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"Master Guardian, can you tell me something like that?" When Major Hank saw that they were not leaving, he had to stand here and ask.

"In fact, that is not a thing, it should be said that it is a series of things...Well, it is a series of machinery." Shi Xiong thought about it, and whispered to Hank.

"A series of machinery?" Hanke mumbled incomprehensibly, and then said as if suddenly realized: "Yes, spinning and weaving machinery are not the same. If you want to complete the whole spinning and weaving work, Naturally, a machine cannot do it."

Shi Xiong thought for a while, and finally nodded.

Major Hank was right. Spinning and weaving are indeed two completely different jobs, and the machinery used is naturally different. And in this era, unlike modern textile mills in later generations, cotton becomes the final cotton cloth, at least through carding, slivering, combing, drawing, roving, spinning, winding, twisting, and spinning. There are more than ten major processes such as warping, warping, sizing, drawing-in, weaving and so on, and if some small processes are strictly counted, there are dozens of machinery required for this process alone.

Shi Xiong is not a weaver, nor an engineer in this area. He naturally cannot carry that modern textile technology and the production methods of those textile machinery to this world.

Even if he could, those machines would be useless in this world.

It's very simple. In this era, if you want to turn cotton into cotton, there are two steps in total. First, spinning; second, weaving!

There are only two kinds of machinery needed, one is a spinning machine and the other is a loom!

And the things that Shixiong can carry are just these two.

The Provincial Museum where he worked in the previous life is not a small museum. Although it cannot be compared with the National Palace Museum, the National Museum, and the Nanbo, the provincial museum is also the largest museum in the province where he lives.

The most important thing is that the province where Stone Bear lived in his previous life can be said to be one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, with a very long history. The museum retains many prehistoric artifacts, which are extremely valuable.

Of course, in addition to the precious prehistoric relics and the precious historical relics, there are also a large number of other cultural relics in the museum. After all, it is the leader of the province's museums, so there are a lot of things in the museum.

The value of these cultural relics may not be as high as those of precious historical relics and prehistoric relics, but the value of academic research is not low at all.

In fact, you can't evaluate the value of cultural relics. It's like there are many stone axes, stone shovel, and bone tools from the Dawenkou culture among the treasures in the collection. This thing itself is made of stones and bones. What is the value?

However, when a long history is imposed on these stone or bone tools, these things will immediately become invaluable.

Similarly, a water spinning machine in the late Qing Dynasty, no matter how valuable it is, is more valuable than those stone tools and bones, but if both are sold, the value of the latter may be dozens of times or even the former. It is hundreds of times.

But in terms of academic research, there is no difference between the two. Because whether it is the water spinning machine of the Qing Dynasty or the stone tools of the Dawenkou culture, they are witnesses of a certain aspect of an era. Only by studying these things can modern people know how people lived and produced at that time.

However, during the exhibition, due to the limitation of the museum area, many modern cultural relics and some "low" value cultural relics cannot be exhibited. This is not only the case of the museum where Shi Xiong worked in his previous life. Even the Palace Museum is the same.

The National Palace Museum, the largest in China, has more than 1.8 million items in its collection alone, but there are actually not even one-tenth of them that can be displayed in front of tourists all the year round. The other collections are hidden in the vault. in.

The same applies to the museum where Shi Xiong worked in his previous life. There are nearly 300,000 items in the museum collections he works, but most of the collections are missed by tourists. Just like the water spinning machine and mule machine from the Daoguang period in the museum collection, the museum staff of Shixiong and the others can often see it, but outsiders can't see it at all.

As a cultural preservation expert, Shixiong’s job is to maintain those collections that are not available on display. Therefore, many cultural relics, including the water spinning machine and mule machine, have been maintained by Shixiong’s hands.

This is only a spinning machine in the nineteenth century. The museum also houses a loom used by Chinese ancestors thousands of years ago, also known as the "waist machine". There are also looms with technology from Europe produced in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Water loom...

Shixiong said: "William, I have a new type of spinning machine and loom manufacturing technology in my hand. Both of these machines are driven by water power instead of the current manpower. And these two The machinery adopts some new technologies, so the efficiency of these two machinery is many times higher than that of the current spinning and weaving machines. However, I cannot promote this kind of machinery on the New World side. It is the only one that can promote this on a large scale. The two types of machinery are located in the Old World. But I can guarantee that once these two types of machinery are produced in the Old World, they will definitely trigger revolutionary changes in the Old World. How about, are you interested in cooperating?"

