Chapter 015 Shang Fang
It was as if Liu Chang of this era had a dream about the future.
Fortunately, the basic skills have not been lost, and his hands-on ability can be called a great man's handicraft. The time traveler Liu Chang has had a fanatical interest in all machines since he was a child. He has the attribute of a husky who likes to destroy the house. After growing up, he worked in the oil department and obtained the title of senior engineer at a young age.
Unfortunately, the main business of the previous life may not be useful in this era, but those basic design concepts and clear understanding of the principles of various machines can be of great help.
The textile machine looks like an amazing machine, but its working principle is very simple. The internal structure can be divided into opening structure, weft insertion structure, weft beating structure, winding structure, and warp letting structure. In fact, the movements of many machines are the same, the difference is only in the different functions and names.
Today, the new Liu Chang is no longer the simple-minded boy with strong limbs in history. After the fusion, he has become a simple-minded boy with strong limbs who understands mechanics.
Probably due to Empress Lu's instructions, the palace maid quickly brought Liu Chang the raw materials he needed, and Liu Chang began his first real operation.
When Liu Chang put the silk tassels into the shuttle and made the lead thread, in fact, the textile machines used in the previous life were already fully automated and mechanized, and no manpower was required at all. One only had to put the weft yarn into the shuttle and then turn on the switch.
However, Liu Chang was unable to make such a textile machine, not because he did not know how to make it, but because the Han people had neither electricity nor the corresponding synthetic metal materials.
Liu Chang sat in front of the loom seriously, stared at the lead thread, and started pedaling.
"Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, click."
The textile machine made a peculiar noise, and just when Liu Chang wanted to shout excitedly, there was a click and the cloth winding wrench fell off.
Liu Chang was stunned. Was this a success or a failure? This textile machine was indeed usable, but the quality seemed to be a little bit worse...
The maids around were stunned. They had never thought that this thing made by the young master was actually useful. Until now, no one really thought that Liu Chang could make anything, but these maids saw clearly that just now, the silk tassels had been connected into one piece. The young master only operated it for a moment, and a palm-sized piece of cloth appeared on the loom.
This efficiency is very terrifying nowadays. China had spinning wheels very early, but until the Ming Dynasty, they had not undergone much innovation and were inefficient. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, cloth was in short supply, and cloth even became a universal currency for a time. People went to the market to buy things with cloth. This is what is called gold and silk.
Why did people wearing silk attract attention in that era? Because they were wearing banknotes.
Therefore, in this era, if someone holds a knife and asks you to take off your clothes, don’t think that the other person has ulterior motives. They may just want your clothes (money).
In addition, the most common burial objects unearthed from the Han Dynasty tombs are clothes. As a valuable item, clothes will be buried together with the tomb owner and gold and porcelain.
Liu Chang scratched his head, feeling a little discouraged. His craftsmanship was still a little rough. If he was an experienced carpenter who had been working for decades, such a problem would definitely not occur. There was no problem with his production of parts. The main problem was during assembly. Several joints were not very firm.
Liu Chang cut the cloth he had made earlier, but it was still not enough to make a handkerchief.
But he didn't know that when he went out to find wood, the palace maid had already brought the cloth to Empress Lu. Empress Lu lowered her head and fumbled with the strange cloth.
“Is this made from long spinning?”
Liu Chang himself did not realize that his actions were shocking . In his previous life, it was as scary as an eight-year-old child making a nuclear reactor. Empress Lu stood up and hurriedly walked out of the Pepper Room.
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Liu Chang was squatting beside Liu Bang's pavilion, turning over the wood he had dismantled to see which of them he could use. Since the cloth rolling wrench could not be used, of course he had to make a few more to make parts that could be assembled perfectly.
Just as Liu Chang was squatting and turning over wood, suddenly, footsteps were heard not far away.
Liu Chang turned around in astonishment and saw a dense group of eunuchs running towards him.
Liu Chang was frightened, and the next moment, almost instinctively, he turned around and ran!
"Sir! Don't run!"
"His Majesty is looking for you!"
Hearing this, Liu Chang ran even faster.
There were just too many eunuchs who came to "capture" him. They surrounded him from all directions and used their numbers to bully the few. Soon, Liu Chang was caught. He was held tightly by several eunuchs. He was still struggling and cursing, "Let me go! If you don't let go, I will catch you and use you to build the palace when I grow up!"
Liu Chang's threats did not work , and soon he was taken to the Jiaofang Palace. This surprised Liu Chang. Why not go to the Xuanshi Palace? Didn't my father send someone to arrest me?
Liu Bang, Empress Lü, and a few older eunuchs were currently surrounding the unfinished textile loom, talking about something.
When the eunuchs brought Liu Chang in, everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Chang at the same time. Liu Chang, who had always been lawless, did not feel restrained at this time. Instead, he raised his head and stared at those people fiercely.
Liu Bang looked at this son who looked the least like him and asked, "Did you really do this?"
"I did it, but I can explain that I demolished the East Pavilion because the guardrail of the original pavilion was no longer sufficient..."
"That's not it."
"What is that? Ruyi's shoes? Teacher's paper? No? That's Father's tea?"
Liu Bang took a deep breath, convinced himself to temporarily suppress the thought of beating up his unfilial son, pointed at the loom beside him, and asked, "Did you make this?"
"Nonsense, I've been doing this for several months, don't you all know it?"
"But how did you do it? How did you know you could do this?"
Liu Bang frowned, still unable to understand. If this was made by Liu Heng, or Liu Ruyi, or even Liu Hui, he could accept it. But Liu Chang...what could he do? Was he worthy of making such a machine?
After finding out that Liu Bang was not looking for him to beat him up, Liu Chang felt relieved. He quickly walked to the loom and said loudly: "I am smart, so what's the big deal about making such a simple machine? If I have enough tools, I can make anything!"
He quickly went into boasting mode and began loudly boasting about his talents and, of course, explaining how the machine worked.
The eunuchs standing behind Liu Bang and Empress Lu nodded from time to time, and they whispered to each other regardless of Liu Bang's presence. Their eyes became brighter as they looked at Liu Chang. Liu Chang proudly explained his achievements and waited proudly for his parents' praise.
Seeing Liu Chang like this, Liu Bang nodded calmly and said, "Not bad, then you continue to do it, Duan Shun, you come and accompany him."
"only!"
An eunuch answered hurriedly.
"Who is he? Why does he interfere in my affairs?"
"He is the Shang Fang Ling. You need tools or raw materials, right? He can help you with that."
After Liu Bang finished speaking, he left without looking back, without praising Liu Chang at all, which made Liu Chang very unhappy. He looked at Empress Lu and said helplessly: "I originally wanted to give it to my mother after I finished it, to give her a surprise, but I didn't finish it..."
Empress Lu slowly walked up to him, reached out her hand and touched his head.
Liu Chang raised his head and saw the smile on his mother's face.
"Thank you."
