Chapter 854 Man-Made Fibers

Foreign wars are raging, and domestic singing and dancing are peaceful.

In Nanjing, Wu Changqing is arranging people to study grain combine harvesters.

The emergence of internal combustion engines and diesel engines basically solved the biggest technical difficulty of combine harvesters.

The reason why it has not been invented is mainly due to the shortcomings of inspiration.

In other words, the current Dahua researchers do not pay attention to the research of agricultural machinery, they are more keen on the research of industrial machinery.

No one went to study it, so Wu Changqing could only suffer for himself, came up with a plan to manufacture this kind of harvester, and arranged for someone to study and manufacture it.

There are still quite a lot of plain areas in Dahua, and the use of combine harvesters in these places can greatly liberate the labor force.

"This is really a fantastic idea. If this kind of harvester is built according to the drawings, it will be easier to farm in the future."

Several researchers were shocked by the idea provided by Wu Changqing. This idea is too subtle.

However, they all understood Wu Changqing's magic all the time.

God emperors are reincarnated, naturally they have wisdom that ordinary people cannot understand.

These researchers took the drawings and went to start the construction, while Wu Changqing was thinking.

He found that it seemed that the land reform and the division of fields were not conducive to the promotion of this large-scale agricultural machinery.

Ordinary people must not be able to afford such expensive machinery.

And to buy such a big toy for dozens of acres of land is like hitting mosquitoes with a cannon.

A combine harvester can harvest 400 to 500 acres of land a day, so what hour or two is it to get a harvester a year?

If it was the former big landlord, it would be possible to buy this kind of agricultural machinery, and then reduce the number of long-term workers and tenant farmers, so as not to lose money.

Of course, these are still small issues.

If it really doesn't work, it can also be rented. The government spends money to purchase those harvesters, and then helps farmers to harvest and collect a little oil money.

The real trouble is that the harvester can only help a little while harvesting, and people usually need people to farm.

That is to say, the harvester only liberates manpower for a period of time, not completely liberates these manpower.

These people cannot be completely converted into workers, they can only do odd jobs.

Moreover, what Wu Changqing hopes most is to let these people get rid of their dependence on land completely, and then let these people immigrate to America.

This requires more agricultural machinery and full mechanization to achieve this level.

This takes time.

Wu Changqing can come up with all the relevant agricultural machinery designs, but there must be so many people to make them.

Moreover, even if it is made, it needs so many people to learn to use it.

These all need people, but also people with knowledge.

Back in the palace, when Wu Changqing was dealing with government affairs, he saw a set of data.

The number of the textile industry has increased, but the tax has not increased. It is said that the profit of the textile industry is declining.

Dahua's textile industry, after six or seven years of development, has entered a bottleneck period.

Although there is still profit to be made, there is no such huge profit as in the beginning.

Even some businesses are starting to transform into other, more lucrative industries.

The fundamental reason why the textile industry has become unprofitable is the rise in raw material prices.

After too many people enter the textile industry, raw materials are not available.

How can the speed of people raising silkworms keep up with the consumption of factories?

Raw materials are limited, and more and more people are entering the industry, and the price of raw materials will naturally rise.

The end result is that the people who sell mulberry cocoons make a fortune, but the terminal weaving factory is making hard money.

As for the people who raise silkworms, they still earn hard-earned money, and their enthusiasm for raising silkworms is not very high.

Whoever masters the acquisition channel of raw materials has the right to speak in this line.

Seeing this situation, Wu Changqing naturally wanted to find a way to solve this problem.

Encourage people to raise more silkworms?

It is too slow, and the speed of obtaining raw materials by raising silkworms can never keep up with the consumption speed of factories.

Furthermore, there are more people who raise silkworms and fewer people who farm the land, which affects the output of grain, which is not desirable.

As for restricting the export of cloth, it is not a good idea to use it to meet domestic demand first.

Those exported cloth can exchange more raw materials, gold and silver for Dahua.

This seems to be a troublesome problem, but it is not a problem for Wu Changqing.

There are not many people who raise silkworms in later generations, but they have more than a dozen sets of clothes per capita, and they have never heard of the lack of fiber raw materials.

And all of this is thanks to man-made fibers.

Man-made fibers can be made into rayon, rayon, and artificial wool, which are very versatile.

Cloths, sweaters, cotton jackets, and all fiber products can be made of man-made fibers.

Wu Changqing spent one million technology points to exchange the technology and craftsmanship of man-made fibers from the system.

This technology is actually not that difficult. More importantly, there are many raw materials for making man-made fibers. Compared with silk, it seems to be a bad street.

Bamboo, wood, sugar cane, etc., are all materials for making man-made fibers.

These things are everywhere, cheap and abundant.

Only when man-made fibers were made, all kinds of cloth products could be popularized.

At present, ordinary people are willing to spend money to buy cloth only when they make clothes.

As for curtains, tablecloths, bed covers, and other cloth products, they are the stuff of wealthy people.

In ordinary people's homes, the pillow may be just a piece of wood.

Even if it is to make clothes, it is very luxurious for ordinary people to change into new clothes every year.

For most people, it may take two or three years to buy a new set of clothes.

For those who keep it well, the father often wears the eldest son's clothes, and the eldest son wears the second son's clothes. It is impossible to throw away a piece of clothing without a dozen patches.

Wearing a pair of trousers with a hole in the buttocks to greet a kiss is a common thing, and I'm sure not many people will laugh at it.

The degree of scarcity of materials in this era is unimaginable for later generations.

Textiles made of man-made fibers are easy to harden when exposed to water, and may not be as comfortable to use as pure natural ones, but they are not much worse.

The most important thing is that this stuff is large and can be sold very cheaply.

In short, man-made fibers are a kind of thing that benefits the whole world.

Without man-made fibers, the fancy dress that the average person would want to wear would be impossible.

This kind of good thing, if it wasn't for seeing this memorial, Wu Changqing would not be able to remember it for a while.

He has too many things to do every day, and because he is the emperor, he has no shortage of supplies, and he can't think of this problem.

Continue to find a group of people with superior intelligence, and let them research and manufacture according to the methods on the materials.

It won't be long before Dahua people can use these fiber products.