Participation?

What a joke!

Any industry has its leader. For Shi Yiwen, all he needs is to grasp the core. What is the core of the textile industry? It is spinning!

Without yarn, cloth cannot be woven. Of course, without the weaving industry, the yarn spun is naturally useless waste. The two complement each other, but... the profit of spinning is much higher than that of weaving. After all, weaving is a labor-intensive industry.

Even hundreds of years later, before the liberation, domestic industrialists also focused on yarn and neglected cloth, and there was even a saying that "failure in cloth" was that cheap yarn produced by the yarn mills actually promoted the development of local cloth. The local cloth in Gaoyang, Zhouzhuang and other places benefited from this.

Now, although weaving is still profitable, it is far less than spinning.

Eating alone can’t be fat, and it can even be fatal!

Releasing some scattered "small transactions" can not only strengthen itself, but also promote a group. Why is the Jiangnan Gentleman Group strong? Because they have never been one person, but a group.

The power of an individual is limited, but the power of a group is infinite.

The fundamental core of the growth of modern enterprises is to focus on the big and let go of the small. By appropriate support, establishing a group of downstream enterprises that depend on leading enterprises to survive is the foundation for the rapid development of the group. After all, individual financial and manpower are limited.

Local "rich" like the Liu family is exactly what Shi Yiwen needs. Since he has found the door, he should not miss it.

"What uncle meant is to let our family set up a weaving factory?"

What does it feel like to be called uncle by someone older than you? Others Shi Yiwen doesn't know, but when Liu Yiming called him uncle, he responded with a smile.

How many years older than yourself...what is it?

"Yes, the yarn spun here always needs to be weaved into cloth. If there is a yarn mill, there will naturally be a cloth factory. Otherwise, the yarn will be useless."

Looking at Liu Yiming standing in front of him, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Besides, compared to spinning, this weaving is easier. In this way, I will ask someone to invite a few weavers from Songjiang to teach you how to weave cloth. Step by step, weave flat cloth first, and then weave twill cloth. In the future, it can also dye cloth, monochrome cloth, and floral cloth. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."

I was anxious and couldn't eat hot tofu. When the Liu family father and son invited the people to grow cotton while busy setting up a weaving factory, new problems were placed in front of Shi Yiwen.

"You mean these parts are not qualified?"

Looking at the parts in front of you, these parts are all parts of flint-fire strike. Even with the naked eye, you can see that these parts have slight deformation.

Although this is a factory, Shi Yiwen did not have much expectations for this factory. Except for the barrel of the gun is powered by hydraulic power and the iron is powered by hydraulic power, most of the production is manually operated and mechanical operation is very rare. Although there are simple lathes in the factory, for smoothbore flintlock rifles, these equipment is enough to meet its production. After all, in another time and space, the French arsenal relied on a group of blacksmiths and carpenters to manufacture more than 7 million Type 1777 rifles. After all, there is no slight error for flintlock rifles.

Sun Zedong said with a bow.

"Young Master, look, this movement is too soft, but after just trying it dozens of times, the bayonet was a little deformed. It must be because I didn't take it seriously when quenching."

Looking at the slightly modified bayonet, Shi Yiwen once again examined the flintlock machine. This flintlock machine completely referenced the composition of the 1777 rifle. There were only a dozen parts in total. These parts were made by blacksmiths and did not require much manufacturing accuracy. What affected the quality was nothing more than the proficiency of the craftsman.

"If I remember correctly, when we make these parts in our factory, it is all made by the master. Will the apprentice start?"

Putting down the flintlock machine, Shi Yiwen asked.

"Yes, the boss has all the rules."

In the workshop, the apprentice learns under the oral teaching of the master, focusing on the teaching of experience and mastering skills. The spread of skills can only be expanded within a small range. The disadvantage of this teaching is also obvious, that is, the skilled craftsman and quality cannot meet the needs of expanding production.

"A flintlock machine like this is made by a master with his son or apprentice at one time, right?"

The answer is of course yes. After all, flintlock machines still have requirements for the coordination of components. They all adjust them based on the moulded parts. Each flintlock machine looks the same, but the actual size varies greatly. There is no way to do this, after all, they are all hand-made.

Shi Yiwen couldn't even think about the division of labor production. Unless he made dozens of machine tools out of the space, it would be a delusion. The premise of division of labor production is precision machine tools and measuring tools. In the past few decades, Whitney, the British man made 0.001-inch micrometers for tables, and a series of measuring tools and machine tools have also been used. Without a certain accumulation of technology, division of labor production and mutual exchange are just a matter of discussion.

But it is not necessarily the case. After getting the affirmative answer, Shi Yiwen looked at the parts and said.

"If that's right, our craftsmen must have experienced and nonsense. Look, can we change these parts into cast iron..."

Pointing at the flintlock receiver, rain cover and other parts, Shi Yiwen looked at Sun Zedong and asked.

"Iron replaces steel" Almost any engineering student knows that this is a Chinese characteristic of a special period. It uses cast iron parts to replace machine-added steel parts and is widely used in various mechanical equipment. Although its life has been reduced, it is available in most places. For example, the gears of rock loaders and motor axles can be used with cast iron parts, let alone flintlock parts. Of course, the cast iron of this era is definitely not as good as alloy cast iron in another time and space, but what to replace is only cooked iron.

Sometimes, what we lack is just an idea. Just like a water mill wrought iron, the Chinese people who invented the water mill for thousands of years almost never thought of using it to wrought iron.

"Changed into iron?"

"Yes, I think some parts don't have to be made of cooked iron, and it's OK to cast them with iron..."

"But, boss, the things made of cast iron are too brittle. The spring is so strong. Can this be done?"

"Then just deal with it."

The so-called treatment is actually the toughening treatment of cast iron. The white-mouth cast iron is annealed and toughened to increase the toughness of cast iron, so that the castings can be cut and added. The toughening technology of cast iron is not complicated, it is just a matter of adding a smolder furnace in the factory.

However, before this, standard parts need to be made and then used as molds to turn the required parts. The molds are made of wood. In the end, Carpenter Chen used his expert skills to make a slightly thicker wooden flintlock machine parts from pine wood.

When turning the mold, Shi Yiwen directly chose the sand mold. This is not because there is excellent quality river sand beside the Lugou River, but because compared to the long dryness required for mud casting, sand mold casting does not require waiting, and can be cast as soon as possible, which is simple and fast.

However, even such a simple technique still made Zhang Sixi and others, who have been a blacksmith all their lives, say.

"Use sand to cast things? Is this possible?"

Obviously, for them, they don’t believe that sand can be used to make things.

Shi Yiwen did not defend himself, but instead ordered the workers to prepare for sand moldings. Sometimes the explanation was far less convincing than actual operation.

The technique of sand mold casting is very simple, it is just a matter of mixing raw materials such as river sand and sawdust. After making the sand mold, he watched Zhang Sixi and others pour the iron into the casting hole. After a while, when the sand mold was crushed and the hot castings fell down, Shi Yiwen only heard a sound of surprise around him.

"This, this sand can really be a model!"

"No, this is too fast. I used to use mud, and I had to do it for a few months..."

"Look, good guy, there is no trachoma on it..."

Listening to everyone's surprise, Shi Yiwen looked at Zhang Sixi and asked,

"How about it, look at how these things are cast?"

"Young Master Gao Ming, little, little has nothing to say!"

Now Zhang Sixi was really convinced. When he was surprised, he followed the instructions from his boss.
Chapter completed!