Zhu Hao's steam loom has begun to enter the production test stage.

Three units were built at a time, and Zhu Hao was not very satisfied with the effect, he was transformed by the flying shuttle loom driven by the human pedal in later generations.

The pedal loom is composed of main components such as Teng warp shaft, Huai Luo, horse head, heald piece, kick and a suitable machine for operation. Due to the use of machines and feet, the textile women have a better working environment, and can use the foot pedal to lift the heald, free up their hands to throw the shuttle and beat the weft faster, so as to improve the speed and quality of weaving.

Because the water vapor airtightness of the steam engine is still not tight, and the power is limited, this "steam loom" cannot completely replace manpower.

Although the speed of the steam loom is not fast enough, it is absolutely outstanding in terms of liberating manpower, and the weaving speed of the ordinary loom of Daming cannot be compared with the pedal loom studied by Zhu Hao, let alone the steam loom. A female worker with simple training can take care of three looms, and if she is systematically trained later, it will never be a problem for one person to watch five or ten looms.

On this day, Zhu Hao took the horse shopkeeper to visit the weaving workshop he was building.

It is said to be a workshop, but in fact there are only three steam looms, and six supporting Jenny spinning machines, which are also powered by steam power.

It is not difficult to manufacture Jenny's spinning machine, Zhu Hao only increased the spinning wheel and improved the spindle device, so that the shuttle was driven by manpower into steam power, and the production efficiency was greatly improved.

The workshop has not yet been officially put into production, and Zhu Hao just tried not to hide the shopkeeper, which is equivalent to being open to Su Xigui.

"Little proprietor, these are all spinning and weaving cloth from cotton? Such a good textile machine, if it can be used to make silk......"

The shopkeeper has a bit of eyesight.

The value of the cloth woven from the thread spun from ordinary cotton is naturally inferior to that of silk.

In the opinion of the shopkeeper, since you have such a good craft, you should use some valuable materials, instead of just weaving cotton cloth like now.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Don't underestimate this weaving, it can change an era, silk is indeed a good thing...... But where can ordinary people afford it? Besides, aren't we in business for profit? Only goods with large sales volume, we can make money by mass-producing......"

"Makes sense."

Regardless of whether the shopkeeper agrees with it or not, he must agree with Zhu Hao's concept at this time.

If you are a shopkeeper under someone else, you can't do everything against the owner, so there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat.

He carefully looked at the woven cloth, and then looked at the two women next to him who were in charge of taking care of Jenny's spinning machine and loom driven by steam power, one was Gong Yeling, and the other was Ouyang Fei, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The two women who don't seem to have their fingers touching the spring water, but in front of the Jenny machine and the loom, they are like experienced masters, dealing with some unexpected situations, such as broken threads, stuck files and other problems, they are basically at ease.

"Owner, how many people are you going to use in this workshop? If there is a need for manpower, the despicable must hire a woman from outside the city to enter the city. The shopkeeper took the initiative to ask.

To say that the old horse is also selfish.

It is clear that this workshop may be the main livelihood of the proprietor's mother and son to make a fortune in the future, why don't I hurry up and apply to be the big shopkeeper?

If this work is handed over to someone else by the owner, then I will no longer be the chief shopkeeper in front of the owner, but a helmsman...... There are significant disparities in treatment and status.

Zhu Hao saw Lao Ma's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Weaving is always a woman's life, and I promised before that the production and sales of new products will rely on Miss Ouyang, after all, she stayed in order to have the opportunity to revive the family business, and I can't break my word and get fat." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Ouyang Fei with a vigilant gaze.

For a person like him who has signed a deed of sale since he was a child, followed the owner to run around, and sat in the position of the big shopkeeper step by step from an apprentice, the human feelings are extremely thorough, he knows very well what the world is like, Ouyang Fei and Gongyeling don't seem to be very capable, not a business material, but they are women, and the future owner will accept the house as "his own person" as long as he says a casual word, and as an old man, even if he signs the deed of sale, there is a heart between him and the owner.

What's more, he is still a family slave with two surnames, and everyone knows that he has an unclear relationship with Su Xigui.

Zhu Hao's choice looks fine.

"If the next time the owner of the Su asks about the relevant situation, Lao Ma, you will be honest, this spinning and weaving cloth is hard work, I just try to see if I can produce high-quality and inexpensive cloth for the Ming Dynasty, which does not conflict with the glass mirror business, so I will not hand it over to the owner of the Su Dynasty."

After all, Zhu Hao can't always take care of business matters, and usually has to rely on the eight-sided exquisite horse shopkeeper to move around and usher in the send-off.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "The little proprietor relaxes, the owner of the Su rarely involved in the cloth and silk business in the past, even if it is licensed, he has never operated a workshop, and in the past, it was purchased in the south of the Yangtze River, and a workshop like this can make so many fabrics...... Never seen before. ”

In these years, cloth involves the most important "wear" in people's livelihood, and it is the top priority of people's lives.

However, the production of cloth is mostly completed by women, for example, the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven in myths and legends is good at weaving, known as the Weaver Girl, which shows that the male cultivator and the female weaver are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But the speed of hand-weaving is not fast, even if the establishment of workshops is mostly to save space, in the procurement of materials and sales of finished products have bargaining power, and generally the purchase of cloth in the local area is completed by the monopoly businessman, Su Xigui such a big businessman even if he wants to do cloth business, but also from the monopoly to buy goods, and then transfer to all parts of the country for sale.

