Spring plowing has been completed, but the summer grain has not been harvested. For the people in Guizhou, they have actually begun to count the rice grains to put into the pot, and be ready to eat the chaff grain at any time, which is what the saying goes.
Feng Yong actually didn't want to buy grain when the price of grain was the highest in the whole year, but the old demon Zhuge only had one year left for him.
What can he do?
So I can only grit my teeth and spit out some profits.
During this year, the dignitaries were busy reclaiming wasteland, and Zhuge Lao Yao was busy harvesting wool.
No one had time or enough preparation to spin wool into cloth, so Feng Yong took advantage of this opportunity and started his own business.
This thing is so profitable, and life in the court is so tight, how could Old Demon Zhuge let it go?
Feng Yongyong took this opportunity to expand the textile workshop. Is he waiting for Old Demon Zhuge to free up his hands to grab the business?
To make the workshop bigger, it needs more people.
The more people there are, the more food will be consumed.
The old demon Zhuge has promised that he can take in a thousand women in Nanzhong and sell him another two thousand strong Hu men.
Including the original people, there will be nearly 3,000 more people in Nanxiang County in the future.
At this time, Feng Yong had to admire his foresight. Zhao Guang and Wang Xun went to various places to survey and cultivate. They met some ignorant barbarians on the way and captured them. You can't let me hand them over to the country, right?
The rich and powerful can secretly arrest barbarians and Liao people as coolies, why can't I?
So, isn’t it natural to send the Hu people you captured casually to Nanxiang to work as coolies?
Although Huang Wudie is the richest man in Hanzhong, how rich can Hanzhong be? Even with her family fortune, she cannot afford food for thousands of mouths.
It would be about the same if it were from a middle-class family in Jincheng.
Feng Yong thought about it and felt that he really could only go to Jincheng to collect food.
Fortunately, I harvested a batch of wool before winter last year. Although the cloth weaved was 50% of that of Hanzhongfu, I still had half for myself.
In addition, although He Wang is a mad dog and wants to bite his clan clan at any time, he is still very loyal to those who can help him take revenge.
Besides, Feng Yong also sent Huang Hao's head to help him gain official status, so Ju County sent some wool from time to time throughout the winter.
Although it seems to be bits and pieces, it is not too small when accumulated throughout the winter.
Anyway, at that time, the court did not say that private wool harvesting was not allowed. As a new generation of strongholds, it was used to explore ways and accumulate experience for the court to introduce a wool harvesting policy in the coming year. What was wrong with that?
Hello, hello, hello everyone, how cool is it?
It's not like that Ma Su, who scores three or seven points as soon as he opens his mouth, bah!
If you like Sanqi so much, why not go to Nanzhong?
There is a lot of Panax notoginseng in Nanzhong. It can also dissipate blood stasis and stop bleeding, reduce swelling and relieve pain. How good is that?
"Brother, what are you doing?"
Today, besides Guan Ji, the only person beside Feng Yong is Li Qiu.
Guan Ji rarely appears these days, but Li Qiu follows Feng Yong around every day.
Li Qiu, the county magistrate, was really laid-back and had nothing to do all day long.
Just go to the textile workshop, a pillar enterprise in the county.
"Grind the wheels rounder so that no one can push them anymore."
Feng Yong shouted at the craftsman, then turned around and replied: "Trolley."
"trolley?"
Li Qiu walked up to it with interest, took a closer look, and said, "It looks quite unique. It looks somewhat similar to a deer cart."
"It's just an improved deer cart."
Feng Yong admitted generously.
Deer carts have been around for a long time and can be regarded as the predecessor of handcarts. However, due to design reasons, the carrying capacity is not very large and can generally only carry the weight of one or two people.
The trolley that Feng Yongsuo is preparing to make is the most mature model after being used by later generations for more than a thousand years. It can carry the weight of at least six people.
If it is made larger and a puller is added in the front so that people can pull it forward and push it, the load capacity can be increased.
Two-wheeled vehicles pulled by livestock are good, but they can generally only be driven when the road conditions are good.
A handcart like this can pass through narrow roads, alleys, field ridges, and wooden bridges. Especially in textile workshops, the handcart is used to transport goods to wool carders, spinners, and weavers. It is very convenient!
With this gadget, the transportation efficiency in the textile workshop will be improved at least several times.
Coupled with the mine transportation, in one word, it’s great!
As a conscientious feudalist social capitalist, Feng Tubiao said that if we don’t improve work efficiency, how can we be called a qualified capitalist?
Again, if you don’t take advantage of the year Zhuge Lao Yao left for you to work hard to lay the foundation, will you be crying next year?
In this era when there is no electricity and gasoline cannot be used, this is the best solution Feng Yong can think of to solve the problem of transportation in workshops and mines.
Don't underestimate this vehicle that uses human power as power. Before modern transportation became popular in later generations, this lightweight vehicle for transporting goods and people, especially in the north, played almost the same role as the donkey.
Marshal Chen of later generations once said that the Battle of Huaihai was pushed out by the people of Shandong with carts, referring to this kind of cart.
"Used in the same way as a deer cart?"
Li Qiu walked around the car and asked.
Feng Yong nodded, "Yes. But it can hold more things than a deer cart, and it's more convenient."
After hearing this, Li Qiu was even more eager to give it a try. He lifted his robe and said, "I'll give it a try, little brother."
"This one won't work. It's not finished yet. There's another one. It's just finished. It just has some flaws, but it's barely usable."
Feng Yong saw this thing in the corner of his farm tool room when he was a child. He heard that it was used by his grandfather.
But even my father has never used this thing. How can he restore it in one go? He just has to ask a carpenter to polish it bit by bit.
If you are not satisfied with the result, you can just ask someone to redo it. Anyway, I have a lot of people.
"As long as it works."
Li Qiu held the handle of the cart and tried to take two steps. He was amazed, "It looks similar to that deer cart, but once you get started, it feels really different and much more convenient."
After thinking for a while, he asked Feng Yong, "I want to push it out for a try, brother, can you allow it?"
"Feel free. Let's see if there's anything wrong with it."
When Feng Yong heard this, he realized that there happened to be free trial operators, so there was no way he could disagree.
"That would be rude of me."
After hearing this, Li Qiu pushed the car out unceremoniously. Feng Yong looked from behind and saw that he pushed the car directly to the roadside, walked a few steps, and then pushed it back to the middle of the road. He repeated this several times, and finally
I don’t know if it’s unskilled or intentional.
After seeing that the craftsman couldn't make the next one for a while, Feng Yong walked to the door and watched Li Qiu pushing the cart outside and making irregular curved movements.
Unexpectedly, just after a while, Feng Tibi suddenly opened his eyes wide, and watched in disbelief as Li Qiu parked the car on the side of the road, then put a big stone on the car, pushed it two more steps, and then placed it on the car.
Hold another piece and put it on it, and then gradually disappear at the other end of the road...
You can do it, young man, the operation is very professional, you actually know to test the load capacity of the car?