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Luo Yong and the others originally thought that with Liu Lang's awkward temper, such a thing happened, and they probably wouldn't go to the machine workshop again in the days to come.

Unexpectedly, he went again within a few days, and no matter what others said, he stayed with Feng Gou all day long.

Feng Gouchu came to Chang'an City from Lishi, and all his arithmetic foundations are only those that Luo Yong taught in Xipo Village a few years ago. Somewhat behind.

Fortunately, he is very enlightened and diligent in arithmetic, and he was taught by Goro Liulang, so he learned very quickly.

Two or three days after the end of the year, Luo Yong was finally able to relax a little bit. Liu Lang suddenly came to him and said that he didn't want to go to the Bai family to study in the future, and he wanted to work in the machine workshop.

Among the brothers and sisters of the Luo family, Liu Lang looked the most like a piece of study material. Luo Yong originally planned to let him study in the Bai family for a while, and then find a way to get him into the Guozi school.

After all, now Dr. Chen and his colleague are studying arithmetic with Luo Yong in the Machine Workshop, and Luo Yong is currently in contact with some aristocratic families in Chang'an City. If you think about it, there should still be a chance to accomplish this. Let him go to Taixue, graduate from a good school, have a high starting point, and have a wider path in the future.

Compared with Guozixue Taixue, Luoche Machine Workshop is very low-end. Strictly speaking, it is not even a school.

Luo Yong asked him why he did this, and thought to himself, could it be because of the Ba Niang of the Shi family?

But Liu Lang said: "Although the schools in Chang'an are good, I learned the most in that machine workshop alone."

Luo Yong said to him earnestly: "Once you enter this machine workshop, it will be very difficult to go to the Taixue Guozi to study in the future. Even if you enter, others will probably look down on you a lot."

Liu Lang replied: "Brother, when was he afraid that others would look down on him?"

Luo Yong was so choked by him that he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Thinking about it afterwards, this kid clearly came prepared.

Although Luo Yong himself is not very afraid of being looked down upon by others, he must also admit that being looked down upon by others is not a good feeling. As for the little ones in the family, he naturally hopes that their lives will be smoother and try not to endure those things. matter.

However, young people are sometimes unwilling to follow the arrangements of adults. This is probably the rebellious period.

Twisted melons are not sweet, Luo Yong has to fulfill Liu Lang's wish for the time being, and let him go to Luo's Machine Workshop, but I still hope that he can leave a good impression with those gentlemen who often go to listen in and discuss arithmetic. Maybe there will be some other encounters.

After a few days of idleness in the first month, it seems that the Lantern Festival is coming, which is the Lantern Festival, which is the fifteenth day of the first month.

During the Shangyuan Festival, there is no curfew in Chang'an City. From the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the people in the city will go out to the streets to enjoy lanterns and meet friends. The entire Chang'an City will be shrouded in a festive atmosphere for three full days.

In the past, Luo Yong also celebrated the Lantern Festival in Chang'an City, and he only felt that it was very lively. If he wanted to play, he would go out and play a few times. If he didn't want to play, he would stay at home. If it is too late, there will be safety problems, and the rest will be fine.

Now that I am the county magistrate of Chang'an, the responsibilities have suddenly become very heavy, and there are many things that need to be dealt with. It can be said that I have been extremely busy these few days.

Most of the people in Chang'an had a good time during this year's Shangyuan Festival, especially in Chang'an County, where there are biogas lamps everywhere in the streets and alleys, making it very convenient to come and go, even in places where there are few people, they don't think it's scary .

There are many civilians in Chang'an County, and there are many households in Wannian County, so Chang'an County has always been busier than Wannian County, and the environment is a little messier.

In recent years, it has improved a lot. Cement roads have been paved everywhere, and biogas pits were built last year, but any things that can rot and produce biogas are thrown into the biogas pits of various houses, so the streets are full of water. It's rare.

During the Zhongyuan Festival this year, many people from Wannian County came to Chang'an County to have fun.

The busiest places in the city, apart from Zhuque Street, which is located between Chang'an County and Wannian County, are the area around Xinghuafang and Guangdefang. There are many shops of all kinds, and it is very lively and prosperous.

There are also some lively places in the south of the city, especially in the area of ​​Da'anfang and Anlefang near Anhuamen.Not far from the Anhua Gate, there is the railway track.

After the Shangyuan Festival, there is no time to be idle. The engineering school built a loom last year. After such a long period of adjustment and improvement, the technology is now relatively mature. At the same time, a new type of spinning machine is also available.

Using these two new types of machines at the same time can greatly improve the efficiency of weaving. Although the woven cloth is still a bit rough compared with the hand-woven ones of clever women, as long as the price is slightly lower, such cloth can be sold in the market. Shangying is also very easy to sell. After all, in this era of extremely low productivity, fine items such as cloth are always quite rare, and many poor families are in short supply.

