The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"Hand me the wood." Xie Pi was concentrating.

Li Zhaofan quickly grabbed the wood and handed it over.

The jacquard loom was very large, making the room a little crowded, and the structural diagram was thrown on the ground.

"I am Li Zhaofan from the Li Mansion." Li Zhaofan secretly glanced under the loom.

Speaking of the Li Mansion, Xie Pi knew it was Li Dongyang's mansion.

In the capital, no one except Li Shibo would visit the Xie Mansion.

Xie Pi's voice came: "Brother Li, I'm really sorry, I don't have time to entertain you today, please feel free to do as you please."

"No problem, no problem."

Li Zhaofan squatted down and looked carefully, and handed him the equipment from time to time.

Xie Pi installed the two slides, but found that they seemed uneven and the shuttle was easy to get stuck.

In the blink of an eye, he dismantled the slide again.

"Brother Xie, do you want to help?"

Seeing that Xie Pi didn't say anything, Li Zhaofan took the initiative to dismantle another slide.

In the main hall,

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang sat cross-legged by the stove, undecided, frowning. If they made a wrong move, they would lose within ten steps.

"What is Zhaofan doing?"

The servant ran out, and soon came back and said, "Master Li, he is helping my young master to make a loom."

Li Dongyang almost fell off the wooden couch. After a long while, he said, "What a good job by Xie Pi!"

Xie Qian smiled and said, "Just now, my foolish brother said that my son is making a loom. Brother Binzhi, don't leave yet. I am about to win."

Li Dongyang didn't care about him at all, put on his shoes and rushed to the backyard.

When he arrived at the backyard, he saw Li Zhaofan helping him.

"Zhaofan, get up for me!"

Li Zhaofan felt guilty, so he quickly stood up and walked to Li Dongyang.

"Xie Pi, it's fine if you don't do your job properly, but why do you harm others?" Xie Qian asked with a stern face, pretending to be responsible.

Xie Pi ignored what he heard, but frowned tightly, with only the loom in his eyes, as if he was stumped.

Li Dongyang looked unhappy, and only one son was left by his side.

He had great hopes for Li Zhaofan.

Zhaofan was in good health and could study hard, so he was counting on him to bring honor to the Li family.

Xie Pi raised his hand and pressed the spring into the slide, and found that he could bounce the shuttle up, and was overjoyed: "It's done! Quick, bring some raw silk."

Xie Qian was a little embarrassed and a little angry: "Bring the thread, I want to see what he makes."

It takes three or four people to work on the jacquard machine, but only two people are needed after installing the flying shuttle.

Xie Pi installed a tripod where people sit, because the silk used to weave silk is very thin, so it is necessary to prevent excessive force from breaking the silk.

After putting on the silk, everything is ready. The female worker stepped on the balance board, and the flying shuttle began to move back and forth. The more the spring was pressed, the faster the flying shuttle was, and the eyes could hardly see it.

In a short while, a silk satin of a certain size was woven.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were stunned.

An ordinary loom requires three or four people to operate.

It takes five days to weave a piece of silk.

This loom in front of us may be able to weave a piece of silk in two days!

Li Dongyang was surprised: "What kind of shuttle is this... How can it move by itself?"

"The new shuttle drawn by Lord Yan can shuttle back and forth quickly when weaving, so it is named flying shuttle."

"Flying... shuttle?"

Xie Qian stared.

His hometown is in the silk business in Jiangnan, so he is not completely ignorant of looms.

The first thought was that the Xie family was going to make a fortune!

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Pi: "With this loom, how much silk can be woven every year! Yu Qiao, this is a good omen?!"

"Yes, how did it happen in my house? Future generations will write our Xie family into the history books, hahaha..." Xie Qian's eyes were filled with tears.

Xie Pi was also very excited. With ten taels of silver in hand, he was one step closer to becoming the chief engineer.

"I'm going to report to Lord Yan."

"Why report to Yan Chengjin? Report to His Majesty!"

