Chapter 1624: Master Lu
Shopkeeper Zhou was kind to Chen Liuzi in everything, but he didn't find anyone to teach him to read and write. Although Chen Liuzi mastered the whole set of cloth dyeing techniques with his shrewd mind in the future, these techniques were not very advanced; To come up with more advanced printing and dyeing technology than Japan and Germany, there is no suitable reason.
As for that Lu Jiaju, although he learned textile printing in Germany, he looks like he didn’t learn much good things. It’s okay if you ask him to be a sales manager to attract big customers, and you can expect him to improve his technology. That's just a dream; so this matter has to be done by itself, and if you want to do it yourself, you have to lay the groundwork.
"Hey, it's all my fault that I didn't think so far back then, and didn't find someone to teach you how to read and write." Shopkeeper Zhou felt a little guilty, and after feeling a little curious, "I said six sons, what's going on with you? See you want to read and write?"
"Father, from what you said, if it weren't for you, I would have froze to death. Besides, back then, there were not many families in Zhou Village who taught their children to read and write." Shen Long first comforted Shopkeeper Zhou. , don't let him suffer from heart trouble because of this.
"I used to think that I was a little clever, but I didn't think much about reading and writing. Our Liuzi Chen didn't know a single character, but when it came to dyeing cloth, he was no worse than others; At the Tong Dyeing Factory, I saw machine-dyed cloth, and I felt that it was not much different from artificially dyed cloth.”
"The process is the same. Machine dyeing is dipping before dyeing, drying and stretching. Now we are stretching and stretching by humans. It is replaced by a machine. The machine is powerful and can dye more cloth at one time; they The dyes used are also imported from Germany, and the dyed colors are good, but ours is not bad, and some of the dyes I have mixed are even better than theirs.”
"Sixth brother, why do you want to learn to read and write? Are you still in such a hurry? You bought such a large pile of books?" Zhuzi felt that he had been listening for a long time, but he became more and more confused.
"At that time, I met the master master of Chengtong Dyeing Factory, oh, he was called an engineer. When he took me around, I also told him what I just said; he was not angry, but asked I have a few questions, he asked me, you can make dyes with brighter colors, which is very good, but do you know why the colors can be brighter when these materials are mixed together? It really caught me off guard."
"The engineer saw that I didn't reply for a long time, so he patted my shoulder and said, you know it but don't know why. It's not surprising that someone like you can occasionally make a few good paints, but you want more It’s difficult, and the prospects are limited after all; if you want to understand this craft thoroughly, you have to read more books to understand the truth.”
"Then he told me about acid dyes and basic dyes. Most of the time I was confused and didn't know what he was talking about, but occasionally there were things I could understand, which opened my eyes. Ah! I, Chen Liuzi, used to underestimate people too much. I used to think that I had a unique skill. In fact, many British and Germans have studied it, and not only know how to use it, but also know how to use it.
I also know why I use it like this, but I am far behind in this one! "
In other words, Chen Liuzi's current printing and dyeing technology relies entirely on experience, but has not formed a complete scientific system. When he encounters problems that cannot be solved by experience, he will be blind; Shen Long has both experience and is a century ahead of this era. advanced technology, but there must be a suitable reason for using these technologies, so he made up such a story.
He took out a German printing and dyeing professional book and showed it to everyone, "We definitely can't understand the German characters, but there are pictures on it, so everyone can see something; the engineer said, why is that? The color dyed by mixing several kinds of raw materials is more vivid, why it is necessary to print and dye when the water temperature is right so that the color is not easy to fade, the reason is written in this!"
"I used to always hear what Mr. Shu said about art and what is Tao. I didn't understand it at first, and I just thought it was a storyteller fooling people; now I understand that the cloth dyeing technology I now master is art, and what is written on it is The way of dyeing cloth! We have skill but no way, we are no match for the Germans! No matter how good I am, I can only use German dyes, at most I can make some improvements, but you let me start from the beginning If I prepare the fuel myself, then I can't do it." Shen Long sighed.
The room was quiet, shopkeeper Zhou and the others were dumbfounded by these words. Although Caiqin didn't understand much, she instinctively felt that Brother Liu's words made sense, and her eyes were full of admiration.
"Liuzi, do you mean that after you learn to read and understand this book, you will be able to mix German dyes?" Shopkeeper Zhou asked from the perspective of a businessman. Big savings.
"Sixth brother, don't you still have to learn German characters?" Zhu Zi scratched his head. We don't even know Chinese characters, but if we still need to learn this, we must be exhausted.
"Well, as long as you can read it, you must have a chance. If you can't read it, you have nothing to expect." Shen Long nodded, "From today on, I, Chen Liuzi, will be able to read and write! Caiqin, Zhuzi, You two should learn something with me too! Master Lu also plans to let me go to Qingdao to open a dyeing factory, after you learn how to write, won't you be able to write to me every day in the future?"
If you want to talk about learning scientific knowledge, the two of them probably don't have much interest, but when it comes to correspondence, they are very excited and quickly agreed.
On the same day, Shen Long went outside and hired someone to teach them how to read and write every day. After teaching for a while, the master became stupid, "Liu Zi, I always heard people in Zhou Village say that you are smart and quick-witted. I didn't believe it before, but now I It’s considered convincing; hey, if you are ten or twenty years old in the morning, I’m afraid you have hope of being the number one in the exam!”
Don't tell me, I'm not unusual for the number one pick. The number one picks I ordered add up to several, and I still keep them. If you really show all your skills, you will be scared to death?
"Mr. taught you well!" Shen Long said modestly. The progress of Zhuzi and Caiqin is far behind him, but they have made some progress. Shen Long estimated that when he arrived in Qingdao, the two of them would give themselves Writing letters shouldn't be a problem.
After learning Chinese characters, Shen Long bought several Chinese-English dictionaries and Chinese-German dictionaries and began to learn foreign languages. He knows English, but he has never learned German. This is a serious study.
When Shen Long was obsessed with studying all day and couldn't extricate himself, shopkeeper Zhou came back from Zhangdian and told him that Master Lu invited him to come over.