Zhou Jun listened to Kong You's two strategies. He pondered for a moment and then said: "The first one is that I take the initiative to take over the task of rebuilding the Dunhuang ancient road. This is not difficult; as for the second one, let the people raise business roads."
I’m afraid no one will want the money and food.”
Kong You: "The ancient road to Dunhuang has been abandoned for a hundred years, the sea road has dried up, and the post stations along the way have been abandoned. Merchants have detoured to Yiwu. If a loan letter is issued to the people, as the owner expected, no one will respond."
Zhou Jun: "Then why do we still need to raise money and food from the private sector?"
Kong You: "Actually, the second strategy is not so much borrowing money from the private sector, but actually providing the money."
Zhou Jun: "Should I pay? Wait, do I have that much money to rebuild the Dunhuang Ancient Road?"
Kong You cupped his hands, looked around to make sure there was no one around, then took out a stack of seals from his arms and placed them in front of Zhou Jun.
The latter opened it, looked at it, and asked, "What is this?"
Kong You: "This is the private property and internal funds of the master's family."
Zhou Jun turned to the last page and was shocked when he saw the food and money figures on it and asked: "How come there are so many?!"
Kong You lowered his voice and said: "Yun Tea has become very popular among tribes in Mobei. No matter the princes, nobles or ordinary herdsmen, they regard tea as currency and compete to buy it. At the beginning of this year, You discussed with the Jin family and planned to expand
The tea house, land and house have been purchased, and the output will be doubled by the end of the year. Therefore, the income from the paper tea trade will only be more, not less."
Zhou Jun looked at the accounts on the paper and said to Kong You: "The income from the tea market is very profitable. I can understand... But this "profit income" is more than ten times the income of the tea house. After all,
What is it?"
Kong You came closer and said, "Have you forgotten that the Kang family committed a crime and confiscated countless private property, land, livestock, and slaves?"
Zhou Jun was stunned and said hesitantly: "The risk of confiscating something privately is not small, and there will be special personnel from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate, so we need to be cautious about this matter."
Kong You: "The Kang family's registered property cannot be touched, but most of the Kang family's livelihood consists of black property that cannot be seen in the light, and there are many hidden treasures. This kind of income is close to ownerless property.
Even if the Ministry of Punishment came, nothing could be found."
After hearing this, Zhou Jun felt relieved and asked again: "The money and food for rebuilding the Dunhuang ancient road cannot be borrowed from my name. I have to find a middleman."
Kong You: "Saving Changxingfang this time can be said to be a blessing to the Jin family. The master family can take this opportunity to persuade the Jin family to invest, and then use the Jin family as an intermediary to borrow money and take control."
Live on the Dunhuang Ancient Road."
Zhou Jun: "It is not difficult to say that the Jin family has joined the family, but although the current head of the Jin family is Feng Niang, the Jin family's property is huge and people's hearts are divided. If they become successful in the future, there is no guarantee that there will be no changes."
Kong You: "You know what the master's family is worried about... There are four descendants of the Jin family. The elder man seeks advice and travels all over the world, so he can ignore it for the time being; the embroiderer is a young girl, so it is not a big worry to find an opportunity to marry far away. Really?
Troublesome, there is only one person..."
In Zhou Jun's mind, that uneducated and incompetent playboy - Erlang of the Jin family, Jin Jishen emerged.
Kong You: "In the early years, when the ancestor of the Jin family was dying, someone in the Jin family wanted to promote Jin Erlang as the head of the family. The reason was that Jin Erlang lived in Liangzhou all year round, had a wide network of contacts, made many friends, and was a man, so he was naturally more suitable than Jin Fengniang.
Be the head of the family."
Zhou Jun: "In the end, the ancestor of the Jin family defied all the opinions and made Jin Fengniang the head of the family."
Kong You: "Yes, but Jin Jishen is always a trouble. Fortunately, this case of the Kang family gave us a chance."...
Zhou Jun: "Opportunity?"
Kong You said softly: "The enemy knew the time, route and troop strength during the two trips to Jin's family's office. Don't you think it's strange?"
Zhou Jun was shocked when he heard this: "You mean, someone in the Jin family deliberately tipped off the Kang family?"
Kong You: "You investigated and finally found the person who leaked the information, it was Jin Jikun."
Zhou Jun was puzzled: "Why did Jin Jikun mix with the Kang family?"
Kong You: "Jin Jikun spends a lot of money on weekdays, and he doesn't know how to do business. He was defrauded of a lot of money. The Kang family wants to attack the Jin family, so he is naturally the best target."
