Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Although Zhang Tianyou did not receive the invitation, he also got the news that the Suzhou prefect invited Suzhou merchants to visit the new workshop, saying that he wanted to show everyone a new type of spinning machine.

Zhang Tianyou listened to the "informant"'s hype narration, and there were 1 question marks in his mind.

The emperor's grandson really has a way to create a spinning machine that doesn't use manpower?
How is this possible?
Zhang Tianyou really wanted to see it with his own eyes, but he was also afraid that he would never come back if he beat the dog with meat buns.

Therefore, he could only send his confidant Tian Shunyi to take a look.

Tian Shunyi is also an old man left to him by Zhang Tianyou's father, and he is the most loyal to him.It can be said that the reason why he can remotely control the business in Suzhou is all thanks to Tian Shunyi helping him to keep an eye on it.

Although Tian Shunyi's status in the Zhang family is very important, he is not very prominent among the merchants in Suzhou. The silk and satin shop and the loom factory he runs are all small-scale businesses, and they are basically unreliable.

However, there is one thing that is relatively strong, that is, no matter what industry, there is a place for him, at least he can talk.

Therefore, when Zhang Qing, the magistrate of Suzhou, came to issue the invitation, he also gave Tian Shunyi a copy.

When Tian Shunyi followed the presidents of various chambers of commerce to the new factory, he was immediately stunned by the plaque of the new factory.

Seeing this, Zhang Zonglai repeatedly lamented in his heart. He had dissuaded the emperor's grandson a long time ago, saying that the new factory should be given a more serious name, but the emperor's grandson refused to listen and insisted on such a strange name.

When Zhang Zonglai was thinking this way, a president in the crowd suddenly asked curiously.

"Master Zhifu, what is the meaning of Suzhou No. [-] Spinning Factory? Is there a No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] factory behind it?"

Zhang Zonglai could only bite the bullet and say.

"Yes!"

"Not to mention three factories and four factories, even nine factories and ten factories are also possible!"

"Oh oh oh..."

When everyone heard this, it was as if they had learned a big secret, and everyone had secretive expressions on their faces.

Zhang Zonglai said something perfunctory, and led the crowd into the factory.

Before everyone followed into the production workshop, they heard the roar of machinery.

This was a voice that was difficult to hear in Daming, which filled them with curiosity.Especially when they saw the billowing smoke from the tall chimneys and the heat from the whole house, they were full of awe of the "No. [-] Spinning Factory" in front of them.

However, just as everyone was about to enter the spinning workshop, a young man walked out from inside.

The boy arched his hands, with a smile on his face.

"You guys are getting rich!"

When everyone saw the young man, their expressions changed immediately, and then they knelt down and kowtowed in unison.

"Cao Min waits to pay homage to His Highness the Emperor Taisun, His Highness is thousands of years old..."

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty were humble, even if they were wealthy, they would still call themselves grassroots and untouchables when they saw officials.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said "flat body", and then everyone got up from the ground, and then followed closely beside the prefect Zhang Qinglai, their faces no longer had the tranquility and calmness they had when they first entered the factory.

There is no way, the prefect of Suzhou eats their filial piety, and they can still retain a bit of dignity in front of the prefect of Suzhou.But facing the most honorable people in Ming Dynasty, their sense of superiority disappeared.

Everyone held their breath and swallowed, not to mention farting, not even daring to breathe.

Seeing that they were so reserved, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to speak more casually and behave more naturally as much as possible.

If he really shows off the royal style, how many of these people will scare the pee?
"Everyone, this is the spinning workshop of our Suzhou No. [-] Spinning Factory!"

Everyone followed the voice of the emperor's grandson, and were immediately stunned by the scene before them.

All I saw was steam rising from a large rectangular cauldron that could not be seen as far as the eye could see. Hundreds of female workers were scooping up boiled cocoons in the cauldron.

This step is used to remove the fat from the silk so that it can be spun into silk better.

However, even this step is enough to shock everyone.

Because under normal circumstances, one worker who cooks cocoons is enough to supply a dozen mature spinners.

The purpose of boiling cocoons here is not only to remove the glue on the cocoons, but also to let the silk stretch out, so as to prepare for the subsequent silk reeling and spinning.

