After the soldiers made tea, Li Zhong served it himself.
Chu's and Xie's came one behind the other and brought several plates of melons and fruits.
Song Le snorted with a cold face.
Shao Shude laughed and pulled Xie into his arms.
An angry look appeared on Song Le's face. Good guy, how dare you be so outrageous in front of him?!
Shao Shude grabbed Xie's hand, pointed at the sleeves, and said: "The cloth is made of wool. It's too hot to wear in summer, but it's just right to wear in winter."
Mr. Xie's face was red, while Mr. Chu's face was complicated.
Song Le's face softened slightly. After looking at it, he said: "In the past, there were Qiang people selling woolen cloth in Lingxia. They bought a few pieces at a very low price and no one cared about them."
"Are you comfortable in your clothes?" Shao Shude turned to Xie's face and asked.
"Given by the king, naturally..."
"to be honest!"
“Not very comfortable.”
"Sir, what you said is true. The wool is indeed poor, but it can still be improved." Shao Shude let go of Jie and continued: "Heyang is exempt from tax this year. When the two taxes are levied next year, if the people want wool, they can get it at a discount.
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Shao Shude is determined to make woolen cloth or woolen industry bigger and stronger.
Because this can be combined with the existing materials in the hands of the people to increase their income. Cotton and sericulture require additional planting, but sheep do not need to be planted. They are part of the three-crop rotation system.
The most ideal situation is that in the rural areas of the northern cold region, every household spins wool and weaves wool; in the southern rural areas, they raise silkworms, reel and weave silk; as for the central part, they can do whatever they want, whether it is sericulture, wool, or even cotton.
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The great increase in the production of grain, meat and milk, and the consequent revitalization of rural handicrafts, is what everyone dreams of.
When the system and atmosphere are appropriate, society will evolve on its own, and there is no need for you to act as an inventor.
And this is the most solid, because it starts from the foundation, rather than trying to build a castle on the beach.
"If the commander-in-chief can set an example and take the lead in wearing sweaters, maybe this is the way to go," Song Le said.
"Wool is also divided into grades." Shao Shude said: "You can find it just outside, so you might as well go and take a look."
"That's fine." Song Le is a man of action and is very concerned about things that can increase people's income.
There is a sheepfold outside Jinxian Temple with less than a hundred sheep in total.
Liu Jingxuan rushed over in a hurry. When he heard that King Xia wanted to see the sheep, he immediately ordered someone to lead one out.
"Sir, please take a look." Shao Shude pointed to the sheep's chest and abdomen and said: "The hair in these two places is the worst, which is inferior. The lanugo hair on the neck and back is superior; the hair on the tail and legs is inferior. If you use
The best wool can be used to weave cloth, which will not be too uncomfortable to wear. The second-grade wool can also be used for spinning and making carpets, while the lower-grade wool can only be used to make brushes."
In fact, second-grade and inferior wool can also be made into sweaters if it is further worsted.
In order to withstand the cold of winter, sheep will grow a layer of fine hair, both goats and sheep. However, the hair of other parts of goats is thick and hard, which is not easy to spin, so the hair is particularly obvious, so it is called cashmere. The wool of sheep is relatively soft overall.
, which is difficult to distinguish from cashmere, so it is collectively called wool. This does not mean that sheep do not have cashmere.
Second-grade, lower-grade wool is spun to select soft and fine fluff, which can be used to make sweaters.
The other hairs are really of little value. Some of them are thick and hard and have no use other than making brushes.
"Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief has such detailed research on wool." Song Le said with shame.
I thought the commander was fooling around in Jinxianguan, but I didn't expect that he was doing serious business. I really blamed the commander wrongly.
"Haha." Shao Shude smiled slightly and said, "Sir, come here again and have a look."
After that, he walked into the next room.
"This thing is called a combing machine." Shao Shude pointed to a wooden machine with a comb that looked like a bench and said.
The processing procedures of wool are generally divided into four steps: washing, beating, roughing, bowing and combing. At this time, the Western Regions, the Middle East and Europe were already relatively mature and had corresponding machines.
Don't be sorry, Datang's technology was not focused on wool, because there was no need for it, so these machines were all learned from the barbarians in the Western Regions.
