What's this?

At least for this moment, Tang Ziqi was indeed stunned.

She looked at Shi Yiwen in confusion. Although she couldn't see Shi Yiwen's expression clearly through the layer of gauze curtain, when she looked at him, her eyes were only confused.

"Lime reacts with large alkali to produce sodium hydroxide, which is the biggest difference between Tuanjie Soap and Tangjia,"

After taking a sip of tea, Shi Yiwen said.

"When you know this recipe, your cost can be reduced by at least 40%! If I'm not mistaken, your current cost should not be less than 15 mins, and it may be even higher."

"You, what do you mean?"

Tang Ziqi said in surprise that she could not understand Shi Yiwen's actions.

"Don't you know that we are competitors. If you give me the soap recipe, you won't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

"Afraid?"

Smiling, Shi Yiwen shook his head and said,

"Miss Tang, I don't care at all. Not to mention the soap formula, it's the formula of mosquito coils, shuttles, and mule machines. Actually, I don't care."

Shi Yiwen, who was still a little drunk, stood up shakingly, feeling a little bored, he walked to the window.

"In the eyes of others, these things are worth ten thousand gold, but in the eyes of Yu Shi, these things are... If I cherish them in my hands, then they are not worth a penny!"

After discovering something was strange, Shi Yiwen got an answer in his heart. It was this answer that made him decide to hand over the recipe to Tang Ziqi. In addition to wanting to borrow Tang Ziqi's hands, there was another more important reason.

A trace of confusion flashed in the eyes behind Shaman, and Tang Ziqi asked anxiously.

"Why is this?"

“Why?”

Shaking his head gently, Shi Yiwen sighed.

"Because Shi set up a factory not to make money, but to the people of the world."

"For the people of the world?"

"Although it is profitable in business, if it is done well, it will be of great benefit to the national economy and people's livelihood. Now Shi's soap factory, mosquito coil factory and oil press factory have no less than hundreds of workers. The factory employs hundreds of people, and can support hundreds of families. But with the help of Shi Yiwen alone, how many factories can be set up and how many workers can be hired? Ten thousand, 20,000? Even if it is 30,000 or 50,000, how can the people in the world be saved?"

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen looked at the prosperous outer city of Nanjing outside the window and said,

"The power of a certain person is limited, but what if he can gather the power of the world? If the technology spreads to the whole country, factories and workers will be opened in various places, how many workers will be hired? How many people in the world can make a living? Hundreds of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Those with a lot of fields cultivate, and those without fields work. In this way, how can the world worry about hunger and cold?"

Actually...this doesn't matter!

Staring at the houses that stretched for more than ten miles outside the window, Shi Yiwen's expression became more and more serious. At the beginning, like many people, he first thought of formula and confidentiality of craftsmanship, and what he thought of was to make huge profits by using technical confidentiality. However, after reading "History of the Industrial Revolution", especially after traveling to Songjiang, another idea emerged in his mind - what would it be if there was only one Jenny machine in the UK?

If James Hargreaves had kept this yarn machine at home in order to enjoy huge profits after inventing the "Jane Machine", and only relied on his family to spin yarn to obtain huge profits, then in what direction would the world develop? Of course, it also includes the flying shuttle.

Without the full popularization of shuttles, there would be no rapid increase in weaving production, there would not lead to a significant increase in demand for yarn, and it would not stimulate the market demand for new yarn machines. Without the technological diffusion of Jenny machines, there would not be later hydroloons. Mule machine technology improvements would not have a surge in cotton yarn production. The surge in cotton yarn production further stimulated the development of looms. The manpower was too slow to change the hydraulic power, and the hydraulic power was limited, so steam was studied...

The Industrial Revolution started with a Jenny machine, but a Jenny machine could not promote the Industrial Revolution! The Industrial Revolution was based on the diffusion of technology and was built on the large-scale application of new technologies by thousands of factories and workshops, thus setting off a revolution.

As early as the Song Dynasty, China said that it had a large water conservancy spinning wheel with dozens of spindles and powered by hydraulic power, but why did it not launch an industrial revolution in China?

Because it has never been promoted. Only one, or a few, dozens of large hydraulic spinning wheels may be used by people in later generations to prove the development of ancient China's science and technology, but there is no meaning other than that. Technology innovation is of great importance to improving production efficiency, but technology promotion is more important. GM is a large-scale, GM is the whole people, and GM involves everyone. Only when new technologies are applied on a large scale and a large scale can real technological changes be launched and industrial revolutions can arise. More importantly, in this revolution, two groups will be born - emerging industrial and commercial capitalists and workers.

The emerging emerging industrial and commercial capitalists will demand power from traditional forces, and their factories will absorb a large amount of social surplus labor. The emergence of a large number of workers will further prosper the market and promote the development of the citizens...

The entire society is developing in an irreversible direction in this change - the Industrial Revolution.

But if Shi Yiwen kept all his technology deep in his own home and tried every means to keep it confidential in order to seek the huge profit monopoly brought by technological progress?

Or individuals will make huge profits, but to society, it has no meaning. Technical monopoly cannot promote the expansion of the emerging industrial and commercial capital class. Even Shi Yiwen owns one or hundreds or thousands of factories, but is just a single individual, rather than a huge group involving all aspects of society!

In the end, whether it is a shuttle or a yarn machine, it is very likely that it will disappear into the long river of history like a large hydraulic spinning wheel or be used in some areas. It is just for future generations to find ancient science and technology in history books, leading a certain country for many years. Foreign races will still enslave this country, and foreign ships and cannons will still knock on the door...

If it were an ordinary woman, she might have been impressed by Shi Yiwen's words, but Tang Ziqi looked at the recipe on the paper and asked back.

"Since the young master is so concerned about the world, why do you insist on keeping the recipe secret in the future, but today you are so generous?"

"When you are doing business, keeping confidentiality for a while is profitable. Since the profit has been obtained today, you can show your secrets to others. Of course, this is not for nothing. After all, technology transfer... also requires money! Besides, if I had not obtained a lot of benefits first, how could Miss Tang follow up on the factory?"

After saying that, Shi Yiwen sat down again, then picked up the teacup and looked out the window silently. If he had only had a vague consciousness about the future before that, then now, he had a clear plan for the future.

"It seems that this soap matter has nothing to do with the young master."

Shi Yiwen smiled and didn't say anything.

"This young master has such great ambitions. I don't have talent, so I want to thank Mr. Shi for the people of the world."

After getting up and saying goodbye, Tang Ziqi's eyes at him also changed.

"Young Master, you are not curious, who did this?"

“It doesn’t matter.”

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Now that you have this recipe, you can produce soap in Beizhili at a lower price. As for others... you can lose for a while, but how can you lose for a lifetime? You will eventually hit yourself in the foot, as for who..."

Shi Yiwen said as he stood up and left.
Chapter completed!