The expensive cost of the glass greenhouse made Li Er and Changsun relieved of the urge to lock the greenhouse in the palace. Anyway, there is a technical college here, so what you want to eat is just a matter of one sentence. Why bother to plant it yourself?

What really made Li Er think of was the so-called "acne vaccination". Whenever he thought that there was no smallpox invasion in the Tang Dynasty, the great emperor's heart was in a heated mood, and he kept complaining about Li Hao's interference in it. Otherwise, he would have to try out what it felt like to "acne vaccination" in person.

Empress Changsun was frightened by Li Er's statement, fearing that he would not be able to think about it and take risks. She persuaded her for half an hour before she gave up the idea of ​​someone doing it herself.

After giving up his thoughts, Li Er sighed and said, "Guanyin Bi, do you think I don't care enough about that kid's technical college?"

Empress Changsun asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why did you say this? Haven't you sent someone to defend the place? No one can enter without your will. This is much more severe than the guards in the palace."

"That's not how it is explained." Li Er thoughtfully: "I did this before just in response to the request of the brat, but I didn't really take his technical college to heart. But when I saw it today, I realized that the college was really not simple, and all the things I was studying were related to the future of my Tang Dynasty."

The butt determines the head. Li Er sat on the throne, and his thoughts were completely different from those of ordinary people. Even Empress Changsun did not fully understand what he meant.

In the eyes of many people, the so-called Tang Technical College is nothing more than some strange and lewd things, not the serious knowledge of governing the country, such as mirrors, spinning wheels, asphalt, telescopes, sulfuric acid, gunpowder, what are these things? How can you get on the table?

Yes, gunpowder may be extremely powerful and can make the Tang Dynasty invincible, but so what? Even if the army can fight to the horizon, it will not be necessary to rely on cultural people to govern the country in the end.

Among universal values, martial arts and martial arts are the foundation, and the strange and lewd things are just the people who are not taken by the real Yangchun Baixue.

It is precisely because of this that the technical college, which is in a quiet area, has been hidden in Chang'an City where senior officials gather, and has not been exposed, even if it is heavily protected by the imperial guards of the palace, it is regarded as His Majesty's hobby.

But after this trip to the academy, Li Er realized that things were not that simple. The seemingly useless things in the academy were actually related to the infrastructure of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, if there are more spinning wheels, the production of Datang's cloth will increase by the order of magnitude, and the cost will also decrease, and the increase and decrease will be a large amount of income.

It is true that this will harm the interests of farmers who share the primary industry, but in the long run, it is worth it.

In addition, there is the improvement of agricultural products. In the glass greenhouse, Li Er saw the grafted varieties of apples and peaches, and also saw a rice test field covering half an acre. It is said that hybrid rice is being tested.

Li Er didn't understand what hybrid rice was, but this did not prevent him from coming to the fact that hybrid rice would inevitably increase yield.

With all these things, it is hard to say that the things studied by the Technical College are useless. If they are wandering outside and learned by some foreign countries, what will be the consequences? Li Er can't imagine it.

...

The exhibitions in Furong Garden were so popular, especially the spinning machine stalls.

Two samples were placed in the center of the tent, and the two weavers spinning on the spot attracted the attention of countless fabric merchants.

Anyone can see that these two weavers have not strong professional capabilities and can only be considered novice at most, but even so, the spinning speed is not comparable to that of ordinary weavers.

The weaver stopped halfway through the operation. An old man appeared beside the spinning machine and bowed to him with a smile: "Everyone, I believe you have seen the convenience and speed of the spinning machine. Now, does anyone want to go to operate it in person? It won't matter. Our weaver union will personally guide you."

Can you still do it yourself? The scene suddenly became lively.

"I'd like to give it a try." Four or five fat guys raised the crowd, not knowing whether they were really interested in spinning machines or the two half-baked weavers. After all, weavers who were selected to come to the fair were both talented and beautiful.

"Uh..." The old man didn't seem to expect that so many good people would come in one go, and he bowed with a smile: "Thank you for your support, but the number of spinning machines here is limited, so we can only have two people at a time."

