Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 777 Feishuo Daming's First Monopoly Industry

Sure enough, Dorgon did not disappoint Zhu Youjian. After contacting the relevant personnel in Liaoning Province who received Zhu Youjian's order, he accepted the Ming court's request without considering it for a few days. In order to show his sincerity, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and my two family members were escorted by the small Qing army to the place agreed upon by the two parties. Then Dorgon declared internally that Fan and Ning voluntarily went to live in Daming as hostages in order to obtain assistance from the Ming court.

Two months later, when the first batch of materials, including grain, salt, ironware, military equipment, medicinal materials, etc. organized by the Ming Dynasty, was transported to the transfer point under the escort of heavy soldiers, the overall migration of the "Great Qing" country officially started.

At the same time, the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty was also formally established in the capital. The first dean was Song Yingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Academic exchange and communication at any time.

Since it was just established, there are only a few academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences. These people are all people who have made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Song Yingxing and Di Ka are the most famous and have made the most outstanding contributions. The other academicians are They are not well-known, but they all have impressive achievements.

Among the academicians appointed by Zhu Youjian, Feng Huan, the inventor of "Flying Shuttle" and a native of Zhejiang Province, is the most eye-catching.

"Flying shuttle" is actually a shuttle with small wheels installed in the chute of the loom. Metal springs are installed at both ends of the chute, so that the shuttle can shuttle back and forth at a very fast speed. Its invention and appearance make the cloth surface It can be greatly widened, greatly improving the efficiency of weaving, and making Daming's cotton production grow rapidly in a short period of time.

In the past, when ordinary shuttles were used to weave cloth, one loom required two weavers to work together, but after the birth of the "Flying Shuttle", a loom can be completed independently by only one weaver, and the texture of the woven cotton is more dense. , The quality is more superior.

Don't underestimate this seemingly inconspicuous invention, it can be regarded as a pioneering work before the appearance of the "Spinning Jenny". The output can put all the textile workers in other countries of the world out of work.

This is by no means alarmist talk, it is based on facts.

The "Flying Shuttle" was born less than a year ago. Due to the substantial increase in cotton cloth production, the amount of cotton cloth sold by the East India Company from Daming to Europe has doubled several times. According to the information returned by the East India Company, now Due to the dumping of a large amount of high-quality cotton cloth from Ming Dynasty in the British market, a large number of domestic textile workers lost their jobs. The senior officials of the British government have already begun to discuss how to deal with this matter.

Before the arrival of the first industrial revolution a hundred years later, whether it was Ming Dynasty or other European countries, all industrial products were of the nature of family workshops. The so-called textile workers in Britain, just like before the Ming Dynasty, had a few machines at home , Rely on the funds paid in advance by merchants to buy cotton yarn, and then weave it into cotton cloth and sell it to merchants. In this form, the output of cotton cloth can be imagined.

However, since Zhu Youjian traveled here and established a large-scale workshop in the most common form in later generations, the cotton production of Daming began to increase rapidly, and with Feng Huan inventing the "Flying Shuttle", in the cotton industry, Daming has already appeared. trend toward global domination.

In the original history, it was precisely because of the invention of the "Flying Shuttle" that the output of cotton yarn was in short supply, which gave birth to the monster "Spinning Jenny".

But now, Daming's cotton yarn output has also failed to keep up with the cotton cloth output.In order to solve this problem, under Zhu Youjian's instruction, Feng Huan lived and lived in the Beijing General Office with several craftsmen who had assisted him in inventing the "Flying Shuttle". With vague cognition, he devoted himself to the research and development process, striving to overcome the difficulties of the textile industry as soon as possible.

Although Feng Huan is a literati in name, but because of his wealthy family and no worries about food and clothing, he has been very interested in the "unique skills" in the eyes of traditional literati since he was a child. Therefore, he is very familiar with the entire production process of cotton cloth.

Because he is the only son in the family, Feng Huan's parents did not preach to him too much, and adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye to his son's various behaviors.After being admitted at the age of 25, Feng Huan, who failed in the examination, stayed at the Polytechnic Institute to study, and soon became very interested in "Heavenly Creation" written by Song Yingxing, and then worshiped under Song Yingxing's family, obsessed with it all day long In terms of the principles and manufacture of various utensils, Huangtian paid off. With the help of others, Feng Huan finally had an invention worthy of lifelong pride.

Of course Zhu Youjian was aware of the great role of "Flying Shuttle", but in later generations, he had never been in a factory, so he only had concepts for many things, but lacked intuitive cognition, until the achievements of Feng Huan's inventions were introduced into the world. Only in the palace did he realize the economic value generated by the "Flying Shuttle".

Zhu Youjian was very happy that there were talents like Feng Huan in Daming. He hoped that through this demonstration effect, more scientific and technological talents would emerge in Daming, which would drive the long-term stability of Daming's economy.

Zhu Youjian decided to reward Feng Huan heavily, so as to lead and promote more people of insight to devote themselves to scientific research.

Academicians of the Academy of Sciences enjoy the treatment of the third-rank title, and have the right to perform independently on issues related to their own majors, and have the opportunity to meet the saints from time to time.

Feng Huan's invention enjoys a ten-year patent period. During this period, every loom equipped with a "flying shuttle" and a piece of cotton cloth produced must pay a certain bonus to the Feng family. Everyone can step into the ranks of the rich, not to mention the honorary title of third-rank senior official.

All owners of Ming Dynasty, regardless of status, who have special inventions and creations and have made outstanding contributions to the economic development of Ming Dynasty, are entitled to the above treatment.

As soon as the imperial decree of inventing the world came out, the capital shook, and the Ming Dynasty shook. This move that completely subverted the traditional concepts of the Ming people immediately aroused the consciousness and determination of countless people to create inventions, especially those who were forced to read and write in the front line of production. The craftsmen of the company have devoted all their energy to research in their professions.

Since Zhu Youjian’s imperial decree was not issued for a long time, no results have been seen yet, but Zhu Youjian believes that a great momentum of development in all walks of life has emerged, and more practical inventions and creations will continue to emerge, driving the development of the industry. The social development of Ming Dynasty moved forward steadily.

Just when the cotton spinning industry in Daming was showing an extremely good momentum of development, the trade representative of the East India Company visited Daming again and brought a piece of bad news.

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