The surrounding crowd spread out slightly, making the central booth more prominent, and a person who looked like an engineer carried out a series of debugging of the machine, the layman looked at the lively, the insider looked at the doorway, although Charlie stood with his hands copied, but his eyes never left this booth, if this loom is really as they say, if there is such a high speed, a high-speed steam engine is essential, where is it.

A roar suddenly sounded, and everyone noticed that it was actually under the platform, it turned out that under this prominent booth, there was a space where there was a steam engine of unknown size, but it could be barely judged from the sound, at least above 500 horsepower.

Charlie's face showed a sneer, the high-horsepower steam engine, the loom, although the horsepower of the steam engine is important, but the more important thing is stability, if you compete with horsepower, in this world, who can be stronger than them British Empire, the warships of the British Empire, but on the seven seas of the whole world, galloping freely.

Large power, it means that the fluctuation is huge, cotton yarn, even if it is the thickest 14 cotton yarn, its bearing capacity is quite limited, any vibration, may cause a broken thread, or other effects, this is the most difficult to overcome the power of the loom, I heard that there are recently electric drive looms, the United States and Germany have applied a lot, but the horsepower is not large, the efficiency is not even as good as the steam engine pushed.

The rotation of the power shaft finally stabilized, and after the engineer checked it, he nodded, and a worker hung the power shaft on the loom, and the loom made of steel ran neatly, from slow to fast, stable and neat.

Charlie's eyes were a little moved, the design of this loom is very reasonable, and the high-horsepower steam engine seems to be very stable, it seems that this so-called Baotou Machinery United Company, at least on the outside, is still very much like that, at least not what he thought before, a liar with empty lips and white teeth.

A female worker wearing a costume with the word Northwest Textile walked out, looking in an ordinary outfit, but with a somewhat heroic feeling, which suddenly made the eyes of the surrounding onlookers light up, she saluted Yang Yuanzhao, and then stood in front of the loom.

Her name is Yang Li, Baotou people, very young, only 21 years old, from last year, is the first batch of female workers to enter the cotton textile factory, flexible mind, ingenuity, at the very beginning, belongs to the strongest ability to accept the group of people, after the step by step promotion, is in the entire Northwest United Textile Group among the tens of thousands of workers, carefully selected, the best skilled workers, others use this machine qì, a day is up to 24 horses, she can reach more than 30 horses, the efficiency is almost faster than others more than two percent, Of course, the average speed, after all, 24 hours a day non-stop weaving, no one accepts.

This kind of speed, even in the northwest, is extremely amazing, the average skilled worker, are about 20 horses, this is also the speed of this machine.

Such efficiency, so that Yang Li has always been in the factory with the highest level of bonuses, in the skill assessment again and again, the leader, even her skilled worker certification, has reached an astonishing level five, this is already among the textile workers, the highest grade of certification, the salary has also reached 170 yuan per month that she never dreamed of, and she got an absolutely high salary.

Standing in front of the loom, Yang Li's face was calm, her hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore a certain white hat, which looked a little different from other textile workers, more clean and neat.

"Mr. Charlie, please time, let's use an hour to see if we can make a piece of cloth!"

"An hour, are you sure?"

"Yes!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said.

"This format?" Charlie asked, pointing to the loom in front of him again.

"Yes!"

One question and one answer, very fast, the people around also assessed their breath, waiting for the real result, the Chinese and the foreign devils face to head, in terms of emotion, should be on the side of the Chinese, but in the past so many years, especially several wars, lost power and humiliated the country, the backbone and dignity of the Chinese, in such humiliation again and again, were beaten into the mud and sand, more or less, there is still no bottom in the heart.

"Good!" Charlie took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and said, "It's 8:52 in the morning, do you want to rest and prepare." ”

"No, let's get started." Yang Yuanzhao shook his head and said.

As soon as Yang Yuanzhao's words fell, the mechanic stopped the loom, and then took out dozens of small packets of cotton yarn from four directions, Yang Yuanzhao said to Charlie with a smile: "This is a standard 42 veils, can Mr. Charlie see it?" ”

Charlie is an engineer in a textile factory, and he is very familiar with the veil, at a glance, he can't tell how many there are, but obviously, it is not a low count, these can be seen from the thickness of the dù, he was surprised at the same time, he was also muttering in his heart, in the end, is the young man in front of him confident, or arrogant? If you change to 14, the speed will obviously be a little higher than it is now.

