Daqin Engineering Corps

Before that, Shen Bing also asked the censor:

"Soldiers are not allowed to do business, but can they do business when they are in charge of Yunzhong County?"

The censor replied:

"If it is the Daliang Army, it is not allowed to do business, but Yunzhong County can."

Shen Bing asked impatiently:

"Is it possible or not?"

The censor hurriedly replied:

"Go back to the general, just record the tax in Yunzhong County."

Shen Bing nodded, thinking it was reasonable.

It may be right that soldiers cannot do business, but what if the general Shen Bing manages Yunzhong County at the same time?

Could it be that Yunzhong County is not allowed to do business with the outside world?

Does Yunzhong County still need to develop and self-govern?

With the words of Jian Yushi, this textile workshop has legitimacy.

At this moment, Fatty Tun and the others were dumbfounded when they saw that Shen Bing had ordered some "slanted looms" to come.

Cang was the first to understand. He looked at Shen Bing in surprise and said:

"Isn't the general... wanting to weave cloth with water power?"

Shen Bing nodded, and asked:

"Why not?"

Cang said suspiciously:

"Pounding rice with water power is relatively simple, but weaving cloth..."

It is indeed more complicated to weave cloth, but it is not too complicated.

Lifting, shuttle, etc. are all fixed actions, that is, the problem of connecting levers. Of course, Shen Bing cannot be troubled by these.

Before Cang finished speaking, Shen Bing handed a blueprint to Cang and said:

"Make it from this picture!"

Cang is an expert. When he saw the drawing, he looked at Shen Bing in shock, and his voice stuttered when he spoke:

"General...general, where...where did this thing come from?"

The fat man stepped forward to look at the handwriting, and said:

"Who else is there if it is not drawn by the master?"

"This is not the first time, but the engineer made a fuss."

Cang answered with an unbelievable expression on his face:

"But this thing... is different from the past, this..."

Shen Bing knew what Cang wanted to express.

As the saying goes, "a layman watches the excitement and an insider watches the way".

People like Fatty Tun and Meng Liang are just watching this drawing for fun, but in Cangyan's eyes, it is not a trivial matter, especially the multi-layer gear structure is used to solve the problem of the sequence and speed of various operations of the loom ...

This made Shen Bing a little embarrassed.

In fact, hydraulic looms appeared in the Song Dynasty of China, and were quite common in the Yuan Dynasty.

At this time, it would be more appropriate for Shen Bing to make the hydraulic loom of the Song Dynasty, but Shen Bing did not know how to make it. He only remembered the appearance of the hydraulic loom during the British Industrial Revolution, so he drew it based on his impression.

That was 1785, almost 2000 years ago... No wonder Tun was scared like this, he had never even seen a gear before.

Shen Bing didn't intend to explain further, he just raised his head and said:

"Make it according to the sample. I have handed over the iron parts to the iron workshop, and you will make the wooden part according to the size."

"Can be co-produced with under-negotiation if required."

Cang responded, then folded up the blueprint like a baby and put it in the sleeve. After thinking about it, he felt uneasy, so he took it out and put it in his clothes and put it next to his body.

At this time, even the cynical Meng Liang had a solemn look on his face, and he asked half-believingly:

"General, is this weaving really water-powered?"

Fatty Tun did not doubt this, he said without thinking:

"The things made by the master can be fake?"

Mengliang said:

"In this way, if we sell the woven cloth to the Central Plains, wouldn't that be..."

Fusu then said:

"If weaving can use water power, we can weave non-stop day and night."

"Wouldn't that save the people of Daqin from the pain of weaving like pounding rice?"

Shen Bing thought it was funny for a moment, these people seemed to have different expectations for the loom.

Cang is technical.

Fatty Tun purely trusted Shen Bing.

Meng Liang thinks about wealth.

What Fusu saw was the suffering of the people.

Chapter 316 Pricing

With the blueprint and the ready-made loom, and the new iron parts owed to the other side, Cang made the loom the next day.

One of the reasons why it was so fast was that Cang Yisu drove the loom out in the night battle with the lights on.

In fact, God is more anxious than Shen Bing about this matter.

That's not to say knighthood or any good.

