Luo Zhaoyun discussed with the officials of the political hall for more than two hours, and when the meeting was about to end, Zhou Jin, the waiter of the Construction Bureau, asked to see him outside the palace gate.

"What did Zhou Jin bring here this time, can you have a gift?" Luo Zhaoyun asked.

Zhong Dequan responded: "Back to Your Majesty, that Zhou Shilang said that this time he brought what shuttle was just successfully made...... Shuttle loom! ”

After Luo Zhaoyun heard this, he smiled and said, "Oh, the loom is out, it's good, take him into the palace, and carry the things to the palace outside the imperial study." ”

"Command!" Zhong Dequan took people out.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled at Gao Shilian, the eldest grandson Wuji, Yao Silian and others in the political affairs hall: "Ladies and gentlemen, just let you take a look at the flying shuttle loom that has just been manufactured, although the ranking of Shinong industry and commerce is deep-rooted, but the Dahua Imperial Court should be more rich and powerful, this industry and commerce need to be used skillfully, industrial development, business development, produce huge wealth, you can trade with Fanbang, earn more materials, so that the country can develop benignly, and the people are rich and solid." ”

Listening to His Majesty's remarks on governing the country, everyone has adapted to it, and if they had changed to before, they would have rejected industry and commerce.

But after following His Majesty for a long time, these pragmatic and economic views, little by little indoctrination, have a subtle influence, and these great Confucian scholars and upstarts in the court have gradually accepted them.

After all, as an emperor, he is dedicated to the people's livelihood and the prosperity of the country, whether he uses more Confucianism or more industry and commerce, and the final goal is the same, to achieve the great harmony of the world, and to achieve national peace and security, so these loyal and patriotic ministers will naturally understand and support.

"Shuttle loom!" Chu Suiliang and the others silently read the names, a little curious.

A moment later, there was a sound of footsteps outside the imperial study, and Zhong Dequan, Zhou Jin, and the Ouchi guards arrived carrying the newly developed shuttle loom and placed it smoothly in the courtyard.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shilang and the spinning wheel are all here." Zhong Dequan came in to pray.

"Let's go out and have a look." Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly, waved his hand, and all the ministers followed behind and went to the palace together.

This shuttle loom, with a rectangular wooden frame that has been reduced, has some mechanical structures and large rocking wheels, and on the whole, the design is not complicated, but the ancients have not paid much attention to industry and commerce, so they have never thought of making major reforms in this regard.

In ancient China, a simple spinning wheel appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and in the Qin and Han dynasties, hand-cranked single spindle spinning wheels have been widely used. In the Song Dynasty, a breakthrough was made to improve the spinning wheel, and the hemp spinning wheel and the water transport spinning wheel appeared. However, the labor efficiency is still extremely low.

This shuttle loom is made in the United Kingdom, Luo Zhaoyun has seen it in the Republic of China Museum before, and he deliberately took care to see some more, drew it from memory, and let the Fabrication Bureau make it according to the structure of the hand-cranked single spindle spinning wheel.

"Minister Zhou Jin, meet Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite, is this the newly developed shuttle loom, have you tried it, the textile speed can be improved."

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been tested, and it is several times faster than the hand-cranked single spindle spinning wheel currently used by the people, and the weaving cloth has also improved the grade."

Gao Shilian, Changsun Shunde and others were surprised when they heard this, and watched around the shuttle loom, but they didn't think it was anything special, and it would have such an effect?

"Very good, this invention, on the surface is just spinning and weaving, but in fact, it is for the benefit of the country and the people, I Dahua people, since then the speed of weaving and spinning has accelerated, saving time and labor, and the quality of cloth has also improved, so that the common people can also weave at home in addition to farming, or towns and villages have established weaving workshops, hire people to weave cloth, and then sell it for profit, part of it pays taxes to the state, and part of it is used as profit, so that the development of handicrafts and commerce in various places can also open up the situation." Luo Zhaoyun thinks very far-reaching, an invention is not just as simple as an object being manufactured, it has deep meaning.

Fang Xuanling exclaimed: "If it is several times faster than the previous folk textile vehicles, then it can indeed make the Dahua cloth industry prosperous, and the trade with Fanbang can also be smoother, whether it is the Western Regions, or the grassland tribes, the southwest border, and the Nanyang Fusang, they are very interested in Chinese silk and cloth, and the quality of their clothes is much stronger than that of them, and it is also rich, but in the past, because of the war, cloth and silk silk and the like, have become luxury jewelry, and the treasury is not much, if the whole people can weave, this alone will allow the people to get out of poverty." ”

"Makes sense!" Gao Shilian is a part-time secretary of the household department, although he pays more attention to people's livelihood and taxation.

Luo Zhaoyun thought to himself, this is just the beginning, the Jenny loom has not yet been developed, and when the Jenny loom appears, it can increase the speed several times faster than this shuttle loom, and at that time, as long as there is enough cotton, silk, etc. in China, a large number of cloth and silk can be manufactured.

This alone is a huge surplus in the trade with Fanbang, which can generate a lot of gold and silver goods and cattle and sheep food.

"Your Majesty, I still have something here, please take a look!" Zhou Jin took out a ball of yarn from a clothing bag.

"What is this?" Zhu Suiliang, Wei Zheng, Yao Silian and others also watched curiously.

"This is wool thread?" Luo Zhaoyun was a little happy when he saw the woolen ball, the white wool had been preliminarily made.

Zhou Jin arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's guess is good, this is the wool that has just been spun, according to the several steps explained by Your Majesty, the Manufacturing Bureau has tried repeatedly, washing, carding, weaving, etc., and finally made the wool thread required by Your Majesty, of course, this is still the first product, those craftsmen are studying the process steps, and they can also make more delicate, lubricated wool, and even dyed in different colors." ”

Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly: "Haha, that's right, that's what I mean, high-quality wool threads, and then dyed with different colors, these wool threads can be made into sweaters and plush sweaters in the future, which are very comfortable and cold-proof." ”

"Can you wear a woolen sweater?" Everyone was stunned, can wool be made into clothes, fluffy, like wearing sheepskin, how can it be accepted by the nobles?

For a while, the ministers of the political hall were a little puzzled, but there were more new things proposed by His Majesty, and everyone looked at each other, and after looking at each other, they didn't refute it, waiting for the real sweater to come out, and it was not too late for them to make a statement.

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