Of course, business has to be negotiated in the house.

After Dezi got tea, Shi Yiwen told him about the business he was going to discuss.

"Actually, the business I want to discuss is to ask Mr. Liu to help you grow something nearby."

"oh?"

With a light response, Liu Baitao asked.

"I wonder what the young master wants to plant?"

"cotton."

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

These days, he was busy with spinning machines, which are the so-called "mule machines". Because of the production of flints, there were a group of skilled craftsmen and simple machinery in the factory, which made it possible to produce "mule machines". Naturally, the yarn mill was put on the table.

However, at this time, Shi Yiwen found another problem - Northern Zhili does not grow cotton much, and the current main cotton production areas are mainly in Southern Zhili and other places.

“Grow cotton?”

Liu Baitao said in surprise.

"Yes, it's just about growing cotton."

Shi Yiwen nodded and said.

"I want to ask Mr. Liu for help to promote cotton planting near Wanping."

Although someone has sent him to contact Li Long to buy a batch of cotton from Shandong and send it to him, the distance water cannot solve the near thirst. In the future, the cotton mill will eventually use local cotton.

"Why did Mr. Shi grow cotton?"

After asking back, Liu Baitao pondered.

"Did the young master come from Jiangnan? Do you... do you want to spin and weave here?"

Before Shi Yiwen could even wait for Shi Baitao's eyes to lit up.

"Oh, my son is really easy to measure. The northern people are not good at spinning, so they all use Jiangnan cloth. If the young master spins and weaves cloth here, not to mention other places, just one million people in the capital city, and more than one million pieces of cloth are used in a year..."

Then Liu Baitao frowned again and said.

"However, the northerners are not good at spinning, and they are all made of quilts and cotton coats. Even if they are occasionally weaved with cotton thread, the textile is extremely rough. It is probably not that easy for the young master to weave cloth in the north. Unless the young master opens a arts workshop here to teach women to spin..."

Liu Baitao's words made Shi Yiwen open his eyes wide in surprise. What did he say? The northerners are not good at spinning and use Jiangnan cloth all? What does this mean?

"Master Liu said, there is no weaving in the north?"

It was not known that cotton textiles were spread from south to north. During the Ming Dynasty, there were unsized cotton textile industries in the five northern provinces, namely Shandong. For example, in the north Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, only a few prefectures and counties had their own cotton fabrics until the end of the Ming Dynasty, and most prefectures and counties were less than textiles.

Even more than ten years later, when Lu Chong was the governor of Shanxi, he vigorously advocated the development of cotton and hindered the production of the weaving industry and formulated a complete plan. Generally speaking, it was divided into three steps, one was to order the manufacturing of textile machinery for farmer textile cotton yarn. Second, the governments in various places paid silver to purchase 1,000 kilograms of cotton, and distributed it to each household, one kilogram per household, and the spinning was completed within a time limit. If the thread was first damaged and thin, the flower price was not paid as a reward. If the thread was completed within ten days and the thread was slightly thicker.

The cost is exempted from half. Those who have finished spinning and thick threads outside 20 days will be charged all the cost. Those who cannot hinder the completion outside one month will be charged one pound. The third is to organize farmers to weave cloth and send them to other places to learn weaving to weaving for a year. This has taken such effort to make cotton textiles appear in Shanxi.

Shi Yiwen certainly didn't know all this. He even wanted to occupy the market with the production quality and price advantages of mule machines, but he thought that there was no cotton textile industry in the north, at least there was no large-scale cotton textile industry.

Shi Yiwen didn’t even hear clearly how Liu Baitao answered. The saying “Northern people are not good at spinning” flashed in his mind. This is a good thing!

There is no large-scale textile industry in the local area, and it cannot even weave cloth, which means the market is huge, and there is no need to worry about the impact of mechanism yarn on the small peasant economy - because there is no such thing as it is. Moreover, this also means that there is no competition from local traditional forces in the local area.

I'll go!

This is really a good thing.

While Shi Yiwenfu was thinking a lot, Liu Baitao, who was sitting opposite him, saw that he had not spoken for a long time and shouted softly.

"Young Master, your son..."

"Sorry, sorry, I was distracted for a moment. What did Mr. Liu just said?"

"I said, if the young master wanted to spin and weave cloth here, it would probably not work just to find someone to teach the art. After all, the people are not used to weaving cloth..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Yiwen waved his hand and said, just because of his previous present.

"No need. I want to run a yarn mill, which relies on machine spinning, not on thousands of families of women."

“Machine spinning?”

Liu Baitao said in surprise.

"Yes, it's machine spinning. Just like the ironwork in the factory now, it uses hydraulic power to drive the machine. The output of a machine is as high as that of a thousand women's hand-crank spinning wheels."

Shi Yiwen's answer made Liu Baitao open his eyes and said.

"One machine is a top of a machine! My God, if there is such a machine, then that would be really amazing!"

In addition to being surprised, a thought emerged from Liu Baitao's heart.

"Young Master, the people here only need to plant a little cotton in the fields, keep quilts and make cotton coats. I believe the young master must use a lot of cotton in the factory. If the local people do not grow cotton, they are afraid that the cotton will not be available."

"That's why Mr. Liu has to rely on Mr. Liu. If Mr. Liu can convince the people nearby to change to grow cotton, he will definitely thank him."

The people were naturally not relieved when they wanted to change to grow cotton rashly. Thinking of the habits of later generations, Shi Yiwen said again.

"If Mr. Liu is worried, I can sign a contract with the people to ensure that the cotton is purchased at the price when harvesting, and will never ow a penny or a tiny amount."

"Young Master Shi is kind, but there is no need to do this. The Liu family has lived here for generations and is trusted by the people. I ask myself that this thing can be done well, but..."

Staring at Shi Yiwen, Liu Baitao said with a smile.

"Just just now, my brother said he would like to thank him more. I don't think he would give him more thanks. If my brother doesn't dislike him, my brother's family has a young son who is about the same age as my brother. You might as well let him follow me and listen to my brother's teachings often, but I don't know what I think?"

After saying that, Liu Baitao looked at Shi Yiwen with a smile, still looking very smiling.

What is teaching is clearly that it is to see that the business is profitable and want to get involved. Shi Yiwen did not refuse this. When he was a traveling doctor in a village in the city, he knew very well that such a "local" might not be able to help a lot, but if he wanted to make trouble, he could make anyone worry. Besides... there are too many partners, and those who are enlightened will help you! Moreover, the power of an individual is always limited. The power of a group is infinite. When some people want to deal with a person, they always have no scruples, but if they deal with a group, they will be more cautious.

After thinking about it, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Brother Liu, you are polite. In fact, although my factory produces a lot, it has a lot of investment. I wonder if Brother Liu is interested in playing with him?"

Liu Baitao immediately said in surprise when he heard this.
Chapter completed!