Chapter 269: Shen Wansan (Part 2)

"Then there is Brother Lao Shen." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and nodded approvingly, not shocked in the slightest because of Shen Fu's generosity, thinking about it in his two lives, since Shen Fu dared to throw out 100,000 stone meters to explore the way, of course his strength would not be too bad, with the full cooperation of Huaiyang Firm and the officials of various places in Huaiyang, it was the most normal thing to beat those scattered speculative businessmen to nothing, and if he lost, it was really worth being surprised.

This action is seen in the eyes of Shen Fu and Shi Nai'an and others, but the more unfathomable it seems, they have not been baptized by another time and space commercial society, but they don't know what is called stocks, futures, short selling, risk gambling and other nonsense things, seeing Zhu Chongjiu facing the big deal of hundreds of thousands of stone grain, he didn't even blink his eyelids, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, "In the end, it is a person who has achieved great things, and he has a gap in his mind, and he has changed someone else in that position, how can he be so calm." ”

Usually when the guests and hosts talk about this, they should politely say goodbye to each other, but Zhu Chongjiu obviously doesn't understand this, he sat back in his seat, took a few sips of tea, and then gestured to invite the guests to sit down too, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Actually, what the Shen family can sell to Yangzhou is not only grain, there is one thing"

Frowning slightly, he tried to search in his double memory, "There is a thing called cotton produced in Tianzhu, I don't know if Brother Shen has seen it, it should be similar to the small cotton planted by the people now, but the plant is taller, it seems to be perennial, that is, the kind that can be used for many years when planted once." (Note 1)

As he spoke, he dipped his fingers in the tea and sketched on the table, although he used a lot of terms from another time and space, but Shen Fu finally understood what he meant.

"The general manager is talking about kapok, but you don't need to go to Tianzhu, there are them in Guangnan and Leizhou, but this thing is more delicate, far less easy to plant than small cotton." Shen Fu thought for a moment and considered his response, "But if it is weaving, kapok must be more suitable than small cotton, with a large output, long fluff, and the woven cloth is also comfortable to wear. ”

He is a genius in business, when it comes to cotton and cotton cloth-related things, it is like a treasure, Zhu Chongjiu did not interrupt, and listened to him tell all the information very patiently, before he nodded and added with a smile, "It's kapok, I want to ask the Shen family to help transport some to Yangzhou, if there are seeds and seedlings, please also trouble the Shen family to find me some." ”

"The chief manager wants to open a weaving workshop." It was worthy of Shen Fu, who immediately guessed Zhu Chongjiu's true intentions, slapped his thigh suddenly, stood up, and loudly dissuaded, "The chief manager is cautious, that thing seems simple, but it is extremely labor-intensive, and the profit is too thin, the chief manager spends time and money on it, Shen Mou's point of view, it is inevitable, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Soon, however, he widened his eyes again, and eagerly added, "I understand, the chief manager has the magic of hydraulic repelling, and if the Huang Daopo spinning wheel and the waist weaving machine in Songjiang are changed to water power, as long as the cotton can keep up, it will be easy to weave a hundred horses of cloth in a day and night." ”

"Brother Shen, this is what Zhu wants to do." This time, it was finally Zhu Chongjiu's turn to be shocked, stood up, and bowed his hand at Shen Fu with admiration, "Zhang Mingjian's dog thief burned Yangzhou to the ground in vain, Zhu tried his best to find a livelihood, but he couldn't find a livelihood for more than 600,000 people, and once he could get the water-powered spinning and weaving machine out, it would not be a problem to settle tens of thousands of people at once." ”

This is also the inspiration he found from Zhu Dapeng's memory, in another time and space, a large cotton spinning enterprise was restructured, and tens of thousands of workers were laid off at one time, and in the previous decades, it was this huge group of textile workers, with the opportunity and industrious hands that lagged behind two whole eras, to earn back countless foreign exchange and a large number of other commodities for the republic.

Zhu Chongjiu's current situation is exactly the opposite of what he remembers, what he needs is not to drive the common people into the streets and fend for themselves, but to find a way to live for the hundreds of thousands of people under his rule, and not to rise up to rebel, so the labor-intensive textile industry has become the best choice, and this kind of long-time-consuming, low-intensity physical labor is not only suitable for female workers, but also for those who are relatively weak and cannot do kilns, paving, boiling salt, and mining, and bean sprouts men, who are also competent, and may do a better job than female workers, (Note 2)

"The chief manager is kind-hearted, and Shen admires it." At this moment, Shen Fu's thinking has been completely occupied by the prospect of the water-powered textile industry, and he is full of domineering when he speaks, "Wang Boshan in the "Book of Agriculture", once mentioned a large spinning wheel, driven by water power, can hold thirty-two spindles, spinning hemp up to hundreds of catties every night, a hundred times more powerful than the zodiac machine in Songjiang, but Shen has only seen his book, but has never seen the real thing of the water-powered spinning wheel, if the general manager can find a craftsman according to the map, create more than a dozen put on the riverside, hehe, Shen thought, After that, I'm afraid there will be no place for Songjiang cloth in the world,"

"Hydro-powered spinning wheel." Hearing this, Zhu Bayi was stunned again, he has indeed been thinking, according to the current actual industrial exhibition situation, leading the craftsmen under his command to drive a high-efficiency water-powered spinning wheel, but never thought that someone had already walked in front of him, a large spinning wheel that could spin thirty-two spindles at a time, how advanced it must be, you know, the original Jenny spinning machine, but only eight spindles, and that is already the product of the Western Industrial Revolution, and Wang Boshan's spinning wheel, is several times smarter than Jenny, Hundreds of years ahead.

