Although Zhang Tianyou did not receive the invitation, he also received news that the Suzhou prefect invited Suzhou merchants to visit the new workshop, saying that he wanted to demonstrate a new type of spinning machinery to everyone.

Zhang Tianyou listened to the "informant"'s fascinating story and had 10,000 question marks in his mind.

Is there really a way for the emperor’s grandson to create a spinning machine that doesn’t require manpower?

How is this possible?

Zhang Tianyou really wanted to see it with his own eyes, but he was afraid that his meat buns would beat the dog and never come back.

Therefore, he could only send his confidant Tian Shunyi to take a look.

Tian Shunyi was also the old man left to him by Zhang Tianyou's father, and he was the most loyal to him. It can be said that the reason why he was able to control Suzhou's business was because Tian Shunyi kept an eye on it for him.

Although Tian Shunyi's status in the Zhang family is very important, he is not very prominent among Suzhou merchants. The silk and satin shop and loom factory he runs are both small and small, and they are basically not popular.

But one thing is still relatively strong, that is, no matter what industry, he has a place, and at least he can speak.

Therefore, when Zhang Qing, the prefect of Suzhou, came to place the invitation, he also gave a copy to Tian Shunyi.

When Tian Shunyi followed the presidents of various chambers of commerce to the new factory, he was immediately stunned by the plaque of the new factory.

When Zhang Zonglai saw this, he lamented in his heart. He had already tried to dissuade the emperor's grandson, saying that the new factory should be given a more serious name, but the emperor's grandson refused to listen and insisted on choosing such a strange name.

Just as Zhang Zonglai was thinking this, a president in the crowd suddenly asked curiously.

"Master Prefect, what does Suzhou Spinning Factory No. 1 mean? Are there Factory No. 2, Factory 3, and Factory 4 behind it?"

Zhang Zonglai could only bite the bullet and said.

"yes!"

"Don't talk about three or four factories, it's possible even nine or ten factories!"

"Oh oh oh..."

When everyone heard this, it was as if they had learned a huge secret, and everyone had a secretive expression on their faces.

Zhang Zonglai said something casually and led everyone directly into the factory.

Before everyone could follow them into the production workshop, they heard the roar of machinery.

This was a sound that was hard to hear in Daming, which filled their hearts with curiosity. Especially when they saw the thick smoke coming out of the tall chimneys and the heat coming out of the whole house, they were even more interested in the "spinning yarn" in front of them.

"Factory" is full of awe.

However, just as everyone was about to enter the spinning workshop, a young man walked out.

The young man cupped his hands with a smile on his face.

"You guys will make a fortune!"

When everyone saw the young man, their expressions suddenly changed, and then they all knelt down and kowtowed.

"The common people are waiting to pay their respects to His Royal Highness, the Emperor's Grandson. His Highness is a thousand years old..."

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty were humble. Even if they had tens of thousands of dollars, they would call themselves commoners and untouchables when they saw officials.

Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Sit down." Then everyone got up from the ground and followed closely beside the prefect Zhang Qinglai. Their faces no longer had the calmness and calmness they had when they first entered the factory.

There was nothing they could do. The Suzhou magistrate despised their filial piety, so they could still maintain some dignity in front of the Suzhou magistrate. But facing the most noble person in the Ming Dynasty, their sense of superiority was gone.

Everyone held their breath and swallowed, let alone farting, they didn't even dare to take a breath.

Seeing that they were so reserved, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to try his best to be more easy-going and behave more naturally.

If he really shows off his royal style, how many of these people will be scared to death?

"Everyone, this is the spinning workshop of our Suzhou No. 1 Spinning Factory!"

Everyone followed the emperor's grandson's voice and were stunned by the scene in front of them.

I saw a large square pot with endless steam, and hundreds of female workers were fishing for cooked cocoons in the big pot.

This step is used to remove fat from the silk so that it can be better spun into silk thread.

However, even this step is enough to shock

It shocked everyone.

Because under normal circumstances, one worker who cooks silkworm cocoons is enough to supply a dozen mature spinners.

The purpose of cooking the cocoons here is to remove the gum on the cocoons and allow the silk to stretch out in preparation for subsequent reeling and spinning.

Zhu Yunxi saw that everyone was shocked, and the stone hanging in his heart was finally put down. After a while, everyone saw the spectacular scene of hundreds of spindles, and they had to quit the weavers they hired before returning home.

