Chapter 20 The Technological Life of the Public
readx; In the blink of an eye, it was the early autumn of 1843, and it was nearly a year after crossing the crowd to this strange land. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The once forested hills, the once overgrown plains, are now all covered by yellow gold, corn, soybeans, and wheat are all ready to be harvested, and the Cherokee people, although still wearing shabby clothes, watch what they have planted thrive, and when it comes to harvest season, they sincerely show a satisfied smile.
The most important thing is that they ushered in the newborn babies after the crossing, although there are only four of them, plus Zhou Wenqian's slightly shy belly, but the newborn babies bring them new hope, and they begin to look forward to a farther future.
The more they looked forward to it, the more they felt dissatisfied with the status quo, and they only felt that they had a few fewer hands and could not do more.
Although the grain is enough to eat, although this is a raw land, there are no chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but the yield of two hundred catties per mu still makes them feel pressured, although not to mention tons of grain fields, but a yield of three or five hundred catties per mu is always possible, according to today's output, how much land must be enough to manage these people to eat.
Moreover, most of the traversal people are from the south where they are accustomed to rice as the staple food, but since they have crossed here, they have been pasta, soybeans, potatoes, and corn all day long.
However, after such a long distance, I don't know when I will be able to return to my home country, and I don't know when I will be able to see the mountains and rivers of my home country again. Although they have repeatedly convinced themselves that the United States will be their homeland in the future, they still subconsciously feel that they are just passers-by, and if they are not careful, they will be driven to an unknown corner by Europa immigrants like driving out the Indian people, and then they will be lost in the wave of national integration.
The most important thing is that, except for a few people, most of the young people still have not stripped naked, although material production is important, but population production can not be pulled down, but the naked people look at the intimate scene of the young couple, they can only show a look of envy, jealousy and hatred.
The Indian people, including the former black slaves, were very puzzled by the performance of the Travelers, for them, the life in front of them was already rich beyond their imagination, and it was good enough for life to be like this--the gradually abundant food, the warmer clothes, the captured troops of the American army, and the armed forces of their own, and even more, the miracles that the Travelers brought to them, so that they could only pray day and night to the heavens, and thank the heavens for sending them angels of peace and prosperity, Let them live with such hope and vitality in their lifetime, they can feel the warmth of the sunshine every day, and they can look forward to the next tomorrow to bring greater surprises.
What's more, with the help of the traversers, they actually defeated the invincible American invaders, and had to submit aggrievedly. Although this immediate peace was short-lived, the Indian people believed that all difficulties would be solved if they followed closely behind the crossers.
After watching the traversers live in the red brick houses, the Indians quickly contracted the production of the red bricks, and now the red brick houses are gradually extending in the Indians and blacks' settlements, and the traversers began to concentrate on doing something that was nothing in the previous life, but it is definitely a breakthrough creation and improvement today.
Although the Indian people witnessed one miracle after another, they could not help but be curious to gather around and take a look at the beautiful utensils that could be made from the unsightly clay. The traversers had to send a black convoy to drive them away, and repeatedly promised that each family would get a share of the equipment in the future, and repeatedly explained that there might be danger in the ceremony, and that only professionals were allowed to be present, and the Indians were unwilling to leave.
"Brother Zhao, you're here." Those with sharp eyes immediately spotted Zhao Wenli, who was excited.
"Brother Xu, come and take a look," Yiren called Xu Yongquan in surprise.
The crowd made way for the three of them, and the heat rushed to their faces, and what was surprising was that the old Logan was unaware of it, holding a gray-white tile with residual warmth in his hands, and his eyes showed a confused look.
"Why, why did you take it out?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Bin's face changed when he saw it, and he said nervously, "Didn't you say that you would open the kiln after it was cold for a while?" ”
Zhang Bin's face became very ugly, and his eyes seemed unwilling to look at the porcelain bowl in Logan's hand, Zhang Jianguo was slightly stunned, seemed to understand a little, and said with relief: "Zhang Gong, it is already very good that we can burn such a good porcelain for the first time." It may be that the glaze is still not pure enough, so there are some variegations, and we will think of a way, we will definitely be able to find high-quality American porcelain clay, and we will definitely be able to burn better porcelain, besides, these porcelains in front of us are enough for us to use at present.
