Although Li Zhi did not let Wu Meiniang send it, Wu Meiniang still came to the door silently and watched Li Zhi leave, but even though Li Zhi had disappeared from her field of vision for a while, she never came back to her senses, just looked out of the house blankly, and her eyes seemed a little scattered.

After a while, Wu Meiniang withdrew her scattered gaze, lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while, before returning to Li Hong's bedroom, but she just stood quietly in the outhouse, looking thoughtfully at the brothers who were chatting energetically in the house.

And over there, after Li Zhi returned to his bedroom, he was half lying on the couch, his eyebrows full of sorrow.

According to historical records, during his reign, the national strength of the Tang Empire has always been on the rise, and there has been no big chaos, but it has always been expanding its territory, and the territory is also the largest, don't talk about Wu Meiniang, when he was alive, he decided on major national affairs, whether it was to eliminate the Western Turks, or to eliminate Goguryeo, Wu Meiniang was in power in the later period, in fact, there was nothing too big, if Li Zhi was healthy, There can't be anything to do with Wu Meiniang.

It's a pity that no one is perfect, Li Zhi's eloquence and strategy, which has been dragged down by his physical condition, is like this now, which makes Li Zhi even more headache.

Suddenly, he spoke, "Desheng." ”

"The villain is here!"

"What has the Queen been doing throughout the year?"

Zhang Desheng was stunned for a moment before replying: "Back to Your Majesty, the queen has been living in a simple house for the past year, and even the lady of Wei rarely comes, and she is busy with some trivial things in the harem. ”

Li Zhi didn't seem to be listening, and was silent in thought.

Zhang Desheng said cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to let the Zhongshu Province transfer the chapter to the Liangyi Palace." ”

When the prince was in charge of the regent, the minister's concerts were sent to the East Palace, and now that the prince has fallen ill, looking at this situation, Li Zhi seems to be going to come out to deal with government affairs again, so he should be transferred to the Liangyi Palace.

Li Zhi pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's put it there first, I can't approve the chapter now." ”

"Yes."

......

......

After Han Yi came out of the East Palace, he had a small meeting with the Minister of Shangshu Province, mainly to arrange everyone's tasks, and then took the carriage back.

Han Yi in the carriage shook slightly with the carriage, humming a little song, and his face was relaxed.

When I returned to Xiao's Mansion, I saw Xiao Wuyi playing Go with Han Rui. As soon as this Han Rui touched Go, she seemed to be settled, her expression did not change at all, she was dumb and cute, she had been like this since she was a child, unless Han Xuanyu was noisy on the side, she would occasionally be distracted. When Xiao Wuyi first played chess with Han Rui, he seemed very relaxed, but now he has to play with twelve points of spirit, and he doesn't even know that Han Yi has entered the hall.

"So seriously!"

Han Yi said with a smile.

"Daddy!"

Han Rui turned around and saw that Han Yi was back, and immediately collapsed and shouted obediently.

Han Yi bent over to pick her up, sat on the couch, and said with a smile: "Good daughter, you have to let your aunt have no clothes, look at her, the sweat is out." ”

Xiao Wuyi immediately said, "I'm hot." ”

It's just spring, and you're shouting heat? Han Yi knew that she had a strong character, and she didn't make fun of her, she looked left and right, and said, "That's right! Why didn't you see Xuanyi? ”

Xiao Wuyi said: "I studied with Feixue in the house." ”

Han Yi was surprised: "He's in Wenshu? Rui'er is sitting here playing chess? ”

Xiao Wuyi said angrily and said, "Your son is cramming Buddha feet temporarily." I had to take the entrance exam to get in, and he was afraid that he would be one level lower than Rui'er, so he asked me to accompany Rui'er to play chess, and he pulled Feixue to study for a while. ”

This bastard! Han Yi laughed and said, "It seems that that kid is also self-aware, and he knows that in terms of learning, he is not our Rui'er's opponent." ”

Han Rui said seriously: "My younger brother is actually very smart, he learns everything faster than me, but he is just a little playful, and when he grows up, he will be sensible, and his learning will be better than mine." ”

Xiao Wuyi smiled: "He will never be as sensible as you." ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "It's the same as you and you and the peony." ”

"You're going to die!"

Xiao Wuyi was immediately stunned.

"Joke, joke."

Han Yi immediately raised his hands in the air.

Xiao Wuyi snorted lightly and asked again, "That's right!" What happened in the DPRK? So anxious to call you over. ”

Han Yi sighed: "It's not a big deal, it's just that there is some commotion over there in Tubo." ”

Xiao Wuyi snorted: "You can bear it, if you want to change me, I have already suggested that Your Majesty send troops, don't think that if you stand tall, you can see no one." ”

Han Yi just smiled and didn't answer.

.....．

This Li Hong's illness still has a lot of impact on the court, but for the people, it really has no impact, and now no one pays attention to the court at all, and everyone is busy with their own affairs.

In the Weishui basin north of the Qinling Mountains, there is a canyon through which clear river water flows rapidly.

