Chapter 185

Grain and grain seeds were transported by the tribe's people for more than half a day. For this reason, Lao Mu's family revolved around for several days and built several large warehouses with a large number of people. Otherwise, there would be no place for these grains.

In addition to food and seeds, major hank also brought a lot of cotton and cotton to the tribe.

There are not too many stone bears made of cotton cloth. No matter what, the clothes made of cotton cloth are better than those made of animal skin. Although cotton clothes are not as warm as animal skin clothes, it's only two months in the middle of a year when it's cold in Dawu Mountain, and the weather temperature is very good at other times.

Especially in summer, without cotton clothes and animal skin clothes, most of the people can only be brothers. Even the women in the tribe can only cover their shame with leaves.

This is not the life stone bear wants, so cotton cloth is indispensable. At least in spring and autumn, people can wear shirts, cotton trousers, and waistcoats in summer. It's 100 times better than being an armman or a tree leaf.

As for cotton, there is no shortage. Although the tribe will grow cotton next year, there are not too many of them. With cotton and cotton, at least the mattress and quilt are indispensable, and the winter cotton clothes are much more comfortable than the animal skin clothes.

You should know that the animal skin clothes worn by the Indians of this era were only tanned. The Indians of this era don't know how to tanning fur with nitrate, let alone other methods of tanning fur.

At this time, the Indians tanned their fur with smoke. After smoking, they tanned their fur with plant ash.

The animal skin clothes tanned in this way can't be worn on the ship for two years at most. One is that the animal skin clothes will give off an irresistible odor, and the other is that the animal skin clothes will start to rot

Fortunately, there is no shortage of wild animals in the new world of North America in this era, so a suit of animal skin clothes can only be worn for two years at most, because it doesn't matter. When the clothes can't be worn, just go out and beat a few wild animals to come back, peel off the skin and continue tanning.

Fortunately, when the spirit of the stone bear came to the world, the weather had begun to get cold. If the temperature was a little higher, then the stone bear thought that he could not wear this smelly animal skin clothes.

Therefore, the promotion of cotton clothing in the tribe is imperative!

Seeing the cotton cloth and cotton, the stone bear suddenly remembered something. He turned to major Hank and said, "William, do you know how to weave this piece?"

This question is very strange. Major hank, in his thirties, rarely scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "I don't understand!"

He continued to explain: "in the old world, women did all the work of weaving. Men didn't do it, and they knew little about it. Guardian, why do you ask this question? "

The stone Bear looked at the excited people carrying cotton cloth. Instead of directly answering major Hank's question, he asked, "William, is the spinning efficiency very low now in the old world?"

Hank nodded. Although he didn't know anything about textile, people couldn't do without food and clothing, so he knew something about textile.

"Yes, the textile efficiency in the old world is not high, especially in spinning."

Shi Xiong said: "if I know a kind of textile method, the spinning efficiency can be tens of times or even hundreds of times higher than the present spinning efficiency, and the weaving efficiency can be 40 times higher than the present, do you think there is a future in the old world?"

"Of course there is a future! My god! Guardian, what you said is true? " Major hank asked in disbelief.

He was not shocked. Even if he didn't know textile technology, he knew how much demand there was for cotton cloth in the old world.

Although major hank has brought so many cotton cloth to the stone bear, in fact, there is a great lack of cotton cloth in the old world, which has a lot to do with Zhu Chongba and the braided soldiers.

Zhu Chongba, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, began to develop the domestic economy after he expelled the Tartars and restored the Han nationality.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the cotton textile industry was very popular, especially in Songjiang and Suzhou. Later, Emperor Yongle ascended the throne and ordered Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, to lead a huge fleet of seven voyages to the West. He not only brought a lot of exquisite porcelain, silk and tea to the west, but also brought cotton cloth to the West.

In the 14th century, in addition to the great nobles, most Europeans still wore clothes made of linen or wool. As a result, the influx of cotton cloth, so that Europeans immediately like this kind of soft and comfortable cloth.

At that time, Europeans imported large quantities of cotton cloth from the East, which lasted for hundreds of years.

