"Are you going to the imperial examination this time?" Zhao Lin asked while sorting out the books. He didn't do things in Zhou Rong's hands before, but Zhou Rong told him after he was short of people. He thought that brotherhood was still here, but he was afraid. When the family scolded him, he avoided going home and went to Zhou Rong's house to eat and drink.
Zhou Rong's family is different from other families. His family has suffered and knows the benefits of getting ahead. There are children in the family who are willing to sacrifice their lives in exchange for their future. They are also willing to follow.
Zhou Rong was still reading the words. His eyes hurt when he looked at the words recently. He had to think carefully about how to change and simplify each word so that people who couldn't read would find it easy. He took a deep breath and said, "Don't go. "
Zhao Lin: "I really don't want to go? What a great opportunity? How much did the new dynasty show up in the first imperial examinations?"
"I don't want to be the No. 1 and No. 1 pick. It would be nice to have a No. 2 or a Jinshi."
"I heard that His Majesty has added a new one, and choose Shuji Shi from the jinshi. Shuji Shi can be like Hanlin." Zhao Lin had already inquired clearly.
Zhou Rong waved his hand: "I'm busy, I'm already an official, how can I go to the imperial examination? You're white, you can go by yourself, you won't be pulling someone, or a little girl holding hands to the hut."
Zhao Lin choked: "What do you say? You compare it like that."
"Forget it, I won't tell you." Zhao Lin rolled his eyes and moved the sorted book to the other side, "I'll pass the exam by then, the official is older than you, so don't be shy."
Zhou Rong didn't even look at him: "Then I will congratulate Master Zhao in advance."
Zhao Lin couldn't say anything about him, so he could only continue to match words before returning to the book case.
Outside, because of the imperial examination, Lin Yuan didn't care, he was looking at the pencils made by the craftsmen.
Pen craftsmen are still researching, but pencils have done a good job. Don't underestimate the wisdom of craftsmen in this era. They sometimes have enterprising spirit and pioneering spirit. As long as the above policies encourage them to be enterprising and pioneering, they will be enough. Study hard.
There is also the improvement of paper, which today's paper people cannot afford.
Especially rice paper.
Lin Yuan was also anxious for a group of technicians to improve.
The main reason is that there is no machine, and it all depends on labor. Labor is also included in the cost, and of course the price cannot go down.
Lin Yuan looked at the pencil.
It is thicker than modern times, as thick as a finger of an adult man.
Lin Yuan asked, "Can it be more detailed?"
The craftsman was very frightened and didn't dare to raise his head: "Only, as long as you spend more time...you will definitely be able to do it more carefully."
Lin Yuan smiled: "Well done."
The craftsman breathed a sigh of relief.
People will not be rewarded in person, they will be rewarded after they go down.
It was a father and son who got the pencil out. They were both attentive people. They had tried countless times before they got out the pencil.
When they returned to the workshop, the emperor's reward came down.
Four pieces of cloth, 10 taels of gold, two jade rings and a piece of silk, as well as gold and silver jewelry for the female family members.
These rewards were sent by the father-in-law led by the little eunuch, and the eyes of the craftsmen were widened.
Although His Majesty said that there is a reward for doing well, no one expected such a reward.
Twelve taels of gold... As long as you don't spend it randomly, it's enough for a lifetime.
Not to mention anything else.
Others are jealous, and they work harder on their own work. As long as they do well, they may get a bigger reward.
Don't you just make a small pen? They can make even more amazing things!
All of a sudden, there was a lot of competition among the craftsmen.
But this kind of competition is benign, so Lin Yuan didn't take care of it.
In addition to pencils and paper, Jenny Jihe was also released by Lin Yuansu. He remembered the rough drawings and rough operations, and the rest can only be perfected by craftsmen.
The Jenny machine can only be regarded as the beginning, after all, the Jenny machine still relies on manpower.
Lin Yuan remembered that after the Jenny machine, there was a hydraulic spinning machine. Although it was hydraulic, it needed to build a factory based on water, and hundreds of workers needed to work together. It was not until the emergence of the steam engine provided new power that he got rid of the water-based construction. Factory limitations.
The principle of steam is very clear to modern people. It is nothing more than the conversion of steam energy into mechanical reciprocating power.
Lin Yuan is impatient. He doesn't know if he can produce a steam engine, but if he has this idea, he will try it. If he doesn't succeed, he will lose some money, but not a lot. of.
And his greatest advantage is that he knows these principles and the general structure of a steam engine.
As long as a basic version is made, it can be constantly revised and improved.
And the original steam engine was not difficult to make.
Almost all the craftsmen in Beijing were brought together by Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan is not worried about these basic industrial equipment.
The worry is electricity.
It is impossible to develop electricity without basic industries.
The sources of electricity include thermal power, hydropower, wind power, nuclear power plants, solar power, and hydrogen power.
These all require the support of the industrial base.
Lin Yuan thought about it, and finally decided to slow down.
At least basic industrial equipment is required to consider these.
And it's good that he can lay the foundation for industrial equipment in his lifetime.