Zhou Jun nodded, this is a reason.
Kong You: "Jin Jikun colluded with the Kang family and attacked Changxingfang, which is a capital crime. As long as he dies, there will be no one in the Jin family who can shake the master's plan."
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "Then let's do it. There is also a memorial to rebuild the Dunhuang ancient road. We will start drafting it now. When the Jin family's workshop returns to Liangzhou, it will be sent to Beijing as soon as possible."
Kong You bowed and said yes.
After leaving the house, Zhou Jun went to the Jin family's house, freshened up, and first went to see Jin Fengniang and Chao Mu.
Chao Mu can speak and be sensible earlier than other children, and can already speak a lot of vocabulary at a young age. Goldfeng Niang now ignores the affairs of the Jin family and accompanies her daughter every day, taking care of her wholeheartedly as she grows up.
Seeing Zhou Jun enter the room, Chao Mu babbling and calling "Aye", and stretched out his hand to hug her.
Zhou Jun picked up his daughter with a smile and teased her again.
Jin Fengniang looked on happily. She remembered something and asked Zhou Jun: "Erlang, I heard that you saved Changxingfang of the Jin family this time?"
Zhou Jun: "My original intention was to go to Shazhou to inspect the Dunhuang Ancient Road. Unexpectedly, I found traces of horse bandits on the way. When I led the army to exterminate them, I discovered that the Jin family's Changxingfang was also imprisoned in the dungeon by them."
Jin Fengniang said a blessing from the gods, then gently took Zhou Jun's arm and said, "Erlang saved the Jin family. If something happens to Changxingfang again this time, the Jin family may no longer have a foothold in Liangzhou."
Zhou Jun looked around and asked Jin Fengniang, "Where is Xiu Niang?"
Golden Phoenix: "Xiu Niang took Buqu and Hedari to the racecourse outside the city to compete on horse racing."
Zhou Jun asked again: "Do you know that Hedari is interested in Xiu Niang?"
Jin Fengniang: "I know it, but Hedari is a nobleman from Huihe. If Xiu Niang marries him, she may have to travel far to Mobei. Feng Niang really can't bear to part with this little girl." Zhou Jun: "Hedari has a simple and honest personality.
He is also sincere in his treatment of others. Although he is from Huihe, he is devoted to the ritual system of the Tang Dynasty, so he is a rare gentleman. If Xiu Niang is also interested in him, then let it be."
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Zhou Jun played with Chao Mu for a while, then handed it to Feng Niang and went to the workshop in the backyard of the Jin family.
As Kong You said, the workshop is constantly expanding based on its original foundation.
The two surrounding neighborhoods were merged into the workshop.
The walls and watchtowers are nearing completion as craftsmen work day and night to build them.
Zhou Jun entered the workshop gate and then went to the teahouse in the middle courtyard.
The original huge tea-frying workshop has been expanded from one to three.
The craftsman turns the crank wheel so that the frying spoons connected to the gears and chains continue to flip in the iron pot.
The fragrance of tea in the air is refreshing and refreshing.
Zhou Jun asked about the whereabouts of Master Mao Shun, and a craftsman pointed to the mansion in Xinfang.
Zhou Jun walked forward again, passed through several square gates, and finally came to a row of mansions.
Dozens of women wearing weaving and dyeing clothes were seen walking through the studios and courtyards. Some of them were holding raw silk, some were holding cooked thread, and some were carrying silk cloth.
Zhou Jun asked for directions and came to the door of a mansion.
He stepped through the door and as soon as he raised his head, he was stunned to the spot by the huge thing in the room.
The room is ten meters wide, and in the middle of the room is a complex machine that is more than four meters high and seven meters long.
This machine is composed of countless wooden citrons and weaving shuttles. There are dozens of pedals installed at the bottom, as well as pulleys, slots, shuttle boards, threads, flower towers and many other parts.
Granny Peng and another female weaver were sitting in front of the machine, debugging parts, while Master Mao Shun was conducting final inspections according to the drawings.
Seeing Zhou Jun walk in the door, Master Mao Shun, who had dark circles under his eyes but flushed his face, said excitedly: "Erlang, how are you? This long-lost Hualouji has finally seen the light of day again!"
Zhou Jun looked at the machine in front of him and said with emotion: "I guessed that the Hualou machine was complicated and huge, but I didn't expect it to be so... big."
