Ming Zuo

Chapter 285 Improvements
"My cotton spinning in Songjiang is mostly done by the people at home. However, there are only a few mouths in one family. Even if the whole family is involved in the battle, it is really laborious to complete the whole process of cotton making."

Xu Erjue lived up to Zuo Menggeng's expectations, and introduced the operation mode of Fuyao Group, garment factories and other factories in detail, which made Xu Ji and others fascinated.

Concepts such as division of labor and cooperation and assembly line opened a skylight for them.

Then compare the current shortcomings of Songjiang Cotton Spinning with this, and it will be clear at a glance.

A major disadvantage of family workshops is that they need to complete many process links with a small amount of labor.

Just like the original garment factory.

It takes at least half a month for a woman to sew a piece of clothing alone.Not only is it laborious and laborious, but the cost is also very high.

After adopting the assembly line operation, while the output has been greatly improved, the cost has also been suppressed by a considerable part.

Therefore, when deciding to cooperate with the businessmen in Songjiang Prefecture, Zuo Menggeng's plan was to promote the assembly line factory.

As long as this is done, it will not take long to completely destroy the existing family workshop model and make Songjiang Cotton Spinning enter the stage of industrialization.

Of course, in order to convince Pan Yuanlong and Qu Yin, Xu Ji also showed them the cotton cloth production capacity of the Xu family.

Although the Xu family's workshop did not fully adopt the assembly line operation, it also somewhat referred to the Fuyao Group's model.Especially with the help of hydraulic drive, so the production capacity and quality have already had a very good reputation.

Anything can lie, but real data will not.

The number of weavers in Xu's workshop was about the same as that of Pan's. As a result, the monthly output of cotton cloth was [-]% more than that of Pan's, and the cloth weaved was finer and stronger. Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin couldn't help being dissatisfied.

"Zhongheng, if we cooperate, will this kind of water wheel be used in the factory?"

Seeing the three or four waterwheels turning continuously, driving hundreds or thousands of spindles to spin steadily, Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin were really envious.

To know the same number of looms, there must be dozens of weavers in the workshops of the Pan family and the Qu family.Here, there are only three or four female workers walking back and forth, changing the spindles and checking for damage from time to time.

This alone is a huge savings.

Zuo Menggeng threw out the bait.

"The place here is too small, and the flow rate of the river is not enough, so there can only be so many hydraulic drives. If there is a suitable place, dozens or hundreds of waterwheels will be put in, and the daily output of cotton cloth will be even more amazing."

In the minds of Pan Yunlong and Qu Yin, they fantasized about the wide river, the waterwheels lined up endlessly, driving countless spindles to rotate, and their eyes were red.

Why hasn't anyone thought of weaving like this for hundreds of years?

But they soon came to their senses and realized that the key lies in the hydraulic drive.

Although this thing looks like a waterwheel on the outside, it seems that there are everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.But just now they went around in a circle, looked carefully inside and out, and didn't understand the reason.

In particular, some parts of the device seem to require exquisite craftsmanship to build.

Although the water-driven transposition is derived from the waterwheel, it is very different in the end.For those who do not understand mechanical principles in this era, it is extremely difficult to imitate.

The most critical parameters are kinetic energy conversion and lubrication.

Only when the kinetic energy conversion reaches the standard can the waterwheel be stable and provide stable power.Otherwise, the spindles would turn fast and slow, and the cloth weaved would not be as good as handmade.

The same goes for lubrication.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the waterwheel, it is necessary to properly lubricate the bearings and other parts of it to reduce friction and blockage.

Someone may be able to make lubricating fluid, but if it is not possible, vegetable oil can also be used to deal with it.But the most important ball inside, even if it is placed in front of today's craftsmen, they can only stare at it.

This thing is not only made of steel, but also needs to achieve the same size of all balls, and at the same time, any angle is infinitely close to a perfect circle.

Today's craftsmen don't have that technology at all.

It can only be provided by Linqing, the only one in the world.

This is also the reason why Zuo Menggeng was not worried about technology leakage when Xu Erjue brought the hydraulic drive device to Songjiang.

And he also revealed an important information.

"Currently, the craftsmen in Linqing are already developing and using water power to weave this kind of stockings, and the progress is gratifying. Not surprisingly, within one or two years at most, water power will be able to replace manpower, and the output and quality will be rapidly improved."

The invention of the microscope and the fine crochet hook brought the craft to a whole new level.

Many components can be made even smaller.

Once it is really possible to use water to drive crochet stockings, it will greatly improve production efficiency.

