Chapter 17: Kapok! Kapok!

"Wei Langjun, I don't know what happened to invite the concubine to come today?" As soon as Yin E came in, she sat on a chair and asked. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Good thing, good thing!" The mysterious secret path of the god of Weishuo.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yin rolled her eyes when she heard the word 'good things' and said: "Why every time I hear Wei Langjun talk about the word good things, the concubine always has an ominous premonition." ”

"Let's just say that last time, the concubine was entangled in the so-called 'good things', and now she is so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, and she almost didn't tire me to death."

"Hey, hey! Doesn't it mean that Mrs. is very capable! ”

Hearing Yin E's disgust, Wei Shuo touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "This time it's really a good thing to find Mrs., hasn't Mrs. been worrying about the goods a few days ago?" Right now......"

"What? Is the goods gone? ”

Yin E suddenly came to her senses, stared at Wei Shuo with burning eyes and asked, "Where is it?" What kind of goods are there? ”

"Madame, don't worry, let's sit down for a while, and Shuo will go and ask Mrs. Yang to come over first."

"Humph! It's a mystery again! Yin E looked at Wei Shuo, who left in a hurry, and couldn't help pouting and said secretly.

After a while, Yang Han, Wei Shuo, and Yin E gathered in a small courtyard, and at this time, the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion was looking at several unknown wooden machines waiting for everyone.

"Steward Yang, are things ready?"

"Please take a look at Lord Wei, all the things you asked the carpenter to make are here." Steward Yang bent slightly and saluted Yang Han and Wei Shuo, who were walking quickly, and reported to Wei Shuo softly.

"Aha, quickly bring up the finished 'stirring car', let me take a look first! If you are satisfied, you will be the housekeeper in the future. ”

"The little ones don't dare to take credit, it's all thanks to the drawings that Master Wei gave before, and if it weren't for Lord Wei's words and instructions a few times, those craftsmen wouldn't be able to make such things."

After speaking, Steward Yang arched his hand to Wei Shuo and said: "Lord Wei, please check first, whether the things made are as Lang Jun thinks, and can indeed be used for practice. ”

At this time, Wei Shuo walked towards a few churning trucks with excitement on his face, as if he was looking at some rare treasure.

His solemn appearance made Yang Han and Yin E next to them confused, and they couldn't figure out why they were so excited, and the few machines in front of them didn't know what to do.

However, both of them were silent for the time being, waiting for Wei Shuo to reveal the final mystery.

To create these 'churning cars' that can deseeded and ginned cotton, and to order people to secretly search for white stacks, Wei Shuo's purpose is obvious.

"Well, Steward Yang is right."

Nodding slightly, Wei Shuo smiled and reached into his arms, took out a stack of bound paper books from his arms, and gently handed them to Yang Han and Yin E, and said in a loud voice: "This is a 'operation guide' written by Xia himself, which describes in detail the specific usage of the four appliances in front of him, as well as the processing process of white stacks. ”

Yang Han and Yin E opened it and saw that it was densely written with words, and there were even pictures drawn next to it to illustrate.

Cool sun - seed removal - cotton elasticity - strip rubbing - silk drawing - weaving.

Cool sun - remove seeds - elastic cotton - quilt.

A set of public processing and the different uses of two kinds of cotton, Wei Shuo wrote them down on paper one by one in an orderly manner. Including how to do each step and what to pay attention to when doing it.

Yang Han and Yin E looked at it very seriously, and when they really started to do their work, they didn't dare to have the slightest confusion.

Cotton spinning is nothing new for Gaochang people, but the reason why Gaochang was unable to strengthen the textile industry in the past was that the development of deseeding, textile and other machinery was seriously lagging behind.

Without the right tools, no one knows where to start when faced with a patch of seedy and fluffy white stacks.

If there is no corresponding tools, if there is no cotton weaving guide written by Wei Shuo himself, Gaochang people can only make these white stacks roughly, rotten, quilted, filled, worn on the body, spread under the body, both soft and hard, and it is not good, except for some poor people, the dignitaries will not look at it at all.

