Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 404
At the moment, Daming's development is quite rapid.

Especially in the application of steam engines, the speed of development has exceeded Taichang's expectations.

Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing had just invited him to see the newly developed steam locomotive model, and Cheng Jiashuo came to him again early the next morning.

After this guy became the minister of the Ministry of Commerce and the director of the Western Company, he didn't seem to have much control over the affairs of the Western Company. He also went to Dongying when the Western Company was established, and then disappeared as if he had disappeared.

After paying respects to the princes and ministers, Taichang couldn't help but wondered: "Yaoguang, what have you been busy with for more than a year, you can't even see anyone."

Cheng Jiashuo was quite excited and said: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that spinning and weaving can create great profits if steam engines can be used to replace labor? Weichen has been busy developing steam spinning machines and steam weaving machines during this period. loom."

This is true, because people can't do without clothes, at least not these days.

People these days have more than one piece of clothing, but anyone with a little money will think about buying some clothes for themselves and their families.

The situation of one piece of clothing per person almost no longer exists. Unless it is the kind of poor people who have no food to eat, there will always be a few pieces of clothing per person.

Moreover, with the development of this world, people's demand for clothing will definitely increase, and the population in this world will also increase.

In other words, the consumption of cloth in the whole world is very large, and it will become larger and larger. As long as this market is seized, the profits will naturally be huge.

In history, Oulu first invented the steam spinning machine and steam loom, and seized this market, thereby seizing the opportunity for development, forming a general trend. As a result, the Far East is getting poorer and poorer, while Oulu That's where it gets richer and richer.

At this time, Daming was already ahead of the continental European countries in many fields. If the steam spinning machine and steam loom were developed, the consequences would be conceivable.

This guy is so excited, wouldn't he really develop the steam spinning machine and steam loom?

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help asking with interest: "How about it, have the steam spinning machine and steam loom been developed yet?"

Cheng Jiashuo nodded without hesitation and said, "It's fortunate that Wei Chen did not disgrace his life. Wei Chen has developed both the steam spinning machine and the steam loom."

This guy really is a mechanical genius!
Although he had expected it earlier, Taichang couldn't help getting up excitedly and said: "Oh, where is it, quickly take me to see it."

Cheng Jiashuo bowed and led Taichang out without hesitation.

However, he did not develop steam spinning machines and steam looms in the capital, but in Wubei City.

This may be the reason why he came a day later than Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing, because he would have been delayed by about half a day when he received the news there, and it would take time to come back.

Therefore, although he also ran over as soon as he heard that Taichang was free, he was a day slower than others.

He developed steam spinning machines and steam looms in the daily necessities factory in Wubei City.

Du Linzheng even built a large workshop just for him.

At the moment, the workshop is in a mess. I don’t know how many things are placed, such as cotton, wool, silk, cloth, satin, mechanical parts and so on.

In short, there are a lot of things, messy, placed everywhere.

Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is the spinning machine and loom in the middle.

To be honest, Taichang didn't know much about the spinning process, he had seen the weaving process at least, but he had never seen the spinning process.

So how exactly is the yarn spun?
Taichang had seen looms before, so he could tell at a glance which of the two machines was for weaving.

He walked directly to the spinning machine that he had never seen before, and said with great interest: "How is this yarn spun? Turn on the machine and let me see."

Cheng Jiashuo heard the words, quickly recruited two craftsmen, and hastily confessed a few words.

The two craftsmen nodded solemnly, and then they lit up the steam, ready to start working.

The spinning process is actually more troublesome than weaving.

Because the yarn is twisted out of cotton, wool, silk and so on.

This process is really quite troublesome.

First of all, the processed cotton, wool, and silk must be divided into strands like braids.

Then pinch the end of a strand and turn it in one direction continuously, twisting it into a thin thread.

Then, strands of cotton, wool, and silk are continuously added behind the twisted thin threads, and they are twisted and twisted continuously.

At the same time, the twisted thin thread has to be wound on the reel and wound into a spindle.