However, as the braided soldiers entered the pass, they replaced Daming and took over the whole world, which was followed by a serious policy of seclusion. Everything in China is hard to reach the West.

These are good. Without the support of Chinese cotton cloth, the Europeans would be blind all at once. At that time, Europeans even had to go back to the days when they used to wear linen or wool.

However, Europeans did not wait to die. Many Europeans began to innovate in textile technology. Soon, advanced textile machinery such as Jennie's spinning machine and hydraulic loom were developed. Europe quickly solved the problem of cotton shortage.

However, in this era, even the Jeanine machine, which represents the beginning of the first industrial revolution, has only been invented for less than a year. Moreover, James Hargreaves, an Englishman who invented Jeanine machine, has not yet obtained the patent of Jeanine machine. Now Hargreaves is still very unlucky to be pushed out by all the people engaged in textile industry in his hometown, Even his home and Jennie's machine were smashed by angry textile workers, and he and his wife could only live on the streets of Nottingham.

It was not until 1768 that Hargreaves obtained the patent of Jennie's machine.

Jeanine machine is known as the "beginning of the first industrial revolution", because with the emergence of Jeanine machine, the later hydraulic looms and reel spinning machines will appear, and the first industrial revolution started with the textile industry will be vigorously launched.

Now it's the beginning of 1765. It's estimated that Hargreaves and his wife are still wandering on the streets of Nottingham at this time, and the patent of Jennie machine didn't fall into Hargreaves's hands.

So stone bear suddenly had an idea to get this kind of patent.

But to be honest, Shi Xiong has no idea about Jennie's machine, which is also inefficient. What he wants is a more advanced "mule machine"

The so-called mule machine, also known as Muir machine, the real scientific name is "walking spindle worsted machine".

It is well known that "to weave, to spin first". Whether it's wool or cotton, if you want to weave fabrics that can be used to make clothes, you must first spin wool or cotton fiber into yarn, that is, fine thread, and then use these fine threads to weave fabrics crisscross.

Therefore, spinning is an indispensable prerequisite for weaving.

At this time in 1765, in addition to Hargreaves, who had just developed a new spinning machine named after his daughter, other people used the most primitive spinning machine. Even the Jeanine machine that Hargreaves has just developed has not yet been patented. It is just in a "swaddling" state.

One evening last year, when Hargreaves came home, he accidentally kicked over the spinning frame used by his wife. Just as he was about to lift up the spinning frame, he saw that the kicked down spinning frame was still spinning, but the original horizontal spindle became upright. Inspired by this, Hargreaves invented a spinning wheel with eight spindles Jennie machine, and named the machine "Jennie machine" after his daughter.

Just as Hargreaves and his wife were excited about the efficiency of Jennie's machine, which had been improved eight times at a time, there was an 11 year old boy named Samuel Crompton in a manor far away in the suburb of Bolton, Lancashire. He pointed to a mule and asked the gardener's grandfather curiously.

"Grandfather, is this guy pulling the plow a horse or a donkey?"

The little boy didn't know the animal that looked like a horse and a donkey, so he wanted to find out.

The little boy lost his father when he was young. He lived with his mother in the manor since he was a child. He lived on his mother's meager income of washing and cooking in the manor. This difficult life honed the little boy, and he was very smart since childhood. Although he became a little introverted due to his living environment, he had a strong desire for knowledge.

It is because of this that little Crompton, after seeing the mules just introduced into the manor, curiously asked the familiar granddad gardener.

Granddad gardener: "Samuel, it's not a horse, it's not a mule, it's a hybrid. Well, to be exact, it's a horse mule, also called a mule. His mother is a horse and his father is a donkey

"Can it work?" In the minds of children at this age, whether an animal can work is directly related to the quality of the animal.

"Of course, this kind of mule is stronger than horses and donkeys. It has great strength and can work for a long time without getting sick. It is the best helper for the servants of the manor."

The gardener's reply made the mule, a hard-working animal, deeply imprinted in little Crompton's mind.

As little Crompton grew up, he went to work in a spinning mill run by a big boss in the county.

