After a few rounds of drinking, after a few words of gossip, Kong Minxing smiled and said: "Wen Lan wrote a letter to urgently summon me over, presumably to start preparing for Tuntian?" ”

"yes, it's going to begin." Zhang Han looked at Sun Yuanhua and said with a smile: "This matter is also related to Brother Chuyang. ”

"Oh?" Sun Yuanhua didn't look very interested, and said: "I only learned geometry and military casting under my master, and I was also very interested in Taixi's machine casting, so I heard that Li Zhuang wanted to make a casting press, so I hurried over to see what helpers I could have. Besides, although these places of yours are brought down from the northern captives, they are also very respectable, but you will definitely not go to the court to report this matter, and you will definitely conceal it in many ways, although I will not report the matter here, and be a villain in vain, but I can't help you get the matter of Tuntian here...... To put it mildly, if he is found out by the court in the future, there will definitely be many people up and down, and even I persuaded him not to come, but it's too late to say it now. ”

Sun Yuanhua's words were very harsh, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing's faces changed, and even Li Shenming and Sun Jingting's faces were a little ugly.

What they are doing here is, of course, a well-deserved heroic cause, but in Sun Yuanhua's mouth, it is sneaky and unsightly, and once the court knows, it will investigate and investigate, which is even more harsh to hear.

Zhang Han's expression remained unchanged, he had long known what kind of person Sun Yuanhua was, and he only said at the moment: "Of course, the matter of Tuntian here has nothing to do with Brother Chuyang, but what is grown here, and it takes a lot of machines to make ......."

"Master Zhang doesn't have to be dumb." Sun Yuanhua puffed up his eyes and said, "Please make it clear." ”

"From this year to the beginning of spring next year, more than 100,000 mu of land will be reclaimed, by the end of next year, 500,000 mu will be cultivated, and by the end of the next year, at least 1 million mu will be planned." Zhang Han looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "These acres, except for a part of the land near the water for grain fields, the rest, at the beginning, use bean feed and miscellaneous grains to fertilize the fields, and after two seasons, the fertility of the land is enough, and cotton is planted." ”

"Cotton?" Kong Minxing was shocked: "I thought you were going to plant all of it into grain fields, or plant some horse feed such as alfalfa, how did you think of planting a lot of cotton?" ”

"Cloth is also the best commodity to sell." Zhang Han said with a smile on his face: "Now my Ming cloth, ninety percent is the southern cloth, especially the Songjiang cloth marketing world, the weaving factory in Suzhou, the number of workers is as many as several thousand, all over the south of the Yangtze River are weaving workshops or workshops, at least hundreds of thousands of people are related to the weaving industry, Songjiang cloth, the cheapest two to five dollars to one or two silver horses, but to transport to us, at least five dollars, one tael, one or two five dollars, to add a considerable freight to go up, more expensive cloth, there are two to five or six taels, There are also more than a dozen taels and one horses, and as for silk and silk, it is not within the scope of our discussion. The situation of the cloth industry in Jiangnan, Brother Chuyang is from Chuansha, he must know, right? ”

"How can this not be known?" Sun Yuanhua said: "In our place, the women weave every day, and the men are busy with the affairs of the fields, and they drink tea in the teahouse in their spare time. ”

"Men are much more chic." Li Shenming showed off his knowledge and said with a smile: "I have read some notes from the south of the Yangtze River, men get up early in the morning to go to the teahouse, drink tea, eat snacks, watch dramas and listen to commentaries, women can earn a few dollars of silver a day, not only enough food, but also can sell wine and buy meat, the so-called prosperity in Jiangnan, rich in the world, is not to say." ”

"I just don't like to save." Kong Minxing frowned and commented: "And now the good fields in Jiangnan are almost all used to grow cotton and raise silkworms, and the grain fields are much less, the most productive stage in Jiangnan is still the matter of Wang Shu patrolling Jiangnan during the Chenghua period, in recent years, the grain fields have been decreasing more and more, Jiangnan people are buying rice from the two lakes to eat, and the people do not like to store grain. ”

"There are few such things." Sun Yuanhua himself is a native of Jiangnan, even if Kong Minxing criticizes his place, he is not very happy, and said at the moment: "Jiangnan is covered with dense water networks and rich products, not to mention anything else, just fish, shrimp and wild vegetables are also enough for the local food shortage for several months." The so-called spring famine, we are there for a short time, and each province has its own specialty, as long as you are willing to do things, there will never be people who starve to death. ”

Everyone chatted and began to talk about some unique wonders in Jiangnan while drinking, and Zhang Han listened attentively on the side.

China's urban development and civic culture, including the development of the so-called bourgeoisie, from the Song Dynasty to a peak, the Song people's market culture and urban economic scale has far exceeded the previous generation, it can be said that it was the light of civilization of the whole earth at that time, but unfortunately civilization was defeated by barbarism, and the process of Chinese civilization was terminated in Yashan for the first time. Zhu Ming drove away Meng Yuan, but also went a long way in restoring civilization, a lot of dregs abolished by the Song people, such as the burial of the living has been restored, the court staff minister is a strange story that the Han Dynasty has not heard of, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the city of the Ming Dynasty has re-developed to the level of citizen civilization and urban economy, and now the most developed city is undoubtedly in the south of the Yangtze River.

Suzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion, Nanjing which is not under the Beijing Division, Yangzhou across the river, Songjiang Mansion, Huzhou Mansion in eastern Zhejiang, Hangzhou Mansion, etc., the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are very economically developed, the city is large, densely populated, and has a unique developed area of local economy.

For example, Huzhou has a special product of lake silk, lake pen, other places can not be, Hangzhou's paper and printing industry is unique in the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing culture and education are prosperous, the economy is set in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the sea trade is developed, Changzhou Songjiang provinces produce cloth, marketing the whole country, and obtain great profits.

Suzhou Province, with a population of nearly one million, is one of the most populous cities outside Beijing, because the economy is developed, the local prosperity is prosperous, the war and withering in the north have almost no impact on the south of the Yangtze River, the more the end of the Ming Dynasty is close to the period of the death of the country, the more the Jiangnan place seems to be prosperous in culture and education, and a large number of famous literati and scholars have emerged.

Zhang Han has an understanding of these, but he is not as smooth and thorough as a scholar from Jiangnan like Sun Yuanhua.

"Jiangxi's porcelain, Zhejiang's silk, tea, and my Jiangnan's cloth are also the bulk of overseas trade." Sun Yuanhua said proudly: "So Jiangnan people not only make money from the Ming Dynasty, but also earn money from overseas countries." If Lord Zhang intends to compete with Jiangnan in the north, it will actually have an impact on Jiangnan, but it is not fatal. ”

Zhang Han smiled slightly, turned his head to Kong Minxing and said: "The area where cotton and cloth are planted in the north is not the only one in Dongchang Mansion?" ”

"Yes." Kong Minxing nodded and said: "Only Dongchang Mansion in Shandong produces the most cotton, and most of the cotton sold by merchants in all directions is from Dongchang Mansion. ”

China's cotton planting, the Tang Dynasty is almost negligible, the Song Dynasty began to develop, to the Ming Dynasty pattern was initially determined, it is really worth mentioning that Jiangnan and Shandong Dongchang two places, Shandong's cotton output is of course far less than Jiangnan, but the victory is very close to the north, and there is the Grand Canal this transportation convenience, so most of the production is sold in the north, at least in Datong here in the cotton, five or six out of ten is the Jiangnan side, the rest is Shandong cotton.

Li Shenming, who used to be a businessman, was very clear about these things, and interjected at the moment: "In fact, in addition to selling cotton, more cotton-producing land is also woven into cloth, and there are many textile factories in Dongchang Mansion, but the scale is far less than that of Suzhou and Songjiang. ”

"That's right." Kong Minxing nodded and said: "The largest textile factory in Suzhou, with as many as five or six thousand people per game, is far from comparable to Shandong. ”

Zhang Han nodded lightly, smiled, turned to Sun Yuanhua again, and said with a smile: "I plan to plant cotton in the tuntian here, but this has nothing to do with Brother Chuyang, with the help of great talents, it is to make water-powered looms." ”

"Oh, that's it." Although Sun Yuanhua is not good at being an official, he is not stupid, not only is he not stupid, but he is also a smart person who is one in a million, and he immediately said: "Lord Zhang excavated a torrent trunk canal like the North and South Canal, and he will not only dig a casting press, but also talk about cotton, textiles and other things. However, Suzhou is all made of man-made looms and water-powered looms, and no one has ever made them, which is quite difficult. ”

"It's not that hard." Zhang Han said with a smile: "It's nothing more than a manpower belt shaker and a hydraulic belt shaker, as long as the drainage is designed to make the flow of water non-stop, I don't feel that the machine is difficult." ”

Sun Yuanhua glared and said, "It's not difficult, adults make one for me to see?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Zhang Han's current status and status made it difficult to hear such sarcastic words in person.

"Haha, I lost my word." Zhang Han didn't care about this kind of science and engineering nerd, he snorted at the moment, poured himself wine, raised his glass and smiled: "I'll punish myself with a glass." ”

Sun Yuanhua was also a little embarrassed at this time, and hurriedly toasted with everyone.

In the matter of the loom, Zhang Han did not plan to use the experience of Europe, at this time Europe is still mainly weaving wool, the famous sheep cannibalism enclosure movement is at the right time, in the native and colonial cotton planting in large quantities, first with hydraulic looms and then with steam looms, and then Jenny machine and other machines to improve, the number of spindles to become the national industrial level marker at least more than 100 years later, now in this era, there are manpower looms plus hydraulic looms, and then a little improvement, it is almost enough.

Zhang Han wanted to make a better loom, but it was useless without a steam engine, and it was useless to manufacture a steam engine under the current conditions, although the principle was also understood by junior high school students, but it was extremely difficult to make it, and Zhang Han did not plan to do so in the short term.

After Zhang Han and Sun Yuanhua clinked glasses, they said: "When Brother Chuyang is trying to make it, it is best to think of a loom that can weave several more cotton threads at a time. ”

Sun Yuanhua muttered: "Lord Zhang still asks for more...... I can only do my best in this matter, I can't pack tickets, and I'm even more afraid of delaying the casting press. ”

Zhang Han said with a smile: "Brother Chuyang should know that the reward for me and Yusheng to make a new machine is at least a thousand taels of silver. ”

Sun Yuanhua wanted to refute Zhang Han's practice of seducing people with silver was a loss of identity and an insult to himself, but thinking about the number of silver thousand taels, Sun Yuanhua suddenly felt that he wanted to accept this kind of insult in his heart......