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Listening to the sound of looms in the factory, Yang Yi suddenly became in a good mood, as if he heard the wheels of capitalism rolling forward.

During the Ming Dynasty, because Huang Daopo improved the cotton spinning technology, the annual output of cotton cloth in Songjiang Mansion was less than 20 million horses, and there was a good metaphor of "clothes are all over the world";

At present, the West Indian Ocean Trading Company has spent more than 10 million yuan, equivalent to 56 billion yuan in later generations, to support the cotton industry;

In Yongqiu alone, the annual output of cotton cloth is no less than 3 million horses, and there are 10 cotton mills in the Western Pacific Trading Company, which are larger than Yongqiu, and the total annual output of cotton cloth should not be less than 20 million horses.

And this is just the beginning, cotton planting will increase year by year, textile technology will continue to improve, after a few years, who can predict how much cotton cloth production in the Great Song Dynasty?

Yang Yi followed Zhang Jiehe to take a look in the various factories, and when he came to the spinning factory, it was a different scene, the spinning machines here were all driven by water or animal power;

Originally, spinning was more labor-intensive than weaving, but after the improvement of the thirteen mothers, the efficiency of the spinning machine was increased by dozens of times compared with the original, nearly 100 large-scale hydraulic spinning machines, spinning tens of thousands of catties per day, and the required manpower was only three or four hundred people;

Here, Yang Yi can more truly feel the scene of the coming industrial revolution, Qing Niang and Adele were the first to see the water-powered spinning wheel, but there was only one when Yang's house tested, and the huge scene of hundreds of rows lined up here is not comparable at all, and the resulting feeling is completely different.

Qing Niang couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Yang, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you really can't imagine such a scene." Now it's good, the people of the world don't have to worry about having no clothes to wear. ”

Yang Yi smiled faintly and said, "The words are good. However, Qing Niang thought too simply, and the production of cloth was transformed from a family textile to a large factory. This actually has pros and cons, needless to say, the positive side is needless to say, and you may think of this disadvantage. ”

Qing Niang thought about it, and finally shook her head to say that she didn't know.

Yang Yi said: "Since ancient times, the people of the world are men and women weaving, women weaving at home, if the raw materials are enough, the industrious and dexterous woman can weave thirty or forty pieces of cloth a year, just handmade money." can earn enough income to maintain the daily needs of a family of three;

Now, with the advent of large textile mills, the cost of cotton cloth produced here is much lower, and the quantity is huge, and it is overwhelmingly introduced to the market, and the price of all kinds of cloth will surely fall;

It was inevitable that the income of peasant women would be compressed, and many women would now be able to do nothing but weave at home, that is, the emergence of large cotton mills. It will have a big impact on many families. ”

"What then? So many people have lost one income, but how can it be good? Brother Yang, you must have a way to solve it, right? Qing Niang was a little anxious, and looked at him expectantly.

Yang Yi smiled bitterly: "Qing Niang, the impact of traditional home textiles is unavoidable. Just like a parent life falling to the ground, the mother always has to endure some labor pains. ”

"But"

"Qingniang, don't be too anxious, fortunately, now most of the people who have lost their land in the Great Song Dynasty have been relocated. At present, there is a serious shortage of labor in my Great Song Dynasty, even if the money I make from weaving cloth is less. It was also easy for the people to find other ways to make a living. ”

"But Brother Yang, it's inconvenient for the woman to show up. What can they find to make a living? ”

"This is a matter of concept, in order to survive must change the original door does not step, the habit of not going out of the second door, like in the city of Tokyo, many women go to the restaurant tea shop to serve tea and pour water, is it not strange?

As the so-called Saiong lost his horse, he knew that it was not a blessing, breaking the tradition of the original male ploughing and female weaving, for the people, it may not be a good thing, women can not only weave cloth, Qing Niang look at your sister Bi'er, if she is in another house, what does she do? When she arrives at our house, as long as she lets her do it, she does many things better than men. ”

"Ah" Qing Niang asked with some surprise: "Brother Yang, do you want all the women in the world to learn from Sister Bi'er?" ”

"If you can learn, you can't get there, hehe"

Yang Yi and his entourage chatted while walking, and the entire factory area walked down, and it took nearly an hour.

Zhang Jiehe finally sighed: "Mrs. Yang, at present, the most labor-intensive is the weaving process, which consumes nearly seventy manpower, if the loom can also be improved, if the efficiency can be increased dozens of times like the spinning machine, the entire factory can be reduced by half." ”

"The loom must be improved, and now it is a bit eyebrow-raising, and I think the water-powered loom will be developed next year." When Yang Yi said this, he lowered his voice and asked, "By the way, how high is the cost of weaving a piece of cloth here?" ”

"Back to Mrs. Yang, at present, even the raw materials plus labor, the cost of a cotton cloth is about 3,800 Wen, of which the cost of raw materials accounts for a little more than 60%, and the labor cost is about 30%."

Yang Yi calculated, now the West Indian Ocean Trading Company intends to control the amount of cotton cloth put on the market, and most of the cotton is used to process quilts, which makes the price of cotton cloth not fall too much, and the current wholesale price of a cotton cloth is still about five yuan.