Seeding, cotton, stripping, spinning, spinning, Yang Han and Yin E did it step by step according to the operation guide.

When they saw the churning car in front of them, it was really as written in the operation guide, and it didn't take much effort to take off the cottonseeds that could not be picked cleanly by hand, and the hearts of both of them jumped violently at the same time, and their mouths were slightly open in disbelief, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

Miracle work, a work of God, it is rare in this world to really know it?

Looking at the miraculous situation in front of her, Yin E couldn't help but praise it lightly in her heart, staring at Wei Shuo without blinking, which was full of appreciation, worship, admiration, and admiration

"It's a god!"

Touching the seedless light cotton that had just slipped off the churning car, soft and comfortable, like a feather like a fur, just holding it in his hand for a while, he felt a faint warmth coming from inside, and Yang Han's old hand trembled a little.

Thinking of the abundance of white stacks everywhere in Gaochang, and looking at the stirring equipment that was still running, Yang Han's face was extremely excited, just with this unique skill of easily removing seeds, how could this white stacks be as cheap as before?

Get rich!

This is the common voice of the three people present, especially for Yang Han, this time he saw the hope of Gaochang's rise, and at the same time, Wei Shuo's plan for Gaochang is no longer a castle in the air.

With the continuous supply of money from Bai Diezi, Gaochang will definitely rise to the northwest in the shortest possible time and become an existence that no one can ignore.

"Hurry up, try the next step!"

Yang Han, who was anxious to see the following situation, immediately woke up from the shock of Fang Cai, and gave an order to Yin E, who was still there in a daze, and then stared at Yin E with two big eyes, and watched closely as Yin E picked up the so-called 'slingcotton bow' that was both like a musical instrument and a longbow.

Pear wood for the body, beef tendon for the string, and then with a wooden cine, a log, Yin E according to the operation guide said, take the cotton and put it on the board, with the frequency of the bowstring, until the cotton on the board is all sticky like wadding.

"Phew! Bang! Bang! ”

As Yin E raised the wooden air and waved her arms to strike the strings repeatedly, the seedless cotton that had just been taken off the churning car was all scattered by the high-speed trembling bowstring, shattered, and fluffed, and a small part of the debris that was struck up rose without wind, and suddenly enveloped the entire small courtyard.

"Ahem, ahem!!"

Wei Shuo, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately took out a few silk scarves and handed them to everyone to cover their faces, so that they would not have to suffer from the white dust mist.

After covering his mouth and nose with a silk scarf, Yang Han couldn't help but look at the cotton that was becoming more and more swollen under the slingcotton bow. Originally, the volume of cotton on the wooden board was more than double that before the beating!

This...... That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

His eyes fell on the cotton balls that were already high and fluffy, and Yin E's expression was like Yang Han. She never thought that she could so easily bounce all the tightly glued silk wool into fluffy and fluffy clouds.

You must know that in the past, ordinary people used their hands and feet, even if it took a day, they might not be able to do what they were in front of, this is really amazing, if she didn't see it with her own eyes, she wouldn't believe it.

Raising his hand again to stroke the white stack that had just been played, Yang Han couldn't help but exclaim: "Soft, soft, comfortable, not even inferior to the fur of the precious fox." ”

In fact, the biggest advantage of kapok is that it is cheap and mass-produced, whether it is silk or various furs because it cannot be mass-produced, the price remains high, and ordinary people are not blessed at all. On the contrary, this kind of kapok is not only of high quality, but also can be produced on a large scale, and will replace silk as an indispensable necessity for the people in the future. ”

"And Gaochang, as a kapok production area, it will be difficult to get rich in the future!"

"Uh-huh, Naogen said yes! However, at present, we must do a good job of secrecy, and we must not let outsiders get the production method of the churning car and the production process of weaving cotton spinning fabrics. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates deliberately found different carpenters to make it, and no one knew the complete process except for the four people present."

"Well, that's the best, in the future, this matter will be handed over to Naoyuan and you will be personally responsible, and you must be foolproof."