Seeing that everyone was shocked, Zhu Yunxi finally let go of the stone hanging in his heart.After a while, everyone saw the spectacular scene of hundreds of spindles, and when they got home, they had to quit the weavers they had hired before.

Sure enough, after Zhu Yunxi led the crowd to the spinning workshop, they saw hundreds of spinning spindles and raw silk being transported continuously by the conveyor belt, and their eyes widened in amazement.

"Amazing!"

"It is really possible to spin raw silk into yarn without manpower!"

Although there are still quite a few workers in the workshop, who often stare at the spindles and adjust the speed from time to time, these workers are obviously too insignificant for traditional spinning.

When everyone was shocked by the power of modern machinery, Tian Shunyi bowed his waist and asked.

"Dare to ask the emperor, how much yarn can this machine spin in a day?"

Zhu Yunxi started talking nonsense without even thinking about it.

"It is now in the testing stage, and the workers are not yet skilled, so they can only spin a few thousand spindles a day."

"After the workers are proficient and the machinery is well adjusted, it shouldn't be a problem to produce [-] to [-] ingots a day."

When Tian Shunyi heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Normally, a skilled weaver can weave one spindle in three days, which is considered fast.

Doesn't it take [-] weavers to weave [-] ingots a day?
"May I ask the emperor grandson, how many weavers do you plan to hire in the future?"

"Weaver?"

"Why does Gu hire weavers?"

Zhu Yunxi led Tian Shunyi to the steam boiler room, pointing to the worker who was shoveling coal into the stove.

"Look, the machines here don't need to eat or drink. You can do the work by hiring two people to add coal to him. Why does Gu hire weavers?"

"A weaver needs at least three taels of silver a month, 9 workers need [-] taels a month, and [-] weavers need [-] taels a month..."

"9 taels of silver is enough for Gu's boiler to burn coal for ten years. Gu is a fool to hire weavers?"

In fact, what Zhu Yunxi said was bragging.

Because Shibo Division only accepts samples and customized orders, not to mention that he can't make steam looms now, even if he can, he can only make plain looms, and after weaving, he needs to go through printing and dyeing processes.

In this way, the high-end orders from the West will not be completed, and the brand name of other Shibo Division will be smashed.

Therefore, he will recruit a large number of weavers, whether it is for the order of the Shibo Department or to ensure the employment of the people in Suzhou City.

However, Tian Shunyi and those merchants who watched the excitement didn't know it. After they saw the magic of the spinning machine, they thought that the spinning machine could also be manufactured in the same way, and they could easily tinker with it.

Therefore, before they went home, they began to think about how to dismiss the redundant weavers at home.

In fact, they didn't need so many weavers at all, but because they listened to Zhang Tianyou's words, they temporarily hired twice as many weavers in order to embarrass the emperor's grandson.

Now seeing that the emperor's grandson doesn't need weavers at all, they don't need to support them for nothing.

"oh oh……"

"Emperor Grandson Shengming, this method is indeed more economical and practical, but I am so shallow..."

"Everyone take your time to visit. I plan to build the second, third, and fourth factories in the future, until there are [-] spinning mills, so as to unify the silk textile industry of the entire Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Yunxi's bragging is beyond borders. In fact, the spinning machine in front of him was made by him after a lot of effort. For this reason, the development of the train was delayed, and many parts were temporarily called out. .

Moreover, the production capacity is far less exaggerated than what he said. The raw silk that is going on the conveyor belt is all high-end products that he has prepared many days in advance.

Therefore, there is such an orderly and orderly spinning of hundreds of spindles at the same time.

Otherwise, just disconnecting would make him lose face.

What Zhu Yunxi said was casual viewing, but after he left, someone came over to chase people away, signaling the idlers to wait out, and no onlookers are allowed here.

Tian Shunyi hadn't seen enough yet, when he saw someone chasing him away, he hurriedly moved the emperor grandson out.

"The grandson of the emperor told us to look at it casually, how can you push people away!"

The man spoke with confidence.

"The emperor's grandson also said that he would keep you for dinner, are you willing to eat?"

"This is a well-known merchant in Suzhou City, and I can't even hear a polite word!"

Seeing that the people in the spinning mill were so difficult to deal with, everyone shook their sleeves and left angrily.

From their point of view, the emperor's grandson is good and hospitable, but it's all the little ghosts below who are difficult to deal with, destroying the emperor's sageness.

