The so-called cold pot method does not mean reeling in cold water. It changes the past process of boiling cocoons and reeling in one pot into two separate processes. The specific process is to prepare two pots, one for cooking cocoons
The hot pot is placed on the stove, heated directly with firewood, and used to cook the cocoons. Different from the fire-wire cooking pot, the pot here needs to be small, and a small amount of cocoons are cooked in a small pot multiple times. It can be cooked carefully and evenly.
, to avoid placing too many cocoons and causing them to cook unevenly.
Although it is called "cold", the actual water temperature in the basin is also very high, but slightly lower than that in the hot basin. The boiled silkworm cocoons are transferred to the cold basin for reeling.
The raw silk quality of cold basin silk is much better than that of fire silk. The ancients said: "smart, lustrous, tough and colorful." It is the top grade of raw silk. Most of the Huzhou silk that Chen Lin admired was also reeled out using this method.
Fengshenghe has always used the fire silk method for reeling. It is not that Chen Lin and his son did not know about the cold basin method, but it is quite technically difficult to use the cold basin method.
Although the cold basin method is good, the technical essentials are more complicated than that of fire wire. The difficulty lies in how to heat and keep the cold basin warm. The cold basin cannot be heated directly with firewood, and the uniformity of temperature must be ensured during reeling. It is mostly used for cooking cocoons.
The hot pot is placed in the same stove, and the remaining fire of the hot pot is used to heat it. The outside is also covered with yellow mud to keep it warm. Whether it is a fire maker or a silk reeler, the temperature control must be very sophisticated.
Chen Lin couldn't understand those pipes and valves, but he could understand that there were two basins in one seat. When the Australians came, they immediately changed them to cold basins!
"Chief, is this the Cold Pot Method?"
"Not bad, you know?" Li Yaoer nodded appreciatively.
"I know, my late father also thought about using the cold basin method, but..." Chen Lin's father suffered losses when he introduced silkworm breeds in the early years, so he hesitated to improve silk reeling. Not to mention that introducing the cold basin method requires additional equipment and more manpower.
--It's all overhead.
"It is risky to introduce new technologies and new varieties. It is normal for your father to be hesitant." Li Yao'er said, "But the cold basin method is already a very backward technology for us..."
Chen Lin thought to herself that this woman had such a loud voice! But Li Yao'er didn't realize it at all, and said enthusiastically: "In my silk factory in Australia, there is a special big pot for cooking cocoons, which can cook thousands of cocoons at a time. That's it."
Cook thoroughly without overcooking, and all the cocoons are cooked evenly. After cooking, focus on reeling. There is no need to reel while potting. Speaking of this silk cart, Fengshenghe's old cart can only reel.
One thread. The new car we modified this time can only reel three threads. But in the best silk factory in Australia, a silk car can reel 400 threads. With so many threads, only three experienced people are needed to do it.
I can take care of it..."
Li Yao'er's eyes lit up when he spoke, but Chen Lin was full of doubts. He thought that this Australian awesome guy couldn't boast like that. Who could be so busy reeling out more than a hundred threads by himself? Let me tell you one more thing.
A cart can carry 400 yarn threads, even if it is born with supernatural power, it cannot carry it. According to his experience, a silk reeler can reel with his feet, and three threads are the most.
Seeing that the chief was talking happily, Chen Lin did not dare to interrupt. It was not until Li Yaoer's voice stopped for a moment that he quickly interrupted: "Chief, what are these iron pipes used for?"
"These are pipes that carry hot water."
Li Yaoer explained a few words, and Chen Lin immediately understood: the biggest improvement of the so-called "Ji Qi Da Gao" in the silk reeling workshop is not the reeling car and the potting mode. In essence, it is just an improved version of the cold basin method.
.However, compared with the laborious and smoky one-stove-two-basin method of making pots in the past, all hot water is supplied by a large stove. Without the stove, silk reeling can only be done by one household and one car.
The silk reeling can be concentrated, and the heat of the water boiled in one stove can be unified, so there is no need for a dedicated person to light the fire and control the temperature.
In the past, there were ten stoves in the silk reeling room at home, and everyone thought it was very impressive to drive ten cars at the same time. In contrast, the Australians arranged a hundred cars at once! Look at this posture, all the cocoons in Xiangshan are brought here
Reeling is not a problem. Is the scale of the shop too big? How can there be so many cocoons for her to reel? Besides, where will the workers come from?
Naturally, my second uncle, who is always trying to get along with others, will definitely try to force the villagers to sell the cocoons to Fengshenghe in the name of Australians. Most likely, he will also force the villagers to work in the factory. The disadvantages are self-evident. Think of it.
He didn't feel the cold sweat breaking out on his forehead here.
Li Yao'er was surprised to see his sudden change in expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Hmm, it's nothing..." Chen Lin quickly covered it up, "I'm just worried that there won't be so many cocoons to harvest by then."
"Well, I'm going to raise silkworms by myself as soon as spring starts," Li Yao'er said. "I've also prepared a place to raise silkworms. I'll raise some of them myself and buy some of them. Your second uncle said that Nansha Village will do its best to help Fengfeng.
