The so-called cold basin method does not mean reeling in cold water. Instead, the past process of cooking cocoons and reeling in one pot was changed to two separate processes. The specific process is to prepare two pots, one is a hot pot for cooking cocoons, which is placed on the stove and heated directly with firewood to cook the cocoons. Different from the cooking pot using the fire wire method, the pot here needs to be small, and a small amount of silkworm cocoons are cooked in a small pot multiple times. You can cook it carefully and cook it evenly to avoid excessive cocooning and uneven cooking.
Although it is named "cold", the actual water temperature in the basin is also very high, but slightly lower than that in the hot basin. The boiled cocoons are transferred to a cold basin for reeling.
The raw silk quality of cold pot silk is much better than that of fire silk. The ancients said: "Smart and lustrous, tough and colorful." It is the top grade of raw silk. Most of the Huzhou silk that Chen Lin admires is also reeled out using this method.
Fengshenghe has always used the fire silk method for reeling. It's not that Chen Lin and his son didn't know about the cold basin method, but it was quite technically difficult to use the cold basin method.
Although the cold basin method is good, the technical essentials are more complicated than the fire wire. The difficulty lies in how to heat and keep the cold basin warm. The cold basin cannot be heated directly with firewood, and the temperature must be uniform during reeling. Most of the time, a hot pot is used in the same stove as the cocoon cooker, and the remaining fire from the hot pot is used for heating. Yellow mud is also applied outside to keep it warm. Whether you are making fire or reeling silk, you must be very sophisticated in temperature control.
Chen Lin couldn't understand those pipeline valves, but he could understand that there were two basins in one camera position. As soon as the Australians came, they immediately changed it into a cold basin!
"Chief, is this a cold basin method?"
"Not bad, you know?" Li Yaoer nodded appreciatively.
"I know, my late father also thought about using the cold pot method, but..." Chen Lin's father suffered losses when he introduced silkworm breeds in the early years, so he hesitated to improve silk reeling. What's more, introducing the cold basin method requires additional equipment and additional manpower - all of which are expenses.
"It is risky to introduce new technologies and new varieties. It is normal for your father to be hesitant." Li Yao'er said, "But the cold basin method is already a very backward technology for us..."
Chen Lin thought to himself that this woman has such a strong tone! Li Yaoer was completely unaware and said enthusiastically: "In my silk factory in Australia, there is a large pot specially designed for cooking cocoons. Thousands of cocoons can be cooked at one time. It can cook them thoroughly without overcooking them. Personally, Each cocoon is cooked evenly. After cooking, focus on reeling. There is no need to reel in the pot at the same time. As for this silk car, Fengshenghe's old car can only reel one thread. This time we modified the new car It can only reel three threads. But in the best silk factory in Australia, a silk car can reel 400 threads. With so many threads, only three skilled people can take care of them..."
Li Yao'er's eyes sparkled when he spoke, but Chen Lin was full of doubts. I thought to myself that this awesome Australian guy is not so boastful. How can one person be so busy reeling out more than a hundred threads! Besides, a car can carry 400 threads, even if it is born with supernatural power, it cannot carry it. From his experience, among silk reelers, Sanxu is the most capable of reeling silk with his feet.
Seeing that the chief was talking happily, Chen Lin did not dare to interrupt. It was not until Li Yao'er's voice stopped that he quickly interrupted: "Chief, what are these iron pipes used for?"
"These are the pipes that carry hot water."
Li Yaoer explained a few words, and Chen Lin immediately understood: the biggest improvement of the so-called "Ji Qi Da Gao" in the silk reeling workshop is not the reeling car and potting mode. In essence, it is just an improved version of the cold basin method. . However, compared with the laborious and smoky one-stove-two-basin potting method in the past, all hot water is supplied by a large stove. Without the stove, the silk reeling that could only be done by one household and one car can be concentrated. It can be used to reel silk, and the water boiled by a stove can be heated at the same temperature, so there is no need for a dedicated person to light the fire and control the temperature.
In the past, everyone thought it was very impressive if they had ten stoves in their silk reeling room and drove ten cars at the same time. In contrast, the Australians arranged a hundred cars at once! Looking at this posture, it would be no problem to reel up all the cocoons in Xiangshan. Is this scale too large? How could there be so many cocoons for her to reel in? Besides, where do the workers come from?
Naturally, my second uncle, who is always in favor of others, will definitely use his power to force the villagers to sell cocoons to Fengshenghe in the name of Australians. Most likely, he will also force the villagers to work in the factory. The various disadvantages are self-evident. Thinking of this, he felt sweat break out on his forehead.
Li Yao'er felt strange when he saw the sudden change in his expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Hmm, it's nothing..." Chen Lin quickly covered it up, "I'm just worried that there won't be so many cocoons to collect by then."
