"It is said that there are no high bridges in the newly built new city presided over by Liu Dafu. They are all flat bridges and paved directly, and all roads are renovated according to the standards of Lingao. In the future, Australian cars and horse-drawn carriages will be able to run in Guangzhou." Chen Xuandao, "This
It’s also a business opportunity!”
"Even so, they were all Australian cars at the beginning. The cost of carriages was too high." Wu Yijun shook his head and said, "You don't know something. During the Ming Dynasty, there were quite a few dandies in Guangzhou who were good at horses and their families were quite wealthy.
A few good horses. Raising horses is much more difficult than raising people. They are extremely delicate. Horse breeders are still familiar with horse nature and grooms, and a horse can only live for four or five years. Sometimes it dies not long after it is bought."
"Isn't Hainan hotter and humid than Guangzhou? Why can they raise horses here?" Chen Lin was puzzled.
"I don't know about that. I guess there must be some Australian secret to raising horses."
"If you can't raise horses, it would be a good idea to open an Australian car dealership." Chen Ding suddenly said.
"Car dealer?" Wu Yijun is a businessman after all, and he has a very sharp mind. He immediately understood, "Is it just like the current sedan dealer?"
"Yes, I asked the rickshaw driver last night. There are two types of rickshaw pullers here. One is to buy a car yourself and then buy a taxi license to pull the truck. However, there are not many such people. The cars are expensive and many people cannot afford them.
Starting. Most of them are cars from car rental agencies, and you pay for them every day.”
"This is a good business!" Wu Yijun nodded. As long as you invest in purchasing a batch of cars at one time, and then take back the shares, this business is worth doing!
"It's just that sedan companies used to have handicaps. I didn't ask the Australians if they had such regulations."
"I think there is probably some." Wu Yijun's eyes were bright and he felt that this was another great business opportunity.
As the car went south, a few people chatted and laughed, but it didn't feel boring at all. It was just that Chen Xiaobing was not with me in the car, and there was no one to ask about new things when I encountered them, which was a bit regretful.
When the car arrived at the gate of Nanbao Textile Park, Chen Xiaobing, who had arrived earlier, was already waiting here.
Under his guidance, a group of people walked into the park. Here, red brick zigzag-shaped factory buildings are dotted here, the chimneys of the boiler rooms tower into the clouds, and the courtyards and roads of the vehicle area are lined with trees. Chen Xiaobing introduced that there are many factories, each engaged in
There are many textile-related industries such as cotton spinning, silk spinning, linen spinning, wool spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing. However, the scale of the factory is not large, and it mainly plays a "demonstration" role.
"...the technologies of these factories will be opened to private enterprises in the future, but currently cotton spinning is the easiest and has the most market." Chen Xiaobing introduced and led the way. "Come on, please go this way."
The roar of the machines in the workshop can be clearly heard on the road. Small rail cars transporting raw materials and finished products are constantly flowing on the road. Several people were stunned when they saw the scale: so many factories and machines!
Chen Xiaobing took them to the first factory building. There was already a man in work clothes standing at the door. He looked to be in his thirties and had a nice smile.
"This is the chief of Lishan." Chen Xiaobing introduced, "The person in charge here. He will answer everyone's professional questions here."
An elder actually condescended to receive him, and the three of them couldn't help but feel flattered. After shaking hands and greetings, Li Shan said: "Let's start from here... Soldier, give everyone masks."
Before entering the workshop, everyone must wear a mask. Now he led the way and the group walked into the factory. The noise in the factory was several times louder than on the road, and it felt deafening as soon as they entered.
The temperature and humidity of the air in the workshop rose sharply. Workshops of textile companies often need to maintain a certain air humidity. Coupled with the heat emitted by the machines and the masks, it made people feel more and more chest tight and short of breath. However, it seemed that the veteran receptionist was
There was no sign of intolerance at all. He wore a mask and led the way to explain.
They entered the preparation workshop for the first step of the production line. It was filled with huge cotton bales, and white cotton wool and dust and debris were floating in the air. Even wearing a mask, it made people feel itchy in their throats.
Zou Biao explained that what is used here is clean cotton that has gone through the ginning process. Because ginning requires too much manpower, the ginning process is mainly done by the raw material origin. After the clean cotton is packed and transported to the workshop, it is opened and
Carding is the process of loosening and carding the cotton fibers so that they can be twisted into strips and then rolled. This process is considered to be the most manpower-demanding link in the entire production line.
Watching the workers busy feeding and transporting materials, Zou Biao asked people to distribute samples of clean cotton, opened cotton and carded cotton to each large household, and said: "There are a total of 60 35-type opening and carding units here.
Each machine can produce about 10 kilograms of carded cotton in one hour. If converted into Ming units, that is about 16 kilograms in half an hour."
Chen Ding asked: "Excuse me, chief, what is the purpose of carding?" Naturally, everyone can understand this cotton loosening. Although the Australian cotton loosening method is a bit strange, it is not beyond the scope of understanding: Traditionally, spinning also requires loosening cotton first.
