industrial lord

Chapter 116 This Rumor Cannot Be Spread
"Investigate! Strictly investigate! The source must be found out!"

At Wessenland's monthly meeting, Frederick stood up on his chair and roared like an angry lion.

Recently, there was a rumor in the territory about Baron Wesson. The content was outrageous and somewhat reliable, so it spread very fast and widely, and even Maria knew about it.

After the rumors emerged, Baron Wesson attached great importance to them and immediately issued instructions, requiring the organization of elite forces to quickly find out the source and seriously investigate those responsible; immediately organize and carry out the work of dispelling rumors, and further do a good job in publicity and explanation to prevent further spread of rumors.At present, it is very hard for Wesson to lead a group of high-level executives to hold back their laughter.

The newly formed police department should be responsible for this matter. Dominique tried his best to keep a straight face and not let a smile appear on his face.

"My lord...hahahaha!!!"

He still didn't hold back, it's okay not to talk, and he laughed as soon as he spoke.

With the beginning of someone, the entire conference room burst into laughter.

Giovanni entered the industry not long ago as the president of the bank. At first, he felt that even if he thought it was funny, he shouldn't laugh in front of the boss, but everyone laughed, and he couldn't help it.

Frederick's new administrative secretary, Giovanni's niece Vanessa sat at the small table behind Frederick taking minutes of the meeting, and then covered her mouth with a notebook and laughed, attracting the second generation of knights at the other end of the conference table They looked sideways.

Frederick jumped off the chair, sat down on it, and glared at these guys angrily.

Ogilvy coughed twice, let his smile disappear, and said to Frederick solemnly: "Principal, why don't you ask the reporter to interview and let everyone know that those women are here to help research the textile machine, and there will be no You like rumors about mature married women."

As soon as the words fell, the meeting room was filled with laughter again.

Frederick sighed deeply, and didn't bother to pay attention to these unscrupulous people.

Today's weaving is done independently by women at home. According to the previously established plan, after the schematic diagram of the textile machine was drawn last month, a group of skilled textile workers were recruited to the blacksmith shop to assist in the development of the machine.

The skills of spinning and weaving are passed down from generation to generation from mother to daughter. To be skilled in these crafts, rich experience is required, which makes the minimum age of these weavers 30 years old.

Weaving is an important source of income for a family. Girls who can spin good yarn and weave cloth are not worried about marrying, so these weavers are the mothers of their children, and many of them are grandmothers and grandmothers.

But the folks don't know so much. Everyone only knows that Baron Wesson has recruited many wives from the entire territory, starting at 30 and capping at 55.

As for why these women were recruited, don't expect those people to come up with any good conclusions.

Frederick was so angry that he almost smashed the astronomical telescope when he heard the rumor.

This kind of rumor cannot be spread, and it must be refuted in the newspaper as soon as possible.

"How is the research on the machine now? How much is the estimated processing cost?" He turned his head and asked Ogilvy, textile machinery is the current key project of the Industrial Bureau.

Ogilvy coughed twice, and said first: "What I'm going to say next is confidential, please don't spread it outside."

The people in the meeting room suddenly became serious.

Ogilvy continued: "The cotton gin, cotton opener and carding machine are relatively simple, mainly rotating rollers, and the effect can be achieved with wood. It is very simple to make a prototype, but it still needs to be improved to improve efficiency and quality. More experiments."

"The spinning machine has made a prototype according to the schematic diagram, but the yarn is not up to standard and often breaks down. The components need further research and optimization."

"We didn't improve the loom completely according to the principal's intention. Let's do it little by little, starting with the shuttle that can maximize efficiency."

"Let me talk about the cost of cotton cloth first. The price of seedless cotton with the cottonseed removed is about 6 to 10 times that of wheat by weight in southern coastal areas such as Constantbul, and it is about 8 to 12 times when it is shipped to us. The further north The colder the winter, the higher the price, and the price in the dark north is even 10 times that of ours.”

"The weather is cold now, but the price of our seedless cotton here has been lowered because we all know that there are a lot of stockpiles not long ago. At present, 1 Kreutz can buy about 5 kilograms."

"But all the cotton bolls in our warehouses are seeded, which have never been sold here. The price on the southern coast is about twice that of equal-weight wheat."

"Cotton bolls need to remove the cotton seeds before they can be used to fill clothes, spin threads, and weave cloth. In the past, this step could only be done by people bit by bit. One person can peel half a kilogram of cotton bolls from one and a half kilograms of cotton bolls in a day. Seedless cotton."

