Just as Xindou Luomian was selling well, Li Yan, the current head of the Li family, was frowning. He was not worried about Xindou Luomian, but a more difficult problem he was worried about.

“…How? But there is room for maneuver?”

"The other party has already made up his mind. I have already brought the Chen Xiangye out, but they still refuse to let go... There must be a noble person behind this matter!" The boss of the Li family shook his head slowly.

"Then... have you found out who it is?" Li Yan asked hesitantly.

"Not yet...but probably it's too soon. I've asked Manager Liu's help to find out the other party's bottom..." Manager Li whispered.

"This person is not good at coming... This is to break the roots of my Li family!" Li Yan said gritting his teeth.

"..." Manager Li Da stood aside, and just sighed when he heard this, and said nothing.

This morning, the shopkeeper Li Da went to the surrounding cotton producers with other shopkeepers whom he could trust. Some of these shopkeepers were polite and some were quite ridiculous. For example, the one who wanted to raise the price before was scolded by the shopkeeper Li Da was lost face because he lost face in the Li family, so now he saw that the Li family came to see the people who came to the Li family.

But no matter what the tone of these big cotton producers say, they all have the same meaning - this year's cotton will have to increase its price!

Why are so many big cotton producers so popular? The reason is very simple, because someone gave them a good price, which is basically doubled compared to the usual cotton price!

"Aren't they afraid of making enemies with my Li family? Don't they even give Chen Xiangye's face?" Li Yan said with hatred.

"This... the prime minister's face is not worthy of the price increase." The old shopkeeper suddenly asked tentatively, "Other... we should add a little more? Now it seems that they will not give up until they see real money and silver..."

"Will I give up? This price must not be increased! Go and contact all the cloth shops... I want these mud legs to be sold at half the price this year! Check it out to see who is against my Li family behind the scenes! Against Master Chen!" Li Yan was so angry that his veins were exposed.

"This... I heard that it seems to be the cloth shop of the Huang Xiangye family." Manager Li said carefully.

"What!" Li Yan frowned, "The Huang Xiangye family... has planted some cotton, but his cloth store? His cloth store has a cloth store!?"

"It's said it's a new workshop..." Old Manager Li replied.

"New workshop? Can new workshop produce such good cloth?" Li Yan pondered for a while and whispered, "It seems that I have to go and talk to Master Chen..."

Of course, even if you find Master Chen, you can only say hello to the official position, and you will still have to see the real chapter below.

Although business in this era must be backed by the powerful, business is business after all. If the strength behind both parties is not much different, then the final decision of the problem is still the price.

Since Master Huang is willing to pay nearly double the price, even if Master Chen behind the Li family comes forward to say hello, as long as the price is not enough, it will be difficult for those cotton big-name merchants to turn back to the Li family.

After all, if it weren't for too much involvement with the Li family, who would be willing to sell their raw materials at half price? So unless the Li family is willing to offer the same price, this matter is still unsolvable.

In fact, many large cotton-based manufacturers are happy to see this... After all, the pricing power of cotton prices has always been in the hands of these cloth merchants headed by the Li family.

Since the Li family almost monopolized the textile industry, they said that they would not buy any cotton from anyone, and the cotton from this company would basically not be sold... Therefore, the large cotton growers have always had to act according to the expression of the textile industry monopoly group led by the Li family, and the profits of this kind of cotton planting are naturally not much higher.

Of course, the Li family itself does not plant cotton, but they plant mulberry leaves more. Compared with cotton, the breeding of mulberry silkworms is more important. After all, the profit of raw silk is far beyond that of cotton.

It is precisely because of this that most of the cotton of textile tycoons led by the Li family purchase from the outside.

Xiao Heng saw this and directly cut their weaknesses and aroused the resentment of the big cotton growers. Because the cotton price was suppressed very low before, even though the purchase price was nearly doubled, it was still very cheap.

Moreover, considering the efficiency and cost of mechanized production, we can actually still produce cotton cloth with better quality and lower prices than Li family and others.

In fact, Xiao Heng has calculated that even the most conservative estimate is that the cotton purchase price is doubled at the current cotton price, and the shipping price of fabric can be lowered to 30% at present, but it can still maintain a considerable profit...

