Qin Wangzheng's insistence on building a canal caused an uproar in the court.

"King, how much manpower does it cost to build such a canal!"

"The project is huge, and it will take at least ten years to build it before it can be successful!"

"King, if you want to turn Guanzhong into a fertile field, why don't you wait for the world to be unified and then do this?"

"King, think twice!"

Qin Wangzheng lowered his eyes silently, the opposition of the ministers was expected by him, and what he wanted to see more was Lu Buwei's attitude.

Whose proposal is the water canal, who sent Zheng Guo, South Korea's plan is not secret, as long as someone is interested in checking, you can know what is in it.

So, how will Lü Buwei respond?

What is the strength of the Qin State, except for Qin Wangzheng, that is, Xiangbang Lu Buwei knows best.

The reason why South Korea put forward the plan to exhaust Qin is because they completely underestimated the strength of Qin!

Just a 100-kilometer canal wants to damage the strength of the Qin State, it's really wishful thinking! Is it true that many fish in Bashu's painstaking management is ineffective?

There was a lot of noise in the court, until someone mentioned that the aqueduct was a Korean conspiracy!

"King, South Korea wants to exhaust Qin with water canals, we can't be fooled!"

Qin Wangzheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was someone from the Xiong family.

Lü Buwei stood up: "Although Zheng Guo is a spy in South Korea, the construction of a canal is beneficial to the Qin State and is not harmful, and it can benefit the people of Guanzhong, which is a major event that will last for eternity." Even if South Korea is willing, South Korea is nothing more than trying to survive in the cracks, in exchange for a few years of stability, and for the Qin State, the benefit is 10,000 years! ”

As soon as Lü Buwei said this, most of the civil servants behind him also stood up to express their support.

This trend of the court far exceeded the expectations of the neutrals, could it be that the king and Lü Buwei reached an agreement?

King Qin looked at Lü Buwei steadily, his thoughts inexplicable.

I don't care about Lu Buwei's past with the Queen Mother, if Lu Buwei is a talentless person, you can kill him.

The embarrassment is that Lü Buwei is really talented, and in the face of major rights and wrongs, he is willing to make concessions for Daqin.

Regardless of his psychology, at least for now, there is no reason to kill him.

"Good. Raise the strength of the whole country to build the Zhengguo Canal! Qin Wangzheng's words mean that Qin will not raise troops this year, and at the same time, it will also reach political cooperation with Lü Buwei.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, many fish were ready to return to Bashu.

Zheng Guo came to see him off: "My lord, I will thank you for my great kindness." If there is a place that can use me in the future, I will never give up! ”

Zheng Guo is grateful to many fish from the bottom of her heart, she did not report her identity as a spy, nor did she have nothing to do with herself, hanging high.

Now this scene is something that Zheng Guo can't even imagine. South Korea can live a few more years, and I can concentrate on my favorite business, and the canal can be dug normally!

At the beginning, I was mentally prepared to be executed after being discovered, but I didn't expect ......

Lord Xu is his savior!

Many fish got into the carriage and waved goodbye: "I will hand your letter to Li Junshou, he also has a lot of experience in water control, you two can learn from each other's strengths, maybe it can help you shorten the construction period." ”

Zheng Guo said goodbye gratefully!

The soldiers of Bashu County returned to their hearts like arrows, and soon disappeared at the end of the gallop.

Everyone has their own things to do and responsibilities to bear.

After a short time together, they are busy with their careers.

When many fish wore stars and wore the moon and rushed back to Bashu, a good news came.

"Looms?" Many of the fish took off their robes, washed themselves briefly, and then rushed to the weaving mill.

Along the way, Liu Ji explained to many fish: "Mao Xue sent someone to tell you yesterday that the textile mechanism that has been developed for many years has been completed. ”

Liu Ji had seen his mother spinning, and her mother would sit on the ground and spin silk with something longer than her feet.

She said that it was called a waist machine, and it took a long time to weave a small piece of cloth, which was handed down by her mother's ancestors.

Later, Liu Ji went to Mao Xue's textile workshop, and they no longer sat on the ground, but sat on a stool and stepped on something with their feet. Mao Xue said that it is called a pedal loom, which is more labor-saving and more efficient than a waist machine.

So, what is more powerful than a pedal loom?

Many fish don't know what it's called, so they can't make Jenny's loom, right?

"Your Excellency!" Mao Xue and a group of women waited at the door early.

She knew that many fish attached great importance to technological development, so she didn't say much to greet, and directly brought many fish and Liu Ji into the workshop.

