Chen Lin thought to himself, you just take it for granted. If a family is short of labor, it is naturally a good thing to save a female labor force. The problem is that there are not many families that require a lot of labor, and most of the spinning does not occupy daytime working time. It's a side job at night.
Farmers are mostly engaged in weaving as a "side job". Unlike professional machinists in the city who weave all day long, their working hours will change with the seasons. Do more when farming is slack, and do less or even not do anything when farming is busy.
If we use the fashionable terminology of the old time and space, this is all "fragmented" time.
Chen Lin did not express any objection. Although this internship group was slightly lacking in social experience, it was technically the main core of the current textile factory, and it was not convenient to violate their words in person.
As for harvesting cotton, you just have to make your own plans. Fortunately, we have a ready-made network for collecting silkworm cocoons in various counties in Guangzhou Prefecture, and we can also try to entrust them to collect cotton...
While thinking about countermeasures, Chen Xiaobing brought a letter with a smile: "Your letter!"
The letter was not sent by the newly established "Da Song Post Office", but by "Qiwei Special Delivery". This kind of special delivery is fast and safe, but the price is very expensive. It is mostly used by merchants to send important letters and small items such as contracts and certificates.
Chen Lin took the envelope and saw a red stamp on it. The letter was from Guangzhou.
"It arrived this morning. It was probably sent to you by a certain elder in Guangzhou."
"I don't know any elders in Guangzhou." Chen Lin muttered, "It should be Mr. Wu."
When he opened it, he found an invitation and a letter inside.
Unfold the invitation, which is the "Invitation Letter to the Opening Ceremony of Guangzhou Wanguo Textile Market", inviting him to attend the ceremony. Opening the letter again, it turns out that it was written by my cousin Wu Yijun. It turns out that this invitation was sent by Elder Li Shanli who was in charge of reception when they visited Lingao.
The term "textile market" seems both unfamiliar and familiar at the same time. Although it belongs to the scope of "Newspeak", the general meaning is still clear. The word "Wan Guo" is added in front, presumably because foreign merchants can also come and buy and sell goods, right?
Although he didn't quite understand the Senate's intention of opening such a market in Guangzhou, he did not dare to neglect the Senate's invitation. Now I pack my luggage and prepare to go to Guangzhou. Since the first phase of construction of the cotton textile factory has been completed, the internship team also needs to go back to make reports, so a few of them accompanied them.
After two days of flight, Lishan also arrived in Guangzhou. He had been here when Guangzhou was restored, but the purpose at that time was to inspect the situation in the Great World - at that time, he was already considering opening a market in the Great World.
But after seeing the situation in the big world, he felt that this place was not appropriate. Because Big World is more inclined to the retail format, and what he wants to engage in is actually a "trading market" facing factories, wholesalers and suppliers. This kind of market not only needs convenient transportation, but also requires large-scale warehousing facilities. It cannot be operated with just a storefront.
At that time, Guangzhou was in desperate need of development, and naturally no one paid attention to his project in the textile market. It was not until more than a year ago that this project passed the project approval review by Guangzhou City and began construction.
Although the light textile market is essentially of the nature of "the government sets up a stage to attract investment and perform shows". But the idea of the Senate is to do things without spending money as much as possible, so the textile market is actually a mixed joint-stock system. Guangzhou City Asset Company is the largest shareholder, and local wealthy businessmen and gentry have investments to some extent.
As soon as Lishan got off the boat, he went straight to the big world. Lingao is not an ideal textile base. As a "textile person", the focus of work will gradually shift to Guangzhou in the future.
Of course, as a future metropolis, Guangzhou has a lot of land, which would be wasted for production, but it has natural advantages for trade. Taking advantage of the current cheap land prices, it became the primary goal of Li and Zou to enclose land quickly. So Zou Biao set up an office in the big world early to house his team.
As soon as Li Shan entered Zou Biao's office, he saw that his partner was unhappy and joked:
"You don't owe me money, and I don't owe you money either. Why do you look so bitter all day long?"
Zou Biao sighed: "The pre-research plan for air-jet spinning technology you mentioned has been sent back to the Planning Institute."
Li Shan went over and patted his shoulder gently and asked, "Don't be too sad. Air spinning was considered relatively high-end in the old time and space. I think it's normal if the Planning Institute doesn't pass it."
"After hearing you talk about open-end spinning, I went to look for drawings and technical information, and found that it is not very difficult. You must know that in the old time and space, our country started with principle research in 1958 and began to apply it to industrial production in 1967. . Overall, air-jet spinning is also the general direction.”
In Lingao, although the older the technology, the easier it is to copy, some technologies are not more suitable for imitation. Just like Jenny machines and spindle machines, they are actually not suitable for high-altitude environments.