In the past, few people came here to see the scenery around here, but now this is a treasure land, because the advent of water-powered spinning machines has made the flow of water extremely precious, and what is even more precious is that there is no farmland in this vicinity, it is in the mountains, and it will not hinder irrigation.

Last year, the Yuan family built a laboratory on the edge of this canyon to develop water-powered looms.

Yuan Peony, who didn't send Han Rui to sign up, just rushed here, because the first water-powered loom had been born.

I saw that in addition to Yuan Peony, Yuan Xiu, and Yuan Zhe, there were more than 20 people standing in the room, including men and women, all dressed in craftsman clothes. They gathered around a large machine, but they saw that the outer frame of the machine was made of wood, but the core part was made of steel.

The sound of clanging makes people have to raise the volume a little bit when they speak.

But seeing an iron shuttle moving back and forth, the drum at the front of the machine slowly rotated, and without anyone reaching out, a foot of cloth was woven like this!

Yuan Zhe, who missed the beginning of this madness, was really stunned when he saw this scene, and he couldn't believe it, and shook his head and said: "Incredible, this is really incredible!" ”

A middle-aged man with a thick mustache said: "According to our preliminary estimates, our water-powered loom is more than 40 times faster than hand-weaving, and we also make a set of spare equipment, even in the season when the water is dry, we can still run the machine with oxen horses." ”

A woman next to her added: "We are still making a matching jacquard machine for this loom, although it has not been successful yet, but it should not be a problem, and then it can be directly installed on this machine, and it can be woven with a variety of textures." ”

Yuan Peony smiled: "Uncle Rong, sister-in-law Rong, I really didn't expect you to make the water-powered loom so quickly, and you thought about it so thoughtfully." ”

Uncle Rong hurriedly said: "Madame has won the award, this is actually everyone's credit, in addition, the main technology is still derived from the Cao brothers' hydraulic spinning technology, it is their drawings that let us know how to borrow water power to run this complex machine." One of the most difficult is the shuttle, we have tried many methods, but it is difficult to make the shuttle smoothly back and forth, even if it is placed on a very smooth silk, but in less than half a day, the silk wears out. ”

Speaking of the back, he pointed to a young man beside him and said: "Or the dog thought of a way, which is to install a small copper wheel on this shuttle, and then install a special track, so that the shuttle can move back and forth, and there is no need to worry about it." ”

"Really?" Yuan Peony said: "Stop first." ”

Uncle Rong immediately pulled the lever down.

The machine immediately stopped.

Yuan Peony leaned over and looked, and sure enough, as Uncle Rong said, the iron shuttle was originally fixed on a copper rail, if Han Yi saw this scene, he would definitely be very surprised, because this track was very similar to the monorail in later generations. After looking at it for a while, she straightened up again, and said with a smile: "These days have been really hard for everyone, our Yuan family will come up with a generous bonus to reward everyone, and we will never treat you badly." ”

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, ma'am."

Those workers looked happy and hurriedly thanked Yuan Peony.

Among these people, many of them are slaves of the Yuan family, but in the current environment, skilled craftsmen are cattle, although the Yuan family will not be stupid enough to dissolve the master-slave relationship, but they are also constantly improving their treatment and giving them some freedom.

After staying in the house for a while, Yuan Peony came to the house with Yuan Zhe, Yuan Xiu, and Uncle Na Rong and walked slowly along the river.

Yuan Peony asked: "Uncle Rong, with our current manpower and technology, can we produce this loom on a large scale?" ”

Uncle Rong replied: "If Madame wants to produce it on a large scale, I am afraid that she will have to find many craftsmen, and if it is a skilled craftsman, because many of these parts are very demanding, and it requires skilled craftsmen to be able to create them." ”

Yuan Zhe was curious: "Auntie, why don't you hand it over to the Zhang family's workshop to give birth?" ”

Yuan Peony sighed for a moment and said: "Do you think it should be handed over to the Zhang family for production, not our own production, there is a lot of profit in it!" ”

Yuan Zhe said: "I also know this, but I think that if we want to develop and produce machines, the burden is relatively heavy, after all, Yuan Jie also needs a lot of craftsmen." However, the Zhang family has a lot of skilled craftsmen, and it is actually much faster than our own production to be produced by them. ”

Yuan Peony is more conservative, so Yuan Zhe is more open.

Yuan Xiu said: "Auntie, now that there is a patent bill, everyone is making money by technology, we just hand it over to the Zhang family to produce, and he can only help us produce, and I don't think there is any need to spend more energy to produce machines." ”

Yuan Peony said: "But if we can develop new technology to produce this kind of machine, we will be invincible." ”

Yuan Xiudao: "If we invent this technology, we can also apply for a patent and then license it to the Zhang family, we can still make a profit from it, and the dominant power is also in our hands." ”

Yuan Peony looked a little struggling, but she finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll hand it over to the Zhang family to produce, and Yuan Xiu, you go to the Zhang family to discuss." ”

Although she wants to produce it herself, because she thinks that this technology will be the core of the future development of the soldiers, and if she masters this technology, she will control everything, if it is handed over to the Zhang family for production, then the Zhang family will have enough capital to develop this new technology, but the problem is that Yuan Jie needs to produce weapons, so the thing can only be produced by herself, and the craftsmen of the Yuan family will have to be sent there at that time, if she wants to produce it herself, then she will have to recruit a large number of craftsmen, and build a whole production line. This is not something that can be done in a day or two, and if you want to get the loom into production quickly, you have to make trade-offs.

