Red Mansion: I relied on the AFK system to create a dynasty

Chapter 139 Textile Machines and Shipping

In fact, there used to be such a multi-spindle spinning machine in China, which was about 6 meters long and 1.5 meters wide. It could spin 32 yarns at the same time. Driven by human or animal power, it could spin nearly 120 kilograms of cotton yarn in a day.

However, due to the war and the preservation of broomsticks, the technology has been lost.

What Cen Mingche has to do now is to provide a basic drawing and let Zhong Zhou restore it.

At the same time, water conservancy textile mills were built to use the synergy of water conservancy and artificial intelligence to produce more cloth.

As for how to use so much cloth...

Now there is sea shipping.

It's just that because of the large number of pirates and bandits on the sea, the country has implemented a sea ban.

What Cen Mingche has to do is to lift the sea ban.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry was ordered to build large ships for shipping.

Although it is relatively expensive, a large part of it comes from his private treasury.

After all, if you hang up the system, you will make money if you hang up.

Moreover, it’s not like this money cannot be repaid.

Cen Mingche handed over the matter of coastal defense to Liu Bohong, Duke Li of the State.

After all, he comes from a military family. Although he has never been in charge of the navy, he can be regarded as a family member in leading troops, and he is trustworthy.

Ability is [-]%, loyalty is [-]%, and overall, it is [-]%.

The keel of the previous sea-going ship is still there. It can still be used after some modifications and repairs, and the newly developed cannons are installed.

That's enough for now.

However, an old minister of the Supreme Emperor had been in charge of Haiphong before.

Prince of Nan'an County.

Yes, that's right, it was the Prince of Nan'an County who lost the battle and was reluctant to use his own daughter for marriage, so he recognized Tanchun as his daughter from the Jia family and gave her to her for marriage.

Cen Mingche could not directly replace people, so the training of the new navy could only be carried out secretly.

In other words, they, who are serious marines, are going to be pirates.

Specialized in robbing Nan'an County Prince.

Things progressed in such an orderly manner.

In the Jiangnan area, there are many aristocratic families and clans are entrenched.

What they relied on was the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, abundant grain production, as well as silk weaving and salt fields.

Cen Mingche wanted to smash all of these to pieces from the root.

Is Jiangnan’s grain output high?

Southern Fujian also produces a lot of grain, and with new species, the north can still produce a lot of grain.

Is Jiangnan silk weaving developed?

Then use advanced looms to hit the market and produce a large amount of cheap cloth, which can not only be sold domestically, but also exported.

As for the saltworks…

As soon as the new salt-drying method came out, salt production increased rapidly.

I don’t know how many salt merchants will lose their jobs because of this.

The economic center of gravity cannot be placed in just one place.

As for those aristocratic families, especially the so-called four major families, and the Zhen family...

Their lifespan, together with Cen Mingche's good father, has entered a countdown.

But now, he still needs to support them to satisfy the Supreme Emperor's desire for power and make the Supreme Emperor feel that the power is still in his hands.

Although there are four major families in Jinling, in fact, the best one with the Jia family is the Zhen family.

After all, the two families have a relationship where they can save money for each other.

But in fact, this approach is hardly smart.

Because he kept his family's money in his family friend's house, it was obviously to guard against the emperor's behavior, for fear that his house would be raided one day.

Not trusting the emperor is disloyal in the final analysis.

Feudal emperors were so unreasonable.

I can distrust you, but you can't distrust me.

Cen Mingche closed the memorial in his hand.

"Should all water conservancy and textile factories recruit female workers, not male workers? After all..."

A mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"Men still have to farm. This world is still based on farming."

This sentence was exactly what the ministers who opposed the establishment of textile factories said.

"The main task of a textile factory is to weave. Men farm and women weave. This has been natural law since ancient times, right?"

"In that case, let women work in textile factories."

"No matter what, let me open the factory first."

Cen Mingche sneered.

"Just do it."

These old stubborn.

Still trying to block his way.

Okay, didn’t you say that men farm and women weave?

Then let the men plow the fields and the women weave in the factories!

What?You say women shouldn’t be exposed?

It's okay, the factory is full of women!No one dares to let the man in!Not counting the publicity!

As for factory management, women are employed from top to bottom.

For example, the old maid released from the palace.

If a palace maid misses the opportunity to leave the palace at the age of 25, it will not be so easy to leave the palace in the future. Some people can only stay at the bottom of the palace for the rest of their lives.

There are also some who left the palace at the age of 25, only to have their blood sucked by their family members, and were finally sold at a good price.

Now, Cen Mingche asked them all to work in the textile factory.

The older ones don't have to work on the front line, mainly in management positions.

The palace maids who can live to the age of leaving the palace basically have some ability in them.

There are those who can manage accounts, and there are those who specialize in warehouse management...

If nothing else, he is a good person in managing people.

In this way, from top to bottom, the entire factory is filled with women.

This time the mouths of those stubborn old men were finally shut.

In addition, it also solves the problem of difficulty in recruiting workers.

Don't think that poor families care about their girls' reputation.

You can sell your daughter to someone else, why do you care about your reputation?

They only care about money.

At first, no one dared to apply.

Cen Mingche ordered to buy someone back.

A total of 100 girls were bought, all of them were skinny and shriveled girls from poor families, and they didn't spend a total of [-] taels of silver.

Not as valuable as a tea cup that Cen Mingche usually drinks from.

The old grandma looked at it, brushed it with a brush in hot water, and shaved all the hair to prevent lice.

All of them turned into red hairless monkeys.

Then they are given two sets of work clothes and receive unified training. Basically, within a month or two, they can use the loom.

The factory assembly line has low technical content and is mainly hard work.

The wages are not high. Now they are all ordinary workers, earning only fifty cents a month.

But at least it gives these girls a clean way to live.

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