Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2535 Preparing to build a factory
"In the early Qing Dynasty, with the opening of port trade by the Thirteen Banks, Guangdong's handmade cotton textile industry oriented to foreign demand developed rapidly. At that time, Guangdong was still not a cotton-producing area. Before the 1820s, the British East India Company transferred a large amount of Indian cotton was shipped to Guangzhou. At that time, the Indian hand textile industry had not been completely defeated, but this matter cannot be explained clearly in one sentence.” In fact, after the British textile industry began to develop, local cotton was not enough. The mainland has France as its competitor, which makes cotton prices soar.Finally, Britain also relied on the American colonies and foreign conquests to continuously obtain cotton.Therefore, the Senate should also allow the folks to develop the cotton textile industry. When the raw materials are insufficient, the colonization of the Senate will be helped.

"Also, we have jacquard machines, broadcloths, and future chemical dyes." Punched cards have been successfully produced, and the shuttle is not a particularly difficult process, and chemical dyes are very cheap once they are mass-produced.The advantages of Indian cloth printing and dyeing are not worth mentioning in front of the Senate

"Did you come here to design patterns?" Cheng Milian was keenly aware of Li Shan's intentions. You must know that the pain point of popular consumer products is not only the cost, but also the design. These three machines are almost all made around product design. selling point.

"Of course, you are the only one among us with a little talent in art, so I need your help." Li Shan said.

"Is it the European nouveau riche style of the 17th century..." Cheng Milian unconsciously came up with the designs of those real estate buildings in the old time and space.Although it has been criticized by the art and design circles, it has to be said that it seems to be quite trendy in the era of Lingao.

"Okay, it's up to you here. Brother Zou and I are going to Guangzhou in a while." Li Shan patted Cheng Milian's shoulder and said.

After Uncle Chen Lin and Wu Yijun returned from Lingao, they did not return to Nansha immediately.Instead, preparations for the Nansha Textile Factory began in Guangzhou.

According to the blueprint of the textile factory designed by Li Shan and Zou Biao, the scale of the Nansha Textile Factory is not large, and it will be implemented in two phases.This is to take into account the financial capacity of investors.The first phase is spinning, with a scale of [-] spindles; the second phase is spinning and weaving, with a scale of [-] spindles and [-] looms.

In Guangzhou, they held a preparatory meeting and decided on their respective division of labor.

According to the division of labor, Wu Yijun will stay in Guangzhou and be responsible for the procurement and transportation of various raw materials and cotton needed for the construction of the factory; the rest will go to Nansha.Among them, Chen's uncle and nephew will carry out land acquisition, canal excavation and factory building work.Chen Xiaobing is in charge of coordinating with the local government.A four-person team of spinner interns will be responsible for assisting in building the factory and training the workers.

After finishing the division of labor, Chen Xiaobing called Chen Lin and asked, "Do you have enough houses in your village? An engineering team and many technicians will be dispatched soon, and they must have a place to live."

"If you don't mind it, you can arrange to live in the homes of the villagers." Chen Lin said, "There are also houses for ancestral halls, silk workshops and cemeteries. It depends on how many people there are."

"It's not too many people, maybe thirty or forty. It's just that they come and go, and it's quite annoying to borrow someone else's house."

"Then arrange to go to the cemetery. If you don't pay attention, it's no problem for a hundred or so people to live in the yang house of the cemetery."

Because the factory is to be built on the land in Nansha, although Wu Yijun bought a lot of land locally, it is no problem to grow cotton on these lands, so it may not be suitable for the factory site; and the hydraulic machine involves the use right of the river.Although Wu Yijun is an investor and a relative of Chen Lin, his brothers have to settle accounts for such matters.This involves the shareholding of the Chen family in the new cotton mill.

Wu Yijun was quite open-minded about this matter, saying that if the factory land needs to be purchased separately, he can spend money, and he can give the Chen family a free share as a reward for their assistance in opening the factory.

The total number of shares in Nansha Textile Factory is thirteen shares, and the Chen family can get one share without paying any money, which is considered a very generous condition, but Uncle Chen Ding hesitated.

It's not that he dislikes the poor conditions, but that there is a terrible problem involved: who is in charge of the Chen family.

The Chen family in Nansha is not a "family", but a "clan", including dozens of families and hundreds of people.In theory, the "Chen family land" in Nansha Village belongs to the "clan".No matter who is the specific person who contributes money when buying land or opening up wasteland, the tribe must agree to dispose of the land.

Right now, the patriarch is hanging in the air, and the "handling case" is stolen by the second uncle.Second uncle Chen Xuan can declare that any contract he signed with third uncle and Wu Yijun is not counted.He may not be able to do things, but it is absolutely fine to interfere.

Moreover, there is a female Australian behind the second uncle, and Chen Xiaobing is just a "fake girl" after all. If Li Yaoer really wants to stand up to support the second uncle, it is useless for Chen Xiaobing to come forward.

