Chapter 256: Preparation for Departure

This small improvement by Su Xiaomei has greatly improved the efficiency of design work.

Each page of the flower book corresponds to each heddle board on the loom. This heddle board is actually a jacquard device. A brocade requires 9,600 weaving times, so theoretically, 9,600 heddles are needed

Only the board can record all the warp lifting information.

In order to reduce the workload, only cyclic patterns can be used. There are still so many heddle boards, but the heddle board settings are repeated in cycles, which is both beautiful and continuous, greatly reducing the difficulty of brocade weaving.

The complicated and meticulous process of transferring the flowers to the heddle board is called flower knotting.

After that comes the most tedious process of jacquard decoration.

The number of warp and weft threads is 9,600, and the fiber threads connecting and controlling them are 11,520, all of which must be matched one by one on the flower tower machine.

This requires connecting the Jiazi thread, that is, the traction fiber thread, with the "claw puller" of the Hualou loom, and then dividing it into clusters and inserting it into the pattern.

The last step is weaving. The operation requires the cooperation of two people. Among the upper and lower layers, the one on top is the "flower puller", who selects healds, wires, and raises the warp in the prescribed order; the lower one is the "shuttle picker" who leads the threads below.

, Beating up, the two craftsmen worked closely together and performed the weaving step by step at the same time.

In the past, the work of selecting heddles was done by pedals. The more complicated the pattern, the more heddles, and the more pedals.

Inspired by Su You's music box, Su Baniang invented a turntable with the number of teeth for a pattern cycle and marked with numbers.

The turntable will drive a serrated beam. Every time the turntable turns to a corresponding number, it will drive a corresponding heddle board to be replaced to complete the work of selecting heddles and lifting warps.

In this way, the collection process of each flower type is solidified on the instrument.

In this way, every time you weave, you only need to turn the dial according to the record book, which solves the problem of relying only on human brain memory and requiring skilled weavers to be competent in the weaving work.

Su You had been concentrating on learning in the past few years. It was not until Mrs. Cheng sent a piece of brocade to the backyard that Su You was shocked: "Didn't you say that a brocade takes a long time?"

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said: "My younger sister and Banniang came up with a way to improve the production and weaving methods of flower books. Now the speed can be greatly improved."

When the craftsmanship was discussed, Su You said happily: "What else is there to say? Hurry up and get the money!"

Mrs. Cheng said: "Our brocade is no worse than Guan brocade, but the market is too narrow."

Su You slapped his forehead: "What are we doing with those glamorous things outside? We in the Su family still follow the elegant way of weaving! Don't forget, scholars are the richest group of people besides the royal family of the Song Dynasty. We earn

Their money goes!"

So under Su You's philosophy, Su Jiajin made a 180-degree turn.

All warp and weft threads are of the same color, and the jacquard pattern is still raised. In this way, the difficulty of weaving is reduced again, and the main focus is on the floral design.

But with the sampling tool invented by my little sister, flower design is no longer a problem.

In addition to the Su family silk thread, due to the further purification of water glass and the further improvement of the process, after several years of development, the color effect is now better than that produced by Jinjiang water washing. It will change different colors with different lighting angles. The fabrics woven by silk are

Businessmen call it "Rain Silk" and "Three Flashes of Moonlight".

This type of silk fabric, coupled with jacquard dark patterns, looks like a plain single garment from a distance. Only when you look closer do you realize how extraordinary it is. This is low-key luxury.

Scholars in the Song Dynasty liked this the most, and as soon as the product was launched, it immediately caused a fashion whirlwind in southern China.

What made Su You depressed was that there were not many orders for the orchid stone patterns he designed. The most popular one among the scholars of the Song Dynasty turned out to be chrysanthemums.

Carrying chrysanthemums all over your body will be released to future generations, how unlucky is it?!

There's nothing left to reason about!

This is what Mrs. Cheng is worried about.

Xiaoyou is about to go to Bianjing to take the exam. If he passes next year, there will be a Jinshi exam the year after that. At the same time, Zizhan will take the civil service exam, and my husband may have a secretary provincial exam.

If everything is over, from now on, they will travel around the capital and various states and counties, and the days to return to their hometowns will be few and far between.

