What is it?

At least for this moment, but Tang Ziqi was indeed stunned.

She looked at Shi Yiwen puzzled, although she couldn't see Shi Yiwen's expression clearly through the veil, but when she looked at him, her eyes were only confused.

"Lime reacts with large alkali to produce sodium hydroxide, which is the biggest difference between Tuanjie Soap and the Tang family,"

Taking a sip of tea, Shi Yiwen said.

"Knowing this recipe, you can reduce your costs by at least 40%! If I'm not mistaken, your current cost should not be less than 15 Wen, and it may be even higher. ”

"You, what do you mean?"

Tang Ziqi was surprised, she couldn't understand Shi Yiwen's actions.

"Don't you know that we are competitors, and if you give me the formula for soap, you won't be afraid, you won't be afraid ......"

"Afraid?"

Smiling, Shi Yiwen shook his head and said,

"Miss Tang, in fact, I don't care at all, let alone the soap formula, the mosquito coil formula, the shuttle, and the mule machine, in fact, I don't care."

Shi Yiwen, who was still a little drunk, staggered to his feet, and he walked to the window feeling a little stuffy.

In the eyes of others, these things are treasures worth thousands of gold, but in the eyes of someone Shi, these things are...... If I cherish the broom in my hand, then it is worthless! ”

After discovering that something was wrong, Shi Yiwen got an answer in his heart, and it was this answer that made him decide to hand over the formula to Tang Ziqi, in addition to wanting to borrow Tang Ziqi's hand, there was another more important reason.

A trace of confusion flashed in the eyes of the veil, and Tang Ziqi asked urgently.

"Why is that?"

"Why?"

Shaking his head slightly, Shi Yiwen sighed.

"Because, Shi Mou set up a factory, not to make money, but for the sake of the world,"

"For the sake of the world?"

"Although it is profitable to talk about business, if it is done well, it is greatly beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood. Now there are no less than hundreds of workers in Shi's soap factory, mosquito coil factory, and oil mill, and the factory employs hundreds of people, and can feed hundreds of people. 10,000, 20,000? Even if it is 350,000 people, how can they save the lives of the world? ”

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen looked out the window at the bustling outer city of Nanjing and said,

"Shi's power is always limited, but what if he can gather the power of people in the world? If the technology spreads to the whole country, factories are set up and workers are hired in various places, how many workers will be hired? How many people in the world have a livelihood? Lakh? Several hundred thousand? Those who have more fields cultivate, and those who have no land work, so how can the world worry about hunger and cold? ”

In fact...... It doesn't matter!

Staring at the house that stretches for more than ten miles outside the window, Shi Yiwen's expression became more and more solemn, at the beginning, like many people, the first thing he thought of was the secrecy of the formula and process, and what he thought of was to obtain huge profits by virtue of technical secrecy, but after reading the "History of the Industrial Revolution", especially after the trip to Songjiang, another thought came to his heart - what would be the result if there was only one Jenny machine in Britain.

If James Hargreaves had invented the "Jenny Machine" and had hidden it at home for exclusive profit, relying on his family to spin yarn and make huge profits, what direction would the world go? And, of course, the shuttle.

Without the all-round popularization of shuttles, there would be no rapid increase in weaving output, no great increase in demand for yarn, and no market demand for new yarn machines. Without the diffusion of Jenny machine's technology, there would be no later improvement in the technology of hydraulic looms and mule machines, and there would be no surge in cotton yarn production, and the surge in cotton yarn production further stimulated the development of looms......

The Industrial Revolution started with a Jenny machine, but a Jenny machine could not lead to an industrial revolution! The Industrial Revolution was built on the diffusion of technology, and it was a revolution that was the large-scale application of new technologies by thousands of factories and workshops.

As early as the Song Dynasty, China said that it had dozens of spindles and a large water spinning wheel powered by water power, but why did it not set off an industrial revolution in China?

Because it was never promoted. There is only one, or several, dozens of water-powered spinning wheels, which may be used by later generations to prove the development of science and technology in ancient China, but other than that, there is no other meaning. Technological innovation is important for the improvement of production efficiency, but the promotion of technology is even more important. GM is large-scale, GM is for all, GM is about everyone. Only when new technologies are applied on a large scale and on a large scale can real technological change be set off, and the industrial revolution can be produced, and more importantly, in this revolution, two groups will be born - the new industrial and commercial capitalists and the workers.

The new industrial and commercial capitalists will demand power from the traditional powers, and their factories will absorb a large number of surplus labor in society, and the emergence of a large number of workers will further prosper the market and promote the development of the burghers......

The whole society is moving in an irreversible direction in this transformation - the Industrial Revolution.

But if Shi Yiwen hides all the technology in his own house, in order to seek the monopoly of huge profits brought by technological progress, and does everything possible to keep it secret, what kind of result will he get?

Or individuals will get huge profits, but in terms of society, it has no meaning, the monopoly of technology cannot promote the expansion of the new industrial and commercial capitalist class, even if Edwin himself owns one or hundreds, thousands of factories, it is only a single individual, not a huge group involved in all aspects of society!

In the end, whether it is a shuttle or a yarn machine, it is very likely that it will disappear into the long river of history like a water-powered spinning wheel, or it will be applied in some areas. It is just for future generations to find out in the history books how many years ahead of a certain country was the development of ancient science and technology. The alien race will still enslave the country, and the foreign ships and cannons will still knock on the country's door......

If it were an ordinary woman, she might have been impressed by Shi Yiwen's words, but Tang Ziqi looked at the formula on the paper and asked rhetorically.

"Since Childe is so concerned about the world, why does he insist on keeping the formula secret, but today he is so generous?"

"In business, secrecy is for profit, since today's profits have been obtained, it can be revealed to others, of course, this is not given in vain, after all, technology transfer ...... It also asks for money! Besides, if I hadn't been able to get a good profit first, how would Miss Tang have followed up to set up a factory? ”

After that, Shi Yiwen sat down again, then picked up the teacup, and looked out the window silently, if before, he only had a hazy consciousness of the future, then now, for the future, he has a clear plan.

"It seems that this soap matter really has nothing to do with Childe."

Shi Yiwen smiled and did not speak.

"This son has such great ambitions, the slave family is not talented, and he has to thank Shi Gongzi for the world."

After getting up and saying goodbye, Tang Ziqi's gaze when he looked at him also changed.

"Childe, aren't you curious, who did this?"

"It doesn't matter."

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Now that you have this recipe, you can produce soap in Beizhili at a lower price, as for everyone else...... If you can lose for a while, how can you lose for a lifetime? To lift a stone is to hit one's own feet, as for who......"

As he stood up and left, Edwin said.

"Does it matter? After all...... It's hard to be confused! ”