After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Xu Wei received a piece of news that surprised him. He offered a reward of 100,000 yuan to improve the loom, and now someone has finally transformed a new loom.
So he came to the textile field with great interest and wanted to see what the new textile machine looked like.
During this time, he also recalled the technology of improving textile machines. It seemed that there was something called a flying shuttle, which could increase textile efficiency several times. It is said that this thing and the spinning Jenny drove the first industrial revolution.
It's a pity that he knows nothing about this, because in Xu Wei's era, the shuttle has been eliminated.
All the textile machines he saw on the news pictures were all electric textile machines. The textile machines ran as fast as lightning. It was absolutely correct to say that they were shuttles.
But it is definitely impossible to make an electric loom now, and Xu Wei has no such delusions. Being able to make a loom that is faster than the current loom is enough for him.
When Xu Juan saw Xu Wei coming to the textile factory again, she was surprised and said: "Qu Shuai, you came so fast. I just reported it to you, and you came here."
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Now your textile factory is our second most profitable factory in Mayi. How can I not be interested in it?"
"Who improved the efficiency of the loom? I even brought the reward."
Xu Juan smiled and said, "She is still weaving. I will take you over to see her."
After talking, Xu Juan took Xu Wei to see the man who improved the loom.
At this time, the textile factory was many times larger than its original size, and the number of female textile workers increased more than ten times.
It is winter now, the Sanggan River has frozen, and all the water-powered spinning machines have stopped operating. Now many carpenters are repairing these water-powered spinning machines. When spring comes next year, they will shine again.
However, the spinning work did not stop. Instead, a manual spinning machine was used, which could spin thirty spindles at the same time. Although the efficiency was not as good as that of the water conservancy spinning machine, it could be made up for by quantity.
As far as Xu Wei could see, there were hundreds of such spinning machines, and hundreds of women were busy spinning yarn here. These human-powered spinning machines were not as big as water-powered spinning machines, nor were they as efficient as water-powered spinning machines.
, but the only advantage is that there is no need to rely on water power and no need to be close to the river. It can occupy a smaller area and place more spinning machines.
Xu Wei looked at this busy scene and smiled: "There are more and more female workers in your workshop, and it is much busier than the last time I came here."
Xu Juan smiled bitterly and said: "The increase in looms and the stoppage of water conservancy spinning machines in favor of manual spinning machines have added hundreds of people to the textile factory. Now there are tens of thousands of people working here.
I can’t even manage it anymore.”
If the female weavers who weave in this household are included, Xu Juan manages a population of tens of thousands, which is almost one-tenth of the population of Mayi.
In this era, except for Mayi, there will never be such a large factory. Everything here is new, and the rules and regulations must be built and explored by oneself.
Obviously managing a factory with tens of thousands of people is a bit beyond Xu Juan's ability, otherwise she would not say such things. It is difficult for Xu Wei himself to mention Xu Juan, after all, he is just an otaku, not a big company.
A senior executive doesn't know how to manage a factory with tens of thousands of people.
If Xu Juan can manage well, it means that she has the ability to manage a county and can be regarded as a top management talent in this era.
Xu Weidao: "We have more and more textile machines in Mayi. It is impossible to concentrate them all in one factory of yours. In the future, we will divide several factories and set up a second and third textile factory, so that your burden will be light."
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"If you feel that it is difficult to manage the textile factory, don't worry. You can discuss the solution with the managers. Let's discuss it together, summarize some experiences, and then promote it to the entire textile factory.
After it has been running for a period of time, we will discuss with the female workers what is good and what is bad, keep the good and improve the bad. We will improve little by little, even if we only make a little progress every day, it will be a huge improvement over time.
You won’t find it difficult to manage.”
Although Xu Wei didn't understand management, he remembered that when he was in Xintian Dynasty, everyone didn't know how to manage a factory. So the workers and the factory director discussed how to manage a factory. Everyone was the owner of the factory and had a strong sense of ownership. He proposed
The opinions are indeed valid.
Later, everyone also recorded and summarized it and came up with a constitution of Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. It can be seen that front-line workers can manage a factory well. As long as managers obey the reasonable demands of their front-line workers, a factory can develop and grow.
Xu Juan said as if she had found a treasure: "Shuai Qu has a good idea, I'll give it a try!"
After walking like this for a long time, the two came to the textile machine workshop, which is also the largest workshop in the textile factory. There are thousands of textile machines operating in it. The two came to a textile machine.
Xu Juan smiled and said: "This is the female worker who improved the textile machine. Her name is Cai Qiao. She is the daughter of a carpenter's family. She is not only good at weaving but also good at carpentry. Our textile machine is broken.
, she can also help with repairs. The loom she uses is a new loom she made."
In fact, before Xu Wei's huge bounty came out, she often thought about how to speed up the weaving efficiency. After Xu Wei's bounty came out, it only made her more motivated.
After thinking about it for several months, she finally came up with a solution, and the textile machine in front of her was the one she had improved.
Xu Wei watched Cai Qiao weave and found that his efficiency was indeed several times faster than others. It took a lot more time for other people to weave a little cloth as the shuttles moved in and out.
But she placed the shuttle in the groove of the crossbar, and did not need to use the shuttle back and forth at all. Instead, she pulled the thread and the shuttle quickly shuttled among the warp threads, as if flying.
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "Shuttle?"
For Xu Wei, a modern man, the flying shuttle is something of a legend. However, he has only heard of the famous flying shuttle but has never seen it.
Now with other looms for comparison, the shuttle on Cai Qiao's loom can really be called a flying shuttle.
Xu Wei stepped forward and said, "How many pieces of cloth can you weave in a day now?"
Cai Qiao saw Xu Wei and said a little shyly: "Sometimes there are more than three horses, sometimes there are four horses."
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "It's really amazing, it actually increased the efficiency by more than three times!"
Xu Wei looked at Cai Qiao and said: "Not only did you make the loom I needed, but you also exceeded my requirements. You have made great contributions. Now you are promoted to a master craftsman. From now on, your monthly salary will be based on the top level in Mayi."
of giving.
I will also give you a reward of 100,000 yuan. If you tell the craftsmen in Mayi about the improvement principle of this loom, all the looms in Mayi will be modified to be like yours."
This kind of loom is really a great invention. Mayi could originally produce 5 million pieces of woolen cloth every year. My loom immediately increased its output to 15 million pieces. This kind of efficiency improvement was the first time for Xu Wei
I'm worried that wool won't be able to keep up with the supply.
Then Xu Wei smiled at Xu Juan and said: "Didn't you always say that the textile factory has expanded too much and is difficult to manage? Cai Qiao is a rare talent. If you train her well, she will be the manager of the second textile factory!"
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"Training new managers is not limited to Cai Qiao. If anyone is really talented, you should vigorously promote her and train her! There are less than 30,000 looms in Mayi, which is too few. In the future, we will have 300,000 and 300 looms in Mayi.
Thousands of looms! Textile factories will open all over our counties, so your place is not only a textile factory, but also a school for cultivating talents! The managers of textile factories in the future will all be your students."
Xu Juan was very excited when she heard Xu Wei's grand plan and said: "I will not let Qu Shuai down, and I will definitely train enough stewards!"
After Xu Wei left, the female workers in the textile factory surrounded Cai Qiao excitedly and said, "Cai Qiao, you are going to get rich. How can you spend all this 100,000 yuan?"
"Not only that, from now on, her monthly salary will be 10,000 yuan, ten times more than us, and she will also be appreciated by Commander Qu. She will also become a steward of the textile factory in the future, and will become a high-ranking member of our Tengjia Army. Cai Qiao, you are prosperous
Now, don’t forget us good sisters.”
Cai Qiao blushed at what they said and whispered: "I will never forget everyone!"
Xu Juan spoke up: "You also heard what Qu Shuai said just now. As long as you work hard and manage a small group of sisters, you may not be unable to become the new factory manager. Then you won't have to envy Cai Qiao!"
The female workers around naturally heard what Xu Wei said. Everyone wanted to get ahead. Now that they had the opportunity, of course they were willing to work hard.
The appearance of new textile machines made Xu Wei very excited. New spinning machines and textile machines all appeared. Although the new steam train did not appear, he did create a low-end version of the rail carriage. Mayi is now completely
Meet the requirements of the first industrial revolution.
The seeds of the new world have taken root and sprouted. What Xu Wei has to do now is to protect this seedling so that it can continue to grow and accumulate strength. When it accumulates enough power, it can completely destroy the old world and bring about a new world.
In a brand new world, you can carry out such a great cause of changing the world. This is no more fulfilling than being an emperor!
Xu Wei didn't remember which novel it was written in. He said that there were only four people who could truly be regarded as one emperor through the ages.
Emperors Yan and Huang created Chinese civilization, which can be regarded as an eternal achievement. Qin Shihuang unified the seven kingdoms and laid the history of the unification of China, which can be regarded as one person. There is also the Taizu of this dynasty, who saved Chinese civilization from crisis.
Bringing Chinese civilization into the industrial age is an eternal achievement.
In addition, the emperors and emperors are just people with the profession of emperor, and their existence does not bring any glory to the position of emperor.
But what Xu Wei is doing now has the potential to become a great cause for eternity. How can this not make him excited?
After visiting the textile factory, Old Man Wang found Xu Wei and said, "Shuai Qu, Marshal Zhang Yan's envoys want to see you. Do you want to meet them? Keeping avoiding them like this is not an option."
Xu Wei shook his head and said: "There is nothing to meet. I have said everything that needs to be said. Our plan in the next few years is to continue farming and build up strength. We will not go south to Bingzhou."
Just kidding, Xu Wei is a farmer, and killing is the most harmful to development. Wouldn't it be nice to have some time to build a few more new textile machines?
Zhang Yan's envoys came to Mayi more than ten days ago. They were excited when they saw the prosperous and bustling ants and the powerful and mighty army. They thought that it would be easy to capture the entire Bingzhou with Mayi's strength.
So they found Xu Wei and told Zhang Yan his plan to join forces with him to capture the entire north.
Wang Lei and the others were very excited when they heard that. They had long wanted to capture the entire Bingzhou, but Xu Wei said that they should build high walls, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king. They could not go against Xu Wei's strategic policy.
But now they heard that Zhang Yan occupied most of Jizhou and that the main force of the Han army was concentrated in Jizhou, so they thought that this was a God-given opportunity. While the main force of the Han army was in Jizhou, they could take the opportunity to occupy Bingzhou.
But Xu Wei immediately refused after hearing this, because he knew that the Han Dynasty would fall apart in a few years, and there was no need for the Tengjia Army to come forward and become the target of the Han Dynasty.
In the few years since he came to this world, he has already discovered how powerful the big man is, let alone elite warriors.
The current situation in the Han Dynasty is that there are many advisers and powerful generals. Xu Wei found that many unknown military commanders had better results than the famous generals in the Three Kingdoms. Xu Wei was worried that he would fall into trouble with unknown generals. No wonder.
History books will say that other dynasties died because of weakness, but the Han Dynasty died because of strength.
As expected, he is terrifyingly strong. Even when he is at his weakest, he can defeat all parties. Whether it is internal rebellion or external barbarians, the Eastern Han Dynasty court has the strength to solve it. The shortcomings that affect the court's strength at this stage are instead
Money and food are not enough.
Therefore, at this stage, Xu Wei would rather fight the barbarians than fight the Eastern Han Dynasty, because he is worried that he will withstand Han Yuhui's strongest attack, and he will suffer huge losses if he can't beat him.
However, Zhang Yan's envoy Wang Dang did not think so. He believed that Xu Wei was greedy for life and feared death, so he only dared to hide in Mayi. The first exchange between the two parties was very unpleasant.
Wang Dang originally wanted to leave, but he remembered Zhang Yan's instructions and thought that they were the ones asking for help from the Tengjia Army, so he calmed down and planned to continue to persuade Xu Wei to change his mind.
But Xu Wei was not moved at all, so Wang Dang had no choice but to change his plan. He knew that there were many high-ranking officials in Mayi who were former Yellow Turban Army commanders, and Wang Dang and them shared weal and woe.
Wang Dang often contacted these commanders of the Yellow Turban Army and asked them to help persuade Xu Wei to change the Tengjia Army's strategy and go south to invade Bingzhou.
Although Commander Qu of the Yellow Turban Army met Wang Dang, when they heard that Wang Dang wanted the Tengjia Army to go south and merge with the state, they all shook their heads and refused to help.
Because Xu Wei introduced to them that the strategic plan of the Tengjia Army in the next few years is to continue to develop the entire counties around Mayi. There is no battle plan. They are outsiders and are feared by the people in Mayi. If they help Zhang Yan now
, I’m afraid I won’t have to hang out in Mayi anymore.