But you can’t just give up on such a profitable industry, right?

Mrs. Cheng sometimes felt sad when she thought about it. She worked hard to train her children and encourage her husband, only to see them leave her one by one and fly away.

With the final grit, you all leave, including Fu'er and Erqi Niang, leaving me and Ba Niang to guard the house and take care of the logistics for you!

I pity all the parents in the world.

Things cannot be delayed yet. Although the tribute ceremony will not be held until August 15th next year, it will take two months on the road. There are still many arrangements to be made, so we have to start in March or April this year.

In real history, Sansu came out of Sichuan in October of this year after Mrs. Cheng was discharged. Now it is much earlier.

Don't underestimate this advance, it is risky, so you must hurry up before the river rises.

Su You arranged the most stable ship, the Meishan Type II schooner.

He also has a lot of things to do. Putting aside everything else, funding is a problem.

Shu banknotes are easy to use, but now the radiation range is mainly in the southwest, plus Erlin Department, then part of Wuzhong and part of Dali.

Bianjing, I'm afraid no one will recognize it.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to buy a shipload of Meishan cargo as ballast and sell it in Bianjing.

It's really dumbfounding that I actually followed the path of Shu scholars who are narrow-minded and like to lead businessmen to Beijing to evade taxes.

It is impossible to evade taxes, but this behavior is exactly the same as those who evade taxes.

What should I bring?

Porcelain is the most popular, and Meishan jade porcelain is now made of glazed color. Although it is not as gorgeous as the enamel color of later generations, elegant watercolor paintings can already be composed on a plain ground.

This is another huge breakthrough made by Meishan Porcelain after celadon, single-color glaze, and kiln-varnished glaze. It is a new product. Let’s take a look first.

Then there is Yongchun Dew. This one is produced by ourselves, so we are not afraid of using it. The more we use it, the more expensive it becomes.

Jacquard monochrome brocade, Su Xun flipped through the book and said it should be called "Bingwan". This is also a new product, so bring it with you!

The rest are some small items: scribes' folding knives, glasses, Cheng Sheren's ink, colored paper, and various books.

Then came the move, of which Suyou had the most bits and pieces.

Various experimental equipment, models, drawings, various chemical materials, and the most important pickles, sauerkraut, dried radish, mustard, and various seasonings.

Hachigong and his third, fifth, and sixth brothers worked hard for a month before they could sort out their luggage.

The commercial tax in the Song Dynasty was extensive, including both line tax and seat tax. For these things, the seat tax alone cost 30,000 guan!

There are also tax cards along the way, but as long as you don’t stop, no one else can collect them.

Finally enter Bianjing, pay the full travel tax according to the mileage, and then you can sell it.

This is also one of Zhang Fangping's painful reforms in water transportation. There are too many deductions along the way. As long as I, Mr. Zhang, are in the planning department, all water transport soldiers are not allowed to get off the ship to eat along the way. All food, drink and toilet are handled on the ship. Don't bother with the local government.

connection.

After arriving in Bianjing, the rations were uniformly calculated based on the time, and were put into warehouses at a discount from the grain transported by the ships.

With this initiative alone, it took Lao Zhang less than a year to restore the material warehousing level in the capital before he left office. This shows how serious the waste of deductions and losses along the way was.

Therefore, Suyou is also planning to follow this path. We will not disembark in busy places, but at most we will replenish supplies in remote states and counties. We will not evade taxes, but we will not take advantage of corrupt officials along the way!

But the disadvantage is that I can't make literary friends, and socialize with scholar-bureaucrats to build my reputation.

Su Xun very much agreed. The exam was imminent. This big ship was simply a natural prison. Having such a good place to lock people up and study was just a pillow for sleep!

Zizhan Mingrun, I’m talking about you two!

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Fireworks in March, the court's request for talents has not yet been issued, the Su family is ready to set off.

Sansu, Su You, Wang Fu, Twenty-seven Niang, most of the seven people in Tudimiao have married and started businesses, and each is in charge of the affairs of the business. Only Zhang Zao, Zhang Qi and Su Xiaomei are accompanying them this time.

There is another one, Qidi Longshan. This kid has not paid off the debt to the great witch yet and continues to work as a bodyguard to pay off the debt.
Chapter completed!