Zhou Liya asked worriedly: "Then what to do?" Liu Yao smiled and asked rhetorically, "Have you ever thought of using something like cement to build a house before?" ”

"Where do you want to get that? I grind it with those kinds of things, and when I close it, the water is harder than a stone. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info," Zhou Liya said again and again.

"So you say, Lao Zhao and I will worry about others coming to steal the house business with us?" Liu Yao asked with a smile, and then said: "The people of the Northland love to drink soju, and the wine is several times stronger than rice wine. There are also sugarcane liquor, or flowers and fruits in the wine to add color and fragrance, and the flavor is full of variety. Or filtered with charcoal, the wine has no miscellaneous taste, only the wine taste, the most clear. No one else has ever heard of these things. I haven't done it, but I know how to do it. I'll tell you how to do it, as long as you make it, you will make money! Seeing Zhou Liya's eyes gradually brighten, Liu Yao said with a smile: "Everyone can rest assured, open a workshop with me, how much you make depends on luck, and it depends on whether God will give you food, but you will definitely not lose." ”

Several people who had settled their business applauded and said they were going to drink to celebrate. Some of the unlanded ones were awkwardly silent, and one of them, a stocky man, sat in the corner and remained silent, biting his dry tobacco pouch and not speaking. Liu Yao walked over, pulled a small stool and sat down opposite him, and asked, "Brother Tai is called Tang Zuoxiang?" ”

The man raised his head and responded, "It's down there." ”

"Brother Tang has been a stonemason?"

"Yes, I have been a stonemason in Guangfu for seven years."

"Is it a stonemason who opened the mountain, or a stonemason who carved flowers?"

Tang Zuoxiang said: "It is the stonemason who opened the mountain." ”

"Is it gunpowder to open the mountain?" Seeing that Tang Zuoxiang nodded, he asked again, "Then you can prepare gunpowder?" Seeing Tang Zuoxiang nodding again, Liu Yao grabbed his hand and asked, "I'll ask you to make gunpowder and dig rocks, okay?" ”

Tang Zuoxiang hurriedly stood up and replied, "Sir, don't have to be pitiful. The workshops that some of them have opened can make things. Where do I sell my rocks? ”

"Brother Tang, you have misunderstood. If I want to take care of someone, I will directly take out money and food to help him, and I will never open a workshop without profit. I want gunpowder, I want to open a mountain, your craft is very useful! Tang Zuoxiang sat down with relief.

Liu Yao shook hands with Tang Zuoxiang and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, craftsmanship and technology are our strength. Let's work hard together and use this power to make money. Do you remember when I said that everyone can eat one egg a day? Most of them started with the people in this room. ”

"Sir, we don't dare to think about eggs, we just want to feed the family. But I don't know how to make a sauce garden, I can't open a mountain, I can only watch a feng shui, I don't know if my husband has a livelihood for me to eat? A thin man stood up and said, looking a little excited, and the two mustaches on his mouth were shaking.

"This old man, let me tell you, as long as we work our own and everyone helps each other, there will definitely be a chance." Seeing that everyone was listening, he raised his voice and said: "My ability is limited, I can't give everyone a chance to do things right now, there are some things that need to be solved together." For example, this old man, who has shown people feng shui, must be very familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, and must know a lot about soil, stone, sand, and minerals. Liu Yao looked down at the roster and asked, "Brother Ren is called Jiao Huang?" ”

"It's down here, please take care of me." Jiao Huang bowed his hand and replied in a crepe manner.

Liu Yao also raised his hand to return the salute, and then said: "I really want Brother Jiao Huang to draw a geographical map of our village, how high are the mountains and rivers near here, and how steep are they; The land under our feet, where it is stony, where it is earthy, where it can be mined, where it can be farmed, this thing must be what everyone wants. If you can draw this diagram, you will definitely solve your own livelihood. ”

"But sir, I have not drawn the geographical map you mentioned. And how much can a picture sell for? Jiao Huang said embarrassedly.

