Chapter 050 Are you called Liu Chang?
Inside the Shangfang Mansion, Liu Chang , surrounded by a group of craftsmen, was carefully disassembling and assembling a pile of textile machine parts.
Liu Chang finally understood why the textile machines he made were so easily damaged.
Simply put, Liu Chang pursued efficiency too much and took a big step. He made it according to the textile machine in his memory. However, the textile machines of the future will not use mortise and tenon mechanisms, but nails plus various adhesives to avoid damage even at the highest power. But the current structure...
Now that we understand the key, the problem can be solved by reducing vibration or changing the structure.
As for the farm tools, Liu Chang really had to start from scratch. He searched through his memory over and over again, but couldn't find any knowledge about farming. There was something like a tractor, but he couldn't make it!
Fortunately, Shangfang was a perfect organization. Because of Xiao He's order, no one in the entire Shangfang dared to disobey Liu Chang's order. Liu Chang's order was the truth. He first found some plows, hoes, shovels, hoes, double-toothed hoes, sickles, etc.
Shangfang even invited several old farmers to the outskirts of Chang'an to personally demonstrate to the young master how to use these farm tools.
What made Liu Chang feel helpless was that there was basically no room for improvement in those simple farm tools. The only way to improve them was in the materials. At that moment, iron farm tools were already available, but since there was not much iron, wood, iron, and even bone and copper were mixed together. He just used whatever was available and was not picky.
In Liu Chang's opinion, the only thing that seemed to be capable of improvement was the plow.
During these days, he had been watching the plow working in the fields, stroking his chin, and thinking about how to improve it.
It is easy to copy, but it is not easy to think of something by yourself. Even if it is the simplest thing, it is definitely more difficult to think of it by yourself than to copy something more complicated.
When the new textile machine with reduced efficiency and improved stability was sent to Xiao He, the prime minister was very happy.
They immediately began to prepare to use the prince's method, sending the design drawings to various places, allowing local people to mass-produce machines, and then recruit refugees to solve their problem.
Liu Ying was about to praise his brother when he learned that his brother was trying to improve farm tools. When Liu Chang returned to the palace, he held Liu Chang's hand tightly.
"My eldest brother...my father and mother are not in Chang'an now. I am not greedy for any credit. I just want to let my father know that I can heal the country. If you can make a new machine, I will definitely manufacture it in large quantities to let my father see that none of his children are useless."
It can be seen that Liu Ying was indeed very excited. During these days, he did a lot of things within his authority.
He was trying to truly become a useful prince, rather than a prince who was full of empty words and talked about benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
In the court meeting, he met with almost all the ministers and asked them to put forward their own suggestions. The ministers were also somewhat helpless. Facing the prince's request, they more or less gave some suggestions within their own fields. The prince rewarded these people and collected these suggestions. Then he asked the servants around him to discuss them to see which suggestions could be implemented.
He was trying to show his abilities, and Liu Chang's idea also made him very happy. If Liu Chang really had a way to make a machine that could increase grain production, he would be able to do more things.
Liu Chang ran to the fields all day long, and was dirty all over, not much like a prince. On weekdays in Tianlu Pavilion, he was covered in dust and dirt, forming a sharp contrast with the princes around him.
"Look at you, you've become a mud monkey, and you don't even know how to wash your face... Be careful or my mother will beat you up when she comes back!"
Ruyi said with a smile.
Liu Chang didn't care. He raised his head proudly, as if the dirt was his medal. He said loudly, "I am covered in mud, but I am working for the people of the world. You are so clean, what contribution have you made?"
Ruyi was about to say something when Gai Gong slammed the table.
"My son, if you are satisfied, someone will come. Just look with your eyes. If you speak in unison, act in unison. If you get it , don't lose it. If you speak in unison, act in unison. If you get it, don't use it. Therefore, words are the symbol of the heart; color is the flower of the heart; qi is the floating of the heart. If you have words but no actions, your stomach will be false. Therefore, words are the beginning of the temple, and actions are the end of the will. Straight trees are cut down, and straight people are killed. There is no punishment and no name. It was born before heaven and earth, and it has not been completed yet... What does this sentence mean?"
