Thinking of this, He Zhiyuan asked with a smile, "What does Lord Liang mean, do you want to keep these victims in Juzhou as much as possible?" ”

Liang Wensheng smiled slyly, "We will give these victims as comfortable a life as possible, and it is up to us to decide whether they will stay or stay in the future." du”

Everyone present heard the meaning of Liang Wensheng's words, and the importance of this matter has increased a lot. Now they have a deeper understanding of population, which is not only the basis of taxation and servitude, but also the source of all wealth.

As a result, everyone said that they would give the victims comfortable treatment and strive to keep them.

At this time, Han Guangyi raised another question: "Lord Liang, I heard that Lord Liang's hometown is located in the east of the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, with fertile land and rich products. And we have many mountains in Juzhou, and there is less land. After they come here, how can they settle here without land? ”

Tongzhi Zhuang Wenxuan heard Han Si Yi ask Lord Liang such a question, and thought to himself, Han Si Official, you are too bad at speaking, although this is what Lord Liang meant, but it is not good for you to say it. So Zhuang Wenxuan hurriedly said, "Commander Han, Lord Liang never said that they should settle here, how could you ask such a question?" ”

Han Si immediately came to his senses and consciously lost his words. Immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's a little fool." ”

Liang Wensheng didn't care, and turned to Zhuang Wenxuan and said, "Zhuang Tongzhi, this time you have to coordinate the overall situation and urge officials at all levels to resettle the victims. ”

Zhuang Wenxuan is such a shrewd person, he immediately said, "The lower officials should do their best to do a good job in the resettlement of the disaster victims, and ensure that they can live comfortably during their stay in Juzhou." ”

After everyone dispersed, only He Zhiyuan and Liang Wensheng were left in the second hall, and He Zhiyuan asked the same question as Han Siyi, "Lord Liang attaches great importance to the resettlement of the victims this time, how can Lord Liang ensure that the victims can stay voluntarily?" ”

He Zhiyuan has also been worried about this problem, for the farmers of this era, land is the capital of their livelihood, no matter where they go, they will not leave their land. Let those peasants who have land in their hometowns sell their land and come here to become industrial workers, it is estimated that those peasants will not be able to make up their minds no matter what.

Liang Wensheng smiled confidently and said to He Zhiyuan, "Gongzi He, you don't know our Chaoyi, but I know Chaoyi too well. ”

He Zhiyuan looked at him with confidence, and thought in his heart, of course I don't know anything about Chaoyi, I have only been in this era for a year, and I don't know much about the entire Ming Dynasty, let alone a small Chaoyi County.

"Please also ask Lord Liang to solve your doubts." He Zhiyuan said with a humble look.

Liang Wensheng went on to say, "There are about 10,000 registered households in Chaoyi County, and the population is only more than 50,000. In addition, the number of people who have concealed the report is only 100,000. The existing land is less than one million acres, and the rest is wasteland and tidal flats. Of these millions of acres, 800,000 acres are concentrated in less than 2,000 households. Combined with the concealed population, the average person is less than one and a half acres of land. How can such a small amount of land allow a person to live in peace? And Chaoyi does not have as many workshops as Juzhou to find work and earn money. Some people may not see what silver looks like for the rest of their lives. In this case, the poor people became victims and moved here. Although they still have no land, they can earn money in the workshop and live a worry-free life, how can they go back? ”

He Zhiyuan was very surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty had only been founded for more than 100 years, and the land annexation was already so serious. Eighty percent of the land is in the hands of 20 percent of the people, which is a typical 28 rule. It is no wonder that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprisings in Shanxi and Shaanxi were so serious, and most of the peasants could not survive and there was only one way to revolt.

Next, Liang Wensheng said, "This time, the emperor issued an edict, let us prepare ten trucks of cement, and select a few craftsmen who know how to use cement to go to Beijing, and the Ministry of Industry will organize craftsmen to test the cement." If the trial is successful"

Before he finished speaking, He Zhiyuan understood what Liang Wensheng meant, and he immediately said, "I understand what Lord Liang means, this cement is a weapon of the country, with cement you can build a stronger city defense, which is of great benefit to the country and the people, if the court needs it, I will send the cement formula to the court at that time." ”

With He Zhiyuan's words, Liang Wensheng was completely relieved. What he is worried about is that He Zhiyuan will not let go of the formula, and I am afraid that he will be implicated at that time.

After leaving the state office, He Zhiyuan returned home and began to think about the textile workshop. At present, only some women are working in soap workshops, and other workshops are not suitable for women, so despite the shortage of labor, housewives in ordinary rural households can only spin and weave at home, earning more than 100 copper coins a month to subsidize their families. Although the profits of textile workshops are not as high as those of soap, sugar, and glass, compared with hand-spinning and weaving, the efficiency will be much higher, and the quality of the woven cloth will be much better, and the profits in this case will be considerable. The most important thing is to find a way for the women of the family to make money and improve the living standards of the people.

