Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

Early in the morning, Tong Ran came out of the Supervisory Mansion with the little tiger in his arms. Yuan San had already pushed his bicycle out and was waiting at the door.

Tong Ran suddenly wanted to hug the little tiger on his back, but the cub kicked his legs wildly and yelled at him ferociously.

"Hahaha," after bullying the little tiger enough, Tong Ran put it in the basket of the bicycle, "Let's go, go to work."

"Wow!" The little tiger waved its paw and patted Tong Ran's arm. It didn't have bright toenails, and Tong Ran didn't feel any pain.

Tong Ran teased the little tiger again, and when he was about to get on the carriage, he saw a carriage approaching, driven by Fan's coachman.

A month ago, he asked Cang Ping to inquire about the matter of cotton, and he presumably got results.

The carriage stopped not far away, and the driver took the wooden steps and put them away, but saw Fan Heng walking down with a cane, followed by Cang Ping.

Tong Ran handed the bicycle to Yuan San, picked up the little tiger, and walked over quickly: "Brother Fan, why are you here?"

Fan Heng is very busy on weekdays. In the many cooperations between Tong Ran and Fan, he is not very present, and most of the time they are handed over to the people below.But he should have spoken. As long as it is about Tong Ran's affairs, Fan's whole body is very dedicated.

"I heard from Cang Ping that you have a cotton peeling machine here, so I came here to see it." Fan Heng said.

Tong Ran smiled: "Brother Fan came at the right time. My cotton gin was just completed yesterday, and I am going to start the test today. Come with me."

Of course Fan Heng was happy and invited Tong Ran into the car together.

"Your little tiger is still so small." After getting into the car, Fan Heng looked at the little tiger and said.

The little tiger glanced at him, ignored him, turned around and lay on Tong Ran's lap.The space in the carriage was small, and there was no room for the three of them to sit down.

"Maybe it won't grow up in the future." Tong Ran said, stroking the little tiger's head, "It's good, you can take it around."

Fan Heng echoed, "Yes, it's really good to be able to go to many places with you."

I heard that when the palace came to present the rewards, His Majesty specially gave a lot of tea that little tigers like to drink.Your Majesty doesn't like animals very much, why is he so interested in Tong Ran's little tiger all of a sudden?I heard that I have never even seen it.

The two said a few more words, and Fan Heng mentioned about cotton: "Cang Ping told me about your needs when he came back last time, and I sent a letter to the merchant in the Peacock Kingdom. They have the supply, but I want to meet you first."

"See me?" Tong Ran wondered.

Fan Heng said: "Your name has been spread along the business route, and almost all foreign businessmen who are well-informed know about it."

Tong Ran didn't know these things, he hadn't seen foreigners in this era yet.

Fan Heng added: "For at most five or six days, he has been in the border of Longyou. If the business in the border market is good, he will come to Jinhe Supervisor to visit. I may not have seen him for a long time. How long is it convenient to stay?"

Tong Ran: "Of course, I'll ask someone to arrange a wing room for you."

Fan Heng: "Thank you."

The little tiger twitched his ears, and the foreign businessman would not arrive until five or six days later, so there was no need for Fan Heng to come so early. According to his usual temperament, it was impossible for him to stay so long with nothing to do.

What does he want to do?

Little Tiger doesn't feel so good.

When Tong Ran and his party arrived, Fu Xuan was already waiting at the cotton factory, with a large iron machine beside him.

"What is this?" Fan Heng asked.

Tong Ran checked a few small places and said, "Steam-powered cotton gin."

He had been in contact with the local textile industry when he was helping Africa in his previous life. Because of his work needs and his own curiosity, he learned a lot about the historical evolution of textiles.Based on Dacheng's foundation, it is impossible for him to make a modern machine directly, but it is still possible to transform the hand-operated cotton gin in the Song and Ming Dynasties into steam power.

The boiler attached to the machine was already on fire, and soon steam was rising and the cotton gin was running.

Ke Yang led two people to feed cotton into it. The cotton seeds were squeezed out and fell into the bamboo basket under the machine, while the snow-white cotton came out from the other end and was put into the box by other workers.The whole process was done in one go, not always fast, and several balls of cotton passed through at the same time, with just one glance, Fan Heng and Cang Ping knew that this was another great invention.

Fan Heng: "Have you calculated how much faster this is than peeling cotton by hand?"

Tong Ran: "About twenty times faster."

Fan Heng's face was still calm, but he quickly began to calculate in his heart.Cang Ping looked surprised, and said: "With this cotton gin, cotton can also be spun and weaved like mulberry. Not only that, cotton can also be wadding in clothes and quilts to keep warm. Great business!"

Tong Ran smiled and said nothing.

Fan Heng glanced at him in thought. If Tong Ran really wanted to make money, with his current status and strength, he could find another place to build a factory and would not interfere with Jin Hejian's official business.Cang Ping has been doing business with him, so he can't think too much, but what Tong Ran thinks in his heart is probably much bigger than a good business.

However, the cotton gin was only one step of the solution, and the work of spinning and weaving was not easy, but I don't know if he has a way to solve these.

Cang Ping also thought about this, and asked Tong Ran.Tong Ran took them to the next room, where there were also several machines.

But this time it was not made of iron, but the wood they were familiar with.

"These are hand spinning machines, eight times faster than traditional spinning wheels," Tong Ran said.He made this machine with reference to the Jenny machine during the British Industrial Revolution. When this machine appeared in the UK, it can be said that it changed the pattern of the entire textile industry.

Just like before, Tong Ran also called someone over to demonstrate.Although this machine is manual, it can spin multiple cotton threads at a time, which greatly improves the efficiency.

"Fu Xuan and I have made some improvements to the loom, but it's not as big as these two. We have to hire more weaving workers." Tong Ran said.