The Jenny machine came out very quickly. The craftsmen used to make spinning wheels, all of which were spinning fabrics. After having the blueprints, they learned by analogy.
The shuttle can speed up the spinning, and the Jenny machine can speed up the spinning, and the efficiency is more than three times higher than that of the traditional textile industry.
But the flying shuttle was still called the flying shuttle, but the Jenny machine had to change its name. Lin Yuan chose the simple and easy-to-understand one, called the spinning machine.
These are not complete industries, but only handicrafts.
Power still comes from manpower.
Things are done, but how to let the common people use it has become a problem.
In the end, Lin Yuan called Yang Shaowei and asked him to publish the drawings. Everywhere must have them, they must be done, and they must be promoted.
Yang Shaowei has been idle for these days, and his whole body has become uncomfortable since he was idle for a long time. With work, the whole person is in a lot of energy.
Although he did not have a wife, he still had a confidante.
He didn't know how to spin and weave, so he took the blueprints to ask his confidant.
When the confidant learned that the spinning machine and the shuttle could increase the efficiency of weaving by more than three times, the whole person was dumbfounded.
Weaving is hard work, and spinning is the same. Many people wear out their eyes and can't see clearly when it gets dark in middle age.
However, most of the female relatives of small households rely on textiles to supplement their households.
With something like this, they don't have to suffer like they used to.
The confidant burst into tears: "I knew earlier that Your Majesty loves the people, but now the slave family understands it."
Yang Shaowei sent people to various places, and they distributed them non-stop. The carpenters in various places had their work done, and the imperial court provided food and shelter, and gave them monthly money.
The machine spinning machine that is produced can be assigned to each village, and the same is true of the shuttle.
The drawings are also hung on the bulletin board, and people can expand at will.
Lizi Village in Gaoyou was the first village in Shili Baxiang.
The villagers in Lizi Village are not surnamed Li. The plums in their village are all good years old, so they are called this name.
When the loom was delivered, the whole village was dispatched, men, women and children gathered together and looked at the loom like a monster.
"so big… "
"I just don't know how."
"Is it the same as ours?"
Fortunately, the court also sent someone down to teach them how to use it.
There are not many women who can weave in the village. After all, Gaoyou is richer than other places. The female family members bought spinning wheels at home early and weaved more cloth. Although I don’t know if the current tax can be paid with cloth, as long as they can weave, no matter what. How much must be earned.
"Hey! So much! So fast!"
"Then the spinning is also amazing! Why so many!"
The villagers of Lizi Village watched a lively day, and the women all started to try, and they didn't want to stop when their hands started to move.
But this is the only one in the village. If you want to go to the city to expand the drawings, you can find a carpenter to customize it.
But the carpenters are now in the government office.
That's when the businessman's skills are revealed.
They found that it was profitable, so they quickly expanded the blueprint to do it, and rushed to work overnight. As soon as the court's looms were sent out, the merchants began to sell. They also asked the chamber of commerce. Now the chamber of commerce and the court are connected, and the court's The Chamber of Commerce also knew what it meant, so they did not prohibit them from selling.
A loom costs two taels of silver.
For ordinary people, life is simply unbearable.
But the people of Gaoyou could not stand the wealth.
Gaoyou produces salt, not only salt production, but also a very developed business. Taizhou is rich, and Gaoyou is the most affluent place in all areas of Taizhou.
The merchants' first shipments were quickly sold out.
When there were not enough carpenters at home, the merchants began to seek out carpenters from other places. However, the carpenters from other places were also recruited by the local government, so the merchants went to find the apprentices and sons of the carpenters.
Carpentry suddenly became a sought after profession.
Many families are preparing to send their sons to learn the craftsmanship of carpentry in the future, maybe they can bring the whole family to make a fortune.
Now a carpenter who can make a loom can get two coins a month, which is not the highest.
If you can be a master, you will have five or two a month.
There are also merchants who find someone to make a loom by themselves, then build a house, and then hire female workers to do the work.
Why don't you hire a man? Because the requirements for looms are not very different between men and women, and women workers are cheaper than men, of course, women are chosen.
When the merchant who was still selling looms reacted, this single surnamed merchant had already taken the lead. He had a shop selling cloth at home, and he weaved cloth himself. There were many less links that needed to be solved in the middle, so he naturally earned a lot of money. Full bowl.
The people are very adaptable. Although the world has only been stable for a few years, they are already full of vitality.
The poor are still poor, but there are very few cases of starvation. The wasteland is cultivated, and potatoes and sweet potatoes fill the belly of the poor.
People's goal has changed from starving to a better life.
Weaving factories were built one by one, and Lin Yuan didn't care.
The domestic market is bound to be saturated.
I just don't know if it can be sold to Korea or Japan.
The author has something to say: All that can be done now is the transformation of the handicraft industry, which is to lay the foundation. Only when the foundation is laid can we usher in the machinery industry.
Moreover, in the handicraft industry, hanging it up will not look too bad. When it comes up, a generator or power plant is produced, and it is too scary to add an electric light.