He Zhiyuan planned to invent a series of textile machinery, establish a number of textile workshops, and expand his power again. The first step is to make a shuttle loom. The shuttle loom has a simple structure, but it can improve the weaving efficiency several times, which is of course the first choice for He Zhiyuan to develop the textile industry.

Before the crossing, although He Zhiyuan had never been in contact with the textile industry, he had seen many historical crossings, which contained some descriptions of textile machinery. As a science student, he is not only looking at the excitement, it is inevitable to study for the examination, he has found out a lot of information in this area, and has seen many pictures of textile machinery, so he is no stranger to various textile machinery.

From now on, it is estimated that there will be at least a little more than a month before the victims of Chaoyi come to Juzhou. During this time, he had to make all the preparations for the textile workshop, including the manufacture of shuttle looms, the construction of the factory, and the search for suppliers of cotton yarn and fabrics. However, with Zhou Fuliu's help, he was also a lot more relaxed.

That night, He Zhiyuan began to design the drawings of the shuttle loom in the room. He asked Yan Jihai to spread out a piece of rice paper, and began to draw the design of the shuttle loom with a pencil and a series of drawing tools such as rulers, compasses, and protractors.

This is the first time Yan Jihai has seen his master make a drawing, and he looked stupid when he stood aside. The master's drawing is so beautiful, he never thought that the master would have this kind of skill.

"Master, your drawings are so neat, although I can't understand what you draw, I think you draw very beautifully. What can the master teach me? Yan Jihai said enviously on the side.

"It's called three views, and it's not something you can learn overnight." He Zhiyuan lowered his head and made a picture, and said, "But if you devote yourself to heavenly grain breeding in the future, you won't need it." ”

Yan Jihai seemed to understand whether he understood or not, stopped talking, and continued to wait for the master to make a picture on the side.

It only took one night for He Zhiyuan to complete the design drawings.

In order to keep it secret, he decided to go to the Academy of Sciences in Hejia Town to find ten craftsmen who made bearings to make a flying shuttle loom. For the carpentry part of the loom, he still looked for the original Wang carpenter, at this time there were more than a dozen carpenters in Hejia Town, but in terms of craftsmanship, Wang carpenter was the best.

When he arrived at the Institute of Physics, he didn't bother Wang Zhixue and Liu Xing, and directly found Ding Sihai. Ding Sihai got the drawings of the springs, and he couldn't understand them when he looked left and right.

"He Gongzi, what is this drawing drawing in circles?"

"It's called a spring, and it's made of good tough crucible steel." He Zhiyuan replied, and then showed the entire drawing to Ding Sihai and them. He also explained to them the structure of the entire loom, and asked several craftsmen to make different parts, such as guide rails, sinking bars, and so on.

After assigning the task, He Zhiyuan personally watched the production of the spring, because the other parts are very simple, only the spring is new.

Ding Sihai and another craftsman made the springs themselves. They put a piece of steel on the stove and burned it red, and on an anvil they struck it repeatedly until it was as thick as incense. Then he used pliers to wrap the thick steel wire around an iron rod to make a spring, and finally put the spring in the water and quenched it.

He Zhiyuan saw that they had done it, and he was happy, so he went to test the elasticity of the spring, although the effect was good, but it did not meet He Zhiyuan's requirements. He asked the two of them to change the angle of winding, the thickness of the wire, and made a dozen different springs, and finally found the one with the greatest elasticity.

The spring is ready, and the other parts are also done. In the end, he asked Carpenter Wang to make a new loom that was twice as wide as the current loom, and to attach the shuttle to it.

After the loom was finished, He Zhiyuan used a horse-drawn cart to pull the loom back to his home in the city, and then took some cotton yarn from his mother and tried to operate it once. Then every time the shuttle crossed the warp and weft, the loom returned to the thread with He Zhiyuan's operation, and the weaving speed was very considerable. He Zhiyuan demonstrated the operation once, and then asked a servant who was skilled in operating the loom to weave for half an hour, weaving a total of two feet of wide cloth. It is twice as efficient as current looms. In addition, the width of this loom is twice that of the current loom, and the woven cloth is twice as wide, and finally the overall efficiency is four times that of the Ming Dynasty loom.

In the Ming Dynasty, limited by the loom, the width of the cloth was generally two feet, equivalent to the modern sixty-two centimeters, and generally two or three pairs of clothes were spliced together, but the flying shuttle loom designed by He Zhiyuan was four feet, which is equivalent to a little more than one meter and two in modern times. In this way, there is one less splicing, and the clothes made are much more beautiful, and the splicing work is saved.

Needless to say, such cloth must be popular in the market.

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