"I'm really ashamed. This is the sketch drawn by Lord Yan. Chief Engineer Song can also make it. It's just that I'm lucky enough to have him do it. I dare not take credit for it." Xie Pi said ashamedly.

"Go to the palace first and report to His Majesty. His Majesty will definitely be happy to hear it."

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian.

Li Zhaofan looked at the shuttle moving rapidly and was stunned. These are the engineers from Liangxiang?

………

East Warm Pavilion,

Emperor Hongzhi held up the book and flipped through it for a long time. He picked up the jade paperweight beside him and prepared to write something.

Xiao Jing reported carefully: "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, Jianchang Bo jumped into the lake."

Emperor Hongzhi looked up in surprise: "Dead?"

"No... not dead, the body was fished out, but he was seriously ill and wanted to ask the imperial physician in the palace."

Xiao Jing was somewhat impressed. In order to save money, Jianchang Bo insisted on holding on for a day, and only reported to the palace when he was seriously ill.

In fact, it was not for a few taels of silver, but to take advantage of the palace.

"Why did Jianchang Bo jump into the lake?"

Xiao Jing said: "I heard that the silk and tea in Jiangnan suddenly dropped in price.

Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo lost a lot of silver, and they were so upset that they wanted to jump into the lake to commit suicide."

"Silk dropped in price?"

Emperor Hongzhi did not care about Jianchang Bo, but wondered that the silk in Jiangnan dropped in price, which involved the people in Jiangnan.

How can silk farmers sell raw silk when the price drops?

It was the coldest weather, and the weavers were counting on selling silk for some silver to exchange for food.

"I don't know either. Suddenly... the price dropped."

Xiao Jing also got the news from his subordinates, so why did he care why the price dropped?

Mou Bin said: "Your Majesty, don't worry about the weavers. Yan Chengjin is buying up raw silk in large quantities. As long as there is raw silk, he will buy it all."

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised: "The price of raw silk has dropped. What does he want raw silk for?"

"I don't know..."

Mou Bin heard that Yan Chengjin bought more than 10,000 taels of raw silk and colored silk.

"Let Jianchang Bo hire a doctor himself. He thinks about my grace all day long.

When I need him to help, he will play dumb." Hongzhi put down the book and said unhappily.

How could Xiao Jing not hear that His Majesty intended to warn and warn him. Jianchang Bo was really too much. In order to take advantage of the palace, he endured a day.

At this time, the eunuch came in with small steps and whispered: "Your Majesty, Mr. Li and Mr. Xie from the cabinet are here."

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian walked into the hall, saluted together, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Today is a day off. Thank you for your hard work. What do you want to report?"

Li Dongyang glanced at Xie Qian and said: "Let me tell you.

Xie Qian's son Xie Pi made a loom that can shorten the time of weaving a piece of cloth from five days to two days."

Xie Qian nodded and said: "Not only that, if it is used on a small loom, one person can weave cloth."

The small loom is a waist loom, which is used by most people in the market.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little surprised: "One piece in two days?"

"If you are skilled, it may be even faster." Li Dongyang said. Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Xie Pi really surprised me. I remember that he went to Liangxiang, right?"

"Your Majesty, Chuanshi Academy of Sciences is on holiday, and Xie Pi has returned, but...

This loom sketch was drawn by Yan Chengjin." Li Dongyang said.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mou Bin on the side and asked, "Where is Yan Chengjin?"

"He went to Liangxiang to distribute relief food." Mou Bin said.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows: "Give out porridge?"

"Your Majesty, it's rice."

Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang and others were slightly stunned. After a long time, they managed to say, "Yan Qing's family is distributing rice?"

…………

In Liangxiang,

Yan Chengjin ordered people to distribute relief rice in front of the refugees' straw huts, one catty of rice per person.

The refugees were grateful, but they didn't know who was providing relief.

Zhang Xian looked embarrassed: "Sir, why don't you say it was you who distributed the grain?"

"If you tell the name, it will be too narrow-minded."

Yan Chengjin didn't care, as long as His Majesty knew it.

Officials above the third rank should not only be judged by their political achievements, but also by their vision.