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Chapter 12 The Jenny Spinning Machine

"My lord, the younger one is called Hargreassf. He is a worker in a workshop in the British Empire. These are my fellow workers." More than a dozen workers appeared in front of Chu Yun, and one of them, a scruffy bearded worker, said to Chu Yun. .

They were dressed in overalls, not as spectacular as the people from the French Ordnance Bureau before, but in Chu Yun's eyes, they were hens that could lay golden eggs.

Hargreave, Chu Yun has an impression of this name.An ordinary worker manufactured the first real machine and promoted the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

"Where's the textile machine?" Chu Yun looked around impatiently.

According to the experience of Suihuogun last time, after the technology is ignited, not only will there be scientific and technological talents, but some samples should also be taken with you.

Sure enough, Chu Yun noticed that behind these workers there were two looms that were as high as people.Looking at the loom, Chu Yun couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, it was more exciting than seeing the beauties who are all over the world.

"Ahem, my lord, how should we arrange Hargreesf and others?" Chadley reminded Chu Yun in time.

"Oh... yes, let me think about it, you guys quickly make ten, no, one hundred looms for me!" Chu Yun regained his senses and shouted.

"Ah..." Hargreave, the British worker, was taken aback.Why do I have to work overtime when I come here...

More than a dozen textile workers came to Guanglu Island, but Chu Yun did not introduce them to his subordinates.Originally, Guanglu Island had workers from the French Ordnance Bureau summoned by Chu Yun, but now there are only a dozen more textile workers, and it will not cause a big commotion like last time.Besides, the Ming army on the island has become accustomed to the presence of blond and blue-eyed Westerners.

In order to manufacture textile machines on a large scale, Chu Yun allocated a large piece of land for the textile factory in the coastal area. As for the wood used to manufacture the textile machines, he sent Houjin captives to cut down the trees.As for the green issue?It is still an agricultural society, let's temporarily sacrifice greening for the sake of the industrial revolution.

When Hargreave and others were manufacturing textile machines, Chu Yun also had to consider purchasing the raw material cotton needed for spinning.Without raw materials, this textile machine is just a useless decoration.When purchasing raw materials, Chu Yun immediately thought of Wang Changyuan, a businessman from Wuhu.

"Your Excellency is handing over the iron ore business to me this time?" Wang Changyuan smiled when he saw Chu Yun.

Last time Chu Yun's iron ore and coal orders made him a small profit, and recently his merchant ship was protected by Chu Yun's army in Guanglu Island, so he naturally regarded Chu Yun as the God of Wealth.

"No, no. I want a boat of cotton this time. I wonder if Yuanwai Wang can come with one?" Chu Yun said.

"Cotton..." Wang Changyuan was a little confused about what Yun was going to do.

The other military masters were trying to blackmail the caravans and seize silver from the caravans, but the military master Chu Yun bought iron ore, coal, and now cotton. What exactly did he want?

"Wang Yuanwai can't get it?" Chu Yun asked.

"That's not true. Cotton is much easier to get than refined iron, but I don't know why adults want cotton?" Wang Changyuan asked puzzled.

"I want to get into a spinning business."

"Spinning? My lord, are you kidding me?" Wang Changyuan scratched his head, feeling that Chu Yun was joking about it.A group of soldiers on Guanglu Island who can only draw swords to kill people actually want to do some girly things?

"When have I ever lied to you? If you help me get cotton, I can sell the spun yarn to you at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price, how about it?" Chu Yun said.

"Hiss...the price is [-]% lower than the market price!" Wang Changyuan was shocked.

If what Chu Yun said was true, then for this business alone, besides the income from a boatload of cotton, he could also get [-]% of the profit from the yarn for nothing.

"However, the labor cost of yarn is extremely high. Is it really possible for adults to sell it to me at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price? It can't be poor quality yarn..." The shrewd Wang Changyuan still asked cautiously, "Quality Weaker yarn villains dare not pick up, although making money is important, but reputation is the foundation of life."

"Look at the samples first." Chu Yun asked Hargreasf to hand over a piece of yarn spun by a Jenny loom to Wang Changyuan for inspection.

Wang Changyuan stroked the yarn in his hand, and his eyes gradually brightened: "This—this is an upper-middle-level yarn. Although it is not as good as the yarn spun by Jiangnan Textile, the price can be higher than the market price! Can you really sell it to me at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price?"

"When you bring the cotton over, I will be able to produce this kind of yarn. If the inspection fails then, our contract will be void." Chu Yun replied.

"That's the deal! My lord, don't go back on your word!" Wang Changyuan said quickly, for fear that Chu Yun would turn his back on him in the next moment.

Hey, sure enough, the merchants in Jiangnan have a way, and they can get anything.Chu Yun was overjoyed: "Try to ship the cotton within a month."

"... I dare to ask you, my lord can make me [-]% profit by producing such quality yarn, how did my lord do it?" Wang Changyuan asked puzzledly.

"It's a secret." Chu Yun shook his head.

His confidence in making a profit is the Jenny Spinning Machine.The power of the Jenny textile machine is that it uses one spinning wheel to drive eight vertical spindles, which increases the spinning efficiency by a full eight times.What kind of concept is this?As long as there are enough machines and raw materials, there will be more than 500 post-gold captives in Chuyun, and more than 100 conscripts will be removed, and there will be more than 400 captives, which is equivalent to more than 3000 manual workers in textile factories.And these post-gold captives didn't have to pay wages for the first two years.The cost is almost their rations.Even if the [-]% profit given to Wang Changyuan is removed, Chu Yun still has a lot of room for profit.

Moreover, the two percentage points of benefit to Chu Yun were not given in vain. First, Wang Changyuan came to help Chu Yun find raw materials, and second, Chu Yun didn't need to spend extra effort to find the market in the early stage of development.Finally, you can also increase your influence among Jiangnan merchants and tie Jiangnan merchants to your warships.Chu Yun, who came from later generations, knows that in the age of great voyages, merchant ships are often not the warships that walk in the forefront.

The establishment of a textile factory with more than 400 people is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It takes a lot of time to manufacture the Jenny textile machine alone.Moreover, it is also necessary to train the post-gold soldiers to let them learn how to weave, which is also a chance for them to change their minds...

As more and more things were put on the agenda, Chu Yun had to find a way to expand the army.This battle is a bit of a loss.And the army is needed to protect merchant ships, maintain law and order, maintain production, and also need to deal with the next war...

When Chu Yun was full of thoughts, Kong Youde, who was also the guard of Guanglu Island, quit.Because Chu Yun in the north of Guanglu Island does not levy taxes, many Ming Dynasty people who fled to Guanglu Island and merchant ships who went north to trade came to the north, but Kong Youde’s residence in the south of Guanglu Island was depressed because of this. Can you not be angry!
(End of this chapter)