Li Mingfang didn't say it later, but Qin Chuan knew the reason for it very clearly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the Nanyang dyeing factory was not opened, Tianjin Wei machine printing and dyeing factory only this East Asia dyeing factory, the quality of dyed colored cloth is much better than those small domestic dyeing workshops, the price difference between foreign cloth and earth color cloth is very large, even so, the color cloth of East Asia dyeing factory is still in short supply, before the end of the year or when the season changes, the price often has to be raised, the Japanese can be said to make a lot of money.

But after the Nanyang dyeing factory was opened, the quality of the dyed cloth was not only not worse than that of the East Asian dyeing factory opened by the Japanese, but the price only followed the Japanese.

At this time, most of the domestic homespun cloth spun on old-fashioned looms, the fine cloth woven by the machine from the West is called foreign cloth, and there are very few weaving factories opened by domestic national capital, only in the vicinity of Shanghai, as well as Guangzhou, Qingdao, Hankou, Tianjin and other major trade ports, there are only a few of them, and there is only one weaving factory called Xinhua that is considered to be a small scale. The other Fuxiang weaving factory is much smaller. Therefore, the machine-woven grey cloth is worth a lot of money, and each horse can be sold for twenty eagles.

The price of dyed colored cloth varies according to the different colors dyed by different dyes, but it is generally between twenty-seven and thirty yuan, and the cost of colored cloth is basically about twenty-three to twenty-four yuan.

The East Asia dyeing factory not only sells colored fabrics, but also does the wholesale business of grey fabrics, because the scale of the two local weaving factories is not very large, and there is no threat to the grey fabrics of East Asia, they still have some tacit understanding on the price, not only are they safe and sound, sometimes the grey fabrics of East Asia are not transported from the country in time, and even temporarily purchase some emergency from Xinhua Weaving Factory.

As for the grey fabrics sold by British, French, and American merchants who were originally popular, they have long been squeezed out of the Chinese market by the Japanese, and now not to mention in Tianjin, Wei, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, there are almost no Western grey fabrics, and the Daqing grey cloth market is basically monopolized by the Japanese.

Although the grey cloth of the two local weaving mills, including the Xinhua Weaving Factory, is sold wholesale as much as the Japanese, it costs about 17 or 8 yuan, which is higher than the cost of the Japanese through government subsidies.

At first, the Nanyang businessman didn't care about it, thinking that it would be a big deal to make less money. Who knows, this East Asia dyeing factory actually reduced the price of colored cloth all the way to 17 yuan, and the colored cloth sold by the East Asian dyeing factory is even cheaper than the price of local grey cloth. Kondo's price war was so successful that merchants from all over the world flocked to the East Asia Dyeing Factory to place orders, and the dyed fabrics of the East Asia Dyeing Factory were booked for a few months.

In this way, not to mention that no one buys the colored cloth of the Nanyang Dyeing Factory anymore, and even the two weaving factories such as the local Xinhua Weaving Factory, which have been affected, do not dare to sell grey cloth to him anymore. Although Qingdao and Shanghai have local grey fabrics, plus freight, it will be close to twenty-three or four yuan in Tianjin.

After holding out for a month and losing tens of thousands of dollars, the Nanyang businessman approached Kondo, the owner of the East Asian Dyeing Factory, to negotiate, and when he came back, he became disheartened and sold the dyeing factory and quit.

Although the price offered by the Nanyang businessman is extremely low, and there are also some businessmen in Tianjin who are interested in the dyeing factory, through this price war, where can anyone dare to take over his dyeing factory, but Kondo of the East Asian dyeing factory came to the door and expressed his willingness to buy it at a high price, but the Nanyang businessman also had a temper, that is, he did not sell it to Kondo, and would rather lose money to the dyeing factory worth hundreds of thousands than agree, which made Qin Chuan pick up a big bargain.

As for Li Mingfang, he didn't understand, how could the Japanese in the East Asian dyeing factory afford to lose? Qin Chuan is clear about this reason.

The Japanese government not only at this time, but even as early as the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, because of the small and barren land, vigorously supported the local industry, and would spend a lot of money every year, especially the enterprises that could produce export products, and would return a large amount of money to the local enterprises in a similar way to the export tax rebate in later generations, and strongly supported the development of the local industry, encouraging them to exchange for the government a lot of hard currency such as white flowers and silver, and the foreign cloth of other countries was squeezed out of the market by Japanese businessmen in this way.

Although Qin Chuan did not know the exact figure of the cost of grey cloth shipped from Japan to Tianjin by the East Asia Dyeing Factory, it must have been less than seventeen pieces of Yingyang, that is, even at this price, Kondo of the East Asia Dyeing Factory was still making money. Don't say a month, it's another half a year, as long as he is willing, the East Asia Dyeing Factory will also insist.

Qin Chuan estimated that it was probably for this reason that when Kondo insisted on refusing to give in, the Nanyang businessman retreated.

