Modern China's cotton textile industry was developed late, from the seventies of the nineteenth century to the nineties of the Westernization Movement held the light industry period, the textile industry began to rise, after the introduction of foreign machinery, the first silk reeling factory, ginning factory, then small textile machinery factory, and finally the rise of woolen textile and cotton textile industry. In 1889, the Shanghai machine weaving layout was established, with 35,000 spindles and 530 cloth machines, which was the beginning of the establishment of machine-made cotton textile factories in China. By 1911, there were 830,000 spindles and more than 2,000 cloth machines, initially forming the production scale of China's cotton textile industry.

Starting a large-scale cotton textile mill often requires a large amount of capital injection, and it takes a long time, but these are not the factors that restrict self-improvement cotton textile mills. The machines used in production, the building materials needed for the plant, and the raw materials needed for the start of construction are all provided by the steel base, which only needs some labor, and the cost is pitiful. The installation and commissioning of the machine and the training of workers are all responsible for the professional gene people provided by the base, who are familiar with the process while producing. Ziqiang cotton textile mills can even operate 24 hours a day, and there will be absolutely no shortage of raw materials. For this era, Ziqiang cotton textile mill has unparalleled strong competitiveness.

On the main street of Haifeng County, early in the morning, the gongs and drums of the cotton cloth shop of Mr. Wu's house shook the sky, and firecrackers rang out, attracting countless onlookers.

"Shopkeeper Hao, what kind of reputation is your store doing, early in the morning, such a big formation!" A person who was familiar with the shopkeeper of the cotton cloth shop Hao asked.

"Shopkeeper Dong, don't be impatient, and our master Wu will come to preside over the speech in person." Shopkeeper Hao said to Shopkeeper Dong, in fact, the two are competitive, both are open cotton shops, but the roots of the Dong family are in Huizhou, and they are also big squires, no worse than the Wu family, so the two cotton shops can coexist, and no one dares to annex anyone.

Wu Shimin stood on the stone steps in front of the cotton cloth shop, and said loudly to the onlookers: "Fellow villagers, Wu's cotton shop has 5,000 new cotton cloths today, with reliable quality and low price. ”

Shopkeeper Dong shouted loudly: "Master Wu, how can this work, you can't just reduce the price!" Master Wu arched his hand and said sorry, then turned around and went back to the room, does this Dong Laosan really think he is a character, his Dong family is still so arrogant when he reaches out to our territory, this time I will squeeze him to death!

It's really like this, the cotton cloth sold by the Wu family's cotton shop is white and smooth, it is definitely a high-quality cotton cloth, and the price of a piece of cloth is one-third lower than that of foreign cloth, isn't this a free gift? Master Wu doesn't make money? The crowd of onlookers first enjoyed the discount, and immediately bought crazy after seeing the quality and price of cotton cloth. No one has linked this matter with the fact that Master Wu opened a factory, the time is too short, and the factory can be completed in a month?

The news soon spread throughout the county, and even spread to the surrounding villages, the cotton cloth shop was busy all day, 5,000 cotton cloth was snatched up, Wu Shimin urgently deployed a batch of cotton cloth from the factory to ensure that the store was not out of stock. In the evening, Master Wu took the account book handed over by the shopkeeper Hao and smiled, the net profit of the day exceeded three hundred taels, the absolute profiteering, the resources invested by his family were pitiful, and the return could be said to be 500 percent. This Mr. Lu's thighs must be held firmly, people have a backstage, capital, technology, and ability, and there will definitely be benefits in the future!

The second batch of 3,000 looms and 200,000 spindles, such a scale is also a large-scale enterprise in Guangdong, and the cotton textile mills that can compete with self-improvement can be said to be the layout of Shanghai machine weaving, Hubei weaving layout, and the Huaxin Weaving New Bureau jointly established by Shanghai government and business. But its cost can not be compared with self-improvement, for example, Shanghai machine weaving layout was founded in 1878, after 12 years of hard work, finally in December 1889 test, so the ability of self-improvement is beyond the times.

If you don't say that Master Wu is wise, this will be the expansion of the Ziqiang cotton textile factory under the command of the gene people, with the previous experience, the machine will be transported in soon after the plant is built, and the construction can be started after commissioning. This time, the workers have made great efforts to recruit Mr. Wu, and they have a lot of tenants, how much money can they earn by plowing the land? Hurry up and come to work in the factory! Fortunately, Guangdong has been in contact with the West for a long time, has a strong sense of business, and is not reluctant to work and do business.

In addition to training the escort team, the second plan has been made - he wants to pull all the squires, big businessmen, and officials in Huizhou into his industrial circle to build a solid foundation, so he decided to take out dyeing technology equipment, clock technology equipment and other light industry technical equipment, I believe that through the performance of the Ziqiang factory and the appearance of Master Wu, they can be impressed. The time for the rise of the self-improvement factory is too short, and the place is remote, and it has not yet attracted the attention of the predators of this era.

The squires, merchants, and officials in Huizhou are actually one, I have you, you have me, and the whole country is like this. Master Wu's affairs have actually been paid attention to, and he sent someone to check it, the cotton cloth really came from his factory, how did Wu Shimin do it in less than three months? This cotton cloth has been spread all over Huizhou Mansion, and is expanding to the rest of the place, everywhere is the figure of self-improvement cotton cloth, and the quality is very good, the price is lower than that of foreign cloth, how did he Wu Shimin build a factory?

When I was confused, a post was sent to those people's houses, and I went to Huizhou Restaurant to talk about it a few months and a few days to discuss the plan to make a fortune, Wu Shimin.

The squires who received the post all came to the Dong family's mansion, which is the most powerful Dong family in Huizhou except for the Wu family, and they are all mainly engaged in the cotton cloth business. Several big bosses met first, "I received a post from Master Wu yesterday, saying that I was going to a big restaurant to get together." ”

"I also received it," "Yes, so am I" Everyone nodded and signaled that they had received the post, "Master Wu's cotton shop has been making money lately, and he is envious of others!" ”

"I know, he Wu Shimin opened a self-improvement cotton textile factory in his hometown, good guy, the guy I sent came back and said that the factory was bigger than the one in Guangzhou, and I heard a rumbling sound from afar, saying that it was a steam engine, it was really magnificent, you said that the silver and the road that Master Wu took to build such a big factory? Can we get involved? This last sentence is the reason why everyone gathers, and they are all greedy.

The head of the Dong family is an old man over sixty years old, who has been bedridden since last winter and cannot be a director, and it is his eldest son Dong Huichang who receives everyone. "Master Dong, the Wu family is so arrogant, isn't the Dong family in a hurry at all?" Seeing Dong Huichang sitting on the side, just watching others talk and not speak, some people couldn't hold back.

"Everyone, I don't know what Wu Jiaguang means by the invitation. That cotton yarn factory is a hen that placed an order, and if we want to participate in it, we have to see if Wu Jiatong agrees. If you want me to say that the matter of equity participation may not be successful, the Wu family is powerful and confident. Dong Huichang said.

"Let's bring it up together, can he Wu Shimin offend all the squires in Huizhou?" Everyone shook their heads, the Wu family was really not afraid of offending, but such a big deal was really tempting in front of them.

At the end of the party, an agreement was reached, and when the restaurant gathered, he asked Mr. Wu to participate in the shares, and Wu Shimin did not remember the neighborhood of his hometown for such a big deal, but secretly made money by himself, not authentic!