The steam engine was turned on early, just like yesterday, but this time, it was replaced by the tenants of the Zhao family, they put more than 200 sacks of wheat grains that had been prepared into the inlet, the huge inlet, just like a glutton, devouring all the things, the transmission shaft is connected to the machine, with the operation of the machine, layers of fine flour, from the stone mill, slowly flowing down, and finally, gathered into the prepared bag, among them, no one uses, it can be said to be extremely convenient, It's magical.

The machine is running, almost never stopping, today the wheat is a little more, according to yesterday's efficiency, Yang Yuanzhao ordered everyone to leave first, and then come over in the evening.

Leaving a few people to take care of this, Yang Yuanzhao continued to immerse himself in the study, tractors, flour mills, and then brick kilns and ash yards, especially the latter, the brick kiln is very easy to solve, as long as the transformation of the brick machine is completed, the rest is simple labor, and the brick machine is just a small machine compared to such a huge machine as the flour machine.

In this era, if the output and price of cement are greatly reduced, highways and large-scale investment and construction will also follow the development, which is very critical for the future.

Immersed in the research, I almost forgot the time, I don't know when, Liu Shu came to knock on the door, Yang Yuanzhao found that everyone gathered in front of the flour machine again.

At this time, Zhao Shuming was counting the flour that was made, because he got Yang Yuanzhao's instructions, all the flour produced was neatly stacked in a pile, Zhao Shuming quickly counted it, and reported a number: "640 bags!" ”

640 bags, this number, not only made everyone stunned, but also Yang Yuanzhao, he estimated before, the efficiency of this flour machine is about 1500 bags per day, which is less than 8 hours, 640 bags, which means that the efficiency of this flour machine has reached 2000 bags per day, which is a good efficiency.

Yang Yuanzhao conquered everyone before, is a strong capital and overseas background, whether cotton can be successful, is still debatable, but the flour machine in front of him, in one fell swoop, subverted the concept of the factory, no one uses, just machine qì automation, can be completed, so what do you want the workers to do, Wei Ming on the side, thoughtful, he was a little hesitant before, whether the brick factory can use so few personnel, to complete the firing of so many bricks, the one in front of him, seems to be extremely clear proof, Yang Yuanzhao didn't say big things, he really has the ability to make a machine that saves manpower, and the efficiency is extremely high, in this way, it saves labor and improves efficiency, which seems to be promising.

Zhao Shuming and Wu Guangren's eyes were full of smiles, Yang Yuanzhao promised to partner with them to build a flour mill, and now, they could see that the prospect was right in front of their eyes, how could they not be excited.

Zhao Shuming is more scheming than Wu Guangren, when he asked the housekeeper to bag wheat grains, he has already calculated, each package of wheat grains, the average is about 100 catties, about 640 bags of flour, these flour bags are standard, the same as American flour, are 25 catties, the flour taken back before, the error is very small, today's production of 640 bags, 13,000 catties, this means that the loss of flour, only 20%, not to mention anything else, just say this flour rate, this flour mill must join, You must know that the powder rate of ordinary farmers can reach 6 percent, which is already quite amazing, not to mention that he still produces fine powder.

As a knowledgeable landlord, Zhao Shuming is proficient in mathematics, for the purchase price of wheat and the shipment price of flour, very clear, calculate, a bag of flour, gross profit at least more than 1 yuan, as for the loss, support the deduction of 5 cents, a bag can earn 5 cents, how much a day, the previous 640 bags of flour, from 8 o'clock in the morning, work to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, is only 8 hours, 24 hours a day, if the axis rotates, such a machine qì, a day can produce 2000 bags of flour.

Zhao Shuming was stunned, he was frightened by the calculated figures, as a large landlord with hundreds of acres of land, Zhao Shuming still has hundreds of thousands of taels, but those are fixed assets, unless there are special circumstances, he does not have much money in hand, and the land will not be sold casually, unless it is a loser.

The northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and when it was reclaimed, they were preconceived and occupied a large area of fertile land, which laid the foundation, the land of old China, relying on the sky to eat, even if there were tenants renting seeds, one mu of land could give three to five cents a year is already good, tens of thousands of acres, how can there be thousands of taels.