Hearing this, the look on Major Hank’s face was wonderful. The contradictory expression of eagerness and hesitation appeared on a person’s face at the same time. It felt like the left half of the face was crying, and the right side was crying. Half of his face was smiling, which Shi Xiong had never thought of before.

After a long time, Major Hank asked, "Master Guardian, if I want to cooperate with you, do I have to retire and return to the Old World?"

Shi Xiong nodded affirmatively.

"Then what about the salt deal between us?" Major Hank hesitated and asked again.

"Hehe, you need to make your own choice." Shixiong smiled and replied, after a pause, he continued: "But I can give you a reminder, although the current salt trade can bring you a lot of Profits are even huge profits, but Colonel James Jones has already intervened, and you can't do this kind of salt trading without that Colonel Jones. That is to say, as long as you want to continue this kind of salt trading, then you must be subject to it. Colonel Jones. And although I haven’t been in contact with Colonel Jones, I can get a general idea of ​​who this person is through what you and Patrick tell me. Now he and I are not familiar with each other, so I have to use your hands. Complete the salt transaction, and once he gets familiar with this route, do you think that Colonel Jones will give you a share of this profitable transaction?"

Major Hank blinked and opened his mouth. He looked like he wanted to refute, but in the end he could only sigh helplessly, "Master Guardian, although I am very reluctant to admit all this you said, I am very I understand that your analysis is correct. That **** greedy Jones will not let the salt trade."

"Hehe, if you can understand, it means that your eyes have not been confused by such huge profits."

"Do those two textile machinery really have a future?" As he said, Major Hank smiled softly, "Of course, this new type of textile machinery will definitely have a very bright development prospect. Well, guardian My lord, what I mean is, what is the profit of doing this kind of textile machinery?"

"I dare not give you any guarantee on this matter. But I can guarantee that if you use the technology I provide to make these two types of textile machinery, then the entire United Kingdom and the entire Old Continent will provide these two types of textile machinery. And crazy. Maybe the profit you make from making this textile machinery or even setting up your own textile factory can’t be compared with the profit from salt trading, but don’t forget whether it’s making textile machinery or setting up a textile factory yourself, that’s all right. The industries of the eight classics are your own fixed assets. The most important thing is that you can create a large number of jobs by manufacturing textile machinery and opening textile factories, and your political status will be invisible. A big improvement. I think you should be able to understand the importance of this, right?"

Shi Xiong's words shocked Major Hank, and he immediately realized that he had missed his thoughts.

Sure enough, the money is touching, and it is also the money that covers people's eyes!

Hank knows his situation very well~www.readwn.com~ Don't even think of himself as an army major, he is considered a middle-level officer in the entire Royal Army, but he has no prospects for development.

In the British Empire, the status of the army is far from comparable to that of the navy.

If he was in the navy and got into the position of major, then he would not retire anyway. But in the Army, forget it.

William Hank was able to become a major, and the necessary decisiveness was not lacking, so many thoughts were just a circle in his mind, and he immediately analyzed the pros and cons and made a choice.

"Master Guardian, how should we cooperate?"

A smile appeared on Shi Xiong's face when he heard Major Hank say this. He knew that Major Hank had made the right choice.

"The cooperation is very simple. I provide technology. You are responsible for applying for patents and setting up factories. I don't care about everything else, and I don't want shares or dividends."

Major Hank was stunned by these words, but he immediately woke up, "Guardian Lord, if you have any requirements, just speak up."

"I hope you can provide me with the materials and people I need in ten years! Of course, the money for purchasing materials or hiring personnel will be my dividend."

"Ten years?" Major Hank's eyes twitched slightly, and the stone bear who had been following him sighed inwardly.

"Then how much money is needed each year?" Hank quickly recovered and continued to ask.

"You make 40% of your annual profit!" Shixiong said very positively, and then he continued before Major Hank reacted: "If you can do this, I will provide you with more advanced products in five years' time. Upgrading technology can keep your textile machinery at the forefront of the industry! This is my condition!"