"Cottonseed removal is the easiest way. It has no technical content and the wages are the lowest. It is more than half less than the laborers who dig canals. It is barely enough to make ends meet. It costs about 4 copper coins a day, which is equivalent to the cost of processing 3 kilograms of cotton bolls into 1 kilogram of seedless cotton. 8 copper plates."

"According to our cost here, if I buy 60 kilograms of cotton bolls with 1500 Kreutz now, it takes 40 Kreutz to process them into 500 kilograms of seedless cotton. Loan the leather surface to every household spinning Yarn weaving takes back the finished product and pays the labor. The cost of spinning is 40 kreutz, and the cost of weaving is 80 kreutz. The final cost of cotton cloth is 220 kreutz, and the cost of raw material is 60 kreutz , the processing cost is 160 kreutz."

Everyone nodded one after another. All of them are rich people who can afford cotton-padded clothes, so they understand the price.

Everyone knows that the machine made by Ogilvy under the guidance of the master is best at reducing the cost of labor labor. The cost of processing is the bulk of the cost of textiles. If Ogilvy's machine can reduce the processing cost by 50%, then Wei The price of cotton cloth in Senling will be more than 6% of that in other places, which is enough to make a fortune.

Everyone is waiting to see if they live up to their expectations.

Ogilvy opened the thermos cup unhurriedly, took two gulps of milk tea, and then slowly closed the lid.

Seeing that the murderous energy in the conference room was about to reach its peak, he said: "The efficiency of our cotton gin to remove cotton seeds is 300 times that of manual peeling cotton seeds."

"How much?" Giovanni was particularly sensitive to numbers, and immediately asked, "How many times?"

"It is currently 300 times, and it is expected to reach 1000 times or even higher after optimization." Ogilvy said with certainty, "That is to say, in the example just given, the 40 Croiz can almost be saved. With a little machinery depreciation, boiler fuel, and a little labor wages."

Giovanni shouted: "It's impossible..."

Ogilvy interrupted him with a smile: "This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened to the principal, just get used to it."

Many people in the conference room nodded in agreement. They felt that this was not magical enough compared to eating fresh vegetables on a snowy day.

Ogilvy continued: "The current manual spinning machine can only spin one spindle at a time, and the cotton opener, carding machine and new spinning machine cooperate. The current design is to drive 200 spindles at a time, and it can drive 2000 in the future. "

Giovanni rubbed his temple and asked, "What about the loom?"

Ogilvy shook his head slightly and said: "Hey...we have failed the principal's expectations. The efficiency of half-baked looms is only 40 to 50 times that of manual looms. There is still a long way to go."

His tone was so helpless, but his expression was very proud.

With trembling hands, Giovanni managed to unscrew the newly purchased thermos, and drank some tea to suppress his shock.

Ogilvy continued: "In fact, most of these machines can be used on wool, but now the focus is on cotton."

Giovanni put down the glass and asked suspiciously, "Why is this, isn't wool bad?"

Frederick answered the question: "Too many people in the surrounding area are already making a living by weaving at home, mostly wool."

"If we suppress the price of wool products all at once, those people will have no way to survive and will vent their anger on us."

"So let's develop the cotton textile industry first, and at the same time, I will give those people another way to survive."

He remembered that a family who invented the spinning machine was smashed, and he didn't want to be treated like this.

The torrent of history will ruthlessly wash away some people, at least he can do a little preparation for them, and prepare a life buoy.

The lifebuoy that Frederick could think of was cross stitch.

Embroidery in this era is synonymous with nobility because it is expensive and only nobles and rich can afford it.

After the cotton textile industry spreads out, the cost of raw materials for cross-stitch will be greatly reduced, and the entry threshold will be low, and it will not overlap with the existing mid-to-high-end embroidery market. There will be a good market for the common people, enough to support their families.

Frederick instructed Ogilvy: "Look for a newspaper and ask them to report that everyone is researching new textile machines. The improved efficiency is compressed to single digits. Don't scare others."

"At the same time, report more on the textile workers who came to help, let everyone know the role they play, and stop thinking about it."

What he said at the end was the point, and everyone laughed again after hearing it.

After everyone finished laughing, Frederick waved his hand and the meeting ended.

At the same time, he said to old Franz: "Let's go to the barracks together tomorrow afternoon."

Old Franz asked: "Do you want to notify over there?"

Frederick nodded.

(End of this chapter)