Chen Lin thought to himself, you just take it for granted. If a family is short of labor, it is naturally a good thing to save a female labor force. The problem is that there are not many families that require a lot of labor, and spinning mostly does not take up working time during the day.
Most of them are side jobs at night.
Farmers are mostly engaged in weaving as a "side job". Unlike professional machinists in the city who rely on weaving all day long for a living, their working hours will change with the seasons. They do more work during the leisure time, and they will be busy during the busy farming period.
Do less or even none at all.
If we use the fashionable terminology of old time and space, this is all "fragmented" time.
Chen Lin did not express any objection. Although this internship group was slightly lacking in social experience, it was technically the main core of the current textile factory and it was not convenient to violate their words in person.
As for cotton harvesting, I just have to make my own plans. Fortunately, I have a ready-made cocoon harvesting network in various counties in Guangzhou Prefecture, and I can also try to entrust them to harvest cotton...
While thinking about countermeasures, Chen Xiaobing brought a letter with a smile: "Your letter!"
The letter was not sent by the newly established "Da Song Post Office", but by "Qiwei Special Delivery". This kind of special delivery is fast and safe, but the price is very expensive. Most of them are used to send important letters such as contracts, contract certificates, etc. between merchants.
For small items.
Chen Lin took the envelope and saw a red stamp on it. The letter was from Guangzhou.
"It arrived this morning. It was probably sent to you by a certain elder in Guangzhou."
"I don't know any elders in Guangzhou." Chen Lin muttered, "It should be Mr. Wu."
When I opened it, I found an invitation and a letter inside.
Unfolding the invitation, it was the "Invitation Letter to the Opening Ceremony of Guangzhou Wanguo Textile Market", inviting him to attend the ceremony. Unfolding the letter again, it turned out that it was written by my cousin Wu Yijun. It turned out that this invitation was from Li Li, who was in charge of reception when they visited Lingao.
Sent by the elders of Shanli,
The term "textile market" seems both unfamiliar and familiar at the same time. Although it belongs to the scope of "Newspeak", the general meaning is still clear. The word "Wan Guo" is added in front, presumably because foreign merchants can also come and buy and sell goods, right?
Although he didn't quite understand the intention of the Senate to open such a market in Guangzhou, he did not dare to neglect the invitation of the Senate in any case. He packed his luggage and prepared to go to Guangzhou. Since the first phase of the construction of the cotton textile factory had been completed, the internship group also
When I need to go back to make a report, a few people will accompany me.
After two days of flight, Li Shan also arrived in Guangzhou City. He had been here when Guangzhou was restored, but the purpose at that time was to inspect the situation in the Great World - at that time, he was already considering opening a market in the Great World.
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But after seeing the situation in Great World, he felt that this place was not appropriate. Because Great World was more inclined to the retail format, and what he wanted to build was actually a "trading market" for factories, wholesalers and suppliers. This kind of
The market not only needs convenient transportation, but also requires large-scale warehousing facilities. It cannot be operated with just a storefront.
At that time, Guangzhou was in desperate need of development, and naturally no one paid attention to his project in the textile market. It was not until more than a year ago that this project passed the project approval review by Guangzhou City and began construction.
Although the light textile market is essentially of the nature of "the government sets up a stage and attracts investment to perform," the idea of the Senate is to spend as little money as possible on things that can be done without spending money, so the light textile market is actually a mixed joint-stock system. Guangzhou City
The asset company is the largest shareholder, and local wealthy businessmen and gentry have investments to some extent.
As soon as we got off the boat in Lishan, we went straight to the big world. Lingao is not an ideal textile base. As a "textile person", the focus of our work will gradually shift to Guangzhou in the future.
Of course, as the future metropolis of Guangzhou, every inch of land is precious, and it would be a waste to use it for production, but it has a natural advantage for trade. Taking advantage of the current cheap land price, quickly enclosing land has become the primary goal of Li and Zou.
.So Zou Biao built an office in the big world early to house his team.
As soon as Li Shan entered Zou Biao's office, he saw that his partner was unhappy and joked:
"You don't owe me money, and I don't owe you money either. Why do you look so bitter all day long?"
Zou Biao sighed: "The pre-research plan for air-jet spinning technology you mentioned has been sent back to the Planning Institute."
Li Shan went over and patted his shoulder gently and asked: "Don't be too sad. Air-spinning was considered relatively high-end in the old time and space. I think it's normal if the Planning Institute doesn't pass it."
"After hearing you talk about air-end spinning, I looked for drawings and technical information and found that it is not very difficult. You must know that in the old time and space, our country started with principle research in 1958 and began to apply it to industrial production in 1967.
.Generally speaking, open-end spinning is also the general direction.”
In Lingao, although the older the technology, the easier it is to copy, some technologies are not more suitable for imitation as they are older. For example, Jenny machines and spindle machines are actually not suitable for the Lingao environment.
