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"You don't understand this, this is the same as managing a company, specific things, just leave it to your subordinates to solve, everything is considered for them, everything must be done personally, and you can't do anything if you are tired."

Lin Weiye didn't understand business management, and felt that what Xia Nan said made sense, hehe, he turned back to his room to draw drawings, and then modified it when the machine arrived.

It turned out that Xia Nan's theory was right, and early the next morning, Tan Shan came back with a dilapidated spinning wheel, followed by Tan's second sister-in-law. It turned out that Tan Shan asked Tan's second sister-in-law to come forward and buy it on the grounds of spinning and weaving by herself, but it only cost a few dozen yuan, and the people who sold it were very happy, after all, this spinning wheel was not worth much.

This is a typical "spinning thread" in ancient China, recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu", the structure is simple, made of wood, the cotton strip is wound into a cylinder on the wooden pole in advance, and then the spindle is pulled by the spinning wheel through the hand crank pedal.

Xia Nan was a little disappointed when he saw this spinning wheel, how to change such a simple manual machine, and how to change the Jenny textile machine that led the industrial revolution? He looked at Lin Weiye, "Is this thing reliable to change the Jenny machine?" Whether or not I can become the earliest industrial capitalist of the Ming Dynasty depends on you. ”

Lin Weiye was not as pessimistic as him, and said with a smile: "There is a difference between the spinning machines of the East and the West, but the basic principle is much the same, I have seen the model of the Jenny machine, which is not much more complicated than this spinning wheel, it is nothing more than that the spinning spindles are changed from horizontal arrangement to vertical arrangement, the same spinning wheel can drive more spindles, find me a better carpenter, and I promise to build a Jenny machine within two days."

Xia Nan was overjoyed when he heard this, and told Tan Shan to find a carpenter quickly.

In the next two days, Xia Nan couldn't eat and sleep restlessly, and went to Lin Weiye's side from time to time, only to see him with a carpenter knocking on a pile of wooden frames, he couldn't see it, and he was restless when he returned to his room, and he didn't even have the heart to report the recent sales of the salt farm, so he sent him back after listening to it.

Tan Er saw that he was not very interested, and thought that he had done something bad, and he was worried - recently, the village chief Tan Shan was assigned other things, and he was in charge of watching the salt farm for the time being, and the main task was to keep an eye on the sale of salt, and then report the income to Xia Nan, he valued this temporary errand very much. When he walked to the door, he remembered that he had forgotten one thing and did not report it, so he turned back and said cautiously: "Master Xia, Zhang Mingli from Guangzhou has come to buy salt again, and he has something to discuss with the master."

"Just buy salt at the price, what else to discuss, our salt farm is fair and the price is not bullied", waved his hand, and was about to refuse to meet, feeling that it was inappropriate to treat customers like this, and changed his mouth again, "Okay, I'll see him when I'm done." ”

Tan Er hurriedly agreed and went back to the salt field to spread the word.

Not long after Tan Er left, Xia Nan was thinking about whether to go to see the progress again, when the door was pushed open with a "bang", and Lin Weiye walked in with a smile on his face.

Xia Nan became excited, "Did you succeed?" ”

"you, what did you do, it's like a pickled girl. It should be called a successful technical breakthrough", Lin Weiye beckoned proudly, "Let's go and have a look with my brother."

In the summer, Nan happily followed Lin Weiye to his room. The bed in this bedroom has been removed, and the whole room has become a carpentry room, full of wood and wood shavings, and a completely different spinning machine is placed in the center, and Tan's second sister-in-law is operating.

Xia Nan walked in and looked carefully, the machine is an "H" shaped shelf in the upward direction, more than a dozen spindles are set in the middle, the yarn is parallel to the ground, the sides on both sides are "X" shaped brackets, the spinning wheel on the right side is close to the level, Tan Er's sister-in-law shakes the spinning wheel, driving more than a dozen yarns at a time.

Although Xia Nan does not know how to spin, but the spinning wheel seen yesterday is obvious that the spinning wheel can only drive one yarn, and this Jenny machine can drive about 8 yarns at a time, which is equivalent to a person can do the work of 8 people, Xia Nan naturally understands the huge business opportunities contained in this - the use of Jenny machine is nearly ten times higher than the traditional home manual production efficiency, the cost plummets, cotton in the spinning link will kill the traditional manual production method, which means that a large number of cheap cotton cloth can be produced to occupy the market.

Xia Nan asked, "Second sister-in-law Tan, how is the yarn spun by this new machine?" ”

Second sister-in-law Tan stood up and replied: "Back to Master Xia, the yarn spun by the new spinning wheel is very fine and uniform, and the cloth woven by this yarn is much better than that of the old spinning wheel. ”

"Well done!" Xia Nan patted Lin Weiye on the shoulder.

Lin Weiye said proudly: "It's just a small case." ”

Xia Nan coughed twice and hugged Lin Weiye: "The Long March has taken the first step, and the next ......"

