Chao Gai held a welcome banquet again for Yang Zhi's arrival in the military camp, and all the generals gathered together, and after the banquet, Chao Gai went home, and paid the maid Jin Lian a few months of public food, and the next morning, Chao Gai and Chao Xun had dinner together.

Chao Xun was very happy recently, and said: "I am more and more impressed with your vision, the business of the trade city on the edge of the water is now booming to the extreme, and the shops have developed to more than 600, almost becoming the economic center of Jeju, Yanzhou, and Dongping in most of the Jingdong Road, and the merchant ships and carriages come and go every day. ”

Chao Gai ate an egg and said: "This is a good thing, the economy has developed the people's lives, and the lives of the people have become richer, and there are fewer and fewer poor people in Yuncheng County. ”

The two said that they didn't talk about business, but they still talked about business during dinner. Chao rice is very large, a breakfast costs ten eggs and a few bowls of soy milk. Chao Xun is old after all, and it is nothing more than a bowl of soy milk and an egg.

Chao Xun was faintly worried: "Now the trade city is a cash cow, and the horse market is also a hot business, I am afraid that it is inevitable that there will be evil thoughts, although the official position of the official is prominent, but he is upright, I am afraid that he is not the opponent of the traitorous minister, the prefect of Jeju Lin is estimated to be about to rise, and you still need to have a good relationship with the prefect of Dongping Prefecture." ”

Chao Gai nodded and said yes, the form of officialdom is delicate, in fact, the most reliable is the army in hand, and there are still very few people who know about having a large number of troops overseas, and Chao Xun does not know the specific number.

Chao Gai said: "I'll go to the industrial park in a while, Uncle Xun will go?" ”

Chao Xun said: "I won't go, I just came back from the industrial park yesterday, and there is a big tea merchant from Fujian in the afternoon, it is said that the strength is very great, why don't you go with me to talk about it then." ”

As soon as Chao Gai heard about the tea merchant from Fujian, Chao Gai still knew very little about the southern coast, and he needed to get in touch, so he immediately said: "Uncle Xun, don't worry, I will accompany you to meet this big tea merchant in the afternoon." ”

Chao Gai went out, outside the door, Luo Yun and more than a dozen guards were already ready, Jiao Ting had been off work for the past few days, and there was no need to make such a big score at home.

Chao Gai took Luo Yun and other people straight to the industrial park in the deep mountains, this industrial park mainly occupies the entire mountain nest, hundreds of acres, but there are still very few factories, mainly Xu Jie's Baicaotang Pharmaceutical Factory, and a feed factory in charge of Li Qingzi, named Fat Pig Feed Factory, and a grain processing factory in the grain store. There are also a number of small factories, but all of them are Chaogai's own industries.

The industrial park is heavily defended, and the people on duty are all elite soldiers, and people without documents cannot enter at all. Even people like Chao Gai and Chao Xun have to test their waist cards when they enter.

As a good doctor, Xu Jie's happiest thing is to see that patients can take cheap medicines. Xu Jie took Chao Gai to inspect the factory. Xu Jie was very happy and said, "Recently, two new steam engine-powered pulverizers have been installed, which can crush medicinal materials quickly and well, and can save dozens of manpower. ”

Chao Gai also saw that the power of the crusher driven by a small steam engine was equivalent to more than a dozen horsepower.

"Although the machine is easy to use, the use process needs to be cautious, arrange a special person to operate, and be careful. Some new steam engines will be added one after another. Chao Gai said.

Xu Jie nodded yes and said: "The small hand-cranked mill and pill forming machine are also very easy to use, and now the production volume is very large, a total of twenty production lines, producing the most commonly used twenty kinds of medicines, with good quality and high output." ”

The pharmaceutical factory mainly produces Chinese patent medicines, which are the most commonly used drugs such as wind and cold, gastrointestinal and tonic, and the output can not only be used by the army and overseas immigrants, but also exported in large quantities. Chao Gai said: "The next part is to build a veterinary drug factory, and you have to pick up this burden." ”

Xu Jie said with a bitter face: "Ah, this one pharmaceutical factory is enough for me to be busy." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "It's full when you're busy, now there are a lot of horses, cows and mules, and there are more sick people, and if you are sick, it will cause plague if you don't treat it well, and many diseases are zoonotic, so you must pay attention to veterinary medicine." ”

Xu Jie nodded: "Okay, many medicines are shared by humans and animals, such as the Qingwen Septic Poison Powder, which can also be used by humans and animals, but the horses and cows are large, I have no practical experience, and I am afraid that the dosage will not be well mastered." ”

Chao Gai said: "Don't worry about this, it's not for you to build it tomorrow, now there is a veterinarian in charge of formulating veterinary drugs, and when the time comes, just communicate with each other." ”

Chao Gai also took some common medicines such as Xuantongli Lung Pills, Spleen Strengthening Pills, and Huanglian Jiedu Pills from the pharmaceutical factory.

The crushing capacity of the pharmaceutical factory is still small, and the change after the adoption of the steam engine is still small. However, the fat pig feed factory is different, the feed factory is mainly pig feed, and at the same time takes into account the fine processing of mules, horses and cattle.

