Chapter 230 Weaving Factory and Steam Machine

The loom designed by King Wuwei is so efficient that it is hundreds of times stronger than the previous weaving methods. A woman who only knows how to farm can master the method of operating the loom after a few days of training. After a few days of weaving the cloth, she gradually becomes familiar with it. The weaving cloth is fast and good.

More than a thousand women weave cloth in the factory at the same time. In less than a day, a large amount of cloth could be weaved. Zheng Tai was amazed by the extremely high efficiency and output.

He took over the loom and felt that what he saw and heard every day was extremely strange, and his mood was naturally excited. In order to repay King Wuwei's kindness, he ordered more women to be summoned to work in the factory and sent experienced weaver workers to teach them. In a few days, they all became skilled workers familiar with weavering craftsmanship.

In the machinery manufacturing factory not far from the city, the looms were continuously built and transported to the weaving factory. Zheng Taiyi and other looms came, so he ordered the women recruited to work on the machine. If they weave cloth, they would pay them food according to the output. The new female workers were envious of the skilled female workers who could get so much food every day, enough to provide two or three people with food for a day. They all studied hard and practiced hard, hoping that they could go home like them, with heavy grain bags every night, and feed hungry children more food.

In this way, when King Wuwei withdrew his troops and returned to the city, the weaving factory warehouse was already full of cloth. Looking at so many cloths, Zheng Tai laughed to the sky, but tears of excitement could not help but roll down.

Fengsha came to inspect the weaving factory. Zheng Tai was very excited and hurriedly took him to see everywhere. Fengsha saw that everything in the factory was orderly, and he also admired Zheng Tai's ability to do things and nodded secretly.

When he turned around, Feng Sha saw a man standing behind Zheng Tai, about thirty years old, with a loyal and elegant appearance, but he seemed to be a capable person who did practical things, and his appearance was quite similar to Zheng Tai. Feng Sha felt aroused in his heart and asked, "Who is this?"

Zheng Tai hurriedly led the man to bow down and said respectfully: "This is the younger brother in the family, with a single name of "Hun" and the name is Wengong."

"Zheng Hun?" Feng Sha seemed to remember that Wuliang Zhiwang once mentioned this name, as if he had been the county magistrate, prefect, Jingzhao Yin, and the Censor of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period. He was finally named General and had his own opinions on the construction of water conservancy.

Staring at this person, Feng Sha nodded secretly. Seeing him as if he was a trustworthy person, Feng Sha smiled and took a step forward, helped the two of them up, and smiled and said, "I have long admired the great names of the two wise men of the Zheng family. When I saw him today, it is indeed worthy of his reputation!"

The two were overjoyed when they heard this. Zheng Tai was okay, but Zheng Hun was overjoyed. What a prominent figure that King Wuwei was, and he praised him and was praised by the brocade robe. Moreover, his reputation was a long time worse than his brother. Now he knew that King Wuwei had also heard of his name, so he couldn't help but feel complacent and bowed: "What kind of virtue is the villain? He is praised by the king, and he is ashamed to be accused of it!"

Feng Sha smiled and helped him up again, and said with a gentle voice: "Duke Wen is too humble! I have heard of Duke Wen's name long ago. In time, Duke Wen's name will be known to everyone in the world, not only me."

The two of them were both surprised and happy, and thanked each other again and again, and were both happy for the respect and politeness of King Wuwei.

Feng Sha looked at Zheng Tai and said in his heart: "This person is indeed a real talent and knowledge, not a corrupt scholar who only knows how to talk. Since that's the case, my schoolwork will be settled on him."

He led the two out of the factory, chatted all the way, and walked to the machinery manufacturing factory not far away.

When they arrived at the factory, they saw heavy guards in front of the door, and were always vigilantly staring at the crowd entering and leaving the factory. Those people were elite troops of the Qingzhou Army, with strict discipline. When they received orders, they would strictly guard here to avoid the leak of military secrets. They were all cheering up and were careful to guard against the secret spies sent by the Kanto rebels.

Seeing that King Wuwei was coming, the soldiers hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Greetings to the king!"

King Wuwei waved his hand and said, "Don't give me a gift, everyone will return to their own position and do their own things. You have worked hard all these days. Tonight, each of you can get a piece of cloth back and make a new dress for your family."

When the soldiers heard this, they were all very surprised and most of them were shocked. They stared at King Wuwei with wide eyes, unable to believe their ears.

During this period of famine, the people were displaced and couldn't even fill their stomachs, so they had no spare money to make new clothes. Most of these soldiers were native to Qingzhou, and they were spared from wearing rags because they joined the army. It was common for the elderly and young people to be uncovered. Even half-old children walked around naked, and everyone was accustomed to it.