"Don't be afraid. There's a map class going on in my school. You can go to Mei Jiaju and ask him to take you to class, and you will be in class after the class. As for how much this picture is worth, I'll tell you slowly," Liu Yao said with a smile.

"It's good to be so good, but when I go to class, who will do the farm work at home?" Jiao Huang's brows were still tightly furrowed.

Liu Yao remembered that in the early days of the Republic of China, most of those who devoted themselves to the revolution or dedicated themselves to scientific research were landlords and gentry. There is no surplus food at home, and every day I just think about making ends meet, where I have the time and energy to do other things. This pattern is the same everywhere. So while thinking about it, he said slowly: "I'll discuss a method with you." From tomorrow onwards, you will be counted as a worker I have hired and will start going to school. When you go to school, you receive 3 catties of food a day, which can help your family barely make ends meet. After you finish your studies, you go to draw a map, and if I pass the examination, you can receive 5 catties of food per day. I'll give you the task of mapping where to go. If this map can be sold, you will divide it between seven and three me. When it begins to be divided, you will not receive food. Do you think that's good? ”

"Make! Very good! Jiao Huang said yes again and again: "Then I still don't divide it, just get rations." ”

Liu Yao approached him and whispered, "A map can be sold for at least ten taels of silver." If your map is too good, everyone's fields and houses will come to you to register the location of the houses, and the grain fields will be four to. ”

"Make! Make! Very good! Very good! Jiao Huang understood when he heard this, almost jumped up, and hurriedly said: "I can't do this alone." I see that you need two people to survey the map, one carrying a bowl of water, and the other holding a pole in the distance. I'm going to call my cousin. He also works as a feng shui master in the county. ”

"Yes. As long as he is willing to learn and doesn't give up halfway, both of you are my workers. If my unlearned achievements are interrupted, my wages will be returned. Liu Yao waved his hand generously, and at the same time put aside the idea of paid education and student loans, and only added: "Also, there are many children in my school who have already learned some, and you can also work with them." He didn't want something as important as mapping to fall into the hands of a family.

Jiao Huang hurriedly agreed, only thinking that there was a ready-made master to follow, and he didn't notice Liu Yao's concerns at all.

After talking about Mr. Feng Shui, Liu Yao walked next to the carving master and discussed: "Master Zhang, I heard that you are a carving, a pair of hands to draw dragons and phoenixes, vivid; The flowers, plants, birds and beasts carved out are all like the real thing. ”

"That's someone else's nonsense. I couldn't find a job in Guangfu for this craft, and then I worked in the county for a while, but I couldn't do it, so I went back to the village to farm the fields. ”

Liu Yao thought to himself, this person is honest: "Hehe, Brother Tai is a real person." I've heard that the little windmills and waterwheels you make for the kids are very exquisite. ”

"yes, craftsman, I'll play with this." Zhang Heng rubbed his hands and replied.

"I have a picture here, I want to ask my brother to take a look." Liu Yao took out a picture of a simple lathe and spread it on the table.

Zhang Heng stared at the drawings for a long time, still gesturing the movement of various parts in his hands, nodding and shaking his head from time to time. Liu Yao saw that he had indeed seen it, and he was overjoyed and didn't bother him.

"Sir, this is a tool for making wood and drilling. It is very fine, and the work done must be the same, and there will be no distortion in the slightest. ”

Liu Yao was overjoyed: "Oh, you are really an expert, I haven't introduced it yet, you can understand it at a glance." How about let's make this machine together, shall we? ”

Zhang Heng stood up and bowed down, did not fully lift his body, and said humbly: "Thank you for the wrong love of Mr., I am terrified." Liu Yao hurriedly returned the salute, thinking to himself, this wood carving master seems to have heard a lot. Shall I follow the Three Kingdoms style and help him up? was thinking about it, and heard Zhang Heng say again: "It's just that I'm afraid I'm not competent, and I have failed Mr.'s entrustment and delayed Mr.'s big event." ”