Even if the cloth makes money again, the majority of the profits are taken up by monopoly merchants, where can it be compared with the lucrative business of official salt?

"Okay, I've seen the workshop, and I'm going to build a batch of iron spinning machines and looms, and then the quality of the cloth and the weaving speed will be faster......"

After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he finished the visit and prepared to go out with the horse shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was very surprised, in his opinion, the wooden machine was already very heavy, and it was possible to drive the shaft and complete the actions of hand shaking and foot stepping by relying on something like a boiler, but if it was made of iron...... How heavy is that?

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With doubts, the shopkeeper and Zhu Hao walked out of the workshop.

The two walked side by side in the alley, more than a dozen guards followed from a distance, and Zhu Hao asked about the ferry.

The shopkeeper answered them one by one.

Zhu Hao suddenly asked, "I wonder how the flood control preparations are this year?" Even if the terrain of the warehouse is higher than the wharf, if the Han River rises and overflows the river embankment, the warehouse will be flooded, right? ”

The shopkeeper nodded: "What the little master is worried about is that it has only been half a year since you took over this warehouse, and it is said that the ferry was flooded last year, but fortunately, the government was well dispatched at that time, and there was no big mess...... According to the local people who manage the dams, the Han River rises sharply only once every three to five years, and only once in twenty years...... The water just rose last year, and it stands to reason that there will be no more accidents in the next two years. ”

Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "Really?" Can't you flood year after year? ”

"It should ...... No way? "After all, the shopkeeper is not a professional, he is not even a local, he can only listen to others.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "But I think there will be a big flood this summer." ”

"Huh!?"

The shopkeeper was shocked.

"I know astronomy and geography, and I know how to do the math with my fingers, and the probability of a big flood this year is almost as high as ninety-percent, and I am going to move all the goods in the warehouse into the city before the summer floods...... And I'm going to transfer the cargo warehouse of the ferry to the Zhu family......"

Zhu Hao said the biggest purpose of his calling the shopkeeper into the city for an interview.

Visiting the workshop?

That's just a incidental thing, whether you visit the shopkeeper or not, it can't change the fact that the workshop is about to be put into production, and this workshop won't be handed over to your old horse to take care of.

It's important to talk about the project you're responsible for.

The shopkeeper exhaled and said, "Little proprietor, the contemptible people understand what you mean, if there is a big flood in Hanshui this year, and the collapsed house business of the ferry is handed over to the Zhu family, then their goods ...... There will be heavy losses...... But the question is, wasn't this flood set by God? How do you ......"

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper paused for a moment, and then said: "Besides, if we transport all the goods into the city, it seems that we can avoid flooding, but the transportation of goods in the past few months is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is really worth the loss." ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "Do I care about the transportation cost of those few taels of silver?" If there is really a big flood, and the goods are washed away by the big water, won't the loss be greater? ”

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, nodded first, and then hurriedly persuaded: "When there are signs of heavy flooding, it is not too late to transfer it, and it is a big deal to store some less goods on the ferry side." ”

"No, I'm afraid of flooding overnight...... Do you believe in my ability to count my fingers? Zhu Hao frowned.

The shopkeeper was speechless for a while.

If it was his former owner Su Xigui in front of him, he would have spit on the ground and scolded I believe you are a big-headed ghost! Do you really think you're a half-fairy?

You can predict the river god's water in advance?

But after all, he is doing things for Zhu Hao now, and at this moment, Zhu Hao is looking at him with a serious face, and he is embarrassed to say gags.

"Old Ma, you believe me, even if we don't send water, the terrain of our warehouse at the ferry port is too low, after all, when Su Dongzhu rented and bought the warehouse, he just wanted to be cheap, and he didn't plan to do a long-term deal, and he felt that he was an official family, and the government would definitely give priority to rescue if he sent water......

"But the problem is that we are not an official family, if the water overflows the river embankment overnight, won't our warehouse in the low-lying area suffer a big loss? It's just a matter of lease, even if there are a few houses, it's not worth a few dollars, and I will resell them to the Zhu family when I turn around, and the Zhu family has an official background, so people are not afraid? ”

Zhu Hao worked hard to comfort the shopkeeper and appease his subordinates, which is also a must for a high-ranking person.

It can't be said that you don't give any room for negotiation and questioning, Yiyantang is indeed better in terms of execution, but the consequence is to deviate from his subordinates.

The shopkeeper nodded: "Let's rent a few relatively high-lying warehouses at the ferry?" ”

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "No, I'll pinch my fingers, this year, Xingwangfu will cooperate with local officials and people to rebuild the embankment, and then add another layer to the existing embankment, and our warehouse can be built on this basis...... With my good relationship with Xingwangfu, wouldn't it be better to buy a few acres of good land and build a warehouse directly on it? ”

When the old horse heard this, his mouth opened wide.

Emotional little owner, you have learned the inside information, know that the existing embankment is going to be rebuilt, and now the location of the warehouse is low and there is no investment value, so you have to raise money to build the warehouse?

"Little proprietor, on this matter, the contemptible people raised their hands in approval."

Ma Yan nodded heavily at Zhu Hao, with a little more longing and respect in her eyes.

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