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At the beginning of August of this year, Chang'an Women's Textile College was established, and started autumn recruiting. There were more than [-] students who signed up.

This is still after a certain degree of screening has been carried out. If all the orders are accepted, there may be more than 3000 people.

With so many students recruited at once, the new campus at Shengpingfang has not yet been built, so both classrooms and dormitories are very tight.

In order to alleviate the immediate pressure, Luo Yong asked nearly 500 people to go to Luo's Machine Workshop, because many students from the Machine Workshop had gone to Henan Road to build bridges, so some space was freed up. Besides, this autumn Well, the machine shop was originally planning to conduct an autumn recruitment.

When the students who repaired the bridge returned, the Machine Workshop would definitely be crowded again. By then, the campus of the Textile College might have been almost completed, so some students would need to return.

In the future, who will be in the Machine Workshop and who will be in the Textile College will all depend on their own performance. The two schools are in communication with each other, and a screening adjustment will be made every once in a while.

The machine workshop trains engineers, researchers, and a small number of people who concentrate on academics.On the other hand, the Women's Textile College mainly trains technical talents in textiles.

The gap between the two is quite large, and under the flexible screening mechanism, the competition will definitely be cruel at that time.

Luo Yong has high hopes for this machine workshop, hoping that it can cultivate a group of outstanding female engineers.

Because of the gap in basic education, many female students have poor foundations. To achieve rapid growth in just a few years, this not only requires them to have extraordinary qualifications, but also to put in efforts that exceed the average number of times.

Many people have not yet discovered that because of this variable, the first industrial revolution that should have occurred in the eighteenth century has traveled through thousands of years and came to this land in the seventh century AD.

From the moment the steam engine was successfully applied in the textile industry, everything was unstoppable.

The so-called first industrial revolution was the emergence of the steam engine, factories replaced manual workshops, and people's original production and living patterns were broken. It represents too many meanings.

From the perspective of women, various factories have sprung up all over the country, and a large number of labor demands make it easy for women to obtain job opportunities, which means that they can be self-reliant and no longer need Survive dependent on men.

The struggle for power, the promotion of status, all of these must start with breaking away from attachment.

Many people have not been able to see these major trends clearly at the moment, but Luo Yong sees them very clearly. It can be said that he personally facilitated all of this.

Now that we can see clearly, we naturally try to occupy a favorable position in these situations, such as setting up workshops, building bridges and paving roads, and laying a solid foundation in various places.

Another example is to consciously establish a closer and friendly relationship with female groups, to provide more hardworking and qualified women with nourishment for growth and opportunities for advancement, so as to obtain more powerful support from them in the future.

Recently, Chang'an Women's Textile College was building a house. Someone from the Ministry of Industry came to find Luo Yong, and the way was to help him.

Luo Yong knew that the Ministry of Industry wanted to cultivate talents who could build houses, so he agreed, but only made a request: "My textile college is all women, if there are so many male craftsmen coming in and out, I'm afraid it will affect their reputation. If you want to help, then find some female craftsmen to come over."

Within a few days, the Ministry of Industry indeed arranged for a group of female craftsmen to come over, and the number was quite large. I heard that some of them were temporarily transferred from other places in the past few days.

Afterwards, these female craftsmen lived in the Women's Textile College and participated in the construction of houses here.

At this time in the early Tang Dynasty, the status of women was not very low, and there were women in all walks of life, even if the number was not large, there were always some.

Since the Song Dynasty, many taboos have gradually emerged. It is said that women are unlucky and so on. You can't touch this or that. Before the Song Dynasty, these bad habits rarely existed.

"... Hurry up, these bricks need to be removed before dinner, and another batch will be delivered tomorrow."

"Why do you look so weak again? You just had lunch, but you're hungry again?"

Two female craftsmen came out of the unfinished house and saw a group of female students from the textile college outside the door who were moving bricks, but they looked weak, so they smiled and urged them to work faster.

One of these two craftsmen was wearing bunts and the other was wearing a Hu suit, they were both arranged by the Ministry of Industry, and within a few days of their arrival, they have already become one with the young ladies here.