Open-end spinning is also called rotor spinning. Under the same energy consumption, open-end spinning has the characteristics of high output, large packages, short process, and wide range of textiles: it can spin cotton, linen, wool, low-grade cotton and waste waste, and has good spinability.
, is obviously a model of speed, efficiency and economy under high altitude conditions.
If spinning 20S cotton yarn, the output of open-end spinning is 60-85kg/1,000 spindles, which is 1-2 times that of ring spinning, and in some cases even 3-4 times. There is less fly waste, it occupies a small area, and it is thorough
It solves the problem of wear and burning of steel rings and travelers during the ring spinning process. The number of workers required is 30% that of ring spinning, and the floor space is reduced by 25%. In the old time and space, it can only be used for medium and low count textiles and the yarns are thick.
The shortcomings of Lingao are its advantages. The fabric woven is fluffy, wear-resistant, and has good warmth retention. Moreover, sails are generally low-count and multi-stranded, so the demand for sails will be huge in the foreseeable future.
At present, the supply of cotton in the Senate is tight, and they are all short-fiber cotton with relatively poor quality. Open-end spinning is obviously the most suitable process for the Senate's own fabric needs. It is not impossible for Zou Biao to make a replica. You must know that the rotary cup in 1937
Since spinning was invented, and the old time and space has basically mastered this technology, Zou Biao said that he is confident that he can build an air-jet spinning production line that can be used for industrial production within three years.
"Look at what you said, if we want to have the industrial capacity of 1958, we still have to sweep the world." Li Shan said, "Not to mention, your equipment cannot be installed in Guangzhou, let alone all-electric drives.
It can’t even be installed in Lingao.”
"That's right, the Planning Institute also answered me the same way, saying that I want a small production line as a technical reserve for pre-research and they will support it. There is no way to go into full-scale mass production."
"That's okay! At least you have been approved to do pre-research. You can still put it on the production line."
"But this production line can only be placed in Lingao."
"You can't say for sure. When you come up with the equipment in three years, maybe Guangzhou will also have electricity."
"Alas..." Zou Biao sighed again.
"Okay, don't rush to become fat all day long. We only have this foundation, what else can we do. Let's use the old technology first." Li Shan said nonchalantly. He thought of the cotton spinning mill in Nansha.
"Demonstration factory..."
"The progress is quite smooth," Zou Biao said, "Trial production has been started recently and the operation is smooth."
"This is great!" Li Shan was very excited, "It's a pity that we can only spin! We must hurry up and start the second phase."
"It's easy to get started, but cotton is hard to find." Zou Biao said, "To be honest, I have such great hopes for this textile market, and I also hope to attract the supply of textile raw materials here..."
"Build a cotton exchange!" Li Shan became excited.
"Yes, not only cotton, but all textiles and textile raw materials!" Zou Biao is not only a mechanical engineer, but also has a strong interest in the market. "Wool, silk, woolen, silk... Hum, now that we have started to
For bonds and stocks, we can also do futures in the future."
Lishan is not as optimistic as he is. Among the four main textile materials, silk and wool are the easiest to solve. Not only do they have a wide range of sources, but the supply is stable. The market prospects for textiles are also good.
There is no shortage of local raw materials for linen, and the market is limited. With the current technological level of the Senate, it is impossible to make high-grade worsted linen. Therefore, the linen that can be produced at this stage is not as comfortable to wear as cotton, so get more linen.
Make sails and ropes.
The biggest problem is the supply of cotton. The news from dispatch stations in various places is not optimistic. There is a big question mark as to whether the supply of cotton in the north can be stable.
Songjiang's handmade cotton spinning industry is developed, but a large proportion of clean cotton needs to be imported from outside, and most of the sites are in Shandong, Hebei and other places. However, the development of the industry means that the vested forces entrenched in it are very strong, from raw cotton to spinning to all kinds of textiles
All purchases are monopolized by various companies. It is difficult for the Senate to snatch food from them. It is difficult to form a stable source of cotton before squeezing Songjiang Bu. However, without a stable source of cotton, it is difficult to defeat Songjiang Bu. This is
A contradiction formed.
The local cotton in Guangdong is widely distributed, but it is rarely grown on a large scale and is limited by the climate, so the yield is very impressive.
As for the major foreign cotton-producing areas in the old time and space, whether it is the United States, Egypt or Turkey, cotton planting has not yet begun in this time and space. The only one that can be called a large-scale cotton planting industry is India.
Of course, there are other ways. If chemical fiber is produced, it can reduce the demand for cotton and make 66% or 33% blended cotton cloth. But this is just a thought. All departments in the petrochemical industry are overwhelmed with needs. What?
It’s not clear when it will be the light textile industry’s turn, not to mention that with the advent of chemical fiber, it’s not like cotton is no longer needed, and the demand may rise again due to market factors.
Lishan blew out the cowhide, and getting stable cotton is still his biggest worry at the moment. After all, he goes around trying to trick other people's machines. If there is no cotton to weave, not only himself, but also the credibility of the Senate will plummet.