In fact, until later generations, most of the ancient woolen textile relics unearthed in my country were concentrated in Xinjiang, Qinghai, and northern Shaanxi, which are areas inhabited by ethnic minorities. The technology and machines for professional processing of wool were relatively scarce and backward in the Central Plains.
We had no choice but to engage in borrowing and spending heavily to purchase technology from the Western Regions.
But Shao Shude suspects that the technology in the Western Regions is not the most advanced, and is currently trying to introduce woolen technology and machines from Arabia and Eastern Rome.
As for the original camel hair processing technology in Lingxia, to be honest, it is too backward. It is completely manual processing and very inefficient. It is a side job for party members and does not have much reference value.
"I'm not very satisfied with the carding machine either." Shao Shude said, "It's best to find ways to improve it."
Yes, the wool-processing machines used in those city-states in the Western Regions are better than completely manual processing, but they are not much better. Shao Shude thinks that they should at least be changed to pedal-operated ones to improve efficiency.
Of course, you don’t have to worry too much about this. If Heyang really produces a large amount of wool, and there is demand, machines will naturally be created.
When cotton gradually became popular in the Song Dynasty, machines for processing cotton gradually appeared. If there is demand, there will be a market, and there will be inventions. You don’t need to worry at all. At most, you can offer high rewards to speed up the progress, but you really don’t need to worry.
What kind of inventor, let alone Shao Shude, doesn’t understand.
"Perhaps we can offer rewards in various states and counties. There will always be skilled craftsmen willing to try it." Song Le suggested.
"Sir, I want to be together." Shao Shude smiled.
The two daughters Jiang and Lu were combing their hair.
They evenly spread the large group of wool fibers, peeled them from one comb to another, and then reduced the loose wool fibers into sponge-like sheets. The machine is very large and can comb a large piece of wool at one time, which is indeed much better than manual combing.
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In fact, Shao Shude has seen even more outrageous things. The shepherds of the Yinshan and Tibetan tribes even look for fine velvet under the thick wool, and then pluck the hair by hand. They can often only collect as much as one dollar of velvet in a day. They are so backward!
"Your Majesty, if you want to get a clever son, you have to go to Chang'an to think of something." Liu Jingxuan said softly from the side: "The young master is in charge of the skills of hundreds of craftsmen. There is a weaving and dyeing department with many craftsmen."
The Shaofu has many departments under its jurisdiction, such as the Metallurgical Department, the Weaving and Dyeing Department, and the Money Supervisors, etc., which "provide the emperor's utensils, the concubine's clothing, the suburban temple's jade, and the officials' ceremonial objects."
To put it simply, it means making various utensils for use by the court.
At the same time, it is also a training and assessment institution, such as: "The fine carving work is taught for four years; the craftsmanship of turning and turning musical instruments is taught for three years; the craftsmanship of flat knife and knives is taught for two years..."
After teaching, there will be a test and a "professional title" will be given to the craftsmen.
The inheritance of this institution has never been interrupted. In recent years, with the help of local craftsmen who have come to Beijing to serve on duty, it has even become more prosperous, "teaching authors heirloom skills" and cultivating Qiaoer one after another.
Liu Jingxuan’s suggestion is indeed good.
"This is a very good policy of Supervisor Liu Yuan." Shao Shude glanced at him approvingly and said, "I will write a letter to Supervisor Han Gong immediately."
Liu Jingxuan smiled like a flower and was praised by King Xia. He has a bright future.
Song Le also complimented him casually, and Liu Jingxuan laughed even more happily. This may be the future prime minister, which is incredible.
"Sir, it's impossible to have machines without wool. We need to worry more about Heyang." Shao Shude bowed and said.
"It's just a life of hard work." Song Le sighed: "Well, for the sake of the people, so what if I have to fight for this old life."
Shao Shude naturally thanked him profusely.
Wool textile industry is closely integrated with the current agricultural production situation in Heyang. Such a large-scale wool textile industry is unprecedented in ancient Chinese history, and it may profoundly change the face of the entire north.
The Song Dynasty popularized cotton at the expense of grain production. However, under the three-crop rotation system, grain production only dropped slightly, while meat and milk production increased significantly. Wool was produced out of thin air without actually occupying the field. This is comparable to
It is much better to develop cotton textiles.
