After sending Zhou Jialin away, Zhang Chu immediately found Li Deliang and his son, and first asked how their accommodation was arranged. The father and son were very satisfied with Zhang Chu's arrangement. Zhang Chu led them to the factory that had been prepared, where there were already several spinning machines and where several women were spinning. Zhang Chu began to prepare for the construction of the spinning mill after the Spring Festival, and the reason why it was so urgent was because he knew that natural disasters in the future could not be solved in one or two years. There will be a large number of people displaced, and if they are not given jobs, they will be reduced to bones on the side of the road. If a textile mill could be built, even if it was not profitable, and each female textile worker could earn some food, then the family would not starve to death.

Zhang Chu decided to use spinning, a work that requires a lot of labor, as a breakthrough to provide as many job opportunities for the victims as possible.

Zhang Chu remembered that the history teacher said that the spinning industry was actually the industry with the highest profit margin, and the cotton cloth of the Ming Dynasty was sold overseas to earn a lot of silver. Many merchants made their fortune by selling cotton cloth to the Nine Sides. What strengthened Zhang Chu's confidence even more was that once the history teacher told them a story, the teacher told an old story, about the sixties of the eighteenth century, a foreign drunkard who drank too much and came home at night, he opened the door and accidentally kicked over the spinning machine that his wife was using, he immediately knelt on the ground to apologize to his wife, and then quickly straightened the spinning machine. But when he lay on the ground to help the loom, he was suddenly stunned, it turned out that he saw that the spinning machine that had been kicked down was still spinning, but the original horizontal spindle had become upright. He suddenly thought: If several spindles were arranged vertically and driven by a spinning wheel, wouldn't it be possible to spin more yarn at once? He was so excited that he jumped up and kissed his wife, and after comforting her, he tried to do it, and the next day he built a new spinning machine that drove eight vertical spindles with one spinning wheel, and the efficiency was increased eightfold at once. Because the great miracle of kicking out a world-changing invention is really attractive, Zhang Chu wondered if he could transform a great invention if he kicked the spinning machine himself. Later, when the school organized a visit to the Natural History Museum, Zhang Chu also looked at the models of various spinning machines, and found that if it was himself who kicked that at that time, it would not be difficult to transform the famous Jenny spinning machine in that direction.

Coming to a spinning machine, Zhang Chu did not kick with his feet, but asked people to spin the yarn down, and then Zhang Chu talked about his improvement ideas, Li Deliang listened carefully, if it wasn't for Zhang Chu's reminder, no one would really think of this improvement method, the material Zhang Chu had prepared in advance, and told them not to be afraid of wasting materials, and to make a few more continuous improvements, Zhang Chu thought that the foreign drunkard could transform the things that could be completed in one night, and the craftsmen would definitely be able to make them with all their might.

Zhou Jialin returned home and decided to meet his father, this trip to Jiangnan he had a new understanding of his father, although there were many people to take care of him on the road, he still experienced the hardships, his father had to travel north and south for many years to have this family business, even if he did not inherit the family business, his life was much better than the life of the people he saw on the road.

Zhou Tai was very surprised that his eldest son Zhou Jialin took the initiative to come over and ask him to come. For the eldest son Zhou Tai, he is also very helpless, he may not be able to endure that hardship if he can't study and do business, and more importantly, Zhou Jialin is a concubine, and it is impossible to inherit the Zhou family's industry. So Zhou Tai didn't care much about Zhou Jialin, the father and son became more and more estranged, Zhou Jialin rarely took the initiative to see Zhou Tai, this time Zhou Jialin played a round in Jiangnan and knew that he had really grown up when he came back.

After Zhou Jialin saw the ceremony, he stood there in an orderly manner, waiting for his father to ask.

Zhou Tai was very satisfied with Zhou Jialin's performance, so he asked: "How was this trip to Jiangnan, and did you gain anything?" ”

"There is a lot of harvest, the child through this trip to Jiangnan to know that the father is not easy to do business, the child was stubborn and disobedient to the father bothered, many people outside have a lot of food and clothing, and we live such a rich life, all thanks to your father's hard work." Zhou Jialin replied respectfully.

"It's good to know, I heard from the guy that you also purchased some goods in Jiangnan, do you also want to learn to do business?" After returning from Jiangnan, a guy had already reported Zhou Tai's activities to Zhou Tai, and Zhou Tai just wanted to ask about this matter.

"I was asked to buy something, and that's what I'm about to tell my father." So Zhou Jialin told his father how he met Zhang Chu and the purchase situation in Jiangnan.

"Who is that Zhang Chu?" Zhou Tai was a little strange about the origin of Zhang Chu, because he had never heard of this person before.

"He's supposed to be the leader of the bandits called the security team." Zhou Jialin replied.

"How do you know?" Zhou Tai was taken aback, how did his son get together with the bandits.

"I didn't know before, this time I went to deliver the goods, Zhang Chu told me personally." So Zhou Jialin relayed everything Zhang Chu said when he went to Zhoujiabao to Zhou Tai.

"It's okay if you're okay, don't associate with these unknown people in the future." Zhou Tai told Zhou Jialin, but he couldn't help but ask again: "That Zhang Chu really said that he could weave cotton cloth cheaper than others?" "Zhou Tai's shop originally had the sale of cotton cloth, but due to the famine in Shaanxi now, and the chaos of the displaced people, most of the merchants in Jiangnan sold the cotton cloth overseas, and were unwilling to sell the cotton cloth, resulting in the soaring price of cotton cloth in the nine sides.

Zhang Chu had already purchased a little cotton, and found a craftsman who said that he wanted to make a new spinning machine, and was ready to recruit a large number of displaced people to produce cotton cloth. He also said that he hoped we could cooperate with him. Zhou Jialin reported truthfully.

Zhou Tai thought in his heart, if Zhang Chu's words were true, this was a good business, and Zhou Tai didn't care too much about Zhang Chu's identity, and the merchants in Shanxi still did business with people outside the customs. It seems that this gang of thieves is in urgent need of all kinds of supplies, and if they want to maintain this channel, they will not be in trouble. Then there is a lot of money to be made, and Zhou Tai sees the business opportunities.

So he said to Zhou Jialin: "You can contact them to continue to buy supplies for them, and they really have cheap cotton cloth to sell on their behalf." But be sure to keep it secret, don't go to their territory, don't risk your life. "It's always good to make money, and it's worth taking a little risk.

Zhou Jialin didn't expect his father to agree to do business with Zhang Chu and them, and he was very happy after hearing it, he knew that as long as he could make more money, his father would value himself more, and his status in the family would be higher and higher. So I happily went down and prepared to go.