Sure enough, after Zhu Yunxi led everyone to the spinning workshop, everyone saw hundreds of rotating spindles and a steady stream of raw silk being transported by conveyor belts. Their eyes widened in surprise.

"It's amazing!"

"It turns out that raw silk can be spun into yarn without any human effort!"

Although there are still many workers in the workshop who often stare at the spindle and adjust the speed from time to time, these workers are obviously too insignificant for traditional spinning.

When everyone was shocked by the power of modern machinery, Tian Shunyi bowed his waist and stepped forward and asked.

"May I ask the great-grandson, how much yarn can this machine spin in a day?"

Zhu Yunxi started talking nonsense without thinking.

"Now is the testing stage. The workers are not yet skilled. They can only spin a few thousand spindles a day."

"Once the workers become more skilled and the machinery is adjusted, it shouldn't be a problem to produce 10,000 to 20,000 ingots a day."

When Tian Shunyi heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Normally, a skilled weaver can weave one spindle in three days, which is considered fast.

Ten thousand spindles a day, doesn’t it require 30,000 weavers to weave day and night?

"May I ask the Emperor Taisun, how many weavers do you plan to hire in the future?"

"Weaver?"

"Why do you want to hire a weaver?"

Zhu Yunxi led Tian Shunyi to the steam boiler room and pointed at the workers who were shoveling coal into the furnace.

"Look, the machine here does not need to eat or drink. It can work by hiring two people to add coal to it. Why does Gu need to hire weavers?"

"A weaver costs at least three taels of silver a month, ten thousand workers cost thirty thousand taels a month, thirty thousand weavers cost ninety thousand taels a month..."

"Ninety thousand taels of silver is enough for Gu's boiler to burn coal for ten years. Are you stupid to hire weavers?"

In fact, what Zhu Yunxi said was just bragging.

Because Shibo Division only accepts orders for customized samples, not to mention that he can't build a steam spinning machine now. Even if he can build one, he can only build a plain textile machine, and after weaving, he will have to go through processes such as printing and dyeing.

As a result, high-end orders from the West will not be completed, and the brand of other shipping companies will be damaged.

Therefore, he would recruit a large number of weavers, whether for orders from the Shipping Company or to ensure employment for the people of Suzhou City.

However, Tian Shunyi and the merchants who were watching the excitement did not know that after they saw the magic of the spinning machine, they thought that the spinning machine could also be made in the same way and tinkered with it easily.

Therefore, before they returned home, they began to think about how to get rid of the redundant weavers at home.

In fact, they didn't need so many weavers at all. It was just because they listened to Zhang Tianyou and in order to add trouble to the emperor's grandson that they temporarily hired twice as many weavers.

Now that the emperor's grandson didn't need weavers at all, there was no need for them to keep them in vain.

"oh oh……"

"Emperor Sun Shengming, this method is indeed more economical and more practical, but we are naive..."

"Everyone, take your time to visit. Next, I plan to build a second factory, a third factory, and a fourth factory, until thirty spinning factories are built to unify the entire silk textile industry of the Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Yunxi was so boastful that he actually invented the spinning machine in front of him after a lot of effort. This delayed the train's research and development work and temporarily used many spare parts.

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Moreover, the production capacity is far from as exaggerated as he said. The raw silk on the conveyor belt now is all high-end goods that he has prepared days in advance.

Therefore, there are so many hundreds

The spindles spin at the same time in an orderly manner.

Otherwise, just disconnecting can make him lose face.

Zhu Yunxi said he could just watch casually, but after he left, someone came over to chase people away, telling them to wait out and that no onlookers were allowed here.

Tian Shunyi hadn't seen enough. When he saw someone coming to drive him away, he hurriedly moved the emperor's grandson out.

"The emperor's grandson said that we are allowed to watch as we please. How can you chase people away?"

This man spoke confidently and confidently.

"The emperor's grandson also said that he would let you eat, so you have the nerve to go and eat?"

"This is a well-known businessman in Suzhou City, and I can't even hear a polite word from him!"

Seeing that the people in the spinning mill were so difficult to deal with, everyone threw up their sleeves and left angrily.

In their opinion, the emperor's grandson was good and hospitable, but it was the little devils below who ruined his sagacity.

Little did they know, after driving them away, this man hurriedly went to report to the emperor's grandson.
To be continued...