Less than half a month after the news that the Yangsanjun had purchased a large number of silkworm cocoons at a price one or two percent higher than the market price, the news that the Yangsanjun had recruited a large number of female weavers exploded among the people of Jeju and Yunzhou.

"Sanniang, Sanniang, have you heard, Liang Shanjun is recruiting female weavers, are you going?"

In Songjia Village, Yunseong County, Jeju, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl ran into the family's courtyard in a rage and shouted loudly from afar.

The girl named Sanniang in her mouth was feeding the only little pig in the family at this time, and when she heard this, she hurriedly put it on the spoon that fed the pig, stroked the hair of her sideburns with her hand, and said with some doubts: "What? ”

"What's the matter, Liang Shanjun sent someone to post a notice at the entrance of the village, saying that he wanted to recruit female weavers, and the salary was at least two silver horns per month!

And also food and lodging, you can rest for two days every ten days, if you don't want to rest, you will be paid double the salary! ”

"Two silver horns? That's two copper coins, and it also includes food and housing, that is, you can save two coins every month, so ......"

When Sanniang heard that she could save two times a month, she was immediately a little moved.

Her family was a tenant of the Song Taigong family, and her life was slightly better than that of the village (tenants only need to pay rent and have personal freedom; The banker also had to work for the landlord for free, defending the grange, and had no personal freedom), but it was still very difficult.

Two years ago, because A-Niang was seriously ill, she asked Mrs. Song to borrow five taels of silver to be cured.

Although Song Taigong is a good person, he only charges the lowest interest from their family, and he does not force her family to repay the money.

But you have to borrow money, don't you? Otherwise, the annual interest is not a small amount of money. If it can't be repaid, it seems that there is only a sale of one's body (the sale of one's body in the Song Dynasty is generally signed for ten years, which is equivalent to a long-term worker) to Song Taigong as a guest.

As a result, life is even harder, and there is less and less hope.

Therefore, Sanniang's family hopes to make more money and pay back the remaining three taels of silver.

But the Song Dynasty had heavy taxes, countless harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and A-Niang's health has always been bad, how can it be so easy to save so much money?

Therefore, as soon as she heard that she was eating and living, and had two silver horns a month, Sanniang immediately thought that as long as she worked for a year and a half, wouldn't she be able to repay this arrears?

Before she finished speaking, her little friend Ke Liuniang said in a hurry: "It's not all, I heard Sergeant Liangshan say that two silver horns a month is just a basic salary."

If we do a good job, complete the prescribed amount of weaving every day, and the quality of the weaving cloth meets the standard, we will pay as much as we can for every extra cloth we weave!

And the man also said that if anyone weaves more and better, at the end of the month, there will be an additional reward, that is, all the wages together, and an additional fifty percent of the wages.

Sanniang, your weaving skills are so good, weaving fast and good, no one can compare, you will definitely be able to get the first place, and then the monthly salary will not know how much! ”

Feng Sanniang was a little confused when she heard this, but under Ke Liuniang's patient explanation, she finally figured out this novel method of calculating wages.

But soon she thought of a new question: "Liuniang, you said that the amount of weaving they stipulate is not too high, right?" Does the notice say how much cloth should be woven in a day? ”

Ke Liuniang shook her head and said: "It didn't say it on the notice, I also asked, the man didn't say it, but he said that everyone must be able to complete it." Sanniang, you have such good skills, there must be no problem.

Are you going or not? The two of us are together, and the notice says that the age of fifteen to twenty is preferred; This time, only 800 weavers were recruited first, and if you go late, you won't be able to register! ”

Hearing that only 800 weavers were recruited, Feng Sanniang was finally moved, there are more than 800 girls in Jeju and Yunzhou, such a good job opportunity, so don't you grab your head?

But at this moment, Feng Sanniang's A-Niang walked out of the house, and she couldn't help but be a little worried when she heard the words: "How can you accept young girls, there won't be any problems with this Liang Shanjun, right?" ”

"Auntie, you stay in the house all day, and you don't know much about the things outside."

Hearing this, Ke Liuniang couldn't help jumping to her feet and said, "Auntie, you don't know, that Liangshan Army is a benevolent and righteous army!"

They sang when they walked, saying that there were three major disciplines and eight points of attention, that they did not take a stitch from the masses, that they cared for the crops of the masses, and that they did not molest women...... That's really what it says!

That's not all, they also helped us repair canals, roads and bridges, and the people nearby went to treat them, they didn't want anything else for them except drinking water, they had to give money!

There are also potatoes and corn seeds that they gave us, and there are also food trucks that don't lend Yun Niang their money...... My father said that he had never seen such an army, how could there be a problem?

Sergeant Liangshan, who read the telling, said that the young lady had faster hands and feet, more agile movements, and better management without having to take a child. ”

Feng Sanniang knew Liang Shanjun better than A-Niang, who rarely went out, and couldn't help it anymore when she heard this, so she turned to A-Niang and said, "A-Niang, I want to sign up with Liuniang!"

A-Niang, don't worry, this Liangshan Army is really good, there is no one who does not boast about all the poor people, there will be no problem! ”

Ke Liuniang also said on the side: "Auntie, don't worry, Liang Shanjun is a good person, and the salary is so high." ”

So soon after, two sixteen-year-old girls successfully applied for the name, and passed the examination to become two female workers in the Liangshan weaving workshop.

However, when they came to the weaving factory not far from Hujiazhuang in uniform work clothes the next day, everyone was stunned.

I saw that in the wide workshop, there were brand-new multi-comprehensive looms, as well as Hualou looms, it seemed that Liang Shanjun was going to weave silk and satin with complex patterns.

But these are not the point, the point is that these new looms are too wide, twice as wide as the common looms of the Great Song Dynasty.

While they were amazed, their foreman, a little woman named Qin Liuniang, began to teach them how to operate this new type of loom.

I saw her feet stepping on the pedal (tipping) quickly, the heald frame kept going up and down, and the warp yarn was quickly intertwined up and down.

However, the process of throwing the shuttle back and forth with both hands has become a stick with one hand, and the shuttle moves rapidly from one side of the loom to the other.

In this way, the step of throwing the shuttle with both hands is omitted, and the speed is more than three or four times faster.

Feng Sanniang's eyes widened in disbelief, she never thought that weaving cloth could become so labor-saving and so fast!

And that's not all, at this time she also saw that the cloth woven by this new loom is twice as wide as ordinary cloth, so doesn't that mean that the efficiency of weaving cloth will be doubled?

Oh my! Feng Sanniang was already speechless with shock.

The sight in front of her was beyond her imagination, and if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that there was such a magical machine in the world.

Compared with this loom, the weaving skills that I am proud of are simply scum.