Chapter 365 The significance of promoting the development of textiles

The maid immediately stopped stepping on the board, and the maid who had been spinning came over and cut the woven cloth from the loom with scissors.

The maid carefully pulled out the cloth and was about to hand it to Maximus. Sheslet, who was always steady, unexpectedly took it first and said, "Let me take a look."

This piece of linen is one meter wide and about two meters long. It has a uniform texture. Whether it is horizontal or vertical, the yarns are arranged neatly and neatly, very tightly, without any distortion or mess...

"What a good cloth! What a cloth!" Sheslet touched the cloth gently and couldn't help but admired it. Then she looked at Maximus, her eyes seemed to be burning with hot flames, and her voice was loud and eager: " Chief, this spinning wheel! And this loom—"

"This is called a pedal three-split spinning wheel! This is called a pedal vertical loom! Goddess Danu taught me this in my dream. I asked the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to make it after repeated attempts."

Maximus said calmly: "I specially called you, the director of the weaving workshop, here today because I want you to give an evaluation after reading it. How do you think about these two machines used for weaving?"

"It is worthy of the inspiration given to you by the great goddess Danu! The design of this spinning wheel and this loom is so ingenious that it is completely beyond the imagination of us mortals!"

Sheslet did not question what Maximus said at all, because in the past two years, Goddess Danu had created some ingenious instruments through Maximus, which greatly enhanced the strength of the tribe. On the contrary, she was excited Nothing could be better: this time the divine light of Goddess Danu finally shines on the weaving workshop. I believe that before long, some people in the workshop will be promoted because of this! "

"Chief, if our weaving workshop wants to weave such a piece of cloth -" Xieslet held the newly woven cloth in his hand and continued to praise seriously: "From spinning to complete weaving, if it takes four people It takes about two days to complete. If the number of people is reduced by half, the time will be doubled. With these two machines, it only takes two people to complete it in less than half a day!

If weaving workshops use this new spinning wheel and new loom in the future, not only can we weave more cloth in a short period of time, but we can also eliminate a lot of manpower, so that the workshop will not be too bloated—— "

"No, we cannot lay off people in the weaving workshop!" Maximus solemnly reminded: "Since we settled here, with the joint efforts of everyone, every Nyx citizen has fertile land, comfortable We have enough housing and enough food, but one thing has not changed much, and that is the clothes we wear.

On the one hand, it is because we did not have enough raw materials before, and on the other hand, spinning and weaving is too time-consuming and labor-intensive. Therefore, so far, we have woven very few pieces of cloth and made even fewer clothes. Many people have followed me. The ethnic people who have been through life and death still wear the clothes they acquired when they were in Italy. Those clothes have been washed and worn again and again, and they are already a bit tattered..."

Maximus looked remorseful: "Every time I see Volenus, Cornelius, Capitol... wearing white and tattered clothes to attend the meeting of the political hall, I am very ashamed. I The good life promised to everyone should not be like this! So I prayed to Goddess Danu devoutly, and the Goddess answered me!

Now that these two machines have been made, you can see that they are much better than the existing spinning wheels and looms. Then I will ask the craftsmen in the furniture workshop to make more such spinning wheels and looms and hand them over to the weaving workshop. . And you—"

Maximus said with emphasis: "Xie Slet, you have to organize all the people in the workshop who are good at weaving to get familiar with and use these two new machines as soon as possible, and weave more and better cloth as soon as possible. Satisfy the clothing needs of the tribal people, and even trade cloth with other races in the future to exchange for more urgently needed materials for the tribe - "

When Sheslet heard this, she was excited that the weaving workshop began to receive the attention of the leader, but also felt pressure. She couldn't help but interjected: "Chief, if the weaving workshop wants to meet the requirements you have put forward, I'm afraid it will be difficult now." Some people don’t have enough people.”

"The weaving workshop can recruit people, and recruit people who are good at weaving, especially women! Women are weak and cannot farm as well as men, but their hands and feet are agile and they are better at weaving. They can use the salary they earn in the weaving workshop to Pay them the fees for hiring foreign auxiliaries or foreigners to farm.”

