Chapter 140 Textile Bureau

Inside Kunning Palace.

The Queen had someone set up a table of refreshments to entertain Baili Ning.

Xia Miaoyuan refused to take a nap and played the game of bullfighting with Maomao.

"Ning'er, I heard that you once developed a new type of jacquard machine when you were in the frontier, but it's a pity that you failed to develop it?" The Queen said softly.

Baili Ning's face immediately showed a look of disappointment: "The new jacquard machine can weave more complex patterns, and the efficiency is much higher. It's a pity that only a dozen machines have been manufactured so far." "

What do you think if I let someone build a new type of jacquard machine according to your drawings so that more weavers can use it?" The Queen's tone was like a spring breeze.

Bai Lining's eyes lit up: "Of course, is it really possible?"

The Queen nodded affirmatively: "It is a good thing to promote the new jacquard machine. Not only this palace, but also the Emperor will fully support it when he knows about it."

[Not only do we have to let people make new jacquard machines, but we also have to teach people how to use them. Otherwise, even if they are made, it will be useless to distribute them to local areas.]

Xia Miaoyuan stroked the deer's head while muttering in his heart.

[The reason why it was not promoted in the past was that the damn local officials did not report it, and the weavers did not know how to use it. The jacquard machines made locally were not used by many local weavers because no one taught them.]

The Queen and Bai Lining both tilted their heads and listened quietly to Xia Miaoyuan's voice. When she heard that weavers didn't know how to use it, she excitedly twisted her handkerchief with her hands.

"By the way, you should not only make jacquard machines, but also spread the use of them." The queen hurriedly added.

Briaring was so excited that tears were about to burst out: "Sister-in-law, that's great!"

The Queen stood up and paced slowly, as if thinking about something. After a moment, she said: "I will ask the Emperor for instructions first, and ask the court to allocate a sum of money to summon a group of masters who can make looms, purchase materials, and then you give them the drawings and let them make them."

Briaring nodded repeatedly and added: "Then can I supervise the manufacturing process? In order to prevent the manufactured machines from being unqualified."

The Queen smiled: "If you are willing to supervise the manufacturing yourself, of course it would be great!"

"After the machines are made, you have to summon a group of weavers with good skills, and you will teach them how to use them. After they learn it, you can send the jacquard machines to all parts of the country."

"Let these masters who have learned to use jacquard machines go to various places, and then they will teach the local weavers by themselves."

When Bai Lining heard that the jacquard machines and technology would be spread all over the country, she clapped her hands excitedly: "This method is good, it will take a short time and produce quick results!"

The Queen held Bai Lining's hand and said: "If everything goes well, within a year, the whole country should be able to use the jacquard machines you designed."

The Queen raised her head slightly, her eyes sparkling, as if she was looking forward to the day when the whole country would use the new jacquard machines.

"Great! Great! Sister-in-law, you are simply my mentor." Bai Lining clapped her hands and shouted.

Xia Miaoyuan also jumped and cheered: "Great!"

Bai Lining leaned over and picked her up, and kissed her chubby little face several times in a row.

I really have to thank Princess Anguo. If it weren't for her, the jacquard machine I developed wouldn't have been promoted so smoothly.

I just came to the capital with my family, and I wanted to ask my cousin, the emperor, to promote the jacquard machine, but I didn't dare to speak because I was too cautious.

[It would be great if we could deal with that bad local official back then. ]

Xia Miaoyuan recalled the local official who bullied Bailining back then, and couldn't help clenching her fists.

When Bailining was in the frontier, in order to supplement her family income, she started doing needlework to earn money at the age of twelve.

When she was a little older, she went to work in a local weaving workshop.

It was in the weaving workshop that she discovered the shortcomings of the old-fashioned jacquard machine.

With her flexible mind and her love for textiles, after four years of dedicated research, she finally developed a new type of jacquard machine.

[Back then, Baili Ning's master specially reported her new jacquard machine to the county magistrate. He originally thought that the county magistrate would report the machine to the court, and the court would reward the inventor, which might reduce the guilt of the Baili family. ]

[Unexpectedly, the county magistrate was snobbish and did not take Baili Ning's research results seriously at all. He just looked at the content of the report and threw it aside. 】

【Bai Li Ning and her master begged the county magistrate several times, but the county magistrate insulted them and said that they were the daughter of a criminal. They thought that they could be rewarded by the court with just a little bit of trickery. It was simply unrealistic and a wild chicken dreaming of flying to the sky. They drove them out. 】

There is such a vicious county magistrate!

The queen gritted her teeth in anger.

【Alas, fortunately in this life, the Bai Li family was recalled to the capital. 】

【In the book, the eldest cousin was so miserable. 】

【Because she was the daughter of a criminal, the slightly decent families were unwilling to marry her. Only the lazy men and scoundrels in the village were willing to marry her. She was unwilling to succumb to fate and remained unmarried all her life. 】

【Her jacquard loom was buried for many years. It was not until the crown prince of Liang restored the country that the court discovered her jacquard loom and intended to promote it. 】

【However, my cousin was very dignified and would rather give the new jacquard loom to the people than to the court of Liang. 】

【Liang Chaozong was so angry that he beat her to death. 】

【It's a pity that such a textile genius died at the age of thirty. 】

When Baili Ning and the queen heard this, they felt a chill all over their bodies.

They didn't expect that in the original destiny setting, it would end like this.

The queen calmed down and immediately took Baili Ning to see Xia Zhengqi and told him her thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhengqi immediately cleared the shadow of the birthday banquet farce and decided to allocate 20,000 taels of silver to set up a textile bureau, which would be managed by the empress and fully responsible, and Bailining would be the female official in charge of specific matters.

The empress also took the initiative to mention the reason why the new jacquard machine was not reported to the court and widely used.

Xia Zhengqi was furious when he heard this and issued an order on the spot to dismiss the county magistrate who refused to report it that year and never re-employ him. He also summoned Bailining's master to the capital to work in the textile bureau.

Soon, the empress took Bailining to manage the affairs of the textile bureau.

As for Feng Panpan, who was cheating, she became a laughing stock in the capital.

The noble ladies in the capital were good at spreading gossip and liked to make up stories about people. In addition, when they saw Bailining gaining power, their fear of Feng Panpan decreased.

All of a sudden, the news of how Feng Panpan made a fool of herself while embroidering on the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet and how she was slapped in the face for humiliating Bailining spread.

As the saying goes, good news never leaves the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

A few days later, the story of Feng Panpan creating a clever and clever persona spread throughout the capital, and was even made into a melodramatic story by a storyteller, who told it vividly in teahouses and taverns.

"So, the embroidery works she participated in the embroidery competition before were all embroidered by embroiderers!"

"How shameless! The things she embroidered are like dog shit, and you still have the nerve to say that you are obsessed with embroidery."

The guests in the teahouse gossiped.

Feng Panpan was ashamed and annoyed, hiding at home and refusing to go out.

Jiang Shuyi angrily scolded: "Why did I give birth to such a fool like you? I asked all the famous teachers to teach you, but you just can't learn to embroider!"