The equipment of the cotton mill can be increased at any time and the power can be increased at any time.

However, these are not the most urgent matters. After all, all this is something Shi Yiwen can master, what cannot master?

raw material!

Spinning requires a lot of cotton. Unlike Jiangnan, where cotton is commonly grown, the northern cotton is only planted in the fields, which cannot meet the needs of industrial production at all. It is precisely because of this that Shi Yiwen asked Liu Baitao and others to promote the cultivation of cotton in Wanping, and even used the cotton seeds in the space to cultivate good varieties in his own farm.

But far water cannot solve the immediate thirst. The cotton needed for production is all bought by Shi Yiwen from Li Long.

Spring goes and summer comes.

When I met Li Long again, it was already early summer.

After being simple and polite, Li Long didn't say anything for a long time when facing Shi Yiwen's request. During this period, he even took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and drink it himself.

After a long time, Li Long looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Actually, even if you don't say something, I still have to say something. You know, I'm from Weitang."

Li Long shook his head and said with a helpless sigh.

"The Weitang yarn that cannot be collected and the Songjiang cloth that cannot be bought. There will always be cause and effect in this yarn and cloth. The Li family started with cotton. Without Weitang, there will be no Li family..."

Before Li Long finished speaking, Shi Yiwen spoke directly.

"What if I promise to buy no less than 500,000 taxes from you every year in the next five years?"

Five hundred thousand tannes!

This is a big order of 500,000 taels of silver. Shi Yiwen believes that anyone will be moved by it. Although it is not enough to use 500,000 tons now, cotton can be stored.

But Li Long didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Yiwen quietly, and said for a moment.

"It seems that Zhiyuan is really going to do something big in the capital."

Originally, Li Long didn't think there would be any profit to spin in Beijing. After all, it is well known that the northerners are not good at textiles. But unexpectedly, Shi Yiwen did not spin artificially, but machine spinning. The yarns spinned can be thick or thin, and the quality is far higher than Weitang yarn.

Five hundred thousand pounds of cotton!

So much cotton can you spin!

This year is 500,000 dan. What will happen in the future? I am afraid that there will only be more and more. What should the villagers in Weitang do then?

"When you have nothing to do, you always have to find something to do. I wonder what Brother Li thinks?"

Shi Yiwen asked with a smile, and when he saw that Li Long didn't say anything, he continued.

"Actually, since I met Brother Li, I have always been a happy cooperation. If Brother Li refuses, I have nothing to say. At that time, I can only find another clever one, 500,000 dan..."

Staring at Li Long, Shi Yiwen threw out another killer weapon.

"Maybe there is no business in Beijing that can guarantee that it can supply so much cotton, but if this business is spread, someone will definitely come to you. If one doesn't work, you can subcontract ten, twenty, and thirty people. One is not too much for a hundred thousand, and a few hundred are not too little. There will always be ways. The profit will be the trend. I think as long as it is a business that makes money, there will always be someone doing it. What do you think?"

Rather than saying the truth, the meaning in the words is already a threat, but Shi Yiwen's tone is very plain, just telling a fact lightly - the fact is that Li Long can replace it.

"Zhiyuan Gaoming..."

After pursing his lips, Li Long looked at Shi Yiwen and sighed, then said.

"But, I'm from Weitang anyway. I can't let the villagers point at my back and scold me."

Shaking his head, Li Long chose to refuse.

This was completely out of Shi Yiwen's intention. Looking at Li Long, Shi Yiwen bowed and said.

"Since Brother Li insists, I don't want to force it."

Although he did not reach an agreement with Li Long on cotton, unexpectedly, Li Long still agreed to sell the 50,000 dan of cotton he stored in Shandong to Shi Yiwen. According to him, this is a favor. The favor he owed to the oil press factory at the time was always repaid.

Shi Yiwen did not refuse this. While smiling, he felt relieved again. He said 50,000 loads of cotton, saying that it was not too much or too little, which was almost enough to last until the day when the local cotton came down.

However, just when Shi Yiwen wanted to instruct Liu Yu to contact local businessmen in the capital, someone came to the door.

"Who are you……"

"The villain Tangshan is a member of the Tang family in Jinling, and the "Xindacheng" in the capital was hosted by the villain."

Standing in front of Shi Yiwen with his waist, Tangshan said with a smile.

"Jinling Tang Family, who is Miss Tang?"

"Miss Second Miss is the head of the little family."

Tangshan's answer made Shi Yiwen smile, and he understood his identity.

"I wonder why Manager Tang came to visit him?"

Looking at Tangshan in his fifties, he looked like a clerk, but who would have thought that the clerk was a slave of the Tang family. In fact, during this period, because of his frequent contact with the Duke of England, he also knew that the wealthy families often had their business dealers, and rarely came out directly.

It seems that the Tang family is the same, and the Song family... When thinking of the Song family, Shi Yiwen frowned slightly.

"I want to discuss business with the young master."

Tangshan had a smile on his face.

"I heard that the young master set up a yarn mill by the Lugou River. This is not "Xindacheng" and has always had contacts with Shandong. He is still familiar with the cotton business. He collected tens of thousands of dans of cotton in Shandong a few days ago. I wonder if the young master is interested."

Shi Yiwen couldn't help but say Tangshan's words after listening to them.

"I'm so interested. I don't know where this cotton is?"

Tens of thousands of dan!

With the extra tens of thousands of dans, the yarn mill can continue to expand. As for the weaving factory, it can also bring in the Duke of England and the nobles of the capital. The most important thing now is the group of charity. Why did the British industrial revolution succeed?

Isn’t it because of the Industrial Revolution that promoted the rise of industrial and commercial capitalists?

Shi Yiwen didn't care whether there was a germination of capitalism in Jiangnan. His only concern was that a group must be formed as soon as possible to restrict the Jiangnan gentry group. Although scholars and officials in Beizhili and other places must be fought for, the nobles can also be fought for. After all, for many years, the nobles have been suppressed by the civil service group and lost their temper.

Compared to Jiangnan... the power on his side is too weak.

"Just in the capital, the lady specially ordered the young man to transport it to the capital after collecting cotton in Shandong."

As soon as he spoke, Tangshan carried the second lady out. His words made Shi Yiwen stunned and said in surprise.

"Ms. Tang is in the capital?"

"Ah, Miss is in Nanjing."

Tangshan smiled and then said.

"In the future, the young master will have any use to go to the place where he is. Just send someone to order. If there is no other order, the young master will not disturb him."
Chapter completed!