Chen Lin told Wu Yijun about his worries in detail.Wu Yijun also felt that this was a tricky matter, so he took Chen Lin to ask Chen Xiaobing for advice.

"...If Chen Xuan doesn't cooperate, we won't be able to buy land, build canals and build houses in Nansha."

Chen Xiaobing nodded: "The Chief has thought of what you said."

The clans in Guangdong are very powerful, so Li Shan and others have already thought of this.Knowing that they were from Nansha, they greeted Li Yao'er in advance.

"Chief Li has already written a letter and said hello to Mr. Li Yuan. You can rest assured that Chief Li went to Nansha to promote the new silk industry and will not stir up conflicts between the clans." Chen Xiaobing considered his words, "Of course , to resolve the conflicts in your clan, you still have to rely on yourself. Is this contract..." He pondered for a moment, "Do your uncles and nephews have land under their names?"

"Of course there is," Chen Lin said angrily, "Not only that, but my father also bought the house and land in Sifang, and there is a contract..."

"That's it. Since you have real estate and land under your name, the contract does not specify which piece of land will be used as a 'share'. You can just sign it with confidence. The Senate does not recognize the concept of clan land. Zhang San's land It belongs to Zhang San, and Li Si's house belongs to Li Si." After that, he gave Chen Lin a meaningful look, "Do you understand?"

"Yes! Little one understands!" Chen Lin replied loudly, and immediately he remembered something, and asked in a low voice, "But Chief Li..."

"Chief Li doesn't need to worry too much." Chen Xiaobing said, "As long as you can start the textile factory, Chief Li will naturally have other considerations."

Now Chen Lin was reassured. After discussing with the third uncle, he signed a shareholding agreement with Wu Yijun in the name of the third uncle.

After the agreement was signed, everyone went to work separately.Wu Yijun rented a big house in Guangzhou as a temporary office.Most of the building materials are ordered from Guangzhou.Li Shan gave him a detailed order list of construction materials, including the specific models and quantities, including markings on alternative manufacturers and reference purchase prices, as long as the materials are used to handle the matter.

Uncle and nephew Chen Ding took a boat with others and returned to Nansha.Preparations began.

Chen Ding's uncle and nephew came back together brazenly, Chen Xuan was so angry that he had nothing to do.Because the two uncles and nephews not only colluded with Wu Yijun, but also brought Australian cadres, and they came up with a "diffusion production capacity project" of the Senate.

Of course, in terms of status, Chen Xiaobing, a naturalized cadre, is not as good as Li Yaoer, but in the past, as long as I served and cooperated well with Li Yaoer's work, I could almost "cover the sky with one hand", and it would be difficult for Chen Xiaobing to come. - It's better for them to talk to each other.And since Chen Xiaobing came, Li Yaoer obviously alienated him.Probably some kind of eye drops were given to him.

And Han Changfu and his team he specially sent to Guangzhou, not to mention "fixing" Chen Ding, even the audio was cut off.Chen Xuan secretly scolded himself for stuffing ten taels of silver into a dog hole!
But now, he can only swallow his anger and make do with "cooperating" with Uncle Chen Ding.

Uncle and nephew Chen Ding didn't go home either, and lived in the yang house of the cemetery with the work team.Afterwards, the practice team began to explore the site around Nansha Village.

The Shuili textile factory is particularly important for site selection because it involves the use of water power.The four students in the textile practice group have a special course in school called "How to Build a Factory". This is unbelievable for textile majors in another time and space, but it is very useful knowledge at this moment.

Accompanied by Chen Lin, the practice team conducted extensive surveys around the larger rivers in Nansha to select a suitable factory site.

The factory site itself has many requirements, such as flat land and better foundation conditions, but the most important condition, Li Guo told Chen Lin, is the flow of the river.

"...Because we need water power to drive the machine, we must have enough water. Therefore, the site must be as close to the river as possible, and the nearby traffic must be convenient. The closer to the navigable river, the better. At the same time, the land must be There is enough area, and there is enough room for expansion.”

"It turns out that building an Australian factory requires such complicated work!" Chen Lin sighed, watching them fiddling with various equipment and instruments, he felt ashamed - he was really ignorant.

"Nanbao's demonstration textile factory, but there is no big river nearby." He asked, remembering something.

"That's a good question," An Jiu raised her head and smiled, "The steam engine is used there—the coal is fired, do you have any coal here?"

"Coal... is also available, but expensive..."

"That's it. Whether it's coal or firewood, it's a big expense. The water is useless, isn't it good?"

"Then why doesn't the demonstration plant use hydraulic power? Is it because there is no river?"

"That's not true. In fact, if conditions permit, it is more cost-effective to use a steam engine. It can drive more machines, tens of thousands of spindles, and hundreds of machines. And you can run it wherever you want."

(End of this chapter)