Shanzhen was originally a relatively closed self-circulating economy, growing grain and vegetables, spinning and weaving.

Before the Song Dynasty, the cloth was basically hemp weaving, silk weaving cloth was outside the mountain, even if there were mulberry farmers in the mountains, they also sold raw silk to the bottom of the mountain, they did not weave silk clothing, this material was not durable, and they could not afford to wear, and cotton weaving cloth was an extremely rare thing, there was cotton in the northwest, and most of the people in the south did not know what cotton was?

After the Song Dynasty, cotton was planted in a large area in the south of the Yangtze River, cotton cloth became the main clothing, and cotton cloth is also self-planted, self-spun, self-weaving, no one went down the mountain to buy fabric, and the cloth on the market is not better than home-woven, all the same, there is no need to spend money in vain.

In recent years, after the opening of the port of Wukou, the foreign cloth was put on the market, forming a sensation in various ports, I have never seen such a smooth fabric, the rich people pull a few sections to make clothes, the rich people are still weaving themselves, who called them no money?

Zhang Yingquan has always wanted to transform the textile machinery in the mountains, he has investigated, the town spinning is basically with a spinning pendant, women each hand a spinning pendant, go there to spin there, talk and chat, talk about the family when they are spinning, this is a very ancient and initial way of spinning. There was also a more progressive hand-spinning machine in the town, which was not much better than that, and was not popular because it could not be moved.

There are looms in the town, and there are three versions, all of which are slag of the soil, and the shape is similar, that is, a pile of wooden shelves, if there is a difference, that is, the difference between horizontal or vertical, thousands of years of technical inheritance, is a classic, but also backward. The woven cloth, basically a layer, about one foot five inches wide, to make a piece of clothing back with two pieces of cloth, the long head of the cloth is three or four feet, just enough for a long shirt, the height of the point will be, the flatness of the cloth surface is not to be discussed, the fineness of the cloth surface is not flattering, of course, the quality of cotton yarn is a congenital condition. In a word, miserable! It must be completely revamped.

This spinning machine is not a redesign, it is completely a redesign. Zhang Yingquan remembered the Jenny textile machine, which was mentioned in the textbooks of later generations, but he did not pay attention to its principle and had no way to refer to it, but with the professional knowledge of science and engineering in later generations, it was no problem to design a simple textile machine.

Now starting from ginning, ginning is nothing more than a rapid rotation with a roller with nails, and then air flow blowing, the cotton after shedding can be blown away, and finally only the cotton boy is left, the only adjustment is the air volume, the basic structure is still wooden, the high-speed rotation axis is changed to steel bearings, hydropower, and can also be hand-cranked power.

Spinning is a bit of a problem, the so-called Jenny spinning machine, is also manual operation, a few more shafts, but the quality control of cotton yarn is the most important, which directly affects the quality of the cloth, the reason why the soil is different, the key is the quality, as for the output is still second, if you can make reasonable use of water power, the output is not a problem.

According to the principle of the ginning machine, further flocculating the cotton, blowing it by wind, setting up an organ at the outlet, moving the tuyere, rotating under the force of the wind, adjusting the air volume to lead out the cotton yarn, which can be thick or fine, extremely uniform, is still the hydrodynamic force to drive the spindle, the cotton yarn is wound on the spindle, the test is very successful, at this time Zhang Yingquan breathed a sigh of relief and saw the dawn.

John was also busy in it, praising endlessly, this cotton yarn was blown out? He has never studied textiles, nor does he know the latest state of Western textile technology, in his opinion, this is an invention! However, it appeared on Zhang Yingquan, that is, it was easy to get it, and it was not strange to see it!

As for the improvement of the loom, the principle remains the same, and the size and parts can change greatly.

Several key parts of weaving, pre-creel, brown frame, shuttle, weft frame, winding frame, etc. The so-called pre-yarn, due to the full space, do not need to use the original home production method, can be used unfolding creel, the advantage is that the cloth can be infinitely long, the warp can be broken or finished can be jointed, the tension can be adjusted, and the warp direction is absolutely flat.

