It's like the generator that produces ammunition now, Zhao Rui has been praying that it won't go wrong, these were all set up and debugged by Li Gong at the beginning, if it breaks, no one will repair it, then the manufacture of ammunition will also stop, Zhao Rui has no ammunition to use, in ancient times, it was no different from a tiger with a tooth extracted.

Although Zhao Rui also wanted to find some modern skilled workers to help, but the death of Li Gong last time caused Zhao Rui a huge sense of guilt, and he felt that he had no right to change anyone's living space.

If you deceive them and send them back, it will be even worse, last time those two weirdos are likely to be organized, in case the skilled workers find something strange here, go back to modern times to hype, and go on TV and newspapers, things are big, it is not impossible to turn their freighter upside down, and then the cargo box they rely on will be more auspicious.

So when he went back this time, Zhao Rui has always kept a low profile, and even Liang Yunru, Ling Yu, and Qin Yao all called and left messages on their mobile phones, but Zhao Rui didn't dare to reply.

I hurriedly grabbed some necessities and reference materials for the loom and hurried back.

Since there is no condition for the use of electricity at present, it can only be developed from scratch, which will definitely take a lot of time, but the information in Zhao Rui's hand is a catalyst to accelerate the development process, and it is estimated that it will not take too long.

What made Zhao Rui more excited was that this time he found the "original drawing" of the spinning machine and the shuttle loom during the British Industrial Revolution.

Although I can't understand it, it may not be the case for people who have been weaving all year round.

Originally, the textile industry of the Song Dynasty was already at the world's leading level, and with such detailed drawings, it was just around the corner!

When Xia Guixian walked to the gate of Dabao City again, the guards did not stop him, because he was already familiar.

Inquiring about Zhao Rui's whereabouts, Xia Gui first drove the carriage to a clearing near the waterfall, there is a huge waterwheel under the waterfall, and a thick long axis is connected, the long axis extends to the house next to it, this house is extremely wide, the gray on the wall, the roof tiles are fresh, and it looks like it has just been built.

And Zhao Rui, who he was looking for, was in front of the door of this house.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Zhao Rui looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and couldn't help laughing: "Xia Guixian, why are you?" Didn't you go to Lin'an to be your big official, why did you come back? ”

Xia Guixian was in a trance for a while, and Zhao Rui's face was full of smiles, as if he was treating a friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

Just about to reply, I suddenly heard someone shouting by the waterhole below the waterfall: "Lord Wang~ ready!" ”

"Good...... I'll talk about that later! ”

Zhao Rui ran into the house as he spoke, and there was a squeaky sound inside.

Xia Guixian looked at the open door in a daze, it was a little dim inside, and he couldn't see clearly, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't help his curiosity, got off the horse and walked in.

This is!

In weaving?

For the daily friends of the common people, Xia Guixian is very familiar with it, and when he was a child, his new clothes were woven by his mother.

However, what is the matter with these wooden shuttles flying back and forth in front of you now? Who rigged it?

And the size of these looms is not too big, more than five or six times larger than the one used by my mother in the past, and such looms are not just one, but a full house!

They are connected by gears and iron pipes that extend to the thick shaft on the wall, which rotates and drives the looms to work together.

A loom that doesn't need to be manpowered! It's unbelievable.

"Haha! This improvement is good, and it hasn't been disconnected until now! ”

Zhao Rui has experienced many failures, and finally found a solution in the books of modern textile machinery, adding a winding wheel in front of the shuttle to pre-winding the thread, which greatly reduces the problem of wire breakage in the work of the machine.

Although there are still a few workers in the room who adjust the machine from time to time, unlike before, there is no longer any need for human intervention, and the white cotton cloth is slowly woven.

Oh, my God!

Zhao Rui has such a ingenious loom here!

Xia Guixian's impression of Zhao Rui was refreshed again, he couldn't help but step forward and pinch the fabric he had just knitted, soft, comfortable, densely arranged in warp and weft, and the holes were slightly invisible, which was many times more delicate than the ones sold in Lin'an City!

"You guys look at it first, and then summarize what the problem is!"

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Zhao Rui walked over from the other side, took Xia Gui out first, and went directly to the prince's mansion.

"Hahaha! You mean Jia Yidao gave me a gift? ”

Zhao Rui shook his head in disbelief and took the gift list handed over by Xia Guixian.

"Pearl agate, jade white jade, ivory rhino horn, gold...... Silver ......"

Zhao Rui was still silently reading, Xia Guixian asked someone to help carry down the big box in the car, put it in front of Zhao Rui and opened it, Zhao Rui was shaken as soon as he looked up, and the jewels inside were shining.

Jia Yidao really gave a gift!

"Strange, why did he give me a gift?" Zhao Rui looked directly into Xia Guixian's eyes and asked.

Xia Guixian's eyes rolled and he opened his mouth to come: "Of course, the Taishi felt that he was too ashamed of the prince before, so it is reasonable to send some gifts to ease the relationship......"

