After the caravan set sail, Shang Yi rushed to the New Silk Road Silk Factory in Suzhou to participate in an epoch-making moment - the steam engine developed by Shang Yi will be officially put into actual production and application, and China's handicraft industry has also taken an important step towards mechanized production.

Since the silk-raw war, Shang Yi has basically not been involved in the silk factory, because the new Silk Road Silk Factory has entered a good operating track, and the original factory director is also Shang Yi's brother-in-law. Lin Xusheng has been promoted to the president of the Silk Association, and Lin Chen took over the role of the silk factory. Shang Yi did not want to interfere too much in the operation of the silk factory, and Shang Yi was indeed not free. However, introducing the steam engine into the silk weaving industry was the result of Shang Yi's persistence.

During this period, after the unremitting efforts of Song Yingxing and others, not only did they build steam engines that were completely inferior to the Nuremberg era, but they finally successfully transformed two ordinary silk looms into being used on steam engines. After repeated tests and operation, everything was very intact. Shang Yi immediately ordered that the New Silk Road Silk Factory immediately customize twenty steam engines, and the first batch of ten steam engines had been shipped to Suzhou, and are undergoing modification, docking and debugging on site.

Now almost everything is ready and can only be turned on. As the initiator and decision-maker of the steam engine, Shang Yi must be present in person to witness this great moment in history.

On March 15, many people came to the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory in Suzhou, most of whom were people in the Zhejiang silk industry, and there were also many other textile-related industries. They all received invitations from the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory.

Although in the invitation letter, I did not say what the whole thing is, but I just said that I would witness an important moment in the development of the silk industry. This is enough to arouse people's curiosity, because the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory not only has a deep background, but also is the leader in the industry. In addition, in the Zhejiang market, I have not relied on Shangyi's power to monopolize the silk industry. On the contrary, I have done a lot of useful things to standardize the internal standards, management and development of the silk industry. In addition, Shangyi has vigorously developed foreign trade, so I have lived a very good life in silk business and related industries in recent years.

Then the Xin Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory will never be aimless when sending such an invitation letter. What's more, it also stated on the invitation letter that Shang Yi will personally participate in this moment. Therefore, as long as you receive the invitation, you will not miss it. Many people even came from other places.

At the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory, many people were very curious and asked about the acquaintances they knew in the factory what was going on. But in order to achieve a sensational effect, since they were from the weaving factory, they didn’t know much. The steam engine was assembled and debugged on site, and they were carried out in a separate factory building.

In addition to a few senior executives and the weavers involved, even a few shareholders didn't know the situation. They just knew that they wanted to weave silk with steam engines. But no one understood what the steam engine was and how steam weave silk. Even some people were confused about whether it was a steam engine, a steam ji, or a true qi ji. Therefore, there were only many people saying that there were all speculations.

Of course, it is impossible to keep it completely confidential when debugging in a silk factory. Two workers secretly looked at it because of their curiosity. However, one was that they didn't look carefully, and the other was that their expression ability was limited. Therefore, they only said that they saw steam everywhere and smoke everywhere. Then the loom started to do it by themselves, and they pointed and gestured for a long time, but the listeners still didn't understand what was going on. It was just that there was a little more mysterious.

Shang Yi was in the lounge of the silk factory, looking at the people outside who were talking nonsense, and knew that everyone's appetite was full of urgency. At this time, Song Yingxing also came out of the factory and said, "Sir, you have all been ready and you can start."

Shang Yi nodded and said to Lin Chen: "Let's start."

Lin Chen nodded, immediately walked out of the lounge and came to the lobby outside. When other guests saw him appear, they knew that it was about to start, so they all became quiet. Lin Chen said: "Dear bosses and shopkeepers, today we came to our new Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory to let everyone see a brand new silk loom, and now it will start soon. Please wait a while before entering the factory, do not crowd or touch mo at will, so as not to burn your hands."

As the factory opened, Lin Chen also walked into the factory with everyone. At this time, in the factory, a guardrail was divided into two parts. In the guardrail, there were ten steam engines and looms. The spinning wheels were all prepared, including seven steam engines connected to the loom, three connected to the spinning wheels, and one steam engine drove two looms and four spinning wheels. In front of each loom and spinning wheel, there was a worker sitting there, and next to each steam engine, there were two staff members, and there were also stoves, coal and water placed next to it, making the whole room look steamy and full of the smell of water vapor.

