To what extent can the inducement stimulate the creativity of the people in it, and how will people rack their brains to find ways to improve the production technology? Edwin doesn't know, but he knows very well that the productivity of a handicraft workshop cannot meet the needs of reality.

In order to increase production, it is ultimately necessary to invest in machines.

"Let's set up a yarn mill first!"

After leaving the factory, Shi Yiwen thought so in his heart, and as he learned about the north, he became more eager to open a yarn factory here.

When the carriage passed the Lugou Bridge, Shi Yiwen instructed the coachman to stop, and then he deliberately came down and looked at the busy Lugou Bridge from a distance, this bridge has a very special meaning in the hearts of many people, and it is closely linked with this nation.

"Perhaps, the factory should be called Lugou Yarn Factory......"

Just when this thought popped up in his heart, Shi Yiwen was a little surprised to find that the bridge seemed to be different from what he remembered.

"Hey, it looks a little different."

The kung fu of talking to himself, only listening to someone behind him.

"It's not the same as in the past, when the previous dynasty built the Lugou Bridge over the street tower, I built the bridge 6 times from Yongle 10 years to Jiajing 34 years, although there was no major repair, but the bridge still has some changes."

After turning around, Shi Yiwen, who looked at the familiar teenager, immediately laughed.

"Zixuan."

Looking at Zhang Jingxiu, who was wearing a black crewneck shirt and a Dongpo scarf, Shi Yiwen finally realized the joy of "meeting old acquaintances in a foreign country". Although it is not an old acquaintance, it can be regarded as an old friend, and it is not easy to meet in these years.

"When are you going to be in the capital?"

"Hey, the little brother has been in the capital for a few months, I heard that Brother Zhiyuan became the owner of the village in the capital, and he was so uncomfortable this day, so he wanted to ask for a glass of water and wine in the village, but he didn't think that the brother was not there, and he didn't deliberately chase this from your Zhuangzi, and I won't blame the little brother for being presumptuous."

Zhang Jingxiu's words made Shi Yiwen laugh.

"How come, it's not a hurry to see you happy."

Seeing that there was a tea stall under Wanping City in front of him, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"Let's go there."

After sitting down at the tea stall and serving tea at the store, Shi Yiwen looked at Zhang Jingxiu with a smile and said.

"After I came back from Zunhua last time, I heard my family say that you have been, but you have not left an address, it is a pity, these days, I often think of you, I don't know when we can meet,"

"You miss me?"

Zhang Jingxiu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and picked up the teacup, and said while drinking.

"The younger brother is staying at the home of relatives and friends, which is really inconvenient, and I ask my brother to forgive me."

"Homestay with friends and family?"

Shi Yiwen's brows furrowed.

"If it's inconvenient, stay with me."

"It's better not to bother my brother, after all, it's a relative and friend at home, so it's hard to excuse myself."

Declining his kindness, Zhang Jingxiu diverted the topic again.

"I heard from my brother's family, you set up a factory on this side of the Lugou River, and the younger brother saw cotton growing in the Zhuangzi Village, didn't the elder brother want to spin and weave cloth in Beizhili?"

"Well, I can't hide it from you."

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"Zixuan doesn't know, the north is cold and resistant, and the cotton cloth is thick and wear-resistant, soft and warm, and the cost is low, it has been deeply liked by the people in the north, but in the north of Zhili, Shanxi and other northern places, the local people are not good at spinning and weaving, so most of them are based on Jiangnan cloth, and buy no less than millions of Jiangnan cloth every year, and set up a yarn mill here to spin and weave cloth, which is far more profitable than you and I imagine."

Not only is it far beyond imagination, it is simply an immeasurable opportunity, tens of millions of people in the north rely on buying clothes, what kind of concept is this? With such a huge market, how could Shi Yiwen miss it. It is precisely for this reason that he will first plant cotton in Zhuangzi, of course, cotton seeds are taken from the warehouse of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Research Institute in the space, but there are only more than two hundred bags, although each bag has 25 bags, 25 kilograms, but it is only enough for five or six thousand acres, but according to Shi Yiwen's plan, the cotton planted in Zhuangzi is used for breeding. Some of these improved varieties will be able to promote the cultivation of high-quality mainland cotton around the capital by next year. When the farmer's income increases, he will also be provided with sufficient raw materials.

"Looks like you like business."

Looking at Shi Yiwen with a smile on his face, Zhang Jingxiu smiled.

"Chinese cabbage, horse-drawn carriage shops, and factories by the Lugou River, as well as Nanjing...... It seems that if you go there, you will do business there. ”

"Why don't you like it?"

Looking at Zhang Jingxiu with a smile, Shi Yiwen said seriously.

"This business is good, but it is a good thing for the country and the people, how can I not like it?"

"Oh? Please also ask my brother to teach me. ”

Taking a sip of tea, Shi Yiwen looked at the boy in front of him. Although his clothes look heroic, his white and delicate face makes him lose his heroic spirit.

His appearance is too beautiful, if he is left to the next generation, I am afraid he will be the so-called sissy.

Sighing that he was not as good as a person, Shi Yiwen looked at the pedestrians on the road and asked rhetorically.

"Zixuan, what do you think of the life of the people in the north compared to the people in the south?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Jingxiu said truthfully.

"The land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, the rice yield in the field is twice that of the north, and there are two harvests a year, although there are occasional droughts, but the people's lives are naturally far from being comparable to the people in the north, although the north is wide, but once a year, there is often the harm of drought and locusts, so the people in the north are just barely fed and clothed, and this is when the wind and rain are good, if there is a famine, I am afraid that it is difficult to find food and clothing......

"That's hard to find, it's clear that you're going to starve to death!"

Looking at the passers-by on the road, Shi Yiwen pursed his lips and said.

But even if the north is barren, but the people in the north still spend millions of dollars every year to buy cloth from the south of the Yangtze River, the people of the south of the Yangtze River not only have the benefits of fish and rice, but also enjoy the benefits of textiles, and their lives naturally far exceed the people of the northern provinces. This seems reasonable, after all, northerners don't spin and weave cloth, so if they want to wear cotton cloth, they naturally have to buy it from Jiangnan, right? ”

Seeing that Zhang Jingxiu seemed a little confused, Shi Yiwen said seriously.

"But have you ever thought that the southern gentry have made huge profits from textiles, and the common people have made huge profits from growing cotton and spinning yarn, but what about tens of millions of people in the north? You can only squeeze out some silver from between your teeth to buy Jiangnan cloth, so for a long time, it will only cause one phenomenon - the small wealth in the north will continue to flow into the relatively rich south, with the developed textile industry, the rich south will reap the geographical advantages of the north, such scissors are harvested. It will only make the already barren north more and more barren. ”

In the face of Shi Yiwen's answer, although he didn't know what the "scissors were bad", Zhang Jingxiu still listened while thinking about it, and then asked rhetorically.

"So what do you want to do? Do you want to spin and weave? Weaving cloth to keep the land in the north? ”