Ordinary peasant women weave cloth at home, and it basically takes seven days to weave a piece of cloth, which can only be regarded as a supplement for the family.

Liu Ximing took Qian Ze and others to make a wooden shuttle with a small wheel, and at the same time made the wooden beam in the middle of the loom into a chute track, and installed the shuttle inside.

In addition, a shuttle box is installed on both sides of the loom, which is connected by a wooden chute track in the middle of the loom, and each shuttle box has a horizontal spindle inside, and a knot is tied to the spindle, which can be rotated with the spindle.

At the same time, a loose rope is tied to each of the knots on each side and these ropes are attached to a stick in the center of the loom, so that the weaver can control the shuttle through this stick.

When the loom needs to weave the weft, the weaver only needs to use one hand to gently flick the wooden stick in the middle of the loom, which can make the knot slide and drive the shuttle, and the shuttle shuttles quickly on the track to make the weft yarn pass through the warp, so that even the wider cloth only needs one weaver to complete the entire weft threading work.

Historically, the flying shuttle loom was invented first, and then because the spinning speed could not keep up with the speed of weaving, the Jenny spinning machine was invented.

In order to keep it secret, Liu Ximing ordered the craftsman to seal the place where the chute track in the middle of the loom could be sealed as much as possible, and if you want to get the secret inside, you must disassemble it, so that the movement is relatively large.

"Let's find a few people to test it out"

Liu Ximing couldn't bear it anymore at this time, making money was like saving his life, so he quickly arranged for the workshop to send a few skilled female workers to come over for on-site production.

Liu Chen and others also ran over to see the strange when they heard the news, only to see a few female workers under the guidance of Liu Ximing kept tinkering with a few new machines in front of them, and after waiting for a long time, several people finally learned the operation method roughly and began to fiddle with it quickly.

A group of people were immediately stunned, Liu Chen, Aunt Wu and a few other people who were used to weaving couldn't help but step forward and touch the east and west, Liu Chen kept smacking his lips and said: "This thing looks not much different from the method we usually use, how can it be woven so fast?" ”

Liu Ximing smiled proudly, pointed to these machines and said: "These machines seem simple, but they are actually quite mysterious, and now there are such utensils at home, and two thousand people can feed them." ”

"My son is right, and this is because you have always had the people in mind, and God has given you such talents."

Of course, Liu Chen praised her son in front of everyone, and the folds of her smile came out, and she also had a strong sense of pride in her heart.

Liu Ximing saw that Yu Yongkai and other officers were all standing aside, and immediately pulled them over and said: "I have neglected to discipline you these days, I heard that some of you have read too much, and you have also begun to learn the way that the corrupt Confucians only know empty talk and despise hundreds of workers. ”

Yu Yongkai was a little embarrassed for a moment, and he immediately bowed down and admitted his mistake: "Recently, some people have these thoughts, and they don't want to alarm the second brother, so I will clean them up when I go down." ”

Liu Ximing snorted coldly, to be honest, he didn't expect that these people had learned and learned, and they had learned this set of things again, where would they still use Yongkai to clean up, he immediately said loudly:

"Let you read and read so that you can learn the ability to do things, not just let you learn those rotten Confucians who talk about every day, those people only know what kind of righteousness and morality they talk about all day long, but they do not benefit the livelihood of the people in the world."

"Today, I will teach you the righteousness of the world, the sage cloud: knowledge of things, sincerity and righteousness, self-cultivation and family, governing the country and leveling the world. But few people can understand the true meaning, in my opinion, the sage has long said clearly, all learning starts from Gewu, the so-called Gewu, is to study the truth of all things in depth, and then according to these principles to cultivate oneself or make utensils for the convenience of the people, such as these instruments you see today, the people's family can support a few families, this is not much better than the empty talk of reason? But these things, if there is no help from people who are proficient in all kinds of work, they will definitely not be able to be made, do you dare to underestimate the craftsmen? ”

A group of craftsmen who were testing the machine all knelt down, Tang Hong and Qian Ze led everyone to worship with emotion: "For so many years, only the prince has treated us as human beings, and we have to do a good job of the things that the prince has explained." ”

Liu Ximing hurriedly helped these people up, and said to them sincerely: "I can't control other places, but in Liujia Village, the status of our workers is no worse than anyone else. ”

At this moment, these craftsmen are even more excited, Yu Yongkai and a few old people are okay, such as You Gao, who has only joined for a few months, heard the silver reward three taels, and their eyes were straight.

Liu Ximing looked at everyone's reaction and was satisfied, he also had a whim to make such a play, experienced steelmaking, guns, making machines, these things, he found out how important skilled skilled workers are, but according to the concept of the world now, everyone wants to be a scholar, but no one wants to learn technology, just take advantage of this opportunity, and slowly establish the impression of high status and high income in the minds of the villagers of Liujia Village.

Seeing this, Chen Yiding muttered a few words on the side, perhaps because he saw that everyone present was very interested, or he was shocked by the facts in front of him, in short, he didn't say the words of rebuttal on the spot.

Liu Ximing looked at it and smiled secretly in his heart, it is aimed at your old man, if you want to say where this kind of thinking comes from in the family, he thinks with his ass and knows that it is his uncle, an old boy, although his uncle has been thinking very differently from the past few months after his own hard work, but the inertia of thinking is still there, and there is still a long way to go to completely transform it.

A group of people around these prototypes for a long time, and finally roughly estimated the manpower allocation standard of a production line of seven female workers, these seven female workers are divided into three waves, three people are responsible for processing seed cotton, one person operates a spinning machine, arranges one person to assist in the assembly of the line, and the other two people each operate a loom, which is just enough to ensure that the entire production line works uninterruptedly.

"Uncle, how many female workers are there in the workshop now?" Liu Ximing immediately turned his head and asked Chen Yiding.

Chen Yiding pondered for a while, and replied: "Now there are 384 female workers under the workshop, and they are all arranged to do some light work in the repair of the house. ”

"Why are you so many, and what about the other women?"

"Well, right now, the farmhouse is busy with harvesting and clearing wasteland, and there are about 110 people there."

Liu Ximing was embarrassed, this is really a woman as a man, but the number of people is enough, he took the call and ordered: "Ding Fang will take the lead, select 400 people from these women, and when the workshop is built, let them all weave cloth." ”

According to the test results, a production line can process 60 catties of cotton a day, and 400 people can divide 57 groups to process 855 kapok in a month, which is exactly the same as the cotton output in Liu Ximing's space.

"So much?" Chen Yiding was a little taken aback all of a sudden, hesitated for a moment and asked, "What if these people ask about wages?" ”

Liu Ximing had already thought about it, and waved his hand and said: "The probation period is three months, six dollars of silver per month, and one tael per month after the probationary period ends. ”

"Wow, that's so tall."

At present, the Liu family has just finished rectifying, and the wage system has not yet been sorted out, and now the people and professional craftsmen of Long Xiangqu have only received one or two silver a month, so they are not surprised to hear that the female workers can also take so much.