Li Lu has been in the Western Regions for a long time, and he is also the king of a country, he is naturally not worried about wearing, he has high-end goods such as fur to keep out the cold, even the grassland people under his rule, but also because Li Lu's subordinates in the improvement of the felt production process, inadvertently made the woolen high-end fabric, Li Lu generously taught the woolen production process to his people, not long after the herdsmen who raised sheep at home quickly learned, soon after they found that it was difficult for them alone to completely weave wool, With the assistance of the government and the Daomen, these women learned to divide labor and cooperate, and the woolen clothes soon spread among the people of Jiankun, and the businessmen who smelled the business opportunities some bought woolen materials from the herdsmen, and some simply relied on the abundant funds to buy advanced textile tools from the Science and Technology Department, and then opened a textile factory, purchased wool and cashmere, and produced cashmere by themselves.Thanks to the scientific and technological personnel under Li Lu, the herdsmen's mother-in-law and the merchants, in Jiankun, almost every household has one or several pieces of tweed clothes during the winter, and with those leather clothes made by themselves, even the ice and snow can survive.So before Li Lu arrived in Gaochang, he didn't think that cotton could keep out the cold, and now he saw it, so let's toss it, after all, cotton can not only be spun into cotton cloth, but also loosened into a pocket made of brocade, and can also be made into a quilt, and can be made into a cotton jacket.After looking at the cumbersome and backward cotton weaving process of the female weavers in the government-run cotton spinning factory in Gaochang, especially when he saw them staring at each cotton seed and peeling it by hand, Li Lu couldn't help it, "Sister, this is how you seed grass cotton?"
How slow is this, and besides, can't your hands hurt after a long time?
”Because Li Lu is followed by the Gaochang prefect, and Li Lu has been engaged in a cult of personality over the years, even if these Gaochang female workers are illiterate, they can recognize it at a glance, this is the king on the painting to observe the people's feelings.Li Lu's words frightened several female workers who were asked, they quickly got up to give Li Lu a bow to bow, Li Lu also quickly picked them up, looked at these large and small women, Li Lu said, "Sisters and sisters, you don't have to do this big salute, we Han people worship the sky, kneel on the ground, and worship our ancestors in the middle!"
Except for these three, let's not worship anything!
”These women are all ladies of the Han family, every Han person under Li Lu is very noble, he regards these Han people as his food and clothing parents, and he also relies on this Han lady to create wealth for him, and feed him soldiers who can fight in all directions.Besides, isn't this a good time to brush up your reputation?
Seeing that Li Lu was so approachable, these women calmed down, and a woman who seemed to be their head said, "Your Majesty, the method of removing seeds from this grass and cotton has been passed down from generation to generation, that is, to peel it by hand, can there be any other labor-saving way?"
”"I'll think of a move for you, well, Haitong, give me paper and ink........
"Li Lu pondered for a while, and said to Liu Da, the prefect of Gaochang, "Also, go find two carpenters and a blacksmith to ......"
The king of his own family commanded, Liu Da naturally trotted to bring Li Lu paper, cigarettes, pen and ink, and personally went to find the carpenter and the blacksmith, because of Li Lu's noble status, the person in charge of the factory and those female workers hurriedly cleaned up the table for him, and even a little lady who looked fifteen or sixteen years old at most, He also wiped the table vigorously with his sleeve, for fear that something dirty would stain their king's paper and mislead the king.Li Lu sighed in his heart, after all, it is not the afterlife, if he changes the afterlife, he will not have any awe.Li Lu spread out the paper and drew a picture on it, if there was another traverser present, and he happened to know the history of cotton weaving, he would blurt out, isn't this the simplest pedal cotton gin?
That's right, what Li Lu painted is a kind of pedal cotton gin, this kind of machine, when he went to the countryside for free clinics in his last life, he saw an old grandmother use it, and he was also writing a travel novel at that time, so he paid special attention to it, this pedal cotton gin, I didn't expect it to be really useful one day, seeing Liu Da brought a carpenter and blacksmith, Li Lu said to them, "A few big brothers, you see, this is a pedal cotton gin I designed, and there is a crank on the upper part of its fuselage that is connected to the round wooden stick here, Then use an iron rod and the whole wooden frame together.The lower part of the fuselage should be made into an outward skimming tripod, and a foot pedal should be installed on the horizontal wood between the three legs.........
"On the one hand, the blacksmith and the carpenter were excited because Li Lu was approachable, and on the other hand, they agreed with the bottom of their hearts, this prince is a god man, if he is not a descendant of Daozu, how could he make such an exquisite cotton gin?"
This level of fineness, I'm afraid that Gongsheng Luban will have to shout when he sees it!
What these craftsmen admire the most is the same person as Lu Ban, obviously this prince is such a character, in their hearts, this prince is their own person."
Jingle Bell......
"The carpenters and blacksmiths are really good, and it didn't take long for a pedal cotton gin to be built, Li Lu picked up the cotton with seeds, and was going to try whether the machine was easy to use, Liu Da, this guy hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, let the minister be this crab eater.......