Speaking of the big boss of the spinning mill, the clever little clonpton still has great admiration.

The boss is also a famous person in the local area. However, in the past, the man named Richard akerlet was not the boss, and he is far less famous than he is now. He used to be the boss of a barber shop in Bolton, and he thought that other people would cut their hair for a living.

When he was young, akerlet worked as a watchmaker, then a barber, and engaged in the work of making wigs. He made a lot of money by mixing his own pigments to dye his hair. However, after Hargreaves obtained the patent of Jennie's machine in 1768, Jennie's machine, which was eight times more efficient than the previous single spindle spinning machine, became popular in Britain, and the Hargreaves, who were forced to roam the streets, also made a fortune.

Akerlet immediately became interested in this new spinning machine, and that year was 1769.

Although the spinning efficiency of Jennie's machine at that time was eight times higher than that of the original single spindle spinning machine, it still relied on the hand as the power. So when akerlet saw that the women in the spinning mill were still struggling to shake Jennie's spinning machine with their hands, he was very surprised and asked the women, "look at the cows, horses and donkeys outside who are idle, and you are so struggling to shake the spinning machine with your hands to spin, why don't you use these animals to drive the spinning machine?"

This "stupid" question was immediately ridiculed by everyone.

Akulet, who was ridiculed, not only didn't lose heart, but also inspired his fighting spirit. When he got home, he immediately closed his barber shop and used the money he had accumulated to develop a new spinning machine.

Akulet found a helper, got the information of the spinning machine, and began to devote himself to the research. In just a few months, he developed a new spinning machine with animal power. This year is still 1769.

However, akerlet later found that using animal power as power was far less than using water as power. Because there were rivers crisscross everywhere in Britain, and water resources were very rich, akerlet immediately started to modify the animal spinning machine, and finally developed the first water spinning machine in history in the same year.

However, the volume of this water spinning machine is too large, and because of the power, this water spinning machine must be set up by the river, so this water spinning machine is not suitable for ordinary families, and most spinning mills are not suitable.

So in 1771, akerlet, who got the patent right of hydraulic spinning machine, decided to open his own spinning mill in Bolton.

The efficiency of water spinning machine is many times higher than that of Jennie machine, especially this kind of water spinning machine is powered by water conservancy, so the efficiency is higher.

In just a few years, akerlet made a fortune.

However, as the saying goes, the opposite is true.

Akerlet uses the highly efficient water spinning machine to spin, which will inevitably lead to many handicraft workers unemployment or even bankruptcy. One day in 1776, many unemployed and bankrupt craftsmen broke into akerlet's factory. They smashed the water spinning machine and almost killed akerlet.

Later, some people accused aclor of plagiarizing other people's achievements. Aclor lost the lawsuit. His patent for water spinning machine was cancelled, but his factory was finally preserved, and water spinning machine was widely used in the whole spinning field.

Crompton, who works in the akerlet factory, operates this kind of water spinning machine.

Clonpton, who has been operating water spinning machines for a long time, knows the advantages and disadvantages of water spinning machines and Jennie machines. After the destruction of akerlet's factory, clonpton began to consider one thing.

In kloppton's view, the yarn spun by Jeanne's machine is fine but not strong, and the yarn spun by water spinning machine is strong but not uniform. The advantages and disadvantages of both are obvious. But what if we combine the advantages of the two? It's like a mule I saw when I was a kid

So Crompton began to study this new type of spinning machine at home. He used Jennie's machine as his mother and water spinning machine as his father. After three years, he finally developed the world's first walking spindle spinning machine in 1779.

This kind of spinning machine can drive 400 spindles on one machine. Its efficiency is many times higher than that of water spinning machine. The most important thing is that the yarn released by this kind of spinning machine is firm and uniform.

This spinning machine, which combines the advantages of Jeanie machine and water spinning machine, was named "mule machine" by Samuel Crompton.

Coincidentally, Samuel's English is "Samuel" and mule's English is "mule". The two sounds are very similar, so this kind of machine is transliterated as "Muir machine".