The cotton yarn was fixed, Yang Li was also ready, and communicated with the mechanic a little, the mechanic operated the brake lever, connected it to the loom, and the high-speed rotating linkage rod drove the rapid operation of the loom, and the cotton thread, like a dexterous elf, began to arrange and combine to the loom.

Yang Li's hands, as if they were flexible butterflies, swinging differently on the cotton yarn, the cotton yarn used the shortest and fastest speed, flying quickly on the loom, Charlie's own disdainful expression, suddenly became sluggish, the layman looked at the lively, the insider looked at the doorway, just in an instant, he knew that this so-called Northwest Company had solved at least a few crucial things about the loom, which were not solved by the British factory.

First of all, the power, the power of the loom is definitely not what the ordinary steam engine can provide, the speed is very fast, the number of 24 horses, even if it is placed on the coarse cotton yarn, is an impossible task, this time he used 42 high cotton yarn, high and coarse, what is the difference, he knows very well, if it is the use of 14 coarse branches, the efficiency of this loom, will not be able to double, 24 horses per day is already an astronomical number, let alone 48 horses.

A loom, a day can produce 7 pieces of cloth, this is the highest speed of the British loom, this speed, but also the British factory is the proudest, with the help of amazing speed, the British factory in the grey cloth, far lower than other countries, cotton cloth is like a piece of money, through the British developed shipping, transported to every corner of the world, for Britain to bring huge wealth.

But now, the Chinese have actually mastered a more efficient textile technology, in a short time, an hour can be able to weave a cloth, it is not yet known, but more than the fastest loom in the United Kingdom, is already predictable, the cost of female workers in the United Kingdom, compared to male workers, much lower, but no matter how low, can not be compared with China, the Chinese owner Britain unimaginable labor cost advantage, once there is a more efficient loom popular, the effect is absolutely **, he seems to see, the tide of grey cloth, It will sweep the whole of China, and even the whole world.

Charlie was in a daze, and the comprador next to him was already surprised and couldn't say anything, on the loom, a little bit of cloth, it seemed to be a slap on his face, he felt pain on his face, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Looking at the lively Chinese people on the side, they fought to breathe, for fear that because of their voices, it would affect Yang Li's performance, although I don't know how to win or lose, but looking at the expression of the foreign devil and the panicked appearance of the comprador all day long, I know that winning is very likely, is it really going to win?

In the whole venue, the real calm, I'm afraid only Yang Li and Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Li is a habit formed by more than a year of rigorous training, once standing in front of the loom, in her eyes, there is only a loom, only concentration can produce higher efficiency, the surrounding qiē, the crowd of onlookers, in her eyes are no longer zài, she only completes the task in front of her, is worthy of the trip to Wuhan.

Yang Yuanzhao is also one of the few people who are not surprised, the seemingly simple loom, not all the improvement of the format and machinery, or the improvement of materials and power, how many advanced technologies and concepts are used, if so, it is not up to the level beyond this world, he can really find a piece of tofu and die.

Squinting at Charlie, whose face changed from surprised to iron-blue, Yang Yuanzhao did not take the initiative to provoke him, no matter what, he is also a genuine British, appropriate suppression, just step on people, and if you continue to tease, maybe you will have a deep hatred, an ordinary textile engineer is nothing, but Baotou is not ready and determined to confront the world's first power, Britain.

Time did not stop because of Charlie's distraction, the hands and feet of the weaver were extremely fast, under the control of the machine qì and him, the cotton cloth was woven inch by inch, and the lively people, even if they were sluggish, they could also distinguish the speed of this weaving machine, especially a young beauty, with pleasing movements, completed the connection again and again, so that the cloth was truly formed, and it was definitely an excellent performance.

When the time came to 9:44, that is, 52 minutes, a complete, wide grey cloth, it was weaved, white cloth, fine silk thread, intoxicating, Yang Li finished, stopped, although the speed is fast, but not her limit speed, in terms of speed and quality, she chose quality, from beginning to end there is no broken line or connection, it can be said that the table is of a very high level.

After doing it, Yang Li saluted Yang Yuanzhao slightly, Yang Yuanzhao also nodded to her, and said loudly: "The cloth has been woven, please Mr. Charlie, and other interested brothers, come and test it." ”R1152