One can imagine how troublesome this process would be if it was done purely manually.

Even if Daming already had a hand-operated spinning wheel, the action of twisting yarn could be replaced by a circular spindle, but the efficiency was still not high.

However, the efficiency of spinning with a steam engine is different.

I saw a craftsman directly picked up a large amount of processed cotton wool and stuffed it into a slot, and then opened the steam valve without hesitation.

The trough shook for a while, and pieces of cotton wadding were turned out from under the trough by the conveyor belt, and turned into small troughs that were a little thinner than a finger, and the cotton wadding was divided into strands like this.

Another craftsman quickly connected strands of cotton wool to conical spindles, and then quickly opened another valve.

Immediately afterwards, a row of spindles rotated rapidly, and the cotton wool was twisted into yarn.

Then the craftsman slowly turned a large wheel about two feet long, and the twisted yarn was quickly pulled out from under the spindle and wound up on the drums one by one.

This is a row of more than ten spindles!

Taichang didn't know what the spinning machine of later generations would look like, but the efficiency of this spinning machine was terrifying enough.

This is simply equivalent to more than a dozen skilled craftsmen spinning spinning desperately!

Moreover, the spindle driven by the steam engine rotates fast, and the speed is even and stable. The spinning speed is many times faster than that of manual labor.

In other words, this spinning machine alone is worth dozens or even hundreds of skilled craftsmen!

Taichang looked at it for a long time, and then ordered the two craftsmen to turn off the spinning mechanism.

Immediately afterwards, he came to the steam loom again.

He has seen the process of weaving by hand. Stepping on the pedals, the radial threads are staggered, and then holding the shuttle, passing the transverse threads through the middle of the radial threads, and then using a large comb-like grate to hit the transverse threads tightly, and then continue Repeat the process.

If this process is done manually, it will take at least ten or twenty seconds.

However, the steam engine is not the same.

The speed was a little unclear, I saw that the shuttle kept flying back and forth from the middle, and the cloth had already come out at a speed visible to the naked eye.

No wonder this loom is called a flying shuttle loom. The shuttle driven by the steam engine really looks like it is flying!
After the cloth is woven, the craftsman only needs to gently turn a hand wheel next to it, and keep rolling the woven cloth on the cloth roll.

Perhaps, in later generations, even the act of rolling into a cloth will be replaced by a machine.

However, it is enough to be able to do this at the moment.

Because it doesn't take much time and effort to roll the woven cloth into rolls.

After this steam engine replaces the main action of weaving manually, the speed of weaving is at least ten times faster than manual weaving!
If such steam spinning machines and steam looms are mass-produced, it will not be able to weave as much cloth as the whole world needs.

The cloth market will definitely be seized by Daming, and the opportunities for technological development will also be seized by Daming. There must be no hope for the European countries!

He was thinking about it, but Cheng Jiashuo seemed a little impatient.

Why did the emperor stare at the loom for a long time without speaking?
Cheng Jiashuo couldn't help but rubbed his hands together and said, "Your Majesty, what's the matter, are the spinning and looms okay?"

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help nodding his head and said: "Very good, both the spinning machine and the loom are very well made."

When Cheng Jiashuo heard the words, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Is it possible to mass-produce, and then recruit craftsmen to spin and weave."

This is for sure.

However, the steam spinning machine and the steam loom, like steam ships, must be kept as secret as possible.

If these things are seen by the European barbarians, they will probably be able to copy them in a few years, and it will be troublesome at that time.

Therefore, these must be kept as secret as possible, as long as they can be kept secret.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, you first choose a Gecheng, build a large weaving factory, and then directly produce spinning machines and looms in it, first make a thousand of each, and see Let’s talk about production.”

The same one thousand units, let's take a look first!

When Cheng Jiashuo heard this, he couldn't help but excitedly said, "Okay."

Taichang then warned: "You must keep it secret, and you must not let the barbarians learn it."

They are always on guard against this.

Cheng Jiashuo nodded without hesitation, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)