Chapter 554 Industrial Products

"Very good, it's really done well. Reading" Zhao Xu came to a spinning machine.

Unlike the small spinning machine used by farmers, this spinning machine is very large and looks like a bed.

And the structure is no longer the traditional wooden structure, but a steel structure.

The tail end of the bed and the middle frame spindle are full of vertical spindles.

There is a metal wheel at the front end of the spinning machine, and an iron rod passes through the middle of the wheel to drive the wheel to rotate continuously.

Such an iron rod passes through thirty spinning machines from south to north.

When the wheel rotates, it will drive the vertical spindle to rotate through the rope loop.

The rotating spindle will pull the cotton under the front plate into cotton yarn.

"Since the spinning machine has been built, the loom will be built next. In this way, Yanzhou will have its own industrial textiles." Zhao Xu smiled.

The structure of the spinning machine is very simple compared to the steam engine.

Dasong itself has a spinning machine, but the spindle of this spinning machine is horizontal.

As long as the spindle is placed vertically, it will be the original Jenny spinning machine.

In fact, the inventor of the Jenny spinning machine kicked the spinning machine and realized that if the spindle is placed vertically in the spinning machine, more can be placed.

Therefore, the carpenter of Dasong can imitate it after observing for a while.

Wang Chong just considered that the wooden spinning machine would fall apart under the powerful power of the steam engine, so he made the easily damaged wooden structure into a steel structure, which slowed down the manufacturing speed.

But even so, a small spinning workshop was born.

The spinning efficiency of each spinning machine here is eighty times that of an ordinary spinning machine.

The most important thing is that the metal spinning machine can spin non-stop for 24 hours.

Its efficiency is not just eighty times that of a manual spinning machine.

According to his estimate, it is at least one hundred and sixty times.

There are sixty spinning machines in this workshop, which is equal to the amount of cotton yarn spun by nearly ten thousand people every day.

And because the steam engine has a uniform speed, the cotton yarn spun is of similar thickness and compact structure, which belongs to the superior cotton yarn.

It's just that cotton yarn is made, and it is ultimately used for weaving.

The emergence of the Qianji spinning machine will reduce the cost of cotton yarn.

If the loom is developed, the price of cloth will be reduced.

In this way, Yanzhou will be able to produce high-quality and low-priced cloth in the future, sweeping the cloth market in Dasong and the surrounding areas.

"Your Highness, it is already being developed. In less than half a month, the first steam loom will be put into production. In a month, I can give your Highness another weaving workshop." Wang Chong was full of confidence.

Zhao Xu nodded.

If the steam engine is a revolution in power, the Qianji spinning machine is a revolution in the textile industry.

With these two together, Yanzhou officially gave birth to an intensive industrial workshop.

In the future, spinning workshops and weaving workshops can provide formal jobs for women in Yanzhou.

The traditional self-sufficient small peasant economy will gradually disintegrate in the tide of industry.

And the cheap and high-quality cloth they produce will sweep the entire Dasong, and even the markets of neighboring countries, bringing rich profits to Yanzhou.

In simple terms, fine wine, perfume, soap, etc. are not considered industrial products.

As the goods sold by the King of Yan, cotton yarn and cloth are the first batch of industrial products.

"That's great." Zhao Xu walked around the spinning workshop and came to the door of the workshop with Wang Chong.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Are the other machines that the king wants also being developed?"

This time, the design drawings he gave to Wang Chong were not for Wang Chong to work on alone.

At that time, he asked Wang Chong to divide his students into small teams.

Each team was responsible for the research and development of different machines.

In this way, various machines supporting steam engines can emerge like mushrooms after rain, so that all walks of life in Yanzhou can have their own steam-powered machines as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, everything is going on as usual." Wang Chong said with emotion, "As the machinery becomes more and more complicated, I can no longer develop a machine independently. As Your Highness said, we need to divide the work and cooperate."

Although he was unwilling to admit defeat, he had to bow his head when he saw the complex machinery on the drawings.

Touching his head, he continued, "A team has built a steam saw. I was just about to ask Your Highness if we should send it to the Ship Department."

"Of course." Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he was very happy.

The steam saw Wang Chong mentioned is not used to cut trees, but to cut wood.

This is a wheel with saw teeth. The steam engine drives the wheel to rotate, which can cut wood.

Its efficiency is much better than the carpenter pulling the saw to saw wood.

Seeing that Zhao Xu was very happy, Wang Chong continued, "There is also the pulping machine that Your Highness wants. With this thing, it will be much easier for the paper mill to make pulp. In the future, our Yanzhou paper will be cheaper."

Zhao Xu was more and more satisfied. Just like in contemporary history, after the emergence of steam engines, various types of machinery quickly appeared.

Now Yanzhou is developing steam machinery at a faster speed.

After talking excitedly for a while, Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong to speed up the research and development, and then returned to the palace.

Although the main contradictions he faced at the moment were Beidi and Dasong.

However, the appearance of Ivan, a missionary from Beidi, made him pay attention to the Russians.

The cooperation between the Han family and Wufeng Island attracted the Japanese.

Obviously, the foreign threats facing Dasong are not just Beidi.

In the future, he may even come into contact with more Western countries.

To fight these enemies, Yanzhou's productivity must keep up.

This is the only way to provide the soldiers with sufficient ammunition, weapons, and supplies.

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Yan Pass.

When Zhao Xu was happy about the good start of the textile industry.

Chang Wei had already entered the territory of Liao County.

Another day later, he arrived in Leting County and met Zhou Yi who was waiting at the dock.

"General Chang, the fleet and merchant ships are ready and can set off at any time." Zhou Yi was a little excited.

Ningjin Dusi, where he was born, is now finally returning to the embrace of Dasong.

Chang Wei nodded and said, "It's not the time yet. The Beidi people are attacking Yan Pass fiercely. We have to wait until they suffer heavy casualties and are exhausted to attack Ningcheng."

Ningcheng is only sixty miles away from the sea.

Landing on the seashore, they only need half a day to reach Ningcheng.

Most importantly, the Beidi army in Ningcheng came out in full force, and they didn't think that the plague was a hoax, and they didn't have a single bit of defense.

Everyone nodded, although they were a little impatient.

But before the best opportunity comes, they must hold back.

Chang Wei laughed loudly. In this battle of Ningjin, the royal army was full of fighting spirit.

Compared with taking the initiative to attack the Black Iron King's tent.

This time, the King of Yan ordered the recovery of Ningjin Dusi, which was truly magnificent.

Thinking of this, he felt that the burden on him was heavier, and there must be no mistakes in this battle.