As everyone knows, after driving them away, this person hurriedly reported to the emperor grandson.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have driven those merchants away according to your instructions!"

"Did they find nothing?"

"no!"

"But let them watch it for a while, the raw silk we prepared in advance may not be enough..."

Everyone left the No. [-] Spinning Factory, staring at the brand of No. [-] Spinning Factory in a daze for a long time.

They all eat silk, and they know how powerful the steam spinning machine is.

Once this thing becomes popular, it will be difficult for them to eat this bowl of rice again!
If the emperor's grandson really set up dozens of such factories, how can their small workshops relying on labor survive?
"Everyone, we are in great trouble!"

"Yes!"

"If it's a new thing researched by an ordinary businessman, we can still coerce and lure him to hand over the blueprint of the new machine, even if we spend a lot of money to buy it out."

"However, the other party is the grandson of the emperor, the most honorable person in Ming Dynasty, behind him is the entire court of Ming Dynasty!"

"What are we going to fight with people!"

One by one, the merchants returned home feeling mournful, and they started chasing people before the afternoon, even before lunch.

Chen Jiu and his wife, who were working in the workshop, were thinking about cutting five jobs in three days and earning more money to buy rice, when they heard the bad news that they were fired.

Chen Jiu and his wife couldn't believe it. They were "good hands" who were recruited from the manufacturing bureau after the owner of the workshop said all the good things. Why did they quit after working for a few days?
What made the two of them even more devastated was that the two of them were considered "truant workers" at the Manufacturing Bureau, and if they were caught by the government, they would have to show it off to the public!

However, what broke Chen Jiu and his wife the most was that when they went to the boss to ask for wages, instead of asking for wages, they were severely beaten.

Said that the two of them ate more than anyone else, but they didn't work under their hands. They wasted a lot of silk thread, but they didn't weave a few bolts of good silk.

When Chen Jiu heard this, he was so wronged that he almost cried. The looms in Qian's workshop were different from those in the government. He had already explained to the boss that he and his mother-in-law, Wang Siniang, had to get used to it for at least ten days and a half months. They can only weave ordinary silk, and now the Qian family uses the lack of good silk as an excuse not to pay themselves?

Does this still have a conscience!

Chen Jiu was beaten, but he didn't dare to go to the government to sue the officials, so he had to go home to recuperate with his mother-in-law and aunt.

In fact, what happened to Chen Jiu and his wife is not an isolated case.

Zhang Tianyou was also very surprised when he learned that Zhu Yunxie could spin and weave cloth without manual labor.

However, after being surprised, Zhang Tianyou came up with another plan.

"Everyone, don't the emperor's grandsons not hire weavers now?"

"Let me give you an idea, immediately make the emperor's grandson into chaos?"

All the merchants in Suzhou felt dizzy when they heard this.

Ever since they listened to Zhang Tianyou's words, they didn't seem to have taken advantage of it, so Jing f*cked it.

"Young Master, we are all small businesses, and we really can't afford it!"

Hearing this complaint, Zhang Tianyou also felt a trace of embarrassment flash across his face.

"Everyone, I won't let you pay this time. I just want you to hire fewer people and let the wind out..."

"What wind?"

"Come here with your ears..."

On the second day after Zhu Yunxi's No. [-] Spinning Factory opened, there was a rumor circulating in Suzhou City that the emperor's grandson had invented a textile machine that could weave cloth without weavers, and that it could spin yarn automatically. They couldn't go on anymore, so the weavers were fired one after another.

At first, everyone didn't believe it, but after all the workshop bosses said it, they could only believe it.

Then, after several days of deliberation, tens of thousands of weavers in Suzhou City finally gathered in the No. [-] Spinning Factory under the instigation of those who wanted to, and made a big noise to get the No. [-] Spinning Factory out of Suzhou City.

When Zhang Zonglai heard that tens of thousands of people had gathered in the No. [-] Spinning Factory, he was so frightened that he almost strangled himself to death with a rope.

This is a civil uprising!

Once a censor official joins him, his life will not be guaranteed!

"Emperor grandson, you have to help me, don't cause a civil uprising!"

Zhu Yunxie has been sending people to pay close attention to the movement of the No. [-] Spinning Factory. In fact, there has been no serious production in the Spinning Factory these days, but the boiler is burning and the chimney is smoking every day. It's just an illusion of stepping up production.

