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After asking Li Dazhu to modify the spinning wheel on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she started preparing to make a simple cotton gin. The principle of this manual cotton gin is very simple. Use two smooth logs as pressure rollers, connect one end of them to a hand crank, and the other end to make a helical gear, so that they can rotate back and forth at a uniform speed. Put the pair of pressure rollers in place, crank the handle to make it rotate, and then roll the dried cotton through the pressure roller, the cotton seeds will be pressed out, and the cotton with deseeded seeds will also fall to the other side.

This manual cotton gin is less efficient, but it is currently the most practical.

After Yuan Chuyi drew the drawings of the cotton gin, he also drew the cotton slingshot that must be used to play cotton, and asked Xuanfeng to go to the city to find some bow strings. After the bow strings were brought back, Yuan Chu Yi asked him to put the drawings and materials She took them all to Li's house and asked Li Dazhu to try according to the drawings. If he couldn't do it, she would go to the city to find other craftsmen.

But after Li Dazhu saw the drawings, he immediately became interested and immediately agreed, saying that he would be able to make these two utensils in two days.

Wang Shuying looked at Li Dazhu, who was grinning from ear to ear, and couldn't help snorting: "Did she give you orders? She asked you to make this cotton gin and this cotton slingshot, and she didn't say what wages she would pay! You have been kind to our family, but you can’t do it in vain!”

Li Dazhu looked at his mother-in-law and sighed, "You are short-sighted. This machine hasn't been made yet. What's the salary? What if it can't be made! Besides, our two families are now in-laws, and Qiaozhen is in her home." As for living, the food and clothing expenses for my uncle’s study are also borne by others, so what’s wrong with us just helping them make one or two things?”

Wang Shuying snorted, "Then our Qiaozhen didn't live and eat at her house for free. Didn't we take care of her children and do housework and so on? Besides, our uncle was still her brother-in-law. She helped them, and she didn't It’s not all for nothing!”

"Okay, whatever you say is polite. In your eyes, besides wages and money, is there any other friendship?"

"I don't want to talk about what money means. We don't have to spend money on anything at home. It's time for the elder brother to get married when he's old enough, and it's time for Erya to get married when she's old enough. We can't prepare anything for the child!"

Li Dazhu didn't want to argue with his mother-in-law, so he just said: "There are so many craftsmen in the city, how can I find anyone to do it! She can ask me to help, because she thinks highly of me and for Qiaozhen's sake. I thought back then, She made the keel waterwheel, but she specifically told me not to do it, so we lost several taels of money in vain!"

Wang Shuying suddenly remembered that if she hadn't looked down on Yuan Chuyi and didn't want to interact with her, her family's many sets of stone mills and the keel waterwheel were all her own business. For this reason, their family could I made less than ten or twenty taels of silver.

"Okay, okay, then you do it!" Wang Shuying agreed bitterly, but she still felt a little uncomfortable.

On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she didn't know that Wang Shuying had a grudge against her because she had renovated the spinning wheel to make a cotton gin. She was now watching the workers picking cotton in the field. She found that the workers were picking with baskets behind their backs. It was very difficult to put the cotton in, and the speed of picking cotton was very slow.

She tried going into the field to pick a few flowers, and found that it was most convenient to pick the cotton and put it in the pocket in front of her, which would make the picking faster. With such a discovery, she immediately went home and asked Yuan Shiyu and Li Qiaozhen to make several bags from coarse cloth that could be hung on her chest. After making the first bag, she took it and hung it in front of her body before going to the fields to pick cotton.

Most of the cotton in the fields is now in full bloom, and as far as the eye can see, the fields are white, like snowflakes.

"Madam, the sun is so bright and the ground is so hot. You can just let the workers try it, or you can let me try it. Don't go down there!" Seeing that Xuan Yue was about to go down to the ground again on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she hurriedly She stopped him, "What if you get a heatstroke or fall ill?"

"I know, I know. I'll just pick two of them and try out this cloth bag. I don't know if it works well without trying it myself!"

As soon as Yuanchu said that, he went down to the ground with his cloth bag and tried to pick a few flowers. It was indeed much more convenient, and he could use both hands to pick them with his left and right hands.

She immediately called Cheng Zhongping and asked him to try it out.

Although Cheng Zhongping was a big man, he was also good at picking cotton. He hung the cloth bag on his chest and walked into the field. Using both hands, he quickly picked the cotton that was already perfect and put it into the cloth bag. .

"Madam, with this cloth bag, I can pick cotton much faster!" Cheng Zhongping said happily.

Yuan Chuyi raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, only by having good tools can you get twice the result with half the effort.

"Let me tell you, I go home every night to get this cloth bag to put cotton in it. After filling the bag, I put it on my back. Also, I found that some people did not put the cotton on it when picking cotton. Take away the dead leaves, as that will affect the subsequent processing of cotton. If you can take away the dead leaves, take away the dead leaves." Yuan Chuyi explained.

When cotton is in full bloom, the cotton leaves are somewhat wilted. Dew or rain at night will cause the dead leaves to stick to the cotton. If there are too many dead leaves stuck to the cotton, you will have to deal with them later when ginning. If Otherwise it will affect the quality of cotton.

After the cotton is picked, it must be exposed to the sun to remove the moisture in the cotton. There was no Shaiguping at this time, so on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, he asked Mr. Zhang to make dozens of large bamboo mats for cotton. Looking at the white cotton on the ground, the face of the first day of the Yuan Dynasty was full of joy. This year Everyone can have cotton-padded clothes to wear.

Today, many tourists came to the garden to enjoy the flowers and scenery. They saw white cotton blossoms drying everywhere in the open space in front of Xiao Yuan's house, and they were all curious about what they were.

When she came back from the fields on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she saw many people gathered outside the fence, curiously looking at Cotton and talking about it. She smiled and invited everyone into the yard to watch.

"This is called cotton. I bought seeds from businessmen from other countries in the market and planted them. This cotton can replace silk to make winter clothes and quilts to keep out the cold. The price of the made winter clothes and quilts is much cheaper than those made of silk. many."

"I wonder if it can keep you warm?" Some people think it's cheap but not good.

Yuan Chuyi chuckled, "What this lady is worried about makes sense. After all, this is a new thing and no one has seen it before. If you are worried that it is not warm, you can wait until next month to see the ready-made clothes we have made." If you can trust me, you can place an order now, and I will give you a discount on the price, and I will give you a price for your valued customers."

The emergence of new things always requires people to slowly adapt.

"Madam, I've heard that the peanuts now on the market and the corn planted after this year's drought are all made like yours, right?" a lady asked.

Yuan Chuyi didn't know why she asked so, but he still nodded truthfully with a smile, "Yes."