Chapter 23 Fertilizers
Ma Bo was able to make something like a Quyuan plough under the guidance of Cao Xing, which shows that Ma Bo's skills are superb, after all, Qu Yuanli's kind of thing is a thing of later generations, and not every craftsman can make it with a little mention.
In addition, Ma Bo is also very upright and not greedy for money, so Cao Xuan did not hesitate to throw an olive branch to him.
Ma Bo was indeed a little hesitant at first, and he told Cao Xing that he had been away from his home in Yongzhou for a long time, and now he wanted to go back and have a look.
Cao Xing is also a little difficult to deal with this matter, after all, his legs are on other people's bodies, and he can't force others to stay here, but Chen Hu told Cao Xing that because his ancestors made a living by striking iron, he was an acquaintance with a carpenter like Ma Bo.
Chen Hu knew Ma Bo at that time because of his father's relationship when he was a child, and his father also told him that Ma Bo was indeed a rare talent, Chen Hu's father was just a single blacksmith, but if Ma Bo was asked to smelt iron, his iron-smelting skills would not be worse than his father, so Ma Bo could serve as both a carpenter and a blacksmith.
Hearing this, Cao Xing was completely moved, people like Ma Bo completely belong to the kind of skilled craftsmen, the troubled times are coming, and Cao Xing needs this kind of talent the most.
He believes that as long as Ma Boken stays here, he will give Ma Bo enough space to play, as the so-called wisdom of the working people is unlimited, as long as enough resources are given, Cao Xing believes that Ma Bo can play more things beyond the times, which is not only for Cao Xing's profit, but also for the benefit of the world.
Therefore, Cao Xing made up his mind to keep Ma Bo here, of course, just relying on Cao Xing's words, he couldn't impress Ma Bo, Ma Bo seemed to have made up his mind to go back to his home in Yongzhou.
But in the end, Cao Xuan found a breakthrough, that is, Ma Bo's eldest nephew.
Ma Bo's little nephew is only 10 years old now, and he is ignorant of the outside world. However, when he studied with his uncle every day, he behaved very seriously, but Ma Bo's eldest nephew was a little different.
Cao Xing can see from his eyes that this eldest nephew has some disgust with his current life, and it seems that it is not his pursuit to be in the company of sawdust all day long.
So Cao Xing began to approach Ma Bo's eldest nephew, intentionally or unintentionally, and learned that his name was Ma Fu, and he was really not very interested in the technology in Ma Bo's hands, and he even bluntly said that his younger brother was about to surpass him in terms of re-creating carpentry.
Since his father died when he was very young, he was raised by Marber alone, and he knew the hardships of life, so he didn't want to do carpentry anymore, because he really didn't have much money to make, let alone live in troubled times, and he wanted to do business.
At this point, Cao Xing has already found a breakthrough, since he can't convince Ma Bo, then let this eldest nephew convince him.
And in the process of persuasion, Cao Xuan is still constantly cheering for this Ma Fu, Ma Fu finally mustered the courage and began to continue to persuade Ma Bo, Ma Bo refused at first, but later he couldn't resist his eldest nephew, so he could only sigh helplessly, and expressed his willingness to stay here to Cao Xing.
Since Ma Bo has agreed to stay here, Cao Xuan naturally can't treat Ma Bo badly, Cao Xuan immediately said that he was willing to give Ma Bo a salary of 10 yuan a day, when he heard this number, Ma Bo was flattered, 10 yuan a day, has reached the level of Chen Hu and Fengyun.
Ma Bo said that he couldn't afford it, but Cao Xing said that he deserved it.
As for Ma Bo's two nephews, because Ma Bo's second nephew is still too young and is still learning technology with Ma Bo, so his salary Cao Xuan will not give him, and Cao Xuan will make another arrangement for him on the day he leaves the school, Ma Bo has no objection to this, after all, how much can he afford to take how much money, Ma Bo's second nephew doesn't have to do anything now, and there is no reason to pay him, not to mention Ma Bo's daily salary of 10 yuan is enough to support him and his little nephew.
As for his eldest nephew Ma Fu, since he likes the way of business so much, Cao Xuan directly threw him to Liu Wan and asked Liu Wan to teach him some business skills, if Ma Fu is really a manufacturable material, Cao Xuan will naturally promote him in the future, but if Ma Fu does not learn and has no skills, then Cao Xuan can only treat it as an ordinary buddy, of course, for the sake of him leaving Ma Bo, he will give him a salary of five cents a month.
In this way, Cao Xing shed a skilled craftsman, and now the Quyuan plough is made, Cao Xing directly asked Chen Hu to collect all these good Quyuan plows, and they must not be revealed.
Then he found Che Wu and asked Che Wu to take more than 10 guys to directly repair the toilet in the courtyard.
