Early spring in the world [farming]

Chapter 36 Cotton Ginning

When Su Beigu came out from the open space behind the main house and walked to the front hall, he saw several women sitting around the "Mianhua Mountain" in the side hall, including Chen Ahu's wife and daughter.

Although the cotton has been picked, it cannot be used directly. It needs to be dried for several days and then manually separated to remove the debris and cottonseed mixed in the cotton wool.This is a boring and complicated process, and one person can often only "clean" one catty of cotton a day, which is very inefficient.

Subei Gu suddenly remembered the cotton gin in the Xiuxian world. It is a machine that does not require manual peeling of cotton seeds and cotton. The function of "clean cotton" is more.

It just so happens that Su Beigu's wife is a master craftsman, and she also knows how to make a cotton gin. Although Su Beigu hasn't done a cotton gin seriously, he vaguely remembers how to make one.

This kind of cotton gin is not troublesome to make. After drawing the drawings, she asks the blacksmith and carpenter to make parts according to her requirements, and she assembles them.

It took a day to determine the structure of the cotton gin in memory, and after drawing the blueprint, Su Beigu was ready to go out to find someone.However, before she could leave the house, she bumped into Tan Ruyi who came back from outside.

"Bei Gu plans to go out?" Tan Ruyi asked.

"Well, I'm going to find a blacksmith and a carpenter to help make some parts." Su Bei Gu didn't avoid Tan Ruyi, "I think it's too hard for everyone to gin cotton by hand, and it's inefficient. I plan to build a cotton gin and use a machine to share the burden." their work."

During the busy farming period, the female family members of the tenant households have to find time to "clean the cotton", which delays the farming time and is also suspected of squeezing the tenants. It is better to use the cotton gin to liberate the labor force and improve the efficiency of cotton ginning.

Tan Ruyi found it very novel, and asked enthusiastically, "Cotton gin? Can I have a look when it's ready?"

Seeing her radiant face, the corners of Su Beigu's mouth turned up unconsciously, and he said with a smile: "Of course it is possible, and maybe I have to ask you to help assemble it."

"Since the cotton gin was conceived by Bei Gu, it's impossible for someone to pick the peaches."

Before the cotton gin was formed, Tan Ruyi had already considered how to protect the interests of Subei Gu, and prohibited the production method of the cotton gin from spreading.

If Su Beigu's cotton gin is so easy to use, then the blacksmith and carpenter who made the parts for her must know how to make a cotton gin. At that time, the other party will imitate Su Beigu's cotton gin and sell it to others. That's them!

And why is cotton so effective in keeping out the cold and can be made into cotton cloth, yet so few people grow it?The main reason is that cotton is easy to grow but difficult to process.Just the step of "cleaning cotton" consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, which makes the price of cotton so high that ordinary people are reluctant to buy it.

In addition, the structural principles of many textile machines today are based on common raw materials such as silk and hemp. Although cotton can also be spun, there is no good machinery.

Cotton was planted from Yazhou and Lingnan to the north, and there were also spinning wheels for spinning cotton cloth there, but it was not very convenient.Compared with spinning cotton, the common people are better at and accustomed to spinning silk, which is also the reason why the common people do not pay attention to cotton indirectly.

If there is a cotton gin, people no longer think that "cleaning cotton" is a labor-intensive thing, then they must be willing to grow more cotton, and the demand for cotton gins will also increase...

At this moment, Tan Ruyi had already thought about things far in the future, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Su Beigu was a genius, to think of such an ingenious machine.

Su Beigu explained: "I didn't create this cotton gin, I also learned it from others. Moreover, it is not difficult to make a cotton gin. It is easy to figure out its structure, and it is only a matter of time before it is imitated. question."

"It's not important." Tan Ruyi said, "You divide the drawing you drew into several parts, find several blacksmiths separately, and ask them to make some parts. In this way, even if they know one or two parts, they can quickly Nor can I master how to make a cotton gin. As for the wooden part, have you forgotten what I do?"

Su Beigu reacted: "Sister Ah Tan wants to ask Uncle Tan for help?"

"I can also do carpentry!" Tan Ruyi felt that she was underestimated, and pouted to express her dissatisfaction.

Su Bei Gu's eyes flickered, and he said seriously: "Sister Ah Qin, I know you can carpentry, but this matter should be left to Uncle Tan! You insist on reconciling with Sunan City, he must still care a little bit now, you You can use this matter to ease the relationship with him..."

Although Tan Ruyi never mentioned the matter of the Tan family in front of Su Beigu and Lu Xuehuan, every time she came back from the Tan family, she felt a little depressed. Su Beigu could think with her toes that it should be between father and daughter. dissatisfaction.

"It's troublesome for you, but he may not be willing to help." Tan Ruyi said.

"I didn't ask him to help for free." Su Bei paused for a moment, "It should be said that I am going to give him full power to build the cotton gin."