Shao Shude was confident that the living standards of the people under his rule would exceed those of any feudal dynasty, even those with relatively mature technology such as the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Song Le left in a hurry that afternoon, forgetting even the original intention of coming here.
Shao Shude went to the machine room and carefully considered the carding machine, but he really didn't have the talent to invent improvements and was at a loss.
We had dinner with Lushi and Jiangshi. The staple food was goat milk porridge with added medicinal materials. It was actually the "rud and rehmannia porridge" in Bai Juyi's poem. Well, it is said to have the effect of "nourishing yin and stomach, nourishing kidneys and replenishing essence".
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Mr. Jiang had vomited in the afternoon. After asking, he found that he had vomited several times recently and it might be morning sickness.
Shao Shude was overjoyed. This little girl was acquired as a trophy in early May. Calculating the time, she should have been conceived in June.
I heard that Jiang Congxu fled to Guangling with hundreds of people and took refuge with Yang Xingmi. Alas, why are you running away? If your sister gave birth to an heir for me, could I kill you?
Liu Jingxuan was immediately called in. Jiang didn't have to work anymore and had a good rest. Lu didn't have to work anymore and was responsible for taking care of Jiang.
He is thirty-eight years old and has only six sons, and he is unwilling to accept an adopted son. After all, it is still too few.
I read the military newspaper in the study at night.
Jiang was innocent and happy to not have to work anymore. She was a young girl and had crimson fantasies about the future. She thought it would be good to be the woman of the powerful King Xia. Lu didn't know what she thought of, and she kept thinking.
Sobbing loudly.
Shao Shude didn't bother to ask. He could see that this woman had actually accepted her fate.
Among the wives and daughters of generals in the late Tang Dynasty, only two of them were stronger in his impression.
One is Yang Chongben's wife. She was humiliated by Zhu Quanzhong and wrote to her husband. However, her fate is unclear.
One is Zhu Yanshou's wife. After Zhu Yanshou was killed, she knew her fate very well. "I vow not to use my naked body to be humiliated by the enemy" and threw herself into the fire to die.
The rest, as Zhu Yanshou's wife Wang said, were usually taken home by the enemy, "humiliated by the enemy", and then gave birth to children for the enemy.
The highlight of the Cao thief!
He changed places to read the military report, and lay down comfortably on the bed. He held the mutton-fat white jade-like Lu in his arms with his left hand, and held the ultimatum in his right hand.
This one talks about Yang Xing secretly sending Yan Keqiu and Jiang from Xu to Bianzhou to buy silk. Of course, this is only on the surface. There must be other things. Shao Shude can think about it with his toes and know what they are planning.
"What do you think Yang Xingmi is planning?" Shao Shude squeezed his left hand and asked.
Mr. Lu hid for a moment and said nothing.
"Huh?" Shao Shude said in a more serious tone: "You will have children for me in the future. If I fail, what will happen to you?"
Lu seemed to have been hit by an arrow and stayed there for a long time. After a long time, she said: "Jiang...Jiang Congxu's father, Jiang Yanwen, and Jiang Xuanhui have an old relationship. They must have repaired it."
"It's almost as I guessed." Shao Shude smiled and pinched it again as a reward.
Jiang Xuanhui was a close aide to Zhu Quanzhong. Although his position was not high, he rose to prominence very quickly. Yang Xingmi's repair through this line should be effective.
He thought of Xiao Fu again.
If the situation is like this, Xiao Fu seems to be shaken.
This is normal. As long as Shao Shude doesn't make any big mistakes or dies suddenly or something, Zhu Quanzhong's defeat is foreseeable. He was originally from the Xiao family in Nanliang Fang, Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu has a respected status here.
If he really surrenders, he won't have anyone to help him speak, so he also has the motive to surrender.
We need to work harder! Let the civil and military officials of the Xuanwu Army, including Xiao Fu, see the general trend more clearly.
"It's time to go to Heyang." Shao Shude muttered in a low voice.
When she turned around, she saw that Mr. Jiang was already asleep. How worried must this little girl be?
Mrs. Lu was also "asleep", but she was just pretending.
His big rough hands quickly started rubbing her up and down. Now that he was "asleep", he could naturally do whatever he wanted.