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DAY 188 The White Crane's Daydream

A yarn car is made in Suzhou. One car costs 175 taels of silver.

This price is almost as much as the labor cost of a thousand-feed ship.

But we can't underestimate this gauze car. This is not a single-person controlled gauze car. A gauze car requires a room of three parts. In later generations, it is nearly 200 square meters, and it is connected to the river channel, water source, or a special animal house. A gauze car and the people working, and it takes more than a dozen people to take a chore.

The output is also huge.

Although it is bulky, once it is assembled, it is absolutely impossible to move again, but this is also a reflection of the industrial capabilities of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Fulin calculated a cost, which was to buy a Bahua machine specially used for twine. The annual output could create a profit of at least 400 taels of silver, that is, if you spend half a year of profit as a cost, you will be net profit in the future.

"Actually, there were many workers in some yarn shops, and they would be idle after changing to new robots. They could take shifts day and night, which would double the profit." Wang Fulin did not respond. He believed that these people would buy more yarn machines because it was easy to find and there were many people who wanted to work, as long as the wages were appropriate.

Several big business groups have already had the potential of some capitalists.

Baiminghe just praised the yarn car, and when it comes to his mentality, Baiminghe adjusted his adjustments very well.

Around the 18th century, there was a yarn machine called Jenny Machine in Europe. When it was first invented, it was hand-cranked, which could spin eight threads at a time. The size of a house desk was less than a larger size in later generations. However, the structure of this one produced by Daming and others was not very complicated. The volume was on the roof of a two-bedroom house in later generations.

However, this is a good start.

Back in the garden, Sun Yuanjun was sitting in the garden feeling the wind of the sea breeze that was different from the northwest. A plate of fruit from Qiongdao was placed in front of her. Two maids were accompanying her, Huaiyu was arranging someone to decorate her room, and Qinghe went to advise Huaiyu on how to have a more gorgeous bedroom.

Seeing Bai Minghe approaching, Sun Yuanjun signaled the two maids to leave first.

Bai Minghe didn't know what the two maids were named. He just nodded politely when the two maids gave him a gift.

Sitting next to Sun Yuanjun, he gently held Sun Yuanjun's hand: "You have been miserable these days, and I have not been with you by my side to accompany you. But now it's better. I won't go to the capital for at least half a year."

Sun Yuanjun held Bai Minghe's hand in both hands: "What my husband is saying is that. Many people go out to be officials and have not seen their family members for three or five years. I have been with my husband, and I have already lived my grace."

With his hand stretched out his hand to the garden, Sun Yuanjun said again: "My husband knows that such a garden is only like this even if it is a prince's home. It is in the capital. Such a garden is not something ordinary people can imagine outside the royal family. Our Sun family is a small family. The ancestors of the five generations only have a county magistrate and a few scholars."

"Say something stupid."

"It's not a fool, have you ever thought of Shen Wansan?" Sun Yuanjun mentioned a name that is considered a taboo.

Wansan's death is understood by scholars that wealth is as good as a country, which makes the Emperor of Ming Dynasty feel a crisis. Moreover, the Ming Taizu was not a broad-minded person, so Shen Wansan's death was not accidental.

After Bai Minghe arrived in the Ming Dynasty, someone mentioned Shen Wansan. He claimed that his family's wealth was 2 billion taels of silver.

The Ming Dynasty treasury only has a lot of silver, and 2 billion taels are placed in the modern era according to the purchasing power ratio. Compared with him, the richest man in the world is just an ordinary rich person.

Of course, legends can only be legends.

"Are you worried?" Bai Minghe asked Sun Yuanjun to put his head in his arms.

"Don't worry, I heard Wan Xueer talk about many things about my husband, and some things I have heard for the first time. If my husband hadn't been by my side at this time, I would even suspect that the person Wan Xueer was talking about was with another person. When my husband was a child, he didn't even dare to kill a chicken, and he rarely fought with others."

Bai Minghe was shocked, but he didn't expect that Sun Yuanjun was really attentive to him.

Perhaps this is the education of the Ming Dynasty. If you get married, you will naturally pay attention to yourself everywhere.

"Jun Yuan, under what circumstances do you think the paper will not be burned by fire?" Bai Minghe asked a very strange question.

Sun Yuanjun shook his head: "Paper cannot cover fire, this is an ancient principle. It is absolutely impossible to be wrong. Since it is paper, it is impossible to fight against flames. Even if it is the ability of the husband, Yuanjun doesn't believe this."

Baiminghe smiled happily: "We make a bet, if the fire cannot burn paper. Then don't ask any saint's words for your husband in the future. If it takes a hundred years, your husband will also write books and will also spread throughout the ages. Therefore, your husband is not an ordinary person, but a unique white-name crane in the Ming Dynasty!"

"If you don't believe it, even if it's paper that has stuck to water, the paper will burn after the water is dry."

