At this time, Zhu Di was a little interested.

"What, you still want to promote textile machines on a large scale in your Wanping County? Turn Wanping County into another Songjiang Prefecture? ”

Guo An said: "Your Highness is wise! ”

Zhu Di's eyes widened, "You have such a big breath, do you know what a Songjiang Mansion means to my Ming Dynasty?" ”

Guo An said: "The lower officials know it. ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, stared at Guo An tightly for a long time, and asked again, "How sure are you?" ”

Guo An replied: "The lower officials don't know, but the lower officials must do their best!" ”

Zhu Di said: "Very good, in this matter, as long as you have something to ask for, we will definitely satisfy you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An's face was happy.

"Let's go, let's take you to see the loom!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Out of the side hall, Guo An followed Zhu Di around several side halls, the more he walked, the more wrong he became, looking at the figures and servants who appeared left and right, Guo An finally remembered something, and his expression couldn't help but change.

"Your Highness, this is the Inner Court?"

"Naturally!"

Zhu Di's footsteps did not stop.

"Your Highness, the lower official is a foreign minister......

Before Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di said coldly: "Then take care of your eyes!" ”

"Yes, yes......"

Guo An shuddered, and immediately lowered his head tightly, not daring to look around.

followed Zhu Di to the side hall next to a large hall, and Guo Ancai was relieved.

However, he was soon stunned by the scene in front of him.

Several exquisite machines are placed directly in the middle of the side hall, occupying more than half of the side hall.

At this time, he understood why there was only such a textile machine in the Yanwang Palace in Beiping Mansion.

Because, this is not one, but a set.

At this moment, next to the machine, there are still a few maids busy.

Seeing Zhu Di coming in, he hurriedly got up to salute.

"See Your Highness!"

"Let's come in and have a look, and we'll get busy!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

A group of maidservants responded in unison, and then curiously glanced at Guo An beside Zhu Di, and then turned around to do their own work.

Zhu Di turned his head to look at Guo An: "This thing is a textile machine, whatever you want to observe, you can watch it at will!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An thanked him, quickly glared at him, and looked around the loom one by one.

No wonder Huang Daopo and a woman can be famous in this era with a textile machine.

In the cotton gin, a maid feeds the cotton, two maids on the side shake the wooden handle, the seed cotton is crushed by two round wooden sticks, and the cotton wool and cotton seeds are quickly separated to both sides, which is fast and labor-saving.

The cotton elasticator, the long bow body, the thick rope string, hit the rope string with the rod vertebrae, and the cotton suddenly fluffed up.

With three spindles, a maid can spin three cotton threads at the same time.

There is also a loom, and a maid sits on one side, her feet are pedaling, her hands are shuttling back and forth, and the cotton threads are in the maid's hands, and quickly become a piece of cotton cloth.

Guo An couldn't help but exclaim: "This is mechanized labor." ”

On the side, Zhu Di asked with some curiosity: "What is mechanization?" ”

Guo An patiently explained: "Your Highness, mechanization means that all work uses machines, just like the work done by these maids, machines can be used, not only is the speed fast, but the work done is good." ”

"And then?"

"And then ......"

Guo An was stunned for a moment, glanced at Zhu Di, and said slowly: "Your Highness, the lower officials want to improve these machines. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An suspiciously, "Do you know carpentry skills?" ”

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness misunderstood, although the lower official does not know carpentry skills, the lower official can come up with an idea, and then bother the carpenters in His Highness's palace, just like in the iron smelting plant." ”

Zhu Di asked: "Then, do you want to do a textile machine business?" ”

Guo An said: "Yes and no! ”

Zhu Di asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Guo An replied: "Xiaguan wants to separate these machines, which can be operated by one person, for example, one person can play cotton, and one person can separate cotton seeds."

Then, sell these to the people of Wanping County. ”

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, pointed to those machines, and said to Guo An: "Do you know how much money it costs to buy one of these machines?" ”

Guo An smiled confidently, "Your Highness, no matter how high the price of these machines is, they are all made of wood, and the real cost price is not too high." ”

Zhu Di: "......"

He hadn't thought about it.

Guo An said again: "Moreover, these machines are too huge, and the lower officials are not prepared to let a family afford it, as long as a household can afford one."

In a village, you can put together a set.

As long as they are not working, the peasant women can spin and weave their own cloth at home. ”

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "In this way, they can all use cotton cloth to pay taxes, and in this way, they can not only pay less taxes, but also save the court some trouble." ”

Guo An was stunned, he didn't mean that, he just wanted those peasant women to weave their own cloth, and then weave their own clothes and carry the money they earned.

However, what Zhu Di said also makes sense.

There is a big difference between paying taxes on cotton cloth and paying taxes on cotton.

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed in his heart, feeling that he had finally found some confidence in front of Guo An, a thief official, this time, and asked, "How many carpenters do you need?" ”

Guo An pondered slightly, and then said, "Ten!" ”

Zhu Di didn't think about it, so he nodded in agreement.

"Yes!"

"What more do you want?"

Guo An looked up and asked a little embarrassedly, "Your Highness, can you study it here?" ”

Zhu Di was stunned, "Research these looms?" ”

Guo An nodded slightly: "Exactly!" ”

Then, after thinking about it, he said: "If, if you can, the lower official also wants His Royal Highness to send a few carpenters to study with the lower official!" ”

Zhu Di suddenly looked at Guo An with a vigilant expression, "This textile machine was specially purchased by the princess, you don't want to dismantle it!" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, how can Your Majesty be so bold?"

Guo An shook his head again and again, and then saw that Zhu Di still had a look of disbelief, and then explained slowly: "Xia Guan just wants to take a few carpenters to draw drawings, and then let those carpenters get familiar with these textile machines, and then go back to look at the drawings and make a set." ”

Zhu Di's expression was relieved, "This king will send someone to call you a craftsman, and will send you pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Di bowed slightly, and walked out.

Outside the courtyard, a familiar chamberlain was found, and after some explanation, he entered a large hall on the side.

"The concubine has seen His Highness!"

As Zhu Di walked into the main hall, Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun hurriedly got up to salute.

"Excuse me, excuse me."

Zhu Di stepped forward quickly, helped Xu Miaoyun up, and smiled.

"Sister, you're waiting for us?"

"His Royal Highness brought a strange man into the harem, and directly broke into the textile hall of the concubine, and the concubine always had to come and see."

"Hehe, my sister misunderstood, we don't have an opinion on the textile hall, it's just that Guo An wants to take a look at the textile machine...... It's Guo An, the magistrate of Wanping County, who is extremely good at arithmetic......"

Zhu Di hurriedly explained everything that happened.

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