It coincided with the bumper harvest of white fronds in Hexi last year, and because of the Namu track in Hexi, from autumn and winter of last year to the beginning of this year, a large number of white fringes were transported from there to the Central Plains.

In the current city of Chang'an, the price of baijiu is roughly equal to that of hemp. Due to the impact of a large number of baijiu flowers, the price of hemp in the Central Plains has also dropped by more than [-]%.

Recently, in the early court, some people have suggested that the influx of Hexi Baidie into the Central Plains may hurt the mulberry and hemp output in the Central Plains. If there is another war in the future and the commercial roads are blocked, the people in the Central Plains will have no clothes. wearable?

There are also those who sympathize with the hardships of the farmers. After all, as ordinary farmers, they could only use the surplus food and cloth at home to exchange for money. Now that even the cloth is worthless, their life must be even more difficult in the future.

There was also a fierce debate among the people. Some people wrote poems to criticize the boycott of new cloth and expressed sympathy for the farmers who sold the cloth.

There are also people who wrote poems and went back, saying that they were talking too much, but they couldn't see how many people in Chang'an City couldn't afford fabrics or clothes, and they only wrapped themselves in thin old clothes in winter. Even so, let alone those remote places.

However, no matter how fierce the voices of these debates are and how fierce the opponents are, the popularization of this new technology cannot be stopped by anyone.

The technology of building these new machines, besides the engineering school, the people of the Ministry of Engineering have basically mastered it. Those families who have placed manpower in the engineering school have more or less acquainted with this new technology. I just learned a little bit, but some people have already started to build it by themselves. Except for some core components, I am afraid that they will not encounter too many problems.

Luo's Machine Workshop is also building this kind of machine recently. The new spinning machine was originally jointly developed by Luo's Machine Workshop and Engineering. As for the loom, with Hengzhi's help and guidance, it will naturally not encounter any problems.

The buyer of this batch of new equipment is Luo Erniang. Last winter, the cashmere workshop in Hexi brought over a lot of cashmere products, all of which were sold in North and South groceries. They are very rich. Not only have they purchased a large number of white daisy flowers, but they have also ordered new spinning machines and looms from the machine workshop. It is expected that a new weaving workshop will be opened in Chang'an City.

The Ministry of Industry is now building this kind of machine, and the saint is also very concerned about it. Luo Yong has been busy with this recently, pointing and helping the Ministry of Industry's artificial machines.

The work over there is progressing very smoothly, and it is estimated that the first loom will be built in a short time.

One day, when Luo Yong came out of the Ministry of Works, a small official from the Ministry of Works sent him to the door. After seeing that there was no one around, he approached him and whispered:

"I heard that someone is going to harm the Luo county magistrate's family recently, so you have to be careful."

Luo Yong was startled when he heard this, and asked, "Where did you hear about this?"

The man said: "The news comes from its own source. The so-called cunning rabbits are cooked by dogs, and birds are hidden by bows. Now that this new type of loom has been built, some people may have to do something. In my opinion, the county It’s better to stay away temporarily if it’s not good for the family.”

Luo Yong has also heard before that some people in history wanted to kill craftsmen after making utensils, but he never thought that such a thing would happen to him one day, but he is not just a craftsman, he Still an official.

But where can I avoid this, go back to my hometown in Xipo Village?Na Luoyong is definitely not reconciled.

Besides, living in this world, it is inevitable that there will always be fights with others. If you are so afraid of fighting, as cowardly as a mouse, and want to escape at every turn, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, it may be difficult to find a foothold to enjoy peace forever. land.

So Luo Yong said to the man: "Thank you for your kindness, but this Chang'an city is really good, I, Luo, don't want to leave, if anyone wants to harm me, just tell them to come."

"Hey you, I'm kind enough to remind you, why did you come at me instead?" the Ministry of Industry official said dissatisfied.

"Farewell." Luo Yong didn't say much to him, and left with his hands clasped.

If it was said that Cai Luo Yong had some faith in the person in front of him, when he said these words later, he would no longer believe it.

Since he was able to take such a big risk to inform Luo Yong, no matter what, he should have a good impression of Luo Yong, and he should be worried and sympathetic to the situation that the Luo family is about to face. How could it be so easy? Just show an impatient attitude towards Luo Yong.

This is the case in Chang'an City, sometimes it is hard to tell the real from the fake.

If Luo Yong had listened to this person's deception today and was frightened like this, he would pack up his belongings and run for his life, then he would really be laughed out of his mouth.

Those who came up with such a strategy must have underestimated him too much.

But I have to say, it is indeed a bit scary.