"Stop!" Lin Weiye saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly interrupted, "Brother, I worked hard for two days and nights to make this Jenny machine, you, the future capitalist of the Ming Dynasty, have not given bonuses, what do you want to do?" ”

"I'm still thinking about it, who just coaxed that it was just a small case." Xia Nan replied disdainfully.

Lin Weiye's old face turned red and changed the topic: "Jenny machine has been made, why don't you hurry up and open a factory to recruit workers, the vast market is waiting for you to occupy!" ”

"Spinning only solves the problem of weaving materials, we can't occupy the market by selling cotton yarn, and then solve the final technical problem - weaving, we can officially open the factory." Xia Nan hugged Lin Weiye's shoulders again, and said with a smile, "Jenny has made all the machines, and the weaving should be difficult for you Lin expert."

Lin Weiye sighed, "I know that capitalists are inhumane. Before the invention of the Jenny spinning machine, the British watchmaker Kaye invented the shuttle, which greatly improved the weaving efficiency, and it was the stimulation of the weaving link that led to the birth of the Jenny spinning machine. ”

"This shuttle, it's not difficult, right?" In the summer, Nan was a little nervous, and solved the two links of spinning and weaving, so that there would be high-quality and inexpensive cotton cloth. Relying on the weather to eat salt is not a long-term solution, not to mention the limited output of the small Mayuan salt farm, only industrial large-scale production is the king.

"What if I told you that when I was studying physics in high school, my teacher told me that the principle of a shuttle is actually very simple, and it is actually a shuttle with a small wheel installed in a chute?"

"Long live the Chinese physics teacher!" Xia Nan shouted, and then hugged Lin Weiye, "What are you waiting for, comrade expert, let's get started!" Let our cotton cloth capture the market as soon as possible! ”

Although the principle of the shuttle was simple, Lingao lacked the technical talents of the British watchmaker, so Lin Weiye had to spend extra time making chutes and shuttles with wheels, and then buy a loom according to the old way as a reference, and ask the original carpenter to remake a new loom according to the design requirements. This time, it took three days to make the new weaving mechanism.

Lin Weiye, whose eyes were bloodshot, introduced to the enthusiastic Xia Nan: "With the shuttle, the weaving cloth surface can be greatly widened. In the past, with ordinary shuttles, two people had to cooperate, but now with shuttles, one person can complete the weaving work, and can weave wider cloth than before. Therefore, the shuttle makes the weaving speed faster, which greatly improves the weaving efficiency. ”

The demonstration was still carried out by Tan Er's sister-in-law, who has always been a working woman in China who spins, weaves and sews clothes by herself, and the whole process is an essential skill for traditional Chinese women. She was able to get started with the new spinning machines and looms in no time. I saw that under her operation, the shuttle traveled back and forth at a very fast speed, and a piece of cloth gradually took shape.

Xia Nan couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and as he watched the shuttle pass by, he seemed to see hundreds of spinning machines and looms running at the same time, workers working nervously, and then bundles of cloth were transported out of the factory and flowed to Guangzhou across the strait......

"Comrade capitalist, take your time, my task is complete, but I have to rest." Lin Weiye continued to work overtime, and he couldn't open his eyes.

"That's as it should be, you've worked hard, rest well, and I'll take care of the rest." In the summer, Nan diligently sent Lin Weiye to his room to rest, and Lin Weiye's room was temporarily uninhabitable.

Seeing Lin Weiye away, Xia Nan was full of fighting spirit and immediately called Tan Shan and asked him where he could open a factory and how he could recruit workers.

Tan Shan pondered, this factory should be a workshop or something, but it is just bigger than ordinary workshops.

His answer poured cold water on the future first capitalist of the Ming Dynasty - the factory required to open a factory is not difficult, there is no need to find another place, Hujiazhuang occupies a very wide area, just vacate the place, if you still don't think the place is enough, next to Zhuangzi to build a house, anyway, there is no planning bureau to manage this time and space, as long as you have money, you can build as many rooms as you want.

It's just that recruiting workers is a difficult thing, spinning and weaving only women will do, and women are not easy to show up, although the poor do not pay attention to this in order to make a living, but according to the three-shift plan in the summer south plan, you have to do it from the morning to the evening, the labor intensity is high, the time is long, the age is too young and too big to work, and the women of the right age are the main force of washing and cooking at home, leaving them It is estimated that the family will not be able to eat hot meals, it is estimated that few women will be willing to come to work, not only the work at home is delayed, Not returning home day and night will also attract gossip.

Only Ma Yuan Village can barely make up one hundred and eighty eligible people, but even if they are transferred, there is still a big gap.

The capitalists of the future are depressed, the crossing artifact Jenny machine has come out, everything is ready and only the east wind is owed, but how can the gap of this worker be filled? He can only take one step at a time and build a factory first.