Writing this topic, I laughed first. The association of the zodiac and the industrial revolution is either magical or rhapsodical, and the two are related and inextricably linked, and that logic is not in the same lane at all.
As the saying goes, food, clothing, shelter and transportation are just the needs of people, and this "clothing" is precisely at the top of the four major needs, and it is even before eating, which shows how important it is to the survival of people.
At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, for the land of China, the meaning of "clothing" was even more profound. The Mongols have been fighting a world war for nearly a hundred years, and the population they have plundered, the increase in chariots, the ever-expanding barracks and the Mongol Gelez have increased rapidly, and the demand for silk, linen, and grass leather has become increasing, and the imperial court has no other choice but to forcibly expropriate them from the people. At this time, cotton planting has covered the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin, cotton production and use has become the main direction of the handmade textile industry, especially in a large area of Jiangnan, cotton textile products have completely replaced hemp, kudzu and other textiles, becoming the world's leading trend at that time.
The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty frantically levied textiles, and the common people got up early and greedily, processed by hand, and still could not meet the needs of the authorities.
It just so happened that the Zodiac, who had been displaced in Yazhou for more than thirty years in the early years, returned to her hometown, and together with the people of her hometown, boldly innovated textile technology, invented manufacturing tools, and actively promoted cotton planting, which quickly changed the face of textile production, rescued a large number of women laborers under heavy pressure, and was widely respected and praised by people.
According to historical records, the contribution of Huang Daobo to the textile industry is mainly the invention of the cotton gin, changing the manual cotton seed to mechanical seed removal; inventing the longbow cotton technology, which improves the quality and efficiency of the bullet flower; invents the pedal spinning wheel, which increases the efficiency by more than four times; improves the loom, which evolves from hand crank to pedal, making the weaving process more advanced and labor-saving, and has become one of the greatest inventions of the working people recognized by later generations, which has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years.
Ancient spinning machines
Since then, China's textile industry has advanced technology, sufficient production, and firmly walked in the forefront of the world, providing a material guarantee for the laissez-faire growth of ancient Chinese.
More than three hundred years later, on the other side of the ocean, the British Empire on the left bank of the English Channel, became angry. In order to protect the interests of the domestic textile industry, in 1700, the British Parliament passed a decree prohibiting the import of cotton fabrics from China, India, Iran and other foreign countries, especially Chinese dyed cotton fabrics. Because this not only depleted Britain's wealth, but also caused people to lose their jobs.
However, this decree obviously can not save Britain, China's textile imports can not be Britain, but in the international market, British textiles still compete with Products from China, India and other places, their textile industry is difficult to survive, let alone develop, the country is in a depression, after the enclosure movement, a large number of peasants poured into the city, on the one hand, the labor force is idle, on the other hand, there is a lack of clothes and clothing, the necessities of life are scarce, and the United Kingdom, which first implemented the capitalist road, is also struggling.
An accidental invention by a watchmaker named Kaye saved British industry and sparked an industrial revolution. Kaye used the foot pedal to directly drive the shuttle, changing the original hand-throwing shuttle process, and the efficacy was more than doubled. Immediately after, the supply of yarn was not urgent, and someone invented the Jenny machine, replacing the manual by machine. British textiles have undergone great improvements, not only increased production, but also a sharp decline in costs, greatly improved quality, rapid competitiveness in the international market, excellent reputation. Later, British capitalists and technicians together, and the use of hydraulic power as a power, greatly improved the production capacity, the promotion and use of machines completely replaced the manual, the comprehensive benefit increased by more than a hundred times.
The cotton textile industry became the first industry in Britain to realize mechanization, which led to a technological revolution in the industrial field and put capitalist Britain on the road to the success of the industrial revolution.
The technological innovation of the zodiac is a spark of wisdom that erupts under pressure, and the industrial revolution in Britain is also the product of the development dilemma, they undoubtedly provide convenience for the lives of all people, and "clothes" have now become the basic element of the least demand pressure in our lives.