It is said that as a modern person, you should understand the principle of division of labor and cooperation, and the best production method for the Liu family is to produce cotton cloth by yourself, and then hand it over to an outside dyeing workshop to dye the cloth.

However, after three expansions, the number of people in Liujia Village has expanded to more than 3,000 people, Ding Zhuang has more than 800 people, and there are almost 800 healthy women.

"How many colors can you dye now?" Liu Ximing asked directly to Song Yi, the craftsman who led the dyeing workshop.

This craftsman Song Yi is about forty or fifty years old, wearing a plain short shirt, and colorful dirt can be vaguely seen between his fingernails. ”

Liu Ximing suddenly became interested, but he didn't expect that these people could make a few colors: "But there is a dyed cloth style, show it to me." ”

Someone next to him immediately went to take the fabric, Liu Ximing stepped forward to take a closer look, and found that the dyeing process was okay, but it was obviously a big difference from the quality of modern fabrics.

"The effect of this dyeing looks average, but you don't use the process, right?"

Sweat appeared on Song Yi's forehead all of a sudden, and he hurriedly replied: "Second Young Master Mingjian, the little old man has been working for the government for decades, and he has always used this kind of technology, but he didn't dare to cut corners." In addition, our cotton cloth is the best product, and now the dyed fabric is much better than the one on the market. ”

Liu Ximing thought to himself, you are talking nonsense, can the cotton grown in the space be bad, the key is that there is a gap between the dyeing effect and his cognition.

Chen Yiding, as a counselor of the workshop, saw that Liu Ximing was a little unconvinced, so he stepped forward to look at the dyed fabric, and turned his head to him for a long time and said: "Erlang, you are busy with big things on weekdays, but you don't know much about these things, our cloth can be regarded as a first-class fabric on the market, so you don't need to be too harsh on them." ”

Su Jin, Aunt Wu and others followed up to check it out and echoed one after another, Liu Ximing is not easy to say, I think it should be that modern craftsmanship is far better than ancient times, so there will be such an impression.

Thinking of this, he suddenly asked, "What kind of dye are we using today?" ”

"Back to the second young master, the blue is mainly made of indigo made of blue grass, the red is mainly made of dyes made of madder and safflower, and the black is made of gallnut, sumac wood and other things. These can be bought on the market, but we don't have to do it ourselves. ”

Liu Ximing suddenly understood the key, and said why it looks so much different from modern times, it turns out that all natural plant dyes are used, this thing is good, but the degree of coloring and the cost of raw materials are not as good as chemical dyes.

But in a hurry, if you want to ask Liu Ximing to come up with any dye formula, it is also a fantasy, after all, he is not a chemical professional, but fortunately, the team of craftsmen in the village has grown a lot stronger than before, and the idea in Liu Ximing's heart has also reached the time when it can be implemented.

"Yes, I want to make a mistake, you continue to dye according to this method, the work is good, and your reward is indispensable at the end of the year."

Comrade Lao Liu still had the courage to admit his mistakes, and he immediately changed his words and praised the dyeing workshop, and it was better to let professionals do professional work.

"Cousin, you go and inform the craftsmen at home, and hold a meeting in the cafeteria in the evening, I have something important to say, and other counselors and assistants will also participate."

As soon as he got out of the workshop, Liu Ximing immediately arranged things and made a round of inspections, which made him realize that not only dyes, but also other technological breakthroughs were imminent.

Su Jin has now become Liu Ximing's dog-headed military advisor, the kind that saves his life, and in the past few days, he has usually been pulled around by Liu Ximing to walk around various departments.

At this moment, when he came out of the workshop, seeing that Liu Ximing was full of worries, he couldn't help but ask: "Lord, I see that these workshops are quite orderly, I don't know what else to worry about?" ”

Liu Ximing glanced at him, and teased in a calm tone: "I like the feeling of being surrounded by gold and silver mountains. ”

Belch......

Su Jin's head was full of cold sweat.

