West Garden, Listening to the Tide Pavilion.

The afternoon is sparkling, sometimes small fish jump out of the water, and the blue sky and white clouds are reflected on the lake.

Chen Zheng, who was wearing a three-grade official uniform, stood next to the imperial couch, staring closely at the moving buoy on the lake, and he didn't dare to breathe at the moment, looking very nervous.

After Liu Jin brought the people over, he also respectfully stood beside Han Niu, the eunuch in charge of the Weiyang Battalion, and Feng Ma, the eunuch in charge of the Weizhen Battalion, staring at the buoy that had been pulled by the fish with the same nervousness.

It's just that the four of them are puzzled and don't understand why His Majesty hasn't done it for a long time.

One, one, one!

At the moment, the buoy was just tugging slightly, tugging at the heartstrings of the four people.

The signal of the fish is mainly fed back through the buoy, and the different degrees of pulling prove that the fish have different ways of entering, which is actually the so-called fishing perception.

Zhu Youzhu was addicted to this kind of game of wits and courage with the fish, and saw that the fish were just playing with the bait, but he was not in a hurry to draw the rod.

As he became less and less satisfied with "small fish and small shrimp", he now chose a significantly longer line.

"It's coming!"

Zhu Youzhu saw the buoy sinking suddenly, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, the fish was finally fishing, so he grabbed the fishing rod with both hands and was ready to lift it.

It's just that the fishing line instantly stretched straight, and the fish suddenly fled frantically towards the center of the lake, and a brute force was transmitted through the fishing line, causing Zhu Youji's adrenaline to soar.

Zhu Youzhi has always been sitting on a soft couch and leisurely fishing, when he felt this pull, he knew that the big fish he was looking forward to was coming, and instantly stabilized his body and tightened the fishing rod, trying to curb the first wave of escape of this big fish.

"Big fish?" When Chen Zheng saw such a straight line, he secretly rejoiced.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Although Liu Jin knew that it was a big fish, he always kept his sacred mission firmly in mind, so he reminded worriedly.

Han Niu, the eunuch in charge of the Weiyang Battalion, and Feng Ma, the eunuch in charge of the Weizhen Battalion, saw Zhu Youzhu pulling with Yu'er, and wanted to step forward to help at this moment, but they were afraid that they would be punished by Zhu Youji, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

Just when everyone was tugging at the heartstrings of this big fish, the accident suddenly happened.

Boom!

Zhu Youzhu tightly held the golden silk nanmu fishing rod in his hand and wrestled with the big fish in the water, but after the fishing rod was bent to the limit, the fishing line suddenly broke.

At the moment when the fishing line broke, due to the reaction force of inertia, the fishing rod returned to straight and rebounded, almost not letting Zhu Youzhu fall backwards.

Zhu Youzhu has been fishing here for a while, but it is the first time he has encountered this situation, just like catching a cow, he feels a sense of intimacy that has not been blasted for a long time, but also a deep regret.

If the big fish just now can be caught, not only will it refresh its own record, but I am afraid it will also be one of the few anglers in Daming who can catch such a big fish.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Liu Jin saw that Zhu Youzhu had just almost fallen backwards, and asked very worriedly.

Zhu Youzhu saw that his golden silk nanmu fishing rod was fine, but the fishing line had been broken, and he immediately felt a sense of loss.

Even if you monopolize 700 acres of water, even if there are countless big fish in these 700 acres of water, the bearing capacity of the fishing line has already determined the upper limit of anglers.

If you want to catch a big fish with a pulling force of 200 catties with a fishing line that can only withstand 100 catties of pulling force, even if he is a high heavenly son, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Zhu Youzhu put down the fishing rod in disappointment, and said lightly: "I'm fine!" It's a waste of fun, I'm not fishing today, let's put everything away! ”

Liu Jin was afraid that Zhu Youzhu would take his anger on himself, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take the fishing rod with the broken fishing line, and then removed all the fishing tackle.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" Zhang Zheng saw Zhu Youzhu turn around, and knelt down to admit his mistake.

Zhu Youji's mood was depressed, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned and said, "Chen Qing, what are you guilty of?" ”

"The breaking of the fishing line must be caused by the ineffective supervision of the Ministry of Industry, and the minister is willing to rebuild the fishing line that will not be broken for His Majesty!" Chen Zheng has loyalty in his bones, and he said when he said.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the little old man kneeling on the ground strangely, and asked seriously: "Chen Qing, do you know how to fish?" ”

"Minister...... The minister doesn't know how to fish, but the minister understands 'the food of the king, the worry of the king', so the minister is willing to personally supervise the construction of a good line for His Majesty, and the craftsmen are not allowed to cut corners, and prevent today's spoiling things from happening again! Chen Zheng shook his head slightly, still loyally.

