"Brother Fang, is this the pedal spinning wheel you're talking about?" Feng Gao watched for a long time and saw that it was finally done, so he became interested.
Fang Chen nodded: "Yes, that's it."
"This gentleman's fantastic idea is really unprecedented. This spinning wheel is not difficult to make, but I don't know how fast it can be spun."
The craftsman involved in making the spinning wheel laughed.
Another person said: "Why don't you find a weaver girl and give it a try? There are many weaving bureaus."
"Mr. Fang, do you want to experiment?" Zhou Kang sat aside and drank tea with his legs crossed and asked.
They couldn't help but feel a little funny in their hearts. This Fang Chen, the people in Zhang Dang were all holding back their bad intentions. Instead of quickly going back to look at Yang Huafang, he actually came here to make inventions.
Fang Chen nodded: "Try it, thank you Mr. Zhou."
"Mr. Chen, go to the Weaving Bureau and ask them to borrow two weaver girls to try." Zhou Kang said.
Fang Chen added: "Let them bring their hand-operated spinning wheels and compare the speed of the two spinning wheels."
"Okay." Chen Gong nodded.
After a while, two weaver ladies from the Weaving Bureau arrived with spinning wheels and cotton.
On the way here, Mr. Chen had already told them what they were going to do, and after giving a blessing to everyone present.
One of the textile ladies started to work.
Another person came to the pedal-operated spinning wheel made by the spinning wheel team.
Some didn't know how to start, so they could only look around nervously.
Fang Chen walked forward thoughtfully: "Come and sit down, and I'll tell you how this new spinning wheel works."
"Thank you, sir." The textile lady breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Chen explained how to make the spinning wheel work.
This weaver girl has worked in the Weaving Bureau for a long time, so she is naturally an expert at spinning and weaving.
After knowing how to drive the pedal spinning wheel, I took out the cotton and started spinning.
Everyone was watching, and slowly the eyes of the craftsmen showed shock!
Zhou Kang and Feng Gao didn't understand it, but since they could make spinning wheels, they naturally understood the mystery.
Looking at the lines spun by the weaver girl sitting on the spinning wheel, a craftsman couldn't help but exclaimed: "This! How can this be so fast!"
"Obviously I started spinning later, how could I spin so many threads all at once!"
The weaver girl operating the hand-operated spinning wheel was also shocked. Looking at the few lines on her spinning wheel, her whole body froze.
"Okay!"
Fang Chen laughed loudly and stopped the competition between the two spinning wheels.
Looking at the cotton thread spun by the weaver, he couldn't help laughing: "That's it!"
Zhou Kang and Feng Gao both came over curiously, wondering why Fang Chen was so happy.
A craftsman came to Zhou Kang and whispered a few words, and Zhou Kang's eyes suddenly bulged.
The craftsman told him that the speed of this new spinning wheel was at least four to five times that of the previous spinning wheel!
Zhou Kang has completely understood what this means. If he can be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he will not be an idiot!
"Manager Fang, how do you know about this spinning wheel?" Zhou Kang said quickly.
Fang Chen laughed and pointed to his brain: "They are inside my brain."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Kang quickly pulled Fang Chen aside: "Manager Fang, sir Fang, apart from us, who else knows about this spinning wheel?"
"What is Master Zhou going to do?" Fang Chen asked.
Zhou Kang was a little anxious: "Master Fang, you and I are pretending to be stupid. This spinning wheel is so fast. If it is mass-produced, it will definitely be a great weapon that can improve people's livelihood!"
"This kind of thing cannot be exiled to other countries!"
Fang Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou. Only us people know about this now, and we will definitely not let people from other countries know about it."
"However, Mr. Zhou, you have to do me a favor and make a spinning wheel like a cross as quickly as possible. I can use it."
Zhou Kang: "What are you going to do?"
"Of course it's for sale, huh?"
Fang Chen rolled his eyes and smiled: "Mr. Zhou, life in our Ministry of Industry seems not to be very good? The tea just now cost less than a tael of silver, right?"
Hearing this, Zhou Kang was a little embarrassed and had no choice. Among the six departments, their Engineering Department was the real Qingshui Department.
Unless there is something major, such as building a palace or something, it is possible to get some money.
But people like Hube Zhang Yu are so smart. They care about money more than anyone else.
If you want to get money out of their hands, it will be even harder than climbing to the sky.
Therefore, life at the Ministry of Industry has been tight since Zhou Kang took over.
At this moment, I felt a little embarrassed to hear Fang Chen being so disrespectful, "What do you mean, Mr. Fang?"
"I'll give you a chance to make a fortune." Fang Chen said.
Zhou Kang frowned: "How to say?"
"The spinning wheels on the market now only cost 200 taels of silver. Isn't it expensive to sell our pedal-operated spinning wheel for 1 tael of silver?"
"You mean to sell this spinning wheel? That's not good."
Zhou Kang was astonished and said: "Officials are engaged in business. If your Majesty finds out about this matter, your head will be lost!"
Fang Chen rolled his eyes: "Are you stupid? Can't you just hand over 70% of the proceeds from selling spinning wheels to His Majesty's inner treasury? Why don't you tell Your Majesty about this in advance? If you don't dare, then I'll tell His Majesty."
"Just let your skilled craftsmen make spinning wheels in large quantities. I guarantee you. Your Ministry of Industry can keep 30% of the money sold. How you divide it is your business."
Zhou Kang's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea. Mr. Fang, are you really sure that His Majesty will agree to it?"
Fang Chen squinted: "Who am I?"
"The eunuch in charge of internal affairs." Zhou Kang said.
Damn you!
Fang Chen cursed in his heart, and then said: "Besides this, I am also a close attendant of His Majesty and the Queen. I am not bragging to you, Mr. Zhou. It is not easy for anyone to say this kind of thing, but I will not
It’s the same, it will definitely help you make money, do you understand?”
Zhou Kang: "Understood, let's do this Master Fang, if you can persuade His Majesty, then we will hand over 70% to His Majesty, Master Fang will keep 10%, and the remaining 20% will go to our Ministry of Industry. Let's make a fortune together!"
Get on the road!
Fang Chen looked pleased, it was easy to talk to smart people.
Then he said: "I have already found the first buyer of this spinning wheel for you. Just do it and the cost will be controlled at around fifty cents."
"Also, can our spinning wheel be sold to other countries? But you can use some tricks."
Zhou Kang's mind was spinning rapidly: "You mean, use your hands and feet to get some irreplaceable parts, and some things that can't be put back together once taken apart?"
"It won't be too difficult for your Ministry of Industry, right?" Fang Chen said.
Zhou Kang slapped his thigh!
"What's so damn hard about this? That's what these craftsmen do. Master Fang, I'll take care of this!"
Feng Gao, who followed quietly from the side, coughed and said resentfully: "Brother Fang."