Thanks to the construction of the new city of Fu, the area of the textile mill was expanded by five or six times, and the functional zoning was carried out.

"This is the dyeing area, and at present we are still using the seven-entry method that was used in the Zhou Dynasty, but the Zhou Dynasty extracts it from plants, and we have added minerals, especially cinnabar. This is thanks to Jing Niang's support. Mao Xue whispered.

If it weren't for the fact that Jingniang's family was rich in cinnabar, Mao Xue would not dare to be so extravagant and use cinnabar to dye cloth.

Immediately, the group came to the wide textile area.

Mao Xue pointed to a row of machines and introduced: "This is an agiolom and a Luo loom." The reason why the fabrics in our workshop are popular is because of these special machines, which make our fabrics diverse and unmatched! ”

Mao Xue's tone was proud.

She should be proud! The fabric of Mao's textile workshop, like the porcelain of pottery, is a guarantee of quality and a scarce product of luxury!

"This is our newly developed plain yarn Zen clothes." Mao Xue gently carried a black lacquered wooden box and walked in front of many fish.

"I know that the female monarch has a bitter summer, and the hot flashes in Bashu are better than Handan. This is the result of a year and a half of our workshop bringing together 30 top weaver girls. ”

Many fish opened the lacquered wooden box and were immediately shocked by the clothes inside!

"This is the clothes? Isn't this smoke?! Liu Ji was stunned by the skills of this group of girls.

I'm afraid this is not made of clouds and mist in the sky, right?

"If there is nothing, it will be cut as clothes, it is really like smoke! (1) "Many fish eyes are moist, and this group of girls in gratitude for their intake has worked hard to spin out the plain yarn Zen clothes originally produced in the Han Dynasty in advance!"

What a deep friendship this is?!

The plain yarn Zen clothes of the Han Dynasty were only 49 grams, and they amazed the world when they were unearthed!

The plain yarn Zen clothes made by Mao Xue are slightly heavier, but this is hundreds of years in advance!

Many fish looked around, those women who were once coquettish, weak, and could only be attached to men, they were still beautiful, but their eyebrows and eyes faded timidity, and they were more confident.

They looked at themselves expectantly, gratefully......

"I love it!" Many fish cut the railway.

"If you like it, it's fine."

"Lady, you can wear it to sleep at night, this dress is very breathable."

"Nujun, what kind of clothes do you like, we can make them in the textile workshop!"

Mao Xue smiled and continued to walk forward: "This is the plain brocade we plan to launch this year, using the plain weave heavy warp organization, using various colors of silk, the finished product is very gorgeous." ”

Many fish looked at the colorful brocade clothes and said with a smile: "Mr. Cai left early, if he sees this, I am afraid that he would rather leave a year late, but also wait until there is enough plain brocade." ”

Mao Xue winked mischievously: "Then I'll save more plain brocade, and when Mr. Cai comes back, I'll sell it to him in one go." ”

"Well, sell at a markup! The Baiyue nobles are not short of money. Many fish nodded.

Next, it's the highlight of Mao Xue's show.

If you just started to show the top craftsmanship of the textile workshop, now you want to show a major breakthrough in textile efficiency!

A plain brocade can make a lot of money for the workshop, and a textile machine that improves production efficiency can change thousands of households, even entire countries!

"What is this?" There are so many spinning wheels that many fish can't tell the models.

"Three-spindle pedal spinning linen wheel!" Mao Xue sat on it and demonstrated.

This is a refinement of the treadmill by reducing the diameter of the runner and increasing the number of spindles to three.

This results in a threefold increase in textile efficiency.

Many fish only feel that they have a toothache, although they don't know what the loom is, but the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel, I have heard of it.

Isn't that the masterpiece of Huang Daopo at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty? It's just that Huang Daopo is used to spin cotton, and Mao Xue is used to spin hemp and silk.

"With a three-fold increase in spinning efficiency, will the weaving efficiency keep up?" Many fish asked.

Spinning is the transformation of raw materials into silk threads, and looms are also required to spin silk threads into cloth.

These are two processes in a row, and any one of them is slower, which will affect the whole.

Mao Xue nodded, and ordered the two girls to show many fish the new loom improved from the tether.

"Not bad!" The girls surprise many of the fish.

At the same time, many fish also feel great pressure, and the most difficult technical transformation of their subordinates has reached this point, should they plant cotton?

Since Liu Ji replaced Han Fei and became the secretary of many fish, he no longer looks at things from small profits.

