In order to make the Yan family rich, Chen Xun must understand what is going on now.
She found out clearly that Lin County is in the south, in the Jiangnan area. Even in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, Lin County is not too far from Suzhou.
This Yong Dynasty is much more advanced than the Yong Dynasty over there, and the situation here is more like what it was like in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In the Great Yong Dynasty, there were sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, as well as peppers, peanuts and pumpkins. You must know that these things were basically introduced to the Central Plains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
And the Great Yong Dynasty actually had these things. It can be said that most of the vegetables and grains in the 21st century were also available in the Great Yong Dynasty.
It stands to reason that so many grains and vegetables have been introduced, so the people's lives should be pretty good, right?
But she thought about it and felt it was understandable.
The Great Yong Dynasty was indeed very good, but the life of the powerful and powerful people was good, and the life of the poor people was neither good nor bad.
At least the Yan family can support scholars. You must know that studying was very difficult in ancient times.
The Yan family made every effort to let Yan Lizhou study, and he continued to study for nearly twenty years. This shows that although the Yan family's life is not good, it is not too bad either.
Chen Yu thought for a while, what should she think of now to make the Yan family rich?
She could indeed take out the items in the space supermarket and sell them for money to solve the Yan family's poor life. However, she would eventually leave.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. She had to find a way to let the Yan family learn a skill so that they could still make money from the skill after she and Yan Lizhou left.
Chen Xun, who was thinking, glanced at a big tree next to Yan's house. She looked up at the big tree that she couldn't even hug alone, and her eyes lit up.
Maybe try carpentry?
Ancient wood cannot be cut down like modern wood, and ancient wood is basically costless.
You only need to replant them when you cut down the trees without damaging the ecology of the forest.
Chen Yun thought for a while, then returned to the house and borrowed Yan Lizhou's pen and paper to draw something for the Yan family to help with.
No one in the Yan family knows carpentry? Can’t they learn it?
Although she, Chen Xun, has never done anything, she has a lot of theoretical knowledge. She can teach - as for the results, it depends on their own talent.
"You plan to let them do carpentry work?" Yan Lizhou frowned slightly, "What do you plan to do?"
"Let's make some toys to sell." Chen Xin said without raising her head.
"Are you thinking too simply? There are not many rich people here in Lin County. Do you think toys can be sold?"
"It is true that there are not many rich people in Lin County, but what about over there in Suzhou? What about over there in Yangzhou? What about over there in Hangzhou?" Chen Yu said.
"There have always been many rich people in Jiangnan. It's not unprofitable for us to sell toys." Chen Xun said with a smile, "Rich people also love their children. Children will definitely like the toys I make."
"And the toys are not just for children, adults can play with them too."
Yan Lizhou watched her struggle without saying anything. Chen Yun sponsored a set of carpenter's tools herself. Wood was not very valuable in this era, especially the wood from ordinary trees, which was not very valuable.
So, he let her do as she pleased.
Now is not the time when farming is busy, and most of the Yan family are quite free, so it would be good for them to learn carpentry from her.
Yan Lizhou doesn't have any idea that all people are inferior but only good at education. He doesn't think carpenters, masons and the like are humble, and he doesn't think there's anything objectionable about his brothers and nephews learning carpentry work.
Being able to learn the art of eating is the most important thing.
People don’t have enough to eat, so why do they care whether the job is cheap or not?
So after Chen Xun drew several drawings of toys and got a set of carpenter tools, she started to let her family members learn how to make them.
Because Chen Xun's identity this time is that of a city girl, and because she is married to Yan Lizhou, the most favored member of the Yan family, everyone in the family is willing to listen to her.
Moreover, they can learn carpentry skills at home without having to go to a master. They work for the master for free and have to be trained by the master. How could they refuse such a good thing?
So, from Yan's father who was in his fifties to sixty to the Yan family's nephews who were in their teens, they all went to the mountain with great interest to cut down trees. Then they followed Chen Xun's instructions to find saplings to replant the place where they cut down the trees, and then put the cut trees down. After the tree is treated, move it home to dry in the shade.
The wood must be dried in the shade and treated before it can be used. Freshly cut wood is not easy to make.
But even so, the Yan family is still working enthusiastically.
Chen Xun is very satisfied with the Yan family's obedience. She is not stingy when teaching carpenters knowledge. She can also teach some things that other carpenters don't know. After all, she has been a system person, and the information she has collected before is very rich. of.
Then Chen Yu discovered that among Yan Lizhou's nephews, Yan Sanzhuang, a sixteen-year-old boy, was very talented, and Yan Erqiang was the most talented among all the Yan family.
Yan Sanzhuang has the talent to be a carpenter, but Yan Erqiang has the most outstanding talent in carving. If he is carefully taught, he may be able to become a master carver.
Chen Yun was not stingy and focused on cultivating Yan Sanzhuang and Yan Erqiang.
While the men were busy learning carpentry, the women did not rest either.
Chen Xun gave her guidance on cooking several times, and then Yan Sanlang's wife Su, who was the most talented, made food that Chen Xun was very satisfied with.
Su's cooking talent is the strongest, and among her two daughters, the eldest daughter Yan Yuniang is also very talented, followed by the youngest daughter Yan Yuniang.
The three women in the third room are all very talented in cooking, while the eldest daughter in the first room, Yan Lanniang, is already married, and the ten-year-old Yan Liuniang is very talented in knitting.
Of course, the talents of the Yan family are not that amazing, but when compared with others, they are still quite impressive.
Chen Yun focused on cultivating these people. She asked Yan Liuniang to weave straw and bamboo weaving skills, and then asked her to weave with thread. In any case, she became a master of weaving.
Yan Liuniang still needed some time, but Su took her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and two daughters to start setting up a stall and doing business as Chen Yu said.
Chen Xun thought about the area where she was now in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The taste here was basically sweeter, so what kind of food should she prepare to sell in order to have a business?
Sugar in the Yong Dynasty is also very expensive. Everyone seems to like sweets, but how should she get it?
After much deliberation, she didn't have any solution. Sugar cane couldn't be grown here in Lin County, and sugar beets didn't seem to be grown here either. If she wanted to make sugar, there was still no way.
Then you can only change to other dishes that don't use too much sugar.
So Chen Xun changed another recipe and asked Su to lead others to make it, then go to the market and set up a stall in the county town to sell it.
The men and women of the Yan family are divided into two groups, and they all work hard to make money.