Chapter 13 New Textile Machines
When Yu Hao and Lu Xiaoxiao drove a cart of parts to the cottage, it was almost dark.
But Li Shihan still followed the agreement and waited for Yu Hao's return in the village.
"Little Sir, is this the new textile machine you are talking about?"
Looking at a cart of strange-shaped wood, Li Shihan frowned, obviously a little disappointed.
"Don't worry, girl, wait for me to assemble the loom first."
Yu Hao said, and together with Lu Xiaoxiao, they took the parts off the carriage and started assembling them.
Since he planned to cooperate, in order to show his trust in Li Shihan, Yu Hao did not deliberately avoid Li Shihan during assembly.
However, Li Shihan wisely took the maid aside and did not intend to watch Yu Hao's assembly of the textile machine.
It is said that businessmen's interests come first, but from this detail we can see that Li Shihan is a principled businessman.
This made Yu Hao's affection for Li Shihan increase a lot, and also speeded up the assembly.
When designing the textile machine, Yu Hao deliberately adopted the mortise and tenon structure from previous generations.
Although it is not complicated, if the wrong parts are installed, the entire textile machine will not work properly, so Yu Hao assembled it very carefully.
In order to prevent someone from imitating the textile machine after obtaining it, Yu Hao also adopted the structure of Luban lock in key parts.
Once assembled, if you want to disassemble it, you must find a key part. After removing it, the other parts can be disassembled one by one.
If the key parts are not found and are forcibly disassembled, the entire textile machine will be damaged.
The assembly process went smoothly, thanks to the good carpenters Lu Xiaoxiao hired, and every part was completed strictly in accordance with Yu Hao's requirements.
Half an hour later, a complete new textile machine was assembled by Yu Hao.
"Miss Li, this is the textile machine I invented. It can be used by one person or operated by two people at the same time. When operated by two people, they can spin thread and weave at the same time." Yu Hao wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed.
He said, pointing to the two seats on the textile machine.
At the same time, Lu Xiaoxiao on the side took a bag of flax for spinning from the trolley and placed it at the designated position of the textile machine.
"Chunlan, let's try."
Li Shihan and Chunlan quickly stepped forward and sat at the weaving and spinning positions respectively.
"This textile machine is different from ordinary ones. It does not need to be cranked by hand. Instead, it uses human feet to step on it to work. Miss Chunlan, give it a try!"
Yu Hao pointed to the pedal under Chunlan's feet.
Under Yu Hao's guidance, Chunlan gently stepped on the pedal with her feet, and the textile machine immediately started working. After a while, the thread plate on one side was covered with the thread spun by Chunlan.
Seeing this, Li Shihan's eyes lit up, and she followed Chunlan's example and gently stepped on the pedal.
The thread plate rotates slightly to transport the thread to the weaving area, and a piece of coarse cloth is slowly formed.
Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes widened immediately. Although she had never weaved before, she also understood that weaving was a very slow process.
But the textile machine in front of me actually woven a piece of coarse cloth in less than a quarter of an hour.
Although the area of the coarse cloth is not large, it is enough to shock people.
"Miss, the speed of this textile machine is too fast, much faster than the textile machine of our chamber of commerce!" Chunlan said incredulously.
"That's right, the speed is at least ten times that of ordinary textile machines, and it saves a lot of raw materials."
Li Shihan's chamber of commerce also had several textile workshops before, and he often dealt with textile machines, so he quickly made a judgment.
At the same time, Li Shihan's eyes also lit up completely, full of enthusiasm!
Yu Hao didn't lie to her, there really was such a magical loom!
This textile machine not only saves raw materials, but its ultra-high working efficiency can also greatly reduce labor costs.
If there are enough new textile machines and enough workers, you can really earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.
She is confident that she will quickly occupy the cloth market in Wudu City and surrounding cities with this new type of textile machine.
Even let your own chamber of commerce make a comeback!
Seeing Li Shihan's excitement, Yu Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing this situation, his loom completely conquered her.
"Miss Li, how are you? My textile machine is pretty good, isn't it?"
"It's indeed good, young master, I wonder if the investment you mentioned before is still counted?" Li Shihan asked quickly.
"Natural arithmetic."
"Chunlan, bring a pen and paper!"
Li Shihan was overjoyed, and immediately brought a pen and paper to draw up a contract.
Basically, Li Shihan transferred the ownership of the cottage to Yu Hao, and gave Li Shihan 30% of the profits earned by the textile factory. If Li Shihan's dividends did not reach 15,000 taels within six months, Li Shihan had the right to take the cottage back.
This was what was agreed before, so Yu Hao naturally had no objection and quickly signed the contract.
"My dear sir, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you. From now on, this cottage will be yours." Li Shihan smiled slightly and carefully put the contract away.
"Thank you, Miss Li."
Yu Hao was extremely happy. This was equivalent to taking down the copycat without spending a penny.
As for Li Shihan's half-year dividend reaching 15,000 taels, Yu Hao is not worried at all. He is very confident in himself.
After Li Shihan left, Yu Hao walked around the village again and found a suitable place to put the textile machine.
It was already early in the morning, and the gates of Wudu City had been closed. It was impossible for Yu Hao to go back, so he had to stay in the village for one night.
Fortunately, there are many rooms in the cottage. Although it is not as good as the Yue Kingdom Palace, it is not shabby either.
"Young master, you are so amazing. You actually invented such a powerful textile machine. I would be very happy if I knew about it." Lu Xiaoxiao said with a smile in the room.
Hearing Lu Xiaoxiao mention the old Duke, Yu Hao felt melancholy, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, how much did this textile machine cost?"
"Back to the young master, I found more than fifty carpenters in total, and I'm very good at bargaining, but I still spent ten taels of silver. This is the remaining money."
Lu Xiaoxiao took out nine small ingots from his arms and placed them in front of Yu Hao.
"So expensive?" Yu Hao frowned slightly, but then he was relieved.
I have very high requirements on the quality of my parts and materials, and I am in a hurry to get them. In addition, the prices in Wudu City are high, so it is understandable that they are a little more expensive.
But as a result, the money in Yu Hao's hand was somewhat insufficient.
After a rough calculation, the remaining money was only enough to make 300 textile machines, which was much lower than Yu Hao's expectations.
It's not like Yu Hao has never thought about making parts by himself. Although this saves money, it also takes a lot of time. He doesn't know how long it will take to set up the factory.
"It would be great if Uncle Wu's craftsman's camp is still there."
At this moment, Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly said vigilantly: "Master, there seems to be something moving outside!"
Yu Hao was stunned for a moment, and then he pricked up his ears. Sure enough, bursts of noise came from the village...
Chapter completed!