"I'll come first, I'm the vice president of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce."

"And I, the president of Shanxi Business Association."

Two guys with self-identity sign up enthusiastically, and there were boos around them.

"Bad, my surname is Peng. You Shanxi merchants have never done cloth business. Why are you here to join in the fun now?"

"That's right, isn't the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce specializing in silk trading? What's the relationship between the transaction of raw silk and spinning?"

"Go down, let us fabric dealers try it out."

A series of contempt was mixed with the strange accent of Hu merchants: "Shopkeeper, I am a foreign merchant in Gaochang. Can I try it too?"

The old man was not surprised when he was in a situation, pressed his hands slightly down, and said loudly: "Everyone, don't worry, the exhibition will take three days in total. I guarantee that everyone will have the opportunity to experience the fun of being a weaver in person. Now, please invite the vice president of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang guild and the president of the Shanxi Merchants Association."

Seeing that things were a must, the sound of clamoring around stopped suddenly. They wanted to see how two laymen who were completely incompetent in the way operated the spinning machine. If even they could spin easily, there would be no need to chat about anything and just start grabbing.

The two fat men who ended up looked at each other and smiled, but were not nervous. They stood in the position of the two just like the weaver just now.

Two dignified weavers came forward at the old man's instructions, first saluting the fat men, then letting them step on the pedal below with one foot and gently shaking the spinning wheel with the other hand.

At first, because it was the first time I tried, the two fat men couldn't control their strength well, so the spinning wheel only turned half a circle before stopping, and all the yarns broke.

Later, with the patient guidance of the weaver, the fat men gradually became familiar with the power of the spinning machine, and the cooperation between hands and feet gradually became coordinated.

A quarter of an hour later, two spinning machines and eight spindles began to rotate slowly, and a stream of twine appeared on the spinning wheel bit by bit.

‘Wow…’, the onlookers were in an uproar.

Those who can come to the exhibition are all big businessmen. Even if they don’t know each other, they have heard of each other.

The two fat men in the center of the venue, let alone spinning, are afraid that they don’t even know what yarn is before today.

But even so, after a quarter of an hour of training, the textile machine was still very smooth, and the spinning speed was no slower than that of normal skilled workers.

Of course, the skilled work here refers to the old spinning machine, which has only one spindle.

It is better to start first, but then to start later. Before the two fat men who were enjoying it stopped, a merchant shouted: "Shopkeeper, how much does this spinning machine cost? Our Dashi merchants first buy a hundred."

"What the hell is Dashi? If you want to sell this gauze, you will sell it first for us Datang merchants." Seeing that the merchants didn't even know the price, they wanted to buy a hundred units. The merchants onlookers felt that their self-esteem was hurt and shouted: "Shopkeeper, if you don't have a relative with the local people, you can't worship foreigners and do the things of the foreigners."

The old man almost got angry and his nose was crooked. Why did I admire foreign countries and fascinate the foreigners? I forgot the sect. If I don’t satisfy you guys, I can’t sell this spinning machine.

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't say that.

The old man smiled at everyone very generously: "Everyone, I am not only for the sake of humanity. In fact, the number of spinning machines is limited. Currently, there are only these two samples. If you want to..."

"I'll order, I'll come first, I want two hundred units, I hope the old man will be proud." The Shanxi merchant named Peng was close to the water tower and stopped playing with the spinning machine, and he grabbed the old man and begged hard.

"Well……"

Without waiting for the old man to answer, another fat man from Jiangsu and Zhejiang came to his other side: "Old man, I want five hundred units."

"No..., that..."

"We Dashi merchants are willing to buy a thousand units at a price of one hundred yuan per unit."

From ancient times to the present, for manufacturing, the only difficulty in limiting output is lack of productivity.

Whether it is cotton or hemp, as long as you pay for raw materials, you always need as much as you want.

But the key problem is that when you collect the raw materials, the workers cannot process the raw materials into finished products in a short period of time. After all, it is pure manual work. Even if you keep twelve hours a day, the things you can do are very limited. After all, manpower is sometimes poor.

