The uncle and the second uncle are quite focused on their work, and the second girl takes one and puts the other, and they have several back and forth, but they don't find it. She walked to the second uncle who was concentrating on the words and squatted down, and saw that the white seeds held by the second uncle were all pre-drawn words. opened his mouth and asked, "Second uncle, do you plan to make these paintings for the children to play with, or do you plan to take this seriously as a livelihood?" ”

When the second uncle saw his niece and daughter-in-law coming, he put the hot iron rod aside. replied to his nephew and daughter-in-law: "This is not what we have to do, but after you leave, I will go to the county to send seasonal clothes to Anzi and Xiaolong." Xiaolong told me that many of their classmates had learned to play chess with him, and they all wanted a pair of them, because there was no place to buy them, so they asked us to make a few and give them away. When I went over the second time, Xiaolong told me that there were too many people to send it, so let them buy it with money, a pair of two hundred wen, and let me and his uncle make some more to send over. So we don't know whether to make these paintings, even if it's still a long-term business! ”

Er Ya thought about it and discussed with the second uncle: "Second uncle, if you don't have any specific plans, can you listen to my arrangement?" ”

The second uncle smiled: "What is it in our family that doesn't listen to you?!" What are you going to do about this, just say it! Your uncle and I are naturally at your disposal! ”

Er Ya was not embarrassed to be polite, and immediately called the uncle who was busy over and said his thoughts: "In this way, I think if someone in the county has begun to be interested in chess, then there will be more and more people interested in it in the future." We're just going to open a chess workshop. However, if you want to make zuò chess in batches, you can't do this tool, and it is slow and cumbersome to make zuò, and it is not up to grade. You have to make a set of tools that are specially used to make zuò chess. So. There must be an upfront investment, the uncle, the second uncle and our three partners to contribute, and then the profits will be divided equally among the three families, and your wages will be calculated separately. What do you think? ”

Of course, the second uncle had no opinion, but the uncle hesitated: "This is just a thing for children to play, can it be done as a serious thing?" ”

Erya smiled and dispelled the uncle's concerns: "Uncle, this is not just children who love to play. If adults and the elderly learn it, they will be as obsessed with chess as they are with Go. Let's do it while others don't care. Later. When we become large-scale, others just care, and they will not think of competing with us for such an inconspicuous business. In the eyes of others, such a small thing can't make a lot of money. It's not cost-effective to fight around. This exclusive business. Even if it's small, it's quite profitable to really do it. What do you think!? ”

Uncle has always thought of this nephew and daughter-in-law, and since the concerns in his heart are not to worry about in the eyes of his nephew and daughter-in-law, then he has nothing to say, so he nodded and agreed immediately.

Seeing that the second uncle and uncle had no opinions, they unanimously agreed, and the second girl talked about the future plan for chess: "Since the uncle and the second uncle both agree, then we have to do it well." If you do it well, it will become a big industry for our family. ”

Er Ya hasn't finished speaking. Uncle hehe interjected with a smile: "Hehe! We are now not short of food or clothing, and we still have money to spare, but we don't have extravagant hopes for any big industry or big industry. As long as you think it's good, we'll do it! ”

"Thank you uncle and second uncle for your trust, I think that since we want to do it, we have to do it for the better. Not only use this worthless peach tree to make it, but also use valuable red sandalwood, sour branches, rosewood, jade, and ox bones to make chess. In this way, you can not only make greater profits, but also raise the level of chess to the level of Go. It becomes the pleasure of those who read what they think. ”

The uncle and the second uncle were stunned to hear it, but they still knew how to nod, whether they understood it or not, anyway, they agreed unanimously.

After discussing it, Er Ya asked the uncle and the second uncle to continue to do it, and went back to think about how to design these tools.

Because there is no electricity, those electric polishers, electric saws, electric cutting plotters do not need to be considered. But what if it's designed to be a cyborg?! And then it's not impossible to use the buffalo as a driving force! There is also the small river at the head of their village, although the water potential is not very rapid and cannot reach the potential energy of hydraulic machinery, but it is also possible to build a dam at the place where the river turns, use artificial methods to increase the water potential, and then build a hydraulic chess workshop, and also build a hydraulic mill on the side.

Along the way, I imagined wildly, and I also went to the place where the river bends to see if it is possible to build a barrage dam and build a hydraulic workshop.

After looking at the river, I walked upstream for a while, and the more I walked, the more I felt that there was a door. Because there is a section of the river upstream from Chenjiazhuang that is still quite rushing, and the height difference is relatively large, there is no need to spend time and effort to build an artificial dam. It's just that this lot belongs to Chenjiazhuang, and it is good to buy this land from them.

With the concept of hydraulics as power, the mechanical design is targeted. She returned the same way, and when she got home, the children had not yet finished school, and the nurse was busy with dinner. She went to her grandfather's house again and asked her grandfather to help him ask if he could buy the land in Chenjiazhuang or exchange it for other fields.

