When Xu Jie arrived, Xian Ruxing was studying the loom with the Taoist priests. When he saw him coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Hurry up, I'll wait for you, let the insiders show us."

Xu Jie prepared a lot of words, but was caught without any time to say anything, and said blankly: "What did the real person ask me to see?"

"What's the loom? How about it? Do you understand?" Xian Ruxing said looking forward.

Xu Jie pursed his lips, "Not every person in Songjiang Mansion can weave cloth, right?" The regional stereotype is unsatisfactory.

"Ah? You can't?"

"……meeting."

Today, Songjiang Prefecture can be said to be the most developed region in the Ming Dynasty's textile industry. None of them, it is not an exaggeration to say that nine out of ten households are weaving. Although Xu Jie was born in an official family, his father was just a minor official, and he was also a child when he was young.

I had to help my mother, so I naturally knew. I sighed and turned to observe the machine.

However, after just taking a look, I realized something was wrong.

"This is a flower loom, why does it feel bigger than ordinary?"

The so-called flower building loom is the most complex in structure and the most demanding operation technology. It can not only weave gorgeous patterns, but also have high efficiency.

Xian Ruxing said happily: "You know me, this is a copy of the book "Wang Zhen's Agricultural Book" from the previous dynasty. In addition, there is a textile machine. The book records that nearly 100 cotton yarn can be spinned in a day.

There are more kilograms than Jenny's textile machine, but unfortunately, the record is not comprehensive, and that is still almost interesting."

Xu Jie didn't understand what the "Jenny Textile Machine" she said was, but he still knew about "Wang Zhen's Agricultural Book". This was written by Wang Zhen, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, and it also took into account the agricultural technology of the north and the south, and it was also very high-end.

Not to mention, although the Yuan Dynasty ruled for less than a hundred years, there were still many academic works left by the people during this period. Unfortunately, many things were lost because they were not valued.

Especially for textile machines like textile machines, many of the inventions of various textile machines in history were women, and they were for their own convenience. They never thought of inheriting them. They were like Huang Daopo, and there was nothing in a thousand. So Xian Ruxing could find them.

It is definitely a very commendable thing for people to replicate the lost machines.

Xu Jie was amazed and walked around the flower building loom for a long time, but soon found something was wrong. A machine as big as a flower building loom requires the weaver and flower laying workers to coordinate and cooperate. Before each start, flower laying flowers

The worker sits on the flower building and uses his hand to pull the tools. The weaver below matches the colors and draws the shuttle and weft at the same time. The flower pulling is a very hard work. Women are not competent, and they are basically men. But in front of you, this is what you see.

Taiwan textile machines, because they are taller than ordinary ones, may not even be able to do with men.

"Ah, this," Xian Ruxing suddenly realized, shook his head and smiled, "I plan to create the steam engine, use steam instead of manpower, and then vigorously develop the cotton textile industry." After that, she briefly explained the principle of the steam engine like Xu Jie.

Xu Jie was born in Jiangnan and has seen water trucks as power in the countryside since he was a child. He didn't expect anything else to do after the steam engine, so he was not too surprised. He nodded and thought for a moment and said, "Two questions."

"You said, I'm asking you to find fault." Xian Ruxing said happily.

Xu Jie organized the language and spoke slowly: "First, although more and more people are wearing cotton cloth now, cotton textiles are actually not suitable for Jiangnan. Take my family for example. When I was a child, my father was not an official.

, My family has dozens of acres of fertile land. After paying the tax, because I have spare money, I can plant some mulberry trees to raise silkworms and silkworms. The mulberry trees themselves can't occupy much space, so it's not delayed. But cotton is different, that thing is very

If the mulberry tree is converted into cotton, it will take too much land to be rotated, and then the land will be abandoned in decades. You must know that Jiangnan is not only weaving cloth, but also the granary of the world today."

"What you said makes sense." Xian Ruxing nodded, "So I didn't plan to grow cotton in Jiangnan at the beginning. The original plan was to move the main planting area to the northwest."

"Shanxi Prefecture?" Xu Jie frowned.

"A little more northwest," Xian Ruxing said in a very obscure way, but Xu Jie still heard what she meant inside and outside, and his heart couldn't help but thump.

"Although I am in a water town, I have heard that the place is very chaotic. I have long been out of the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty. I just recovered Guazhou a few years ago. I don't know what's going on now. If the court really wants this, then I

This minister is not afraid of death! I, I am willing to join the army!"

Xu Jie said passionately. Xian Ruxing glanced at the other party's small body and said helplessly: "Where you think of, you don't have to send troops, right? Even in the current situation of the imperial court, the northeast and southeast cannot handle it.

I don’t have the strength to care about them. That place is suitable for growing cotton. I’ll buy raw materials from them after I ask someone to promote it. Go and don’t think about it, continue to study weaving.”

"Oh," Xu Jie's interest was obviously much lower, and he said reluctantly: "Okay, let's not talk about cotton for now. You said that if you use a machine, it would be much more saving than ordinary human resources. In this case, there will be more

What should I do if that part is done? It is natural for men to farm and women to weave. Not to mention Jiangnan, women basically need to do needlework to fill in the household. Now that you have included all this part, everyone can’t make money, if there is a big fuss in the world, if there is a big fuss, I’m not going to make any money.

How to end up with it?"

