In Xiaohuang, Bozhou, a workshop has been put into use on the outskirts of the north suburbs of the city and on the vortex water. Several water trucks by the river continuously drive the river water up, store it into the water tank, and then flow out from the outlet, impacting the water wheel.

The water wheel rotates, driving the hydraulic lathes to operate. The craftsmen operate the lathes and process a large amount of wood into characteristic sizes and send them to the newly built textile factory next door.

There, skilled technicians assembled the wood and the metal accessories transported from Huangzhou, and then assembled them into a hydraulic spinning machine and loom.

Another group of technical workers conducted trial operation of these assembled spinning machines and looms to see if these textile machines will fail during the uninterrupted operation of five days.

Lin Youdi, the manager of the Bin Wang Mansion Factory, couldn't help but yawn when he saw the busy scene in front of him. He had been staying up late for several days. Now the hydraulic lathe workshop he was responsible for supervising has finally been put into use as scheduled. He did not delay the progress and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Machine tools, also known as lathes, are a peculiar tool that can realize the "processing" functions such as cutting, drilling, and reaming. With the help of hydraulically driven machine tools, they can process wood and even metal parts. Proficient operators can use machine tools to make a large number of accessories with uniform sizes.

These accessories are the guarantee of high strength and long-term trouble-free operation of hydraulic textile machines.

Hydraulic textiles are now promoted in various places in Jingxiang, but the textile machines made by textile workshops in various places are not as durable as those produced in Huangzhou. The key point lies in the main metal accessories.

This includes bearings. Only when using bearings with low failure rates on textile machines can the fault-free running time of textile machines be significantly extended. Now, Bozhou does not have the ability to make qualified bearings in large quantities.

All the metal accessories (including bearings) of the assembled textile machine were transported from Huangzhou. Lin Youdi picked up a bearing to be assembled, looked at the familiar "outer packaging", and remembered Xiyang.

He has lived in Xiyang for almost ten years, and he is busy in the workshop every day, traveling between the royal palace and the workshop, regardless of wind and rain. Now he has arrived at Xiao Huang, Bozhou thousands of miles away, and he is really "homesick".

The Bin Wang Mansion was moved, and Lin Youdi and many "technicians" were among them, but they set out in advance and arrived in Xiaohuang in advance to carry out work in order to "catch up on the progress" and to put the hydraulic textile factory into trial operation as early as possible.

There are many teams arriving in Bozhou one after another, including lathe operators, assembly, debuggers, and textile workers who operate the textile and looms.

These people and supplies formed a huge team. It is said that when crossing the Dabie Mountains, the official road was crowded and the scene was quite spectacular.

These skilled textile workers from major textile factories in Xiyang arrived in Xiaohuang, Bozhou the day before yesterday. After a day of delay, they started to work. They must complete the training of textile workers based on the "progress table" and before the arrival of each "time node".

For Xiaohuang Textile Factory, among the problems that affect the progress, the manufacturing and assembly of hydraulic textile machines are only one of them. The training of textile workers is the most difficult step, because hydraulic textile machines cannot run automatically and require someone to operate. The number of operators’ technical numbers determines the textile capabilities of the textile factory.

Since ancient times, the hemp textile industry has been developed in Bozhou and surrounding areas. The planting area of ​​hemp is very wide. Almost every household can weave linens. However, people have been operating hand-cranking machines for generations and have never seen hydraulic textile machines. Newly recruited textile workers must go through training.

It is not a matter of overnight success to train a sufficient number of qualified textile workers in Bozhou.

Ordinary people are ignorant of the people and even do not distinguish between left and right. This is very unfavorable for operating complex textile machines, so it is necessary to train operators to have basic reading and writing abilities, which takes time.

Hydraulic textile machines are very complicated and are not worry-free to operate, so textile workers must have normal understanding and expression skills. This requires screening among the recruited textile workers to eliminate the goods.

The most important thing is the proficiency of operating the machine, which requires a lot of practice, which also takes time.

If time is sufficient, none of the above problems will be a problem. However, after the seeds of the grass, the first batch of harvested hemps in various places will be shipped to Xiaohuang one after another, and the textile factory will start construction. This will only take a few months, so the officials of the Bozhou Weaving Bureau will not be nervous.

The imperial court set up the Henan Road Weaving Department in Henan Province, and there were also the Yu, Bo, Xu, and Qing Weaving Bureaus. The Weaving Department wanted to open hydraulic textile workshops at the addresses selected in various places. The time was tight and the tasks were heavy. Officials who worked in various bureaus must undergo "performance assessment". Those who failed the assessment would be in trouble.

Of course, officials with excellent assessment performance will inevitably be promoted and have further appointments.

King Bin, who has clear rewards and punishments, is now the general manager of Bozhou, the ambassador of Henan Road, and the weaving envoy of Henan Road. With this superior official, no official dares to take it lightly. At the same time, he is full of energy.

King Bin’s clear rewards and punishments are not an illusory rumor. King Bin used troops in Henan before, and everyone had more or less seen what "clear rewards and punishments" means, so he was full of expectations for his future career prospects.

Henan Road Weaving Department is an unprecedented official office. It is unknown how long it can exist, but officials feel that as long as they perform well and can be promoted, even if the Weaving Department disappears in the future, they will not suffer any losses.

As for Xu Gai, he now wants to know how much raw materials (hemp) need to be consumed after Xiaohuang Textile Factory is put into production.

Xu Gai is now the "assistant" of the Bozhou Weaving Bureau, responsible for assisting the factory in purchasing hemp, kudzu, silk and other matters, to ensure that the factory can have sufficient raw materials for weaving after the seeds. The responsibility is very heavy and the quota is fixed. If there is any difference, it will affect the assessment results.

Xu Gai lives in Lihu, Caozhou, and is a local big family, so it is not a problem to assist Xiao Huang in purchasing raw materials in Caozhou. The key is that he wants to have a bottom so that he can have a idea when going to various places to "negotiate business".

Now, the main officials of the Weaving Bureau gathered in the workshop and held a "on-site meeting" with the factory owners and other "industry insiders". Looking at the requirements on the schedule, they implemented them one by one. Now it is Xu Gai's turn to ask questions, and he wanted to know how much raw materials (hemp) should be consumed every day for a normal-operated spinning machine.

Xiaohuang Textile Factory is the product of "official supervision and business office". Officials of the Weaving Bureau are responsible for supervising the workshop, while the owner and others are responsible for the specific operation. The owner and several managers are both "textile experts" from Huangzhou and have great experience in running the textile factory.

Therefore, they immediately answered the question raised by "Xu Bangban": the daily raw material (hemp) consumed by each hydraulic spinning machine shall not be less than 220 kilograms.

This is the amount of raw materials required for qualified operators to rotate three times. If they can reach the skilled worker level in Huangzhou Textile Factory, the daily raw materials consumed shall not be less than 300 kilograms.

Xu Gai was quite shocked by this answer. He looked at the spectacular spinning machine and loom on the assembly site, and swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

Xu Gai felt that what King Bin brought to Bozhou was not a machine, but a monster. Monsters with a huge appetite could swallow a lot of hemp, kudzu, and silk. I don’t know how many hemp, kudzu, and mulberry should be planted in various parts of Henan to feed these monsters.
Chapter completed!