You must know that this kind of silk stockings is currently produced manually. The [-] workers in the garment factory work together to produce only [-] pairs in a month.

"That's really great. Silk stockings will be popular all over the world, and it won't be too long."

Xu Ji and others were overjoyed, and their desire to invest became more urgent.

And Zuo Menggeng gave them another surprise.

"The summer socks that are currently popular in the market have loose openings, which are not conducive to fixing. We can add the elasticity of silk stockings to summer socks, so that we can cancel the tie and make the socks more convenient and comfortable."

Because today's fabrics are not elastic, in order to keep the socks from falling off, a tie is added to the top of the socks.

After putting on the socks, tie a tie around the ankle or calf so that the socks are secure.

Since the garment factory started production, Zuo Menggeng has been asking Wang Xiuqin and others to study the elasticity of cotton cloth.

He also didn't know that the reason why the cotton socks of later generations were elastic was because of the addition of other materials.

As a result, a lot of time and cost were spent, and the garment factory did not improve much.It was not until the silk stockings were produced that Wang Xiuqin blended the threads of the stockings with cotton threads to finally make the cotton socks elastic.

When Zuo Menggeng explained his train of thought, Xu Ji and the others couldn't be more shocked.

They only care about the beauty and exquisiteness of stockings, but they ignore another important attribute of stockings.

Pan Yunlong pulled the stockings a few times, and immediately understood that Zuo Menggeng's idea had unparalleled value.

"If all socks can be improved in this way, it will be convenient for the world."

Anyone who wears socks with strings knows how uncomfortable they are.It's not that the ancients didn't think about improvement, but they had no ideas and skills, so they had to endure it.

Now that there is a feasible plan, there is no need to doubt their ability to act.

So far, there is no problem with the cooperation to set up a factory.

After discussion, Zuo Menggeng, the Xu family, the Pan family, and the Qu family joined forces to establish the world's first fully commercial cotton spinning factory.

Zuo Menggeng didn't have to pay a penny, and was only responsible for providing technology and management processes, but he held 27% of the shares.

The reason why it is so high is because of Zuo Menggeng's murderous aura.

Xu Ji, Pan Yunlong, and Qu Yin were all worried that the new technology would be stolen by others, but Zuo Menggeng reassured them.

Whoever dares to use new technology without spending money, Zuo Menggeng will let them taste what blood is like.

In order to protect wealth and competitiveness, Zuo Menggeng will not be polite.This is also a phenomenon that will inevitably occur in the process of capital expansion.

The land for the factory was provided by the Pan family.

On both sides of the Wusong River to the north of Panjiayuan is the land of the Pan family.

How big is it?

From the Sixing Warehouse Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall of later generations to the intersection of Suzhou Creek and Huangpu River, it is all the land of the Pan family...

After the on-the-spot investigation, they decided to build a factory in the inner part of the Wusong River.

The reason why the junction of Wusong River and Huangpu River was not chosen was that it was not easy to set up waterwheels because of the heavy traffic there.

The Qu family is responsible for the creation of all materials and equipment for the construction of the new factory.

The Xu family is responsible for recruiting workers and contributing capital.

Just wait for the team from Linqing to come over and start construction after on-site inspection.

The wedding date is approaching day by day, and before that, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Zongxi came back.

Not only did they come back, but they also brought back many people.

Liu Zong is a big son of Zhou, his wife is Zhang Shishu, and his wife is Zhou Shi.Plus three sons, Liu Bo, Liu Can, and Liu Bian.

Huang Zongxi brought his two younger brothers, Huang Zongyan and Huang Zonghui.

What Zuo Menggeng didn't expect the most was that there were two other celebrities who came with Liu Zongzhou and Huang Zongxi.

"Shanyin Qi Youwen met General Zuo!"

"Chen Zhanghou of Zhuji has seen General Zuo."

Qi Biaojia and Chen Hongshou!

Needless to say, Qi Biaojia is a famous anti-Qing righteous man whose name will last forever.

As for Chen Hongshou, he is also a well-known contemporary painter and poet, and he also has integrity.

But if you want to talk about Chen Hongshou's most famous anecdote, it is naturally LSP.

How much does this guy like women?

In the second year of Longwu, this product was captured by the Qing army in eastern Zhejiang.

"Urgent order to paint, not to paint. To force it with a knife, not to paint. To lure it with wine and women, to paint."

When Qi Biaojia came, Zuo Menggeng naturally welcomed him very much.

This guy is actually here too, won't he ruin his reputation?
Zuo Menggeng couldn't help having a headache when he thought that there might be Tian Boguang and Yun Zhonghe under his command.

(End of this chapter)