In other words, when the raw material price doubles, industrially produced fabrics can still make more than half of the profit even if they sell for 600 ci! You should know that 600 ci is not much more expensive than the poor quality local fabric! And this is the power of industrial production, and industrialization is a comprehensive crush on traditional handicraft workshops.

"Boss, I don't know whether I should talk about it or not..." Manager Li said suddenly.

"But it's okay!" Li Yan's tone was kind. After all, this was a veteran of the three dynasties of the Li family. In many things, Li Yan had to rely on the help of this old man, so he had to be so kind.

"I heard that Huang Xiangye's workshop was handled by Xiao Heng, who looked at the building... and it seemed that some new machinery was used?" Manager Li said hesitantly.

In this era, as long as you start work on a large scale, it is difficult to keep any secrets, because the ancients never had the awareness of confidentiality, and even content related to national military affairs could be written in books and people to print and sell them at will... What's more, new textile machinery, which is not a secret matter?

Although Xiao Heng's people are confidential, and Xiao Heng has also established special confidentiality regulations for sensitive departments... But Huang Xiangye's people do not have this awareness. Although they may not be intentionally betrayal of information, it is inevitable that some rumors will come out.

"Don't mention this kind of thing about catching the wind and shadows." Li Yan looked at the words of the shopkeeper Li and suddenly said with a cold expression.

"It's... the villain is talking too much." When the shopkeeper Li saw Li Yan's attitude, he knew that the other party had already known the rumor, so he had to salute carefully and retreat.

Yes, many interested people have investigated this kind of thing with the huge sale of Xindou Luo Mian, and the Li family, as a stakeholder, must have known about it... The reason why Li Yan did not mention it is probably because his son Li Yu proposed marriage to the Qin family.

After walking a long way, the shopkeeper Li suddenly sighed: "Tsk tsk... If I didn't mess with that evil star, the Li family wouldn't have such a disaster. It seems that I don't have the life of raising my god. I have sinned, sin..."

The old man shook his head and sighed.

...

Just when the Li family was in a state of turmoil for the cotton that could not be collected this year, Xiao Heng and Huang Xiangye appeared in a small village more than 20 kilometers away from Lin'an Prefecture.

This is the location of Huang's Textile Factory.

"Today, this machine is the latest brocade weaving machine produced by our Ministry of Industry. It can produce about three brocade pieces per hour." Xiao Heng said, pointing to a new machine with a very complex structure.

"Oh? You can produce three brocades in half an hour!?" Huang Xiangye was shocked by Xiao Heng's data.

Jin, in modern Chinese, has basically deviated from its original meaning and has become a synonym for beauty... and the physical objects of Jin have long disappeared from the public's sight.

The most famous "Yunjin" in the Li family is a high-end silk product.

For modern people, in ancient times, all silk fabrics seemed to be called "silk", but in fact, there were countless categories among the so-called "silk".

Qi, silk, silk, satin, yarn, brocade... Each word represents a different silk fabric.

However, the most common one is "silk".

Silk is the most primitive and simplest form of silk fabrics, with its warp and weft lines alternate horizontally and vertically back and forth. The silk product woven by this simplest method is "silk".

In ancient times, silk could be used as a general equivalent similar to gold, and even when convicted, the price of silk at that time would be used as a reference.

For example, in "Song Huiyao Edited Manuscripts·Criminal Law", it was recorded: "The law of stolen goods is used to judge the crime. The price of silk is high and low, so the crime is serious and serious."

From this point of view, the rule of guilt at that time was convicted based on "how many pieces of silk are used to be used as silk". It was also a stolen two taels of silver. If the silk is expensive, the sentence will be less convicted, and if the silk is cheap, the sentence will be severe...

Now it seems that this is much more conscientious than some sentencing standards in the Republic. For example, X Wei and his wife made hundreds of millions of profits in economic crimes. In the end, the couple was fined more than 600,000 yuan in total. It was simply funny!

If the Song Dynasty ruled the price of this hundreds of millions of wealth is charged with silk... I am afraid it would be that the car would be broken?

As the simplest silk product, silk has many functions, but it is only the lowest-end of all silk products.

The next silk, silk, silk, and satin are much more expensive than silk, and the most expensive and rarest ones are brocade.

