Even Lao Zhu heard about their actions, and after understanding them carefully, he was deeply shocked.

"Purchasing raw silk in advance, controlling the supply of goods, wooing weavers, granting shares, sharing dividends, and actively contacting merchants... The manipulation, swords and swords are no worse than those on the battlefield. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are heroines. !”

Lao Zhu couldn't help but admired: "Sir, look, do those big silk companies still have a way to deal with it? Can they come back to life?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "What do you think, lord?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered: "We relied on the common people to defeat the rich and powerful, and we are where we are today... Speaking of it, we are willing to watch the female workers make drastic changes, after all, this is how we came to be. But it doesn't seem to be a good thing if these big households fail completely. .”

Zhang Ximeng chuckled, "My lord, what you said may not be appropriate. If the big players only use dirty tricks, I hope they will be completely defeated... But as far as I know, the big players also thought of a trick."

"What trick?"

"I heard from Qian Yongren that the Qian family has already contacted the Mechanical Department of Fudan Academy."

"Why are they contacting each other?" Lao Zhu was puzzled.

"The Qian family wants to get a loom that can weave sixty-four threads at a time."

"What? They want that?"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "There are so many weavers now, and wages have gone up again. In the past, we could recruit thirty female workers, but now there are only ten left... We are forced to take the mechanical route!"

Who would have thought that under such circumstances, people would be forced to care about looms and start pursuing technological progress. This was something Zhang Ximeng never expected.

Who said that we must colonize on a large scale and open up markets all over the world in order to achieve industrialization?

Didn’t you also get a clue from this?

Although it only improves the status of female workers and increases labor costs, forcing merchants to start caring about technology and machinery, there is no doubt that this is a good start. It depends on how far it can go!

Lao Zhu was very curious, "Is it possible for the Qian family to do this?"

"Of course not!" Zhang Ximeng said simply, "Let's not talk about whether the loom can be produced quickly... Even if it is produced, Fudan Academy will not just sell it to the Qian family. Moreover, I have also given instructions to the newspaper

, we should pay more attention to inventions and creations. As long as Shen Rulan and the others read more newspapers, they might be the first to get published!"
Chapter completed!