This guy is very smart, he knows how to behave himself in front of his king at the right time."
Sure enough, Li Lu is still very satisfied with his showmanship, this Liu Da has the means, the ability, the general knowledge, except for some superiors, he is a good subordinate, Li Lu glanced at Liu Da with satisfaction, but still continued, "This cotton gin is what I came up with, can it be used, whether it is suitable or not, no one knows, besides, will you use it?"
Go to the side, don't delay my experiment......."
Li Lu pinched a handful of seed cotton by himself, stuffed it between the two pressure rollers, shook the crank, and at the same time followed the example of the grandmother in his previous life, and stepped on the pedal, the foot pedal drove the iron rod to rotate, and the wooden stick that rotated the handle poured each other, and the cotton seed was rolled out, "How many more do you stuff and let me see?"
”Li Lu wanted to know how many cotton seeds this cotton gin could go to at one time, and he wanted to test it.Looking at Li Lu who was busy there, those female workers were full of stars in their eyes, what kind of man was most liked by women, high status, powerful, and money, of course many women liked such men, but the most popular among normal women were men who were in a serious state of work, Li Lu, who was debugging the cotton gin at the moment, was very popular with these female workers, especially those who were still young, "Second sister, look at you, the prince is so handsome.......""
Little hoof, why do you fall in love with the prince?
Don't dream, his identity is there, it's impossible to marry a civilian lady.....""
What, of course I know that my identity is not worthy of the prince, it is said that the prince passed by our Gaochang this time, and he is preparing to marry Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty......""
That princess is said to be very beautiful!""
Isn't it beautiful, can you be worthy of our prince?"
These words reached the ears of Li Lu, who was experimenting, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly, saying that gossip is really a woman's nature, and this crooked building is also a tradition of the Chinese people, talking about cotton, it can actually be pulled to Changle's girl, and he is also drunk.A few officials who followed Li Lu's side, with lightning speed, rushed forward, picked up the seed cotton on the ground, and began to refill the cotton for Li Lu, "Okay, good, stop!"
”After Li Lu came up with a value, he shouted to stop, he patted the cotton on his hand, pointed to the cotton gin and said to the female workers, "How to use this machine, do you understand?"
”The female workers said in unison, "See, Your Majesty, you are fine, with this cotton gin, we don't have to spend time and effort to peel cotton seeds, we can have more time to spin cotton cloth......"
Li Lu listened to the happy voices of these female workers, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, China has a long history, and the history books are full of sweat and cows, but they all record the emperors and generals, and the literati are romantic, but they put aside the most important scientific and technological workers, craftsmen, and these ordinary women who work all day long.
What a injustice!
In his previous life, Li Lu checked a piece of information in order to write a time-traveling novel, before the large-scale planting of cotton in Huaxia, our ancestors were mainly silk and linen, and it was not until the cotton of the Two Song Dynasty began to be popularized that it gradually changed to cotton-based.So, what did the nobles of the royal family wear?
They wear furs, like lamb skins, fox white furs and other high-end animal fur is very common among them, even the common people can also use inferior sheepskin or dog skin to protect from the cold.In addition, "Zhou Li" has a lot of attention to the clothes of the Son of Heaven and the princes, Qiu is a profane clothing, and the way to wear it is: underwear--Qiu--裼-attack, and the outside must be covered with clothes.The material of the outer clothes and clothes also varies according to the level of status and wealth.These garments were all made of fine silk, and the nobles wore silk, which the common people could not afford, and they wore linen clothes.In this way, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties for 1,500 years, silk and linen maintained tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of Chinese people's clothing, bedding and other living necessities.Of course, there were also those who were unclothed during this time, but there were also those who wasted silk and satin and used it like mud and sand.The two offset each other, and there are still silk exports by sea and land, which are well-known in the international market that was not developed in ancient times.Huaxia silk and hemp are self-sufficient, which is not easy in ancient times when technology was backward.As Sima Guang said: "Silkworm women raise silkworms to cure cocoons, spin weft with linen, accumulate wisps, inch by inch, and are extremely diligent." ”But it's a pity that there are very few words like Sima Guang that are quite pertinent, and most of the literati use a few words to cover up the hard work of the peasants, in their eyes, these are things that mud legs should do.In ancient China, the natural family economy of male ploughing and female weaving, the total output of silk and linen in the whole country could never have official statistics.Included in the official statistics, only taxes and fiscal revenues and expenditures, like this, Li Lu did much better than the Central Plains, and his officials at least roughly knew the vague figures.Although the splendid ancient Chinese civilization is inseparable from the emperors, generals, and literati, we should never forget the achievements of thousands of nameless farmers and peasant women in the annals of history.Li Lu is well aware of this truth, without the hard work of the ordinary people who followed him, without their children, to cultivate and fight for himself, even if Li Lu has great ability, he is also a scumbag!
So when Li Lu looked at this group of simple female workers and carpenters and blacksmiths, he made up his mind that he must make them live better and be more comfortable....