In ancient times, brocade was always the jewel in the crown for the textile industry and the most cutting-edge manufacturing process. There is also a saying in the market that "a slight amount of gold" has always existed.

Brocade is generally exclusively for royalty, and it is rare to see spot sales on the market, and the saying of inch gold becomes a priceless one.

The ancients' love for brocade can be said to be in all aspects. For example, "Bright Rivers and Mountains" means that rivers and mountains are as beautiful as embroidered on brocade. People are also willing to use "Bright Future" to describe a person's great future.

Brocade, the production process is difficult, especially under ancient conditions... It is different from embroidery. The various patterns on it are formed when weaving. This process is called jacquard, and brocade from the production site through the jacquard process is called brocade weaving.

The Li family's Yunjin uses a large amount of other precious materials such as gold and silver to decorate them on the basis of brocade, and this decoration process is called "makeup" - this is how the so-called "icing on the cake".

The brocade itself is already very gorgeous. With the makeup process, the birds and beasts are three-dimensional and look vivid! The feathers of birds and beasts and the cloud patterns on the fabric will even reflect the colorful colors under the light...

...This craft is extremely gorgeous and highly appreciated even when used in modern times! What's more, it was in the Song Dynasty when basic industries and textile industries were extremely underdeveloped.

However, for modern craftsmanship, jacquard fabrics are no longer technical problems and can be produced in large quantities in industrialization. Now what Xiao Heng showed Huang Xiangye is a jacquard loom!

Of course, what Xiao Heng showed at this time was that the jacquard loom was mechanical and needed a special "pattern board" to control the needle selection mechanism. Later generations used electronic ones more... Electronic ones were of course time and effort-saving. As long as the pattern was input into the computer, the loom could weave the corresponding pattern according to the digital model.

However, mechanical type also has the benefits of mechanical type... that is, it is relatively simple to implement, and can be made even with the current technical level of Xiao Heng and others.

Of course, it is not without its disadvantages - it is very troublesome to make patterned boards.

"...After assembling the corresponding pattern board here, just start the machine switch." After Xiao Heng and the workers installed the pattern board together, he signaled that Lu Chun and the others could start it.

With the input of hydraulic power, the huge machinery slowly rotated, and amid the rhythmic metal sound, a colorful brocade was "spouted" by the huge machine bit by bit.

Yes, this is brocade—things made with jacquard loom and dyed silk, what isn’t that expensive brocade?

Looking at the brocade of "brands and gold" spitting out of thin air from the huge machine as if it was magical, Huang Xiangye's eyes suddenly lit up!

"This!? Isn't this..." Huang Xiangye's eyes were full of yellow copper coins at this time.

"Yes, this is brocade... However, due to some technical defects and some lack of power, such a machine can only produce about 3 horses of brocade per hour." Xiao Heng said lightly.

"Only!? Do you know how hurtful you can only do this?" Master Huang was so happy that he could see the back teeth, "Hahaha, this is brocade! This is brocade!!"

"It's a pity that the prime minister has no craftsman..." Xiao Heng smiled.

Although brocade can be produced in industrialized, makeup still requires skilled workers, especially skilled workers with artistic cells. Only they can create gorgeous and high-end "modellings".

"There is nothing pity... This is good enough, enough..." Huang Xiangye reached out to touch the gorgeous brocade that had just been produced, and his whole body seemed to be so excited that he was about to jump up.

At this time, the pattern board installed on the jacquard loom is "cloud pattern wealth", which is one of the more traditional patterns. The composition is mainly flowers and cloud patterns, and the colors are red, white, green, and blue, which should be very eye-catching and bright colors, which should be very consistent with Huang Xiangye's aesthetic standards.

But for Xiao Heng... he couldn't appreciate such big red and big green.

But no matter whether the pattern looks good or not, the brocade will be a fatal blow to the Li family.

However, Xiao Heng suddenly lost interest in this matter as he looked at the brocade that was constantly spitting out.

"If there is nothing else, Caomin will say goodbye." Xiao Heng said lightly.

"Let's go slowly...go..."

Master Huang kept sending him far away until he couldn't see Xiao Heng's carriage and then turned around and looked at the textile factory and felt a sense of heat.
Chapter completed!