Chapter 187

"Guardian, can you say something like that?" As soon as major hank saw that they would not leave, he had to stand here and ask.

"Actually, it's not a kind of thing. It's a series of things... Well, it's a series of machines." The stone bear said to Hank in a low voice.

"A series of machines?" Hank mumbled a puzzled word, and then said as if he suddenly realized: "yes, the machines used for spinning and weaving are different. If you want to complete the whole process of spinning and weaving, one kind of machine naturally can't do it."

Stone bear thought about it and finally nodded.

Major hank is right. Spinning and weaving are two different kinds of work. Naturally, the machines used are different. Moreover, in this era, it is not like the modern textile mills of later generations to turn cotton into the final cotton. At the very least, it has to go through more than ten major processes, such as carding, sliver winding, combing, drawing, roving, spinning, winding, twisting, yarn shaking, warping, sizing, warping, weaving, and so on, There are dozens of machines needed for this process alone.

Shi Xiong is not a textile worker or an engineer in this field. Naturally, he can't bring the modern textile technology and the manufacturing methods of textile machinery to this world.

Even if he can, those machines are useless in this world.

It's very simple. In this era, there are only two steps to turn cotton into cotton. First, spinning; Second, weaving!

There are only two kinds of machines needed, one is spinning machine, the other is loom!

The stone bear can carry just these two kinds of things.

In his previous life, the provincial museum he worked for was not a small museum. Although it could not be compared with the large-scale museums such as the Palace Museum, National Museum and Nanbo, in the province where he lived, the provincial museum was also the largest museum in the province.

The most important thing is that the province where Shi Xiong lived in his previous life is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization with a very long history. Many prehistoric cultural relics are preserved in the museum, which is extremely valuable.

Of course, in addition to those precious prehistoric cultural relics and those precious historical relics, there are a lot of other cultural relics in the museum. After all, it is the leading Museum in the whole province, so there are a lot of things in the museum collection.

The value of these cultural relics may not be as high as those precious historical relics and prehistoric relics, but the value of academic research is not low at all.

In fact, you can't evaluate the value of cultural relics. It's like the treasures in the collection include many stone axes, stone shovels and bone artifacts from Dawenkou Culture. They are made of stone and bone. What's their value?

However, when a long history is applied to these stone tools or bone artifacts, these things will immediately become priceless.

Similarly, a water spinning machine in the late Qing Dynasty is worth more than those stone tools and bone artifacts in terms of its own value. However, if both of them are photographed, the value of the latter may be tens or even hundreds of times that of the former.

But in terms of academic research, there is no difference between the two. Because whether it is the water spinning machine of the Qing Dynasty or the stone tools of Dawenkou Culture, it is a witness of a certain aspect of the age. Only by studying these things can modern people know how people lived and produced at that time.

However, due to the limitation of Museum area, many modern cultural relics and some "low" value cultural relics can not be displayed. This is not only the case of the museum where Shi Xiong worked in his previous life, but also the case of the Palace Museum.

The largest palace museum in China has more than 1.8 million items in its collection. However, even one tenth of the items that can be displayed in front of tourists all the year round are not available. The rest of the items are hidden in the vault.

The same is true of the museum where stone bear worked in his previous life. The museum where he works also has nearly 300000 items, but most of them are not available for visitors. Just like the water spinning machine and mule machine collected in the museum during the Daoguang period, that is, the stone bear, which can be seen by the museum staff often, but not by outsiders.

As a cultural protection expert, the work of the stone bear is to maintain the collection that cannot be displayed. Therefore, many cultural relics, including the water spinning machine and mule machine, have been maintained by the hands of the stone bear.