"I'm tired and hungry, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything." A little lady wailed.

"Then rest." At this time, another woman came out of the room. She was in her early twenties, and she was dressed in gray clothes. At a glance, she could be identified as someone from Luo's Machine Workshop: "Have a quarter of an hour's rest, and use some bread clear water."

"It's easy for you to work here." The female craftsman in the Hu suit smiled and said, "It's not like this at our place. We have a hot meal in the morning and evening, and only a few bites of pancakes at noon. You here at noon. There is still a hot meal ahead, but I am still hungry."

"At such an advanced age, it is indeed easy to be hungry." Another woman in a short jacket laughed.

"These female students only do one-tenth of a month's work in turn, why do they get tired so easily?" the woman in the Hu suit said again.

Not long after, a young lady brought a basket of pancakes from the cafeteria and yelled as she walked, "Hey! Today we are making tender corn and pumpkin pancakes!"

When the people who were working upstairs heard this, they hurriedly poked their heads out to see: "I'm eating tender corn and pumpkin pie today, go and get some, go and go."

At that moment, the people who were under construction nearby also got the news, and a group of women rushed to the cafeteria.It is because what I ate today was tender corn and pumpkin pancakes, but if it was pancakes with mixed noodles, I would not be so active.

The tender corn and pumpkins in Chang’an City this autumn are not expensive, but the pancakes are quite troublesome to make. The tender corn kernels have to be cut off with a knife and ground in a stone mill, and then mixed with sliced ​​boiled pumpkin The meat was pounded in a stone mortar until it was evenly pounded, then shaped into round pancakes and cooked on a hot iron pan.

The pancakes are also very fragrant when tasted, and even sweeter to eat. The students who are closer to the class and are in class have already smelled the fragrance, but the construction site is farther away, but they don't smell it.

At this time, many people were rushing to the cafeteria. Those of them who had already got pancakes each took one or two and sat by the pile of bricks to eat.

It doesn't matter if you don't have straw mats or stools, just take a few bricks and sit down. Some young ladies are really tired, and their clothes are already dirty, so they don't care about it at all, and sit cross-legged on the ground.

At this time, some female craftsmen and female students came out of the upstairs one after another. The female students were from the machine workshop and some from the textile school. They wore different clothes and were easy to identify.

"You little ladies, don't be too tired. Learn some skills from these ladies in the machine workshop, and you may earn a lot of money in the future." said the ladies.

"We are here to learn weaving." A little lady retorted.

"Don't be foolish. Learning to weave is not as quick as learning to build a house to make money. Just wait and see, after a while, there are still many people in Chang'an who want to build tall buildings."

"It's not necessarily true. If you learn weaving well, you can make money."

"That's right, I heard that a young lady in the machine workshop got a lot of bonuses for improving the spinning machine."

"..."

"I think you guys are also talented, why didn't you go to Henan Road to build a bridge this time?"

"At that time, the machine workshop was building a house, so I couldn't leave."

"That's right, I just asked you to catch up with the work at the textile school. If you do this job well, you can earn fame."

"How did you become female craftsmen?"

"Is there any way, Ye Niang is a craftsman, and her husband's family is also a craftsman, so I will naturally become a craftsman. If there is one more person in the family to work, at least I will get an extra wage."

"And this person, the man fell ill, so she had no choice but to pick up those guys and go out to work by herself, thanks to the care of other craftsmen."

"There is also that person. Her family has no brothers. Her Aye has raised her as a boy since she was a child, and even taught her handicrafts. She is quite capable, but she studied carpentry, hahahaha, steel and concrete. If you don’t understand, I can help you make doors and windows.”

"County Luo is also curious. How come there are so many windows for these houses? There are three rows of large windows on one wall. There are hardly any walls left, all of which are taken up by windows..."

"..."

"Start work, start work!" Not long after, someone yelled not far away.

"Hey, it's time to start work." The people here also stood up quickly: "After finishing the rest of the work, we can have dinner."

On this side, the girls in the Textile College are working, and some are attending classes.

