More than 100 waterwheels on the edge of Weishui stand quietly in the cold wind, no longer seeing the busy scene of a few months ago. Since the beginning of winter, the Wei River has entered a dry period, and the water-powered spinning wheel of Tian's Commercial Group has gradually slowed down. As the Wei River began to freeze, it had to stop operating. In winter, there is ice and drifting in Weishui, and the thickest part of the ice can reach several feet. Fortunately, the ice cubes rarely exceed a square circumference, and the flow rate is low, so it does not cause much damage to the waterwheel.

Tian Sheng was quite helpless, winter is the best-selling time for wool clothing, and now the inventory has long been sold out, and hand-weaving alone cannot meet the huge demand. At the beginning, the water-powered spinning wheel was built in the upper reaches of Weishui, but it was just a helpless move.

It stands to reason that after the confluence of Jingshui and Weishui, the amount of water will increase greatly, and the construction of waterwheels in the upper reaches of Weishui will greatly slow down the arrival of the dry season. However, the sediment content of Jingshui is too large, which has great damage to the waterwheel, so it can only be discarded and selected the section of the river with better water quality in the upper reaches of Weishui. But this meant that the months-long dry and freezing periods could not operate at all, not to mention that the workshop stopped working and made a lot of money, and the Xiqiang female slaves who suddenly had nothing to do alone made Tian Sheng feel distressed.

As a big businessman, Tian Sheng really couldn't stand the fact that the Xiqiang slave girls ate and drank for nothing every day, even though they had earned tens of millions of dollars for themselves in the past few months, but it still made him quite annoyed. There are troubles that can't be solved, and the first thing he thinks of is his magical nephew, the great prince Liu Che.

Sure enough, Liu Che did not disappoint him, and three days after receiving his submission to Chen, the crown prince Zhan Shi Chen Huang sent Liu Che's reply, a thick thread-bound book "Intensive Farm Plan". Tian Shengru got the treasure, and before he could read it, he took Chen Huang's hand and thanked him repeatedly, hoping that he would support him more in the future.

According to the old rules, the prince Liu Che did not pay a penny in the trading of Tian's Commercial Group, but he could occupy forty percent of the shares, which can be regarded as Nalaoshzi's "technology shareholding". In addition to the so-called plan, Chen Huang will also assign various craftsmen from the Prince Zhan Shi Mansion to assist Tian Sheng in handling various matters. These craftsmen are all baby bumps, and they have learned a lot of skills from the prince, and they are so arrogant that Chen Huang can hold it down, and Tian Sheng has to redouble his favor with Chen Huang.

As a member of the Chen clan of Shaofu, Chen Huang naturally won the trust of the crown prince Liu Che. In the past two years, he has been rewarded with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is said that this year he has received a dividend of millions of dollars, which is nearly ten times his rank. Even the contemporary head of the Chen family, Shaofuqing Chen Yu was speechless, secretly slandering his master, His Majesty the Emperor was too stingy, far less powerful than His Royal Highness the Prince.

Therefore, Tian Sheng didn't plan to curry favor with Chen Huang with silver money at all, and he often sent some novelties during the New Year's holidays, and Aige Fur gave several sets at a time. Chen Huang also knew the prince's surname, and those who came did not refuse to accept all of them. The prince was never afraid that his subordinates would be greedy for money, but he was afraid that his subordinates would not be capable, and he would hang "meritocracy" in his mouth all day long. As long as you don't get in the way of business, don't break the law and discipline, and accept some gifts in private, it doesn't matter at all.

Of course, if you dare to break the rules, it will definitely be worse than death. Chen Huang once saw the prince's gloomy face, and threw a Zhan Shifu account office who dared to make false accounts into the sulfuric acid pool, and he didn't even have time to wail, and after a few struggles with a sad face, he turned into a black charcoal. That kind of scene is enough for anyone to remember in their hearts for the rest of their lives, and always remind themselves that they must not break the prince's rules.

"According to Your Highness, an intensive farm is one that raises a lot of poultry and pigs with very few manpower, fields and corrals. Cattle and sheep grazing are not raised, and it is too laborious. Chen Huang scratched his head, and analyzed Tian Sheng according to his understanding, "Your Highness said that my Han is still widely cultivated, and poultry and pigs are raised at will, not only growing slowly, but also raising little. Nowadays, the meat on the market in Chang'an is too expensive, and most of the people can't afford it, so it's really pitiful. ”

Tian Sheng probably understood that the prince was going to supply a large amount of meat to the common people this time, which was the "vegetable basket project" that the prince often talked about. The families of the powerful eat more beef and mutton, and there are also servants in the house who specialize in raising poultry, which are rarely purchased in the market.