Since Zhu Youzhu completely took power, he has gained significantly more loyalty.

This is actually a very real problem, if it is still the Jiuqing Tingtui who is in power by the civilian official group, whoever dares to argue with the emperor will get more applause, and naturally more officials will dare to speak against it.

Why did Xu Pu and Ma Wensheng and other officials push Wang Shu earlier, Wang Nu has been an official for decades, but he has no outstanding political achievements, and the biggest feature is that he has repeatedly admonished him, and finally the annoying Emperor Chenghua ordered him to pay tribute.

Zhu Youzhu didn't know whether the loyalty of the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry in front of him was sincere or false, but he still reached out and patted Chen Zheng's shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, it's hard work!" ”

"It is an honor for a minister to serve His Majesty!" Chen Zheng was completely unaware that he had taken on an almost impossible job, and said flatteredly.

Zhu Youzhu had already noticed the big guy in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Chen Qing, let's go over and take a look at the things you brought, shall we?" ”

"Your Majesty, please!" Chen Zheng hurriedly stood up from the ground and immediately made a gesture of please.

In the open space over there, a new-style loom was being placed, and the two craftsmen had already checked that it was not damaged, and when they saw Zhu Youzhi, they even knelt down honestly to greet him.

Because the loom built by the Ministry of Industry is made of better wood, this loom is heavier, but the overall shape is not much different from ordinary looms, and the biggest difference is that there is a shuttle that can beat.

With a demonstration by a skilled weaver, the new loom is in motion, and the beating shuttle is particularly eye-catching.

"She weaves so fast!"

"It's not that she weaves fast, it's that this loom doesn't have to pound silk threads!"

"The width of the loom is doubled, so it can be shorter to weave a piece of cloth!"

……

There are many palace maids who know how to weave, and now they can't help but marvel when they see the female weaver in front of them demonstrating here.

Zhu Youzhu came to the shuttle loom, paid attention to the beating shuttle, and saw the results of his own promotion, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

After his personal design, the Ministry of Industry Zuo Lang Lang was responsible for supervising the construction, the technical difficulties of the special spring were overcome, and the shuttle loom was finally born.

The shuttle is not that complicated, in fact, there is an extra chute in the shuttle, and springs are installed at both ends of the chute.

Originally, the warp and weft interlacing had to be done with pauses, but now the shuttle can complete the traversal extremely quickly. Since one person is saved and there is no need to interrupt fiddling with the yarn, the production efficiency is greatly improved.

In addition to the need for raw materials, the biggest cost of a cotton cloth is actually the time cost of the weaver.

The price of cotton cloth in Daming remains high, to a large extent, it is not the high cost of cotton, but the labor cost of a female weaver is too high, and the high-quality cotton cloth is even more exciting.

If a female weaver in Jiangnan earns one tael of silver and can only weave two pieces of cloth a month, even if the raw material cotton does not need money, the price of each piece of cloth will be at least five yuan to recover the cost.

If there was a loom that could make this Jiangnan weaver ten times more efficient, and could make her twenty pieces of cloth a month, the cost would be paid for five cents of silver each, and a considerable profit would be made for selling them for five cents.

Don't underestimate the innovation of loom technology, the reason why Songjiang Mansion can become the largest cotton weaving center in the Ming Dynasty is actually thanks to one person - Huang Daopo.

Huang Daopo was born in poverty, and lived in Yazhou, the capital of Qiongzhou, Guangdong, at a young age, and learned the technique of using tools to weave Yazhou quilts from the Li people, and returned to her hometown during the Yuan Zhen period of the Yuan Dynasty and lived in Wunijing Town, east of Songjiang Mansion.

She began to teach people how to make cotton in the town of Wunijing, teaching and promoting textile techniques such as cotton gins, cotton bows, spinning wheels and looms, which made Wunijing famous all over the world.

It's just that the times will eventually develop, and new technologies will eventually replace old ones.

The shuttle loom is naturally superior to the loom and the traditional loom promoted by Huang Daopo, and the production efficiency is increased several times, which can be said to be completely crushed.

As long as the shuttle loom is popularized throughout the country, the production efficiency of cotton cloth will be greatly improved, and the production cost of cotton cloth will be greatly reduced.

Of course, this technology will not be limited to cotton, but can be directly applied to the weaving of silk, which can also reduce the textile cost of silk.

It's just that it's easier to get cotton into people's homes, but it's difficult to get silk into people's homes, which is actually determined by the raw materials of silk.