Zhang Jianguo's comforting words made Zhang Bin's face slightly better, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, you must find good porcelain clay, Brother Zhao, Brother Xu, I'm sorry to disappoint you." ”
"Xiao Zhang, don't ask so high for yourself, aren't we starting a business on the basis of being poor and white, how can it be so easy. You've done a good job, don't put too much pressure on yourself, as long as everyone works together, it won't be long before you will do better and better. ”
The commotion of the crowd finally woke Logan from his contemplation, and he came forward in surprise, and said impatiently: "Two, this kind of artifact, we can really have it in every household in the future?" ”
"Of course," Xu and Zhao replied in unison without question, and after that, they glanced at both sides in astonishment, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
Considering that many Indians still eat with leaves or wooden scoops, and that very few clay pots are available only to a few, it is no wonder that they are looking forward to it.
"Or, Captain Xu, distribute these batches to the Indian people first?" Zhao Wenli looked at Xu Yongquan inquiringly.
"Well, it's all up to Brother Zhao. Really, this is a cultural relic, this time it's cheaper Yankees, well, if you fix it well, I'll sell them better things in the future.
Although the traversal people seized a lot of money, but the hundred and ten people, plus the black slaves who followed them, could not all count on the Indians to supply, not to mention weapons and equipment, not these people who had just passed over from primitive society or slave society for only a few decades could supply. Therefore, as soon as they settled down a little, the crossers all thought of the issues that any traveler had to pay attention to, and to develop the economy as soon as possible and strengthen themselves in order to gain more voice, the Europa immigrants in the Americas would not give them much time.
And combined with their current situation, it seems that firing porcelain is the most realistic, besides, the Indian people still share a bowl as a family - when they leave their homeland, they do have a limited number of things to bring, even if those few shared bowls and pots are all black, dirty, rough clay pots, with such fine porcelain, it is no wonder that Logan can be so out of shape.
"Thank you, thank you." Logan busily instructed the Indian descendants to carry the porcelain from the still hot kiln, while nagging a few words from time to time, "Look at you, be careful, this is a good thing you have never seen before, broken, are you worthy of the precious gift of the angels?" ”
Xu Yongquan and Zhao Wenli couldn't help but smile at each other, but immediately, a gloomy cloud surfaced on their brows again.
Although food security is in place and the economic foundation is being built, the United States at this time is only like the Celestial Empire in the previous life, which is a net export of raw materials and grain, cotton, minerals, furs, etc., in order to exchange the industrial products needed from the European continent, and its industrial base can be said to be still blank, although most of the problems can be overcome, and the problem of ammunition has been urgently placed in front of the people.
After several battles, the bullets that crossed over are now spread over the heads of everyone who has crossed the crowd, and there are only a few of them, so everyone is reluctant to use them. Now the two sides have exercised restraint for a short time, but once the Americans have settled their internal problems, what can they do to defend their homeland?
With the use of captured tunnel guns, then their strength will not only have no sense of superiority in front of the Americans, but because of the inferiority in numbers, they will be even more disadvantaged, and the pressure of reality will make everyone feel the crisis.
Fortunately, the profiteer Liu Shijie collected the warhead shells on the battlefield, re-cast some bullets, and then with the help of the Indians, collected sulfur and saltpeter in the surrounding area, and even made black powder through artificial nitrate, which seems to be usable, but the accuracy and lethality are much lower. If they meet the U.S. ** team again and let them discover their bottom line, I am afraid that it will bring them a catastrophe.
Basically, handmade knives, axes and sickles, and ceramic products that have long been mature in China, they do not make the traversers feel the slightest sense of accomplishment and security.
Although the grain seems to be quite abundant, with the Jenny spinning machine modified by Zhang Lijuan and others, don't worry about wearing it. But this is the middle of the nineteenth century after all, there is no toothpaste, laundry detergent, shower gel, no electric lights, telephones and televisions, and there are no cars, trains and planes, mobile phones, computers, mp4, for the post-80s and even post-90s who are accustomed to the convenience of the previous life, this kind of life is simply the life of primitive people, although everyone misses the life before the crossing, especially for the soldiers of the airborne team, even if the previous devil training, you can also enjoy all kinds of medical services after the training, and take a hot bath in the United States. But now it's nothing.
Europe is still in the early stage of industrialization, not to mention the Indian people who have just come out of the primitive society, but with their own more than 100 hands from all walks of life, they can achieve a qualitative leap in industrialization? Hard. However, to find a suitable helper, the Indians, or the black brothers, who had just come from hunting and gathering, were obviously too far from industrialization to be suitable helpers. And what about immigrants from their home countries, which still seem so far away?
"Or trick us into seeking help from the Spaniards? I don't know if our arrival has changed history, according to normal history, there are countless unwilling Spanish immigrants in the south at the moment, they need helpers, they need strong backers, maybe we can talk to them? ”
Under the prompting of Chen Zhicheng, who graduated from history and was one of the two Chens in the crowd, everyone had to turn their eyes to the south, to Texas, where the cowboy trend was all the rage.