"That's not right!" Zhao Rui interrupted him and said with a thoughtful smile: "It's Jia Yidao who wants to buy himself a way back, right?" ”

Hit the nail on the head!

Although Xia Guixian tried his best to control his expression, but the surprised eyes had betrayed him, Xia Guixian thought to himself that Zhao Rui was a demon, and he couldn't see things so accurately, Taishi was old, but how old was he?

In contrast, Xia Guixian felt that he had lived in vain at the age of dozens of years.

"Since he wants to send it, then I'll take it! Don't say I'm really short of money here. ”

Zhao Rui raised his hand to pour tea for Xia Guixian, and accidentally exposed the big gold bracelet on his wrist, which was shining brightly in Xia Guixian's eyes.

Looking at Xia Guixian's stunned expression, Zhao Rui smiled: "Of course, it's not to the point of selling jewelry yet." ”

In fact, what Zhao Rui said is half-true, it is indeed expensive to study looms, and at the same time, he is also studying steam engines and spinning machines, but now only the process of looms is relatively simple, and it is made on a large scale, but the other two still have problems, otherwise Zhao Rui will not use water power to drive the loom.

However, Zhao Rui asked for more than 10,000 yuan of gold in Guangyuan Prefecture last time, so there is no shortage of money for the time being, but Jia Yidao's money is all people's fat and people's ointment, and if he puts it there, it will be robbed by Tartars in the future, so it is better to accept it himself and use it to develop industry!

"By the way, do you want to go back after giving the gift, or do you want to stay in Dabao City for a few more days?"

Hearing Zhao Rui's question, Xia Guixian hurriedly bowed and said solemnly: "There are not many Southern Song Dynasty gases, and the prince's great cause can be expected!" Birds choose good trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose to be famous and master! In Xia Doudou, although I don't have any deep talent, after all, I have been an official for many years, and I still have some experience! I sincerely ask the prince to take him in, and I am willing to go to the soup for you and never give up! ”

I can't think of a military general who can talk in one set, but it is also on the occasion of employing people, Zhao Rui smiled: "Get up, I promised!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Xia Guixian didn't dare to be perfunctory, and kowtowed a few times before getting up.

"By the way, I really have something for you to do......"

Xia Guixian listened carefully, it turned out that Zhao Rui wanted him to go to the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty to find skilled craftsmen who were good at weaving and printing and dyeing in order to make textiles, and because there was no cotton and silkworm breeding in the territory, Xia Guixian also introduced these two industries into the territory.

Although it is not difficult to buy raw materials directly from the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Rui is still thinking about the future, in case the Yuan army invades, it will definitely be more difficult to buy raw materials, and it is better to start the planting and breeding of raw materials as soon as possible.

Xia Guixian understood the task, patted his chest to ensure that he could complete it satisfactorily, thinking in his heart, this is not known how many times easier than killing someone, it is naturally easy!

Zhao Rui liked his energetic subordinates, and replied with a smile: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news in Dabao City!" ”

After sending Xia Gui away, another person came, it was Li Fulin, the envoy of Zhancheng. Since Zhao Rui and Jiaozhi turned against each other, Li Fulin came more diligently.

Because it was a deal he had negotiated, he naturally had to run back and forth from time to time, and secondly, he keenly discovered that Zhao Rui could buy a lot of good things from the Song Dynasty here, which could be taken back to sell to make money.

In the Song Dynasty, apart from porcelain, the best thing was cloth and satin, where cloth could be traded as money and could be shipped overseas to earn more profits.

Zhao Rui had long heard about the extent of the demand for cloth in the Champa State, and deliberately took Li Fulin to the "weaving factory", as long as the water flow of the waterfall was still there, the looms in the factory were running, and at this time, except for one or two looms that were broken, they were generally running well.

Li Fulin was even more surprised than Xia Guixian, he even thought it was the loom controlled by the gods for Zhao Rui, Zhao Rui took a piece of cotton cloth for Li Fulin to see, Li Fulin held it in his hand, and only felt that the cotton cloth was soft and delicate, much more comfortable than the linen cloth he had used before.

"Lord Wang, how many do you have here, I want them all!"

"Go, what's the hurry, I've just researched it here, and there is no dyeing process yet!"

The cotton cloth is white as a whole, because of the problem of craftsmanship, there is still a slight yellowing, and there are also some places that are significantly gray, but Li Fulin doesn't care at all, and still insists on buying the cloth.

For Li Fulin, these cotton cloths are equivalent to new materials, because at this time, the Song Dynasty had just planted cotton, and the previous cloths were all woven from silk, but Zhao Rui had not purchased silk for the time being, otherwise it could be woven with a loom.

"Okay, when the batch comes out, I'll sell it to you first!"

Zhao Rui's promise made Li Fulin thankful, and he was about to stay in the workshop for a while to see how these machines worked, but Zhao Rui pulled his sleeve out.