"My nephew knows."

Yuan Xiu nodded, and said: "Auntie, we have to hurry up and apply for a patent, can't we let people take the lead, didn't the beauty of freedom also buy the Cao brothers' patent, if they research it first, then we will be busy in vain." ”

Yuan Peony shook his head lightly and said: "There is no need to worry about this, the beauty of freedom is not developing a water-powered loom at all." They mainly produce clothes, spinning and weaving have long been gone, and have always been purchased from us, but the wool in the northwest is almost monopolized by the beauty of freedom, and only they know the technology of weaving wool, and they buy the technology of the Cao brothers mainly for the purpose of weaving wool. ”

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From the patent application of the water-powered spinning machine to the water-powered loom today, it is less than a year, which is much faster than the European Industrial Revolution, which is because China has always had a technical foundation, not that it came out of thin air, just say that the jacquard machine, the Shang Dynasty has appeared.

It's just that there is no capital investment, resulting in a very slow development of technology, and now capital has completed a certain accumulation, many wealthy businessmen have sufficient financial resources, manpower, Yuan Jiaguang for this hydraulic loom to find more than 50 top craftsmen and textile workers, they do this thing every day, research and development of hydraulic loom, which undoubtedly accelerates the development of technology.

Although Han Yi only opened a window, there were endless surprises outside the window.

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As soon as the weather improved, a construction movement broke out in Chang'an, and the core of this movement was cement. Cement is a steady stream from the construction site, transported to the suburbs of Chang'an, now the suburbs of Chang'an everywhere can be seen construction sites, but none of the projects are the imperial court, all businessmen are paying to build roads, they have never expected the imperial court to pay to help them build roads, as long as the imperial court does not come to rob them of their money, they will burn high incense.

On this day, Han Yi took a group of businessmen to the suburbs to inspect the progress of the project.

"Brother Han, your cement is really amazing, but it has helped us businessmen a lot! In the past, as long as it rained for a few days, many roads could not be crossed, and goods were often not delivered to their destinations on time, in addition, the roads used to be very bumpy, and my clay pots were often damaged because of this, but now with this concrete road, these problems have been solved. "Clay is very excited.

Han Yi said with a smile: "I have to thank Uncle Tao, I heard that you took a lot of money to build this cement road." ”

Tao Tu waved his hand again and again: "Nothing, nothing." ”

This Chang'an is the capital of trade, and the local grain cannot meet the needs of Chang'an, so it must import grain from outside to Chang'an, which is very important for Chang'an.

Before that, in fact, the merchants had built a lot of roads, but there was no technological breakthrough, and no matter how much they were built, they could not change in essence, so as soon as the cement appeared, the merchants united, funded the order of cement, and began to build roads, but they all built roads in the suburbs, and they didn't care about the city, because their workshops were outside the city, and the wharves were also outside the city, and the roads in the city had little to do with their interests, and they thought that it should be paid by the imperial court.

Not only that, but cement is also used in housing construction.

This stimulated employment in Chang'an to a certain extent. At the same time, Han Yi's construction group is making a lot of money, but no one envies Han Yi, no matter how much money Han Yi makes now, no one envies him, because they are already numb to it, and they know that this is envy.

But if it were someone else, it would definitely attract the envy of everyone.

Zhao Sijia looked at the clay with envy, and said sourly: "Now this money is nothing for Brother Tao, Uncle Tao's flush toilet has been sold to the palace." ”

Tao Tu smiled honestly: "This is really thanks to Brother Han!" ”

Zhao Sijia looked at Han Yi and said: "Brother Han, you are too unfair, I was the first to follow you, but you didn't give me any benefits, you helped Lao Qian come up with ideas, and you gave the flush toilet to Brother Tao, and you also helped Ramheed think of a name ......" ”

"You'll wait!" Han Yi wondered: "I help Ramhid think of a name?" What does that mean? ”

"That's the avoidance..... yun.... tao! Ramhid has already said that the name was obtained by you, and you gave him a lot of tricks, and now it is selling well, and there are businessmen in Luoyang who ask about BYT. ”

"Fart!"

Han Yi said angrily: "I didn't choose that name, I will help that thing choose a name?" And even if I wanted to, I didn't have that kind of style, it must have been that guy who said it on purpose, trying to use my reputation to sell what he wanted. ”

As soon as these words came out, those businessmen were thoughtful!

I have to say, this is really an excellent way, now Han Yi's reputation is really a golden signboard, and it is difficult to stick his name on his own goods!

When Han Yi saw the faces of the profiteers, he felt that his hairs stood on end, and he said secretly, Damn! Lao Tzu, a fake businessman meets this group of real businessmen, what a sheep into the tiger's mouth! Immediately said: "I'll go and warn Ramhid later, if anyone else dares to do this, don't blame me for not being merciful!" ”