Daqin: Compared with his sons, Ying Zheng is jealous

【After visiting the Rivers and Rivers Department and suggesting planting lotus, lotus roots and water chestnuts in the fish pond, King Ying Zheng of Qin and Prince Fusu and others continued to the Textile Department, one of the six departments of the Ministry of Agriculture.】

【However, compared with the previous agricultural department, forestry department, animal husbandry department, and river department, which have a large number of staff and a vast area, the number of people in the textile department is not large.】

【There were only five or six people who were actually from farming families, and five or six from the Mohist school. As for the remaining ten or so people, they were ordinary peasant women who were recruited.】

【The site of the Textile Department is not very large. Generally speaking, it is only a few acres in size.】

【There are many looms in the textile department, and more than ten ordinary spinners are working on them.】

【The five or six farm boys stood by, watching the spinners weaving, holding bamboo slips and pens, as if recording something.】

【Behind them, there were textile machines that had been disassembled into parts. Five or six Mohist disciples were working on them.】

【Xu Zi, who was leading the way, also introduced:"This is the Textile Department, which is mainly responsible for researching and optimizing the current weaving methods of silk and linen, and improving the current weaving efficiency of silk and linen."】

【"And to find out if there are other clothes that can be used for weaving like silk and linen."】

【After seeing Xu Zi, Crown Prince Fusu, King Qin Ying Zheng and others walk in, all the peasants and Mohists stopped their work, walked forward, bowed and greeted:"Your Majesty, Your Highness!"】

【Although the peasants and Mohists had only seen Prince Fusu before, the"Three Three One Seven One Seven" had never actually seen Qin King Ying Zheng.】

【However, the only person who could let their Master Xu walk in front and lead the way, with Prince Fusu standing behind him, and with a dignified and noble demeanor, was the King of Qin Ying Zheng, whom they had never seen before.】

【The dozen or so weavers behind the peasants and Mohists were panic-stricken and at a loss, not knowing how to react.】

【Upon seeing this, Prince Fusu first extended his hand to the peasant children and Mohist disciples of the Textile Department and said,"No need to be polite."】

【Afterwards, Prince Fusu looked at the weaving women and said in a gentle voice,"You don't need to be so polite. Just act as usual. No one will blame you for this.""】

【After hearing what Prince Fusu said, the weavers finally felt relieved, but they did not dare to speak nonsense. They just lowered their heads and stood aside silently.】

【After a simple greeting, the peasant boys excitedly said,"Your Highness, Master Xu, you came just in time!"】

【"After several months of research on improving the textile machine, we finally achieved results!"】

【As the saying goes, it is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early.】

【Xu Zi, Prince Fusu, King Qin Ying Zheng and others did not expect that as soon as they arrived at the Textile Department, the farmer's son of the Textile Department came up with research results, and they immediately became interested.】

【Xu Zi even asked directly:"What improvements can be made?"】

【The farm boys led everyone to the textile machines lined up behind them and said,"After the establishment of the Textile Department, we thought about improving the textile machines first."】

【"But at first we had no idea how to improve the loom."】

【"So we thought about it and recruited a group of weavers who were usually responsible for weaving at home."】

【"Let them think about what changes they hope to make to the textile machine while they are weaving, or what they think is inconvenient about the textile machine they are currently using."】

【"Then we recorded their opinions, and then based on their opinions, we, the farmers, would try to find ways to improve the situation."】

【"After coming up with a rough improvement plan, we asked the Mohist disciples to help us manufacture the new textile machine with the improved design."】

【"After the new textile machine is manufactured, we will continue to provide it to the weavers for use to see if there are any shortcomings or disadvantages that we have not noticed."】

【"If there is, we will record it, and then think of ways to improve it, and then ask Mohist disciples to help make new looms."】

【"This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and finally a few days ago, we created a new textile machine that is different from the current one!"】

【"During the trial period, all the spinners said that the new looms were easy to use and met their needs."】

