The equipment of the yarn mill can be increased at any time, and the power can also be increased at any time.

However, these are not the top priorities, after all, all this is what Edwin can master, what can't be mastered?

Raw material!

Spinning requires a large amount of cotton, and unlike Jiangnan, which generally grows cotton, cotton in the north is only planted in the field now, which can not meet the needs of industrial production at all.

But far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and the cotton needed for production at the moment is all bought by Shi Yiwen from Li Long.

Spring goes and summer comes.

When I saw Li Long again, it was already early summer.

After a simple politeness, in the face of Shi Yiwen's request, Li Long didn't speak for a long time, during which he even took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and drink it himself.

After a long time, Li Long looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Actually, even if you don't say it, there are some things I still have to say, you know, I'm from Weitang."

With a long sigh of helplessness, Li Long shook his head and said.

"The inexhaustible Weitang yarn, the inexhaustible Songjiang cloth, this yarn and cloth, there is always cause and effect, the Li family started from cotton, and after leaving Weitang, there will be no Li family......"

Without waiting for Li Long to finish speaking, Shi Yiwen spoke directly.

"What if I promise to buy no less than 500,000 quintals from you every year for the next five years?"

500,000 quintals!

This is a big order of 500,000 taels of silver, and in this regard, Shi Yiwen believes that anyone will be moved. Although less than 500,000 quintals are needed now, cotton can be stored.

But Li Long didn't speak, just looked at Shi Yiwen quietly, and said after a while.

"It seems that Zhiyuan is really going to do a lot in the capital."

Originally, Li Long didn't think that there would be any benefits to be made in spinning in the capital, after all, it was well known that the northerners were not good at weaving, but unexpectedly, Shi Yiwen did not spin by hand, but by machine, and the yarn spun could be thick or fine, and the quality far exceeded that of Weitang yarn.

500,000 quintals of cotton!

So much cotton, how much yarn can be spun!

This year is 500,000 quintals, what about the future? I'm afraid it will only increase, and what will the villagers of Weitang do at that time?

"I have nothing to do, I always have to find something to do, I don't know what Brother Li thinks?"

Shi Yiwen asked with a smile, and seeing that Li Long didn't speak, he continued.

"Actually, Brother Li and I have always cooperated happily since we met, if Brother Li refuses, the younger brother has nothing to say, and then I can only find another master, 500,000 quintals ......"

Staring at Li Long, Shi Yiwen threw out another killer move.

"Maybe there is no business in the capital that can guarantee the supply of so much cotton, but if this business spreads, someone will definitely come to the door, one is not good, you can subcontract to ten, twenty, thirty people, 100,000 quintals is not too much, hundreds of quintals are not too little, there will always be a way, the trend of profit, I think as long as it is a profitable business, there will always be someone to do it, what do you think?"

It's not so much reasoning, in fact, the meaning of the words is already a threat, but Shi Yiwen's tone is very flat, just lightly telling a fact - the fact is that Li Long can be replaced.

"Zhiyuan Gaoming ......"

Pursing his lips, Li Long looked at Shi Yiwen and sighed, and then said.

"But, I'm from Weitang after all, I can't let the villagers point at my back and scold me."

Shaking his head, Li Long still chose to refuse.

This is completely out of Shi Yiwen's meaning, looking at Li Long, Shi Yiwen arched his hand and said.

"Since Brother Li insists, it is inconvenient for the younger brother to force it."

Although no agreement was reached with Li Long on cotton, unexpectedly, Li Long still agreed to sell the 50,000 quintals of cotton he had stored in Shandong to Shi Yiwen, according to him - this is a favor, and the favor owed to the oil mill at the beginning always has to be repaid.

In this regard, Shi Yiwen did not refuse, while smiling, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, 50,000 quintals of cotton, not too much, no less, almost enough to last until the day when the local cotton came down.

However, just when Shi Yiwen wanted to tell Liu Yu to contact the local businessmen in the capital, someone came to the door.

"You ......"

"The villain Tangshan is the Tang family of Jinling, and the "Xinda" in the capital is presided over by the villain. ”

Standing in front of Shi Yiwen with a bowed waist, Tang Shan said with a smile.

"Jinling Tang family, who is Miss Tang?"

"The second lady is the head of the villain's family."

Tang Shan's answer made Shi Yiwen smile and understand his identity.

"I don't know what happened when Shopkeeper Tang came to visit?"

Looking at this fifty-something Tangshan, he looked at his clothes and looked like an outsider, but who would have thought that this outsider was a domestic slave of the Tang family, in fact, during this period of time, because of the relationship with the British government, he also knew that the business of the wealthy family was often done by domestic slaves, and rarely came forward directly.

It seems that the Tang family is the same, as well as the Song family...... When he thought of the Song family, Shi Yiwen's brows furrowed slightly.

"I want to talk to my son about business."

Tang San's face was smiling.

"I heard that Gongzi set up a yarn factory by the Lugou River, this is not "Xinda" has always had dealings with Shandong, and he is quite familiar with the cotton business, and he received tens of thousands of tons of cotton in Shandong a few days ago, I don't know if Gongzi is interested. ”

Tang Shan's words made Shi Yiwen can't help but say after listening to it.

"I'm so interested, I don't know where this cotton is?"

Tens of thousands of quintals!

With this extra tens of thousands of quintals, the yarn mill can continue to expand, as for the weaving mill, you can also bring in the British duke and the nobles of the capital, now the most important thing is to form a large group, why did the British industrial revolution succeed?

Isn't it because the Industrial Revolution has promoted the rise of industrial and commercial capitalists?

Whether there is a sprout of capitalism in Jiangnan, Shi Yiwen doesn't care, the only thing he cares about is that a group must be formed as soon as possible to restrain the Jiangnan gentry group.

Compared to Jiangnan ...... The power on his side is too weak.

"In the capital, the young lady specially instructed the little ones to transport the cotton to the capital after harvesting it in Shandong."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Tang Shan carried the second lady out, and his words made Shi Yiwen stunned and surprised.

"Miss Tang in the capital?"

"Ah, Miss is in Nanjing."

Tang San smiled, and then said.

"In the future, if the son has any use for the next place, just send someone to give instructions, if there are no other instructions, the small one will not disturb the child."

Looking at Tang Shan's back when he left, Shi Yiwen sighed in his heart...... In any case, this favor is owed.