Ruyi's eyes widened, and she stammered as she explained, "If...if you want to entrust someone with an important task...can you say it again?"
"You don't even know this! And you still have the nerve to blame your brother? Copy the Shi Tai Jing for me sixty times!"
Ruyi lowered her head and whispered yes.
Liu Chang grinned and made faces in front of Ruyi, feeling very happy.
When the class was over, Gai Gong called Liu Chang.
He slowly wiped the dirt off Liu Chang's face and hands with his sleeve, wiping them clean.
"I know what you want to do, and you've done it very well. If anyone in the palace dares to mock you, tell me and I'll take care of it for you!"
"Hey, hey, okay!"
Liu Chang continued to wander around the farmland. Although he knew nothing about farming, he still had basic hands-on skills. He soon realized that since a textile machine could improve its efficiency by using multiple spindles, why couldn't a plow increase its efficiency by using multiple plowshares?
It is easier said than done. If only a few more plowshares are added, the plow will become quite heavy and more laborious. Not only will it not increase efficiency , but it will actually reduce efficiency. Liu Chang observed the plow again and again, and he finally found that he could use the principle of leverage to change the straight shaft into a curved shaft, and the long shaft into a short shaft!
Also, find a way to add a few more plowshares to this thing! Install a curved loosening hoop behind the plow frame! Install a loosening shovel at the bottom of the hoop! Install a loosening hoe in front! No! Two! !
When Liu Chang drew a design and handed it to Shangfang's people.
These people were shocked. Is this a plow? ? Are you hanging all the farm tools on the plow? How many oxen would it take to pull this thing? !
Although Gongzichang's design was outrageous, it still gave the craftsmen some inspiration, such as combining different farm tools, including changes to the straight shaft, etc. The craftsmen began to design behind the scenes without making a sound. Gongzichang was good in everything, but a little too bold. He wanted everything and always pursued maximum efficiency...
Hearing that the craftsmen had already started making the products, Liu Chang was of course very happy, and even his appetite increased a lot.
On this day, Liu Chang was in the fields watching the craftsmen testing different farm tools. It was almost evening when he followed Luan Bu back to the palace.
Just as he was about to enter the palace, someone suddenly shouted, "Liu Chang!!"
Liu Chang was stunned and turned around, only to see two half-grown boys looking at him with arrogance.
"You are Chief Liu, right?"
The two men approached slowly. The soldier at the door looked at them briefly and then turned away tactfully.
"It's me, who are you?"
"My name is Kang! This is my younger brother, Ichiro!"
"You're the one who bullied our sister while we were away?"
The two men looked at Liu Chang with ill intent and a defiant look on their faces.
"Huh? Which one ?"
"Fan Qing!"
"Oh... the brother of the snitch?"
"Humph! If you know better, go and apologize to our sister! Otherwise, we two brothers won't let you go!"
Liu Chang rolled up his sleeves and smiled, and asked, "By the way, let me ask you something... You guys, you're not as fond of complaining as your sister, are you?"
"What are you talking about? We are all upright men! How can we complain to adults? Why are you asking this?"
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"Wow……"
"Mom, we didn't do anything, he just came up and beat us... I can't see anything..."
With a bruised nose and swollen eyes, Fan Kang cried and told his mother about Liu Chang's atrocities.
The people from Fan City nearby were also wiping their tears and crying loudly.
Lu Xi had a cold face as she listened to the two guys crying here, "Two people, you can't even beat someone younger than you... and you still have the nerve to come and cry to me? You two have completely disgraced your father!!"
"If your father were here, he would hang you from the beams and beat you!"
"Still crying?!"
After hearing what Lu Shi said, Fan Kang covered his mouth, sobbed silently, and dared not make a sound anymore.
"If you get beaten, then fight back next time! You are the sons of Marquis Wuyang, so don't come to me to cry again!"
Fan Kang and Fan Shiren left their mother's place. Fan Shiren's eyes widened and he asked, "Brother, when my sister was bullied, mother went to mediate in person... We were beaten, why did mother still scold us?"
"Hiss... It's okay, it's okay, don't tell anyone about what happened today... We can't beat him, so let Shengzhi, Yafu, Jian and the others come to help us! We can't let the five of us get beaten up, right?"