"This is simple, I'll find work for them." Xian Ruxing replied very naturally. If you want to develop industry, this kind of small peasant society where men farm and women weave must be broken.

When it comes to this, Xian Ruxing is a little helpless. Even though the commodity economy is as active as the Ming Dynasty, the thinking in the minds of many people is still deeply rooted. Just like the factories she founded in the suburbs of Beijing, even if she is well-fed or even backed by the royal family, she was basically

No one went there, and it took more than a year for advertising, so the people hesitated to join.

This is not that they are not short of money on hand, but mainly from the perspective of land annexation in ancient China. Unlike the British land enclosure movement, which occupied the land of farmers and drove them away, forcing them to be displaced and had to leave their hometowns.

The land annexation in the Ming Dynasty was more like a kind of slowly exploiting the land of farmers under the permission of feudal laws. The people were not driven out of their hometowns, but they just lost their ownership of the land, but the land was still allowed to be cultivated. The farmers were concerned that the land was not allowed to be cultivated.

The attachment to the land is very deep, so if you really want them to get out of the small unit of the family, you can only collapse from the inside.

Xu Jie didn't know about Xian Ruxing's theoretical knowledge, but when she saw that she already knew it, she couldn't say anything. Thinking of her friend who was still in prison, she was anxious. As soon as she was about to speak, she heard the female Taoist priest take a photo. Starting the action, we must make a decisive decision: "No, this matter is of great importance. If you really want to be foolproof, you must make arrangements in advance. Silu, let's go now what I asked you to do before!"

Zhao Silu, who had been following behind, nodded and left quickly.

Xian Ruxing turned around and said to Xu Jie with a little apology: "Zisheng, I'm really sorry. Today I originally wanted to take you around in the Leopard Room, but you can see..."

Xu Jie hurriedly said, "I'm not in a hurry. The important thing is, let's talk about it another day."

Thanking the other party again for their understanding, Xian Ruxing asked the Taoist boy to respectfully invite the person out.

Then, looking at the huge loom, he fell into deep thought.

...

Ganqing Palace, the emperor's bedroom.

After reading various information about Xu Jie presented by Huang Jin, Zhu Houcong threw these things on the ground casually.

When people are extremely angry, their minds will be very calm, especially for those who are scheming like Jiajing. After carefully analyzing the information at hand, he is very sure that there is nothing between Xu Jie and Xian Ruxing.

But even so, there was still a fire burning in his heart.

Thinking of the two people talking and laughing, a trace of hostility appeared in their eyes.

Huang Jin, who was serving next to him, noticed something was wrong and quickly said, "Your Majesty, I listened to the boys who came back from Xiyuan. Xu Shizi left less than a quarter of an hour after you left, and probably didn't stay with the real person either. Too long…”

"I know."

Zhu Houcong was silent for a long time and said slowly: "But there are always flies surrounding the immortal master, and I can't follow her all the time. What do you think you should do?"

Before Huang Jin could answer the conversation, he said to himself: "I had thought it was a bit different before, and I always thought about the long flow of water. It seems that it is better to make it clear thoroughly. Come on, let's go to Xiyuan again. ”

Seeing that he was so crazy, Huang Jin did not dare to speak at all, and just lowered his head to obey his orders.

The Ganqing Palace is a distance from the Western Garden. When they arrive, it will be dark. On the way, Zhu Houcan's face was expressionless, but in fact he rehearsed what he wanted to say countless times in his heart.

As a personal companion who had been the "love mentor" for the emperor for a few days, Huang Jin knew very well about the matter between them and knew what Zhu Houcong was. So when he arrived at Xiyuan, he knew that Xian Ruxing was behind the main house. He did not inform him, but drove out all the people he saw on the road and cleared the scene and left it for the emperor to perform.

Zhu Houcong admired this behavior very much. He took a deep breath, entered the leopard room alone, and knocked on the door to the main room.

"Immortal Master, are you here? But are you resting?"

"Your Majesty?" Xian Ruxing's surprised voice came from inside, and then something sounded. Zhu Houguan thought she was getting up and putting on clothes. When he recalled that day, he almost kissed the other party. He couldn't help but feel aroused in his heart and couldn't help but blurt out: "Ruxing , I'm looking for you today to talk about us."

"Actually, I always miss you when I saw you the first time in the palace. Do you remember that I thought you were a fairy at that time?" Thinking of this, Zhu Houxiang's mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Your Majesty, I..."

"Don't talk! Let me finish it first!" Zhu Houcong interrupted quickly, "I'm afraid that when I see you, I will not remember anything. I know that you are a god in heaven and may not have any intention of this, but I I still want to tell you."

"I've been happy with you for five years."

Zhu Houyun unconsciously covered his chest with his hands, suppressing his heart that seemed to be about to pop out.

After burying for so long, he finally said it!!

However, unlike in imagination, after the last sentence, the room fell into a dead silence.

The boy's cheeks were red and he said nervously: "What do you think?"

After a long time, the calm voice of the female Taoist priest came from inside, "Your Majesty, you go back first, let's talk about this later."

"Ah? Ah, OK..." It's fake to say that he is not disappointed. Zhu Houcan didn't expect that the other party would reply like this. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly felt something was wrong and pushed open the door.

Inside the house, Fei Hong, Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong and other important officials stood side by side, with their faces either dull or stiff.

When the female Taoist priest saw that he finally discovered it, she could only turn her head away without any desire.
Chapter completed!