"Well, I'm going to raise silkworms by myself as soon as spring starts," Li Yao'er said. "I've also prepared a place to raise silkworms. I'll raise some of them myself and then buy some. Your second uncle said that Nansha Village will do its best to help Feng Feng. Shenghe. All silkworm cocoons are sold to the factory, and women also come to help raise silkworms and collect mulberry. The mulberry leaves of each family in the village are given priority to Shenghe..."
Chen Lin complained secretly, thinking to himself, Uncle Er, you won't stop until you ruin Fengshenghe's brand! If we do this, can we still have a foothold in the village in the future?
"...But I don't agree with his approach. We are running a factory and doing business, not a government official. We can't rely on orders to ask others to do things, don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes, the leader is wise!" Chen Lin nodded repeatedly.
"So my idea is to use cooperatives. We have been using this method in Hainan for a long time. Everyone joins forces to raise silkworms."
The cooperative model is an important production-business model promoted by the Senate in rural areas. From the original Ma Niao Salt Farm Cooperative to the later Leizhou Sugar Industry Joint Venture, Tiandihui supported a large number of similar institutions in rural areas under the rule of the Senate. It is especially common in the field of production and processing of cash crops and can be said to be a fairly mature model.
"I have also talked with your second uncle. Basically, we will set up a joint-stock company..."
Li Yaoer briefly introduced the specific cooperation plan. The plan is not complicated. It is nothing more than money and strength. Each takes the lead. After selling raw silk, participants will receive dividends based on their shareholding ratio.
"...We have used this method in many places, and everyone responded well. I think it will be implemented smoothly in Nansha. Especially since we have the full support of you and your second uncle."
When Li Yao'er said this, he looked at Chen Lin very seriously. The young man's face turned red involuntarily.
"The villain will definitely serve, no matter how much the dividends are distributed. In fact, the villain doesn't care too much. As long as the tribe can have enough food and clothing, Nansha can regain its vitality..."
This is not Chen Lin's coy posturing, but what he says from the bottom of his heart.
"Haha, what you said is really serious." Li Yao'er suddenly smiled, with a flowery smile, like a girl. Chen Lin's mind couldn't help but sway, he quickly stopped, lowered his eyes and argued:
"The villain is telling the truth."
"Whether you are sincere or not, I don't care." Li Yaoer smiled, "It's good if you have this attitude!" She sighed: "The most difficult thing since ancient times is to do things. If you can help me do this job wholeheartedly, , you really don’t have to worry about dividends.”
Out of the silk reeling workshop. Li Yaoer took him to Xikuayuan again to visit the renovated "weaving workshop" here.
The fabric is made by interweaving warp threads arranged longitudinally and weft threads arranged transversely. The reeled silk cannot be used directly as warp and weft threads. It needs to go through a series of previous processes to be woven into warp and weft threads before it can be woven on the loom.
The warp and weft threads required for weaving silk fabrics generally need to go through multiple processes such as turning, doubling, twisting, sizing, drafting, and shaking. Here, Li Yaoer did not introduce any new technology or equipment - there was no suitable power machine. Therefore, the equipment inside seems to be well-made, and is essentially no different from an improved foot-operated reeling machine. Chen Lin took a look and roughly understood where the improvements were. He had thought of some improvements in the past, and even drew drawings for blacksmiths and carpenters to try out. The result was that either it couldn't be made, or it was made and looked exactly the same, but after it was installed, it didn't work as he imagined.
Australians are truly ingenious! Chen Lin thought. But for Chen Lin, these "plausible" things in front of him are not just as simple as "ingenuity". The connecting shaft arm is exactly the same thing. The Australians can make it thin and strong, but they find the best blacksmith to make it, but they can only make it crude and clumsy... Why is this?
Just looking at the wooden parts, you can see that there is a huge gap between what Australians do and what local carpenters do. For the same thing, the parts made by Australians are much smaller and more delicate, and they even look more comfortable on the surface than local products.
"The Australians make the same thing differently." Chen Lin said sincerely, "I really admire it!"
"What does this mean?" Li Yao'er was used to the "shock" of the natives and had long since dismissed it. However, Chen Lin is different from ordinary indigenous people and is quite insightful. "If you came to Lingao and saw all the new equipment made by our machinery factory, you would be in awe."
"It's a pity that villains don't have such blessings." Chen Lin sighed.
"What's so difficult about going to Lingao? Since you came from Guangzhou, you naturally know that there is a shuttle boat to Lingao from Guangzhou. Although the ferry ticket is not cheap, it probably won't be a problem given your worth."
"The chief is joking." Chen Lin said, "It's not that I don't want to go, it's really that I can't just sit idly by and ignore the mess in front of me..." He was afraid that Li Yao'er would misunderstand, so he quickly added, "Although Fengshenghe is now in good order, the entire Nansha The village is still in a dilapidated state, and the tribesmen and villagers have to plan their livelihoods after spring..."
"Is the life of the villagers very difficult?" Although Li Yao'er has been in Nansha for several months, he has been busy renovating factories and mostly interacts with local people through Chen Xuan. He knows very little about the local situation in Nansha.