When the eldest grandmother saw Erya coming, she greeted her with a smile: "Girl Liu is here!" But talk to your grandfather? ”

Erya replied with a greeting belt: "Big are at home!" I'm looking for the uncle, is the uncle at home? ”

The eldest grandmother replied while taking the second girl to the hall: "Your uncle is not at home, I went to Li Laozhuang to deal with the dispute, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until late." Your grandfather is at home, if it is a matter at home, you can also talk to your grandfather. ”

The grandfather who was taking a nap in the back room had already gotten up, and it sounded like his great-grandson and daughter-in-law were coming, so he sorted out his clothes and went out of the room and entered the hall.

"Grandpa! Wake up and sleep well? Erya saw Grandpa Tai coming out of the back room, and greeted him with a smile.

"Good! In fact, we old people can't sleep, we just squint our eyes and rest our spirits! You're here, just in time to hear you talk about the north, you were too tired yesterday. I couldn't ask a lot of things I wanted to ask! ”

Erya replied: "Okay! What does Grandpa want to know? Just ask, I'm just waiting for my uncle to come back. There is time. ”

Grandpa Tai immediately asked with concern: "Since you are going to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of dry land over there, have you thought about what you want to plant?" Maybe you can get the money on it? Manpower may be able to keep up? I heard that there is a shortage of water in the river over there, do you have a way to solve this problem? ”

It turned out that Grandpa was worried that he was too big to take care of it! At the moment, I was quite moved. replied to Grandpa very seriously: "Grandpa, you don't have to worry about this. When I was there, it was all planned. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been delayed for that long.

There are some hollows where water is stored, just like the hollows in the mountains are filled with water. Those hollows form lakes of all sizes. As long as it doesn't rain for a long time, although the water is not as convenient as our home, there is no big problem.

Our plan is to grow sweet potatoes, wheat, corn, sugarcane, and other food or economically valuable crops around and below lakes with easy access to water. Far from the lake. In the relatively high dryland, cotton, soybeans, peanuts, grapes, and other dryland crops that can be guaranteed to grow normally as long as there is rain. Especially if our family plans to open a weaving mill, the demand for cotton will be great, if it is completely bought from outside. I won't do it.

As for manpower, don't worry. There are more than 10,000 soldiers stationed in a town over there, and when the time comes, we can ask these soldiers to do some work, and we will provide food, cotton clothes, and shoes. As long as you are not a fool, I believe you will be willing to exchange! ”

Grandpa nodded while listening, but when he heard about the soldiers, he frowned and asked worriedly: "Those who are soldiers are not easy to deal with, don't be entangled by them." When the time comes, the tofu will fall into the ash heap, and you can't blow it! ”

Er Ya thought about Grandpa's words seriously, but thought of General Qin that Xiaohu said. I felt a little bottom in my heart, so I replied to Grandpa: "I can think of using soldiers, isn't it because Xiaohu saved General Qin's grandson last time!" Besides, our family is also in the army, so this is more or less a relationship! I thought that as long as there were no grudges and grudges, they wouldn't make trouble with us. Besides, who would cut themselves off from the mutually beneficial things of both sides!? And more importantly, the food we grow is very likely to be supplied to General Qin and his army, because of this, they also have to take the initiative to protect our interests! ”

When Grandpa heard Erya say this, he felt a lot more at ease. In fact, Erya is also very relieved to do things. It's just that if Er Ya doesn't talk about it and let him understand in his heart, he will be blind and think too much, and he will also worry about those who shouldn't be worried.

"Hey! Naturally, you have the bottom in your heart, so that's good! It's just that this hard work can be done by soldiers, but the cotton picking work is not something that those big men can do. I'm afraid you'll have to find another way, but you can't expect those soldiers to make mistakes. ”

Er Ya listened to what Grandpa said, and she really felt the same way. If this cotton is planted on a large scale, there will really be a shortage of people to pick cotton. There are already few people in the Northland, and it is really impossible to hire enough people from there at once. When the time comes, you have to ask someone from here to help, the picking period of cotton is about 40 days, and if people here stay for so long, most people will not be willing. You can only find those who are really difficult at home and lack food and clothing. In this case, it is necessary to recruit in advance, say hello in advance, and wait for the manpower to find an agreement, and when the time comes, you can directly pick up people to work.

Fortunately, Grandpa brought it up in advance, otherwise it would be difficult to find someone in a hurry next year.

When Erya thought of this, she thanked her grandfather: "Grandpa, you are still an old man who has a lot of knowledge and thinks about things." Otherwise, if you try to find a way, it will be too late. When we have planted more cotton land next year, we will calculate the area of cotton land and find people in advance. When it's time to pick cotton in September, you can just pull people over. If you wait until the end of the day to find someone, it is easy to make a mistake if you are in a hurry and don't say it. ”

Grandpa nodded with a smile, enjoying his great-granddaughter-in-law's affirmation of him. (To be continued......)