Chapter 431: Zhu Gaoxu, King of Han! A Little Expert at Turning Waste Into Treasure!

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Technology is backward.

This is a flaw that cannot be helped.

Zhu Gaoxu doesn't have the ability to build any steam loom now.

After all, the technology is not enough and the manpower is needed.

The most valuable thing in the Ming Dynasty was manpower, which could help the people live a better life.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu did not dwell on this issue, but continued to inspect the textile factory.

However, when Qiu Guangde heard what King Han said, he looked thoughtful.

"My lord, this efficiency is really not low."

"However, if more textile equipment is purchased and shipped back from Jiangnan and other places, the efficiency will be greatly improved."

"No need." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, "Let's put up the shelves first, and then consider expanding the scale when wool production is on the right track."

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

After all, until now, they have never seen an actual object made of wool.

Soon the group arrived at the workshop, but surprisingly, almost all the workers here were women.

Jian Yi suddenly frowned, somewhat unwilling to accept that the textile factory chose women as workers.

"Your Highness, the King of Han, a woman can stay at home to support her husband and raise her children. How can she go out to work and show her face like this?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him with contempt on his face and scolded with a smile: "Old Jiantou, people are starving to death, and you still plan for them to come out to earn money to support their families?"

"Are you a living Bodhisattva or a living King of Hell? Why don't you sit on the Leshan Giant Buddha's seat?"

He really didn't expect that this old boy Jian Yi was also a famous and virtuous minister with a long-lasting reputation, but in the end he was also limited by the restrictions of Confucian thought.

In the final analysis, this is still Cheng Zhuli's fault.

These disciples of Cheng and Zhu scholars distorted and tampered with the sage words of Confucian sages, and interpreted them into more twisted and perverted ideological tools to imprison women, especially women.

The "three cardinal principles and five constant principles" and the "three obediences and four virtues" completely imprisoned the lives of Ming women.

According to today's social status quo, women not only have no right to speak, but also no right to lead. Their lives are just to pass on to future generations, honor their parents-in-law, and serve their husbands.

If you are born into a wealthy family, life will be relatively easy. If not, you will have to worry about your own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and your dignity will be trampled on.

In particular, women are not allowed to appear in public, not to mention working to earn money like the female workers in front of them. They are not even allowed to talk to strange men, otherwise they will easily be gossiped about by others and will be accused of being unruly.

In other words, even if you are about to starve to death, you will have to starve to death at home.

This is a deformed era, but it is an out-and-out paradise for men.

Jian Yi was so choked by what Prince Han said that his face flushed red, but he really couldn't say anything.

After all, people go to work to earn money to support their families. Is it possible that the so-called rules of etiquette are really forcing them to starve to death at home?

So is this kind of kindness or cruelty?

For a moment, Jian Yi fell into deep thought and was speechless for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at these slightly frightened female workers and showed a kind smile.

"These female workers are all the people of this imperial village. Most of their husbands were recruited by the court, either to do corvee labor or to fight in the war. Only these old and weak women and children are left at home."

"There are no young people in the family, and it is difficult to cultivate the fields. The harvest of food is imaginable. After paying the taxes, there is almost no food left in the family."

"It just so happens that the people who manage these palaces for the royal family are all twisted eunuchs. Instead of showing any sympathy or mercy, they exploit and oppress them in various ways to seek personal gain for themselves!"

"When I brought this imperial village here, the people there were really sallow and skinny, and their clothes were ragged, like a bunch of beggars."

After hearing this, everyone was filled with indignation.

Jin Zhong immediately asked: "May I ask, Your Highness, where is the damn eunuch in charge of the village? Such eunuchs should be severely punished!"

"Of course he was killed by me. I chopped off his head in front of the people of Huangzhuang and distributed this man's greedy money and food."

"Their lives are really hard!"

Having said this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but sigh.

Qiu Guangde also sighed and took over the conversation.

"My lord, this is nothing."

"I heard them say that if you encounter a time when God is not open to the eyes and the harvest is bad, people will starve to death, and there will even be tragedies of selling children for food."

When everyone heard this, they were all silent, and their hearts were even heavier.

Especially not long ago, Xia Yuanji reminded them that this was a royal village located in Gyeonggi Province, and the lives of the people were better than those in other places.

Now that they heard the cruel facts told by Prince Han and Qiu Guangde, they could not imagine what kind of miserable and difficult life the people in other places lived.

However, what is reported from various places is that the world is at peace and the world is peaceful and prosperous!

What kind of prosperous age is this?

The heyday of officials?

The prosperous age of the Jin gentry?

Bullshit prosperous times!

Zhu Gaoxu sneered and stopped mentioning this heavy topic.

If we want to create a truly prosperous age, we still have a long way to go!

"Lao Qiu, let everyone start production!"

"Zhou Chen, watch and study hard. After all, this business will be left to you and the two of you to cooperate in the future."

Zhou Chen nodded when he heard this and immediately cheered up, while Qiu Guangde immediately started making arrangements.

As he, the factory director, gave the order, the previously frightened woman suddenly dispersed like a beast, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net began to get busy nervously.

One by one, the women walked to their work stations in an orderly manner. At this moment, their expressions no longer looked fearful, but turned into inexplicable confidence.

These workstations are arranged separately according to different processes.

Zhu Gaoxu and others walked into the largest courtyard, which was used to deal with the smell of wool.

"According to the process, after the wool is transported here, it will be taken out and cleaned. At the same time, a round of screening will be performed to screen out the debris inside, and then it will be dried."

"After drying once, the sandalwood smell of the wool has actually been reduced a lot. Then it is soaked in boiling salt water. At this step, the smell of the wool has been completely eliminated."

"If you are still worried and want to remove the smell of wool more thoroughly, you will wash it again with strong alcohol..."

While everyone was strolling around, Zhu Gaoxu patiently explained to them.

The three giants were amazed when they heard this method, and stepped forward to check it out in disbelief.

Xia Yuanji grabbed a handful of the finished wool that had had the odor removed, put it in front of his nose and smelled it. It really had no odor and was as soft and warm as cotton.

Jin Zhong and Jian Yi stepped forward one after another, looking at the wool that had removed the odor, and couldn't help laughing.

"It's done!"

"It's really done!"

"Your Highness, King of Han, this is really turning waste into treasure!"

In fact, this method of removing the odor is not very difficult, but no one does it.

So much so that no one has ever thought of using this smelly wool, but His Highness the King of Han did it!

For a moment, the three giants felt a little confused.

This Prince of Han is really a master at turning waste into treasure!

This is another stable income for the imperial court, and the income is probably not low!

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