The Han Dynasty was underdeveloped, so it took many days to weave a piece of cloth. That piece of cloth was so expensive that King Wuwei actually ordered one to be given to each person. Such a huge gift made the guards at a loss.

After a long time of stunned life, an officer came to his senses, bowed and kowtowed, and cheered loudly: "The kindness of the king is remembered in my heart! I will be loyal to the king in this life and repay the great kindness of the king!"

The soldiers suddenly woke up, bowed to the ground together, cheered loudly, and said, "King Hongen, even if the villain is heartbroken, he can't repay you!"

Feng Sha smiled and waved his hand, and took Zheng Tai and the others into the factory.

Until they walked away, the troops turned around and kowtowed to the factory, and the cheers shook the sky and the earth.

Zheng Tai followed King Wuwei, but his face changed a little. Although there were a lot of cloth woven these days, there were not many guards. King Wuwei said that he divided a quarter of the cloth in stock. Although he could buy the loyalty of the soldiers, the price was too expensive, which made Zheng Tai feel distressed.

When he walked to a place where the soldiers could not see, Zheng Tai bowed and said, "King, the cloth produced by the weaving factory is afraid that it will not withstand the rewards several times!"

Feng Sha heard that he felt complaining and smiled and said, "The soldiers have worked hard, so it is appropriate to give them some rewards. Moreover, this place is crucial. If the soldiers refuse to guard with their heart and are explored by the enemy to our state secrets, it will be more than worth the loss."

The Zheng Tai brothers looked up and saw countless strong men in front of them busy moving some strange machines, working hard. There were people in the factory area far away making parts for looms, which was a lively scene.

Zheng Hun was puzzled and asked with courage: "Master, what are the secrets in this factory?"

Since Feng Sha brought them in, he didn't want to hide it from them and said with a smile: "Gu Yuantan is in front of you, why don't you ask him?"

The two of them were full of suspicion and followed him forward and gradually walked to the depths of the factory.

Turning over a wall and walking into a heavily guarded gate, the two of them suddenly realized their clarity and a large open space was displayed in front of them.

Above the open space, there was a huge machine, which seemed to be made of fine iron. Gu Yongzheng commanded a large number of strong men to install the machine.

The strong men were naked, showing their strong muscles, shouting together, shouting loudly, and they were all sweating profusely, trying to install and place the huge machine according to Gu Yong's command.

Most of the strong men were captured Yellow Turbans, who were locked up here and were not allowed to go out to keep secrets. Although freedom was restricted, it was a blessing to be able to survive on the battlefield. Moreover, the King of Wuwei treated them well and did not allow the soldiers to beat and scold them. He was willing to give them two meals a day, plus a meal of porridge in the morning, which made the Yellow Turban prisoners shout for luck. If he had known that there would be such a good thing, who would have been willing to be the Yellow Turban soldiers who were not full and fought desperately every day?

Therefore, these strong men were very grateful to King Wuwei and only hoped that the full meal would last. If King Wuwei was willing to follow his promise, bring their wives, children, and children to reunite his family, he would have no regrets in his life.

Although he was grateful to King Wuwei, no one knew what he looked like among these strong men. Even if someone looked at him from afar on the battlefield, he could not recognize his appearance. Therefore, when he saw the three of them coming in, no one paid attention to him and only worked hard to do his own work.

Gu Yongzheng shouted loudly, directing the strong man to do what he wanted. He finally installed the steam engine and raised his hand to wipe his sweat. When he turned around, he suddenly saw King Wuwei and the two brothers Zheng Tai standing behind him. He was shocked and wanted to bow down on the spot and salute to the king.

Feng Sha reached out and held him, prevented him from kneeling down, and whispered: "Don't be too polite, so that people will recognize me."

Seeing that King Wuwei didn't want people to know that he was here, Gu Yong tactfully stopped bowing, but just bowed as a tribute and greeted the Zheng Tai brothers.

After the ceremony, Zheng Hun couldn't help asking: "Mr. Gu, what is that?"

When Gu Yong heard him ask, his face was full of lust and smiled: "That thing is the steam engine designed and manufactured by me working hard and exhausting my life's wisdom!"

He suddenly remembered that King Wuwei was still by his side, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Of course, the king and the prime minister also gave me a lot of suggestions. The design drawing was also drawn by the king for me. I alone would not be able to do such a big thing!"

Zheng Tai was vaguely remembering that he had mentioned this machine before, but he was just vague. When he saw the real thing, he realized the huge steam engine and asked hurriedly: "What is the use of this steam engine? Do you want to make it so hard to waste money?"
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