Why would Gu Nanxi be angry?
The group of young men in front of us are the spark of Yunzhou’s scientific and technological revitalization and the future main force of technological innovation!
It's better not to accept it.
Those who do research need to have this kind of spirit.
"Hey, what are you arguing about again? Was the experiment successful? Is it an improvement over what our predecessors did? You must remember that your mission is not to copy, but to improve! If you simply make the millstone according to the blueprint, any carpenter in the military workshop can do better than you!"
I heard his voice before I saw him.
A middle-aged woman of medium height and slightly plump, dressed in craftsman's clothes, walked in.
When the students heard her voice, they lowered their heads like quails and dared not make any more noise.
The middle-aged lady watched the students perform two experiments and said in a gentle tone, "Not bad. In a few days, I will ask the carpenters in the workshop to scale it up and verify it on the spot. If the effect is good, I will report it to Lord Qin. Maybe Duke Yun will even see the result."
Upon hearing that their achievements might be seen by Duke Yun, the students were energized and expressed their determination to keep working hard.
After teaching the students, the middle-aged lady then bowed to Lord Qin and said hello: "Greetings, Lord Qin."
Qin Bohuai introduced her with a smile: "Sir, she is Wang Ziting's wife, Xiong Anniang. Anniang, come and meet Duke Yun!"
The students who had walked out of the door looked at each other in disbelief. Duke Yun? !
Oh no! My legs won't obey me and I can't walk at all.
Xiong Anniang never expected that this fairy-like girl was actually the famous Duke Yun!
It was a year after Wang Ziting came to Yunzhou that he wrote a letter to Xiong Anniang, asking her to move to Yunzhou with her parents and children.
Not long after arriving in Yunzhou, Xiong An'niang became pregnant. Due to her advanced age, her pregnancy condition was not good and she rarely went out.
After the child was born, the Yunzhou War broke out.
Therefore, Xiong Anniang has never met Gu Nanxi.
Xiong Anniang's heartbeat quickened, beating against her chest like a drum.
Her eyes were moist and she bowed respectfully: "I pay my respects to Duke Yun!"
"Please stand up quickly!" Gu Nanxi did not address Xiong Erniang as Madam Wang. "Engineer Xiong, Lord Qin said that you have made some achievements on the textile machine?"
Xiong Anniang's eyes lit up, and she looked at Lord Qin with gratitude, determined to seize this opportunity: "Yes, sir, this way please. The improved loom is in the next room."
That's great.
Gu Nanxi followed without hesitation.
Cotton was already grown in the southern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but due to limited technological levels, the weaving efficiency was low and could not meet the needs of large-scale production.
Ordinary people still mainly use linen.
If you want to turn cotton into cloth, the first thing you need to do is spin it.
Xiong Anniang introduced: "At present, the most commonly used spinning wheels in Jiangnan are hand-cranked spinning wheels and pedal spinning wheels. Larger weaving workshops also have jacquard machines for making complex patterns."
Xiong Anniang pushed open the door and what came into view was a pedal-powered RV, but this pedal-powered spinning wheel was bigger than the ones Gu Nanxi had seen.
Xiong Anniang introduced: "The traditional single-spindle spinning wheel can only spin one spindle of yarn at a time. I improved it into a horizontal parallel multi-spindle structure, which can achieve multiple spinning with one pedal through gear linkage. It can spin at least five spindles of yarn and up to eight spindles of yarn."
Gu Nanxi didn't know much about the textile industry. She only remembered the spinning Jenny, which was invented in England in 1764. It was driven by a hand crank and had horizontally arranged spindles. In the early days, it spun eight spindles of yarn. After evolving into a water machine and a mule machine, it could be expanded to eighty spindles.
Gu Nanxi's mind moved, and he asked, "Is there any room for improvement in this multi-spindle foot-operated loom? Can it spin 80 spindles at a time?"
"How much?! Eighty?!" Xiong An's mother was originally quite proud.
This textile machine that I improved myself can allow one person to do the work of eight people!
As a result, Duke Yun had a crazy idea and wanted to spin 80 spindles at a time! Even if a person had three heads and six arms, he couldn't do it.
Xiong Anniang instinctively wanted to shake her head, indicating that this was totally impossible, but she paused because the one who said this was Duke Yun, and Duke Yun never boasted.
Could it be that there really is a textile machine that can spin eighty spindles at a time?
Xiong An's mother was embarrassed: "Sir, I need to study it further."
Gu Nanxi doesn’t understand technology, but she also knows that technology never exists independently.
Just like the Jenny spinning machine requires metal teeth and wheel bearings, which requires relatively high iron smelting technology.
The foot-operated loom improved by Xiong Anniang has a main wooden structure, with only key parts reinforced with iron, which is very suitable for Yunzhou's current situation.
Gu Nanxi said quickly: "Don't worry. The textile machine you improved is very good. I plan to promote it vigorously in the three counties. When the time comes, I will need your help to check it."
Xiong Anniang couldn't suppress the curled corners of her mouth and nodded repeatedly, fearing that if she reacted too slowly, Duke Yun would go back on his word.
After looking at the textile machine, Xiong Anniang took Gu Nanxi to visit the jacquard machine she had improved.
Xiong Anniang was not as enthusiastic about the jacquard machine as she was about the textile machine.
Because in the Zhou Dynasty, cotton cloth was regarded as a product of the southern barbarians, and the court and the scholar-official class still preferred silk.
Even though some naval forces along the coast began to use cotton instead of linen for their clothing, they still relied on imported Champa cotton.
Using jacquard looms to weave patterns on cotton cloth would undoubtedly increase the price of cotton cloth, but the scholar-official class who could afford cotton cloth did not recognize it.
Therefore, Xiong Anniang felt that the improved jacquard machine would not be of much help to Yunzhou.
"Sir, the previous jacquard machine required one or two palace ladies to manually pull the gold thread and cooperate with the weavers below to operate successfully. After my improvement, the text exchange efficiency has increased tenfold, and it can support thousand-needle-level patterns. At the same time, it reduces the number of weavers to operate independently."
Qin Bohuai was very interested: "If this jacquard machine is used for silk, won't we make a fortune? Unfortunately, our Yunzhou is not suitable for growing mulberry trees and raising silkworms."
Thinking of this, Qin Bohuai felt like he had missed out on ten thousand taels of gold!
If the entire Jiangnan region belonged to Duke Yun, they would never be short of money again!
Gu Nanxi took a close look at the improved jacquard machine. Xiong Anniang had even designed a flying shuttle and used it on the jacquard machine.
This is really amazing!
Gu Nanxi: "How many pieces of cloth can one person produce every day?"
Xiong Anniang: "If you are a skilled worker, you can operate two improved jacquard machines at the same time. In the past, one person could only produce half a piece of jacquard, but now they can produce two pieces a day!"
After hearing this, Qin Bohuai gasped.
Silk accounted for 70% of the tax burden of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the jacquard machine is promoted throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, it will have a huge impact on the entire silk market, and the impact on the tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty is unquestionable.
"Sir?" Qin Bohuai wanted to ask, do you want to cause trouble? Do you want to cause some trouble to the south?
Gu Nanxi stood in the room, with a treadle loom on her left and a modified jacquard loom on her right. She seemed to be in the torrent of history, feeling a revolution about to rise! (End of this chapter)
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