From Chief to Ball

Anyway, this thing consumes less iron, except for a small spring, the rest can be knocked out by the level of a village blacksmith.

The barbed winch needs cast iron, which is easy to find in any pig iron smelting workshop.

Huang De thought, anyway, Chen Jian did a lot of weird things, it would be weird if he didn't do weird things, like those expensive wooden grooves for playing.

It's normal for strange people to do strange things, so I didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Jian shook the hand corn thresher and was extremely satisfied.

The emergence of this thing can quickly promote the cultivation of corn.Compared with the mature crops such as wheat and beans, the yield of corn is acceptable after its emergence, but threshing is a big problem.

For groups with sufficient land and a certain degree of relative scarcity of labor, the area of ​​corn planted is closely related to threshing.

There are many people, but it is different. There are only so many lands. It is better to squat at home and take off slowly than to be hungry.

With this simple and common, somewhat clumsy and crude machine, a ten-year-old child can also complete the threshing work.

The production of corn can promote the development of the farming industry, and it can be quickly implemented in external colonies, which must be prepared in advance.

The thing is too small to make much money, but it can be promoted together with corn seeds, so that the only criticism of large-scale corn planting in the early days is also gone.

Seeing that Huang De and the others didn't care about it, Chen Jian said, "As for this little machine, let the apprentices do it. Just do it, don't make a fuss about it, and don't worry about what it's used for. It's [-] yuan a month. Come on, anyway, money is a turnover now. If it’s best to use it in the future, if you don’t need it, just treat it as if I spent some money on a toy. I’ll pay for it.”

That being the case, everyone stopped talking, and talked about the cotton gin again.

"Masters, no one else knows about this machine except you, right?"

"Of course not. You understand clearly that this thing is easy to imitate. Once it is launched, it will be imitated soon. Besides, the patent matter is not reasonable. Not to mention that it costs a lot of money to register. You have to pay a large sum of money. If others use it, you can only ask others for a price no more than fifteen times the payment fee, and generally it can only be maintained for 15 years. After 15 years, you can no longer charge any fees. Where can we artisans So much money to get this? In the end, those people in the guild were cheaper, but there is no way, the law is like this."

Huang De sighed and said: "The other thing is that the judges are naturally biased towards their own counties, and they are not strict when enforcing the law. There is no way to sue. They just shirk. The leaders of the guild have money, reputation and connections. How can we craftsmen provoke it? Either sell it at a low price and make little profit, or there are plenty of ways to ruin you."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "I will solve this problem. The patent matter is nothing more than a proposal made by the leaders of the guild and the group of lenders. If craftsmen occupy the mainstream in the meeting, there will be no such law. Relying on money Smashing is on the one hand, we have money now. On the other hand, the problem of judicial officers enforcing the law... Hehe, I dare not say it elsewhere, but in Mincheng, we probably don’t have to be afraid. Dare to steal other people’s labor? Smashing! The judicial officer Insufficient manpower, insufficient supervision? Send people and money to help investigate."

This is a harsh statement, but Chen Jian would not have dared to say it two years ago.

It's just that the competitors of this cotton gin are nothing more than those smelting and forging workshops, so there is no need to worry.

Now that he is in collusion with government and businessmen, has various glamorous identities, and has a lot of money now, secretly there are urban gangsters like Zhao Si who are responsible for beating, smashing, and looting.

There is no need to worry about this. As for the unemployment of a large number of ginners in a short period of time, it is exactly the large amount of hard-working and cheap labor he needs.

Speaking of this, Chen Jian poked Huang De beside him and said, "Master Huang, do you know why we have formed a party this time? If the laws on patents are not formulated by guild leaders and big money lenders, but by skilled craftsmen , industrial and commercial workshop owners, as for making you technical craftsmen so embarrassing?"

"Things that seem to be far away from you are actually not far away when you think about it carefully. They are related to everyone. It's just that no one can hear our interests, and there are almost no people who support us in the National People's Congress."

Huang De laughed and said: "I'm old, I really don't know these things clearly. But Brother Chen, now, with your help, I can also join the county's council meeting. Naturally, there is something for you to follow. Everyone here A few, the younger ones, have already joined."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "It's not based on my leadership, Master Huang. It's based on your own interests. The party does not mean that private gangs form factions. This cannot be said. In terms of state affairs, I support my party. .In business, you and I have a personal relationship. Public is public, private is private. People with the same purpose can only make their own voices when they are in a group."

Huang De just laughed and didn't answer.

Chen Jian didn't talk much about this topic, but just mentioned it casually.

"Everyone, as we agreed at the beginning, after this machine is made, I will pay for the patent application fee, and several masters will share [-]% of the patent profit fee equally. The remaining production and sales profits will also be shared by several masters." [-]% of the income. This is beneficial to everyone, and everyone only contributes without paying, the risk is mine, and you also have a share in the benefits."

"Some things are different in your hands and in my hands. You can get everything you deserve, but I get the benefits you can't get."

Everyone said: "This is a good thing. Everyone agreed when I said it at the beginning. Mutual benefit and win-win. Brother Chen has always said this, and we deeply agree. Then apply for a patent and prepare to sell it now? It's the time to pick cotton. It shows that a lot can be sold near Mincheng. The price is not expensive, but it can increase the efficiency dozens of times, which lint workshop doesn’t want it?”

