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After completing the Heavenly Master Dao, Liu Muzhi devoted himself to buying grain and building workshops.

With the support of Yuan Shansong, the Taishou of Wu County, the processing workshop was soon built.

On the day of completion, Liu Muzhi accompanied Yuan Shansong to inspect.

The canning workshop is built in a large courtyard with three entrances, the surrounding environment is good, and the area is large enough.

Sima Xiuzhi arranged some manpower in the surrounding area to protect the safety of the workshop.

When Liu Muzhi and Yuan Shansong got out of the carriage, they happened to see Sima Xiuzhi standing at the door of the workshop.

"Hugh has worked hard! Let's go, take the prince in and have a look. Liu Muzhi patted the other party's shoulder and said.

Under the leadership of Sima Xiuzhi, Yuan Shansong and Sima Xiuzhi visited the workshop with great interest.

In fact, there is not much to see in the workshop, it is just a handicraft workshop.

There is no modern machinery, only a few operation rooms, which are used for slaughtering, packaging, sealing and other processes.

Among them, sealing is the most important, because if the seal is not good, it will directly affect the length of time that the can can can be stored.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of necessary technology and raw materials, the sealing effect in ancient times was not very good.

In order to prolong the shelf life of canned fish, the canned fish has to be made salty, which in turn requires a lot of salt.

Fortunately, Wu County is close to the sea, so it is very convenient to cook salt (the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not implement a monopoly on salt, but a tax system).

Taishou Yuan Shansong visited the whole workshop with great interest and gave a high evaluation.

He believes that with the workshop, the people in the neighborhood have one more opportunity to make a living.

"Dao He's move is a great achievement, and this official will thank you for the people of this county."

"The prince of the house is polite, and I need to rely on the adults to take care of me in the future."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, don't worry, with the old man here, no one wants to hinder the production of the workshop."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

After a stick of incense, Yuan Shansong, the Taishou guard, said goodbye and left, while Liu Muzhi stayed to listen to Sima Xiuzhi's report.

"Right Sima, there is a shortage of manpower at the moment, and I am worried that someone will find out the secrets of the workshop."

"Don't worry, the production of canned food is not a secret, and it doesn't matter if you are snooped on."

"Huh? Why is that? ”

Liu Muzhi said with a solemn face: "Xiuzhi, you and I came to Jiangdong for the purpose of raising grain and ensuring the smooth production of the canning workshop. ”

"At first, the local family will be very curious, and they will have to find out the secrets of the workshop."

"If you and I are too strong, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the local families, and I am afraid that we will continue to be in trouble in the future."

"On the contrary, let's take a step back first, let them find out the details of the workshop, go to curiosity, and naturally be safe."

"Yes...... But as a result, canned food production will soon be exposed to the public? What if they copy it? ”

"Hahaha, if they want to imitate, they can imitate it." Liu Muzhi said indifferently.

"Hugh, let me ask you, if it were you, would you buy canned fish to eat?"

"Of course not!" Sima Xiu refused.

A batch of canned fish has been trial-produced, and Sima Xiuzhi has tasted its taste early, and to be honest, it is not delicious except for saltiness.

Besides, there are many lakes in the Sanwu area, and it is close to the sea, so why bother to eat canned fish if you can't eat any fresh fish.

"Isn't that the end of it!"

"To put it bluntly, canned fish is for the common people to fill their stomachs, and who is a child of the family who has nothing to eat salty canned food?"

"If it is not profitable, even if the Maison gets the canning technology, it will not be used to produce it."

"Well, even if the family is dizzy and has built a workshop privately, so what?"

"Our workshop is not to make money, but to raise food to deal with natural disasters."

"What does it have to do with whether the family builds a workshop or not?"

"Right Sima is thoughtful, and his subordinates can't do it!" Sima Xiu's heart was convinced.

"Hehe, you are still young, with more experience, you will definitely be able to shepherd one side in the future."

"Thank you, Lord Jiyan."

……

As Liu Muzhi expected, as soon as the canning workshop was completed, it immediately attracted countless people to peep.

According to Liu Muzhi's instructions, Sima Xiuzhi turned a blind eye to all the spies from all sides.

The local family quickly figured out the details of the workshop, tasted canned fish, and immediately lost interest in the workshop.

After a few days, the workshop was calm and no strangers were around.

Just when Sima Xiuzhi thought that everything was fine, suddenly two strangers came around the workshop.

Unlike the spies, they seemed to be very interested in the workshop, and stayed for several days without leaving.

