When Liu Jin heard what the two of them said, he smiled and waved his hands.
Wang Shouren, Wang Gui, and Wang Xian were immediately very curious and followed Liu Jin into the factory.
Liu Jin's factory is very spacious. Two rows of machines set opposite each other extend for more than thirty feet. Each of them is brand new. The brand-new machines are constantly running. Next to each machine, there are
There are several workers who are very skilled and busy with ease.
Behind every worker there is a big frame, and people are constantly replenishing raw materials for them or transporting semi-finished products to other factories.
The entire factory looks very clean and tidy, and at the same time it is very bright and spacious. More importantly, it gives people a sense of order. It seems that all the operations of the entire factory are like one, interlocking with each other, and flowing smoothly.
"These machines?"
Wang Shouren's eyes were immediately fixed on the machine, because he knew that Liu Jin was using new spinning machines and looms.
Liu Jin's new spinning machines are basically made of iron and are firmly fixed on the ground. These machines are also very large and wide. One machine can be compared to several traditional spinning machines.
machine, loom.
The machinery also looks very complicated, consisting of many parts. Various machinery are connected and interact with each other, giving people an extremely shocking feeling when they work.
Next to the machine, I saw people who were dedicated to stepping on the machine. They stepped on the machine hard to provide a steady stream of power for the machine and drive the operation of each machine.
There is a female textile worker who continuously stretches and spins balls of cotton onto the machine. As the machine runs, a large number of shuttles continue to rotate. At the same time, cotton threads continue to appear, forming a beautiful landscape that is rolled up by the machine.
Make a ball, and when the ball of cotton thread is big enough, a weaver will take out the dough and put it into the basket next to it.
Wang Shouren was dumbfounded as he watched the machines in front of him. Compared with Liu Jin's spinning machines, the spinning machines and looms in his factory, although they were brand new, were old and worn out.
They are all made of wood, and they squeak when they work. The key is that the speed is as slow as a snail compared to the machine in front of you. There is no comparison at all.
Not only Wang Shouren was dumbfounded, but Wang Gui and Wang Xian, two seniors in the textile industry, were also dumbfounded. They had never seen anyone spinning like this, and they had never used this kind of spinning machine.
have not seen.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see how powerful this machine is. As the machine rotates, cotton threads are continuously spun out at an astonishingly fast speed.
At this time, both of them couldn't help but come to the side of the machine, looked at it carefully, widened their eyes, and looked at it in disbelief.
“It’s amazing that there are such ingenious spinning machines in the world~”
Wang Gui also sighed while watching.
"Incredible~incredible~"
Wang Xian also nodded and said.
As for Liu Jin, he looked at everything in front of him with a smile on his face. These machines now can only be regarded as the most basic, the production efficiency is very average, and it is still manpower. His next step is to build a water-powered spinning machine and weaving machine.
The cloth machine came out because there is a river next to it. If you don't make good use of it, you will be sorry for this favorable condition.
Of course, the water-powered spinning machine is nothing. In the end, a steam spinning machine will be built. However, Liu Jin does not intend to do it all at once, but chooses to do it step by step. This spinning machine and loom are also what Liu Jin intends to do.
Selling machines is more profitable than spinning and weaving.
Moreover, by upgrading from generation to generation, you can not only make money but also train your own R&D team. The purpose of setting up the Beijing spinning factory now is just to set an example for everyone to see how powerful the new machines are, which is equivalent to advertising.
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Liu Jin's real purpose is to sell machines. In the final analysis, Liu Jin still wants to export technology, not product output. Product output should be done by these emerging capitalists in Ming Dynasty.
"Now I finally understand why, Brother Liu, the output of your textile factory can be more than ten times that of my factory. With such a machine, spinning and weaving has become too simple."
After Wang Shouren read it, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Haha, Brother Wang, thank you very much. The reason why we humans are different from animals is because we humans have brains. We are good at thinking and making use of everything."
"It's like we humans don't have sharp claws, but we can make sharp swords, so even if we face a tiger, we can still defeat it."
"The same goes for spinning machines and looms. They can't weave much cloth in a day just relying on the power of our hands. But we can use the power of machines to continuously improve them and create more powerful machines.
Come and replace our people and weave more cloth."