Chen Jian counted the time, roughly recalled the number of workers engaged in cotton ginning in Mincheng in the previous social survey, shook his head and said: "There is no rush for this. Let's not apply for a patent for now, and continue to produce. The more the better. Make a backlog first, and sell it when the time comes. Pay attention to confidentiality, new apprentices and craftsmen, just let them do it, don’t tell them what it is for. You craftsmen don’t have much money, if you do it yourself, you must make one. If you are busy selling food, where can you wait for opportunities? So you can’t make a lot of money. Only when technology and capital are combined can you make a lot of money.”

"Let's make a deal. If the news leaks out, no one will get the money. It's not that I can't trust you. It's in everyone's interest. It's not good for everyone's interests to be damaged because of one person's slip of the tongue. "

Everyone laughed: "We still understand this. Who would have trouble with money?"

Chen Jian took out a pen and paper, and drafted with everyone a clause that the future share, income, and all income will not be paid after the leak.

Several craftsmen looked at it, and they all signed their names, and they took out small seals or the stamps on the rings in a unique style and pressed them on.

"Even if this matter comes to an end, it won't be a problem for you to control the production. Let's think about other new machines. It's still the same as now. I will pay for all your daily expenses, and I will guarantee you a good environment. , as long as I make what I want. If you make it, you will earn money, and it is guaranteed that you will live a much better life than ordinary people with a single skill."

"There are locksmiths, small watchmakers, carpenters, blacksmiths here... If anyone is missing, some things can't be made. I'm not afraid to tell you a good thing. The guns made before were passed by the military and given to us. An order and the license of the ordnance workshop, the income here is still [-]% of yours. If it is used on a large scale in the future, it is inevitable that your names will be tied to this gun, and everyone will know it."

Everyone was overjoyed, getting money is certainly a joy, but being famous all over the world is something that one would never dare to think about.Although the overall structure was reminded by Chen Jian, without them, such a hammer structure would have been created, and many things were perfected by the experience of these craftsmen.

Chen Jian paid in advance the [-]% of the profit they deserved for the [-] guns, and had already exchanged the money into paper notes and handed them over.

Everyone did not refuse, thinking that this is what they deserve.

Not grateful to Dade, this is the scene Chen Jian wants to see the most, and he is even more happy in his heart.

Discussed with everyone about the multi-spindle spinning machine. There are carpenters and blacksmiths, as well as craftsmen who have been apprentices in spinning.

As soon as the idea was mentioned, everyone thought about it and found it feasible.

The principle is not difficult, what is difficult is some details, which can be figured out a long time ago with today's technical level, but there is no such opportunity.

Now that everyone thinks about it, they all feel that this thing must make a lot of money.Once the cotton gin appeared, cotton was profitable, and a large amount of land was grown to grow cotton, and spinning required machines that were more in line with cotton production.

Everyone also followed the previous rules, keeping it strictly confidential first, and then discussing the benefits after getting it out.

Chapter 1: The Encounter of a Craftsman

After sending Huang De and the others away, Chen Jian took out a pen and paper and roughly calculated the project volume of the small canal connecting the Min River without iron ore and the hard-surfaced railroad to be dug in the plan, and frowned.

I also dug up the social survey I wrote before, took a pen to add and subtract, and subtracted the number of those ginners.

Relying on these workers seems to take a long time, and he may not be able to wait that long.

Although cotton ginners will be unemployed in the short term, large-scale expansion of cotton planting will occur within a year at most. At that time, human resources will be in short supply and labor costs will increase. If you want to save costs, you must repair it within a year and a half.

And the earlier the time, the easier it is to rely on the advantages of low freight rates and transportation monopoly to promote the birth of the Mincheng Coal and Iron Production and Transportation Federation centered on Nan'an.

Integrate production capacity, upgrade the hydraulic pump blower, blast mines with Namaite explosives of the previous generation, squeeze out small mine owners and mine owners in other counties, attract a group of more powerful allies for yourself, and cultivate a group that can skillfully explode mines and successfully The backbone of the miners who transformed into digging pits and blasting the city walls followed them to the sea.

At the same time, relying on the price reduction of ore raw materials brought about by the canal, after the orchid bubble burst, relying on the advantage of reducing the transportation cost of raw materials to attract more working capital to invest in more new workshops in Mincheng.

After the big news broke out in Mincheng, it triggered a series of chain reactions, which can also be used as a model for the whole country: during the transition period, invest in infrastructure, build roads and rivers, reduce riots and unemployment, and promote the development of the cement industry.

In order to prevent the unemployment of individual handicrafts across the country from being overwhelmed by the tide of unemployment, riots and compromises and retreats, blocking technology in order to maintain stability.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door, and Hu Lin, who came back more than half a month earlier than Chen Jian, opened the door and came in.

"Now I have to call you Mr. Chen. Why, when Mr. Chen comes back, he squats into his office to do things first?"

After sitting down, Chen Jian asked with a smile: "Are you still used to living in this building?"

"Fortunately, I don't live here anyway. If I did, it would be inconvenient, but it's okay to work here during the day. Open the window to see the sea, and you can have a panoramic view of the edge of Mincheng. At first, everyone liked to climb to the top of the building. Look at the distance. There are naughty children climbing up the ladder at the back, and it’s not easy to chase away.”