Chapter 1296 Improvement of Jacquard Machine
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After thinking about the method, Lin breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said: "Since several guests know the production method of silk in your country, I should be able to easily convince you that my production process is different from yours." There is no proof, seeing is believing. There is a piece of cloth being made right now, please come with me and take a look."
Lin Ke has never disclosed the secret of the jacquard machine to outsiders. This is not done to keep it secret, but simply because there is no intention to disclose this technology or sell the finished fabric, so no one has ever visited it. Based on my pre-time travel habits, people who show off their wealth by giving away treasures when they have nothing to do are particularly annoying, so I don't want to be such a person.
Moreover, the craftsmen of Midi are not used to letting people visit the place where they work. The finished item is the focus, few people care about how it is made.
On the other hand, there is no technical threshold for Midi, only material thresholds. When a craftsman forges a sharp sword, other craftsmen will just lament that they did not get that special material, otherwise I will do the same.
Few people think about how to improve the process or technology and improve the quality of the products. At most, practice makes perfect and cannot be taught in words, so most people believe in old craftsmen.
But this time, in order to convince these experts, I had to let them see it with their own eyes. As for whether the secrets of the production will be leaked, Lin's idea for this mysterious country where there is incense is to learn as much as possible, since he does not rely on this to make a living anyway. But if you can’t learn it, you can’t be responsible for teaching it.
Some people dare not say anything else, magic plus programming language plus machine structure can raise the technical threshold as high as they want. Think about forums, cars, etc. Why no one has imitated or improved them yet? Isn’t it because people who haven’t studied systematically will not know how to do it even if they read it.
It's just that someone's such generous attitude only caused the guests to feel frightened. Count Guha was even more surprised and happy, and asked, "Can I go and see it too?"
"Of course, everyone, please. The production workshop is outside the house, and there is another building where all the work is done. Please follow me." Lin said, waving his hand, leading everyone out.
Fin was the first to follow. She didn't look at anyone during the whole process. It wasn't that she looked down on anyone, it was just that she didn't look down on anyone who was looking for trouble. Because her hand was caught, she had no chance to explode. Otherwise, this group of people would have no chance to make irresponsible remarks.
The second one is William Greco. Although this white swordsman is a bit lazy, he is very curious. As for novel things, he is very happy to appreciate them in the spirit of seeing them without suffering any loss. Otherwise, such a person would not travel with enthusiasm. And the jacquard machine happened to be something he had never seen before.
Count Guha and his entourage followed quickly without looking at the people from the Kingdom of Silk.
Someone misunderstood and mistakenly thought that the Hydel Empire, as the suzerain state, should know the general process even if it did not get permission to make silk. But I never thought that Count Guha really didn’t know.
Count Guha did not know whether the great nobles in the Haider Empire had mastered this technology. Anyway, the fact is that he doesn't know, and even if others know, they are at most secretly producing it for their own use, and they don't dare to let these privately owned silks become commodities and sell them outside.
The weakness of the Emperor of the Haider Empire was only in the decision-making stage before the order was issued, and most of the people were wrangling. But as long as it becomes a formal order and is issued, the execution will be guaranteed by all nobles. Therefore, when the protection of silk craftsmanship in the Kingdom of Silk becomes a national policy, no one will dare to take a step beyond it.
However, several guests from the Kingdom of Silk looked strange. Confirming whether the Estali magician has the ability to make silk is the initial investigation project, and then confirming that the other party is making it there. The worst-case scenario is that they have to hire people from the underworld to sabotage everything secretly.
But I didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. It was the magician who offered to show people around. So without thinking for a long time, several people, including Princess Xindu, followed the magician's footsteps.
The Jacquard machine workshop is on the east side of the courtyard. On the west side is Jamsil. Of course, there is not only a jacquard machine in the workshop, but also a reeling machine and other necessary automated machinery. The most important process of silk enchantment is also carried out in this workshop without manpower.
According to someone's idea, there are not many people who can be trusted, and they cannot occupy too much of these people's time, making it difficult to advance the progress of other things. Then the only way is to leave the tasks that can be automated to machines, freeing manpower from boring and repetitive work.
Therefore, these machines have been improved and adjusted since they were completed. Nowadays, as long as there are no major mistakes in the initial pattern making, the entire process does not require human intervention. At most, check it regularly to make sure the machine is running normally.
The cloth currently being woven by the jacquard machine is expected to be used to sew linings for Fen's apprentice, the Marquis Balan. Only after Lin and his two apprentices had a set of magic silk robes, and Fen even had two sets, did the former Demon Lord think of his own apprentice. As for Leonardo, of course he cried and drew circles aside.