However, what Lin Chen said just now was similar to the news that everyone received in advance, and it did not dispel everyone's curiosity much. Therefore, after entering the factory, many people were indeed attracted by the strange shape of the steam engine. They immediately came to the guardrail to carefully observe the legendary steam engine. They pointed and discussed it. How did they weave silk?

At this time, Shang Yi entered the factory from another Mén. In addition to Song Yingxing, he also brought three painters, No. 2 Middle School and One Foreigner. After coming in, they immediately set up easels and prepared brushes. It was obvious that Shang Yi was planning to record the moment of history with a brush. When everyone watching the steam engine saw Shang Yi coming out, they hurried over and greeted Shang Yi.

Shang Yi also hugged his hands, saluted everyone, then raised his hands, signaling everyone to calm down, and said, "Everyone, maybe you don't know yet, what you see later will be, history will always remember this moment, and you will all be witnesses of this moment." He turned to Song Yingxing and said, "Mr. Song, let's start."

Song Yingxing agreed and immediately walked into the guardrail to arrange it. Shang Yi turned to everyone again, imitating the appearance of a magician in later generations, and said, "Everyone, here is the time to witness the miracle."

Song Yingxing ordered the staff to put the stove into the steam engine's fire, then add coal and blow the air to urge the fire. In fact, the water tank of the steam engine was filled with hot water, so it quickly reached the boiling point. The piston in the water tank was pushed by the steam and immediately began to move up and down, and drove the rotor, which began to rotate in a "squeaky and silence".

And among the crowd watching, a burst of amazement immediately caused.

Soon, the ten-lift steam machine began to rotate. After the staff waited for the rotation speed of the wheel to stabilize, they immediately connected the conveyor rod hanging on the wheel to each loom. As the rotation of the wheel, only the "clang" sound was heard. The spinning wheel "gulu, Gulu" turned, and the looms started to run one by one. The spinning worker began to offline, and the weaver immediately picked up the flying edge and shuttled back and forth on the loom. Many of them shouted again: "Look, move, move, move. It really moved."

With the sound of the loom collision, the people watching were still talking and laughing at first, and they thought it was very fun. Although the loom did not really work automatically, it was indeed driven by the steam engine. But after each loom entered a stable direction, the sound of talking and laughing gradually decreased. Instead, it was shocked and sighed. Many people came to the fence again, regardless of the heat, stretched their necks to watch inside. This time, it was no longer a strange view, but a careful observation of the steam engine and how the transformed loom was running.

Most of the people present were in the silk industry, and the others were in the textile industry. The principles of weaving silk and weaving cloth were similar, and the tools were similar. Although the people present did not need to do it themselves, they were definitely not unfamiliar with it.

Although, as Shang Yi said, no one who came knew that what happened today was indeed a matter that would be recorded in history and was not necessarily a big book, and this did not prevent them from measuring and judging the value brought by introducing steam engines into the silk silk industry.

Judging from the current situation, the result is very obvious. Driven by the steam engine, the modified loom can indeed automatically change careers, while the weaver only needs to pay responsibilities to make the flying edges. Moreover, from the perspective of movement, it is indeed much faster than pure manual, and it also saves much effort.

The traditional weaving method seems simple, but it is actually a very physically exhausting job. In order to ensure the continuous work, weavers generally need to rest for a short time after working for about an hour before continuing to work. Some workshops use two shifts of workers to weave fabrics in a rotation manner to ensure that the loom is fully utilized, but this requires double the wages.

In the current situation, if a steam engine can run smoothly for a whole day, then it is perfectly competent to use only one weaver. Therefore, it can greatly save manpower, of course, that is, cost savings.

Therefore, some people also began to calculate how much efficiency can be improved and how much value can be created using a steam engine. Some people also asked Song Yingxing about the price of the steam engine, the coal consumed, the cost of modifying the loom, etc. At this point, every businessman was naturally sensitive to profits. The ancients were not necessarily much worse than modern people. Soon the factory was filled with various sounds.
Chapter completed!