Liu Yao was thinking about how to convince him in a few words, when he saw Zhang Heng also stretch out his head and say in his ear: "I heard that the county adults have some thoughts about Mr. He straightened up again and said loudly: "Sir's machine, it is definitely not easy to make, and it cannot be completed in a few months." I'll wait for my husband to make some preparations, and then cooperate with my husband, so as not to overcharge my husband's rations. ”

Liu Yao's heart sank, and he snorted: "It's not unreasonable for my brother to be thoughtful." Let's look at the next few months. I'm sure you'll soon see that I'm ready to come and work with me. After that, he walked to the middle of the crowd and said, "To cooperate in opening a workshop, you must have the same ideas." Today, everyone said okay, go back and think about it for two or three days, discuss it with your family, think about it, and come to me again. There are also some brothers, who we haven't talked about today, you can also come to me and tell me what workshop you can open, what you plan to sell, and where you want to sell it. In addition, the brothers who did not come today, everyone who knows who can open what workshop, can also call me to come to me. Everyone nodded and walked out.

Liu Yao stopped Qian Er and said, "I have one thing for you to do right away, and that is to make a liter and ruler." ”

Qian Erqi said: "This is a small business. Buckets and rulers are in the hands of craftsmen and traders, even if they don't have them, they will do it themselves. ”

Liu Yao replied: "You're right, this is a small business now, and you can't sell a few handfuls." To tell the truth, I now plan to make it without charging money and give it to the people who run workshops in our village for free. ”

"If you can't sell it, you can give it away for free, so this business is not going to do anything." Qian Er said with a smile.

"I do them now to measure accurately. Between our workshops, we have to use the buckets and rulers you make in one place, so that the things will be accurate and can be used. In the future, if the whole county and the whole Qiongzhou use our ruler, this will not be a small business. ”

Qian Er shook his head and said that it would be very difficult for everyone outside to use the ruler here. However, seeing Liu Yao's insistence, he said that he would do it quickly.

Seeing that Qian Er agreed to do it, Liu Yao took out a piece of metal that was not iron or copper like magic, pointed to the scale on it and said, "This is called one centimeter." These ten centimeters are called one decimeter, and the next ten decimeters are called one meter. You have to choose the wood that will not deform the most, and make 100 meters and 100 and a half meters. ”

"Transfiguration...... If you want not to deform, it is best to use stone as a ruler. ”

"Isn't that easy to break?"

"You can stick a piece of bamboo behind the stone, so that it is not easy to break. It's just that it's labor-intensive. ”

Liu Yao is very happy about Qian Er's sensitivity and pursuit of precision. However, he didn't plan to support him at the moment, so he thought about it and said, "Let's use the wood first, and we'll talk about the stone ruler later." After the ruler is done, use this scale to make a box, and the length, width and height inside are all one decimeter. This box is just one liter. One liter of water is one catty, and some stones are selected to make weights, which can be set to half a catty, one catty, two catties and five catties. ”

Qian Er said suspiciously: "Sir, I understand this method. It's just that there is a big difference between this liter and the current one. He gestured to the size of one liter, shook his head, and said, "You can't have two catties now." I'm afraid you won't use it. ”

"There is a way. I'll notify you that everyone's pound is my half pound. I'll call this kilogram. In the future, the food will be calculated according to this kilogram, and I think everyone will use it soon. ”

"Haha, that's a good idea. But it doesn't matter how you call a pound, as long as you buy and sell with a standard. ”

"You're right, it's fair to buy and sell with one standard. So you're going to make the exact same scale. However, my weighing instrument is better than others. You see, a liter is a pound, which is very useful. ”

Qian Er scratched his head and said, "Isn't this just a coincidence?" What's the use...... It seems to be useful, as long as one meter is stipulated, this liter and a pound will come out. It's not easy to mess around. ”

Liu Yao nodded, and said in his heart that there is a hotter temperature or something, all in this system. It is said that the imperial unit is a crash to calculate how much heat it takes to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. That's the benefit of the metric system.

Walking out of the Zhao family's house with everyone, Liu Yao was a little ambitious: what is just engaging in agriculture, there must be modern industry to conquer the world. The beginning of modern industry began with this group of people.