Shi Wenbin was very unhappy to see that Zhu Tong exonerated Song Jiang, and said: "This county just asked people to summon Song Jiang over for questioning, and the county has its own judgment on the merits." ”

"Yes, I'll do it."

Zhu Tong said out of the county office, and kept shaking his head, this thing is too difficult to do, a clear-eyed person knows at a glance that Chao Gai wants to take this opportunity to trouble Song Jiang, once Song Jiang's handle falls into Chao Gai's hands, then Song Jiang will be unlucky, thinking of this, Zhu Tong called a henchman and whispered a few words.

An hour later, Song Jiang came to the county government to see Shi Wenbin, and immediately admitted that he recruited the two to be scholars, and also admitted that he was negligent and forgot to let the two go to school, and immediately said that he would let the two of them go to school tomorrow. Shi Wenbin asked Song Jiang if he had abused the two scholars, and Song Jiang immediately denied it. Shi Wenbin had no choice but to ask the two scholars in person, but the two lowered their heads and said nothing. He also said that there was none. Shi Wenbin didn't make a move, and immediately let Song Jiang go back.

When the news came back, Chao Gai was playing chess with Wu Yong in the barracks. Chao Ran came in and reported: "Zhu Tong told Song Jiang in advance, and then took Song Jiang to the yamen, the two children naturally didn't dare to say anything after being threatened by Song Jiang, and even the old man lied to Song Jiang and refused to tell the truth." ”

"Okay, knowing you, you go down." Chao Gai said.

Chao Ran turned around and retired.

Wu Yong touched his mustache and said: "I didn't expect this Song Jiang to be so capable in the county government, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng are still his henchmen, and even the servants dare to hook up with him and cover him for him." Obviously, they didn't take us seriously, and they had to clean it up, otherwise they would kick their noses in the face. Let Niu Gao go over, bring that puppet back, and believe that he will say it. ”

"Otherwise, this matter will stop like this for now. There is so much to do that there is no need to spend energy on this one. The construction of the shipyard is relatively smooth, when you are not busy, you go to assist Liu Tang in training recruits, and I will be busy with other things these days. Chao Gai laughed.

Chao Gai's answer surprised Wu Yong very much, Wu Yong thought that Chao Gai would be furious, and then immediately brought the puppet back and beat him, and then grabbed Song Jiang's tail, at least he had to send him to Yuncheng out, after all, it is difficult to tie two donkeys in a trough.

"Okay, but brother should be careful, Song Jiang is thick-skinned, and he can win people over, he is a heroic figure." Wu Yong reminded.

"Mr. Wu rest assured." Chao Gai said.

"What has my brother been busy with lately? Just the Tianwang rice seed alone makes us quite entered. Wu Yong asked.

Chao Gai took a sun-dried green linen, handed it to Wu Yong, and said, "I'm busy with this." ”

"This, this is not the ubiquitous hemp that can be seen on the side of the road, it is everywhere, and the common people use this thing as a weed to burn the fire and cook." Wu Yong said.

"Yes, this is hemp, also called green hemp. It can be found everywhere, but it is extremely versatile, and it can be made into canvas with this yarn, which is very strong and durable. The raw materials can be found everywhere, and there are thousands of refugee women who have nothing to do, so we can't live in vain. Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong sighed: "Wu Yong is convinced of his brother's talent, a weed that ordinary people look useless can be processed into sails in the hands of his brother." ”

In the afternoon, Chao Gai left the barracks and returned to Chaojiazhuang Village, the backyard of Chao's house, originally Cheng Lin's room, Chao Gai came over but did not enter the door. knocked on the door, Cheng Lin went out, her child had just fallen asleep and was easy to wake up.

Chao Gai said: "Some time ago, I heard from the general manager that you used an old spinning wheel to spin fine twine from green linen, which is very fine and has a very good texture. ”

Cheng Lin said: "Before the disaster, I made spinning and weaving at home, and I could spin hemp and silk. ”

"There's a Luhua village here, and they also spin hemp, but it's too coarse, and it's only suitable for making fishing nets and cages. I see that the twine you spun is made into cloth, and it is better to make the sails of the ship. I want to set up a spinning factory, and I want you to be the factory manager, to teach the skills of female workers and manage at the same time. Chao Gai said.

Cheng Lin was overjoyed, but a little worried, and said: "There is no problem in teaching technology, I won't hide it privately, but I won't manage it." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "The spinning mill is not a black factory, and I am not a black-hearted boss. The treatment of workers is tentatively set at 200 yuan per month, 50 catties of grain and sorghum rice, and three meals a day. Uniform work clothes, all you have to do is to let everyone work hard, get bonuses if you work well, and deduct wages if you don't work well, or even fire. Of course, unless the work is extremely unconscientious, or there is gross negligence, the worker will not be fired easily. ”

"Well, I'll try it then." Cheng Lin said.

In this way, Cheng Lin became the director of the textile factory. When the textile factory started, there was not even a workshop, so it used a few utility rooms of Chao Gai's family, and Chen Lin took twenty women who had the same experience as her to work as weavers. Working 10 hours a day on a pedal spinning machine is not without hard work.

Although the sparrow is small, the textile factory is divided into three workshops: hemp spinning, wool spinning, silk, and there will be a cotton spinning workshop in the future. The so-called factory is actually a handicraft workshop, without any machines, are manual spinning wheels, very backward, but for the time being, Chao Gai is starting to improve, but invention and creation is not a handful of things, it is said that it is a high-rise building from the ground, in fact, to build a house must first lay the foundation.

A large number of pedal spinning machines are working day and night in the wood factory, the shaft in the middle of the spinning wheel was originally designed to be iron or copper, but now it is changed to steel, and the shaft is more wear-resistant, but it will squeak, and there is no sound when it is coated with castor oil, and it can be more lubricated.

Chao Gailai Wood Factory saw the invention of Lu Tamming and said: "I think it is not only the axle on the spinning wheel, but more important is the axle on the carriage, if the axle on the carriage is more brisk, then the horse pulls more things, although the simple steel shaft is good, but it is not good enough, it is better to add balls between the two steel sleeves, how about this?" ”

Lu Tam said: "In the early years, I heard that there was such a design in the Han Dynasty, but the method has not been handed down, but as long as the owner gives me a little time, I will definitely be able to make it." ”

"Don't worry, I'll definitely give you time, you can study it slowly." Chao Gai said.

The manufacture of bearings is not difficult in the case of steel, Chao Gai drew a rough sketch for Lu Tam, Lu Tam said he understood, and then began to study. Bearing this thing has a great contribution to the development of industry, in the case of Lu Tamming research bearing at the same time, Chao Gai arranged Zhang Tiehan to create a new thing, that is, the boiler, with steel after the boiler on the agenda, too complex things must not be made, can only be used on the soil method, build two cauldrons with a diameter of one meter, buckle together, connect with flanges, and add gaskets in the middle. The top pot has a hole in adding water and a steam hole. Experiments are slow, and needless to say, difficult clusters of clusters. Chao Gai is also psychologically prepared, and naturally he will not pull out the seedlings to help them grow.

The hot and rainy summer slowly passed, and autumn came, although the autumn tiger was still hot, but slowly the temperature was not so high. Chao Gai specially went to Chaotian pepper vegetable field, this year Chaotian pepper is only 300 acres, all the seeds are enough to name 3 million acres, of course, Chao Gai does not have so much land.

Chao Gai had an idea, and he and Jiao Ting picked three or five catties of Chaotian peppers.

Jiao Ting said: "This red is Chaotian pepper, but what can you do with such a small age." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "I'll know when we have dinner." ”

Chao Gai was mysterious, and specially invited the kitchen master to ask him how to do it. At dinner, Chao Gai invited Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Wang Jin, Liu Tang, Niu Gao, Bian Xiang, Jiao Ting, Pang Wanchun, and Li Kui. As for the others, they were either on duty or training and didn't have time to come over for this dinner.

Li Kui said: "Brother invited us to eat roast whole sheep?" ”

"Sheep are not yet open to eat, we don't have many sheep on our farm, and the people in the vicinity don't raise too much, and sheep raising is in its infancy. But in a few months, there will be no need to eat fish, and there will be endless big fat geese every day. Chao Gai said.

Zhu Wudao: "Having fish to eat is actually very happy, Brother Li Kui must not be greedy for fast tongues." ”

Li Kui pouted silently, he was easy to get stuck when he ate fish, so he had a shadow on the fish.

"Treat everyone to something you've never eaten before, and there will be a surprise." Chao Gai said.

After a while, the dish was ready, boiled fish, spicy chicken nuggets, and two seasonal vegetables.

Li Kui was fast, he picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and ate it, along with the red pepper on it, and soon Li Kui opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue again and again: "It's so spicy, it's so spicy." It's hot. ”

"This dish is called spicy chicken nuggets, and if it's not spicy, it's not right." Chao Gai said, "Although it is spicy, don't you feel that it tastes better than before?" ”

Everyone tasted it one after another, and the first bite felt spicy, but slowly found that the taste was much better than before, spicy and enjoyable, spicy and fragrant.

Zhu Wudao: "It is really a rare condiment in the world, compared to this thing, it will be as popular as pepper and anise in a few years, and my brother has contributed a lot." ”

Chao Gai said: "Chaotian pepper is also a seasoning, which can make some money and make the taste of food better, and it has no other effect." However, our peanuts play a great role at this stage, and the peanut seedlings are rich in nutrients, which is best for raising horses. A few days ago, Ma Ling came to the horse market again and sent 200 local horses from Hebei. Ma Ling said that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there should be 500 Mongolian horses delivered, so it is enough for us to use the horses ourselves. Other horse dealers have also successively transported thousands of horses, and now Yuncheng horses are sufficient, just wait for corn and peanuts to develop more forage, and they will definitely be able to develop to a greater extent. ”

was eating lively, and the soldiers came to report, saying that Hu Cheng had arrived at Chaojiazhuang and had something to discuss.

Chao Gaidang, Wu Yong, and Zhu Wu returned to the village together to discuss things with Hu Cheng.