After the craftsmen rested for a while, the assembly speed was indeed much faster. When the weaver sat down, Tian Sheng immediately understood the mystery.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the textile had been liberated from the "hand warp finger hanging", and there were three directions of looms that opened the weaving mouth up and down, wore the weft yarn left and right, and tightened the weft density back and forth. The prince Zhan Shifu brought a pedal loom with a foot lift heald opening device, which could use warp yarns to rollers and weaving mouths. The winding guide shaft can tighten the warp, so that the warp tension is more uniform, which is conducive to a smooth and plump cloth surface, and the weaver does not need to use his feet against the shaft stick, which reduces the labor intensity. At the same time, it frees the weaver's hands from the lifting action to specialize in shuttle casting and beating weft, which is dozens of times faster than the original loom.

"Haha, with these two treasures, I will definitely be able to prepare the woolen clothes that His Majesty needs before the winter." Tian Sheng laughed unscrupulously, soothing his depressed mood for several days.

Chen Huang poured cold water on his head, and said quietly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has repeatedly instructed that these two new utensils are used to make high-end wool products, and they are only sold in Egger clothing. ”

When Tian Sheng heard this, he almost choked to death from his own saliva, stopped laughing, and bent down to cough. The butler on the side hurriedly stepped forward and patted him on the back, and it took him a long time to get him back to his senses.

Chen Huang couldn't stand his startled appearance, so he hurriedly took out a booklet from his arms and handed it over. Tian Sheng took a look, and there were several big characters written on the cover, "Design of Hydraulic Spinning Wheel", and he was full of confusion when he boarded it.

At Chen Huang's suggestion, the black-faced craftsman stepped forward and explained: "The number of spindles in the spinning wheel in the workshop today is generally two to three, and the maximum is five. The so-called hydro-powered spinning wheel has dozens of spindles, and with the use of hydro-power, a weaver can manage hundreds of spindles, which is dozens of times faster than hand-spinning. ”

Tian Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this, but asked suspiciously: "Then why do you still want to spin the pedal spinning wheel?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once ordered the craftsmen of Zhan Shifu to try and compare, although the manual weaving is slow, but the warp and weft are denser, and the weavers are better; Although this hydraulic spinning wheel is fast, the fabric is rough, and the warp and weft are not very neat, so I am afraid that the nobles are disliked. ”

Tian Sheng suddenly realized that the prince's meaning was obvious, high-end wool products still need to be hand-woven, and low-end products need to be water-woven. Thinking of this, he stared at Chen Huang directly, and his complaining eyes told his dissatisfaction with him. Obviously, Chen Huang had long known the prince's overall plan, but he didn't finish it once, but kept watching his jokes on the sidelines with a bad taste.

He said gloomily: "Lord Chen, if there are any other good things, just take them out." ”

Chen Huang smiled awkwardly, obviously finding that he was a little unkind, and hurriedly motioned to the craftsmen to assemble the new jacquard machine.

The process method of jacquard originated from the original waist machine to pick flowers, in the early Han Dynasty, this process method has been used in bias looms and horizontal looms, which can weave complex, flower-shaped flowers with larger circulation, divide the warp into more groups, and gradually form a flower machine with multiple tweezers.

Liu Che made corresponding improvements to the Ming Dynasty jacquard machine mentioned in the "Tiangong Kaiwu Naifu Chapter", "All flower machines are one zhang and six feet long, with a raised flower building, a middle support plate, and a drooping foot ...... The jacquard guy sits under the standing flower floor frame wood, the end of the machine is rolled with a bar, two branches of stacked ribs are used in the middle, straight through the two woods, about four feet long, and its tip is inserted into the reed at both ends. Here, the so-called "Qupan" is now called the eye board, the so-called "Qu foot" is now called the lower column, the "bar" is the warp beam, and the "stacked rib" is the pressed wood used for reeding.

