Chapter 281 The Town Blacksmith Shop Delivered a Pot
Chapter 281 The Town Blacksmith Shop Delivered a Pot
Of course, you can also use a water grinder, but soy milk is not like flour. It is too slow to transport it back to the workshop from the river. It would be even more inappropriate to dig a canal to let the soy milk flow over.
The stone mill was made very large, and Wutai Stone Mill directly used oxen. After all, oxen can also plow the fields, and her family has a lot of land, so there is no waste.
So, at the beginning they built a special mill, so that five workers could grind the soy milk and transport it to the furnace.
Shen Songqing also turned around attentively. Seeing such a huge family business, he felt like his heart was about to jump out.
The Shen family has made great progress.
But how much money would it cost to build such a large workshop?
"Yuan, how much yuba do we have to sell to make back the money?"
He was still a little worried.
No matter how delicious bean curd sheets are, they are just soy products. How much can they be sold for?
That piece of tofu only cost a few dollars, and he was afraid that Shen Yuan would lose everything.
"Uncle, don't worry. Yuba is not tofu. We should get our money back soon."
Shen Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and had to go and comfort her.
"Shen Yuan's family, can I come and work after the autumn harvest?"
Some people thought about signing up because the workshop was so big that it would need a lot of people to work. The mill alone would require five people.
Su Wanwan was also pulled back.
"Of course, as long as this workshop is short of people, anyone in our village who is free can come. I will set the wages for each position according to the division of labor. When the business picks up in the future, the wages will also increase."
Su Wanwan also has her own ideas about wages. Of course, it cannot be calculated based solely on how many coppers are earned per day. A reward system can also be established. She needs to come up with a plan to ensure fairness and justice.
After a while, several aunts came to sign up.
Some men were unhappy when they saw that only women were signing up.
"If you ask me, you women should stay at home to take care of the children and cook. We men should do the housework."
Upon hearing this, the aunts became excited.
"Why can't we do it? We might be able to do it better than you. Why don't you let us do it?"
Of course the women would not give up such a good opportunity.
Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel, Su Wanwan was speechless.
"Listen to me, there are opportunities for both men and women. There are many jobs available in our village now. Isn't that kind of work, and it pays. We will also have a special system when the time comes. Whoever is suitable can come. But we must not hurt the harmony because of this."
After Su Wanwan said this, everyone was surprised. What kind of system was there for going to work?
Isn't it enough to just be diligent?
So someone asked.
The system formulated by Su Wanwan is not yet perfect, so naturally she won’t talk about it at this time.
"Well, it's mainly about time arrangement. We have to work at night here, and some of the children are too young to be suitable. Wait until I sort it out and recruit workers. If you think it's suitable, come and sign up."
Everyone suddenly realized.
It is true that it is not suitable for some women to work at night.
A group of people were talking and arguing, when they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
It turned out that the blacksmith shop in town came to deliver a pot.
Shen Yuan went to the town two days ago and had already agreed with the master to deliver it today.
The pot is too big, and it is made up of several pots. Today, the father and son from the blacksmith shop came, and they also asked a worker to deliver it together.
There was no cover on the carriage, so the iron pot was placed on it, much longer than the carriage, and was towed behind.
"Brother Shen, this thing is really hard to get."
Master Lu jumped off the carriage, panting.
He was the one who pressed the pot, so he sat on top of it. If he didn't press it down, the pot would fall off.
God knows how cool it is along the way.
We looked at them as if they were monkeys, curious about what they were pulling.
It is called a pot, but actually it is not a pot.
Because it is flat, only five fingers high on all sides, and square, it looks like a thin box, but without a lid.
"Master Lu, thank you for your hard work. Come on, Shen Su, come and help."
Shen Yuan immediately asked the people from the Shen family to move.
The strong men in the village also went to help, but the object was really heavy.
Others gathered around to look curiously, wondering if this was a pot.
Why is it different from the pot they use at home?
"Isn't this the kind of frying pan my sister-in-law uses?"
It was Shen Qing who exclaimed in surprise. She often saw her sister-in-law making pancakes in a frying pan, but the frying pan at her sister-in-law's house was round, while this one was square.
"Frying pan? Yes, the bottom of this pan is flat..."
Everyone was talking at once and followed the pot into the workshop.
Shen Yuan directed several men to lift the pot onto the boiler.
The size of this pot is only a quarter of the size of the boiler.
There are four pots in total, which, when put together, fit right on top of the boiler, looking quite spectacular.
Everyone was amazed. The boiler was so big that even a child could swim in it, it was just a little shallow.
Master Lu, who came to deliver the pot, walked around it responsibly and saw that there was no difference in size. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
This was also the biggest fight he had ever had in his life.
Why are the things made by Shen Yuan and his wife so weird?
"Brother Shen, when you start working here, I have to come and see how you use such a big pot."
He was extremely curious. What kind of expensive thing would require such a big pot? When would he be able to earn back the money from these pots?
However, Mr. and Mrs. Shen Yuan are now celebrities in the county. Not only have they made so many farm tools, but they are also said to have invented a waterwheel. Now Big Willow doesn't need to carry water to irrigate the fields.
He was curious about the waterwheel, so he came to press the waterwheel himself. He just wanted to come and see the magical waterwheel.
In fact, quite a few people have come to see the waterwheels recently, and many villages have decided to go back and raise funds to build waterwheels.
County magistrate Xu Huaiyuan submitted the drawings of the waterwheel when he returned that day, but the court has probably not received it yet, and the order for nationwide promotion has not been issued.
However, Tongxu County has already started promoting it, and the County Magistrate of Xu has distributed the drawings to each village.
Zhao Qinghai is not here today. He was asked to go to other villages to guide the construction of water wheels and is very busy.
“Extremely welcome.”
Shen Yuan naturally did not refuse.
Master Lu was stunned. He didn't expect him to agree so readily.
He just said it casually. He is not an ignorant person, so why would he visit other people's workshops?
After all, many workshops nowadays have some skills involved, some of which can be said to be family-inherited skills. It would be bad if someone learned them.
However, judging from Shen Yuan's expression, he didn't seem to be just being polite.
Looking at the villagers around him, so many people came to visit his workshop. He really is not afraid of others learning from him.
However, these villagers probably don't have the financial resources to build such a workshop, so it would be useless to learn it.
"Brother Shen is generous."
Master Lu is now sincerely willing to make friends with Shen Yuan.
Because he made those farm tools, many people in the village now come to him to make those tools. His business is booming now, all thanks to them.
Shen Yuan asked Lin Yi to keep an eye on the workshop and lock the door after everyone left. He personally took Master Lu to see the waterwheel, and then went back to pay the money before sending them away.
Su Wanwan calculated the money at home and then entered the space.
As soon as I entered the space, I smelled the sweet scent of peach.
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