Nan'er brought half a wooden bucket of water, and according to Jia Min's instructions, poured it into the pipe. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Jia Min pressed the handle up and down, and there was a snoring sound in the water pipe. After pressing for more than an hour, there was still no water.

Ping'er pursed her lips quietly, revealing a contemptuous expression.

I'm going to see how you can get the water out.

At this moment, the sound of snoring was gone, and a stream of muddy water rushed out, piercing more than half a foot high, and spilling all over the ground.

Jia Min was full of rhythm, and the water stopped passing out, and began to flow out of the water outlet next to the iron pipe.

What Nan'er poured in just now was clear water, but now what comes out is muddy water, obviously, the water comes out of the ground.

"Oops, it's really out of the water. It's weird. ”

Everyone next to him cheered.

"Come, Nan'er, you press."

Jia Min handed the pressure to Nan'er.

"You see how I press, you press as much as you want. It will be in a moment, it's simple. Anyone will. ”

Jia Min demonstrated for a while, Nan'er took it, and was not skilled at first, and pressed it up and down a dozen times, and then got used to it.

Jiao Li was on the side, holding a shovel and digging a drainage ditch to divert the muddy water into the distance.

Subsequently, Ning'er, Fenghua, Xueyue, Jiao Li, and even Ping'er all tried it and soon became proficient.

Since it was freshly filled with soil, the water was muddy. The more you press, the clearer the water becomes, until at last it is completely clear.

Jia Min pressed the pressure handle to the end, and there was a gap between the pump inside and the water pipe, and the water went down.

"In the future, when you want to pump water, just like you did just now, pour some water into it, and you can press the water. When you use it in winter, you must let the water in the pipe go down, otherwise, the water will freeze in the pipe, and if the weather is a little colder, the iron pipe will be frozen and cracked, and if it leaks, the water will not be pumped up. ”

Although Ping'er was also excited, she didn't jump up as Jia Min said. However, she still thinks that Jia Min's words about freezing and cracking the water pipes are exaggerated.

That's iron, how can it freeze and crack? Net deception.

"Fourth master, I'm strange, they all say that the water flows low, how can this water come up by itself?

Jiao Li had been pondering for a while, but still hadn't figured it out.

"It's because with the pumping of the pump and the water that leads it down, it turns the iron pipe into a vacuum, and the water below is under a lot of pressure, so it comes up on its own, do you understand?"

"I don't understand!"

Everyone spoke in unison.

"Still don't understand? Oh, and we'll talk about that later. ”

The difference in the times, why is there no scientific literacy at all?

Eating at Yeduju, Jia Min deliberately set a rule.

Regardless of master and servant, male or female, in no particular order, everyone eats at the same table. That's how I ate last night.

At first, Ji Mingluan felt a little strange, but then he was relieved.

Ping'er and the rest of the people also felt uncomfortable, and they couldn't stand Jia Min's insistence, so after eating two meals like this, they got used to it.

I made six dishes tonight, along with wine. It's a celebration of the success of the well drilling.

"Fourth master, how much did this well pipe cost?" Ping'er asked casually.

"Four taels of silver."

"What? Four taels? ”

Dig a well for four taels of silver, and you will be a loser.

"This time four taels is a little more, and it will be less in the future."

"Will you fight in the future?"

"It's not for us, it's for others."

"Hit someone else?"

"Don't you think it's a good deal? The well is right in front of the house, and it can even be drilled into the house and drained directly into the water tank. No need to carry water, the water is clean. ”

"Who would spend so much money to dig a well?"

Ping'er didn't believe it.

"Small families are naturally reluctant to pay. However, those businessmen, scholars, and officials are willing. It's not just a matter of wells, it's a fad. ”

"What is fashion?"

Ping'er has been in the house for a long time with those half-hung scholars, and he has learned badly, and he is also a fool from time to time.

"It's a popular ......, it's a decent one."

Damn, you have to be a translator.

"Those rich people will feel ashamed when they see that other people's homes have them but their own families don't. So, hit one too. Spend six or seven taels of silver to dig a well, and they are still willing. ”

Then, Jia Min discussed with Jiao Li about digging wells.

First of all, of course, there is the issue of cost.

Digging a well pit, two strong laborers, can dig two a day, on average, that is, one person can dig a well a day. The salary can be given up to 50 yuan a day.

As for the well pipe, because Jia Min is in a hurry, and it is made as a whole, the cost is relatively high. Next, he intends to manufacture in sections. That is, the water pipes are built in three-foot sections and then assembled.

In this way, first, the manufacturing process is simple, the output is high, the batch size is large, and the cost is also reduced.

Second, it can be kept secret. The average blacksmith doesn't know what this thing is for.

Then he hired two blacksmiths, got the parts back, and did the final assembly at home.

