Chapter 146 On-site competition

Jia Yi stood aside, looking a little flustered, opened his lips, sighed softly, and closed them again.

[Good, good, good! This time there will be something interesting to watch. ] Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Jia Yi and covered his mouth with his hands to laugh.

Turning back to look at Bai Lining, he looked calm and relaxed.

"Master Qin, for the sake of fairness, you can select ten people to supervise." Xia Zhengqi said in a deep voice.

"Well, your majesty has thought it through." Master Qin responded and immediately found nine people among the crowd of people who were making trouble.

Everyone came to the woodworking area of ​​the Textile Bureau.

Jia Yi and Bai Lining led three workers respectively to build the jacquard machine according to the drawings.

Within two hours, whichever team progresses faster will win.

Bailining wrapped her hair with a headscarf and tied up her sleeves with her sleeves, looking neat and capable.

Bailining held the blueprints in her hands and directed the workers in an orderly manner.

The main body of the jacquard machine was ready-made, and they only needed to install the parts one by one according to the blueprints.

Jia Yi took a closer look at the blueprints, but his face was full of confusion. A more experienced worker couldn't help but give him a hint, and he finally understood a little.

The water drops in the copper kettle dripped down drop by drop, and time passed quickly.

Bailining led three workers to work hard, and the whole process was smooth.

After the efforts of the four of them, the frame of a jacquard machine had more and more parts installed.

Looking at Jia Yi's team, they were stumbling around. Sometimes they would assemble the parts only to find that they were installed incorrectly and had to disassemble them again.

Jia Yi glanced at the progress of Bai Lining's team, and was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He yelled at his workers.

Two hours passed, and the person in charge of timing struck the gong and shouted, "It's time to start the game!"

Jia Yi's face was flushed, and he was sweating profusely. He was embarrassed and couldn't raise his head.

Xia Zhengqi invited Qin Fuzi, who was in charge of supervision, to come forward to check. Qin Fuzi's face was also very bad.

Bai Lining's team had already assembled a jacquard machine. Bailin installed the bobbin on the jacquard machine and tried weaving a few times to prove that the jacquard machine was working properly and could be put into use.

Looking at Jia Yi's team, only a small number of parts were installed on the frame of the jacquard machine.

The difference between the two teams' progress is obvious when compared.

[Hahaha! I knew that my cousin would definitely win.]

[A person who started as a textile worker and developed the machine herself is naturally more capable than Lord Jia, who only talks about military affairs on paper.]

Xia Zhengqi nodded slightly when he heard his daughter's words.

In fact, it's not just Jia Yi. There are many similar manufacturing workshops in the court. The directors are all parachuted in, either relying on the introduction of prominent people or relying on their eloquence and exaggeration.

They are very good at dealing with their superiors and currying favor with the powerful, but as for the specific business of their own workshops, they are careless and only talk about it on paper.

Xia Zhengqi couldn't help but ponder.

It seems that selecting the heads of the workshops as before is really too disadvantageous. If the heads of every workshop in the court can be as capable as Bai Li Ning, the development of the workshops will definitely be smoother.

"Master Bai Li wins!" Eunuch Debao walked to the gate of the Textile Bureau and shouted to the crowd!

"Oh my God, Master Jia actually lost to a woman!"

As soon as the result of the competition was announced, the crowd immediately exploded.

People talked about it.

"This is simply a shame for a man. Lord Jia, who has worked in the Capital Textile Bureau for many years, can't even beat a little girl."

"Could it be that the emperor gave Bailining a break? After all, she is his cousin."

"The new jacquard machine was designed by Lord Bailin, so she is naturally familiar with it. It is natural that her speed is faster than Lord Jia's." Master Qin looked ugly, but still argued cunningly.

[The pedantic old man is really stubborn! ]

"Master Qin, what you said makes sense. If you still have any doubts, I am willing to conduct other competitions, such as a live competition to build a weaving machine or something."

Before Xia Zhengqi could speak, Bailining took the initiative to ask for an additional test.

"You!" Master Qin glared at Bailining and was speechless.

Jia Yi said hurriedly: "In my humble opinion, it is not necessary. I admit defeat, I admit defeat."

Xia Miaoyuan stole a glance at Jia Yi, only to see that his face was red and he was extremely embarrassed.

[This Lord Jia is quite aware of the current situation! If the competition continues, he will only be embarrassed, hahaha! ]

[If there is a competition of flattery and fawning on the superiors, Lord Jia will definitely win! ]

Xia Miaoyuan fantasized wildly in his mind and couldn't help but laughed.

Xia Zhengqi embraced Xia Miaoyuan lovingly, suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Since the winner has been decided, Lord Jia himself has no objection."

"Then, the Textile Bureau will still be run by the Queen and Bailining will be the director." As

soon as Xia Zhengqi finished speaking, the palace servants in the Textile Bureau cheered happily.

Bailining was not arrogant, was approachable, and had skilled skills. The workers respected and loved her and did not want the director to be replaced.

Seeing this, Xia Zhengqi and the Queen smiled with relief.

At this time, Ying Chen walked over from a distance and winked at Xia Zhengqi, who waved for him to come over and report immediately.

Ying Chen immediately came to Xia Zhengqi's side and whispered something to him.

Master Qin saw that the situation was hopeless and he had no other options. He bowed to the Emperor and Empress, and was about to leave when Xia Zhengqi stopped him.

"Master Qin, how much money did they promise you at Hongyun Restaurant yesterday afternoon?" Xia Zhengqi's voice was extremely cold, revealing the intimidation of an emperor.

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I don't understand!" Master Qin wiped the sweat from his forehead and pretended to be calm.

"Master Qin, you don't have to pretend. I have asked the secret guards to find out. The young lady of the Feng family came to you yesterday and gave you money." Master Qin

's legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, begging, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"It was the young lady of the Feng family and her young lady who gave me 5,000 taels of silver and asked me to lead people to cause trouble here."

[The masterminds behind the scenes turned out to be Jiang Shuyi and Feng Panpan! ]

Master Qin said, as if he remembered something, he took out a few silver bills from his arms.

"This is what they gave me yesterday, but I didn't touch a penny! Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Master Qin kowtowed repeatedly.

"You actually took the money?"

One of the nine people in charge of supervising the competition immediately questioned.

"Didn't you say that this was all for the sake of protecting the rules of our ancestors?"

"Oh my God, you are so hypocritical!"

[Tsk tsk tsk, so dark. You took 5,000 taels of silver from others, but you refused to share a penny with everyone. 】

【Master Qin's mouth is really good! With just one clever mouth, he fooled dozens of people to come and make trouble! 】

The nine people stared at Master Qin fiercely, their eyes almost spitting fire.