Considering the length of the brown frame, the length of the improved brown frame means that the width of the cloth can reach four feet, and the manual operation of the four-foot loom surface is definitely not good, the shuttle is only more than one foot, it is difficult to send the weft, and the weight is also a problem. After the improvement, rolling wheels are added on both sides of the brown frame, and the top bearings of the two brown frames slide up and down, and copper wires are used instead of brown wire .......

The shuttle is basically unchanged, and the key parts are covered with steel skin to increase durability and smoothness.

Shuttle movement, change the ejection mode, the strength can be adjusted, and each end of the shuttle nest is caught by a shuttle nest, without manual transmission, which can solve the problem of uneven weft tension.

The force of the beating frame can also be adjusted, and it works through the cam, and the force is constant.

Each stroke is assembled on the hand-cranked wheel through rods, ropes, wheels, etc., which can be operated manually (just a little effort) or driven by hydraulic power.

On the day of the test flight, almost the whole town came over, as if watching a big show.

An epoch-making textile machine was born, although it is still rustic, the main pieces are still wood, but the cloth produced is no worse than foreign cloth, John explained that cotton yarn is good, this kind of spray spinning technology is first-class, the loom design is also quite ingenious, the only lack of production is a little lower, if the use of steam power is perfect. But one thing is certain, no matter how you calculate it, the woven cloth is much cheaper than foreign cloth, and the quality is not bad.

There is one more textile factory in Shanzhen, and the second sister-in-law is the first shopkeeper, of course, the big shopkeeper of the owner is still Zhang Yingquan, according to the convention, production affairs, eating, drinking and Lazar is not the business of the big shopkeeper, otherwise what do you want to be the shopkeeper?

The second sister-in-law is the new shopkeeper, and she is happy to recruit the women who are 'free' at home in the whole town to work in the textile factory and eat the monthly example, which is the first time in the mountain town.

Is there a surplus of personnel? It's okay, there are good cloths, dye shops, ready-to-wear shops, anyway, women can do a lot of work, they can't finish it, they can't be idle!

The whole town knows that since Zhang Yingquan returned to the mountain, the Zhang family has no taboos, and does not pay attention to anything, there are two female shopkeepers in the town, and there is a female shopkeeper Wang Xiaofeng in the match factory. That's good, it's lively!

Zhang Yingquan's first order to the textile factory, for the Zhang family to serve the guys, helpers, apprentices, one counts as one, each person customized a set of overalls, also called overalls, the coloring is set to blue-gray, the placket, not the kind of placket or shoulders, round flat wooden buttons, standing collar, the length of the shirt to the belly, the folk for the provincial fabric, the short shirt is only over the waist, of course, you can wear a long shirt, long to the feet, that is called a book and a gift, the mountain people call this not long or short gown 'cover gown', is the kind of clothes worn by foreigners.

Now, it's another round of praise, some people directly treat work clothes as dresses, which are better than formal wear, not what is a dress? Reluctant to wear it out, when I went to work, I put a short rag coat on the outside, which made the owner cry and laugh.

The second order, crookedly.

Zhang Yingquan wants to match the newly formed factory protection team with clothing, designate grass green, as well as backpacks, leg pads, knee pads, wrist pads, and bullet bags. None of this is complicated, after all, there are not many of them, and there is no problem for female workers to work.

But there was a big problem when dyeing, originally green was mixed with green (blue) and yellow, the second sister-in-law didn't know if she asked clearly, "um" two sounds on her own hand dyeing, she put the ready-made blue fabric, into the yellow pool, according to her understanding should be the same thing, blue and yellow! Understand that it is too late for people to find out, blue and yellow are not this kind of addition, you have to bring out the hue first, hurry up and fish it out, it's over! Finished! It's a big disaster, a lot of fabrics are all dyed and wasted, when the door curtain is too ugly, it may be saved to change the black cloth.

What kind of color is this, it has become a flower cloth, a piece of color spot, smaller than a palm, and it is not the same, there are all shapes. The color is not monotonous, there are green, yellow and a little green, anyway, I look dizzy.

