Since the ruin of the Lu family, the entire Lu family's slaves have all taken the initiative to leave the Lu family except for Uncle Fei, and Uncle Fei is the only one who is unwilling to leave.

After Lu Yuan came to Uncle Fei's place, he saw that he was practicing his sword technique, so he didn't bother, just stood aside first, sometimes looking at Uncle Fei's knife technique, and sometimes looking around.

The Lu family is very large, and the courtyard of the second entrance, coupled with the high walls and heavy eaves, also reveals the wealth and glory of the past, but now the mottled wooden pillars and the courtyard that is so quiet that you can hear the sound of knives and insects make it obvious that the Lu family is beginning to fall into desolation like the early autumn of August now.

When Uncle Fei saw Lu Yuan appear, he hurriedly put away the knife and asked Lu Yuan, "Why is my brother here?" ”

Although Uncle Fei is a slave of the Lu family, because he grew up watching Lu Yuan, he is considered Lu Yuan's elder, so he is not as low-brow and pleasing as an ordinary slave in front of Lu Yuan.

What's more, before the crossing, Lu Yuan didn't learn and had no ambitions, which also made this Uncle Fei look down on him.

Therefore, it is difficult for Uncle Fei to have respect for Lu Yuan now.

Lu Yuan knew that in ancient times, many older slaves sometimes had more status than the young masters in the clan, especially those who had contributed to the family with their fathers.

Therefore, Lu Yuanjian was not surprised that Uncle Fei did not grovel to his young master, and naturally he was not angry because of this, after all, now that his family is in the middle of the road, it is not easy for Uncle Fei to stay and help him and his mother take care of the Lu family.

There is a way to see the truth in adversity.

Although Uncle Fei is not a slave who flatters him, he is undoubtedly a person who is loyal to his Lu family.

Lu Yuan took the initiative to say: "Naturally, for the sake of the weaving workshop, I came to ask Uncle Fei about the situation of the weaving workshop." ”

Uncle Fei glanced at Lu Yuan in surprise, he found that Lu Yuan was a little different from before, at least now he would actually take the initiative to talk to himself, you must know that Lu Yuan in the past didn't talk to himself, even if he saw himself, he didn't want to deal with it.

"It's not that I'm talkative, brother, the master is gone now, and many relationships are broken, this weaving workshop must not be opened, there are thousands of weaving workshops in Linqing City alone, not to mention that there are weaving workshops in Jiangnan, and there are countless weaving workshops in Beijing, Zhangjiawan, and Tianjin Acropolis, and our Lu family's weaving mills are difficult to survive, in my opinion, it is better to close the weaving mill and sell it to others."

Uncle Fei walked to the edge of the pool, poured some water on the shiny light knife, and then began to sharpen it on the whetstone.

"Why do you want to sell it, this is my Lu family's industry, isn't it possible that Uncle Fei thinks that the weaving workshop can't get up in my hands?"

Lu Yuan walked over and asked.

"How could the weaving mill get up! Brother, it's not me talking about you, why do you bother with this heart, sell the weaving mill, get the money to pay off the debt, and it's better to take the test to show off than anything! ”

Uncle Fei put the light knife on the whetstone, and became a little angry, he didn't expect Lu Yuan to be so disobedient, and then realized that he was out of shape, so he had to continue to talk bitterly.

"Anyway, I have a way, of course, Uncle Fei, you have to help me, after all, the Lu family's weaving workshop has always been taken care of by you."

Lu Yuan went back to the house after speaking, and from Uncle Fei's mouth, he basically knew why the Lu family's weaving workshop could not be opened, the reason was nothing more than that the Lu family's weaving workshop did not have any technical advantages, and there were many weaving workshops in the whole world, and the Lu family's weaving workshop would either produce better cloth or cheaper cloth if it wanted to make a profit.

Of course, there is another reason that Uncle Fei didn't say, that is, the Lu family has no official background, and it is difficult to compete with powerful weaving workshops.

Lu Yuan can only find a way to improve the quality of cotton cloth or reduce the production cost of cotton cloth now, after all, it is impossible to gain political power in a short period of time.

In order to improve the technical advantages of the Lu family weaving workshop, Lu Yuan knew that the shuttle could solve this problem based on his understanding of the industrial history of later generations.

After returning to the house, Lu Yuan drew a shuttle drawing overnight.

In his previous life, he was a technical otaku who liked to restore some important industrial products in industrial history, so he was no stranger to shuttles.

Early the next morning.

Lu Yuan took the shuttle drawings and came to a blacksmith shop on the street.

Because it is a neighborhood, Blacksmith Yang of the blacksmith shop naturally knows Lu Yuan, and knows that the Lu family is now dilapidated, and Lu Yuan is a person who does not study and has no future, and he doesn't know that Lu Yuan really wants to marry the Tang family, and when he saw Lu Yuan coming, he looked impatient: "Go away, I have a small business, I don't have money to borrow you!" ”

Lu Yuan was a little unhappy, he didn't expect that he would be misunderstood by Blacksmith Yang when he came here to borrow money from him.

"Blacksmith Yang, what nonsense are you talking about, even if my Lu family can't open the weaving workshop, I don't need to borrow money from you, I'm here to do business with you, you can't do it!"

Lu Yuan glanced at Blacksmith Yang and replied.

Blacksmith Yang was naked, wearing only a black leather coat on his chest, holding a hammer in one hand and an iron piece with iron chopsticks in the other, hammering back and forth, and laughing without raising his head:

"This is the first time I, Blacksmith Yang, have heard such a joke, Lu Yuan, who doesn't know you, stupid, you can also do business? If you want me to do business, do you want me to make up iron cans or iron pots for you? ”

Lu Yuan didn't talk nonsense, he simply took out a penny of silver and put it in front of Blacksmith Yang.

As soon as Blacksmith Yang saw the bright silver piece that Lu Yuan put on the iron hoe, he hurriedly threw away the hammer and iron chopsticks, took the silver piece and weighed it, and then put it into his arms and laughed: "I didn't expect it, although your Lu family was defeated, but your Lu Yuan was even more defeated than before, and directly took such a large piece of silver out, which was enough for a penny of silver, and said, what do you want me to fight you?" ”

"Hit this, can you hit it?."

Lu Yuan took out the drawing, pointed to the spring on the drawing, and said.

Blacksmith Yang looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "It's so thin, it has to be bent like this, it's too difficult." ”

"Can you do it, if you can't, give me back the money!" Lu Yuan said.

Blacksmith Yang hurriedly clutched the silver in his arms: "Why not, I Yang Weishi has also made jewelry before, this kind of small iron ring, can still be beaten, the best Fujian iron is a pound and six cents of silver, you gave a penny of silver, how about I get you five catties of iron?" ”

"Yes, but you have to beat it according to the size I gave, and you can't exceed the diameter of the example on paper, and you have to hurry up, and if you finish it within three days, I will give you another five cents of silver."

Lu Yuan said.

Blacksmith Yang hurriedly added charcoal and weighed Min Tie: "If you don't say it earlier, I'll beat you!" ”

Lu Yuan just smiled and asked again, "Do you know where there are good carpenters?" ”

Yang Weishi gave him a good business because Lu Yuan gave him a good business, and his attitude towards Lu Yuan was better, so he hurriedly said: "Zeng Dongsheng carpenter in Zhengyi Fang, Hexi Street, has the best job, and he made chariots and crossbow arrows in Jizhou back then. ”