Chai Meng smiled and said, "My brother has too many industries. I forgot about it. Gao Tang is the key target of the reconnaissance battalion. Some opens a small inn. Although the scale is not large, the conditions are good."

"good."

This inn is located next to Sanli Pavilion outside the North City Gate. There are only six or seven rooms in the shop. It is already closed, and Chai Meng goes over and knocks on the door, bang bang.

The shopkeeper was obviously asleep and asked impatiently: "Who is it?"

Chai Meng didn't say anything and knocked on the door with his fingers.

One short one long one short one long one short one long one short one, and knocked five times.

The shopkeeper asked quickly: "Where did the guest official come from?"

"Who is back at the shopkeeper, we are from Mujia Village." Chai Meng said.

The shopkeeper opened the door and said, "Come in quickly."

The shopkeeper was shocked when he saw it. It turned out to be the owner of the manor and Captain Chai.

Chai Meng said: "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry. I woke you up in the middle of the night. It's too late to go. Find us a room and have some food."

"Okay, please follow me." The shopkeeper took the two into the room in the backyard. There were no neighbors on the left and right, so it was quieter.

"Master, battalion commander, why are you here? What tasks do you have?" the shopkeeper asked.

Chai Meng said: "There is no task. We just passed by and had no place to stay at night. Just prepare some food."

"Okay, I understand." The shopkeeper originally thought there was something important, but now he felt relieved and went to the kitchen to cut some cooked food.

When he got up early in the morning, Chai Lin called the shopkeeper and asked, "Is there anything important in Gaotang City recently?"

"The biggest thing to say is of course a new magistrate named Gao Lian, who is said to be Gao Qiu's cousin, but Gao Lian is quite low-key and rarely appears in a month." The shopkeeper said.

Sure enough, Chai Lin was still worried about his uncle.

"Who did Gao Lian bring here?" Chai Lin asked.

The shopkeeper said: "Apart from this, his brother-in-law Yin Tianxi, he does everything he eats, drinks, whores and gambling.

Chai Lin nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Go and do it, Mengzi, let's go into the city."

As soon as the group arrived at the city gate, they met a convoy led by Chai Ze to leave the city on a horse.

Chai Ze was very happy and said, "Brother, why did Brother Mengzi meet you here?"

Chai Lin said: "I'm planning to enter the city. What are you doing?"

Chai Ze pointed to several large carriages and said, "We went back to the village to install water trucks. There were a total of 3,000 acres of land. Four water trucks have been installed. It is not enough, so install a few more."

"Then let's go with you. There's nothing wrong anyway, just come and have a look." Chai Lin said.

"Okay." Chai Ze got off the horse and walked with Chai Lin and Chai Meng.

The Chai Ze family's foundation is far less solid than the Chai Lin family. There are about 3,000 acres of land in Chaigou Village outside Gaotang City, and the villagers of the Chai family have more than 1,000 acres of land.

It was seven or eight miles away from the city, and the group walked and chatted.

Chai Ze has been very happy recently. Because of the hot sales of various popular products in department stores, Chai Cheng has won a new nickname called Chai Bancheng. As a young owner, Chai Ze's status naturally rises.

Chai Ze said happily: "Brother, your house is really amazing. The Ferris wheels he built are so powerful and sells them very well. The craftsmen are too busy. They have to wait for three or five days if they want to buy them. However, the profit is a little lower. A No. 5 water wheel can only make three or five taels of silver."

Chai Lin said: "It's not low. This water truck has gone through more than a dozen processes when it leaves the factory, and the cost is only six taels. In addition to the freight, a water truck in my workshop is only one tael of silver. When we do business, making money is important, but we also have to take into account the interests of our customers. Every time we sell a water truck, hundreds of acres of land can be irrigated and grain production will be increased."

Chai Ze said: "Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to complain. I just sighed. A few days ago, that boy Yin Tianxi ate a big turtle and laughed to death."

"Oh, what's going on, tell me." Chai Lin asked, Chai Lin was worried that Yin Tianxi would start to attack his uncle.

"The Ferris wheels in our business are sold well, and many people are jealous. Seeing that our business is good, Yin Tianxi wanted to sell them as big as a water truck. He came over and picked up a water truck with a diameter of five meters. I gave him some discounts, eleven and a half taels of silver. The kid pulled the water truck and went to find the carpenter and asked how much silver it would cost to make exactly the same. After leaving several carpenter shops, people said that it would take half a month to make the same one, and it would take twenty taels of silver, which made him very angry." Chai Ze said.

Chai Lin smiled and said, "He thought he could just find a carpenter shop to make things from our Chaijiazhuang. However, Yin Tianxi relied on his brother-in-law's power to not be quarrel with him, but he should be more roundabout."

"Don't worry, brother, on the third day of taking office, my father took fifty taels of silver to visit him. The necessary relationship must be maintained. The bachelor will not fight against the power." Chai Ze said.

