The salesmen all carried gongs and drums with the car, and after walking for a while, they beat the gongs and drums and shouted loudly: "Heavenly kitchen monosodium glutamate, a must-have for blister cooking, cheap and good, welcome to try." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"The MSG given away for free was only a tiny pack, but this promotional strategy was very successful. And the price of MSG is really not expensive, which has a lot to do with the planning of the three people.

At this time, Shanghai's textile industry had begun to rise, and textile mills used starch extracted from flour to weave cloth and yarn, and after extraction, there was basically useless gluten left. The MSG factory purchased all the gluten from the textile factory as raw materials, which greatly reduced the cost. If fish or soybeans are to be used, then the price of MSG will not be so low.

Under the careful publicity and promotion, coupled with the good quality and low price of the actual product, the MSG was quickly welcomed by customers after it was launched, which made Neumann and Zhao Haizhen breathe a sigh of relief.

And the reason why MSG sells well is, of course, not all because of good advertising. China is poor, and ordinary people live even more difficult, and they can't eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but MSG can make their dishes with less oil and salt delicious. Therefore, as long as conditions permit, ordinary people are still willing to spend a few dimes to buy a small bottle of MSG.

Wang Zhuoran became a technical manager, in charge of production, and worked very hard. And Ah Fa set up a stall, so he didn't care too much. In terms of operation and sales, he has his own Neumann and Zhao Haizhen, and he can't actually help much.

Of course, there is still more important work, and the foundation of Lujiawan was finally bought, and the land price was 280 yuan per mu. At the time, the price wasn't too high, but it wasn't too low. Of course, no one has an eye, and who knows that in 1905, when the historical Aurora University moved to Lujiawan, the land price would reach 400 yuan?

If you have land, you have to start construction, and the garment factory is the first to start. The reason is simple. First of all, it is a labor-intensive industry, and it is easier to develop in a Chinese society with low labor prices. secondly, the work of sewing and mending is most suitable for women; In the end, Ah Fa already had some ideas, which could almost guarantee the profitability of the garment factory.

The construction site was already busy, and Ah Fa hired an American engineer through Donald and Lina to design and construct it, and put his planning ideas through it.

"This is a factory building, this is an office building, so what is the purpose of building two rows of buildings here?" Zhao Haizhen came to visit, but he had other ideas in his heart, that is, the industrial chain that Ah Fa told him, and opening a factory was also a step he wanted to take.

"Dormitory, for workers!" Ah Fa said as a matter of course.

"Collect rent?" Zhao Haizhen misunderstood Ah Fa's meaning, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid there are not many workers who can afford it, and it is not easy to recruit outsiders to live in this place." ”

"No rent, no rent." Ah Fa shook his head and said very casually: "Working in my factory, I have such benefits. In the future, every factory I run will be like this. ”

Zhao Haizhen looked at Ah Fa incredulously, Ah Fa smiled at him, turned his head and said to the American engineer: "Roden, are you sure?" Reinforced concrete doesn't work? ”

The American engineer, named Roden, was very young, only twenty-seven years old, and he did not seem to be very sure about Afa's inquiry, and said hesitantly: "The Frenchman F. Kvargne has published a monograph on the application of reinforced concrete, but as far as the whole technology is concerned, it is still in the experimental stage. Therefore, I think it is more reliable to use the technology that is already mature. ”

Ah Fa nodded, he knew that reinforced concrete could build high-rise buildings, but he didn't understand the specific operation specifications, since he was not sure, he should leave it to the professionals! As for the building that Zhao Haizhen said, he really didn't think that a mere four floors was very high.

"By the way, how is the thing I asked you to do?" Ah Fa remembered something again and looked at Roden.

"Huh? Yes! Roden withdrew his gaze from the busy workers, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "It's all done, I'll pick up the goods tomorrow." ”

"Good." Ah Fa smiled, patted Luo Deng on the shoulder, and said, "I'll take you hunting when you have time, didn't you say that you are good at marksmanship?" Let's give it a try. ”

"Of course it's fine." Roden smiled and asked hesitantly, "But it's not a shotgun, at least not a gun suitable for hunting." ”

"A gun that can hunt is a shotgun." Ah Fa said word by word in Chinese: "When you learn to understand Chinese, you will understand what I mean." If you want to learn well, you have to be an obedient student. Got it? ”

Roden blinked, not knowing whether he understood or not, but he must have understood a little, because he nodded, and said in a stiff and strange tone, "I really want to study, write, read, and speak." ”

"Life is the best teacher." Ah Fa changed to English again and nodded encouragingly, "Be more attentive, be more contacted, and be diligent." ”

"Yes, I must be assimilated." Roden solemnly assured.

Zhao Haizhen thought it was very interesting, the foreign devil turned out to be a student of the fake foreign devil, but soon he was entangled in other questions, and he couldn't help frowning and thinking. After leaving the construction site with Ah Fa in a carriage, Zhao Haizhen finally expressed his worries in the car.

"Letting the workers live in vain is a good deed, and even I am ashamed of myself. But that's not right! Zhao Haizhen looked at Ah Fa and said earnestly: "Let's put it this way, I have an ancestral property of two or three hundred acres of land, and I also want to collect less for the tenants, so that they can live more relaxed." But there were many landlords around, so I had to be cautious so as not to attract jealousy or even revenge. ”

"I understand what Zhengong means." Ah Fa pursed the corners of his mouth, thought for a while, and said: "I've seen those shacks that are not even as good as toilets, and I've also seen girl workers who worked in a small silk reeling factory, I don't think I can pretend not to see it, or make excuses to make myself feel at ease." Of course, I can't help everyone, I don't have the ability! But I don't think there is no point in doing something good, if I can. As for jealousy, even revenge. Hey. ”

When it comes to the girl workers in the small silk reeling factory, it is really a tragic existence. They were either sold or abducted, and in factories they were forced to extract cocoons from pots of boiling water (water vapor prevents silk from breaking). Within a few years, their hands would be burned by the steam and they would be driven away by their bosses.

Their faces were ruined by years of working in steam-filled and airless places, chained together to prevent escape, or forced to eat and sleep in small spaces. The only way out of being driven away by the boss is to become a beggar.

And such a small alley factory is only a mile away from the luxurious Bund, and such a factory owner can appear in front of people with dignity and can enjoy luxury.