Usually, bow strings are used to play the cotton. In addition to loosening the cotton, it can also remove the remaining impurities and make the cotton cleaner. But this carding is not understood. Under the traditional process, the loosened cotton is usually directly used by the weaver.
It is twisted into strips and then spun, and there is no carding process.
In principle, the ancient strip-forming process is also a kind of carding, but the process is different. Carding technology is a cotton processing technology developed in Western Europe in the old times and modern times, and it is more adapted to large-scale mechanical production. Therefore, Zou Biao explained
Said: "This additional process exists for the subsequent production. Please follow me and you will know."
The essence of the production line is a combination of individual machines, but the textile industry in Lingao is not yet able to operate continuously. In particular, the speed adjustment of steam machinery is not as good as that of electricity. Manpower is still needed to combine individual machines. Workers are seen combing the cotton
It is fed to the next machine, and after mechanical drafting, the strips become roving rolls.
This behavior made the Chen family's uncle and nephew a little confused. For a while, they still didn't understand the purpose of this extra process. To them, it was obvious that it was an extra redundant process.
"You may still be confused, but one thing you may be able to find is that the rovings produced here are all regular and not as variable in thickness as those produced by home spinning." Li Shan explained.
After what he said, everyone suddenly realized. Looking inside the factory, at this stage, basically all male workers were doing the work, and all they did was physical work. There was no skill at all. It was just feeding and carrying materials. This was also
This means that through these processes, you can weave yarns of regular and uniform thickness without the need for experienced weavers. At this time, Chen Lin also understood how the previous spinning was so consistent. This process seemed redundant but was essential.
few.
Next is the process of spinning the roving into fine yarn. All the equipment here are mule machines. This mule machine is also one of the detours in the cotton textile industry. The reason is that it was originally discovered that the handmade cotton yarn collected was uneven in thickness and difficult to spin.
After weaving, we discussed using the mule machine which we had not originally planned to use as a remedy.
The so-called mule machine is actually a mixture of Arkwright's water-powered spinning machine and the jenny machine. The yarn spun by the former is thick and rough in texture. The yarn spun by the jenny machine is fine but has poor fastness. The mule machine spins the Arkwright spinning machine.
The Wright machine's drawing drum and the modified Jenny machine's wooden spindle's main slide combine to produce a yarn that is both fine and strong.
According to the principle, the mule machine is a spindle spinning machine. The textile machine based on this principle has a complex structure and low efficiency. It is especially suitable for long fiber spinning and can weave fine high-count yarn. The problem is that most of the cotton that the Senate can collect is
Short fiber cotton. Except for a few island cotton produced in Hainan Island, there is basically no long-staple cotton.
Although Zou Biao dislikes this machine very much, but in the state where the textile industry is completely unqualified, if it can be used, it is good. If it is not easy to use, it does not mean that it cannot be used. Once it is built, it can be used first. This make-do is enough.
Now.
Originally, ring spinning was supposed to be eliminated after it was developed, but due to resource rationing reasons, old equipment only eliminated machines that were in too poor condition to continue to be used. The Planning Institute planned to sell those mule machines that were in good condition to private enterprises.
Even if they are backward production capacity that is ready to be eliminated, these machines are still dazzling to the visiting group.
I saw the spindles of the mule machine installed on the rack. As the track kept reciprocating in and out, the roving end was wound and the spun yarn was rolled out from the winder on the other side. The workers here were all female workers, and I saw their skillful hands dancing.
Rolls of fine yarn are constantly stacked aside.
Compared with the previous processes, they were even more surprised by the mule machine. They had already learned from many rumors that Australia Song could control the power of water and fire, and saw with their own eyes that the power of water and fire was used for rapid spinning.
As the team advanced, it was discovered that Chen Lin was indeed exactly the same as the one sold in the Dongmen City Department Store. This yarn was definitely better than any spinning expert in the Ming Dynasty, and the output was dozens of times higher than the original.
"My dear nephew, what do you think of this Australian yarn?" Wu Yifan is a layman after all. He only thinks that there is no other way besides fineness. The only thing that is clear is that the output of this yarn is huge. If cotton is guaranteed, local yarn will definitely
There is no competition, but I don’t know why Australian yarn is not flooding Guangfu.
"Exquisite! Both the finished product and the process are eye-opening! To buy such a set of machinery, it doesn't matter whether you have a textile expert or not. The only thing you need to be familiar with is the last process. There should be no place for such a worker except Lingao
Found it." Chen Lin said with half joy and half worry. They could only watch the workers operating in the passage. Of course, some people were not willing to squint hard and leaned over to see more clearly, but no matter how they looked at the high-speed machine,
, it is not something that can be understood in a short while. Chen Lin also leaned over to watch. He only saw that the Australian female workers were skilled in craftsmanship and quickly coded many yarn tubes out, but he could not see clearly how to do it.