Shenghe. All silkworm cocoons are sold to the factory, and women also come to help raise silkworms and pick mulberries. The mulberry leaves of each family in the village are given priority to Shenghe..."
Chen Lin groaned secretly, thinking to himself, Uncle Er, you won’t stop until you ruin the Fengshenghe brand! If you do this, will our one-bedroom house still be able to gain a foothold in the village in the future?
"...But I don't agree with his approach. We are running a factory and doing business, not a government official. We can't rely on orders to ask others to do things, don't you think?"
"Yes, yes, the commander is wise!" Chen Lin nodded repeatedly.
"So my idea is to adopt a cooperative. We have used this method in Hainan for a long time. Everyone joins forces to raise silkworms."
The cooperative model is an important production-operation model promoted by the Senate in rural areas. From the initial Ma Niao Salt Farm Cooperative to the later Leizhou Sugar Industry Joint Venture, Tiandihui supported a large number of similar institutions in the countryside under the rule of the Senate. In the economy
It is particularly common in the field of crop production and processing and can be said to be a fairly mature model.
"I have also talked with your second uncle. Basically, we will set up a joint-stock company..."
Li Yao'er briefly introduced the specific cooperation plan. The plan is not complicated. It is just that you have the money to contribute and the strength to contribute. Each will take the share. After the raw silk is sold, the participants will receive dividends according to their shareholding ratio.
"...We have used this method in many places, and everyone responded well. I think it will be implemented smoothly in Nansha, especially since we have the full support of you and your second uncle."
When Li Yao'er said this, he looked at Chen Lin very seriously. The young man's face turned red involuntarily.
"The villain will definitely serve, no matter what the dividends are. In fact, the villain doesn't care too much. As long as the tribe can have enough food and clothing, Nansha can regain its vitality..."
This is not Chen Lin's coy posturing, but what he says from the bottom of his heart.
"Haha, what you said is really serious." Li Yao'er suddenly smiled, with a smile like a flower, like a girl. Chen Lin's mind couldn't help but sway, he quickly stopped, lowered his eyes and argued:
"The villain is telling the truth."
"I don't care whether you're sincere or not." Li Yao'er smiled and said, "It's good if you have this attitude!" She sighed: "The most difficult thing since ancient times is to do things. If you can help me do this job wholeheartedly,
, you really don’t have to worry about dividends.”
After leaving the silk reeling workshop, Li Yaoer took him to Xikuoyuan and visited the renovated "weaving workshop" here.
The fabric is made by interweaving longitudinally arranged warp threads and transversely arranged weft threads. The reeled silk cannot be used directly as warp and weft threads. It needs to be woven into warp and weft threads through a series of previous processes before it can be woven on the loom.
The warp and weft threads required for weaving silk fabrics generally need to go through multiple processes such as turning, doubling, twisting, sizing, drafting, and shaking. Here, Li Yaoer did not introduce any new technology or equipment -
―There is no suitable power machine. Therefore, the equipment inside seems to be well-made and is essentially the same as the improved foot-operated reeling machine. Chen Lin can roughly understand where the improvements are after taking a look. He has also thought of some improvements in the past.
, he also drew a drawing and sent it to the blacksmith and carpenter to try it out. The result was that it either couldn't be made, or it looked exactly the same after it was made, but after it was installed, it didn't work as he imagined, or it was stuck.
It works, or it will crack and break after not running for long.
The Australians are indeed unparalleled in ingenuity! Chen Lin thought to himself. But to Chen Lin, these "paradoxical" things in front of him are not just as simple as "ingenuity". The connected axis arm is exactly the same thing, and the Australians can make it thin and tough.
, I found the best blacksmith to make it, but it could only be made crudely... Why is this?
Just looking at the wooden parts, you can see that there is a huge gap between the work done by the Australians and the work done by the local carpenters. For the same thing, the parts made by the Australians are much smaller and more delicate, and even on the surface they look better than those made by the local carpenters.
The object looks comfortable.
"The Australians make the same thing differently." Chen Lin said sincerely, "I really admire it!"
"What does this mean?" Li Yao'er was used to the "shock" of the natives and had long since dismissed it. However, Chen Lin was different from ordinary natives and was quite insightful. "If you come to Lingao and see our machinery factory doing
All the new equipment that comes out will make you fall in love."
"It's a pity that villains don't have such blessings." Chen Lin sighed.
"What's so difficult about going to Lingao? Since you came from Guangzhou, you naturally know that there is a shuttle boat to Lingao from Guangzhou. Although the ferry ticket is not cheap, it probably won't be a problem given your worth."
"The chief is joking." Chen Lin said, "It's not that I don't want to go, it's really that I can't just sit idly by and ignore the mess in front of me..." He was afraid that Li Yao'er would misunderstand, so he quickly added, "Although Fengshenghe is now in good order, the entire Nansha
The village is still in a dilapidated state, and the tribesmen and villagers have to plan their livelihoods after spring..."
"Is the life of the villagers very difficult?" Although Li Yao'er has been in Nansha for several months, he has been busy rebuilding factories and mostly interacts with local people through Chen Xuan, so he knows very little about the local situation in Nansha.