If you count the cost of the follow-up sales link and the commercial tax, then a cotton cloth can still earn a net profit of about 800 Wen.

This is already very good, with an annual output of 20 million horses, the trading company will have a profit of about 16 million yuan a year, which is equivalent to recovering a huge investment in one year, and from next year, the profit can be used as dividends.

At present, the production cost of a cotton cloth is as high as 3,800 wen, mainly because of the high price of cotton.

In order to rapidly promote cotton cultivation, when a trading company signed a contract with a farmer in the first year, the purchase price was very high.

It is precisely because of the high purchase price of the trading company that the farmers rushed to plant, so that the cotton cultivation of the Great Song Dynasty could be spread rapidly.

Last year, the people who planted cotton made a lot of money, and it is foreseeable that this year's cotton planting will increase exponentially, and the purchase price will definitely decrease.

When the total cost is reduced, cotton cloth can become a consumer product for ordinary people.

Seeing that there was no big problem with the cotton mill, Yang Yi did not stay in Yongqiu, and after eating some meals, the group boarded the boat again and went south along the Bianhe River.

The policies in the Gyeonggi area have been implemented relatively well, and Yang Yi will not waste his expression in the prefectures and counties near Gyeonggi, and will not abandon the boat and go ashore until after Ying Tianfu, and really start the inspection work.

The Bianhe River is actually the Tongji Canal dug by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and now on this vast river, the boats are like weaving, day and night non-stop, the land on both sides is fertile, the products are rich, and the towns are numerous;

The most distinctive thing is that both sides of the river are full of ancient willows, after Emperor Yang of Sui dug out the Grand Canal, he ordered people to plant willows all over the two banks, and the boats on the river are full of picturesque scenery.

Qing Niang leaned against the small window of the cabin, with the river breeze blowing the hair on her forehead, looked at the scenery for a while, turned back to Yang Yi and smiled: "Brother Yang, according to historical records, the predecessor of the Bianhe River was the chasm of the Warring States Period, in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Hui of Liang wanted to dominate the princes, moved the capital from Anyi to Daliang, and built two canals after moving the capital;

After the Wei State occupied Daliang City, he dug a large ditch in the Yellow River garden to divert the water of the Yellow River into the nursery field, and dug a canal from the nursery field for farmland irrigation; This was the first part of the chasm to be dug up;

The vicissitudes of the world, the white clouds and the dogs, now that I think about it, it really makes people feel that the insurmountable gap between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu back then, since the great cause of Sui, has become a hub for communication between the north and the south; Millions of years of Caojiang, Huaihu, Zhejiang, and the southeast of the product, a hundred treasures, incalculable. He also went down to the charcoal of the West Mountain, to lose the millet of the Beijing Division, to revitalize the urgency of Hebei, and relied on supply both inside and outside. All the waterways in the world are not so important. ”

Yang Yi looked at the busy scene on the Bianhe River and said with a smile: "Qing Niang, after you say this, Brother Yang suddenly doesn't want to do anything." ”

"Why is that?"

"A person, put in this magnificent river of history, is so small, no matter how hard he struggles, it is just a small wave in the long river of history, why bother!"

Qing Niang sat down beside him and said with warmth: "Brother Yang is not a small wave, you are the monstrous wave that pushes the long river of history forward, among the ancient and modern ministers, Han Xin Weiqing, slightly lost his literary talent, Fang Mou Du Broken, slightly inferior coquettish, like Brother Yang, there are really not many people who combine civil and military greatness"

Qing Niang smacked her lips when she said this, but without going on, Yang Yi had already guessed who she remembered and couldn't help but show a wry smile;

There are indeed not many people who combine literature and martial arts, but it is not nothing, such as Cao Cao, in terms of literature, Cao Cao and others' handsome and robust poetic style is known as "Jian'an style bone", which is a towering monument in the history of Chinese literature;

In terms of martial arts, Cao Cao defeated the strong with the weak in the smoke of the hegemony, unified the Central Plains, and attacked Wuhuan and other alien races in the north.

In terms of governing the world, 'the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles.' The north was governed by him and flourished, laying a solid foundation for the later Wei and Jin dynasties to dominate the world.

Obviously, Qing Niang also thought of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao had a bad reputation, how could he be compared with his brother Yang?

Yang Yi gently patted Qing Niang's fragrant shoulder and smiled: "Qing Niang doesn't have to care, I don't know how many people in this world say that I am Cao Cao, let people say it, in fact, Brother Yang admires Cao Cao very much, Cao Cao's reputation is not good, just because his son Cao Pi is not angry, the Northern Wei Dynasty did not last long, you know, the history books are written by later generations!" ”

After listening to Yang Yi's emotion, Qing Niang suddenly said: "Therefore, I must finish writing Brother Yang's biography, and record Brother Yang's exploits truthfully one by one, and do not allow future generations to distort them." ”

"Hahaha" Yang Yi couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw her serious appearance.

Qing Niang's serious appearance is really beautiful, with the posture of Ban Ji continuing history, and Xie Ting's attitude of Yongxue, which is unforgettable.

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