Traveling to another world and becoming a local owner

Time passed quickly. As a science and engineering student, drawing was a required course for Zhang Ling in college. He had never touched a jenny machine or a jacquard machine. Although he had a general understanding of their working principles and structures, he had never studied the detailed drawings, so many details needed to be modified.

When Xin'er came to the room and called him to have lunch, the floor was littered with crumpled paper balls.

Seeing that he was concentrating, Xin'er did not disturb him, but picked up a piece of paper and opened it with a puzzled look.

"Huh? What is this? A spinning wheel?" She was amazed when she saw the drawing, and quickly picked up a ball of paper, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"Master, is this a loom? Why is it so strange?" She opened her mouth slightly, her tone sounding very shocked.

Hearing this, Zhang Ling stopped what he was doing, turned around and said with a smile: "Haha, isn't it the spinning wheel and loom I told you about before?"

"Master, don't lie to me. Is there really such a thing? How can a spinning wheel be so big and spin out one, two, three... My God, sixteen threads at a time! How is this possible? And this loom..." Xin'er looked incredulous. She had seen spinning wheels and looms before, but when she saw the drawings, it seemed like a fairy tale to her.

"Silly girl, nothing is impossible. Why are you coming to me instead of staying in your own room?" Zhang Ling smiled slightly and felt that the girl was very cute when she was making a fuss.

"Oh, I almost forgot. My lady asked me to call you for dinner!" Xin'er came back to her senses and said quickly.

"I forget about time when I'm busy. Let's go!" Zhang Ling said, then he stood up, tidied up the things on the table, and walked out of the room.

"Do these things really exist?" Xin'er looked at the tall figure, her eyes full of anticipation.

After a quick lunch, Zhang Ling continued to go into the room, determined to finish the drawing.

It took Cao Shuan nearly four hours to finally make the steamer barrel. If he hadn't been striving for perfection, he probably could have made two more.

Looking at the huge steamer barrel, Cao Shuan felt a great sense of accomplishment. He started learning from a master at the age of nine, and it has been more than ten years now. Seeing that he was honest, the master only let him do some odd jobs on weekdays and never taught him the craft seriously.

He had learned many carpentry skills by himself in private. The Great Yi Dynasty had a rigid ideology, and craftsmanship was more important than life for both craftsmen and merchants. He was not a quick-witted person, so he learned slowly.

Cao Shuan put the steamer barrel away, checked it carefully, and then ran excitedly to find Zhang Ling.

"Master, the things you asked me to do are already done."

"Oh? Take me to see it quickly." Upon hearing this, Zhang Ling hurriedly put down the paper and pen in his hand.

The two came to the backyard, and Zhang Ling looked around the steamer barrel carefully.

"Good! Cao Shuan, you did a good job. Here is your reward." Zhang Ling was overjoyed and immediately took out a five-liang silver ingot and threw it to him.

"Young master, what are you doing? I am a servant of the Zhang family. Working for you is my duty. I cannot accept this reward money!" Cao Shuan was very anxious when he saw this and quickly refused.

"Just take it if I tell you to. It's the rule of our Zhang family to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. Work hard in the future, and I, the young master, will never treat you unfairly." Zhang Ling waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes! In that case, I will accept it. Thank you, young master!" Cao Shuan was overjoyed and quickly took the silver, feeling deeply moved.

Five taels of silver, he couldn't earn that much in the whole year before. With this money, he could buy some delicious food for his wife and children, make some new clothes, and his family would no longer be hungry. Life was more promising than before.

Zhao Fengnian and others heard the noise in the yard and hurried out to take a look.

Zhang Ling estimated that Daniu and the others would be back soon, so he said to Zhao Fengnian, "Call a few people and take them to my uncle's place to bring back 200 kilograms of fermented mash."

"Okay, young master, we'll go now." Zhao Fengnian immediately nodded in agreement.

They don't have to rush to finish the work now, so they can relax.

Not long after, Da Niu and others came back, pulling a lot of iron pots on the carriage.

Zhang Ling taught Cao Shuan how to assemble the iron pot, while the others watched curiously from the side.

Seeing that they didn't understand, Zhang Ling explained to them: "The pot below is used to heat water. Put this round wooden sieve on the pot, put on this wine cage, and put the fermented grain inside. This smallest pot is fixed on the wooden frame to receive the wine. Put a pipe here and insert it through the small hole on the wine cage to discharge the wine. The medium-sized pot on the top of the wine cage is used to hold cold water."

"Oh! This is quite convenient!"

"Yes, this is much simpler than the water tank we used. One person can do it."

When they heard this, they immediately understood. They had also been making wine for a few days and already understood the principles behind it.

"Well, Cao Shuan, you need to fix the bamboo tube on this small pot tightly. It must not leak when you are filling the wine."

"Okay, young master, you can call me Shuanzi from now on. It sounds more intimate this way."

"Okay, everyone has worked hard. When we're done, I'll ask the kitchen to stew two chickens as a reward for you."

"Thank you, young master..." Everyone smiled happily upon hearing this and came forward to help.

After dinner, Zhao Fengnian and his men also brought back the mash. When Cao Shuan came to tell him that everything was ready, Zhang Ling rubbed his hands excitedly.

Inside the straw hut, everyone had already stopped what they were doing and were standing by with serious faces, waiting to witness a miracle.

Zhang Ling directed everyone to fill the ground pot with water, then pour in the wine, and put all the small pots and the upper pots in place. Then he said solemnly, "Light the fire."

Suddenly, a blazing flame rose up in the pit. Everyone stared at it intently until the water in the pot began to boil.

"Master, why is there no sound? I only hear the sound of water boiling, but I don't see any wine coming out!" Zhao Fengnian was more straightforward and was the first to ask.

"Wait a little longer! Pay attention to the water temperature in the pot. Once it becomes hot, replace it immediately." Zhang Ling was also a little anxious. After all, it was his first time making this thing, and he couldn't guarantee how it would turn out.

Since no one knows how to do blacksmith work, the water in the sky pot is still changed by the most primitive manual operation.

Several people stared at the wine dispenser with their eyes wide open, not blinking. Even the three men lying in bed propped themselves up and looked around.

"Master, the wine is out!" Li Liulang, with sharp eyes, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Tick tock, tick tock..."

Drops of crystal clear wine fell into the empty wine jar, making an extremely crisp sound.

"Hurry, keep adding firewood." Zhang Ling happily ordered when he saw this.

As the fire grew bigger, the wine flowed out faster and faster, like a gurgling stream, continuously flowing into the wine jar.

"Shuanzi, there's a leak in the bamboo tube!" Zhang Ling suddenly spoke out when everyone was happy.

"I'll find a way right away, young master." Upon hearing this, Cao Shuan hurriedly picked up the sawdust mixed with resin and filled the gap directly with a wooden thorn.

"I'm sorry, young master. It was a small mistake." After doing all this, Cao Shuan seemed a little ashamed.

"It's okay, just be more careful next time. You did a good job. You all did a great job. Next time Manager Wang comes, I will ask him to buy two sets of clothes for all of you." Zhang Ling patted his shoulder with a smile, and then said to everyone.

"Oh... Thank you, Master!" Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and started to cheer. Even the three patients on the bed were very happy.

Zhang Ling looked at everything in front of him, and he realized that he had already gained cohesion. As long as he could make everyone live a good life, then even without the indenture, they would always follow him.