After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 141 Water-Powered Spinning Machine

The three people on the field were suddenly shocked.

It was only at this time that I remembered that Shen Tang was a county marquis.

Several people were excited when they heard Shen Tang say:

"But the emperor's response is still unclear."

But judging by the time, the news should come in the next few days.

"Marquis, we two brothers are two brothers who are begging for a living here at Qingshan Wharf.

I don't have any special abilities, I'm just a little braver than others."

The person who spoke was Wu Youcai, the head of the Wu family, and sitting next to him was Liu Gaoyuan, the head of the Liu family.

Although the Wu and Liu families are both engaged in river business, they are not competitors like others.

The two families are relatives and got married a few years ago.

The wharf in Qingshan Town is now controlled by these two families.

Shen Tang nodded. It could be said that their two families had dealings with all the business families in the town.

She didn't expect that the Wu and Liu families could stay.

Although these two families are not the ones with the largest business, they definitely have the widest network of contacts.

If these two families were willing to join the cotton growing industry, they would be able to spread cotton and cotton cloth throughout Da Qi in the shortest possible time.

The tea merchant's surname is Tao. In recent years, the wealthy families in Da Qi have all liked to drink black tea.

Qingshan Town belongs to Lin'an City. Boss Tao basically grows green tea, so the Tao family's business has been mediocre in recent years and has been on a downward trend.

Boss Tao actually didn't think highly of the cotton industry that Shen Tang mentioned. He stayed mainly because of Shen Tang's current title.

He wants to rely on Shen Tang to bring green tea back into the public eye.

Even so, the words came out of my mouth:

"I'm grateful for your visit, Lord. I don't have much to offer, but I do have a lot of land at home that's still empty. Lord, you want to plant cotton, so I can only offer this little help."

The Tao family has several tea gardens. Tea has not been selling well in recent years, so many tea fields have been left empty.

It’s selling well now.

Shen Tang didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

She had originally asked County Magistrate Lin to inquire about any vacant land in the county. Now that the Tao family had a ready-made tea field, it was the best thing that could happen.

"I'm grateful to the three bosses for thinking highly of me, Shen Tang. Naturally, I have to tell you the truth so that you can feel at ease."

"Boss Zhou is an expert in the fabric business. The Zhou family doesn't think highly of me, so others are even less willing to cooperate with me.

They are worried that if I sell the fabric at such a low price, they will have to pay for it themselves.”

When the three of them saw Shen Tang actually said this directly, they looked a little embarrassed.

After all, they actually thought that Shen Tang would put in the money, after all, weaving not only requires raw materials but also weaving workers.

"What if I told you that it only takes a few days to weave a bolt of my cotton cloth? Or even less."

Nowadays, the female workers who are most familiar with weaving in Da Qi can only weave a few feet of cloth a day at most. This efficiency can only be achieved if they weave all day except for eating and drinking.

Although the three of them were not involved in the textile and cloth industries, they still had some understanding of how long it took to weave a piece of cloth.

Shen Tang's words were undoubtedly a fantasy in their eyes.

This is something you can't do even if you work day and night.

Shen Tang looked at the distrustful looks in the eyes of several people and spoke with a smile.

"I know the three bosses may not believe it, but why not take a look at the drawings in my hand first."

Shen Tang took out a few drawings from his sleeve and presented them to the people with a smile.

Boss Tao couldn't understand it, but he roughly guessed that it was a loom.

But the heads of the Wu and Liu families were amazed.

They did business on the river, and their industry naturally included shipbuilding. Although this is a drawing of a loom, the combination of the bearings is amazing.

There was more than one drawing, and the more they flipped through it, the more surprised they became.

After looking at the drawings, several people looked at Shen Tang with disbelief.

How much does God favor her to allow her to come up with such an amazing thing?

The two heads of the Wu and Liu families looked at each other and realized that they had made the right bet!

The two families originally stayed to take advantage of Shen Tang's influence. After all, Qingshan Town finally had a backer, so of course they wanted to seize the opportunity.

It was no more than three taels of silver for a piece of cloth, and they had all decided to put some money into it, as if it were protection money for Shen Tang.

But who would have thought that she would actually take out this thing.

Boss Tao knew that this was not a simple matter when he saw the expressions of the two heads of the Wu and Liu families. Boss Tao was next to them and could clearly feel that their breathing had quickened a bit.

"The thing on this blueprint is called the 'Spinning Jenny', and it's what I'll be focusing on having people make this year.

As for the drawing at the back, it's a 'water-powered loom.'"

When Shen Tang talked about the water-powered loom, he glanced at the heads of the Wu and Liu families and said with a smile:

"This water-powered loom will have to rely on the two bosses in the future."

As the name suggests, the water loom relies on water power to weave cloth.

The efficiency of the water loom is dozens of times that of an ordinary spinning machine, but it also has one major drawback, which is that because the water loom is very large, not only does the workshop need to be built tall, it also has to be built near a river.

Now that the person in charge of water transportation in Qingshan Town has chosen to cooperate with her, she naturally pulled out this trump card.

The spinning Jenny is something that was invented in later times and that even junior high school students could learn. However, it marked the beginning of the first industrial revolution in the West.

As for the drawings, they are naturally provided by the system.

"This is my Shen Tang's trump card and my confidence. So, three bosses, please rest assured to cooperate with me."

Shen Tang spoke sincerely.

Before she took out the blueprint, the three stayed, even though they might have wanted to take advantage of her power.

But they were willing to do it after all. After all, others were not even willing to use her power and directly rejected her.

After looking at the blueprints, the three people's understanding of Shen Tang's cotton industry has undergone a drastic change.

I even began to feel fortunate that not many people stayed to share the pie.

"Marquis, my Wu family's fleet is most familiar with the waterway from Jiangnan to the capital. I believe that if this cotton cloth is priced at this price, then I can only say that all the people in the entire Great Qi will become our guests."

"That's right, at this price and quality, only a fool wouldn't buy it."

"Marquis, my Tao family has a vacant tea garden, but in addition to the tea garden, my Tao family also has hundreds of acres of fertile land!"

"My Liu family also has a lot of good land for growing cotton!"

Several people were talking about their family's land and property, and they were completely different from when they first stayed.

Shen Tang looked at the few people and suppressed the joy in his heart.

"Boss, why don't you go back and carefully draw up a list, and then we can arrange a time to discuss how to divide the shares, how about that?"

The three family heads looked at each other and agreed.

"Just pretend you haven't seen today's drawings."

The three of them nodded in unison.

How could they tell others about such good things?

Not only will they not tell anyone about it, but when they do go out, they have to pretend to be very unhappy and uncomfortable!