Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Wang Lian opened the box he carried with him, took out a roll of drawings, and handed it to Zhang Jimeng.

Zhang Jimeng, who already knew that everything the emperor did was good, hurriedly opened the blueprint, and his eyes widened just at a glance.

"Snapped!"

Zhang Jimeng slapped his thigh:

"wonderful!

Excellent! "

The two Bi brothers on the side hurriedly looked over, but after just one glance, they were stunned.

"Why didn't I think of it?"

Bidenhan's eyes widened and he muttered:

"Just by tilting the spinning wheel down and letting the horizontal spindles stand upright, can we add so many spindles?"

As a Jiangnan native, Bidenhan naturally knew that the spinning machines improved by Huang Daopo generally only had 3-5 spindles, which meant that they could only produce three or five yarns at a time.

In this way, if you want to make a piece of cloth, even a skilled woman who works day and night will need two months. If your hands are clumsy and unlucky, even half a year will be difficult for you to weave a piece of cloth!

And this machine can actually spin dozens of spindles with just one power move?

what!

Bi Dengfu stared at the line of small words on it and looked at it carefully.

"This..." He was stunned.

I saw it written in small letters on it: If it is changed to hydraulic drive, as long as the power is enough, it is feasible to drive hundreds of spindles at a time.

Even, with the further improvement of power, it is enough to spin hundreds of yarns at a time...

……

Zhu Youjian looked at the three of them with a smile.

What he took out was naturally not the first-generation spinning Jenny, but a water-powered spinning machine.

That is, reel spinning machine.

To be honest, although the Jenny spinning machine can increase the number of spindles to eighty, the efficiency is more than ten times that of the Huang Daopo spinning machine. However, due to technical problems, the yarn produced by the Jenny spinning machine is uneven in thickness and strong. It is not easy to break and the quality is too poor.

It was not until 1769, when Richard Arkwright invented the reel spinning machine, that the problem of poor quality was solved.

……

The gentry had already heard of Er Bi's name, and when they saw that the disciples they had taught looked like idiots, they couldn't help but feel relieved about their recent investment.

They have long heard about His Majesty's large-scale workshops on the three islands of Wangfuzhou.

Since this new type of textile machine can make Zhang Jimeng and the other three lose their composure, this matter should be settled.

While everyone was rejoicing that their family would rise completely, Zhang Jimeng had already raised his head:

"Your Majesty, the cotton cloth spun by this thing is not as exquisite as the one spun by Huang Daopo's loom and needs to be improved."

As a technical genius, Zhang Jimeng really has a pitiful low emotional intelligence.

He didn't even notice that the gentry around him who had just invested money had a bitter look on their faces and said bluntly:

"Your Majesty, although this textile machine is very efficient, the cotton cloth produced is not exquisite enough and needs improvement.

At this time, there are only drawings, and my calculation is not very accurate. If I make a physical object and make improvements while experimenting, there will be a lot of room for change. "

Zhu Youjian laughed and did not get angry because of Zhang Jimeng's "straight man".

"Let's see, how much does this machine cost to weave cloth?"

Zhu Youjian asked another key point.

The gentry were stunned and looked hopeful.

Yes, it doesn’t matter whether the product is good or not, as long as the price is cheap, there will be a market for it!

Zhang Jimeng, Bi Dengfu and Bi Denghan discussed for a while and replied affirmatively:

"Your Majesty, I dare to assert that the cost of making cloth with this new spinning machine and loom is less than [-]% of Songjiang cloth, or even..."

Zhang Jimeng raised his head: "Even if it's just a few percent, it's still possible!"

The cost of spinning Songjiang cloth is too high!

This new type of textile machine not only greatly improved the efficiency of the spinning machine, but also improved the loom, and the efficiency was also increased several times.

Calculated in this way, for the same cotton cost, the cost of a new machine with less manpower and higher efficiency should be only a few percent of that of Songjiang cloth!

"what!"

Li Shusheng's eyes widened.

Even though he already knew that the emperor had invented a new textile machine, and even got some inside information, he never expected that the efficiency of this thing would be so terrifying!

What is the manufacturing cost?

In this way, even if the quality is a little inferior, it will definitely become popular all over the world.

Needless to say, even if the price is set to be twice as low as Songjiang cloth, people will definitely give up Songjiang cloth and buy their cloth instead!

In this way, their profits will be huge!

The emperor really gave himself great wealth!

……

Zhu Youjian laughed.

He said to Zhang Jimeng:

"The east side of the Han River is higher than the west side. The river bank on the Guanghua side will not be flooded. You can lead people to select a suitable area, build a foundation, and prepare to open a textile factory!"

Zhang Jimeng hurriedly agreed and retreated with Bidenhan and others.

Zhu Youjian said to the overjoyed gentry on one side:

"Everyone, prepare your silver cellar and wait to get money from your family!"

……

Jiangnan.

Zheng Sen was extremely disappointed.

He never thought that the high-class "scholars" he wanted to join would be so dirty!

When the emperor left the capital alive, Zheng Sen danced with joy and couldn't help but want to share it with the scholars he had just made friends with after spending a huge amount of gold and silver.

Who knew that Jiangnan's weirdness was in sharp contrast to his cheerfulness.

Not long after, he spent millions of silver and successfully became a disciple of Qian Qianyi...

He actually sacrificed his life to the emperor!

Zheng Sen locked himself in his room, thought for two days, and came to a conclusion: it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety!

He wants to call on the scholars to bring his mentor to justice!

Who ever thought?

In just two days, this world became difficult to recognize.

What the Jiangnan officialdom was discussing was not to capture Qian Qianyi, a rebellious minister, but to establish another emperor!

Zheng Sen spat out a mouthful of blood in anger and passed out.

Under the treatment of Wu Youxing, a great doctor from Suzhou Wumen who was forcibly invited by Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Sen quickly woke up.

Wu Sect is the name of the doctors in Suzhou, and Wu Youxing is the leader among the Wu Sect doctors.

The plague in Jiangbei caused countless deaths and injuries, and even many doctors died in the epidemic area.

After the news spread, Wu Youxing resolutely packed up his bags and went north to treat patients.

He had been back for less than ten days. He originally planned to go north again after buying medicinal materials, but unexpectedly he was kidnapped by Zheng Zhibao to treat Zheng Sen.

……

Zheng Sen was extremely disappointed.

After he recovered his health, he immediately wrote a letter to the top Confucian scholars he had just met - the people in the "Fushe".

Zheng Sen took out [-] silver and held a literary meeting, hoping to gather scholars and advise the established small court of Prince Fu Jiangnan not to do anything that would hurt relatives and please enemies.

……

This complex society is known as "Xiaodonglin" and "Sidonglin".

This was a political and literary group with Jiangnan scholar-officials as its core.

In other words, they represent the interests of scholar-bureaucrats.