"It is Dongping Wang Boshan, the name frame, who has been the commander of Jingde County for a term, during his tenure, he has been supported by the people, and later he left his post and went home when he was old, and the people escorted him all the way back to his hometown." Shi Nai'an traveled extensively and took the initiative to explain on the side, "His agricultural book, which the grass people happened to have read, has drawn many sketches of farm tools on it, and it looks extremely profound. (Note 3)

"Is this person still alive, does he have any disciples?" Zhu Chongjiu's thinking mode is always different from others, and he immediately thought of digging the corner of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

"The book of agriculture was written fifty years ago, even if this duke is still alive, I am afraid he will be old." Shi Nai'an thought about it and responded with a wry smile.

When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, he was a little disappointed, but soon, he asked excitedly, "Where can I find his agricultural books on the market, and the appearance of a water-powered spinning wheel, have you ever seen it?" ”

"It is said that there has been one over there in Jingde, but the grass people have not seen it, so it must have been a way to survive and was destroyed by the people." Shi Nai'an shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Smash." Zhu Chongjiu was stunned, and also shook his head and smiled bitterly, the appearance of Huang Daopo's three-spindle spinning machine has made it impossible for many peasant women to sit at home and make money with the spinning wheel.

However, if the Huaiyang firm to open a water-powered textile state, with the Huai'an army as the backing, there will be no such problem, first, in the Huaiyang area, the folk handicraft industry is relatively good, home textiles are not the main means of livelihood, secondly, the dumping area he is preparing is Jiangnan and overseas, the other party may not have the ability to hit the door.

"Qingyuan, go back and arrange people to buy Wang Boshan's agricultural books, the sooner the better." Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu lightly knocked on the table and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Ben obeys." Yangzhou prefect Robben immediately stood up and bowed his hand.

"After buying it, it will be sent directly to the master craftsman's institute, and let the master Jiao organize people to find the plan according to the map." Zhu Chongjiu nodded with satisfaction and continued to instruct, "The Huang's spinning machine and the waist weaving machine over there in Songjiang should also buy a few more and come back, see if you can change it to hydraulic propulsion, and tell Master Jiao not to worry, when I have time, I will go with him to get it." ”

For an engineering man with practical operation and maintenance experience, it is not very difficult to understand the working principle of the 14th century machine and improve it as appropriate, Zhu Chongjiu is very confident in this, but when the new machine is opened, whether the raw materials can be supplied has become a key issue.

Thinking of this, his gaze involuntarily turned to Shen Fu again, and it happened that the other party's eyes also looked at it, and said with a clear heart: "The matter of cotton is wrapped in my Shen family, that kind of kapok, the chief manager can have as many as he wants, as for cotton seedlings and seeds, please give Shen three months, and after three months, he will definitely be able to give the chief manager an accurate answer." ”

"In this case, then please ask Shen Gong as well." Zhu Chongjiu breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to give a salute to Shen Fu, with the two prerequisites of grain and cotton, his national monopoly capitalist plan will be completely guaranteed, and it will not be long before it will grow into a huge monster by itself, and anyone who dares to challenge it will be torn to pieces.

Shen Fu was so frightened that he jumped away, and immediately returned the favor with the gift of a junior, "Don't dare, don't dare, in front of the chief manager, how can the grass people be worthy of the word "Shen Gong", fold and kill, fold and kill, really fold and kill." ”

"Shen Gong doesn't have to be polite." Zhu Chongjiu pulled the other party up with a smile and solemnly promised, "As long as you can ensure that my Huaiyang grain and cotton supply is safe within a year, I will dare to ensure that Shen Gongfu is invincible, and as long as Zhu is alive for one day, the descendants of the Shen family will be protected by my Huai'an Army and will never regret it." ”

Note 1: Small cotton, that is, African cotton, was introduced to China from the Western Regions, and began to be widely cultivated in the Song Dynasty, but its fiber is thick and short, the cotton peach is small, and the yield is low, so it is far inferior to the Indian cotton that was introduced to China from the sea in the same period, that is, the kapok mentioned in the text.

Note 2: In the large weaving workshops of the Ming Dynasty, the more famous textile experts were all male workers, on the one hand, because of the limitations of the times, women were taboo to work among a bunch of men, and on the other hand, it can also show that in the textile industry, men are not born with a lack of corresponding talent.

Note 3: Wang Frame, if you are interested, you can search on the Internet, especially like an engineering traveler, if many Ming can be spread, it is enough to push the level of Chinese science and technology forward for hundreds of years.

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