Tan Ruyi was surprised, and Su Bei Gu said that handing over the Tan family's sole responsibility for manufacturing the cotton gin would be like handing over the method of making money to the Tan family.

"You—" Tan Ruyi hesitated to speak, and when she met Su Bei Gu Qingming's firm eyes, she understood: Su Bei Gu didn't know the meaning behind this decision, but she still did it, which shows that she She really didn't care about the huge profits brought by the cotton gin, and secondly, she really wanted Tan Ruyi to take this opportunity to mend her father-daughter relationship.

In the end, Tan Ruyi pinched Su Beigu's cheek with a smile, and said with a hint of anger, "Silly Beigu."

Seeing her fair face turn a little red from being pinched, Tan Ruyi, the "culprit", felt distressed and rubbed again, trying to even out the blush.

Su Beigu raised his hand to grab the hand that was making trouble on his face, and said, "Sister Ah Qin, if you rub it again, it will swell."

Tan Ruyi snorted, and muttered, "It's good to be swollen. I wanted to make you fatter, but I couldn't make you fat. Swelling just makes your face look bulging."

Su Beigu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "The other side also needs to be rubbed, otherwise only the swollen side will look uneven."

Tan Ru suggested that she turned the other half of her face towards her, her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't control it for some reason.I don't know what magic power is on this half of her face, which makes people want to lean up and kiss her.

At this time, the neighbor Aunt Liang passed by, and Tan Ruyi, like a lover who was caught and raped in bed, retracted the hand held by Su Beigu in shock, and took a small step back, pulling away the gap with Su Beigu. The distance, and then subconsciously lowered his head to avoid the eyes of others.

"Su Daochang, Mrs. Qin, why are you standing at the door?" Aunt Liang asked.

Su Beigu's expression was normal, and he replied calmly: "Oh, we are going to go out for a walk."

Aunt Liang, who was used to them going out for a walk after meals to digest food, had no doubts. She happily went forward to thank Su Beigu, saying that the "Peach Charm" bought from Su's family during the Dragon Boat Festival was very useful. Her husband Su Mao had some rheumatism. It was a problem, the pain was so painful that she couldn't get out of bed at all; and she slept lightly at night, and often a little abnormal noise inside and outside the house could wake her up from her sleep.

But since the peach charm was hung, Su Mao's rheumatism has not been attacked in the past two months. She sleeps soundly every night, and her spirit is getting better every day.

She attributed these good changes to Su Beigu's "Auspicious Beast" Taofu.

Su Beigu: "..."

Su Beigu felt that it was most likely due to their psychological effects. They firmly believed that her Taofu worked, so they could feel at ease when they slept, and the quality of sleep was greatly improved.As for Su Mao, he must have had a good rest, which slowed down the onset of rheumatism.

After thanking Su Beigu, Aunt Liang took Tan Ruyi's hand again and said, "If it weren't for Mrs. Tan's dexterity, this peach charm wouldn't be able to play its original role!"

It was the first time for an outsider to hold Tan Ruyi's hands that had painted countless coffins so intimately. She felt uncomfortable and joyful at the same time. Neither her mind nor her body knew how to deal with it, so she could only respond ignorantly. : "Aunt Liang is polite."

"Aunt Liang, my mother is at home, do you need to call her out for you?" Subei consultant.

"Oh no, I'm just passing by. I'll chat with her when I'm free some other day." Aunt Liang waved her hand, and was about to leave, and said, "You can come to Aunt Liang's house for a sit down if you are free."

Su Beigu smiled slightly: "Next time."

After Aunt Liang left, Tan Ruyi stretched out her hand to grab Su Beigu's blue gown, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Beigu noticed her small movements, and just smiled without revealing, "Sister Aqin, let's go!"

"Huh? Where are you going?" Tan Ruyi didn't respond.

"Of course I'm going to find Uncle Tan!"

"Oh." Tan Ruyi followed Su Beigu, and took the opportunity to reach out and wrap her fingers around those slender jade fingers.

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When Su Beigu and Tan Ruyi arrived at Tan's house, Tan Jiansheng happened to be walking in the yard supported by Zhong Sheng. Seeing the two of them, Tan Kuan remembered the matter of Tan Ruyi and her separation, and his face was not very good. However, due to Tan Jiansheng's presence, he also There is no exit to drive people away.

"Daozhang Su." Tan Jiansheng said, Zhong Sheng translated for him, and called Tan Ruyi "Sister Ah Tan" by the way.

"I haven't had any work that needs your help recently, why are you back?" Tan Guan asked Tan Ruyi in a deep voice.

Of course he didn't resist Tan Ruyi's return, but he didn't tell anyone in the Tan family about Tan Ruyi's reconciliation.

Tan Ruyi's eyes darkened, and just as she was about to speak, Su Beigu took the initiative to attract the firepower: "I want to ask Uncle Tan for help with something."

