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"Sister Axiu, try this reeling machine."

Within two days, the first reeling machine was ready. Many parts such as the money eye, reeling star, silk hook, and reel were all used from the original hand-operated reeling machine.

So it is naturally much faster to do.

"Is this also a silk reeling machine?" Sister Axiu looked at this familiar yet weird machine curiously.

"Come, sit here, and then step on this pedal, the reel here will start to rotate. The rest is actually not much different from the original reeling machine."

Axiu sat in her seat and got familiar with it. The chairs behind them were made by craftsmen specially asked by Yan Kai.

Not only is it very comfortable to sit on, there is an armrest just right for your elbows.

Sister Axiu felt that she would not be tired after sitting like this for a whole day.

Press the pedal lightly and the reeling machine starts to operate.

"Wow, it's really convenient!" Sister Axiu said in surprise.

It turns out that two people reeling silk, no matter how well they cooperate, are definitely not as good as one person.

Now she alone controls the fast and slow rhythms, and the speed is much faster than two people.

"Hey, Miss Rong is here, come in, come in."

Sister-in-law Yan was watching the excitement on the side, and she wanted to go up and have a try when her hands were itchy, so she opened the door when she heard the knock on the door.

Finding Huang Rong coming outside, she greeted her warmly.

"No need, I'm here to see Yan Kai."

"Kaier, do you hear me? Miss Rong is looking for you." Sister-in-law Yan dragged Yan Kai out from a group of craftsmen.

Everyone else looked at Yan Kai and snickered.

"whats the matter?"

"Come out and tell me." Huang Rong signaled. Yan Kai knew that no one would know, so he nodded and followed out.

The two of them walked to a corner outside. Huang Rong took a complex look at the yard where Yan Kai came out just now and said, "You have created something amazing again."

"Hehe, I understand a little bit!" Yan Kai said with a proud smile.

"But I have to report this crossbow machine and silk reeling machine..."

Huang Rong said: "You should know how useful the things you make can be!"

"No problem!" Yan Kai agreed immediately, and then continued: "I can also hand over the drawings, but I want my patent fees."

"Patent fee?" Huang Rong's eyes widened.

"That is to say, I made this thing. If you want to hand it over to His Majesty Li, you should pay me a fee. In fact, it's not just me. I think the court should pay a certain amount to every craftsman who has a new invention. fees, so that they will be motivated to innovate and invent.”

Huang Rong didn't quite understand what innovation and invention were, and what enthusiasm she had, but she understood that Yan Kai wanted to reward her.

This is natural, so she nodded and said: "Oh, that's for sure. His Majesty has clear rewards and punishments. If you have such great achievements, he will definitely reward you."

"Okay, then you take the drawings away and tell His Majesty that I don't want anything else. I want to replace the reeling machine drawings with a few weavers and embroiderers. I want the best."

This was Yan Kai's plan early in the morning.

I just lack such skills among my craftsmen.

Regardless of whether it is weaving or embroidery, although Sister Axiu and Sister Yan are good at it, their level is average.

He had always wanted to see the highest level of textile technology in the Tang Dynasty, and now he could discuss conditions with Li Shimin.

"You...you want embroiderers and weavers?" Huang Rong looked at Yan Kai suspiciously.

"What's wrong?" Yan Kai looked at Huang Rong's reaction and asked with some confusion: "What's wrong with so many embroiderers and weavers?"

"The best weavers and embroiderers in the palace are basically young ladies..."

"Uh..." Yan Kai hesitated: "Isn't it true that the older you get, the more experience you have?"

"Weaving and embroidery take a whole day to do, but they are also laborious tasks. Those young ladies start learning weaving and embroidery at a certain age. When they are in their teens or [-]s, they are at the peak of their skills."

Yan Kai was wronged, it was completely different from what he thought.

"It's not like I want to do anything, I just need their weaving and embroidery..."

"Okay, no need to explain to me!" Huang Rong said, "Give me the drawings, and I will report what you requested to me."

Then she asked curiously: "What if I didn't give you such a reward?"

In this era, although it has not yet reached the point where thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king.

But there are really not many people with meritorious service who can name them and ask for rewards. Yan Kai is the first one Huang Rong has seen.

"Oh, yes, just write this down and say it doesn't matter if you don't have these rewards."

Huang Rong thought Yan Kai was enlightened.

In the end, Yan Kai went on to say: "But in that case, my mind doesn't like to think too much. I don't know if there will be something similar that I can come up with in the future."

"You..." Huang Rong said in astonishment, "Isn't this threatening His Majesty?"

"How does it count as a threat?" Yan Kai said seriously: "Do you think that if you eat snacks, you will be very happy? If you are in a good mood, your thinking will be broadened, right?"

"It's the same for me. If I change my things to what I want, then I'll be in a better mood, right? This idea may open up, and more things will pop up in my mind. .”

The silk weaving industry was only a relatively important sideline industry in this era, and the cost of building crossbow machines was high.

These two things are definitely useful to Datang, but at this point in time, they are not said to have particularly huge effects.

So Yan Kai took out these two drawings to test Li Shimin's attitude.

If Li Shimin is willing to show everyone's cooperative attitude, then Yan Kai is also willing to provide something to the Tang government.

If you don't want to, you can just be your own little county magistrate and leave directly after the three-year term is up.

Don't use the welfare of all people to morally kidnap Yan Kai. Yan Kai is willing to let the people around him live a good life, but it does not mean that he will selflessly dedicate the happy life of the people of the entire Tang Dynasty to himself.

He is just a little anchor who accidentally traveled through time. Isn't it tiring to carry so many things?

"As for the crossbow machine..." Yan Kai hesitated and said, "Let your majesty reward me with some iron. Maybe I can get some new weapons."

The voice in the words was seductive.

He had several people make wooden armor, but he was still not satisfied with it, so it was better to make iron armor.

He can buy iron armor to Datang in his live broadcast room, but if he doesn’t have any iron in his hand, how can he explain where the iron armor comes from?

So asking for iron is just a cover.

"Okay!" Huang Rong nodded: "I will report everything you said."

"Thank you!" Yan Kai said.

This was sincere. If it were another spy, he might have secretly reported what Yan Kai had done, and there would be no chance for him to raise conditions.