In fact, these things are not something that Shen Bing can give... The benefits may be given, but the title must be in accordance with Qin Law.

The reason why Cang stayed up all night to make it was because of the curiosity of the craftsman.

It's like a swordsmith knows a new method of making swords, and can forge a magic weapon.

It is also like a martial arts master who has obtained a secret book of martial arts, and after practicing, he will be number one in the world.

Or maybe the practitioner has obtained a method of breathing and breathing, and after penetrating through it, he can attain Taoism and become an immortal...

How can they sleep at this time, they are naturally anxious to see the result.

Cang was no exception, jumping up and down in high spirits all night, and even Qiang was woken up several times by him.

Then the next morning when the sky was still dark, Cang hurriedly went to Shen Bingshuai's mansion and knocked on the door...

At first, the personal guard stopped Cang from knocking on the door, because Shen Bing was still sleeping at this time.

But Cang said this:

"Do you know who I am?"

"The general is my brother, and the general confesses to me a big matter. If you stop me and refuse to report, if you have any responsibility..."

In fact, how can there be any responsibility? Isn't it the same when the loom comes out a few hours earlier and later?

But the guard was still frightened by Cang's words.

However, the personal guards were also clever. On the one hand, they asked people to continue to stop Cang, and on the other hand, they reported to Ren.

At this time, Ren was already the commander of Shen Bing's personal guards, that is, the two or five hundred masters of this thousands-strong personal guards.

Ren knew something about Cang making looms, so after thinking about it, he said:

"Bring Cang in, and I'll report to the general!"

Then, Ren carefully went to Shen Bing's bedroom, knocked on the door, and reported from outside:

"General, Cang came to report."

"It is said that the loom has been made!"

However, Shen Bing was woken up, and he was quite surprised when he heard that the loom had been made. Originally, he thought it would take at least one or two days.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing ordered:

"Go to the workshop right away to have a look."

As soon as Shen Bing arrived, Meng Liang and the others arrived one after another.

As I said before, they all have expectations for the loom, so they told their subordinates to notify them as soon as there is news that the loom is made.

Among them, Fusu got the news even earlier.

The reason is that Fusu arranged manpower to make it together with Cang, and the whole process and even the production method are under his control...

Although this is Fusu's duty as a military supervisor, but more importantly, Fusu expects the loom, which is a disaster for the common people, to be born out of nowhere.

The result did not disappoint Fusu.

But as soon as Cang opened the water gate... the first generation loom has no switch, so it can only be controlled by the water gate: let go and push the waterwheel to start running, and close the gate to stop.

Then I saw the loom creaking, but it seemed to be operated by someone, and the healds were picked up and shuttled, and the number of cloths increased little by little.

Cang said:

"The method made by the general is indeed feasible."

"If there is anything inappropriate, it is that the strength of the wooden knife made according to the picture is too strong."

"Cang has made it smaller, now we can weave cloth!"

Shen Bing nodded.

What Cang said about the wooden knife is that after weaving the weft thread, the weft thread should be tightly tied, otherwise the quality of the cloth will become a problem if it is too loose.

This was originally reserved for adjustment space, but Shen Bing did not expect Cang Hui to make it overnight.

Fusu caressed the inch by inch of the cloth protruding from this end and couldn't help "tsk tsk" in amazement:

"General, water weaving seems to be more precise and smooth than handmade cloth!"

Cang explained:

"What the young master said is true."

"It's just because hand-woven fabrics are inevitably sparse and dense due to the fatigue and the difference in manual work."

"However, hydraulic weaving is light and heavy, so the density is equal and the thickness is the same."

Meng Liang rushed to ask:

"How long does it take to weave a piece of cloth?"

Cang replied:

"Originally it would take at least a month to finish weaving, but it only takes two days with water."

Everyone gasped in amazement.

It only takes two days to weave the cloth that one person weaves for a month, especially this is not a matter of time, but it...doesn't need people at all.

To be precise, it also needs people.

For example, people need to change the thread, need people to maintain, need people to put away the woven cloth, etc.

But there is no need for people to weave the cloth directly.

And these people who need it are a small number of people who are concentrated in a workshop for mass management and production.

This efficiency is not comparable to handmade.

Meng Liang observed for a while, then excitedly said to Shen Bing: