The principle of the new wide-width loom is not difficult. In addition, it also includes a new set of defense equipment, which can be driven by water power to save labor costs.
For this miraculous creation, the crowd at first looked at it as if it were a miracle. However, as Count Pompeii told it, the clear principles of the machine were gradually understood by them, and they understood that this was not a miracle, but a miracle.
It is something that can be made with just your hands.
Count Pompeii's explanation was meticulous and tried to be understood by everyone present. Not everyone needs to know how to make a loom. What is important is to let them produce the guidance of their ancestors and the ability of technology.
It can change their troubled lives.
Beliefs are accumulated bit by bit. Even the Light Cult used the dark ages brought about by disasters to spread their doctrines.
…
Just saying that the impact on the masses is limited, when the rotating flywheel drives the loom to reciprocate and produce tight wide cloth, the crowd can't help but cheer.
Those with a good brain have begun to memorize the structure of this loom in their minds, and are planning to build one themselves when they go back.
The first sermon of Scientology ended quickly, but it was obvious that the effect of this sermon was extremely significant, compared to the ultimate concern of heaven after death.
Who doesn’t want to live a better life while alive, and if possible, who would be willing to place their beautiful fantasies on the illusory afterlife?
After this sermon, Count Pompeii's scientific beliefs spread widely, and he established the first water-powered textile mill in his territory, importing raw materials from other people's territories and re-exporting goods.
In this dark age, although cloth was a necessity, the trading volume was actually not very large, because after the advent of the devil, the entire continent became a warlord system. It sprouted from capital and fell back to feudal lordship.
The small-scale peasant economy gradually recovered, and the self-sufficient production model caught up and became the mainstream of the times again. If it was just ordinary cloth, the benefits it could generate in this case were minimal, and even the transportation costs could not be earned.
But if it is machine-spun cloth, that is a different matter. Wider cloth makes it more convenient to cut into clothes or use it for other purposes. In the past, if you want to make clothes from cloth, you must be careful.
It is necessary to sew several pieces of cloth together, which is not only unsightly, but also tests the skill of the garment maker. As the cloth becomes wider, this trouble will naturally disappear.
The second is cost. Hydraulic looms reduce labor costs to the greatest extent. In addition, the possible loss of technology or technological regression in other territories makes the cost competitiveness even stronger.
…
Looking at the bustling weaving factory by the river, Tang Chen shook his head: "How naive! He started praising the machine so quickly."
"What, is there any problem with this?" Yu Xikong was the latest to get started and had barely caught up with Cheng Ying's personal social education, showing a confused look.
"They are praising machines now because productivity is too low. Any industry that can improve productivity is worth pursuing." Chao Tianxiang answered Yu Xikong's doubts:
"But machines will also bring many unforeseen consequences. Due to the regression of technology and social structure, the manual workshops that have emerged on this continent have closed down on a large scale. Therefore, the people who will be affected by the rise of machines will actually disappear in advance.
Already.
Otherwise, you can imagine what kind of disaster this kind of machine, which can work non-stop as long as it is placed by the river, would be a disaster for the female textile workers in the textile factory.
If factory owners have more efficient machines, they will no longer need so many people. What about the extra people? Will they be kept in vain? Some kind-hearted capitalists may keep them for a while, but the vast majority of them will choose to lay off workers.
The female textile unions who lost their jobs and had no skills lost their source of livelihood and had to engage in more strenuous occupations, or even starve to death on the streets.
At that time, they will no longer praise the machine, but will curse it, and even wish to smash all the machines in the world to pieces. Teachers will generally call such people...tears of the times."
Yu Xikong showed an expression of shock. In the Tulip Duchy, she had seen many benefits brought by new technologies, and subconsciously believed that progressive machines should be just and deserved, so that even those who traveled to the mainland
At that time, she didn't even notice the craftsmen who had lost their source of livelihood because of the strong productivity of the Tulip Duchy.
Not to mention anything else, the blacksmith profession on Douluo Continent has been largely eliminated by blast furnace ironmaking and converter steelmaking. They can only take on some high-end special metal forging jobs. The blacksmiths on Douluo Continent actually have opinions about Duke Tulip.
It's always been pretty big.
If Chengying had not established the Technology Development Bureau and recruited traditional blacksmiths on a large scale to conduct research and exploration of materials science, this contradiction would have become more serious and even the final solution broke out.
"But why is this? Obviously, more efficient machines can produce more goods with less manpower. Isn't this an improvement?" Yu Xikong was puzzled.
"On a technical level, this is undoubtedly progress." Although Chao Tianxiang said this, he shook his head:
"But you can't look at the problem only from a technical perspective. If you combine it with social production, you will find that the birth of new machines is a good thing in theory, but the reason why this good thing turns bad is actually the uneven distribution of social resources and the
lag.
From the perspective of supply and demand, the emergence of new machines will inevitably bring about price reductions, which is good for most people.
But the price will not drop all of a sudden because of the increase in commodities. Capitalists will try their best to maintain the high price of commodities and delay the price reduction process as much as possible. Have you heard the story about pouring milk? I was used by my wife to use this
The story is that he was tricked into boarding a pirate ship.
And this is the uneven distribution of social resources. In order to make profits, capitalists have led to new inventions that have not brought tangible benefits to the public. During this period, the interests of workers have obviously been violated, and the reduction in cloth prices can
The dividends brought by it, as well as similar price cuts in other industries, are far from being able to offset this loss, which has led to the machine being reviled in turn."
Tang Chen had been thinking about this when he started. Although his talent was far inferior to Dugu Bo in terms of learning, he would always have some insights of his own if he kept thinking about a problem.
"Ah...this...then will this affect the development of the Scientology?"