Now to build a blacksmith shop, as long as there is money, in fact, it is relatively simple, there is a house, build a stove, get a few iron sinks, a bellows, large and small hammers and pliers, buy some coal and pig iron, and the rest is craftsmanship and strength. ‘

Jia Min calculated that if a blacksmith is hired to assemble only the final process, plus beating the drawer and putting thick cloth on the pump, at least two sets can be produced in one day.

The blacksmith's wages, plus the component money, can be controlled at about 2 taels of silver per set.

A person who drills a well a day charges 5 taels of silver, and the net profit is about 3 taels of silver.

Two people digging a well is 6 taels of silver a day, which is equivalent to half a year's monthly money, that is, half a year's salary for white-collar workers in this era.

"Jiao Li, you're going to do these things tomorrow. One, find a blacksmith, not the best, just a newly-formed apprentice. Second, prepare to build a blacksmith shop. Three, hire two well-diggers. Fourth, didn't I get two sets back today, give the rest away, and let's dig a well for him for free. ”

"It's free, isn't it cheaper, but it's four taels of silver."

Ping'er felt sorry for the silver.

"Go to a crowded place in the city and find a medium-sized family. Let's give him a person, a shipment, and give him a free beating. Tell him clearly, I don't want a penny. But there is one thing, when he digs a well, he has to call all his neighbors to see it. If you want him to see people, he will talk about them and tell them widely. ”

"Oh, I see, when others saw this, they all came to us to dig a well."

Nan'er understood first, and the son can be taught.

"Jiao Li, you calculate, in this way, how much silver can we earn in a month?"

"180 taels."

"What about 3 months?"

"540 taels."

"Let's just do this for 3 months, and we want to earn 3,000 taels of silver by digging a well."

"Fourth master, you miscalculated, isn't it 540 taels in 3 months, where did you get 3,000 taels."

Ping'er found something wrong. Others felt the same way, waiting for Jia Min's explanation.

Jia Min did not answer directly. Turned to Jiaoli again.

"Jiao Li, if it were the first time you found out that our well-digging business was so profitable, would you be willing to do it?"

"Naturally, I am willing."

"If you can earn 180 taels of silver a month, ask you to spend 20 taels of silver to learn this craft and money-making skills, are you willing?"

"Naturally, I am willing."

"Let's work hard for two months, and when the time comes, we will recruit apprentices and teach this craft to others. One of them received him 20 taels of silver. Accept more than 100 of him, isn't it more than 2,000 taels. ”

"Fourth master, one trick is fresh, eat all over the sky. You can't teach someone else such a lucrative business. ”

"Jiao Li, let me ask you again, will others steal art when they see that our business is so prosperous?"

"Of course it will."

"Can you steal it?"

"As long as you have a heart, you will."

"So, sooner or later, many people will do this business. I figured that in three months, someone else would figure it out. Why don't we take them as apprentices and earn them a lot of money. ”

"If you teach the apprentice, won't you starve the master to death?"

"Wherever this is, they'll all be there, won't we change places? Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, North Zhili, South Zhili, the world is big, we take the lead step by step. Doing this, we are familiar with it, wouldn't it be a lot of money to move our set in the imperial capital elsewhere? ”

The six people stared at each other, and the friends were stunned.

Can you still make money like this?

"Now, the seven of us are a team......."

"Fourth master, what is a team?"

Fenghua didn't understand.

"Well, this is what it means to be a family. You have worked hard, you have earned money, and everyone has a share? ”

"Don't dare, this is naturally the fourth master's."

"Of course it's mine, but if you are lazy, I won't be able to earn so much, so the fourth master wants to reward you."

"Fourth Master, what is the reward?"

"It's what it means to tip. From Ming'er onwards, in addition to the monthly money in the official house, the fourth master will give you another monthly money. I will give as much as the officials give. Ping'er and Jiao Li turned out to be 1 tael, and I'll give you another 1 tael. Ning'er, Fenghua and Xueyue, it turned out to be half a tael, and I will give you another half tael. Nan'er didn't make any money, but if you did it with me, you would be like Ning'er and them, and it would be half a tael a month. ”

"Is the fourth master serious?"

"Naturally, take it seriously."

"That's great, so I can marry a daughter-in-law in 2 years."

Alas, that's all there is to it.

"By the end of this year, I will take out another 10% of the net money (net profit) and give you dividends according to the size of your contribution."

"Fourth master, how embarrassing is this?"

Jiao Li said this, but his heart was itching.

"Although I give you one percent, after all, I take ninety percent. If you earn more, won't I do more? ”

"Also, Jiao Li, how much do you think that watermelon can sell for?"

"If the year is good, it can be sold for six or seven taels of silver."

"Take good care of this watermelon, I will sell at least 5,000 taels of silver this year."

Burst! Ping'er squirted all the wine in her mouth on Jia Min's face.

5000 taels? Fourth master, you're not drunk, are you?