On the other side, Zhou Xin was discussing logistics with Luo Wulang. When it came to the winter clothes for the students this year, Zhou Xin asked Wulang: "The weather is getting colder these two days. When you go back today, remember to ask Azhi and the others. Is this batch of winter clothes ready?"

"It's only three to five days." Goro replied: "The first two days were enough, but a batch of poor workmanship was found out. They were rushed to work and neglected management. Now they are remedial. .”

"Their workshop has just been established, which is also a common occurrence." Zhou Xin also said.

"How to deal with those ruined clothes?" After a while, he asked again.

"If it can be changed, it will be changed. If it can't be changed, it will be disassembled to make gloves and socks. The cloth ends will also be used to sew the soles of shoes. Those women who are not good at sewing, let them start with these small things." Goro I know quite a lot about these things.

It is said that Ah Zhi and Huang Xianglan used to get work from those garment shops in Chang'an City. Later, the engineering and machine workshops needed uniform clothing, so they took over the work.

The two received orders from the engineering and machine workshop, then went to a familiar garment shop to sew, and then checked the quality of the goods when they received them, so as to earn some intermediate money.

Later, Chang'an Women's Textile College was established, and clothes were also made here. A Zhi and Huang Xianglan combined together, engineering, machine workshop, and women's textile college. The year-round orders from these three places were enough to support a workshop, so They jointly run a tailor workshop.

Huang Xianglan took back the rented yard of his family, and Ah Zhi paid her half of the rent every month, which was considered to be half of the investment between the two, and the rest of the input and output were also divided equally.

They originally planned to make orders for these schools, but they didn't expect that not long after the workshop was opened, two barbarians came to place orders. They wanted clothes similar to those of the machine workshop, but the fabrics were used better.

Azhi and Huang Xianglan had no experience in starting a workshop at the beginning, and now two big orders were squeezed together, buying cloth and rushing to work, and it was a bit hectic. As for the salary, he acted a little hastily, so something went wrong.

Speaking of Chang'an City in the past two years, business seems to be particularly good. People are willing to buy everything, and many large and small workshops have popped up one after another.

Earlier I heard that there was a little lady who made flower soap and sold it in a shop as a consignment. It was originally a small business, but it was just to earn a few small money and add some dowry for herself. She didn't want to be spotted by a merchant from other places. A large order was placed.

Later, several female family members of the little lady's family joined forces, and within a few days, they opened a floral soap workshop next to their own house. I heard that it is doing well now. There will be a return order, and people say that he bought the goods from Chang'an City, and he also shipped them elsewhere to sell them to foreign merchants. After a while, he can make a lot of difference in price.

When these Hu merchants buy goods, they often don't pay much attention to whether these goods are cheap and high-quality. They think more often about whether they can make a lot of money by reselling these goods after they are shipped back to China.

Therefore, when these large and small workshops in Chang'an City deal with Hu merchants, they can often receive some orders with high profits, which attracts many people in the city who have never thought of starting workshops, and start to consider opening workshops one after another. .

When winter came this year, another major event happened in Chang'an City.

Earlier, someone from Chang’an organized a cargo team to go to Lingnan, where they bought a large amount of canned lychee and longan, and then shipped them to the port there. When they arrived in Luoyang, they finally got on the railway tracks from Luoyang and transported all the way to the outside of Chang'an City.

The quantity of this batch of canned lychee and longan was huge. It not only impacted the extremely expensive canned lychee and longan market in Chang’an City, but also made many people in Chang’an want to transport goods to Lingnan.

Aunt Luo also discussed with Er Niang and Si Niang that they would organize a team to go to Lingnan to buy goods.

It just so happened that Er Niang was going to Jiangnan again in a few days, so she organized a fleet along the coast of Jiangnan and set off for Lingnan.

For this matter, Luo Yong also agrees. Even if he doesn't plan to earn much money, under this kind of great development wave, he can't be left behind.

The market in Lingnan is indeed not to be underestimated. Furthermore, if we want to develop maritime transportation, we need to start with short-sea transportation to develop a team.