Open-end spinning is also called rotor spinning. Under the same energy consumption, open-end spinning has the characteristics of high output, large packages, short process, and wide textile range: it can spin cotton, linen and wool, and has good spinability for spinning low-grade cotton and waste waste cotton. , is obviously a model of speed, efficiency and economy under high altitude conditions.
If spinning 20S cotton yarn, the output of open-end spinning is 60-85kg/thousand spindles, which is 1-2 times that of ring spinning, and in some cases even 3-4 times. There is less fly waste and a small floor space. It also completely solves the problem of wear and burnt of the steel ring and traveler during the ring spinning process. The number of workers required is 30% that of ring spinning, and the floor space is reduced by 25%. In the old days, it could only be used for low-to-medium count textiles and the shortcomings of thick yarns were put into the advantages of Lingao. The fabrics woven are fluffy, wear-resistant, and have good warmth retention. Moreover, sails are generally low-cost and multi-stranded, and the demand for sails will be huge in the foreseeable future.
At present, the cotton supply of the Senate is tight, and all of them are short-fiber cotton of relatively poor quality. Open-end spinning is obviously the most suitable process for the Senate's own fabric needs. It’s not like Zou Biao can’t make a replica. You must know that rotor spinning was invented in 1937. In addition, the old time and space has basically mastered this technology. Zou Biao said that he is confident that he can create one within three years. Industrial production air-end spinning production line.
"Look at what you said, if we want to have the industrial capacity of 1958, we still have to sweep the world." Li Shan said, "Not to mention, your equipment cannot be installed in Guangzhou, let alone all-electric drives. It can’t even be installed in Lingao.”
"That's right, the Planning Institute also answered me the same way, saying that I want a small production line as a technical reserve for pre-research and they will support it. There is no way to go into full-scale mass production."
"That's okay! At least you've been approved to do pre-research. We can still put it on the production line."
"But this production line can only be placed in Lingao."
"That's not certain. When you come up with the equipment in three years, maybe Guangzhou will also have electricity."
"Alas..." Zou Biao sighed again.
"Okay, don't rush to become fat all day long. We only have this foundation, what else can we do. Let's use the old technology first." Li Shan said nonchalantly, he thought of the cotton spinning mill in Nansha, "Demonstration factory..."
"The progress is going quite smoothly," Zou Biao said. "Trial production has been started recently and the operation is smooth."
"This is great!" Lishan was very excited. "It's a pity that we can only spin! We must hurry up and start the second phase."
"It's easy to get started, but cotton is hard to find." Zou Biao said, "To be honest, I have such great hopes for this textile market, and I also hope to attract the supply of textile raw materials here..."
"Build a cotton exchange!" Lishan became excited.
"Yes, not only cotton, but all textiles and textile raw materials!" Zou Biao is not only a mechanical engineer, but also has a strong interest in the market. "Wool, silk, woolen, silk... Hum, now that we have started to For bonds and stocks, we can also do futures in the future."
Lishan is not as optimistic as he is. Among the four main textile materials, silk and wool are the easiest to solve. Not only are the sources of goods widely available, but the supply is also stable. The market prospects for textiles are also good.
There is no shortage of local raw materials for linen, and the market is limited. Judging from the current level of craftsmanship of the Senate, it is impossible to make high-grade worsted linen. Therefore, the linen that can be produced at this stage is not as comfortable to wear as cotton. Linen is mostly used to make sails and ropes.
The biggest problem is the supply of cotton. The news from dispatch stations in various places is not optimistic. There is a big question mark as to whether the supply of cotton in the north can be stable.
Songjiang's handmade cotton spinning industry is developed, but a large proportion of clean cotton needs to be imported from outside, and most of the sites are in Shandong, Hebei and other places. However, the development of the industry means that the vested forces entrenched in it are very strong. From raw cotton to spinning to various types of textile packages, everything is monopolized by various companies. It is difficult for the Senate to grab food from them. It is difficult to form a stable source of cotton before squeezing Songjiangbu. However, without a stable source of cotton, it is difficult to defeat Songjiangbu. This creates a contradiction.
The local cotton in Guangdong is widely distributed, but it is rarely grown on a large scale and is limited by the climate. The yield is also very impressive.
As for the major cotton-producing areas in foreign countries in the old time and space, whether it is the United States, Egypt or Turkey, cotton cultivation has not yet begun in this time and space. Only India can be said to have a large-scale cotton cultivation industry.
Of course, there are other ways. If chemical fiber is produced, it can reduce the demand for cotton and make 66% or 33% blended cotton cloth. But this is just a thought. All departments in the petrochemical industry are overwhelmed with demand. It is not clear when it will be the light textile industry's turn. What's more, after the chemical fiber comes out, it is not that cotton is no longer needed. Maybe it will be due to market factors. The demand has increased again.
Lishan blew away the cowhide, and getting stable cotton has become his biggest worry at the moment. After all, he goes around trying to trick other people's machines. If there is no cotton to weave, not only himself, but also the Senate's credibility will plummet.
(End of chapter)