Tan Guan's tone was cold: "What can I do for you as a coffin maker? Do you need a coffin?"

"Father!" Tan Ruyi was anxious, isn't her father cursing Su Beigu? !

Although Tan Jiansheng didn't know why Tan Guan had such a bad attitude towards Su Beigu, he still scolded his son and muttered a few words.

Tan Ruyi turned her head and said to Su Beigu, "Ah Weng invites you to come in and sit down."

Tan Jiansheng scolded Tan Guan again, even though the latter was unwilling, he had to follow him into the room and sit down.

After everyone was seated, Tan Ruyi took out the blueprint that Su Beigu had given, sent it to Tan Jiansheng, and said, "Ah Weng, take a look first."

Seeing this, Zhong Sheng asked, "What is this?"

"This is a cotton gin." Tan Ruyi glanced back at Su Bei and was encouraged to tell it one by one what it does.

Tan Guan was originally hiding something in his heart, and suppressed his dissatisfaction with Su Beigu, who was from the Su family, but after hearing Tan Ruyi's words, he slowly shifted his attention, and couldn't help asking: "Is there really such a convenient cotton cleaning machine?" instrument?"

Su Bei Gudao: "This is what I want to ask Uncle Tan for help. When this cotton gin is built, Uncle Tan will know whether it is so convenient."

Tan Guan was silent, he was thinking about the cotton gin and Su Beigu's intentions.

Manual cotton cleaning can only clean one catty of cotton a day, but the cotton gin can clean fifty catties of cotton, that is to say, one person can finish the work that fifty people do.If such a sharp weapon is released, it will definitely cause a great sensation...

Such a matter of making money and earning fame, why did Su Beigu let them do it for the Tan family?Are there any pitfalls here?

Tan Guan no longer trusts the Su family. After all, Su Beigu also swore to treat Tan Ruyi kindly. What happened?Tan Ruyi was forced to reach the step of Heli, what did Su Bei Gu Ke do?

Before Tan Guan could figure out why, Tan Jiansheng was already excitedly supporting his crutches, and stood up by himself. He babbled at Su Beigu and Tan Ruyi, and only Tan Ruyi could understand what he was saying. What.

Tan Jiansheng is very supportive of Subei Gu's handing over the cotton gin to the Tan family to build. Of course, what he sees is not only the huge profits behind the cotton gin, but what he cares more about is that this is a way for the Tan family to change their family!

It's not that the Qin family chose to be a coffinmaker because they liked coffins. In addition to making a living by doing so, it's also because it's a skill handed down from their ancestors, so they have the obligation to pass it on.But if they had other choices, they would definitely not choose to be coffinmakers all the time, unwilling to bear the fate of being discriminated against and insulted all the time.

After mastering the production method of the cotton gin, the Tan family no longer needs to make coffins for a living, and they can also use the cotton gin to wash away other people's prejudice against the Qin family.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the coffin is not to be buried at all. After all, this is a family business handed down from the ancestors, and it still needs to be passed on. But besides the coffin, there are other ways out.

Tan Jiansheng was pleasantly surprised and excited. He couldn't wait for Tan Guan to agree. However, he was still a little sober and asked Tan Ruyi, "What happens after the cotton gin is built?"

Tan Ruyi relayed his words to Su Bei Gu, who pondered for a moment and said, "According to the size of the Su family's current cotton fields and cotton production, only two or three cotton gins are enough."

At this time, Tan Guan asked straight to the point: "Dad, what he means is that if you tell us how to make the cotton gin, you won't be afraid that we will build more cotton gins behind your back and sell them?"

Tan Jiansheng glared at him, as if dissatisfied that he spoke too bluntly.

Su Beigu smiled slightly: "Since I decided to ask Uncle Tan for help, I naturally don't care about these things."

Tan Guan was startled, then frowned slightly: "You..."

"You are sister Aqin's father, I believe in you."

Su Beigu's voice was cold, but resounding.

Tan Guan looked at her, almost unable to believe that such powerful words came from such a weak mouth of hers.

Tan Jiansheng said something, but Tan Guan didn't listen. He just looked at the structural diagram of the cotton gin and fell into deep thought.After a long time, he loosened his furrowed brows, smoothed those wrinkles, and said, "Okay, I'll help you with this, but I won't take advantage of you either. I'll help you build three cotton gins for free." At the same time, the money owed by the Su family to our Tan family has also been written off."

Su Bei Gu just wanted to say no, Tan Ruyi pressed her hand first, and she received a prompt, saying: "Okay, Uncle Yi Tan's. But I hope this matter can be kept secret, what I mean is, don't let My mother knows that this account has been wiped out."

Tan Guan raised his eyebrows and looked at her rather puzzled.

"She has finally found a goal to fight for recently. If she doesn't even have this goal, then life will be too boring."

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感谢在2022-07-0221:37:07~2022-07-0319:25:03期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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