Cang Ping was already dumbfounded, and he said: "Even if the weaving does not improve, these two things are enough to change the status of Cotton in Dacheng. Master Tong is indeed a young talent."

Cang Ping didn't dare to tell the truth, he felt that a young talent was not enough to evaluate Tong Ran, whether it was the cotton gin or the spinning machine, it couldn't be summed up in one sentence of talent, it was like stealing from the sky s things.

But Tong Ran also said to keep a low profile, so he should boast of being low-key.

Tong Ran took the two of them around inside and out. Now there is a steam cotton gin, three spinning machines, and some looms in the factory.His present plan was to manufacture three cotton gins, eight spinning machines, and a hundred looms.In this way, we can have a certain scale and produce it first.

Last winter, he solved the problem of warming and heating the houses of the people. When the cotton factory is in operation, he can solve the problems of their clothes and bedding.If Dacheng can have more such factories, the price of cotton fabrics will be greatly reduced, and the middle and lower class people will not have to suffer from frost every year.

Just to build a factory, the manufacturing of machinery has to keep up.Now several of them are handmade by the craftsmen he recruited. If it is to be widely promoted, at least a semi-mechanical production line is required to ensure the output.

But with his own strength, this series of technical difficulties will take an unknown amount of time.

If the emperor can help and gather the power of the world, it will be much easier.After his cotton factory has some actual results, I have to find an opportunity to talk to him.

After Fan Heng and Cang Ping visited the cotton factory, Fan Heng proposed to visit the iron workshop.Tong Ran asked Fu Xuan to take them there.

He himself had other official duties, so he took the little tiger back by bike.

Because he came here in Fan Heng's carriage just now, and his own car did not ride over, so Tong Ran borrowed the car from the iron workshop to go back.The bamboo basket in front of the cart was relatively rough, and after riding for a while, the little tiger asked himself to get down and walk.

The little tiger was leaving, so Tong Ran had no choice but to accompany him.

When he was approaching the county government office, he suddenly heard a cat meowing.

Tong Ran followed the sound and saw a kitten huddled in the corner of the wall. It was gray and white with black stripes, and there was a brown spot on the right ear covering the entire ear. Tong Ran recognized it as one of the kittens from the previous litter. one.

When the kitten saw them, it quickly hid behind the wall, but poked its head out a little bit.

"Wow!" the little tiger roared at it.

The kitten hid a little further, curled up into a ball, and meowed twice.

This kitten seems to be alone. Although a cat of this age has been weaned, it is still very difficult to find food by itself.Tong Ran thought about it a little bit, but the little tiger was still there, and he would be unhappy soon.

When Tong Ran was hesitating, the little tiger scratched the corner of his robe and opened his mouth wide: "Wow——"

Tong Ran hesitated: "Want to eat?"

His little tiger is very particular. He will eat on the table. He usually feeds him jerky by hugging him. He never eats anything on the ground.

But it opened its mouth wide to mean eating. It can't be said that it wants to eat the cat, right?

Tong Ran squatted down, took out the jerky from her bosom and gave it to it.

As expected, the little tiger wanted this and took a bite, but instead of eating it, he went to the little cat.

Tong Ran also followed curiously.

When the kitten saw the tiger approaching, it instinctively jumped back.

But seeing the little tiger put the jerky where it had been just now, it roared again: "Wow!"

The kitten shivered, but still hid shyly, not daring to come out.

The little tiger turned his head, yelled at Tong Ran, and left.Tong Ran hurried to catch up, and looked back at the cat. The cat must have been hungry. As soon as they left, it sprinted back to its original spot, poked its paws at the dried meat, and began to eat it sullenly.

"Zai Zai, you are actually quite generous." Tong Ran said.

The little tiger glanced at him, he was the king of a country, how could he care about a cat.Seeing that it is so hungry, just reward some food, it has always been generous.

Tong Ran picked up the little tiger and hugged it: "Zai Zai, shall we raise a cat?"

Little Tiger: "Wow!" Don't even think about it!

The little tiger is not willing to raise it, but the cat seems to recognize the owner, and it goes to the corner next to the yamen on time every day to wait for food. It is not afraid to see the little tiger that has fed it, and sometimes it is not afraid of death. Come up to it and meow at it Meow.

The little tiger roared back, but the cat was not afraid, and kept meowing.

When the two furries got together, Tong Ran's heart almost melted. Later, he called a boy from the yard to come over and took the cat back.

Maybe it was because Tong Ran didn't touch his hands personally, the little tiger didn't bother with him, but he still didn't answer the cat, and only the servants were allowed to feed it, Tong Ran was not allowed to touch it.

Tong Ran had nothing to do with this domineering little tiger, but anyway, he had a tiger and didn't care about the kitten, so he let the servants keep it.

The little tiger was very satisfied with Tong Ran's actions.

Its little attendant, of course, can only serve a tiger.

Su Jin found that His Majesty was in a good mood recently, and he was smiling when he wrote the imperial decree.

Chu Jun wrote the imperial decree himself, asked Su Jin to seal it, and took it to the six volumes to read it out.

Two days ago, a coal mine near the sea was discovered in a place near the sea, and they rushed to the capital to send a letter.Chu Jun ordered to recall two officials from the Ministry of Industry who were studying in Jinhe Supervisor, and went to Linhai to assist in coal mining.

When the coal mine was discovered in Linhai, Jinhejian's cotton factory was well-equipped and began to recruit workers.

Through the channels of some officials and various companies that Tong Ran had befriended, the recruitment notices were posted almost all over Dacheng.

The author has something to say: Chu Zai Zai: I am very generous.

Tong Ran: Let's raise a cat.

Chu Zaizai: Don’t even think about it!

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