Liu Jin also felt a great sense of accomplishment to be praised by Wang Shouren, an outstanding person, and then he popularized the power of machines to Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren listened carefully to Liu Jin's words, pondered for a while, and nodded solemnly. It is indeed as Liu Jin said, humans cannot outrun horses, and they do not have the sharp claws of beasts, but humans can tame horses.
Use bows, arrows, swords, etc. to kill wild beasts.
This is the role of wisdom, people are good at making use of everything.
Faintly Wang Shouren seemed to realize something, and seemed to see a little glimmer of a new world.
"Mr. Liu, I wonder if you can sell us some machines like this?"
At this time, Wang Xian and Wang Gui had come to their senses, came to Liu Jin and Wang Shouren's side, thought for a while and spoke.
"Of course~"
Liu Jin smiled and agreed, but he didn't expect that Lao Wang would be his first customer.
"Brother Liu, how much does this machine cost?"
Seeing Liu Jin readily agreeing, Wang Shouren, Wang Gui and Wang Xian immediately laughed happily, and after thinking about it Wang Shouren asked.
"This kind of machine originally costs six hundred taels of silver, but if I sell it to you, Brother Wang, I'll just pay you five hundred taels."
Liu Jin thought for a while and reported a figure. The cost of this kind of machine was actually not high. A few dozen taels of silver would be enough, but Liu Jin was not stupid and only sold it for a few dozen li of silver.
The machines need to be upgraded, and you need to support a large number of skilled workers and masters, and you also need to make profits, etc. You must make huge profits, and selling for ten times the price is considered a reasonable price.
"Five hundred taels of silver per piece?"
When Wang Xian heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "It's too expensive, it's too expensive, this machine is too expensive."
"But it's too expensive. Ordinary spinning machines are very cheap. If you ask a carpenter to make one, one tael of silver is enough. Your machine costs 500 taels of silver. It's really too expensive."
Wang Gui also followed suit.
"Brother Liu, give me twenty of these machines first~"
Wang Shouren placed an order for twenty units directly. He saw the value of this machine. Although the price was very expensive, it was definitely worth the money. The production efficiency of such a machine was ten times that of a traditional ordinary machine.
several times.
"Okay~"
When Liu Jin saw Wang Shouren place an order for twenty machines in one go, he immediately laughed happily. The textile factory had just started operating, and the order for this machine came.
It seems that it is necessary for me to set up a separate machine factory to specialize in the research and production of various machines and make money by selling the machines.
When the spinning mills start large-scale shipments, there will definitely be a steady stream of people coming to find them. Those who smell the smell of blood will definitely not let go of this opportunity to make a fortune.
"Brother Wang, come and show you my loom~"
After selling the spinning machine, it was natural to sell the loom as well. He took Wang Shouren and the others to another factory, which was a place dedicated to weaving.
It is also a large machine, with various equipment constantly running, balls of cotton thread constantly flying, and pieces of cloth constantly being woven and formed.
Looking at the machine in front of them, and then at the cloth spun at a speed visible to the naked eye, Wang Shouren, Wang Gui, and Wang Xian once again widened their eyes and stared blankly at everything in front of them.
Not surprisingly, Liu Jin once again received a batch of orders for looms. The total orders for spinning machines and looms were almost 20,000 taels of silver. Although it was not a big number, it was still a good deal.
start.
"Brother Liu, why don't you put the spinning machine and the loom together?"
"And Brother Liu, I just took a closer look and found that every employee in your factory seems to only do one thing. What is the reason for this?"
After talking about the business, Liu Jin accompanied Wang Shouren to wander around the entire textile factory. Wang Shouren's insight was amazing, and he soon discovered something different about Liu Jin's textile factory.
In Wang Shouren's textile factory, an employee had to do many things, including spinning and weaving. But in Liu Jin's factory, it was different. An employee only did one thing.
Spinning alone can be divided into more than a dozen processes and steps. Each employee only does one of these dozen processes and steps, and will never do two things at the same time.
Wang Shouren discovered this very keenly, so he asked Liu Jin for advice very puzzled.
"This is called assembly line work. To make something, we can split it into many steps and processes. Each employee only does one of the processes and steps. In this way, not only can the production speed be greatly improved, but also the production speed can be greatly improved.
The quality of production can become more skillful by specializing in one thing."
Liu Jin couldn't help but give Wang Shouren a thumbs up. A good person is a good person. He discovered this just after reading it once. After thinking about it, he smiled and chatted with him.