The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 812

[Chapter 812 Endless spinning machine]

Zhao Yan looked at the colors of those pieces of cloth and felt more and more familiar.

After a moment, she suddenly thought of something, grabbed Fang Xiu’s arm, and said loudly: “I remembered that Lin Wanqing gave me some pieces of cloth of this color some time ago. At that time, she asked me if I liked it! “

When Fang Xiu heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Fang Xiu knew about Lin Wanqing.

On the surface, she looks very weak, a standard template for Yirenju courtesan.

But in fact, it was much stronger. Fang Xiu once gave Zhuer a sum of money, but in the end he gave it back.

Apart from occasionally coming to Fang Mansion to play cards and eat, she really didn’t rely on Fang Mansion for anything.

I did hear her say some time ago that she wanted to open a cloth shop, so she went to Baolefang and borrowed about 500 taels of silver.

Wang Baole thought that he had met this girl in Fang Mansion and had heard about the past of the so-called Miss Wanqing and the young master. He wanted to give her more money and didn’t want to write an IOU.

But in the end everything followed the rules.

Fang Xiu even heard Wang Baole mention this matter, that is, the five hundred taels of silver, Lin Wanqing returned it to Baolefang within a few days, including the principal and interest.

But

Fang Xiu looked at Zhao Yan and couldn’t help but asked curiously: “How much do you think these pieces of cloth are worth?” When

Zhao Yan heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on her face, and after a moment she replied: “It depends on the place. , if it is placed in an ordinary cloth shop, it will cost at most one hundred cents per piece. If it is placed in some large cloth shop, or a royal cloth shop, it is hard to say

how much silver it may be, but this piece of cloth can cost .

It can indeed be called the best.”

Because of Prince Ning’s incident, Zhao Yan and Lin Wanqing were somewhat at odds with each other at first, but now they are truly treated like sisters.

Although it’s not much better, it’s not like before.

Therefore, what Zhao Yan said should be considered relatively fair.

After listening to this, Fang Xiu showed a thoughtful expression on his face and said: “A piece of cloth worth hundreds of yuan is sold for one penny. Every time a piece of cloth is sold, it is a loss of ninety-nine yuan. Even if the cost is factored out, , that’s a lot of losses.

In that case, how did Lin Wanqing earn her money?”

Zhao Yan also thought of this when she heard this, and said, “Yes, how did she earn her money? Are all the cloths free?”

After saying this, a middle-aged woman next to him said, “Are you all from other places?”

Fang Xiu and Zhao Yan were helpless when they heard this, but they still nodded. , said: “They are from other places, what’s the matter? Is there anything else to say about this cloth shop?”

“Of course!”

The middle-aged woman held a few pieces of cloth and said with a smile: “First of all, this cloth It is impossible for any shop in the world to do business at a loss. There is a reason why this cloth shop sells it so cheaply. “

What is the reason?” Fang Xiu and Zhao Yan were both curious.

The middle-aged woman said: “The reason is her machine.”

“Machine?”

When Fang Xiu heard this word, he always felt a little absurd, as if he was not in Chu country, but back to the modern era before he traveled through time.

The middle-aged woman nodded and said: “It’s just a machine. This is weaving. We all use our hands, spinning and weaving bit by bit, but others are different.

This cloth shop’s Master, speaking of which, the owner of this cloth shop has some background, Yirenju, you know, right?

It is now a restaurant in Xin’anhou, but it was not originally. It used to be the land of Yanliu. The owner of this cloth shop is named Lin. Lin Wanqing was originally Yirenju’s top courtier and courtesan. I heard she was also the Marquis

of Xin’an.” Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhao Yan: “You’d better just talk about the machine.”

“That’s right .

Yes, I’m wrong again, this machine.”

The middle-aged woman paused and continued: “The larger cloth shops all have looms and spinning machines. You have to spin the yarn first, and after the spinning is completed, then I’m afraid you young people don’t know about weaving.

I used to do some work in a cloth shop and I’ve seen that the loom is very fast. If you want to weave a piece of cloth, it takes only a moment. The slower one. The spinning machine took half a day to spin a thread, which was extremely slow.

When I heard that the owner of this cloth shop was spinning by himself, he suddenly thought of a way to improve the spinning machine, and then he hired a carpenter and started from Baolefang. I borrowed some money.

I don’t really believe this. Baolefang is where Xin’anhou lives. Who in the entire Kyoto Prefecture doesn’t know about Lin Wanqing and Xin’anhou?

She needs money to go to Baole.

“

Let’s talk about the machine.”

“Okay, let’s talk about the machine. I borrowed some money and hired a carpenter to modify the spinning machine. I also named it Wuxiu Spinning Machine. , the name is a bit interesting.

Don’t you think this spinning machine just doesn’t have a rest?”

The middle-aged woman was still talking non-stop.

However, the expressions of Fang Xiu and Zhao Yan changed somewhat.

The name Wuxiu Spinning Machine is indeed a bit strange.

Did Lin Wanqing originally say that she wanted to become a dancer in Fang Mansion?

Now that there is no rest, does it mean that there is no rest?

What on earth was this man thinking?

Zhao Yan fell into deep thought.

Fang Xiu was also lost in thought.

What he was thinking about was not the trivial things that Zhao Yan thought about.

But this endless spinning machine brought back some memories in him.

He clearly remembered that the so-called industrial age began with a machine called the Spinning Jenny.

Why does it sound so similar to the endless spinning machine and the Jenny spinning machine?

Moreover, he had just received Bai Xiaochun’s letter.

This barbarian has also arrived in Nanyang.

Apparently the action was faster than he thought.

What did the Hu people do when they came to Nanyang?

If this machine can really greatly increase the speed of spinning, how will the price of cloth change?

What does this change bring?

The pirates on the Southeast Road have been almost wiped out. Is it time for the shipping to begin?

Fang Xiu is not good at engineering, let alone science, but history is what he is good at.

Inexplicably, he always felt that this history was a strange coincidence with his own memory.

Could it be exactly what the textbook said?

Some things are not accidental, but inevitable.

If he had not appeared in this land and had not been the so-called Xiao Ge Lao, wouldn’t the Chu country be the same as what he remembered?

Fang Xiu thought this and felt that his thoughts were a little confused. He wanted to go into the cloth shop and take a look.

Just thinking about it.

There was a burst of noise not far away.

“Everyone give way, give way!”

“What are you doing here? Get out of here!”

(End of this chapter)