Chapter 39 The Yarn Mill
The efficiency of Li Zhi's new machine was four or five times that of the Ming Dynasty spinning machine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Not only that, the thickness of the cotton yarn spun by Jenny spinning machine is consistent, and the cotton cloth woven with this cotton yarn is uniform and fine, and the quality is better than that of ordinary cotton cloth in the late Ming Dynasty.
Jenny's spinning machine surprised Li Xing again.
"Big brother, your machine is too godly, four or five times faster than my mother's spinning machine, and the yarn spun out is generally very evenly proportioned! How did you come up with these machines? You've changed your business all of a sudden. ”
Li Zhi smiled and blinked his eyes, and said, "An old Taoist priest taught me!" ”
Li Xing shook his head and said: "It's an old Taoist again, no matter how good the old Taoist is, he knows too much." Could it be that he is a real person who has become an immortal, knowing everything in heaven and earth? ”
Li Zhi replied: "That's really possible, I saw him at the beach at that time, and I only thought that he was immortal, holding a handful of dust in his hand, and he couldn't have become an immortal." ”
Li Xing said: "The immortals all live in the mountains, how can there be immortals by the sea?" ”
Li Xing is not stupid, and it is really hard to believe Li Zhi's words. There are Taoist alchemists, how can there be Taoist priests who understand so many machines, Li Xing doesn't believe it. However, his brother's performance made him have to believe that he was not taught by others, could it be that the eldest brother came up with so many exquisite machines by himself? That's even more incredible.
Any one of these new inventions can change this era.
"I'm a different immortal, I like the sea." After a pause, Li Zhi asked, "Li Xing, do you like these textile machinery?" ”
"I like it, these machines are so subtle, they look like."
Seeing his younger brother's simplicity, Li Zhi smiled and said, "I want to build a spinning mill next to the weaving factory, and I will let you take care of it, let you manage these machines, and then manage nearly a thousand workers, can you manage it?" ”
Li Zhi wants to achieve too many things, and the stalls to be spread out are very large, and the energy is not enough. The weaving mill and the spinning mill need someone to stand up and manage Li Zhi, although the younger brother Li Xing is still young, there is nothing difficult to deal with in managing the textile factory, and the younger brother is loyal and reliable, and is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Xing thought about it and nodded and said, "Okay." These workers are easy to manage, and they have taken the eldest brother's money for many months, and these people are all trembling for fear of being kicked out by us, and they are all very obedient and very easy to manage. But you let me go to the weaving workshop, what about the soap factory? ”
Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "You don't have to worry about the soap workshop, I will naturally find someone to manage it." After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "Let you manage so many people, I will give you fifteen taels of silver a month as pocket money." ”
"Big brother, you're too righteous!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Xing raised his eyebrows and almost jumped up from the ground.
After the successful experimental manufacture of Jenny's spinning machine, Li Zhi found masons and carpenters to build a factory building of more than 1,000 square meters next to the weaving mill in the east of the city, and surrounded it with a wall. He also called in more than 100 blacksmiths and carpenters to make the parts of Jenny's spinning machine, and in a month he made 400 spinning machines.
Of course, for the sake of secrecy, the different parts of these spinning machines were made by different craftsmen, and finally assembled by relatives. Moreover, the key parts of the spinning machine are covered with wooden boards to prevent the spinners from seeing the secrets of the spinning machine.
By mid-April, Li Zhi's spinning machines were all ready, and the spinning factory was ready to start. Li Zhi issued a notice again, and recruited 400 lucky people from Tianjin City, all of them for two or two months, and meat for three meals.
On the first day of the spinning mill's work, Li Zhi called a meeting of all the yarn workers and once again emphasized the confidentiality regulations.
On the yellow mud floor at the entrance of the spinning mill, Li Zhi stood on a small rostrum and said loudly to the four hundred spinning workers: "You answer me, is it good enough for two or two months of money and three meals with meat?" ”
Li Zhi went through the interview, and the spinners he hired were all honest people. Hearing Li Zhi's question, these yarn workers replied one after another:
"That's a great treatment!"
"The treatment given by the owner is great, I have relied on the owner to turn over!"
"You can't find a better treatment than this! When I entered the door of the owner's house, I straightened my waist in front of my relatives and friends! ”
Hearing the answers of the spinning workers, Li Zhi cleared his throat and said: "Since you are satisfied with the treatment of the spinning mill, you must remember one thing, you must not discuss the machinery of the spinning mill, and you must not reveal the secret of the spinning machine to people outside. ”
"Once someone violates the confidentiality regulations, they will definitely be swept away by the yarn factory!"
"I emphasize again, if you reveal a little bit of the machinery of the yarn factory to others, sweep the floor immediately!"
Hearing Li Zhi's solemn warning, the spinning workers did not dare to speak. For a moment, there was silence on the yellow mud ground where four hundred people were standing.
Li Zhi asked loudly, "Do you understand?" ”
Hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, everyone replied loudly: "We understand!" ”
"Don't worry, we understand!"
"We will never betray our host!"
Hearing everyone's answers, Li Zhicai nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "It's good to understand." Okay, everyone enters the factory and starts to get familiar with the machine! ”
After a few days of training the new workers in the spinning mill, the spinning mill was up and running.
During the training, the new workers in the spinning mill were amazed by the Jenny spinning machine. Where have they ever seen a yarn machine with such high efficiency? One by one, they were shocked by the owner, that is, Li Zhi.
With the spinning mill, Li Zhi now only needs to buy the seeded cotton to supply the weaving mill. Compared with buying cotton yarn, it is much cheaper to buy cotton that has been seeded, and Li Zhi can earn a lot of profits that originally belonged to the Dong family's cotton yarn merchants.
On this day, Li Zhi was inspecting the various workshops of the newly completed spinning factory, and was very satisfied when he saw that the workers were working very hard and the entire factory was running at high speed.
Li Zhi walked into the No. 3 factory and saw his eldest cousin Zheng Kaicheng discussing management matters with several supervisors. Zheng Kaicheng is now the manager above the yarn worker supervisor, with a monthly salary of five taels, and there are five supervisors and forty-five yarn workers under him.
Li Zhi walked up and stood behind Zheng Kaicheng, and heard Zheng Kaicheng say: "Individual workers who can't meet the spinning volume are still guided by hand, and the method of deducting monthly money should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise it is easy to make other yarn workers panic." Only for a very small number of workers who are obviously passive and sabotage, the method of stopping the supply of meat and meat and even deducting monthly money is adopted. ”
Zheng Kaicheng turned his back to Li Zhi and didn't know, and as he was talking, the other five supervisors all saw Li Zhi and saluted Li Zhi one after another. Zheng Kaicheng saw that his subordinates had different expressions, so he turned around and saw Li Zhi.
"Oops! The owner is coming! ”
Zheng Kaicheng is Li Zhi's cousin, and he can be called Li Zhi's younger brother according to his generation. However, now that Li Zhi's career is booming, Zheng Kaicheng admires it very much, and he doesn't dare to call Li Zhi's younger brother, but calls Li Zhi the owner like everyone else.