"Hahaha, time doesn't wait for me, now thousands of people in the family have to feed, and the monthly salary alone has to be paid out for thousands of taels, not to mention that people eat horses and chew, farming can make a few dollars, or only rely on industry, so I plan to set up a research institute."

Well?

Liu Ximing said this, but Su Jin was confused, what kind of research, institution, what kind of thing.

Liu Ximing was amused by everyone's reaction: "You'll know later." ”

In the evening, Liu Xihe notified the participants to arrive on time, as more and more meetings were held in Liujia Village, the meeting requirements became more and more strict, Liu Ximing hated the most that someone was late, and after being severely punished twice, no one dared to be unpunctual.

"Today is mainly to talk about the workshop, at present the family has opened a blacksmith workshop, carpenter workshop, stone pulp workshop, textile workshop and other seven or eight workshops, the number of craftsmen in the family is also increasing, in order to further promote the development of technology, I announced the establishment of a technology research institute from today, mainly responsible for the research and development of new technologies in various fields, the name of the research institute, it is called Dharma Research Institute."

I hope you can all become 996's overtime dogs, Liu Ximing thought silently in his heart.

Everyone in the audience fell into a state of blindness as usual, and Liu Ximing had a new idea every once in a while, and everyone was silent now, just waiting for him to explain clearly.

Liu Ximing saw that no one should be praised, and he felt a little regretful in his heart, he didn't expect it to be routine so soon, so he had to clear his throat and said: "The research institute is managed in the form of a project team, such as a blacksmith workshop, their task is to develop a new type of musket, first I will appoint a team leader, and then the team leader will select his own personnel and research and development funds, if a new type of musket is developed, then everyone in the research and development team can be rewarded according to their contributions, and the bounty starts from ten taels of silver, and there is no upper limit." ”

"What if it's not developed?" Tang Hong from the blacksmith's workshop raised his hand and asked.

"If it is not developed, I will judge based on your final research and development results, it is indeed hard work, and you can give a small reward, if you just want to fish in troubled waters, then there is no reward." Liu Ximing said while signaling Tang Hong to put his hand down, this person is an official craftsman, it is said that the craftsmanship is good, Liu Ximing intends to let him replace the original Zhou Jiang as the head of the blacksmith workshop.

The craftsmen breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, there is no punishment, if this is the case, then can we all apply for it.

"It's not just that, if someone develops something useful, they can also name it after themselves, or take Tang Hong as an example, if he develops a new type of musket, then the name of the musket is Tang Hong's musket, so that as long as someone uses it, they will know that he developed it."

"Wow"

The craftsmen couldn't believe it, although Liujiacun treated the craftsmen very well, but they didn't expect to have such treatment.

Su Jin and Chen Yiding glanced at each other, both of them had some hesitation in their eyes, as one of the few scholars in the village, they had always been puzzled by Liu Ximing's elevation of the status of craftsmen, but Liu Ximing had already proved his ability with his actions, and they were not good at speaking out, but they still had to talk about it when they turned around.

Seeing that everyone understood the operation of the research institute, Liu Ximing turned his head to the counselors of each room and said: "At present, there is an urgent need for a large number of talents in the family, you should carefully observe on weekdays, and promote more useful people. ”

"Yes"

There was a weak response and harmony from the audience, and everyone didn't understand the meaning of this matter, but it was for Liu Ximing's sake to come down first.

Seeing this, Liu Ximing didn't care, so he let the others break up the meeting first, and pulled the people from each workshop to arrange tasks separately.

At present, there are two problems that Liujiacun needs to solve the most, one is to make money, and the other is to prepare for weapons.

In terms of making money, Liu Ximing plans to start researching chemical dyes, and at the same time preparing to research things such as soap and transparent glass.

However, in his opinion, these things need to go through a long marketing process if they want to make money, and for this era, the most needed is the necessities of life such as food and cloth, such as glassware, which may only make a lot of money after the business road is rolled out.

In terms of armament, the problem of insufficient long-range firepower of the Longxiang regiment is still serious, especially the lack of weapons such as artillery that can strike at ultra-long distances.