Ming Zuo

Chapter 284 Industry Promotion
One of the consequences of the highly developed cotton spinning industry in Songjiang Prefecture is that the industry is seriously involved.

Anyway, there are cotton cloths everywhere in Songjiang Mansion, so why only buy yours?

You can totally buy it elsewhere.

Whoever's quality is good and whose cotton cloth is cheap will naturally have more market.

Under such circumstances, the cotton spinning industry in Songjiang Prefecture could not stop at all, and had to think about progress all the time.

Therefore, when they saw the stockings, Pan Xiaona, Qu Ye and others realized that a new competitive product had appeared.

Although Zuo Menggeng never let go, they persevered.

The next day, Pan Yunlong, the patriarch of the Pan family, and Qu Yin, Qu Ye's father, came to the door at the same time, just for the stockings.

"The two of you are rare visitors, so you don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do."

They are all old friends for many years, and Xu Ji is just teasing when they meet each other.

As an in-law of sons and daughters, Pan Yunlong has nothing to hide.

"Isn't it Zhongheng's good deed? My in-laws, I didn't say anything. Our Pan family has done this business. If you want money, you will give money, and if you want land, you will give land."

"Okay Pan Jizhong, are you going to eat alone?"

Qu Yin was not happy anymore, so he quickly intervened.

"Our Xu and Qu families have been in contact for decades. For such a grand event, the Xu family cannot leave the Qu family behind."

Xu Ji looked at the two of them, feeling quite novel.

In the past, these two were very proud and arrogant, and each family had secrets in their industries, and they really made a lot of money.

Compared with them, the Xu family can only be regarded as a junior fabric supplier, and they did not miss their expressions.

Unexpectedly, one day, they would come to ask for help.

All of this was brought by Zuo Menggeng.

"You two, these stockings are made by Zhongheng. You should ask him what the rules are."

Only then did Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin realize that they surrounded Zuo Menggeng regardless of their appearance as elders.The same meaning was repeated over and over again, this business must bring the two of them.

As everyone knows, for the eagerness of the two, Zuo Menggeng is too late to be happy.

After returning yesterday, Zuo Menggeng expected this to happen, so he thought hard and planned all night, and prepared the big pit long ago to bring the Pan family and the Qu family in.

"Uncles, no one can do this stocking method with the current skills of Songjiang Mansion."

When he said this, Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin were both unconvinced.

"Nephew, don't underestimate the skills of the craftsmen of my Songjiang Mansion. When it comes to the art of cotton spinning, my Songjiang Manor is the only one in the world."

Qu Yin didn't speak, but kept nodding, obviously he had the same attitude as Pan Yunlong on this point.

Zuo Menggeng patiently said: "Uncle misunderstood. The craftsmen of Songjiang Mansion can't make these stockings. It's not a problem of craftsmanship, but a problem of craftsmanship."

In this era, the division of technology is not so detailed.

Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin couldn't figure out the difference between craftsmanship and craftsmanship for a while, so they had to wait for his explanation.

"This kind of silk stockings is woven with a special kind of crochet hook. It needs special methods to cast this kind of crochet hook. At present, it is impossible to make it anywhere except Linqing, the little nephew."

Stockings are thin and thin, so the threads must be extremely thin.

Although it is not as good as the nylon of later generations, it is far thinner than the thinnest silk thread today.

There are two issues involved here.

One is how to divide the velvet thread into thinner and more pieces, and the other is how to weave it with this thread, which is thinner than a hair.

Although the most powerful craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty could divide many silk threads into [-] equal parts, there was absolutely no way to refine velvet.

It's not a problem of craftsmanship, but the recognition of human eyes can't keep up.

Zuo Zhuang used a microscope to solve this problem.

Under the microscope, the velvet thread is magnified several times, and the overall structure becomes extremely clear, so it is easy to refine.

In this way, an ordinary velvet thread can be subdivided into thirty-five finer threads.

Craftsmen said that it can actually be more detailed.However, the current tools cannot be made smaller, which limits the further improvement of the process.

Likewise, weaving becomes a big problem because the thread is too thin.

There is no way to use ordinary needles, they are too thick.

Still using a microscope, the craftsmen of Zuozhuang have produced extremely fine crochet needles with a hole diameter of [-] microns, and the needle tip even reaches an astonishing three microns.

Only in this way can the knitting needs of stockings be met.

This kind of craftsmanship is currently only available in Linqing.