【At this point, a group of farmers from the Textile Department stopped in front of a row of textile machines, pointed to the first and second textile machines on the left, and introduced:"This is the main textile machine used by the people of Guizhou. We call it a hand-cranked textile machine."】

【"This hand-cranked loom is mainly composed of four parts: a wooden frame, a spindle, a rope wheel and a handle."】

【"There are two types of hand-cranked looms: one is a horizontal hand-cranked loom, which has a spindle on the left, a rope wheel and a handle on the right, and a rope in the middle."】

【"The other is a vertical hand-cranked spinning machine, in which the spindle is installed on a rope wheel and is also driven by a rope string."】

【"Among them, the horizontal hand-cranked loom can be operated by one person, while the vertical hand-cranked loom requires two people to operate at the same time. Therefore, the people of Guizhou still use the horizontal hand-cranked loom more."】

【"However, the hand-cranked loom has a disadvantage, that is, the spinner needs to use one hand to crank the loom and the other hand to spin the yarn."】

【"In this way, it is difficult to control the flocs or short fibers, and the yarns are prone to tangling when spinning, resulting in uneven yarn thickness and other problems."】

【At this point, the farmer's son who was explaining the story also picked up a piece of spinning yarn in front of the hand-cranked loom and handed it to Xu Zi, Prince Fusu and Qin King Ying Zheng with both hands.】

【Xu Zi, Crown Prince Fusu, and King Ying Zheng of Qin looked at the yarn in their hands and could tell at a glance that it was tangled and uneven in thickness.】

【After Xu Zi, Crown Prince Fusu, and King Qin Ying Zheng had a brief understanding of the current spinning situation, the farmer who had just explained it took a step sideways and walked to another loom and proudly said,"This is the loom we have improved.""】

【"We call it a pedal loom!"】

【"The structure of a pedal-operated textile machine is mainly composed of a spinning mechanism and a pedal part."】

【"The spinning mechanism is similar to a hand-cranked spinning wheel, while the pedal mechanism is composed of cranks, pedals, convex nails and other parts."】

【"The pedal rod drives the rope wheel and spindle to rotate through the crank to complete the twisting, pulling and stretching work. At the same time, the connecting rod and crank are used to convert the reciprocating motion of the foot into circular motion to replace the hand-cranked rope wheel rotation."】

【"This freed the spinner's right hand, which was originally used to shake the spinning wheel, and she could use both hands to spin or combine the yarn."】

【"This not only makes up for the original hand-cranked spinning wheel because only one hand can be used for spinning, it is difficult to control the silk or short silk well, and when spinning, the yarns are easy to tangle with each other, resulting in uneven yarn thickness."】

【"At the same time, the spinning efficiency is greatly improved."】

【"Through our verification, we found that the working efficiency of the same foot-operated loom is at least three to five times that of a hand-cranked loom!"】

【When these words came out, whether it was Xu Zi, Qin Wang Ying Zheng, or Prince Fusu, they were all stunned.】

【Such textile efficiency is not too low, but too high!】

【So high that they had never imagined it before!】

【What does it mean to improve textile efficiency by three to five times?】

【This means that three to five times more yarn can be spun in the same amount of time!】

【This means that the clothes that could originally only be woven for one person can now be woven for three to five people!】

【This means that the cost of time is greatly reduced, and the day when everyone can wear cloth clothes in the future is just around the corner!】

【Thinking of this, King Qin Ying Zheng immediately turned his head and looked at the dozen or so spinners next to him and asked,"How do you feel after using the pedal loom?"】

【"Has textile production become three to five times more efficient?"】

【If King Qin Ying Zheng asked about other things, they might not dare to answer, nor would they know how to answer.】

【But when they were asked about the textile machines, they were no longer sleepy and started talking one after another.】

【"The foot-operated loom is very easy to use, much better than the hand-cranked loom!"】