"Okay." Chai Lindao.

Not long after, we arrived at the land of Chai Ze family. Three thousand acres of land were very large, among which 300 acres of paddy fields had not yet reached the season for transplanting rice. The green wheat was already knee-high and grew very well.

Hundreds of village heads were holding shovels to weed and watering the ground, and they made a piece of laughter.

"Young Master is here. Thanks to your water truck, more than 2,000 acres of wheat have been watered now, and 800 acres have been watered." said a Zhuang Ding.

Chai Ze said: "It's not that it's been installed for several days, why is it so slow?"

"The weather is too dry and the ground is too dry. Everyone is in a hurry. There was a quarrel yesterday." Zhuang Ding said.

A few days ago, three six-meter water trucks were installed, and they were running on the river. There were six hand-pressing wells next to them constantly pressing water into the canal, as well as pedals, water poles for lifting water, etc.

"In previous years, there were no water trucks and no quarrels. This year, there were water trucks and no quarrels. I couldn't save some time," said Chai Ze.

The tenants dare not say anything. The problem is that the wheat is particularly sensitive to water during the grouting period. Watering more often will produce dozens of kilograms. These dozens of kilograms are enough to pay the land rent.

Chai Ze said: "Today we will bring three more water trucks. Let's tighten up and be sure to stand up today."

When the Zhuang Dings heard that three water trucks were brought in, they were very happy. They didn't need to call dozens of strong laborers to help unload the truck.

Chai Ze said: "Water to remember the source of water. You must not forget the people who make water trucks. We are all given by my brother, the owner of Chaijiazhuang. This is the one beside me. Thank you everyone."

When they heard that it was given by Chai Lin, although it was not given to them, they were the direct beneficiaries and they all bowed: "Thank you, Master Chai."

Chai Lin said: "You don't have to be polite, please help me get the water truck mounted quickly."

Chai Lin was not here for nothing, and his worship value increased a little.

"OK."

Let’s work together to help craftsmen dig holes and pile up water trucks.

The Ferris wheels produced in Chaijiazhuang are modularly designed and assembled at the local level. First, it is convenient for transportation and second, it is convenient for repairs. Just repair wherever it is broken.

Craftsmen can’t use Chai Lin and others to install it.

The season of grass growing and birds flying is so beautiful. Chai Lin, Chai Meng and Chai Ze are playing by the river. The river water is clear and the fish are swimming in the shallow bottom.

Chai Meng pointed to the river and said, "Look, there are so many fish fry, small crucian melon seeds."

Chai Ze said: "This is not the time of famine. Even the loaches can be caught clean when they are famine. I saw that the 300 acres of rice fields were planted by my family. Many wild fish go in every year and catch fish when harvesting rice."

Chai Lin suggested: "It's better to do this. Now the water truck is installed and it's convenient to irrigate. Renovate these 300 acres of rice fields slightly, dig a few slightly deeper fish canals around it, put more crucian melon seeds after transplanting rice seeds and irrigated, and occasionally sprinkle some bran and bran. If it's done, there will be at least 60,000 to 70,000 kilograms of fishing. Looking for a fish pond, leaving a fish planting every year, and developing more industries."

"How to transform it? I like fish the most. I either like to eat it more or like the feeling of catching fish. Brother quickly tell me. There is a bite behind Yutang Village, but I just don't know how to manage it. It's all wheat-eared fish." Shibaize said.

"You call a farmer who grows paddy fields. I will understand it as soon as I tell him. The transformation is very simple and it doesn't take much effort. It's just where you can get this fish fry, and whether it's easy to sell it if you harvest the fish in autumn." Chai Lin said.

"There is no problem with fish fry. There are fish ponds nearby. It's enough to spend money to buy some and let the farmer catch some. Sales are even less problematic. Gaotang cannot compare to Cangzhou's seaside. Fish here are very popular. Even if they can't be sold, the village will not suffer much loss. This will also enhance the cohesion of the farmer." Chai Ze said with a smile.

This cousin is also a popular person. He did it at will and called a Zhuang Ding who was in charge of paddy fields. He was old and had a fifty-year-old style.

Chai Lin told him about it, and Zhuang Ding slapped the thigh and said, "It's OK, don't worry, Daguan, strengthen the ridges of the fields, add fish ditches and fish pits. I worked in Zhejiang for a few years when I was in my twenties. They called this fish, but in fact they raised fish in rice fields. The key point is what Daguan said, dig a few ditches in the rice fields to serve as a fish summer port for dry and hot weather. Raising fish in rice fields is stocked with about 200 carp fry and about 200 crucian melon seed seedlings. If you are lucky, you can harvest 300 kilograms of fish in autumn, and fish manure and fertilizer fields can increase rice yield."
Chapter completed!