Moreover, Kondo's goal is to bring down the Nanyang Dyeing Factory, and the family is dominant. This is not, as soon as the Nanyang dyeing factory stopped, Kondo not only immediately raised the price of colored cloth back, but also higher than the original, now not only most of the Zhili, but also Shanxi, Mongolian steppe, Guanwai, and some parts of Shaanxi large cloth merchants have come to Tianjin East Asia to purchase, East Asian color cloth is now in short supply, many merchants are waiting in Tianjin after paying a deposit.

According to Ye Ziqi, a comprador at Rui Kee & Co., Kondo has already customized a new machine from the United Kingdom, and is only waiting for the machine to arrive and expand production.

Qin Chuan didn't go to the workshop first, but first went to see the boiler and the small bathroom.

There are two two-ton boilers in the boiler room, also made in Germany, which provide the heated steam used in the printing and dyeing process.

The reason why Qin Chuan came to see the boiler first was because he had experience in his previous life, and he was very worried that people in this era had a weak sense of safety and ignored safety in the design concept. In case these two "bombs" explode, it will not only affect production, it will cost human lives.

After Qin Chuan saw it, he finally put his mind at ease.

Although these two boilers are still a little rough compared with the products of later generations, there are safety devices such as safety valves, and the whole system is almost no different from later generations.

The small bathroom is actually two suites on the left and right, the one on the left is slightly larger, for male workers, and the one on the right is for female workers, both of which are shower heads installed with large water tanks, and there is no bath, which is also just built according to Qin Chuan's requirements.

The workshop is very large and spacious, the ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and the two dyeing and finishing equipment production lines of the double rolling mill, which are not available at this time, are placed side by side in the workshop. At this time, the rolling mills were all single machines, and there were originally four rolling mill lines in the workshop. This was a drawing that Qin Chuan had drawn when he was still in the concession, and a German engineer introduced by William Jr. helped to improve it. Regarding Qin Chuan's intention to combine the four rolling mills into two sets, Xiao William asked several times with a stomach full of doubts, but Qin Chuan was vague and did not tell him.

There is also a large open space on the other side of the mill, which is large enough to house two more plants.

Several workers are carefully wiping down the machine. Seeing Qin Chuan come in, several workers stopped and stood aside a little stiffly.

Li Mingfang took a step forward, pointed to a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old honest man in front of Qin Chuan, and introduced Qin Chuan.

"The owner, his name is Chu Dazhu, a native of Hankou, is my cousin, he used to work in the Hanyang Iron Works, and he is very good at machines and electricity, and there was no mechanic who knew the machine in the Nanyang Dyeing Factory at that time, so I wrote to call him over, and he has been following these machines when the Germans installed them, and the Germans praised him, and now our dyeing factory is responsible for the maintenance of these machines.

When Li Mingfang introduced, Chu Dazhu just smiled honestly and didn't make a sound.

In these years, it is not easy to find a person who understands these foreign machines among the Chinese, Qin Chuan wanted to say something encouraging and praised, but before he could speak, Li Mingfang pointed to the three young people behind Chu Dazhu and introduced them.

"These two, one is named Wu Mingren and the other is Guo An, and in addition to work, they are learning some crafts from my cousin. Finally, Li Mingfang pointed to the third seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man with a beautiful face.

"This is my cousin's eldest son, named Chu Yuntao, who has studied, when he first came to Tianjin, he worked in the Qichang Foreign Bank opened by the French in Zizhulin in the French Concession, this kid has a bit of a strong temper, and he can't stand the popularity of foreigners, this time you asked me to recruit people, and he also came over."

Hearing that it was Chu Dazhu's son, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be taken aback.

How do you look at this Chu Dazhu, who is only thirty-five or sixteen years old, how can he have such a big son as Chu Yuntao! Could it be that this Chu Dazhu got married and had children at the age of sixteen or seventeen?

Although Qin Chuan knew that the ancients got married early, they 。。。。。。 at the age of sixteen or seventeen It's too early!

Seeing Qin Chuan staring at Chu Yuntao in a daze, Li Mingfang hurriedly said: "The owner, this Qichang foreign store opened by the French is mainly engaged in imported dyes, caustic soda, bleaching powder and paint. This kid was working in a German foreign company when he was in Hankow, this kid was smart, and within a few years he could not only speak some German, but even understand foreign languages, and somehow got a book called chemistry for foreigners, and he became obsessed with the chemistry of foreigners, almost to the point of obsession. When I came back to Tianjin, I worked in a French foreign company, and when I was fine, I secretly read a book, which made the French scold, and I refused to do it for the foreigners in a fit of anger. ”

"I think he is literate and smart, so we can buy some factory materials."

"My cousin, father and son, are now in our dyeing factory, and they are working for a few years to save some money and return to their hometown to buy a few acres of land。。。。。