Nuclear Warlord

Chapter 485 Electrically driven loom
Next, Li Changfeng devoted his energy to the scientific research institute.

He sent someone to purchase a traditional loom and personally conducted design research at the Research Institute.

While Liang Dafu was working on nuclear weapons, he would also take time to study with him.

Time passed day by day, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, envoys from other countries often came to talk about marriage, hoping that the princess of their country could marry Li Changfeng to the Qin and Jin Dynasties, with the intention of developing their country by exporting relevant technologies.

At first, Emperor Qianwu would order Gao Dali to bring the portrait of the princess to Li Changfeng. After several rejections, Emperor Qianwu gave up completely and simply let it go.

All the messengers who came to ask for marriage were sent away by him.

As princesses from one country after another were rejected, Li Changfeng's marriage became the most talked about thing among the people after dinner.

In the capital, there are even young and beautiful women who have never been married. They often stop and play at the gates of the communities where Li Changfeng hangs out and near the scientific research institutes, hoping to be spotted by Li Changfeng who happens to be passing by and make a career.

However, Li Changfeng went out early and came back late, without even looking at them.

After a long period of research, Daqian’s first electric-driven loom was finally built.

Li Changfeng personally sent people to bring fabric raw materials for on-site testing. After confirming that the machine was running stably, he ordered people to start mass production. At the same time, he sent people to purchase cotton across the country.

With the financial resources he possessed, his purchase of cotton was naturally very shocking. It attracted the attention of people in the capital and fabric businessmen, and they all speculated on what Li Changfeng wanted to do.

Not long after, Li Changfeng sent someone to post a recruitment notice for weavers, and the wages were very high.

This made people very curious. His highness, the Ninth Prince, wanted to open a weaving factory?
How much money can you make from this!
Workers were quickly recruited, and Li Changfeng sent people to take them to the already built factory for training.

At the end of the day, as these workers went home, the news of Li Changfeng's invention of the loom spread throughout the capital.

The workers' faces were full of shock, and they told everyone who asked them about it emotionally.

"Yes, His Highness wants to start a textile business!"

"The textile business is not profitable? Then you are wrong! If you had seen His Highness's textile machine, you wouldn't say that!"

When it comes to this, most of those who have participated in the training will swallow their saliva and then continue with a look of shock.

"There is a machine that spins very fast, driving the loom to move there, very fast!"

"How fast is it? For example, the handmade looms used in the past were as slow as a person walking on two legs! But His Highness's loom is as fast as a car!"

"The difference is so huge! I'm not exaggerating at all! I can't even imagine how much cloth can be woven in a day after His Highness's textile factory is put into production!"

"Think about it, how can we not make money at such a spinning speed?"

"And His Highness also said that the price of the cloth he produces will be greatly reduced, so that everyone can wear new clothes!"

"..."

Soon, the news spread throughout the capital, and everyone was very surprised.

They never imagined that the loom could be so fast.And those merchants who were originally engaged in the cloth business fell into panic.

If Li Changfeng's machine spinning speed is really that fast, then the investment in individual labor will be reduced by more than a hundred times, the cost will be greatly reduced, and sales at reduced prices are inevitable.

The high cost of their manual weaving leaves them with very little room for price reduction. If there is a price war in the future, they will undoubtedly die.

In panic, many businessmen began to complain secretly, saying that Li Changfeng was so rich and yet he was competing for profits with the people, which was inconsistent with his status as a prince.

After all, Li Changfeng's weaving factory needed only a limited number of workers, and many people engaged in the handmade textile industry began to complain, accusing Li Changfeng of stealing their jobs.

At first, there were very few such voices.

With the end of half a month of training, the first batch of ten textile machines were put into production. After a dozen workers produced as much as a month using traditional manual methods in one day, this voice became more and more frequent.

When Li Changfeng's fabric store opened, people rushed in. When they saw that the quality was obviously much better than hand-woven cloth, but the price was a full [-]% lower, these people were completely panicked.

They all secretly reprimanded Li Changfeng for competing with the people for profit and falling into the eyes of money.

Of course, such people are only a handful after all, and most people are clapping their hands and applauding, pointing at their noses and scolding them angrily.

"Why, selling fabrics cheaply is a good thing for the country and the people. Why do you object?"

"What's wrong with your highness making money? If you can reduce the price by [-]% and provide the same quality fabrics, we will also be willing to let you make money!"

"I don't have the ability to improve the loom, so I still blame your Highness for coming. It's simply unreasonable!"

"If His Highness hadn't made us prosperous in recent years, would you have been able to earn so much money before?"

"You curse me when you put down the bowl. You guys are nothing!"

"..."

It was still good to rebuke angrily, and even worse, those who spoke ill of Li Changfeng were directly sent to the Yamen, causing quite a disturbance in the capital.

Soon, Emperor Qianwu learned about this.

He called Li Changfeng to the imperial study and asked: "If machines replace labor, it will indeed make a large number of people engaged in handcrafting unemployed. Wouldn't that be bad?"

Li Changfeng had known about the recent events in the capital for a long time, and said indifferently: "The replacement of labor by machines is an inevitable result of the development of the times, and the benefits it brings are far smaller than the negative impacts. We can't rely on the interests of a small group of people. , and give up development?”

Emperor Qianwu nodded, thinking about what Li Changfeng said, "The replacement of labor by machines is the inevitable result of the development of the times."

He was shocked by these words, and a magnificent scroll of the times seemed to have unfolded before his eyes.

Li Changfeng continued: "In fact, there is no livelihood problem at all, but their vision is too short-sighted. As the scale of Erchen's textile factory gradually expands, more and more workers are needed for dyeing and printing, auxiliary material processing, logistics and transportation, etc. The industry will also be stimulated, and more and more people will be in need.”

Emperor Qianwu said in surprise: "You want to leave these businesses to others?"

Li Changfeng smiled and said: "How can Erchen do all the business by himself? What Erchen cares about is mastering the core technology. When the new hydropower station is completed and can provide more electricity, Erchen may have to sell looms and let other merchants We should also open textile factories and gradually spread them across the country, so that the entire Daqian can be developed, instead of just the capital being prosperous. The Daqian railway network and highway network that are being built will play a huge role in the future."

(End of this chapter)