Wang Youzhen has been planning this kind of hydraulic machinery for a long time, which can not only be used to move to Caokou, but also has a more important role.

Let the industrial chain of the textile system be one step closer, and further improve the initial industrialization of the textile system.

In addition, more workers can be accommodated.

The salters of Haiyan Village can also enjoy the dividends of industrialization and completely control the second village base where people's hearts are still relatively floating.

This kind of hydraulic machinery is nothing else, it is a kind of hydraulic machinery downstream of the spindle.

Hydraulic loom.

Wang Youzhen came to the shore of Weishui, and the second hydroelectric factory had begun to take shape.

Shallow riverside with rushing water.

A tall earthen wall around the perimeter has been built.

Blast furnace water towers, chambers, common thatched houses, lime and other facilities for the prevention of temperature disease have all been built.

Masons are in full swing setting up water workshops and pony heads to transport large shipments.

Mr. Wang has already built a water-powered spinning machine, which has also been assembled, and is trying out the output of the water-powered loom.

Wang Youzhen walked into the closed main entrance and walked along a blue brick road to the first workshop.

A water-powered loom is running, spinning cotton cloth quickly.

Daming's loom is a pedal loom, which is pedaled with both feet and beaten with both hands to weave cotton cloth.

There are many flaws, the two biggest of which are.

First, beat the weft with both hands.

The spinning woman holds the shuttle in her hand and threads the yarn from the left side to the right side and from the right side to the left side.

The width of the cotton cloth is determined by the length of the left and right hands.

If the cotton cloth is longer, the length of the left and right hands will not be enough.

In order to spin cotton cloth faster, whether it is the cotton cloth of the Ming Dynasty or the Indian cotton cloth of the British East India Company, the length is generally within three feet.

That is, Wang Youzhen is promoting a more accurate new weights and measures, Wang's weights and measures within one meter.

In this way, the practicality of cotton cloth is greatly restricted.

Cotton cloth is only one of the uses, but there are also quilts, curtains, lichens, etc., which are more than three feet wide.

Second, weaving speed.

Cotton cloth is spun back and forth by the spinning woman with her hands, and the speed at which the spinner's arm swings determines how much cotton cloth can be woven in a day.

It is impossible for a spinning woman to wave her arms all the time, and if she wears a shuttle for a while, she will have to rest.

In addition, the hours spent on going to the hut, eating, being sick, etc., add up to the weaving of cloth, which is much slower.

The water-powered loom built by Mr. Wang completely solved all the defects.

The first thing to do is to use a shuttle, which solves the problem of width.

A chute was added to the loom beam, and a shuttle with small wheels was created in the chute.

The chute is flanked by springs, as well as two small wooden hammers.

With the blow of a small wooden hammer, the shuttle slides through the chute and weaves the cotton cloth incessantly.

The width of the cotton cloth is not determined by the length of the spinning woman's arm, but by the length of the chute.

In this way, the length of cotton cloth has changed subversively.

It can be one meter, it can be two meters, or it can even be three meters.

Secondly, water conservancy is used.

There are two water wheels on both sides of the hydraulic loom, which make a 'click' and 'click' sound under the drive of the water.

The water wheel drives the hydraulic loom through the axle.

This drives a series of mechanical movements on the hydraulic loom.

Two small wooden hammers kept pounding the shuttle.

The shuttle is tied to the end of the yarn and quickly passes through the middle of the warp threads.

Complete a beat.

Weave a weft of cotton.

I don't know how many times faster than the spinning woman with her hands.

Wang Youzhen walked into the 'clicking' workshop, and the second uncle stared directly at the hydraulic loom, as if he had seen the most beautiful pretty widow in Yu'er Town taking a bath.

The eyes are reluctant to leave at all, if it weren't for the fact that the eyes have been open for too long, and they are sour and astringent, causing them to blink.

Not even blinking.

Until Wang Youzhen walked in front of him and greeted: "Second uncle." ”

Wang Yanren responded casually: "Hmm." ”

Then there was no sound again, still staring straight at the hydroloom.

In order not to be discovered when trying out the hydraulic loom, the first workshop was not small, but it was not very large.

It can accommodate about five hydro-powered looms.

Old man Wang was personally assembling the second hydraulic loom next to him, and when he saw the movement next to him, he walked over and kicked Wang Yanren: "Second brother, look who is coming." ”

Wang Yanren was awakened by a kick, and then he turned around and wiped his dry eyes: "Da'er, here." ”

Wang Youzhen smiled helplessly: "Second uncle, you've been watching this for several days, why haven't you seen enough." ”

Wang Yanren has a more honest temperament, and he never likes to be public.

Who knew that when the water-powered loom was mentioned, his personality immediately changed to that of a soliciting turtle, and his voice was raised a lot: "This kind of loom used by the gods." ”

"Don't say it's the second uncle, even if the county magistrate is here, he won't be able to take his eyes off."

Wang Youzhen smiled and did not refute what the second uncle said.

In fact, if it is really seen by outsiders, not only the magistrate who is in charge of the power of life and death of 100,000 people, but also the governor of Shandong, he will definitely not be able to take his eyes off.

This is a product of the times.

Wang Youzhen understood the second uncle's mood, didn't care about this matter, and began to ask the question he was most concerned about: "Second uncle, how much cotton can a water-powered loom weave in a day." ”

When Wang Lingren, who had always been calm, heard this, his emotions suddenly became very excited, and he stretched out four fingers.

Because he was so excited, Wang Yanren seemed to have his tongue knotted and couldn't even speak, but kept shaking his four fingers.

Fourfold?

The pedal loom in the workshop of the bureaucratic squire, one can spin a piece of cloth in a day.

Four times is four horses.

Wang Youzhen couldn't help frowning, it was a lot lower than ten times what he expected.

Although the silver price of cotton cloth is higher, a piece of cheesecloth can be sold for three yuan, and the price of silver is several times that of yarn ingots.

But if it's only four times, it's still a bit low.

Wang Yanren saw that his nephew frowned, knowing what he was thinking, and his excited voice trembled: "Four... Forty... times..."

Forty times?!

"Really?"

Rao is Wang Youzhen's mentality is not bad, and his tenacity even exceeds that of many old officials, but he can't help but be shocked by this number.

That's forty times that.

That is to say, the hour when a pedal loom in the workshop of the bureaucratic squire spins a cotton cloth.

Forty horses have been spun on the water-powered loom.

This is not a spindle that can be taken with one hand, but a piece of cloth that can be held with both hands.

A piece of cloth.

Forty pieces of cloth.

How big a gap there is, even if Wang Youzhen didn't see it, he had already imagined it.

Forty horses of cotton cloth were stacked taller than him!