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104 Raising money (5)

After a while, when she put the spunted yarn on, Zhu Youlang's face showed unconcealed joy.????? w        w.

After holding the cotton yarn in his hand and taking a few glances, he said with satisfaction: "The thickness is even, tough and firm, and it is the best cotton yarn." Everyone beside him was happy to hear this.

The new spinning wheel was successfully manufactured, and Zhu Youlang was in a very good mood.

"Thank you so hard these days. Don't worry, I will not treat those who have made meritorious." He glanced at everyone beside him and continued with a smile: "This time, Zhao and Liu Dajiang are the best in their meritorious work. Now they are given 100 taels of silver and 30 pieces of Songjiang cloth! The other meritorious people each give 10 taels of silver and 3 pieces of Songjiang cloth!"

"Thank you for your reward." Everyone kowtowed loudly and kowtowed.

Zhao and Liu Dajiang were extremely surprised to receive such a great reward, but he did not expect that His Majesty would be so generous in rewarding him.

The others were also very happy to receive the reward. Of course, they were more envious of Zhao and Liu, and they regretted that if they had a little brain and a more sophisticated carpentry skills at that time, they might have been able to win a huge reward of 100 taels of silver.

After the reward, Zhu Youlang's face suddenly turned serious. He said in a deep voice: "The function and manufacturing process of this spinning wheel must be strictly kept confidential and must not be disclosed to the outside world. If anyone leaks the secret, don't blame me for not being merciless and killing me by mercy!"

When everyone heard this, they felt a stern and gradually understood the powerful relationship. They knew how much impact the emergence of this new spinning machine would have on the market.

Fortunately, they are all considered the emperor's imperial craftsmen at this moment, and their relationship with the royal family is both prosperous and full of losses. Judging from the generous rewards this time, we know that the emperor is not a stingy person. If the royal family makes a lot of money from this in the future, they will definitely not lose their benefits, so everyone has no bad intentions.

At this moment, under Zhu Youlang's murderous warning, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, and quickly responded.

Seeing everyone remembering his words, Zhu Youlang smiled with satisfaction.

After leaving the woodworking workshop, he had already begun to estimate in his mind how much income he would bring to himself if he opened a textile workshop in Lindu Craftsman Camp.

With this new spinning wheel, if the textile workers are skillful in operating, not only can the spinning degree be increased several times, but the quality is also excellent, and human participation can be reduced. One person can be at least four people, greatly reducing labor costs.

If we can improve it in the future, we may be able to place eight spindles or even more than a dozen spindles vertically at the same time. If we can combine the water-to-large spinning wheel with the current new hand-crank spinning wheel to create a larger spinning machine with higher efficiency, it is estimated that the spinning will be faster. Maybe it will be fine to put thirty or forty spindles, and cotton, wool, and linen can be spinned.

Another important significance of the improvement of spinning machines is that Zhu Youlang can develop cotton cloth trade. Later British trade with India was a typical example of capitalism's development of feudal markets. Because the new spinning woven fabrics are low, the Indian country cloth lost its market, while foreign cloth opened up the situation in one fell swoop. This trade profit is relatively low, but it is very stable, and it is a major source of wealth for British Indian companies.

On the market, a pound of cotton yarn is priced at about one or five cents. Compared with the southeastern region where the cotton textile industry is built, the price is relatively high. Guangxi is remote and people live in difficult life. Such a high price has led to most poor people not being able to afford a few cotton coats in their entire lives.

Compared with cotton yarn, the price of linen is much lower. A pound of linen is about six cents, less than half of the cotton yarn. The linen made of woven is relatively cheap, so linen is the choice of most poor people.

If Zhu Youlang uses this new spinning wheel to spin cotton yarn or linen yarn, the cost will become very low. Even if you buy a pound of cotton yarn, you will probably make a lot of money. If you use textile linen yarn, you may be able to make a profit by selling three or four cents per kilogram.

However, given the turbulent current situation and frequent wars, the cotton cloth trade market in the south will definitely be greatly affected. Zhu Youlang feels that domestic sales alone may not make much money in the end, but it is better to do domestic sales and exports together. When he thinks of exports, Zhu Youlang roughly listed some countries that can be exported now.

1. Close to Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou Annan, Siam and Myanmar, these three countries are relatively convenient and safest to export, and do not need to travel long distances.

2. India's Asano-3 can learn the practices of the British in the future. However, to go to India now, you must first pass the Strait of Malacca, which is still the world of the Dutch. As the number one slander in the world at this time, the Dutch almost monopolized all the bulk trade at sea.

The main export trade contents include sugar, deer skin, venison, antlers, vine, rice, and transportation trade contents include Dutch metals, medicinal materials, Batavian spices, pepper, amber, linen, cotton, opium, tin, lead, Chinese silk fabrics, pottery, gold, etc., most of them are transferred by Dutch merchants and sold by Dutch merchants. However, most of these traitors have the profession of pirates, and they have to be prepared to be robbed at all times when doing business with them.

A few days ago, because Zheng Zhilong, the "Fuhai King" was imprisoned by the Qing Dynasty, and his troops were divided into pieces. There is a vacuum of force in the South Ocean waters. All parties are competing for the position of the overlord of the South Ocean. Now the South Ocean is very chaotic, with pirates gathering in groups and the components are very complicated. Not only the Dutch, but also the Spaniards, British, Portuguese, and even pirates from Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, and the sea merchants.

3. Japan, North Korea, etc., Japan can be said to be a silver island floating on the sea. It would be too sorry for the identity of the time traveler if you don’t find a way to plunder their silver. Besides, Japan is not far from the Ming Dynasty. Although it is in the era of the Tokugawa Shogunate’s closing country, it has been traded with the Ming Dynasty. However, it is not that simple to think that Japan has a share of the pie. Although Zheng Zhilong’s pirate group has disintegrated, there are still some remaining troops. His son Zheng Sen and Longwu named it “Zhu Chenggong” and did not join the Qing Dynasty. At this moment, he was leading his father’s remaining troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Kinmen, Xiamen, Nan'ao Island and other places in Fujian with the advantage of naval battles.

Zhu Chenggong's troops have always respected Longwu. Until now, they have not yet recognized the orthodox Yongli, and naturally there is no unity between the monarch and the ministers. If Zhu Youlang wants to send sea ships north to Japan to get a share of the trade, he must deal with them first. After all, Zhu Chenggong also relies on the East-West trade to support the army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Once the two sides have a dispute over interests, it is not easy to make concessions on the other side. Moreover, let alone the remaining troops of the Zheng family along the coast of Fujian, the Japanese pirates in Japan and the Dutch garrison in Taiwan are not a fuel-efficient lamp. If you want to seize food from the Dutch traitor, you may have to have some battle at that time.
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