He thought for a moment and said with some doubts: "Even if the price is lowered, the people are afraid that they will not buy meat often, right?" Most of them are raised at home, and they are slaughtered and eaten during the New Year's holidays. ”

"Your Royal Highness has already considered this festival, so that Uncle Guo can rest assured. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the people have lived with the people for decades, and the people have said that they are getting better and better, and their families have some surplus money. Aren't the craftsmen of your group often eat meat? His Royal Highness will build more workshops next year, and there are many craftsmen needed, so I am afraid that the meat will not be available at that time, so how can there be a reason for being insufficient? Chen Huang shook his head and explained: "Even if the meat can't be sold out in the future, His Royal Highness still plans to get some 'junk food' from Laoshizi and sell it to the young ladies of Chang'an City at a high price." ”

"What? Litter...... Foodstuff? Tian Sheng was stunned when he heard this, can the garbage still be eaten, and can it be sold at a high price? However, in view of the prince's brilliant record of winning consecutive battles in the mall and turning stones into gold, he did not dare to rebel, and honestly flipped through the plan, constantly analyzing how to implement it in his mind.

She is twelve years old this year and is an extremely intelligent Qiang girl. The Qiang people believe that all things are animist, and they like to associate their names with nature, and bring the spirit of nature to people through their names. "楋跋" is the "flower" in Qiang language, "zi" means "daughter", and the meaning of "楋跋子 is the daughter of flowers".

As the name suggests, the tree is like a budding flower bone, weak on the outside, but pregnant with colorful flowers in the heart. Since she was captured by slaves and left the grassland, she did not cry at all, but silently blackened her pretty face with mud and pretended to be stupid, so that she escaped the fate of being ravaged and ruined, and kept her chastity. It wasn't until she was resold to the current master's family, escorted to Chang'an City, and entered the textile workshop that she relaxed a little.

In the workshop, except for a few women in charge of the work, they are Han Chinese, and the rest are Qiang female slaves. Surprisingly, these masters did not abuse the female slaves, but patiently taught them how to spin yarn with various tools. The waterwheels on the river kept turning, pushing the spindles one by one, and the chaotic wool went through several processes to turn into strong thin threads. The stewards wore clothes woven from these woolen threads, light and warm, with some beautiful patterns on them.

The Qiang tribe on the grassland also has felt and clothing made of wool, but they are only simple fur products, which are completely incomparable with this exquisite craftsmanship. When she fell asleep, she often dreamed of how beautiful her grandmother would be when she wore these woolen sweaters, and when she woke up in the morning, she would always have a wet piece on her pillow.

In fact, since I arrived at this textile workshop, although it is said that the spinning thread is a little tired, it is not bad. There is fragrant rice every day, and occasionally you can eat some meat, although you can no longer drink the peculiar mare's milk wine, but at least it is ten million times stronger than falling into the hands of slave hunters.

And the slave girl who is diligent and ingenious can also get an additional reward. One of them is Baba Zi, who has been in the workshop for less than half a month and is able to spin a very good wool thread, which is even and strong. The head of the workshop specially promoted her to overseer, who was responsible for instructing the other female slaves on how to spin thread, and also urging them to be nimble with their hands and feet.

Since becoming a supervisor, he has moved out of the Chase Shop for dozens of people and lived in a large tiled house for four people. There is also a kang in the room, and even in the winter when the snow is falling, the kang is warm. The happiest thing for Nabazi is to get off work, lie comfortably on the kang, occasionally open the window to look at the snowflakes outside, and find a long-lost sense of happiness. At least it was better than being frozen in a tent on the grassland, so she had to comfort herself like this, seeking a little comfort from being thousands of miles away from home and saying goodbye to her relatives forever.

After the Weishui froze, the waterwheel could not turn. The stewards brought some small spinning wheels, which could only be used by one person, and were difficult to learn. Even it took several days to spin a decent yarn.

There were simply not enough spinning wheels, and many slave girls had nothing to do all day, and at last they could not help but rejoice. But she didn't think so at all, she felt very uneasy, on the grassland, the old sheep that couldn't milk milk, the old cow that couldn't give birth to cubs, and the old horse that couldn't move things, would always be killed and eaten for meat. She knew that the reason why Ping Yue was able to eat rice and meat was because the slave girls earned more money for the master's family, and now that the workshop was suspended, did she still need to raise so many idlers for nothing?

He felt more and more unsure, and worked hard to learn to use a small spinning wheel, and did his best to spin more and better wool. In the eyes of several stewards, they all like this sensible Qiang girl, after all, the greatness of the mother's surname can completely transcend the restrictions of race. In their eyes, they gradually stopped treating Nabazi as an ordinary female slave.

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