Even if you give the microscope to the best craftsmen in Songjiang Prefecture, they still can't make crochet needles that meet the requirements.

Because the material used for crochet hooks is alloy steel.

Yes, Linqing is currently experimenting with alloy materials.

Because crochet hooks are too small, if the material is not hard enough, it is easy to break.

As soon as Zuo Menggeng drew the crochet pattern on the paper, Xu Ji, Pan Yunlong, and Qu Yin were left with helpless wry smiles.

They knew that what Zuo Menggeng said was right, Songjiang Mansion couldn't make such a craft.

But when it comes to thinking that silk stockings are such a good product, Songjiang Prefecture cannot produce them, and it is a pity that they missed a great opportunity to make money.

What Zuo Menggeng wanted was this effect, and only in this way would he have room to intervene.

"In the past few days, my nephew has seen the power of cotton spinning in Songjiang Prefecture, and I know very well that if we want to make it big, we can only deploy it here. If the two uncles don't give up, how about we run a joint venture?"

Pan Yunlong was taken aback.

"Nephew is willing to provide such skills?"

He was really overwhelmed.

In this world, if anyone has any unique skills, it will be too late to hide them.

It is the ancestral precept of many families to pass on sons but not daughters, daughter-in-law and not son-in-law.

Everyone knows how much wealth the manufacturing process of stockings can bring.To put it bluntly, it is not a problem to create a noble family because of this.

How did they know what Zuo Menggeng valued.

"Since we operate as a joint venture, then these skills belong to all of us. If my nephew doesn't show it, and he doesn't have the ability to manage it, wouldn't it be a waste of money."

Even so, Pan Yunlong couldn't help but marvel.

"In the world, someone with a broad mind like a good nephew is actually the only one I have seen in my life."

But Qu Yin was afraid that the night would be full of dreams, so he just wanted to settle the matter quickly.

"What's the constitution of the joint stock that my nephew mentioned?"

His urgency helped Zuo Menggeng instead.

"What my nephew means is that the few of us have the money to contribute money, the ability to contribute, and the land to produce land. We will jointly build a weaving factory in Songjiang Prefecture. In the future, the income will be distributed according to the equity."

Xu Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "The velvet used in these silk stockings is not produced in Songjiang Prefecture. If there is no source of goods, I'm afraid there will be disharmony."

There was only one place of origin for velvet in the Ming Dynasty, and that was Zhangzhou, Fujian.It was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was introduced to Jiangning Weaving House.

But his worry is not a problem at all for Zuo Menggeng.

"Father-in-law doesn't know that Huang Youxuan is from Zhangzhou. Now he is the magistrate of Dongchang, and he shares the same goals with my son-in-law. My son-in-law has already made an agreement with the silk from Zhangzhou, and the annual velvet festival will be open for us."

Seeing that Zuo Menggeng even solved the problem of raw materials, the few people no longer have any worries.

"That's good, count me as a part of the Pan family."

Qu Yin is also agile.

"The artisans and weavers will be handed over to my Qu family."

As the largest cloth merchant in Loutang Town, the Qu family has more than [-] weavers.

But this amount is really not enough for Zuo Menggeng.

"The factory that my nephew wants to set up will have thousands of weavers. I also invite my father-in-law and two uncles to recruit talented people to join us in this grand event."

Hearing that there are thousands of weavers in the weaving factory, Xu Ji and others were all surprised.

There are weaving workshops in Songjiang Mansion, but the largest ones only have one or two hundred weavers.

To put it bluntly, it is still a primitive handicraft workshop.

But what Zuo Menggeng wants to build is a large industrialized factory, and what he wants is to crush the handicraft industry of this era with higher production efficiency, lower production costs, and greater output.

Stockings are just the beginning.

When the factory has gained a firm foothold, he will definitely enter the traditional cotton spinning industry.

At that time, the powerful industrialized machines will definitely bid farewell to the traditional primitive hand-woven textile industry.

Zuo Menggeng's dream is to let the world feel the power of Chinese industrial dumping four hundred years in advance.

But the most important thing right now is to let traditional old people like Xu Ji, Pan Yunlong, and Qu Yin understand what a factory is.

Instead of explaining himself, he winked at Xu Erjue.

As an on-the-spot witness to the production of Fuyao Group, Vegetable Company, Agricultural Reclamation Group and Military Factory, I believe Xu Erjue will become a qualified communicator.

(End of this chapter)