Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 32 Wool Processing Workshop
Yangzhou.

Yang Xian looked at the letter from Wang Yuemin in his hand and couldn't laugh or cry.

In addition to briefly and concisely talking about the operation of Mingji Dessert Shop during this period, the letter also devoted more space to describing the various problems Zhu Yan encountered during the process of repairing the asphalt road. The end of the letter was Zhu Yan's request to borrow money. .

Because most of the money in the shop actually belongs to Yang Xian.

Wang Yuemin took it as a matter of course to ask for Yang Xian's consent, even if the person who came to borrow money was a prince.

This guy is really a tiger.

You dare to build roads without knowing anything.

Yang Xian was amused.

However, there are people who are willing to do infrastructure construction, which is ultimately a good thing that benefits the country and the people.

Yang Xian thought for a moment, and not only answered all the questions Zhu Yan encountered one by one, but also gave a relatively feasible plan.At the end of the reply, he agreed to Wang Yuemin's request for a loan in the letter, and returned home thirteen times from nine outings.

He couldn't use the money from the dessert shop at the moment anyway.

There are also ordinary nobles who would ask for their own money to do such a thankless job as building roads.

Borrowing small amounts of money now is all for the purpose of receiving large amounts of money in the future.

Yang Xian had also received Zhu Biao's reply. He asked his officials to count the grain in the granary in advance, and only waited for the northern border army to deliver the wool, which could be delivered at any time.

Using this free time, Yang Xian started tinkering with the wool processing machine.

It was impossible to redeem modern high-tech merit points directly from the system. Yang Xian directly climbed the technology tree and pointed out the wool processing technology.

At present, the processing of wool in Ming Dynasty is generally divided into three steps: plucking, cleaning and elasticizing.

Wool harvesting refers to the collection of wool fibers.

Records of hair shearing methods have already appeared in the "Qi Min Yao Shu" of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Wool cleaning refers to the removal of oil and impurities attached to raw wool. The quality of wool cleaning directly affects the elastic wool and spinning processes.

The last step is to play the washed and sun-dried wool with a bow string to loosen it into separate and loose single fibers for spinning.The shape of the traditional slingshot bow is similar to that of the cotton slingshot bow. However, because wool fibers are longer than cotton fibers, and the single fiber strength and elasticity are greater than cotton fibers, the size of the slingshot bow may be correspondingly larger than that of the cotton slingshot bow.

After these three primary processes, wool can be used for spinning.

However, this production method is extremely inefficient. According to the records of "Tiangong Kaiwu", each person has only one day's effort to pull out the harvest, and the resulting thread weighs only one penny. It takes half a year to weave a piece of silk. material.Even if it is improved later, the daily income can be many times higher.

But the efficiency is still too low.

At the same time, wool processing and textile technology in Europe is more advanced.

Civilized technology system, testing covers the whole world.

Therefore, it cost almost no merit points to directly light up this technology. Yang Xian also spent merit points to let the system improve the design of the wool processing machine.

In addition to power, what is still used is manpower.

In other aspects, it can already be compared with the late Qing Dynasty.

In the sixth year of Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty (1880), Zuo Zongtang entrusted Hu Xueyan to purchase more than 1200 pieces of machinery and equipment from German businessmen in Shanghai, and it took him a year to transport them to Lanzhou.

Founded my country's first machine wool processing factory.

The equipment includes 24 yarns, 32 wool looms, a complete set of dyeing and finishing machines, a 230-horsepower and a [-]-horsepower steam engine, and machines for cleaning, drying, bleaching and dyeing.There are more than [-] factories, covering an area of ​​more than [-] acres, and employ [-] German craftsmen.

The entire factory was quite large and the cashmere produced was of good quality, which caused quite a sensation at the time.

For Yang Xian, the biggest advantage of taking over Yangzhou, which had ten rooms and nine empty rooms at the beginning, was the abundance of land.

Many of the unclaimed lands after their original owners died while fleeing were naturally assigned to the imperial court.

He established various workshops, and there was no need to worry about the land.Finally, the site of the wool processing workshop was decided on a riverside.

As for the wool processing machine, Yang Xian himself had a group of outstanding craftsmen, and asked them to split the whole machine into parts for production according to the design drawings issued by the system, although there were some minor problems during the process.

But in the end, it was resolved smoothly without any danger.

In terms of power, Yang Xian adopts a dual power system.

In addition to the manpower it mainly relies on, water power is also added. These craftsmen are no strangers to the construction of waterwheels.

This set of wool processing workshops, which relied mainly on manpower and supplemented by water power, was completed before the northern frontier army transported the wool to Yangzhou.

The initial scale was not large.

At present, the cashmere produced in the workshop is only for Yangzhou's own use.

And even in Yangzhou, it is only for those poor people who may not be able to survive this cold winter.

So it's completely sufficient.

As for later expansion, that is a matter of later stages.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

As soon as the wool arrives, work can begin!
Chen Heng brought a convoy full of wool to Yangzhou City. He was confused when he looked at the pitch-black asphalt road in front of him.

He had only been to the border area for a few years, so he looked like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

When did our Ming Dynasty find such a way?
As a riding expert, he is extremely sensitive to road conditions.

Chen Heng could confirm that this was the best road surface he had ever seen in his life, and the horse snorted excitedly.

The people I saw along the way were all smiling happily, with rosy faces and full of energy, and they did not look like they were hungry.

This was completely inconsistent with the information he had received before.

Isn't it said that Yangzhou was the state capital that was most severely affected by disasters in the country? Half a year ago, I heard someone talk about people changing their children and eating them.

The previous information was wrong.

Or is it that Yangzhou City has undergone earth-shaking changes in just half a year? !

Chen Heng felt confused.

You must know that the great harvest in Yangzhou has just passed, so it is normal for the northern frontier army not to hear the news, especially for a general like Chen Heng who only knows how to fight with the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty all day long.

Before coming, Chen Heng had also wondered why he came to Yangzhou to collect food.

But for soldiers, obeying orders is the first duty, so Chen Heng didn't ask much about it.

It seems that the imperial court invested huge manpower and material resources to revive Yangzhou, which enabled it to reach the current state.

Chen Heng thought so in his heart.

The huge border army transport convoy stopped in front of the Yangzhou government office.

The man standing in the middle of the team in front of the government office should be Yang Xian, the prefect of Yangzhou. He was walking towards their motorcade with a smile.

Chen Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, raised a smile on his lips, and turned over to dismount.

"Chen Heng, a subordinate of General Zhenglu, met Magistrate Yang."

"General Chen, it's been a hard journey."

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