Mrs. Peng stood up and said: "The flower tower machine is not only complex and huge, but also requires two people to cooperate when weaving. One person sits on the flower tower and is responsible for pulling the flowers and opening the heddles one by one according to the jacquard pattern; the other person has his feet on the ground.
The heddle is responsible for weaving flowers, picking shuttles and beating weft."
After speaking, Granny Peng demonstrated in person and worked with another female weaver to weave cloth together.
I saw that under the operation of the two people, the entire Hualou machine was weaving quickly, the healds were forming strands, and in a short while, a flower pattern was woven.
Pointing to the woven fabric, Po Peng said: "Compared with the existing looms in Datang, the Hualou loom has three major advantages. First, the weaving speed is extremely fast. Compared with ordinary horizontal looms, the Hualou loom
Or a bias loom, the speed used to weave a piece of silk is nearly twenty times faster."
“Secondly, we get rid of hand embroidery in complicated patterns and use machine-made re-weaving completely. The woven patterns are not only regular and error-free, but also do not require experienced embroidery and weavers with good skills. Even newcomers can operate it skillfully after getting started.
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"Third, and most importantly, the Hualou machine can use multi-twisted threads and multi-layered cloth to weave light silk and light silk, which are common in the Tang Dynasty, into heavy silk and heavy silk. The latter has more complicated patterns and more complicated weaving.
It’s sturdy, has a thicker texture, and the finished product is more gorgeous.”
Zhou Jun was surprised: "So, isn't it true that the fabrics woven by Hualou machines are the only ones in the world, and once mass-produced, they can completely subvert the entire weaving industry?"
Mao Shun poured cold water on Zhou Jun at this time: "Erlang, Hualouji also has shortcomings."
Zhou Jun: "What's the shortcoming?"
Mao Shun: "First, the structure of the Hualou machine is too complex. After high-intensity use, the running-in between the parts will cause large and small failures, so every once in a while, craftsmen need to repair it. However, this shortcoming
, we will upgrade the machine in the future, I believe it can be improved.”
"Second, the flower loom requires two weavers, one is a flower puller and the other is a flower weaver. The cooperation between the two requires a lot of training. Only experienced people can operate this flower loom."
"Third, the Hualou machine is too large. It must occupy an entire shed, which limits the stacking and discharging of materials."
After listening to Mao Shun's analysis, Zhou Jun nodded slightly and said: "In any case, it is a great achievement for Maojiang and Peng Po to recreate this long-lost and unique object. About the two of you.
As a reward, I have two proposals here for you to choose from."
Hearing this, Mao Shun and Peng Po were very interested and looked over.
Zhou Jun: "The development of the Hualou Machine is a credit to the two of you. The first suggestion is that I pay a large amount of money as a reward to you; the second suggestion is that the reward will not be given, but in the future
During the ten years, as long as this flower shop machine is under my name, for every piece of cloth produced, the money and grain earned from the sale will be divided into 1/20 and paid to the two of you."
When Mao Shun and Po Peng heard this, they looked at each other.
After a while, Mao Shun asked Zhou Jun: "Erlang, regarding the second proposal, don't just try to make quick talk. Let's do some calculations first. How much money will it cost you in the future?"
Zhou Jun said to Mao Shun: "Jun once told Master Mao Shun earlier that craftsmen's works are underestimated by the world and do not receive the courtesy they deserve. If there is a chance, Jun will definitely rectify the name of the craftsman and make another masterpiece for him."
Settle down and settle down. Today’s second suggestion is not only effective for the two of you. From now on, any craftsman who invents ingenuity will benefit from this method. This is Jun’s fulfillment of the promise he made before."
When Mao Shun heard this, his face showed excitement and he kept saying: "Er Lang Gao Yi, Er Lang Gao Yi!"
Mother Peng was filled with emotion when she heard this, and couldn't help but suggested: "I cherished my broom in the first place, just so that those dismissed palace servants could find a way out in the future. This move of Zhou Lang set a precedent for weavers and craftsmen all over the world."
.I am old and a little money is of no use to me, so I voluntarily take the proceeds from selling cloth and distribute them to all the weavers in the workshop."
Mao Shun also agreed: "This is reasonable. I will also use my share of the money. If there is a craftsman who specializes in craftsmanship and achieves success, I will take this money and give it to the craftsman as a reward."
Zhou Jun pondered for a moment and said: "Since both of you have volunteered to help the craftsmen, why not use this money to set up a craftsman's school, with the two of you as the mountain chiefs, establish a sect, recruit many disciples, and then reward those talented people?"
Cheese?"
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