But it is different with a machine. Such a spinning machine is comparable to a skilled worker when it comes to operating such a spinning machine. If you change to a real skill, wouldn’t it be better to have seven or eight?

What? You said I was wrong?

No, it is actually not wrong. After all, the machine does not need to rest and can work continuously for twelve hours a day.

If two skilled workers are divided into day shifts and evening shifts, each person will operate the new textile machine for six hours. The machine will be replaced, but the number of people will not change. Each one will be equivalent to three or four times the productivity increase, and the sum will be about seven times.

Don’t talk about three shifts. With the total output unchanged, the more shifts you pour, the lower the average yield to each person.

The madness of the merchant made the old man feel suicide. The two weavers were frightened and retreated again and again until more than ten imperial guards saw that the situation was wrong, they rushed into the tent to stop the merchants who were almost crazy.

At this time, the old man was already panting and ragged. Well... how to say it, it was just like he had been ruined.

...

Outside the tent, Li Hao stood on the left and Cheng Yinyin stood on the right, as if he was trapped in the Shura Field.

There was a small hand on each waist on each side twisting around, but his face was still as if it was calm and gentle, and it was so miserable.

I don’t know how those big guys who can get through it with three wives and four concubines. I guess they have no good meat on them.

But the problem is that the bosses have suffered a little bit of punishment and have enjoyed the blessing of the two people. I didn’t even make a marriage appointment, and my waist was pinched to the purple side. What’s going on? I can’t think about it? I feel so frustrated.

He shook the two girls behind him and walked out of the crowd: "Chen Meng."

"No!" Chen Meng understood it and brought more than ten generals with him: "Little ones, attack!"

"Kill!" The family generals shouted half-true and half-fake, protecting Li Hao in the middle, using Chen Meng as an arrow, and directly knocked the people surrounding the merchants.

Huh, I finally felt a little more comfortable. I hid in front of the crowd and rubbed my waist with the action of putting my hips on my hips. Li Hao shouted, "Whatever I do, what else can I do, is there any king's law?"

As the saying goes, poor people do not fight against the rich, and people do not fight against the officials. The merchants were crowded together and wanted to complain a few times, but when they saw Li Hao, they all narrowed their necks and explained with a sarcastic smile: "The villain has no eyes and blocked the young master's way. The villain should be punished and punished."

"Get away with the wink." Li Hao glared at the man, raised his hand and pointed to the tent behind him, and asked everyone: "Do you know who the spinning machine inside?"

Everyone looked at each other and realized in an intelligent way: "Mr., can you find this spinning machine?"

"Nonsense, if I had studied it, I would have made a fortune by myself, and I would have seen this thing for you."

Uh..., what you said makes sense.

But if it weren't for yours, why are you filling it with big heads here? The merchants dared not speak out, and protested silently with their heads hanging down.

After getting a sensation of evil fire, Li Hao felt much better. He waved to Hu Shang, who was long bearded and full of strange smell, and said, "You guys, come here."

Hu Shang was also a person who had been living in Chang'an for a long time, so he naturally recognized the number one disaster in Chang'an. He leaned over hesitantly, and smiled on his face: "The villain is waiting to greet the Lord."

"Tsk tsk, no wonder you can make the business so big. You dare to ask for a thousand spinning machines without even asking about the price. You can just talk." Li Hao said with a smile: "Let's do this, I'm in a good mood today. I'll give you an opportunity to buy in advance. One thousand spinning machines, one for each one is 25 stakes, and one for one thousand is..."

"Twenty-five thousand guan." Hu Business Opportunity reminded.

"Well, it's not bad, 25,000 guan." Li Hao nodded and continued, "I can pay a deposit of 25,000 guan. I can promise you that within two months, one thousand spinning machines will be delivered, and you will pay another 25,000 guan."

"What?! Such a good spinning machine is only fifty slabs per unit?"

"Oh my God, my uncle, you..., how can you sell this thing to the Hu people first?"

"Little Master..."

When everyone started to yell again, Li Hao's face sank: "What are you all quarrels? I don't know if my Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette. If you want to yell at the same time, you will be arrested and sent to the Ministry of Justice."
Chapter completed!