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Chapter 100 Textile Machines

The next day, Gongsun Qi, who was a bit weak, asked for leave for the first time in his career.

As a leader, Song Yang generously gave him seven days of wedding leave.

The person on duty next to him was replaced by Xu Lin.

I used to be a member of the mutual aid team in the epidemic quarantine area.

He is also literate, but he is rather rigid and his brain is not very bright.

So after coming out of the epidemic camp, I could only help Fang Zhe with some minor clerk's work.

Later, recruit training began, and he went back to lead the new recruits.

Gongsun Qi was on vacation today and came over from work.

"Let's go to the workshop."

After breakfast, Song Yang took Xu Lin out.

First, I took a detour to the new dock on the east side and peeked through the door to see Song Chengwang, who was full of enthusiasm for teaching.

Then he called Gongsun Mo to go with them.

Gongsun Mo had a smile on his face. He was very happy that his son was getting married.

"Old Mo, your Gongsun Qi has also accomplished a life-long event. Congratulations, congratulations!"

As soon as he saw Gongsun Mo, he cupped his fists and congratulated him.

Gongsun Mo greeted him hurriedly and said, "The common people would like to thank you, Your Majesty, for hosting Quanzi's wedding."

"This boy is stupid and can't talk to girls. If you don't help, Your Majesty, he may never find a wife."

Song Yang curled his lips, what if Yu Mu's head could really cause trouble at the Chinese Valentine's Day party?

He didn't expose Gongsun Qi's actions, he just said a few polite words and took Gongsun Mo to the workshop area.

"Your Majesty, what can we do?"

On the way, Gongsun Mo asked.

He is an old man, and the only thing he can do well is carpentry.

Song Yang nodded and said: "Let's go take a look at the textile machine. Lao Fang said that the efficiency is too low. I plan to improve it."

Gongsun Mo scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, although ordinary people are pretty good at carpentry, we don't know much about textile looms, right?"

Indeed, this does not mean that you can make everything if you know carpentry.

Of course, Song Yang doesn't want him to understand, as long as he can train him.

Song Yang has theoretical knowledge.

"I know how to change it. Come and help me do the work."

"Oh. Those grassroots people will definitely try their best."

The open space to the north of the new pier is the workshop area.

This place is close to the bamboo forest at the mouth of the river, so it is convenient to get bamboo.

After this period of construction, the workshop area has become quite lively.

There are many workshops of various sizes.

Gongsun Mo and several carpentry masters also have a workshop here. When he is not working on the dock, he will come to the workshop to do some carpentry work.

Textile factory, that’s not right either, now it can only be called textile workshop.

Not far from the carpentry workshop.

There is only a wooden house without a door to let in the light.

There are two textile machines in the house and two female textile workers.

One of the female workers in charge was Pei Lin's daughter-in-law Gu Fang.

Pei Lin has also been promoted now. He was originally just a messenger and a minor official, but now he is an eighth-level minister of experience.

In fact, there were originally many departments in the government office. In addition to the experience department, there were also the government office, the care department, and the prison department.

Every department has its own officials, such as clerks.

However, there is currently a shortage of manpower, and one person usually has to be responsible for the affairs of several departments.

Pei Lin is nominally the manager of Si Jingcheng, but in fact he is also in charge of other departments.

It is equivalent to the general manager of a small official in the yamen.

"Your Majesty, a thousand years old! Why are you here?"

Gu Fang is now considered the leader of the textile factory and manages one person...

"I heard from Fang Zhe that the textile efficiency was too low. I came over to see if we can improve it."

"Does the prince still understand this?" Gu Fang and another female worker were both curious.

"I understand a little bit. You guys can operate me from the beginning and see." Song Yang smiled and said.

The prince wanted to see the textiles, so of course Gu Fang had to do it herself.

Today was the first time that Song Yang saw the weaving process with his own eyes.

The basic operations are:

First roll cotton into a long strip as thick as your finger.

Then take a small end of the cotton sliver and twist it into a thread and hang it on the spinning wheel.

Then turn the spinning wheel with your right hand and take the cotton sliver with your left hand.

By turning the spinning wheel, the thread ends are pulled up and wound on the turntable.

The left hand moves the cotton sliver as the spinning wheel rotates, so that the cotton on the cotton sliver is continuously pulled into thread and wound on the spinning wheel.

At this point it is considered to be cotton thread. The cotton thread passes through the loom and is woven horizontally and vertically into cloth.

Song Yang watched it for a while and basically understood the whole process of weaving.

Search in your mind.

At present, the one that is more suitable for modification should be the Jenny machine.

"With your current efficiency, can you produce one piece of cloth a day?"

Song Yang asked, looking at the big spindle on the textile machine.

"Reporting to the prince, it was indeed one horse per day in the past few days. Once I get used to it, I can go a little faster."

"My mother-in-law, a civilian woman, was very skilled in weaving and could spin nearly two pieces a day."

Gu Fang answered honestly.

"This textile machine only has one spindle and it spins out one thread at a time. It is really slow."

"And you have to keep shaking the hand. As time goes by, the speed will slow down when people get tired."

Song Yang said while checking the textile machine.

"Your Majesty has a keen eye, and it is indeed true. But the textile machine has always been like this, with only one spindle."

"As for the hand spinning wheel, once you get used to it, you can do it for half a day and then take a break."

Gu Fang explained beside Song Yang.

Song Yang left the house and squatted on the ground directly outside the door.

I picked up a small stick and started drawing on the ground.

"Old Mo, come and see."

Song Yang brushed a few dots and drew a rough outline.

"This is..." Gongsun Mo was confused.

"Your Majesty, is this a textile machine?" Gu Fang, who was standing aside, saw it.

"textile machine?"

Gongsun Mo was stunned. From Gu Fang's perspective, it did look a bit like the two textile machines inside.

"Old Mo, this is the right angle." Song Yang smiled.

"Did the prince stand up the loom? Well, no, it should have stood up the spindle?" Xu Lin, who had been silent for the whole time, said.

"Huh? You have vision, do you understand this?" Song Yang nodded approvingly.

"My mother and sister are good at weaving, so they have been exposed to it since they were young," Xu Lin said, cupping his fists.

What Song Yang drew is the approximate appearance of Jenny Machine.

The original textile machine body was vertical and the spindle was horizontal.

A big spindle can only spin one thread when it rotates.

This painting by Song Yang shows the machine turned sideways and the spindle upright.

In this way, several spindles can be placed.

It is also difficult to draw parts such as moving rods and rollers, so we can only express them with words.

Song Yang explained it orally to everyone.

"Your Majesty, is this... okay?"

Gu Fang said she didn't quite understand the working principle of Song Yang's textile machine.

Song Yang struggled to explain again, and Gu Fang scratched her head as if she didn't understand.

Gongsun Mo doesn't care. He doesn't care about the working principle. He can do it if the prince asks him to do it.

The main reason is that the structure and manufacturing process of the textile machine introduced by Song Yang are not complicated, and Gongsun Mo is confident that he can make it.

Xu Lin quickly understood the point of Song Yang's explanation.

"Your Majesty, do you mean weaving multiple strands of cotton thread at once? This will greatly improve the efficiency."

Xu Lin looked at the textile machine on the ground and turned to look at Song Yang and asked.

"Smart! This kid has a bright future! Don't go back to the military camp these days. Just follow Lao Mo to build a new machine." Song Yang patted Xu Lin on the shoulder.

This kid actually understands the general principles of the Jenny machine, so he has an extra helper.

Gu Fang and another female worker were also included in the machine improvement team.

They will work together to come up with new textile machines.

As for Song Yang, he was only responsible for providing drawings.


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