【"We have to keep pushing the splint on the hand-cranked loom. After pushing it for a long time, our arms will feel sore and numb."】

【"From time to time, you need to stop and rest your arms before you can continue."】

【"Yes, that's right. In addition, the hand-cranked loom has to push the splint on one side and turn the various yarns on the other side.........."】

【"If you can't do two things at once, you can only finish one thing before doing the other, which is too slow.........."】

【"My Lords, the Lords who came to us before said that we would be paid for our help. Can we change the payment to a foot-operated loom?"】

【"Yes, yes, yes, we don’t want any reward, we want a foot-operated loom like this!"】

【"Please allow me, my Lords! Please allow me, my Lords!"】

【As they spoke, the weaving women knelt down and begged the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, the Crown Prince, Fusu and others.】

【Seeing this, Prince Fusu also quickly raised his hand and said,"Get up, everyone get up!""】

【"You should continue to take the reward they promised to give you before, and I will also ask them to give you a pedal-operated loom each."】

【"Now show me the difference between a foot-operated loom and a hand-cranked loom!"】

【After getting the promise from Prince Fusu, all the weavers stood up with a smile on their faces.】

【Some of the spinners used hand-cranked looms, while others used pedal-operated looms.】

【Then everyone could clearly see that the spinners on the pedal looms could spin the thread easily using both their hands and feet.】

【On the other side, the weavers using hand-cranked looms would stop from time to time to shake their arms or turn over the various yarns.】

【After a while, the weaver using the pedal loom has spun three to five feet of yarn.】

【The weavers who used the hand-cranked looms had just spun about one foot of yarn.】

【The efficiency between the two is clearly visible】

【Then Xu Zi stopped the spinners and took the yarn they had spun and compared them carefully.】

【It can also be clearly seen that the yarn spun by the pedal-operated loom is more uniform and less prone to tangling.】

【It was finally confirmed that the pedal-operated loom improved by a group of farmers and Mohists was indeed far superior to the hand-cranked loom currently used by the people of Guizhou.】

【King Qin Ying Zheng was immediately delighted, and looking at the five peasants and six Mohist disciples in the Textile Department in front of him, he said,"The pedal-operated textile machine was improved and developed by the eleven of you?"】

【The eleven peasant children and Mohist children all nodded and said,"Your Majesty, this was developed by us together."】

【King Ying Zheng of Qin nodded slightly and ordered:"For your contributions to the development of the pedal-operated textile machine, each of you will be awarded the rank of a public official!"】

【Unlike the plow and curved plow that were conceived by Prince Fusu, the pedal-operated loom was independently developed by these farmers and Mohists, and it played a huge role.】

【After the promotion of pedal looms in the future, the overall textile efficiency of Qin State could be increased by three to five times, and the clothes and bedding that the people of Qin State could wear could be further increased.】

【Under such circumstances, it is reasonable to reward the peasants and Mohists who participated in the development of the pedal loom with a title of public official.】

【If the number of people who participated in the research and improvement of the pedal-operated loom was half as small, then King Ying Zheng of Qin could even give them a second-level noble title.】

【If only one person independently researched and improved the foot-operated loom, then Qin King Ying Zheng could give him a third-level title of a hairpin.】

【However, if the number of people reached eleven, then King Ying Zheng of Qin would have to reduce the rank of the title and could only give them the lowest rank of Gongshi.】

【However, even if it was a first-class duke title, it was enough to excite the peasant children of the Textile Department and the Mohist children who assisted the Textile Department in its research.】

【After all, even if it is a low-level title, it is a title with a salary and related special treatment.】

【The peasants and Mohists who were granted titles all bowed and thanked him, saying,"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"】

【King Ying Zheng of Qin nodded slightly and said:"I hope you will continue to improve the textile machines for the Qin State and the people, so that the day when everyone in the world has enough clothes can come sooner.""】

【The peasants and Mohists who were granted titles raised their heads and responded excitedly,"We will live up to your majesty's trust!"】.

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