Sima Xiuzhi didn't dare to slack off, he ordered people to keep an eye on the two of them secretly, and hurriedly reported to Liu Muzhi.

Looking at Sima Xiuzhi, who hurriedly entered, Liu Muzhi asked with a puzzled face: "Xiuzhi, what happened?" ”

"Recently, I found that two more people had come to the workshop, one of them was thirty-five or sixteen years old, and the other was less than thirty years old, and their whereabouts were very strange."

"What's so strange?"

"The two of them are different from the previous family spies, although they are not interested in canning technology, they have been around the workshop for a few days."

"Later, they wanted to ask the employees about their salaries, and the subordinates thought they wanted to find a job."

"Unexpectedly, for a long time, they still circled around the workshop, but they never came to apply."

"Judging by his tone, the older ones seem to be from the Huiji area, while the younger ones are from the Northlands."

"Although the behavior of the two looks extraordinary, they don't look like the children of the family, but they seem to be from the Hanmen Shu family."

"The subordinates were worried that someone would cause sabotage, so they specially arranged for people to keep an eye on them."

"Who knows that they don't see any bad intentions except for walking around."

"I can't figure out the details of the other party for a while, so I came to ask the right Sima for advice, how to deal with this?"

Hearing this, Liu Muzhi's eyes lit up, and he smelled a hint of familiarity from his demeanor.

If he guessed correctly, these two people must be the children of a poor family who have never met Huai Cai.

It was only because there was no way to work in Jiangdong that he had to come to try his luck.

Since the year before last, most of the people took a trip to Jiangdong and abducted a large number of talents, and the name of his love for talents has spread all over Jiangdong.

Especially after the Great War of Merging States, Liu Muzhi, Sima Xiuzhi, Kuai En, Tan Daoji, etc. successively became famous all over the world, and attracted many children of Jiangdong Hanmen to serve in Hexi.

"Hehe, interesting, interesting."

Looking at Liu Muzhi, who was only contemplative, Sima Xiuzhi couldn't help but say anxiously: "Right Sima, what should you do with those two?" ”

"Leave them alone, there's nothing to show in the workshop anyway."

……

The weirdos in Sima Xiu's mouth are none other than Sun Chu and Fu Long.

is similar to Liu Muzhi's thoughts, one of them is from a poor family, and the other is a child of the declining Shi clan.

Sun Chu is a native of Yongxing, quite familiar with the art of war, and practiced water warfare, in history once led the sailor to attack Lu Xun, defeated.

Fu Long was born in the Fu family, a wealthy family in the north, but because his father and grandparents died early, and he had no close relatives, his family fortune has declined.

Although the two were very talented in history, they did not become prominent until they were forty years old due to their backgrounds.

Sun Chu and Fu Long have always been depressed in Jiangdong, and when they heard the name of most of the people's protectors, they had already had the idea of defecting to Hexi.

At this time, Liu Muzhi was ordered to go south to Jiangdong to buy grain.

The two pondered privately, and they didn't plan to go directly to Hexi, but wanted to follow Liu Muzhi to make some contributions first.

So, the two coincidentally went to Huduba, and happened to meet and get acquainted on the way, and finally went together.

When they came to Hudulei, the two first inspected the canning workshop, and then they went to visit Liu Muzhi when the investigation was almost over.

The two talents took the initiative to vote, which made Liu Muzhi overjoyed and personally lowered his rank to greet him.

Now that the canning workshop has been formalized, he has turned his attention to building overseas bases, just as there is a shortage of manpower.

The arrival of Sun Chu and Fu Long has greatly alleviated the problem of talent shortage.

Especially Sun Chu, it is a sailor talent that Liu Muzhi has always longed for.

"I'll take the liberty to visit, and I ask the right Sima to forgive me."

"Oh, the two of them took the initiative to vote, which really made Mu Zhi overjoyed!"

"The two of you will stay in Jiangdong to help a certain arm first, and when you return to Guzang in the future, I should personally ask the two of you for the protection of the capital."

"Thank you, right Sima." Sun Chu and Fu Long bowed and said.

"Hahaha, you're welcome! Come, let me introduce you to both. ”

Saying that, Liu Muzhi pointed to Sima Xiu's way: "This is Sima Xiuzhi, the youngest son of the King of Qiao, who is currently in charge of guarding duties. ”

"Ji Gao (Sun Chuzi) will follow Xiu Zhi first to familiarize himself with the situation, and then there are important tasks for you to complete."

"Bo Zuo (Fu Longzi), you stay to assist in managing the production of the workshop, as well as handling some documents."

"Subordinates obey." Fu Long and Sun Chu happily accepted the order.