Maximus also reminded: "There are not enough people, and the workshop needs to be expanded... You can go directly to your boss Capito to help solve these problems. In the process of using these two new instruments, you discovered them If there are any shortcomings, you can also submit your opinions to Capito and ask him to find craftsmen to help improve and perfect these two machines...

After the cloth is woven, you need to figure out the dye yourself. If your weaving workshop can find some new and good dyes that can make our clothes more colorful and fade less when washed, then the tribe will also give it. Big rewards for your knitting workshop! "

Maximus was able to draw drawings of spinning wheels and weaving wheels because in his previous life, he was involved in the drawing and design of the Civilization game. He also learned about it in detail to ensure that he could accurately Draw the pattern of an ancient spinning wheel and weaving wheel.

But he couldn't help with dyes, because most of the dyes in this era came from natural plants and minerals. The situation in each region is different. For example, the most famous Tire purple is the city of Tyre in the eastern Mediterranean. Residents discovered that the liquid extracted from a murex on the coast could dye the cloth into a bright purple. It became an extremely expensive dye, and the race that discovered this dye was also called "Phoenician" by the Mediterranean states.

In fact, after the Nyx people settled here, the weaving workshops and pottery workshops had discovered several plant and mineral dyes through the preliminary people, but they were all made by the Segestica people, Ardi people who had lived here for generations. Maximus hoped to mobilize the enthusiasm of female textile workers through meritorious service and promotion, and actively search for more and better dyes.

Sure enough, Sheslet said excitedly: "Chief, Goddess Danu has favored our weaving workshop so much! You have given us such great help. I will definitely live up to your expectations and will do my best to lead our weaving workshop." Everyone weaves more cloth and dyes more beautiful cloth!”

"Okay, I look forward to you leading the weaving workshop to make greater contributions to our tribe!" Maximus encouraged loudly with a smile on his face.

The reason why Maximus came up with the new spinning wheel and weaving wheel at this time was not only because the tribe had sufficient flax raw materials, but more importantly, the banknotes of the Nyx tribe were about to be launched at the end of the year, in order to make the currency value of the banknotes stronger. , allowing the people holding banknotes to have more things to buy, he had to devote more energy to the "clothing" of the four basic human needs-food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Because as long as there are enough raw materials, sufficient manpower, and improved production efficiency, the textile industry can easily form economies of scale and create huge wealth. Not only can it fully meet the needs of the people, but it can also sell to surrounding tribes and earn their wealth. Strengthen the tribe.

Sheslet was at a loss as to what kind of important responsibility she was shouldering. She was eagerly requesting Maximus that she wanted to operate the spinning wheel and weaving wheel herself right now.

After Maximus nodded in agreement, she started to operate the loom with great interest under the guidance of the maid.

At this time, the attendant came over and whispered a few words in Maximus's ear.

"Capito, the weaving workshop is what you need to focus on next. You should do your best to help Xieslet with any difficulties he has. I hope to see this new spinning wheel and weaving wheel being used in large numbers before the end of the year. If used in a weaving workshop, a large amount of cloth can be produced!" Maximus said solemnly again.

"As you wish, Chief." Capito responded with a bow.

Maximus nodded, turned and left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and came to his office in the front yard, where he saw the head of the Military Intelligence Department, Gelicus, waiting outside the house.

"Chief!" Gilkus saluted respectfully.

Maximus walked into the room and motioned for Gelicus to follow him: "Is there any other important information?"

"Chief, the war between the Dacians and the coalition forces organized by the Bois has come to an end. This is the information sent back by the Military Intelligence Department who was lurking under Broch." Gillicus said, folding the secret in his hand. Passed it over.

Maximus took it and opened it, and it read clearly: On September 3, the Pannonian coalition forces that had crossed the Danube and were stationed on the east bank received instructions from the Bois to attack the Dacians along the north bank of the Danube. Territory, they encountered the main force of Dacia on the way. After a battle between the two sides, the Pannonians were defeated and quickly fled back to their territory on the west bank of the Danube. Two days later, they learned that the Boii army had also been defeated by the Dacians. The Pannonian coalition took the opportunity to disband and go home. According to the current situation, the losses of the Pannoni coalition forces were not too great, and Broch only suffered 700 or 800 casualties.

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