As soon as they entered the factory, Chao Gai and the others changed into clothes and wore thick masks. Li Qingzi knew that Chao Gai was coming today, so he waited in the factory. Due to the limited number of steam engines, the crusher of two steam engines has just been launched, because it is driven by a medium-sized steam engine, so the horsepower is also very large, a steam engine can drive three crushers to crush the grain through the transmission shaft, and the corn, soybean cake, peanut cake can be crushed into slag, and then through a mixer, all kinds of grain are mixed in proportion, and then squeezed by the pellet machine to become feed.

Chao Gai said: "How much grain can be crushed in a day now? ”

Li Qingzi said: "The grain needed for feed does not need to be particularly fine, just the steam engine driven by the crusher can crush 100,000 catties a day, catching up with the speed of the original dozens of donkeys grinding and crushing, the original is just crushed, and then all kinds of grain are formulated according to the proportion, and now there is an additional pellet machine, the grain is extruded at high temperature, the taste becomes better, and people can eat it." Li Qingzi said and picked up a handful of feed, Chao Gai smelled it, it was indeed very fragrant.

Originally, Chao Gai put the feed factory only as a military horse farm, a supporting factory of their own farms, but in fact it is not like that, the Song Dynasty has a very developed breeding industry in these years, although people in small places can not afford to eat pork, but the big city has gradually been dominated by pork, I did not expect that this feed is in short supply, feed is a small profit item, that is, less than thirty percent of the profit, but the amount is large, so it is very money.

The situation of the grain processing plant is also good, but there are too few steam engines, and if there are dozens more, the production capacity can be increased several times. The use of steam engines has great benefits, of course, there are individual workers who are worried about losing their jobs, afraid that more machines will use less manpower, but this is inevitable. However, the factory is only in the development stage, and it is impossible to lay off workers, and even layoffs will arrange a way out for the workers.

At noon, Chao Gai, Luo Yun and others ate in the canteen of the industrial park, the canteen master was startled, but everything was fine, although the food in the canteen was not too delicious, chicken, duck, goose, all kinds of fish, cabbage and radish were available, and the staple food was rice, steamed buns, flatbread, but the overall was passable, and basically welfare, a meal only needed one penny or two pennies. A few brave workers even came to talk to Chao Gai, saying that the industrial park is good everywhere, but it is militarized management, and it is inconvenient to go out to find a daughter-in-law.

Chao Gai said that I don't want to be so strict, but the current situation does not allow it, there are always bad people making trouble, and when the world is peaceful in a few years, the industrial park will be open to him and come and go at will.

Pharmaceutical factories, steam engines, and so on have to be kept secret, so militarized management is still necessary.

Luo Yun reminded Chao Gai: "Brother, it's not too early, we still have to meet the big tea merchants from Fujian." ”

Immediately, Chao Gai and others left the industrial park and rode fast horses, and these war horses of the soldiers were all good horses that could run in Mongolian Mali, and the speed was powerful, and it could be done in dozens of miles and half an hour.

When I arrived at Chaojialou, the county seat, the tea merchant from Fujian had not yet arrived, and the two chatted for a while, and the newspaper came from outside the door, saying that the big tea merchant from Fujian had arrived.

Chao Xun said, "Let's go out and greet us." ”

Chao Xun was the mainstay, accompanied by Chao Gai, and the two took their entourage down the Chao family building and went to the street to see what a big scene. More than a dozen pairs of horses, protecting a carriage, riding horses are also rare, this horse is tall, the head shape is like a bird, the tail is stilted, it is the Bedouin horse that crossed the ocean, that is, the Arabian horse, this horse is formed in the desert area, good endurance, strong adaptability, smart and clever, is a rare good horse, used to make a guard of honor is much stronger than the Mongolian horse, pulling the demeanor is high.

Chao Gai thought he was a middle-aged man, but he didn't expect a young man to come down from the carriage, although he was of medium height, more than one meter seven points, this height was tall in the coastal generation of Fujian, and he looked young and promising. Next to the young man Luo Yun was looking at a retinue in a strong suit, carrying a wind splitting knife at his waist, he was one meter eight tall, his temples were bulging, he was a master at first glance, Luo Yun was also experienced, but he was obviously nervous in the face of this person.

Chao Gai also noticed Luo Yun's situation, smiled at him, and signaled that it was okay and there was no need to be nervous.

Chao Xun hugged his fists and said: "It's the young owner of the Zhengjia Tea Store in Fujian." ”

The young man said: "It's the little nephew, Uncle Lao Chao came out to greet him, and I really don't want to go." ”

This young man is none other than the leader of the younger generation of the Zheng family's tea shop, called Zheng Shuang, who is only twenty-two years old this year, but is already a rookie in the business world.

Chao Xun said: "It is very happy to have friends from afar, and virtuous nephews from Fujian thousands of miles away, so it is also appropriate to come down to greet them." This is the head of my Chao family, the owner of Chao Gai Chao Village. ”

Chao Xun introduced Chao Gai, and Chao Gai said: "Welcome to Brother Zheng Xian, please come inside." ”

The living room on the third floor has already been prepared, spacious enough and bright enough.

The two sides exchanged two polite sentences, and soon got to the point.

Zheng Shuang said: "My Zheng family buys and sells nearly half of Fujian's tea, and the quantity is very huge. As we all know, Fujian is known for tea, and the output of high, medium and low-grade tea is very large, and now it is in urgent need of a partner with far-reaching sales capabilities. ”

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