This is just a spinning machine in the 19th century. The museum also has a collection of looms used by Chinese ancestors thousands of years ago, which are commonly known as "waist looms". There are also looms produced in Europe in the late Qing Dynasty, such as water looms

Stone bear said: "William, I have a new kind of spinning machine and loom manufacturing technology in my hand. These two machines are powered by water, not by human power now. And these two kinds of machines adopt some new technologies, so the efficiency of these two kinds of machines is many times higher than that of the present spinning and weaving machines. But in the new world, I can't promote this kind of machinery. Now the only place that can promote these two kinds of machinery on a large scale is in the old world. But I can assure you that once these two machines are produced in the old world, they will definitely lead to revolutionary changes in the old world. How about you? Are you interested in cooperating

When he heard this, major Hank's face looked wonderful. The contradictory expression of eagerness and indecision could appear on a person's face at the same time. It felt like the left half of his face was crying and the right half was laughing. This was something that stone bear had never thought before.

After a long time, major hank asked, "guardian, if I want to cooperate with you, do I have to retire to the old world?"

The stone bear nodded for sure.

"What about the salt trade between us?" Major hank hesitated and asked again.

"Ha ha, you need to make your own choice." The stone bear replied with a smile. After a pause, he continued: "but I can remind you that although the current salt trade can bring you a lot of profits or even huge profits, Captain James Jones has stepped in, and you can't do without that Captain Jones, that is to say, as long as you want to continue this salt trade, Then you have to be subject to that Colonel Jones. And although I haven't had contact with colonel Jones, I can also get a general idea of who this man is through your talk with Patrick. Now he and I are not familiar with each other, so we have to rely on your hand to complete the salt trade. Once he is familiar with this line, do you think that this kind of trade can bring huge profits? Will Colonel Jones still give you a piece of it? "

Major hank blinked and opened his mouth. It seemed that he wanted to refute, but in the end he could only sigh helplessly, "guardian, although I am very reluctant to admit what you said, I understand that your analysis is correct. That damned greedy Jones won't let the salt trade pass. "

"Ha ha, if you can understand it, it means that your eyes have not been confused by such huge profits."

"Are those two kinds of textile machinery really promising?" "Of course, this new type of textile machinery will have a very bright future. Well, guardian, I mean, what's the profit from this kind of textile machinery? "

"I don't dare give you any assurance about it. But I can guarantee that if you use the technology I provide to make these two kinds of textile machinery, the whole UK and even the whole old world will be crazy about these two kinds of textile machinery. Perhaps the profits from making this kind of textile machinery or even setting up your own textile factory can't be compared with the profits from salt trading, but don't forget that whether you are making textile machinery or setting up your own textile factory, they are all serious industries, and they are all your own fixed assets. The most important thing is that you can create a lot of jobs by making textile machinery and opening textile factories, and your political status will be greatly improved. I think you can understand the importance of this? "

Major hank was startled by what Shi Xiong said, and he immediately realized that he had missed something in his mind.

It is true that money and silk move people's hearts, but also money and silk cover people's eyes!

Hank is very clear about his situation. Although he is an army major, he can be regarded as a middle-level officer in the whole Royal Army, but he has no future.

In the British Empire, the position of the army was far from comparable to that of the Navy.

If I am in the Navy and mixed into the position of major, then I will not retire anyway. But in the army, forget it.

William hank can become a major, there is no lack of decisive, so many ideas just turn a circle in his mind, he immediately analyzed the pros and cons and made a choice.

"Guardian, how can we cooperate?"

When major hank said that, a smile appeared on his face. He knew that major hank had made the right choice.

"Cooperation is very simple, I provide technology, you are responsible for applying for patents and setting up factories, I don't care about anything else, and I don't want shares or dividends."

Major hank was stunned by this, but then he woke up and said, "guardian, please tell me what you want."

"I hope you can provide me with the materials and people I need within ten years! Of course, the money for purchasing materials or hiring personnel is my dividend. "

"Ten years?" Major Hank's eyes fluttered slightly, and the stone bear, who had been watching him, sighed in his heart.

"How much money does it take each year?" Hank quickly recovered and continued.

"40% of your annual profit!" Stone bear said with great certainty, and then he continued before major hank responded: "if you can do this, I will provide you with more advanced upgrading technology in five years, which can keep your textile machinery at the forefront of the industry! That's my condition