The reason why this dress is expected to be made for Marquis Balan is not designed to be a robe or Hanfu like others, because it must conform to the female dressing customs of the Gwana Empire. To put it simply, in front of outsiders and non-relative men, no skin is exposed, including the face.
Although he is strong enough, he can ignore the rumors from the outside world. But the Marquise was very insecure and wanted to hide in her room all day. If she was willing to step out of the room, how could she easily expose herself to outsiders?
Therefore, apart from the traditional costumes of the Gwana Empire, Marquis Balan did not do anything he wanted. If it weren't for her lack of physical strength, she would even wish to cover herself in full-face armor all day long.
Little did she know that her crazy teacher actually did the opposite and designed a short cheongsam for her beloved apprentice, with the hem reaching the absolute realm! The reason is that the Qingyun suit has just been made, and the silkworm cocoon reserves are not enough to make an imperial standard burqa, but there is more fabric demand than women's underwear, so I made such a suit...
With the style of this short cheongsam, if Mr. Kawei saw his granddaughter wearing it, he would probably pull his beard and hair until he was bald. Even if she didn't mention others, it would be impossible for Marquis Balan to dress like this herself, even in front of her close friends or other women.
But in terms of enchantment, dozens of practical protective magics, auxiliary magics and life-type magics are added. It can be said that in terms of design, as long as you put on this suit, your physical fitness will instantly improve to the level that you can compete with senior warriors. It is also warm in winter and cool in summer, and is very comfortable. Of course, whether martial arts is enough to fight those warriors is another matter.
The advantage of this enchantment route is that Marquis Balan can wear this short cheongsam inside and add a traditional burqa on the outside. Even in summer, the magic on the clothes can ensure that the whole person is in the most comfortable temperature environment.
Preparing this kind of magic equipment for his apprentices that is more life-oriented than defensive or special-purpose is actually a decision made based on the identity of Marquis Balan.
As the granddaughter of the Grand Duke of the Empire, it was destined that Marquis Balan would not be able to run to the front line to fight with monsters or enemies like ordinary adventurers; unless she couldn't think of it. Moreover, she also learned undead magic from Fen, which allowed her to resurrect a bunch of skeletons and drown the enemies in front of her without having to take action herself. If the younger brother can be called on, which boss will personally take action.
Since you won't run to the front line, why not make yourself more comfortable while taking defense into consideration. Those life-like magics are added for this purpose.
Speaking of which, Fen can see it more clearly than anyone else. Arranging one's own apprentices is also reasonable and logical. Of course, there is no room for rejection. Speaking of which, the most domineering person in this family is the former Demon King.
The fabric used to make Marquise Balan's new clothes is on the jacquard machine. I saw thousands of jacquard arms the size of fine needles hanging colorful warp threads running up and down, and the flying shuttles drove the weft threads back and forth. It was a brocade with a green background and bright flowers in bloom.
Jacquard machines, which have undergone several revisions, no longer weave standard-sized fabrics and then cut and sew them into clothes afterwards. Instead, we directly use the pattern of the garment after proofing, retaining the necessary coherent parts and weaving irregular shapes. The advantage of this is that there won't be too many rags left after cutting, saving a lot of silk thread.
So in front of everyone's eyes was a huge machine that made a deafening noise and spit out a piece of twisted cloth. The speed of spitting out is quite slow, progressing bit by bit. If it weren't for the loud roar of the machine and the eye-catching operation of the jacquard arms, everyone would have thought that this damn thing was broken.
What surprised several guests from the Kingdom of Silk was that the fabric woven by this large iron toy was indeed silk based on its luster. Not to mention the weird shape, it is very incredible for them to be able to directly weave complex patterns.
Originally, they thought they could see a scene like a weaving workshop in the Kingdom of Silk, with dozens of embroidery girls sitting in a large room. Everyone inside has their heads lowered, using various techniques attentively, dancing with the needles and threads in their hands, to complete pieces of beautiful and bright silk with beautiful meanings. But the actual situation is completely different from the imagination.
There is no doubt that the other party has made more progress in the craftsmanship of making silk! But this does not explain that the things displayed in the workshop have nothing to do with the traditional silk craftsmanship of the country of silk. This is what everyone is thinking.
However, Princess Xindu, who was more familiar with making silk than the other three men, had her eyes fixed not on the jacquard machine, but on a much smaller silk reeling and enchanting machine.
Princess Xindu understands the processes of silk reeling and dyeing even if she doesn't do it herself. But everything he saw before him seemed to be different from reality, and it was completely different from the steps he was familiar with.
What's particularly special is that the cocoons used to draw silk are not nearly the same as the thumb-sized cocoons I am familiar with. Is that thing the size of a goose egg, emitting golden light, a silkworm cocoon?
Princess Xindu no longer had a calm expression. She couldn't help the curiosity in her heart and moved forward.