However, in order to prevent civil uprisings, he still arranged a thousand brocade guards in the No. [-] Spinning Factory and asked them to be responsible for the safety of the spinning factory.

"Old Zhang!"

"Don't worry, everything is under control!"

Zhang Qinglai sat on the chair angrily, although he didn't dare to say anything to complain, his face was full of resentment in his eyes.

During his time with Zhu Yunxi, he could be considered to have figured out the emperor's grandson's temper, and he became a little more courageous.

"The grandson of the emperor, the safety, misfortune and fortune of the whole family of the lower officials are all in your mind."

"If there is a civil uprising in Suzhou City, you, the grandson of the emperor, will be fine, and the magistrate of Suzhou will be the end!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't care about authenticity.

"fine!"

"If the imperial court resigns you, Gu transfers you to Wenhua Palace, and do something else with Gu!"

Zhang Qinglai's depressed mood eased when he heard the emperor's grandson say this.

Although the grade of Wenhua Palace is a bit low, not as high as that of the fifth-rank Suzhou magistrate, but at least he can be regarded as a minister of the hidden mansion, right?

Waiting for the emperor's grandson to ascend the throne in the future, he will have the power of a dragon and directly ascend to the sky in one step.

"Then I would like to thank the grandson of the emperor..."

While the two were chatting, a Jin Yiwei hurried over from outside the door.

"Your Highness, something is wrong, the rioters are attacking our factory!"

Zhu Yunxi scolded on the spot when he heard the words.

"Watch your words!"

"They are all people under my Ming rule, how can they be called rebellious people!"

"That's right, it's the negligence of the humble job. Those weavers are going to attack our factory. Lord Qianhu asked the humble job to ask for instructions. What should we do next?"

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly.

"Hold on first. If anyone dares to rush the door, shoot a few shots into the sky to scare them. If there are still people who dare to rush, just knock down a few."

"Attention, don't kill anyone, try to scare as much as possible!"

"promise!"

After Zhu Yunxi dismissed Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, he picked up the tea cup and rinsed his mouth.

"Let's go!"

"It's time for Gu to go and have a look!"

When Zhang Qinglai heard that the grandson of the emperor was going to risk himself, he opened his arms and blocked the door on the spot.

"Your Highness, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Give me a hint, and I will negotiate with those weavers for you!"

"You must not put yourself in danger. If a mob makes trouble and hurts a hair of your hair, even if I die, I will not be able to explain to His Majesty!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said.

"It's okay!"

"Actually, the demands of the weavers are very simple. They just want a job to support their families."

"Isn't it enough to just give them an errand?"

When Zhang Qing came to see the emperor's grandson speaking so lightly, doubts arose in his heart again.

"Your Highness, don't you want weavers?"

"And there are tens of thousands of people over there, even if you employ people, you can't use so many people, right?"

Zhu Yunxi asked back when he heard the words.

"Who said Gu can't use so much?"

"Don't talk about tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands of weavers can afford it!"

"Hundreds of thousands?"

When Zhang Qinglai heard this number, he was stunned.

Because this question is beyond the outline, it has exceeded his cognition.

There are [-] weavers in Suzhou City, which is already the best in the world, and has become a famous silk holy place at home and abroad.

If there are hundreds of thousands more, what kind of situation will Suzhou City usher in?
Isn't it more prosperous than the imperial capital of Ming Dynasty?
When Zhang Qinglai was shocked, Zhu Yunxi stepped out confidently.

"Zhang Qinglai, Gu's great career has just begun!"

"When Gu's great cause is completed, Da Ming will use the power of one country to fight against the whole world and beat the whole world!"

Zhang Qinglai, who was in a daze, was shocked when he heard this.

Is this still the grandson of the emperor who laughs and laughs all day long and also likes to travel around?
The grandson of the emperor suddenly showed his imperial aura, which shocked people so much!
Although Zhang Qinglai couldn't understand the specific meaning of the emperor's grandson, he still hurriedly chased after him.

"Emperor grandson be careful!"

"To be on the safe side, let the ministers inform the commander of the capital, and let them dispatch three thousand guards to escort them..."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hands when he heard the words.

"Need not!"

"Gu believes in the people of Daming, they won't hurt Gu!"