When the toilet in Cao Xing's compound had been expanded three times, everyone was a little suspicious and didn't know what Cao Xuan wanted to do, but Cao Xuan had a new man, that is, a farmer who specialized in plowing the fields, but this farmer was different.
Every day, it is not only necessary to go to the fields and farm, but more importantly, to clean the toilets, remove all the dung inside, and then add weeds, bark, soil and so on to the dung according to Cao Xing's instructions.
When this pile of things was formed for the first time, it was completely vicious, and that breath could drift into Cao Xing's courtyard along with the wind.
However, Cao Xing didn't care about the words of others, because he knew that this was the best fertilizer.
Fertilizer is the accelerator of crops, and there is basically Cao Xing in every era, and it is naturally impossible to make organic chemical fertilizers like the 21st century, but Cao Xing knows the method of composting and manure.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the base fertilizer of the Qin Dynasty was still used, and the base fertilizer was simpler, that is, before the crops were sown, you should first bury you in the soil and buy fertilizer, so as to ensure that the land is nutritious enough, and the things planted will not be undernourished.
Cao Xing did not cancel this method of base fertilizer, but he also started composting, because he knew that only compost can make the various nutrients in the fertilizer continue to increase, so that the fertilizer is the initial prototype of organic fertilizer, and the yield will definitely increase greatly if this fertilizer is used to cultivate the field.
Cao Xing made a preliminary estimate in his heart, if he used the composting method, the grain output should be doubled.
Although there are quyuan ploughs and ploughing oxen, but Cao Xing's farmers still seem to be more difficult, he deliberately selected more than 10 guys with rich planting experience to let them work, but the wages for these guys have all risen by two cents, reaching six cents.
Seeing that the farmer actually grew two yuan, that is to say, there was an extra 60 yuan per month, and others began to envy it again, but since the matter has been decided, Cao Xing is not ready to change it, everything is ready, and Cao Xing's big factory at home has begun to proceed steadily and orderly again.
After doing all this, Cao Xuan can also relax, this day he was reading Sun Tzu's Art of War at home with relish, just when he saw the soldier's trickery here, he suddenly heard a noisy sound outside, it sounded like Chen Hu's voice, as if he was dissuading someone.
Cao Xuan opened the door and wanted to go out to see what was going on, but as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into a person, looking at that person Cao Xing's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, because the person at the door was none other than Fengyun.
"Fengyun, why did you come back so soon? It's been half a month earlier than I expected, why don't you notify you when you come back, I'm going to meet you with Huzi! ”
Chen Hu next to him was also nodding constantly, but Feng Yun didn't seem to be ready to listen to the two of them, Cao Xuan glanced at Feng Yun's dress, Feng Yun had a lot of dust on his body, and it seemed that he was in a hurry, Cao Xuan was thinking in his heart, could it be that Feng Yun was in trouble when he went out this time.
Cao Xuan also gradually calmed down, he pulled Feng Yun into the room, and then asked Chen Hu to make it, the two of them sat down with tea, ready to talk slowly, Feng Yun poured a big sip of tea with a grunt, wiped his mouth, and then looked directly at Cao Xuan and said.
"Big brother, I already heard when I came back, is that Yu Yu bastard doing things again!"
Cao He and Chen Hu glanced at each other, although the crisis had been resolved by Cao Xing, but the entire Bianyun County had already spread the rumors, if it was in Bianyun County, it was impossible not to hear the rumors of this matter.
Early this morning, in fact, Fengyun had already returned to Bianyun County, and he wanted to find a restaurant to wash up well, and he couldn't go to see Cao Xing and Chen Hu in a sloppy manner, but he heard this rumor as soon as he entered the store, so without saying a word, he drove the carriage back home with his guys.
Seeing Chen Hu nodding Fengyun, the whole person was furious, and he slapped the table and got up: "Yu Yu Yu Shou, these two fathers and sons are very bold, they actually want to cause all of us to be ruined, no, I will definitely kill him!" ”
Cao Xuan looked at Feng Yun's angry appearance, he didn't know what to say, if it weren't for Chen Hu hugging Feng Yun to death, Cao Xuan estimated that Feng Yun really dared to carry a knife to find Yu Yu to settle accounts.
Feng Yun is a scholar, he is the most top-notch group of people in this era, he has his own backbone and his own character, so hearing this, coupled with the unfair treatment he suffered before, his whole person is basically about to lose his mind.
After a long time, after Cao Xing and Chen Hu talked badly, Fengyun finally calmed down.
He took another sip of tea with an angry face, and scolded directly: "Yu Yu Yu and Yu Shou, father and son, are a complete ruffian, as long as something happens, they will definitely leave the responsibility clean, and they are still playing with perfect hands, so that you can't find evidence!" I really want to send the two fathers and sons to the west with one sword! ”