Due to the limited energy of a person, raising silkworms and spinning silk is a very delicate and labor-intensive work. It may be within your power to let the silkworm farmer raise a hundred catties of raw silk, but if you ask the silkworm farmer to increase the yield tenfold, this is simply trying to force her to death.

On the other hand, the yield of one mu of cotton is several hundred catties, the output of 100 mu of cotton cloth is tens of thousands of catties, and if 10,000 mu of cotton cloth is planted, it is hundreds of thousands of catties.

It is precisely the labor cost of raw silk that requires expensive labor costs, and the output of raw silk cannot be increased at will, so the cost of silk is destined to be too low, and the output of silk will also be limited by raw materials.

Zhu Youzhu was an industry researcher in his previous life, but he knows more about economics than anyone else. For the sake of the interests of the whole country, cotton cloth is the best way to revitalize China.

Zhu Youzhi saw the smooth launch of the shuttle loom, and he planned to take the first step to build the world's textile center: "The Ministry of Industry immediately added a loom factory, and each shuttle loom was sold to the outside world in two or two, but the shuttle was not allowed to pry open, and the shuttle loom was not allowed to be sold abroad. ”

Although the technical barriers of the shuttle are very high, in order to prevent the leakage of this technology to North Korea, Annam and other places, it is still necessary to set a certain period of technical protection.

"Your Majesty, the minister has produced 2,000 looms in advance according to your orders, and they only need to be equipped with shuttles to use!" Chen Zheng received the order, and then reported.

Hey?

When Liu Jin learned that there was such a strange thing, he couldn't help but cast a strange look at Zhu Youji.

The corners of Zhu Youji's mouth rose slightly, and he responded: "Three days later, you will send the shuttle loom to the royal textile factory next to the Xiannongtan in the southern suburbs of the city!" ”

"Command!" Chen Zheng didn't expect a royal textile factory to suddenly appear, but he didn't dare to ask more, and immediately said respectfully.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the shuttle loom with satisfaction, and rewarded the craftsman and the weaver girl.

The so-called art of controlling people is actually to distinguish rewards and punishments, and if you want more people to do things for you, you undoubtedly need to be more generous.

The craftsman and the weaver girl never expected to be rewarded, and seemed flattered and knelt down to receive the reward.

Zhu Youzhi chose to leave this shuttle loom behind, which can be regarded as a wake-up call for himself.

He originally planned for Wu Xun to enjoy the dividends of the cotton industry, but these Wu Xun had no business acumen at all, and they were a dou who couldn't help them.

Since the cotton is grown by himself, it is natural that he spins and weaves the cloth himself, and then sends it to Samji Island before the market opens.

As for why the factory was chosen to be built in the southern suburbs instead of outside the city, one is that the cost of the suburbs is low, and the other is to promote the development of the industry outside the city in the future.

If it is used as a place to live, Beijing City is actually enough, at least I live in this house very comfortably, but if I want to develop industrial land, I can only develop outside the city.

The Royal Weaving Mill was located outside the southern part of the city, which was intended to serve as a leading industry and attract other legally established spinning mills, weaving mills or dyeing mills.

As for the issue of security, not to mention that his Beijing army is no longer an ornament, and now that Princess Yikexi is in her hands, the safety of the capital has undoubtedly been greatly guaranteed.

The next day, the royal textile mill began to recruit, and the wages offered turned out to be one or two silver.

In this era, a woman's livelihood is not easy, and there may not be an adopted daughter in Yangzhou, and now the female workers of the Royal Textile Factory have a monthly salary of one or two for food and housing, and this kind of welfare is rare in the capital.

"Royal? What is the origin of this? ”

"Don't ask, it's the eunuch in charge and a female official who has just left the palace!"

"Anyway, if you can apply for the job, your ancestors will be smoking, and you will have to perform well!"

……

With the news of the recruitment of the Royal Textile Factory, women from all over the capital flocked to it, but they all wanted to grasp this good job that fell from the sky.

Although there are several workshops in the capital that recruit female workers, they usually only recruit their own people, and the treatment is naturally different.

Of course, due to this time constraint, only the royal family would dare to build a weaving workshop of this scale, and ordinary merchants did not have the courage to do so.

Two days later, the loom factory under the Ministry of Industry sent 2,000 shuttle looms.

As for management, the eunuchs and female officials in the palace actually had experience in this area, and now it is not difficult to arrange for 2,000 female weavers to produce in an orderly manner.

Just in order to produce 10,000 pieces of cotton cloth before the official opening of the market on Senji Island, this workload is actually a bit large, so the Royal Textile Factory has just been established and directly entered the state of rush.

Although Zhu Youzhu attached great importance to the development of the cotton cloth industry, after all, he was the Ming Emperor who controlled the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

(End of chapter)