Chapter 1639: Planning to engage in the wool spinning industry?

It is also sad to say that in the past, as a country baby, Marin had never seen a steam engine, but he was very familiar with a hand-held tractor. In his last life, the Ma family had a 12-horsepower used walking tractor. Marlin's father and baby had to be like that.

But because it is second-hand goods, there are many problems, often need to repair. And it is very expensive for professional monks, so unless it is necessary to replace important parts, the old horse usually repairs it himself. And Marin often followed suit.

Therefore, as long as there are things like rubber oil pipes, transmission belts and tires, Marin can copy the hand-held tractor. As for the steam engine ... Marin said that he has only seen the teaching model shown by the physics teacher in the middle school. At that time, the steam source used by the physics teacher was the beaker and alcohol lamp borrowed from the chemistry teacher. The rubber hose is used for steam transmission ...

Right now, Cuban rubber has started to be produced and has also been vulcanized. As long as you give time, you can get out the oil pipes, transmission belts and tires. Moreover, the transmission belt can also be replaced with sisal rope, which is stronger than the rubber transmission belt.

It's just that even copying the walking tractor is useless. Because there is not enough diesel supply this year! Even if the walking tractor is completely sorted out, the oil production is so "touching". It is estimated that enough diesel can be used for a walking tractor. That is to say, Marin can only get one walking tractor at best. As for promotion? Cut out mass production oil wells first ...

The steam engine is different, this stuff burns coal, and Marin, which occupies the Ruhr area, is the most indispensable. However, Marlin has never seen the real steam engine! The steam engine has not been disassembled! Even when the teacher showed the steam engine model, he would not let it touch. Only allowed to see, not allowed to touch, even harder to get started than girls. Therefore, Marin had a theoretical impression of the steam engine. Without Da Vinci's help, he couldn't make a steam engine.

Therefore, Marin dislikes the steam engines that are currently out of the "stupid, stupid, and dumb" state of the North Sea. However, he currently has to rely on this stuff.

In fact, this silly steam engine is very useful for pumping water. Marin's water pump made with the principle of Archimedes' spiral, driven by a steam engine, can exert great power to irrigate crop fields.

Of course, the rye field requires less water. Therefore, there is currently no need for steam pumping. After all, the vitality of rye is tenacious as weeds. The one that needs the most water is wheat. Therefore, steam pumping is still more useful in the American colonies. After all, there is a large field of wheat over there.

However, on the local side, it is possible to engage in other applications, for example, in the textile industry ...

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The application of the so-called textile industry is naturally the first industrial revolution in the legend. As a history graduate, Marin is naturally familiar with this world-changing industrial revolution.

The earliest industry in the world is the textile industry. The sign of the beginning of the industrial revolution is the emergence of Jenny spinning machines. Of course, weaving shuttle is also an important driving force.

It was the emergence of the Jane spinning machine with an eightfold increase in efficiency and the flying shuttle with a twofold increase in efficiency that stimulated the development of the British textile industry and the world ’s first industrial power. Without the Industrial Revolution, Britain would not become the world's strongest "sunless empire" during the Victorian era. After all, the industrial and agricultural countries are completely two concepts. Taxes generated by industrial production can be much higher than those of agricultural countries.

In fact, Marin had long wanted to engage in an industrial revolution. However, the previous reality is not mature. Why? Because there was not enough labor before!

What are the conditions of the British Industrial Revolution? It is because in addition to the rich wool in Britain, there are enough landless people! These are all labor, the most needed labor in textile mills!

Only if there is enough labor as workers can we have the conditions to engage in the industrial revolution. Otherwise, if there are not enough workers, it is a joke to engage in industry.

Before, there was a serious shortage of farmers in the Beihai country, and they naturally had no conditions to engage in industry. After all, the Beihai country does not have enough labor to develop.

However, it is different now!

The prisoners of war bought from Württemberg and Hungary made Marin have enough labor at once. So many farmers can grow land. Then, Marin has the conditions to engage in the textile industry!

What's more, Marin is forced to help the textile industry-now the clothes are too expensive!

Right now, Beihai has a population of more than 2 million people, but every year it costs a lot of money to import cloth. Because, the North Sea country does not produce cloth!

Right now, the cheapest linens worn by ordinary people cost 8 fenny per yard, and one piece is 192 fenny (a piece of cloth in ancient Europe was 24 yards long and 2 yards wide). And to make a loose coat needs about 2.5 yards of cloth, that is to say, the cheapest piece of clothing, the fabric cost is 20 fenny, which is 1 shilling and 8 fenny.

This is just the cost of the fabric, and the tailor's labor is also counted. A tailor needs three or four Finneys a day to say less. If you count in, the cheapest piece of clothing costs more than 2 shillings.

In fact, the tailor still needs to pay taxes and needs profits ... Therefore, the cheapest ordinary loose jacket is priced at more than 3 shillings ...

Wool clothes are more expensive. Right now, Beihai mainly imports woolen wool from the Flemish region. It was imported from Flanders because it was the property of Maximilian I. Although the governor is the son of the emperor, it is also the property of the Habsburg family. Marin gives face, so fabrics imported from the North Sea are generally imported from the Flemish region under Prince Philip.

Flemish wool is not cheap. The high-end woolen wool made from British wool is priced at 80 shillings. The worst quality wool also costs about 45 shillings.

To make a piece of clothing, one-sixteenth of a piece of cloth is needed, that is to say, the cheapest woolen cloth, the light cloth is worth 4.68 shillings, which is about 56.25 Finney. Counting workmanship, profits, and taxes, opinions on ordinary woolen clothes ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ have to take five or six shillings ...

At this time, ordinary people in the German area paid only 2 Finney a day. In other words, even the cheapest linen clothes cost 3 shillings, which is equivalent to 36 finneys, and it takes an average person's 18-day salary to afford them!

As for the woolen clothes, double it directly ...

Every year, for the clothing and fabrics of 2 million people, Beihai will spend a lot of money to purchase. Fortunately, Ken, who sells cloth, accepts food in exchange. Otherwise, Marin can't afford so much fabric!

And after taking away Ravensburg from last year, the fabric shortage in the North Sea country has also been greatly relieved. Because Ravensburg is a famous flax producing region in Germany. Bielefeld, capital of Ravensburg, is a famous linen textile center and a famous linen distribution center in Germany.

But in this era, linen was worn by the poor. In Europe today, nobles wear silk, and the rich and middle class generally wear woolen clothes that look more decent.

Therefore, the wool textile industry is a promising career. If done well, it can bring a lot of taxes. Marin naturally does not think too much tax, so he plans to start the wool industry ...