Cheng Yaojin and the others who had just arrived were also stunned.
"Can two needles make a dress?"
Cheng Yaojing wanted to laugh loudly, but when he thought that it was Zhao Chen who said this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, if someone else said this, I would not believe it, but if Mr. Zhao said this, I would believe it."
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "I believe it too, but I am also curious about how two needles can make clothes."
Li Shimin pointed to the sweater in the box: "The finished product is right there, you can give it a try."
"Zhao Chen was already prepared and asked Pei Xingjian to take out two long needles used for knitting sweaters, which were somewhat similar to those of later generations, except that they were not made of steel, but made of wood.
Fang Xuanling and the other three came over. They had already tried on this sweater. It was indeed different, and its warmth-keeping effect was truly extraordinary.
"Empress, you can learn this, and you can also learn it with the people in the harem. This skill can be mastered by every household. In fact, this craft is somewhat similar to embroidery."
As Zhao Chen spoke, he took out the wool thread spun from the textile machine and started knitting a sweater.
That¡¯s right, Zhao Chen is knitting sweaters!
Cheng Yaojin was also stunned. He only saw the wool thread quickly weaving on Zhao Chen's two thin wooden sticks. Somehow, a thread was woven in one go, and then the thread expanded rapidly. , weaving out part of the fabric of the clothes.
"Lao Fang, here, here is a word called Zhang Fei embroidery, what is the last sentence?"
"There is fineness in the roughness."
Cheng Yaojin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it's really too damn thin."
Fang Xuanling: ""
Queen Changsun also looked at it and was quite surprised. This sweater was really knitted like this.
"Zhao Chen said while knitting: "After mastering this skill, every household will be able to knit sweaters as long as they have sweaters and woolen balls. The cold-warming clothes in winter will always be much better than the previous cotton clothes."
Datang¡¯s previous cold-proof clothes were bulky and ineffective. Compared with this woolen sweater, it¡¯s really not even the slightest bit worse.
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, he raised his head and saw the surrounding eunuchs and Cheng Yaojin. They were all looking at the sweater in his hand in shock. They were all stunned by his skills.
Zhao Chen smiled and put the sweater aside. He was just giving a demonstration.
"Your Majesty, where are the reporters from the News Temple? I haven't recorded this scene yet. It will be the front page of "Chang'an Daily" tomorrow. There will be no problem."
Li Shimin reacted and smiled: "This is natural, Mr. Zhao, did you say before that the wool of this sweater comes from Tuyuhun?"
"good."
"It seems that Tuyuhun also has good things. By the way, Mr. Zhao, can this sweater be mass-produced?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the wool purchased from Tuyuhun has been piled up in the warehouse of the Siping Chamber of Commerce. It can naturally be mass-produced, but it needs to set up a special textile workshop and call in people to specialize in knitting sweaters. This kind of sweater spinning machine will not work. , can only be woven by hand.¡±
The current textile machine has not been improved. The most important thing is that the steam engine has not been invented yet, so there is no way to improve it and the efficiency cannot be improved.
"That's no problem. I want as many as you can have."
Zhao Chen was a little embarrassed: "Speak less and still need to leave some for the people."
"Haha, if that's the case, then I'll take half of it. This half of the sweater will be enough even if it's sent to the army."
Zhao Chen nodded, which meant that the wool accumulation issue that caused Xie Ping a headache before had been solved directly.
The reason why I came to see His Majesty first was to publish this scene in the newspapers and use Chang'an Daily to build momentum. As long as it was used by the emperor, it will naturally be very attractive, just like the star effect of later generations. Waiting for the advertisement After that, we can set up a special clothing store to sell sweaters, as well as other spring, summer, and autumn styles of clothing. We should open the clothing store first.
Furthermore, clothing stores can directly promote modern clothes. Although the clothing culture of the Tang Dynasty is very developed and quite beautiful, without modern clothing styles, Zhao Chen always feels that something is missing.
Although women¡¯s high-heeled shoes and underwear and bras have been developed and were very popular in the Tang Dynasty, women¡¯s suspenders and hot pants have not yet been developed.
He left the sweater behind, and after Zhao Chen achieved his goal, he left gracefully.
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"Chang'an Daily", very?This is the news that was published.
Xie Ping, who got the "Chang'an Daily", looked at the records on it with surprise in his eyes.
"Mr. Zhao, did you take wool and make it into a piece of clothing? And it's also a so-called woolen sweater?"
There are naturally some clothes made of wool, but none are as exquisite as woolen sweaters.
On the front page of the newspaper, there is a picture of Li Shimin trying on a sweater.
There is no doubt that after this newspaper, the new type of woolen sweater will definitely be popular among the people, and this woolen sweater is so warm in winter, it will definitely be very popular.
Xie Ping, who realized this, also understood that the wool piled up in the Siping warehouse was not a problem at all. Even if Zhao Chen started selling it now, all of the wool could be sold.
"Mr. Zhao, as expected of Mr. Zhao, I just don't know how Mr. Zhao can solve the backlog problem of the remaining goods."
Xie Ping felt a little emotional. The pile of wool was only part of the pile. In addition, there were all kinds of things piled up. Specialty goods from all over the Tang Dynasty were all piled up in Chang'an. This was not as easy to solve as wool. Because wool is just one commodity, but the rest are many commodities.
Xie Ping is also doing the things that Mr. Zhao explained before. As long as this winter passes, it will be almost done.
¡°After Zhao Chen returned to Zhao Manor, he also went to the laboratory.
The laboratory is very large, with all kinds of equipment, and in the laboratory, Li Tai is looking at a kettle on the stove in a daze.
The kettle was already boiling, steam was coming out of the spout, and then the lid began to rise. Li Tai was staring at the hot water kettle in a daze.
Recently, Mr. Zhao gave him a new task, which is to study steam engines.
What is the so-called steam engine? What Zhao Chen said was similar to this, so Li Tai stared at the hot water kettle in a daze, trying to figure out the principle inside.
"Mr. Zhao said that the steam engine uses the steam after boiling the hot water to condense to form a vacuum. This vacuum generates air pressure during water inflow and drainage to drive the mechanical operation. This is the so-called steam engine. However, I still don't understand it. .¡±
"What don't you understand?"
A voice sounded next to Li Tai.
Li Tai looked up and saw Zhao Chen, and quickly stood up: "Teacher."
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "The research and development of steam engines is not achieved overnight. It needs to go through several versions of improvements. I have already told you the key points, but you have not studied it, so there is no need to rush. Take your time. The steam engine is a A large project cannot be completed overnight, and my estimate for you is that it will take three years."
Zhao Chen¡¯s side of the steam engine only had principles but no drawings, so there was no way to tell Li Tai in detail. He could only let Li Tai explore on his own.
Li Tai nodded vigorously: "Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely develop a steam engine."
For the Tang Dynasty and the people, the steam engine must be developed!
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