The second sister-in-law is like a child who has caused a big disaster, sitting by the pool and crying, the sad one who cried, this is all money! The third brother worked hard to figure it out, this time he has to scold me to death, and his second brother will not defend me, I have been too happy in the past two days, according to their words, I have a blister. The shopkeeper of this textile factory has lost his dead man, and he has no face to go now!

After Zhang Yingquan found out, he didn't get angry and took a look. By the way, I advise you that you can't just cry if you don't eat!

Hey? Camouflage Bouye! It's still the kind of random different tricks.

He hurriedly asked, "Can you dye another batch of cloth with this pattern?" ”

"I know you're going to scold me, and I'm going to never do it again, I promise! Waste this cloth to buckle my monthly routine, until you can count it...... Woo-! "It's even sadder to mention money.

"No, no, that's the case, I just want this fancy style, it's just the right taste, I'm afraid you won't be able to dye it, so I didn't mention it, now it's dyed crookedly, but the problem is here again, it will be dyed like this in the future, okay?"

"Ah——?! ”

Everyone thought it was to comfort the second sister-in-law: "Look at people, this little uncle is really going to hurt his sister-in-law, ...... more than his brother, hey!" ”

I didn't think he really did it, and put it on. The people in the town were dumbfounded, looking at these factory guards, only John pointed at his back: This camouflage is first-class! Don't you say, a few people enter the mountain, it's not as obvious as before, hunters may not be able to find it, if you fight against each other, you can win by surprise, what can this young shopkeeper think of?

When this cloth was brought to the counter of the North and South Cargo Stores of the Zhan family in Hangzhou, it attracted a sigh: "Domestic products are no worse than foreign goods!" ”

Some people are disdainful: "This is a foreign product, playing this trick to hide the world, all to grab the market, not for a long time." ”

Immediately, the Zhan family goods store exhibited a simplified version of a full set of textile machinery, which was operated on the spot, and the rumors couldn't help but stop.

This is a terrible thing, you know, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the textile hometown of the Qing Dynasty, there are countless skilled craftsmen, and the textile industry is ahead of other regions of the Qing Dynasty, which is an indisputable fact.

This Zhan family goods store is not simple, and it has attracted the attention of countless businessmen for a while.

In fact, this streamlined version of the textile machine, is a modified miniature version, a full set of manpower-driven, traditional spinning configuration, the main consideration is that there is no sustained power, artificial wind is unbalanced, even if this change, it has also pushed the textile machinery a big step, although the gap with the Western machine is still not small, at least the quality of the woven cotton cloth is close, not too far behind.

This set of textile machines, after three days of operation on display, orders poured in, and the number was as high as more than 30 units, which were basically concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou. After Zhang Yingquan received the news, he became nervous, what the mountain town lacked the most was technicians! But fortunately, the main structural parts are all wood, and a new car and wood factory has recently been established, and there are many carpenters with good craftsmanship.

If the second sister-in-law gathered the women in the town into her textile factory, Zhang Yingquan recruited all the men who had no jobs in the town into the Zhang industry. Kiln factory, iron and iron industry (newly renamed), textile factory, match factory, car and wood factory, among which there are several subordinate small workshops, such as dyeing and garment workshops. Not to mention, coke, bricks, ash, as well as blast furnaces, forgings, machining, etc. Lin Lin is always an industrial group, the number of people is shocked, more than 200 people, which is almost half of the town's population, of course, this year from outside the mountain to recruit a lot of people, you know, more than 100 households in the mountain town, a total of less than 500 people, the Zhang family recruited half, that is to say, every household has people who work in the Zhang industry, and the influence of the Zhang family in the mountain town is second to none.

The people of the mountain town have become rich, and they even look down on the people under the mountain. ''This cloth is not as smooth as the mountain town. ''In our mountains, these things are garbage!'' ’

In just over a year, the mountain town has undergone such great changes, which makes people dare not imagine, people say that heroes create history, it is true! Zhang Yingquan is a heroic figure in the hearts of the people of Shanzhen.