Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms

Cheng Ling inspected the cotton gin carefully.

The overall structure of the cotton gin is actually not complicated. The difficulty is that no one has done this thing before, and there is no reference, so it is easy to take detours.

Cheng Ling shook the shaft above the cotton gin and said, "Erlang, come and see, can the curvature of this handle be higher?"

Bian Erlang is the youngest son of Bian Baisong, and Bian Baisong is a master shipbuilder. Among his two sons, Bian Dalang follows him to work on the ship. Although he is relatively mediocre, he is more practical.

The youngest son, Bian Erlang, is naturally fond of woodworking. He is not as obsessed with shipbuilding as Bian Bosong, but he has a natural acumen when it comes to fine woodworking.

Although Bian Baisong is in charge of the overall construction of these things that Cheng Ling is going to build recently, during the implementation process, apart from his few carpentry apprentices, Bian Erlang contributed the most.

While listening to Cheng Ling's suggestion, Bian Erlang took a notebook to write and draw beside him.

He used homemade charcoal pens, and the book was bound by relatively rough, rough-edged paper, with a thin wooden board that was polished and polished underneath, which was especially convenient for writing on the go.

This kind of portable essay book was also first proposed by Cheng Ling. After she became the master book, she asked the minions in the workshop to make this kind of essay book. Since then, she has often used this kind of notebook for shorthand.

Because of its convenience and ease of use, it didn't take long for people around her to learn her to use this kind of notebook and charcoal.

After a while, this ethos even spread from the Cheng family to the government office. Anyone who needs shorthand falls in love with this shorthand. Even Daru Lin often carries a shorthand book with him. .

Is it not much more convenient to have a wooden board as a cushion than the ancient celebrity?

The changes brought by Cheng Ling are more than that. In addition to the small means of convenient office work like a shorthand book, there is also the use and arrangement of forms.

Especially the form, this thing was a good thing that once made the manor Luo Ping and the officials of the mansion feel amazing.

Last year, when he saw the first tabular statistics sheet submitted by Cheng Ling, Luo Ping said in amazement: "If this thing can reach the whole country, so that the reports from the top and bottom can be unified and clear, the elders of Shangshutai Aren't you going to congratulate Sanri?"

After speaking, he himself laughed three times.

The government office used tables to make various statistics and data arrangement, and Cheng Ling's position in the government office became more and more stable unconsciously.

This thing seems simple, in fact, far-reaching, no trivial matter.

Lin Zheng also felt more and more that Cheng Ling was like a treasure. He especially liked to talk to Cheng Ling, not only because she often had all kinds of ingenuity in the examination of objects, but also because of her own perspective and mind. , all stand out.

In the workshop, Cheng Ling saw the cotton gin, then the longbow and the pedal spinning wheel.

Cotton is to be woven into cotton cloth, usually there are four processes, namely, defending, elastic, spinning and weaving.

That is to say, the cotton husk is removed and the cotton seeds are peeled off, then the cotton is loosened, and then spun into threads, and finally woven into cloth.

Not to mention the last two processes, but to say that cotton is played, which was also unknown in the past.

It is precisely because the Yongzhou people do not have the skills to play cotton, they simply and rudely peel the cotton, and then sew it into the clothes.

The cotton-padded clothes made by this method are often hard and heavy, and the thermal insulation effect is also lacking, and the existence of cotton has never been paid attention to.

But now Cheng Ling has made a cotton gin here, and made a large four-foot cotton longbow——

It must be said that there is no technical difficulty in the production of the cotton longbow. In Cheng Ling, this thing was actually made earlier than the cotton gin.

In fact, two or three months ago, some handy elder sisters and sisters-in-law in Cheng's workshop had already begun to try to figure out the technique of bouncing cotton by themselves.

Even last winter, Cheng Ling and others had already put on cotton-padded clothes filled with cotton tires.

Now that the Shangyuan Festival has passed, and spring has come, Cheng Ling took off the original thick cotton vest and changed to a thin quilted vest, which can be regarded as walking at the forefront of the whole Dawei trend and enjoying it earlier than everyone else. The beauty of a cotton coat.

Lin Zheng also rubbed two sets of cotton vests, one thick and one thin. After all, the winter in Yongzhou is not too cold. Lin Daru often has a wide robe and big sleeves, and he has to pay attention to some demeanor, so it is too bulky. Padded jacket, Lin Daru does not wear it.

Since putting on the cotton vest, Lin Zheng has paid special attention to the cotton spinning machine.

Cheng Ling asked the craftsmen to make a three-spindle spinning wheel. This thing is not too technically difficult as long as you know the principle. However, if you want to do it well, you still need to constantly adjust and correct it.

Cheng Ling walked into a workshop next door, and heard the sound of mechanical pedals coming from inside, and then took a closer look. Three pedal spinning wheels were lined up side by side. It's spinning.

They had already spun a lot of cotton thread, and when they saw Cheng Ling, Cheng Erni was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Ling, this spinning wheel is very easy to use now, it is smooth to step on, and it will never get stuck again. What about the loom? When will it be okay?"

She couldn't wait to try to make cotton cloth on the loom!

In fact, in the production process of cotton, compared with the first three steps, the loom is not the focus.

Because before the advent of cotton, people also had to dress and weave, so Wei Guo's loom technology was actually relatively mature.

Even though the weaving of cotton and kudzu is slightly different from that of silk, the principle is basically the same, except that the dimensions are slightly different.

For example, the size of the shuttle, the length of the warp beam, the time and size of the opening of the loom, the strength of the beating, etc., these aspects need to be adjusted.

Cheng Ling replied to Cheng Erni: "Second sister, don't worry, there will be a surprise for you soon."

After checking the progress here, Cheng Ling turned back and instructed Hong Guangyi to go outside to buy a loom.

Purchased a linen loom and a silk loom, and then asked Bian Erlang to do it himself, according to the characteristics of the cotton thread, to adjust and transform the two looms.

But there is one thing that Cheng Ling didn't tell anyone, that is, in her own private studio next door to Cheng Zhai, she has actually been doing it herself, trying to make a loom that is truly ahead of the current era!

In the history of China, the reason why Huang Daopo was able to promote the cotton spinning business to the world was not only that she had properly improved the first three steps of cotton spinning, but more importantly, she was also very pioneering in the improvement of the loom.

Cheng Ling didn't dare to go too far, but she felt that she should be able to follow the example of the sages and make a loom that can have higher efficiency and greater promotion.

If a new type of loom can come out, the promotion of the textile industry should really be revolutionary. This matter is very important, and Cheng Ling is waiting for a suitable time.