"This new jacquard machine can weave more exquisite patterns, which can be used on high-end wool fabrics, which will definitely make the ladies of Chang'an City shine." Chen Huang didn't have the appetite to hang Tian Sheng anymore, and explained: "The flower book is also an extremely crucial part, if you want to reproduce the designed pattern on the fabric, you have to make thousands of warp threads interact up and down regularly according to the pattern, and dozens of knots are arranged in an orderly manner to make a complete set of pattern memory devices." The flower is knotted and woven on the machine. The weaver and the flower puller cooperate with each other, and according to the change of the flower, weave one weft thread at a time, so as to weave a magnificent pattern. ”

Tian Sheng nodded, he understood very well that if he directly weaved all kinds of exquisite patterns on wool products, it would definitely cause a big sensation in the circle of noblewomen, and it would definitely be a profitable business. He thought for a moment and hesitated: "It's just that this weaver and flower puller need to be skilled, and unless you are a person with a particularly skillful mind, I am afraid it will be difficult to master it." ”

"Your Royal Highness has long thought it through, and in the future, only high-end wool products need to be familiar, and other low-end products will be used to practice hands, but there is no worry that the weaving will not be able to sell." Chen Huang nodded in agreement, and then continued to explain: "In the future, the work of hydraulic weaving and spinning will be taught to novices, and the prince also instructed that a large number of Qiang female slaves will be sent to Longxi recently, which is enough for the newly built hydraulic spinning wheel workshop and spinning workshop. ”

Chen Huang paused for a moment when he said this, attached it to Tian Sheng's ear, lowered his voice, and said solemnly and prudently: "As for the handmade weaving and jacquard craftsmanship, His Royal Highness has repeatedly told you to choose Han weavers, and the inheritance of craftsmanship and new utensils must also be kept strictly secret, and all crafts must not be leaked out!" Skilled weavers and flower pullers should also follow the regulations set by His Royal Highness to your Tian Business Group, as outstanding employees in the group, sign a death contract, give the highest level of welfare and monthly salary, take strict care, and do not allow outflow! If you really can't keep it, you can take the necessary measures! ”

Tian Sheng was taken aback when he heard this, and quickly nodded in agreement. After working with the prince for almost two years, he gradually understood the meaning of "talent is the primary productive force" that the prince often talked about, but he was still frightened by the "necessary means" in Chen Huang's mouth, which was the first time that His Royal Highness the prince gave instructions with murderous intent. Tian Sheng really couldn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince valued these weavers and flower pullers so much, and all kinds of craftsmen in the past only used inducements and long contracts to stay, but never mentioned the so-called "necessary means".

At this time, Liu Che was sitting in the study, holding the "Industrial Development Plan of the Han Empire" that had just been released in his hand and smirking, his laughter was full of pride, and there was a trace of insidiousness and viciousness, which was very infiltrating.

The first sign of the Western Industrial Revolution was the enclosure movement of "sheep eating people", a large amount of wool made the textile industry develop rapidly, and led to a series of advances in machinery, chemical industry, and navigation. In order to raise more sheep, a large number of land was annexed, and farmers who lost their land had to enter various factories to become workers, and a large number of cheap labor promoted the development of industry. As a result, a strange cycle was created, with more mills needing more wool, more land being annexed, more farmers becoming workers, and more mills popping up.

This cycle has caused the low-class people in the West to live a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs for more than 100 years, and it is not until the production efficiency is maximized that it gradually improves. To a certain extent, when New China was industrialized in later generations, it became the "factory of the world", and was used as a producer of low-end products and an exporter of resources, and a large number of cheap labor were sold, which was just a repetition of this big cycle.

However, as a traverser, as a descendant of China, Liu Che felt that he was fully capable of avoiding the painful period when the Han Empire was moving towards industrialization. If you want wool, then go to the prairie to raise sheep; Want a lot of cheap labor, so many people in the world, the Qiang, the Huns, the Wa, the Great Qin, the poisonous, and the cheaper labor than the slaves?

In Liu Che's future plan, as long as the Han people firmly grasped the high-end technology and production process, it was enough to promote the industrialization process smoothly throughout the empire. There is no need for the descendants of China to endure the life of those pigs and dogs, and it is only necessary to transfer all the negative effects of industrialization to other ethnic groups.

Liu Che wants to leave all kinds of high-end technologies and manufacturing processes in the Han Empire, and he is not allowed to spread the land of the empire at all, except for some highly polluting industries, he does not even want to transfer the low-end manufacturing industry to other ethnic groups. In later generations, Meiyanjing is actively striving for the return of the manufacturing industry, and there is obviously a serious problem of industrial imbalance. In Liu Che's thoughts, in the future, other nations and regions in the world will not need research and development or manufacturing, as long as they continue to provide cheap labor and production resources for Dahan, and then exchange high prices for various finished products.

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