Chapter 1242 Funds Return

With Li Rufeng and Wang Kuang taking the lead, other Yizhou officials and nobles immediately began to place reservations for the next steam looms from Bai Feng.

"Okay, okay, don't be anxious, everyone. The production of steam engines is not that large yet. Everyone has made reservations for more than a dozen units. Hanzhong cannot produce so many steam engines at one time."

Seeing that the Yizhou nobles and officials were so eager for steam looms, Bai Feng had to explain.

The application of steam engines on looms was just a small test for Bai Feng.

At present, for Bai Feng, steam engines with a small output are still used in steam trains.

The first batch of steam engines were used in looms, mainly by Xiahou Dun and the Yizhou nobles and officials who had promised to provide him with craftsmen.

Otherwise, Bai Feng would not be able to take out all the existing steam engines and transform them into looms.

After listening to Bai Feng's explanation, Li Rufeng, Wang Kuang and other Yizhou nobles and officials stopped ordering steam engines.

But after they learned that the output of steam engines was not high, they became more interested in having more steam looms.

I have a steam loom, but you don’t have a steam loom, then my cloth workshop will definitely kill your cloth workshop and occupy your market share!

Having more steam looms means occupying a larger share of the entire Yizhou cloth.

"Hanzhong Hou, how many steam engines can your workshop produce in a month?"

Li Rufeng asked Bai Feng.

Wang Kuang and others are also very curious about the current steam engine output in Hanzhong.

"About sixty steam engines can be produced a month."

Bai Feng replied to Li Rufeng and others.

After hearing the number of sixty units, Li Rufeng, Wang Kuang and others felt that this number was actually quite a lot.

Of course, if the Yizhou nobles and officials here all reserve a dozen steam engines, then these sixty steam engines will definitely not be enough.

If everyone can get a certain number of steam engines, then the more than 20 Yizhou nobles and officials here can get two steam engines per family.

Two steam engines per month were really inefficient for these Yizhou nobles and officials who wanted to expand the production scale of the cloth mill as soon as possible.

But it's better than nothing.

"Hanzhong Hou, then I would like to reserve two steam engines next month."

After hearing this, Wang Kuang thought for a moment and said to Bai Feng.

Two steam looms are equivalent to the production capacity of six hydraulic looms, which is a certain increase in production capacity for Wang Kuang's cloth workshop.

When other Yizhou nobles and officials saw that Wang Kuang still wanted to make an appointment to buy a steam engine, they couldn't help but plan to make an appointment with Bai Feng to buy a steam engine.

Bai Feng could only provide the first batch of steam looms to the gentry and officials in Yizhou for free because they had previously provided a group of craftsmen for the R&D center.

The next steam engines will definitely be sold to them at normal market prices.

Facing the Yizhou nobles and officials present, Bai Feng knew that this time he would give them all a share of the steam engine.

This will also be beneficial to Yizhou’s subsequent coal mining.

"Since everyone is in need of steam engines, I will reserve two of the steam engines that will be produced next month for everyone here!"

Bai Feng then said to Li Rufeng, Wang Kuang and other Yizhou nobles and officials.

He also didn't want to engage in a situation where whoever pays the highest price could buy more steam engines. It was more important to popularize the application of steam engines in Yizhou as soon as possible.

Only the greater the number of steam engines used, subsequent improvements to steam engines, and the use of coal will increase.

This is very beneficial to Bai Feng's plan from a long-term perspective.

So this time Bai Feng assigned everyone a share of two steam engines.

After listening to Bai Feng's distribution plan, Li Rufeng, Wang Kuang and other Yizhou nobles and officials immediately chose to accept it.

"Thank you Hanzhonghou!"

Then Li Rufeng, Wang Kuang and others said to Bai Feng.

By now the banquet is in progress, everyone is full and full.

Bai Feng proposed to transport steam looms to various workshops.

Moreover, most of the workshops of these nobles and officials were by the river outside the city. Only a few Yizhou officials such as Li Rufeng and Wang Kuang purchased land in advance to build new cloth factories in the city.

The Yizhou nobles and officials naturally wanted to see the real production conditions of steam looms. After hearing this, they were all excited and left the restaurant with Bai Feng.

In less than half an hour, Bai Feng and his party arrived at the cloth factory outside the city.

This time it was the craftsmen and servants brought by Bai Feng who assembled the steam loom.

Just like the guards and servants of Xiahou Dun's house who saw the production of steam looms, the Yizhou nobles and officials present were very surprised and satisfied with the production efficiency of steam looms.

This time Bai Feng sent a steam loom to each of the Yizhou nobles and officials who had provided craftsmen before.

"Hanzhong Hou, the efficiency of this steam loom is really fast enough!"

"The cloth weaved is finer and denser than that of a hydraulic loom. It's really good!"

"As long as there is coal burning, the steam loom can keep weaving. This design is really ingenious!"

For a time, all the Yizhou nobles and officials who saw the production of steam looms expressed their praise.

Next, Bai Feng completed the assembly of all the steam looms in the cloth workshop located by the river.

Then he returned to the city with Li Rufeng and Wang Kuang.

The two of them have built a new cloth workshop in the city, which is specially used to house steam looms.

Before this, Li Rufeng and Wang Kuang took the lead and handed over the silver for the two steam engines to Bai Feng.

Bai Feng did not ask for a high price for a steam engine. The material and labor costs of a steam engine were fifty taels, and Bai Feng only sold it to the gentry and officials of Yizhou for two hundred taels.

The output of steam engines is still a bit low now. When the output of steam engines reaches a higher level, the price will be even lower.

A total of 46 steam engines were pre-sold, totaling 9,200 taels of silver.

This allowed Bai Feng to invest in the construction of the R&D center at the beginning, and the cost of producing steam engines was earned back.

When making steam trains next, there is no need to worry about not having enough silver in hand.

There is also the soap workshop managed by Cao Jie, Diao Chan and Cai Wenji for Bai Feng. The annual income of Hanzhong Houfu has reached the mark of 100,000 taels of silver.

After Bai Feng, Li Rufeng and Wang Kuang returned to the city, they first came to Li Rufeng's new workshop.

In the workshop, Bai Feng helped Li Rufeng complete the assembly of the steam loom, and then went to Wang Kuang's workshop to help him assemble the steam loom as well.