But now, a qiē and a qiē have been subverted in front of him, a machine can earn 1,000 yuan a day, which is 365,000 yuan a year, what kind of concept is this, even if it is gross profit, it is enough to make him dumbfounded.

Immediately after realizing it was Wei Ming, as the shopkeeper of the Wei family's ticket number in Baotou, Wei Ming is also very sensitive to the price of many items, 200 bags of wheat grains, turned into 640 bags of flour, 25 catties of standard flour, better than imported American flour, even if the price is the same, the value of these flours is very considerable, looking at the raw materials, the 200 bags of wheat grains, the value is almost so low that it can't be lower, it seems that it is a very good business.

Surrounded by expectant eyes, even Liu Shu is no exception, Yang Yuanzhao's heart flashed a trace of excitement, that's it, interests, use interests to attract some people, the more advanced productive forces represented by capitalism are the interests and aggressiveness brought about by the improvement of productivity, the current Baotou, not to mention heavy industry, even light industry is promising.

The iron-clad facts directly dispelled everyone's concerns, and in the face of a business that must make money, everyone did not consider how much to invest in this business, and everyone was considering the share that this business could occupy, and for this goal, the two landlords were even willing to sell the land.

Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the flour machine and said calmly: "In the United States, the price of an ordinary machine that can produce 500-600 bags of flour a day is between 5,000 and 10,000 US dollars. ”

"That's right, it's the price, it's the price in the United States!" Yang Yue nodded and said, as an agriculturist, he knows a lot about things related to agriculture, and he is also optimistic about the flour machine, but the price is too expensive, and there are many problems when it is shipped to China.

Wei Ming smiled loudly and said, "Brother Yuanzhao, how can we not believe you, this machine qì, you can say it!" ”

"I won't ask for a price, business is a mess of harmony!" Yang Yuanzhao silently recorded everyone's expressions, and then said: "This machine is worth 50,000 yuan!" ”

50,000, this is definitely not a big number, not to mention his efficiency, it is basically similar to buying a few small imported machines, provided that the freight and the increase of foreign banks are removed, Zhao Shuming and Wu Guangren breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Shuming said: "Yuan Zhaoxian nephew, we all listen to you, what kind of scale do you want!" ”

"The bigger the scale, the better, I can provide the machine, you only need to pay one-third of the machine, the rest is to build the factory, collect raw materials and recruit people, I occupy half of the shares in the flour mill!"

The smiles of several people became more and more intense, in the previous dealings, they had already understood Yang Yuanzhao's character, this time, once again confirmed that Yang Yuanzhao was very kind, he seemed to build a factory for the sake of building a factory, as for the interests or something, he made huge concessions.

The thoughts in the hearts of several people are exactly the same as Yang Yuanzhao's thoughts, industrialization is not a person's is, not a family's thing, not even a city's thing, Yang Yuanzhao even if he has the help of an all-in-one machine, he is also a lonely person, his single strength, at most, let him become a huge rich, or spend decades, hundreds of years, to complete the initial primitive accumulation, but reasonable borrowing is not the same, take the Yang family as an example, although it is the old chamber of commerce, but has more than 100,000 people, the network is all over the Northeast, North China, Central and East China, almost all of China, and the more prosperous cities, have branches of the Yang family.

Such a huge force, Yang Yuanzhao is not able to use it for him, can be reasonably borrowed, with the help of them to gather a group of industrial workers, it is still possible, with an all-in-one machine, the problem of money is basically not the biggest problem that plagues Yang Yuanzhao, not to mention, Baotou's 700 tons of gold, enough to make him rich, if not enough, there are several large gold mines discovered in the 21st century, the most recent one, also has 1200 tons of reserves.

So money is not a problem, since the crossing, he has been considering the problem, how to use the existing resources, a group of people are entangled, cotton is a good project, but after all, it is the primary industry, the effect is a little slow, the industry is, the short and fast light industry, is the key to cohesion of these Jin businessmen.