The Baiminghe stopped talking and folded it with a piece of straw paper wrapped in snacks on the table, then walked to the pond to fill it with some water. He lit four candles and placed it there and kept burning.

Sun Yuanjun opened his mouth wide and stared at the paper bag and kept watching. The candle burned in an inch, and the water seemed to be boiling, but the paper was still intact. Is this the paper that cannot be burned?

"Jun Yuan, this is the first time that I have taught you a lesson for my husband. There is nothing wrong with the books of sages, but there are many books in the world. Compared with the knowledge of the world, the books of sages can only be a drop of water in the sea. Only guarding the books of sages is the real sorrow. Being a husband is not a businessman, but being a husband is the beacon of the night and a lighthouse by the sea."

Sun Yuanjun nodded foolishly, but shook his head again: "The saint said, there must be my teacher when three people walk!"

Bai Minghe did not argue with Sun Yuanjun, but said: "Let me say that the temperature of water turning into ice is zero. Then the temperature of water turning into water vapor is one hundred. Any object may be burned, and any object has a combustion point. Based on the freezing and vaporization of water, the combustion point of paper is 183. Due to the different varieties of wood, the combustion point is between 250 and 300!"

"Don't say it, let me think about it." Sun Yuanjun is an extremely smart woman.

She can understand Bai Minghe's words, at least she can understand the superficial meaning.

After thinking for a long time, the candle was burned halfway, but the paper cup was still intact.

"Come on, husband!"

"Yuan Jun, when your hands are cold in winter, your husband holds your hand and you feel warmth. The heat from your husband's hands is transmitted to your hand. The same is true for fire. The heat in the flame is seven hundred and the paper is one hundred and eighty-three. Fire can burn paper, but the heat of fire is transmitted from the paper to the water. The boiling temperature in the water is one hundred, so the fire cannot burn paper."

Bai Minghe's theory is just empty talk, but it will definitely not convince Sun Yuanjun.

But the real example is there, in front of Sun Yuanjun.

"Of course, this is not absolute. There are several restrictions on this small paper cup not being burned, that is, the size of the fire. Once the temperature of the fire passing to the paper is higher than the temperature of the paper flowing to the water, the paper will still be burned, and there must be water, and it will be burned once there is no water."

"In other words, if you set up a pile of firewood, this small cup will be burned." Sun Yuanjun asked.

"Smart girl, this experiment is knowledge. But everything is within a relative range. I have three reasons for using this experiment for you."

Sun Yuanjun held Bai Minghe's hand: "Jun Yuan listened to your husband!"

"First, the knowledge we talk about. Everything in the world is knowledge, but whether it is studied in depth. The second is about the matter of my husband in the capital. It is just that things are controlled within one degree. This piece of paper is safe. Third, I also want to tell you that our children must not only read the books of sages in the future. Husband, I am going to write books for him. From the age of five to eighteen, there are a total of 246 books, and the total number of words is definitely more than 10 million words, or even 20 million!"

Sun Yuanjun was shocked.

She could also see that Bai Minghe was not joking, and that expression was extremely serious.

A father specializes in learning books for his son. Tens of millions of words! Not to mention whether Baiminghe wrote good or not, just this number of words can scare countless people. The Yongle Encyclopedia contains tens of thousands of volumes and has 370,000 words. Baiminghe only needs to write tens of millions of words for his children to study.

Sun Yuanjun no longer knew whether it should be happiness or shocked.

"Of course, in the Chinese part, I definitely can't do it alone. This requires you, Qinghe, and even ask for help from Wan Xueer. You can also help me with the rest, at least one-third, and you need your help."

Bai Minghe is not a top student, and he dare not say that he can remember all the textbooks from elementary school to university.

The elementary school part is easy to talk about, but it can be compiled even if it is compiled.

It’s not difficult for junior high school students. Bai Minghe believes that it can be done by finding some people to help him.

As for the high school part, Bai Minghe was full of confidence. The three years of high school were three years like hell. All subjects were almost printed in his head. I don’t know how much I did in the question bank alone. The score of 607 points is not a top student, but it is definitely an excellent score.

Just when Bai Minghe dreamed of writing eighteen years of textbooks for his son.

Bai Hong came to report.

"Young Master, Mr. Xie said they need to study many details in depth. Please wait a few days later. Many of the ten major business groups need to discuss the rules. Based on some of the young master's previous words, if the young master has any supplements, they must listen carefully. If not, follow the previous discussion first and then come up with a plan for the young master to discuss."

The white-famous crane was interrupted by daydream and was very unhappy.

The tone was also a little angry: "Tell them not to miss the serious matter. Two days later, I will go to Siam. I will install as much as the goods they have in hand. Then I will prepare the goods and collect as much as the officials. And the quality must be first-class. If there is a defective product and lose the face of the Ming Dynasty, they cannot afford this crime!"

"Yes, yes!" Bai Hong quickly remembered it.

Bai Minghe waved his hand and Bai Hong trotted away.
Chapter completed!
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