"If the textile machine can be promoted...... Liu Ji didn't know how to describe the situation, only knew that his heart was pounding.

Nowadays, the currency is dominated by cloth coins, which do not refer to silk cloth, but to metal money that looks like a shovel cloth.

However, because of the problem of metal production and the confusion of national currencies, barter is still widespread, especially at the border between the two countries.

Among them, the most popular and recognized is silk cloth!

The textile efficiency of the Qin State has been comprehensively improved to several times that of other countries, isn't this equivalent to opening a money printing machine?

"As long as we weave enough cloth, the profit ......" Liu Ji's saliva will stay.

It's faster than robbery!

"Do you know why cloth is the most popular barter?" Many fish asked Liu Ji with a smile.

Liu Ji never thought about this question, why can it be exchanged, because it is like this!

But since the female monarch asked, there must be a reason to ask!

Liu Ji racked his brains and thought about it, and said uncertainly: "Because everyone needs to make clothes out of cloth?" ”

"What else?" Many fish encouraged.

"Because the cloth production is not high!" Liu Ji thought that scarcity is expensive. The price of marine fish, which only costs a few pennies on the seashore, is transported inland and the price is more than ten times!

Many fish don't speak too thoroughly, and they will eventually feel shallow on paper, and only what they realize will be deeply memorable.

The monetary history of human society changes along with the productive forces and relations of production.

The oldest is the shell coin, which was born in the late period of primitive society, prevailed in the Shang Dynasty, and was used until the Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, with the decline in the production of natural sea shells and the development of the copper casting industry, copper shell coins began to appear to replace natural shell coins.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, various currencies minted from various metals such as gold, bronze, silver, and copper appeared, among which cloth coins were the most popular.

If Bashu can improve the level of textiles, he will be able to hoard a large amount of cloth, take advantage of the time difference in technology diffusion, and harvest the six countries again with relatively cheap textiles.

It's just that this trick is a bit damaging and hurts the people.

To do it or not to do it?

Many fish decided to go back and discuss with Hu Feizi and Ah Zheng, and not to harvest the rest of the Qin State together.

"Lady?" Liu Ji whispered to remind the many fish who were distracted.

Many fish came back to their senses, and they saw Mao Xue and others standing in front of them nervously.

"You guys are doing a great job! What recognition do you want? "Many fish are naturally not stingy with their rewards.

"Can you give my husband a knighthood?"

"Give me a liter of Aweng."

"I don't have any relatives, I want coins to be around."

"I, I want a husband...... the girl who spoke embarrassedly covered her face, and the other companions laughed at her.

Many fish smiled and said, "You have a sweetheart?" ”

"Nope."

"Then why do you want a husband?" Many fish remember this girl, she is the liveliest one in Jing Niang's small yard.

The girl blinked in confusion and said confusedly, "Aren't all women going to marry?" ”

Many fish don't know what they think in their hearts, in this social environment, it is indeed difficult for a woman who does not marry to survive without the protection of the clan.

Many fish: "Don't you ask for a knighthood for Ah Weng and for your brother, don't you want to ask for yourself?" ”

The words of many fish made all the girls stunned.

Mao Xue stood up and said, "If we ask for ourselves, we can only ask for coins." We are not short of money now, and the coins are nowhere near as appropriate as the knighthoods. ”

Many fish understand that they can give too little to this group of girls, but they can give a lot to their fathers and brothers.

"I have some ideas that I need to go back and think about. As for the reward, it will definitely not be less of you. "After many fish left, I was shut in my study and thought for a long time.

After three days of retreat, many fish directly summoned Mao Xue and others.

"I want to set up a textile bureau with a mandate to promote textile machinery, reward technological upgrades, and coordinate the textile industry in Bashu County. I'll give you a chance, would you like to go to the Textile Bureau? ”

The words of many fish can be described as earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, unprecedented in the past!

Even Mao Xue, who has always thought that she is a maverick, did not dare to think about such a thing.

A woman goes to be an official?

However, there are only many fish in the world!

"When you enter the Textile Bureau, you will not be biased because you are a girl, on the contrary, you do not have a knighthood, but your salary is the same as that of a man." Many fish have ugly things to say.

"So which one do you choose, between the title of father and brother and your entry into the Textile Bureau? I'll give you five days to think. "Many fish give them a choice.

Mao Xue walked out of the county guard mansion in a daze, looked up at the sky, can the moon compete with the sun?

(1) Taken from Lu You's "Notes on the Old School"

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