In terms of the textile industry alone, the technology of the Ming Dynasty is still very advanced.

Even after the Longqing switch, Western Europe did not handle cotton, and textile products were rough.

The cotton cloth of Daming has long been cheap and warm, and it has always been one of Daming's export products.

In the summer cloth industry, the Ming Dynasty is also very developed, it has a large hydraulic spinning wheel, the first appeared in the late Southern Song Dynasty, according to records, a hydraulic spinning wheel, spinning wheel spindles as many as 32 pieces, is the first generation of Jenny spinning machine four times, known as a day and night to reach more than 100 artificial spinning.

Even the water-powered spinning wheel outside Meaux has only sixty-four spindles, which is only twice as many as the water-powered spinning wheel of Daming.

Therefore, if the textile industry wants to defeat the Ming Dynasty, it is really necessary to achieve industrialization, not only to stabilize the production efficiency, but also to achieve the quality and output, far beyond the Ming.

Only in this way can Daming become a dumping ground and a supplier of raw materials.

In order to achieve this goal, Yan Zheng felt that a certain scale was needed first, then he needed the help of the compradors of the Ming Dynasty, and finally he needed to have a strong fleet.

He clearly believes that once the production capacity begins to explode, it must not be allowed to starve, and a strong navy must be used as a guarantee to let the production capacity capture the surrounding countries.

In order to expand the scale, after the trial production, Yan Zheng instructed the First Textile Factory to immediately place an order and let the First Machinery Factory produce and assemble more shuttle 01 looms for it.

Orders were placed with the carpentry and mould factories to help build three waterwheels, expand the number of water-powered spinning wheels, and try to introduce water power into the weaving process.

These two orders can be seen that when the textile industry develops, these factories will benefit from it!

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On the other side, Dagang.

When Yan Zheng was busy with the textile industry, Wang Qimei and Ah Ku and other cadres also began to take the members and began to try to get rich.

After completing the construction of the water conservancy facilities, they found time to work together to build an oil mill.

The core components of this oil press are three sets of wooden rollers and one set of iron rollers, which are produced by the First Wood Factory and the First Iron and Steel Plant respectively.

In order to build the mill, they used 80 percent of the tax revenue they withheld at one time.

After this oil mill was established, Wang Qimei and Ah Ku were faintly excited in their hearts, and their efforts these days finally came to fruition.

And this achievement, like water conservancy facilities, can be used for a long, long time, even if they leave here, these things they build will still benefit this place.

Wang Qimei thinks that this is the real practical work! She also began to believe that on Dongfan Island, they and these people could do everything they wanted!

"Cadres, this bean has been steamed into the hoop! Let's start extracting oil now? "The people in charge of oil extraction are all selected from various villages.

"Then let's start squeezing the oil, shall we?" Wang Jiang asked after glancing at it.

Wang Qimei nodded, and together with the rest of the cadres, she took a few steps forward and stood aside to watch.

Several oil presses, naked with their upper bodies, shouted a few words, and then made a few gestures towards the wooden and iron rollers of the oil extraction.

They also found some ropes to serve as incense, and after they had smoked them several times, they sprinkled them with a few green leaves dipped in water and sprinkled them on the devices.

The purpose of this is to greet the ghosts and gods who come and go for the first time, and after worshipping, they pray for smooth production in the future.

Even in later generations, when Fujian and Cantonese opened factories, they would play this way in the face of the start of new machines.

Wang Qimei and Ah Ku have no objections to this process, as long as it does not affect production, they will not interfere.

With the completion of the simple sacrifice, these workers began to place the cooked beans into the hoop, piece by piece on the first wooden roller.

After going through it here, a second roller is put in. After the second roller, the third roller is inserted.

The whole process is similar to that of sugarcane for making sugarcane, except that the three wooden rollers are gradual. It is made entirely of hardwood, powered by two cows.

After three wooden rollers, the two cows were already panting tiredly.

And in the container under the wooden roller, there is already a lot of soybean oil.

The last iron roller is slowed down for a while, and after a certain amount of accumulation is accumulated, the two cows are urged to carry out the final pressing.

The design of this pressing device comes from the hands of Yan Zheng, as long as it is operated properly, it can ensure more than 10% of the oil yield, which is higher than the traditional impact oil extraction, efficiency and output!

"It seems that it is better to use water power, otherwise it will be too much to deal with, and the cattle will be exhausted!" After watching it for a while, Ah Ku felt a little distressed.

Li Ya also agreed: "It's better to add a few cows, so that the two cows are hard, and it is not good to squeeze them!"

Wang Qimei thought for a while and said, "Add two more cows and let them take turns to rest!" It's too expensive to build a waterwheel, and when the first season of oil is sold, see how the profit is, and then see if you can use a few more cows! ”

Wang Jiang nodded and said: "The chairman is right, if the cattle are enough now, it is better to use the cow, anyway, the cattle will only get cheaper and cheaper, and when the time comes, just use a few more cows." This waterwheel costs a lot, and if you only need to press oil for one or two months throughout the year, it will be a waste! ”

After hearing this, Ah Ku felt that Wang Jiang's consideration was reasonable, and asked: "Now soybean oil, if it is exchanged for grain, how to exchange it?"

"The reference price given by the Red House is that one pound of oil can be exchanged for six pounds of brown rice!" Li Ya said after recalling for a while.

"Six pounds of brown rice!" Ah Ku nodded and said: "You have to be prepared, if we sell soybean oil in large quantities, it may only be worth five catties of brown rice, or even four catties of brown rice!"

"No!" Wang Qimei smiled and said: "The price of grain and oil will not fall and rise sharply in the short term, and the fluctuation will only be within 5%, which is the set rule!"

Ah Ku thought about it for a while, but he didn't know that there was one, but he quickly understood that this one meant that farming could not make a fortune, and it would not lose money.

As he spoke, the first batch of 100 catties of beans had already passed through the iron rollers.

After collecting and weighing, it was found that a total of 13.38 catties of oil were obtained, and considering some losses, the oil yield should be about 14%.

This result is very gratifying, which means that every household, as long as they take the time to plant five or six acres of beans, can achieve an increase in income by 10% per year without spending much labor.

And the soybean cake after oil extraction can be used to feed pigs or compost, which is another profit.

"It seems that as long as you are willing to put in the effort, in less than two years, every family will be rich!" Wang Jiang smiled and sighed.

Wang Qimei also said happily: "With this extra profit, our finances can also be much more relaxed, and then we will use this money to build water conservancy roads, and build a school!"

"Other institutions have to be set up as appropriate!" Ah Ku reminded.

Wang Qimei shook her head and said: "There is no need for so many institutions now, just add it slowly, don't be in a hurry!" Money has to be used where it matters, let's build a school first, education is no trivial matter! ”

"There is also resettlement, you have to lend them some materials, so that they can produce faster!" Li Ya also said.

Wang Qimei nodded, glanced at the oil mill, as if the matter was over, and many things came out!

But fortunately, this real oil mill has been able to bring tangible benefits to all members.

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