The recruit was not hired, and Li Sixi was ignorant and followed a large number of fellow villagers to dig ditches and repair ditches under the command of the people from the Yamen. In fact, there are a lot of these ditches and ditches on their side of the security guard, and they don't know what they are used for, but they existed before the people from their own village moved in and settled there. Old people speculate that these ditches were dug by people in the past, and there should be water in them. But I am skeptical, if there is water in those ditches, then the saline-alkali land and sandy land in the village have not all become irrigated land? But the place where my village is located used to be overpopulated is true, I heard that when I first came, there were traces of the foundation of the thatched hut, and when digging the ground, I could often dig out a lot of jars and jars, and the countrymen were not so particular, and I could still make it if I picked the one that was not broken!

Where did the people who lived there in the past, whether they died or moved away, is it related to the lack of water in the ditch? He had never thought about these questions before. But after these days of wandering, he began to dimly think that maybe the people of that place had fled to other places for the same reason as himself. If all the people in my village had fled, the new arrivals would have repeated the same speculation in a hundred years.

Wu Dianshi used a method called "dragon suction" (siphoning), and actually pumped the water of the Yanhe River into the ditch at a high place from under the loess slope several zhang high! That day, there was a sea of people, and the county officials came, so many people watched, only to hear a sound and then the bowl of thick water poured out of the pipe! Seeing that the water infiltrated the ** earth, slowly extending through those ditches into the distance, not only themselves, but all the people were stunned, these ditches and ditches were really used to divert water in the past, and these sandy and alkaline lands were also watered in the past!

He also followed Wu Dianshi with all his heart from that time, and he recruited people to continue to be that "dragon suck", and he immediately signed up. The new work consisted of connecting the short pipes fired from the pottery kiln into long, sealed pipes that led from the Yanhe River to the ditches in the fields. At the beginning, the effect was very bad, and the good "dragon suck" could not pump water, and Wu Dianshi saw that the pipe was not closed tightly enough, and there was a leakage. This problem was later solved by a few people led by himself, in fact, it was not difficult, that is, to plug the leak with clay, and seal a thick layer of tung oil at the joint.

Everyone said that they had the most credit, and they pushed themselves to make the first contribution, and they got a reward of 10 taels of silver! Wu Dianshi was very happy to see the dragon suck he led someone to make, and wrote a few words to himself, and after asking people, he realized that he was called a "model worker". This is the name of the county lord himself, and he is glorifying his ancestors! I spent 3 dollars of silver in the county to find someone to frame it, which is to be kept for my children and grandchildren, but it must be hung in a conspicuous place in the house!

Lord Wu asked himself what else he would do, and he told the truth, he knew how to chisel and grind hoop barrels, build furniture, etc., which was a craft passed on to him by his father when he was alive. Wu Dianshi let himself teach others how to do it, it's nothing, just teach it, his own life was saved by Wu Dianshi, although these skills were passed down from his ancestors, what is it worth? Unexpectedly, for this little thing, Wu Dianshi also ordered someone to give himself a monthly allowance of 2 taels of silver! 2 taels of silver, you can buy an acre of good land this year, and the monthly money of Mr. Li Shan's family in his village is only 2 taels!

Since Lord Wu inscribed himself and let himself teach others all kinds of crafts, his reputation has spread, although he will slowly become more and more dragons later, but others still love to come to him. For example, last month, he brought a few old guys to build a dragon suck for Liwang Village on the north bank of the upstream, and it took more than half a month from surveying, site selection, digging trenches, burying pipes, and diverting water. Of course, the profits are also quite lucrative, in addition to the cost of materials, this job can earn 20 taels of silver, 5 old guys are familiar with their own hands, each person can get 3 taels! Although Liwang Village spent dozens of taels of silver to repair this dragon, it was definitely not a loss, and their village would be able to secure the harvest after more than 20 hectares of land. This is more than 2,000 acres of land, what is the price of watering the land? What is the price of dryland? No matter how you calculate this account, you can calculate it!

Since I started to do this job, the days are getting better day by day, first the old lady and myself are dressed up and down with a new look, and then from the dilapidated shed into the spacious and warm cave, what pots and pans, all the covers have been added to the new, this day is called a boom! That's not all, all the money I earned was handed over to my mother, and I saved more than 20 taels of silver in a few months!

There are many people around who have also made money, such as Wang Laoshi who built a ship, Liu Er, who made pottery pipes in the kiln, Li Huang, who made ink, etc., and many people were hired under him, so it was really a profitable business! Especially Li Huang, his family is from Yanchuan, and his ancestors will use oil to make ink, and when he arrived here, he found that there were also oil seedlings, so he simply opened an ink-making workshop. I've seen this thing myself, and the ink is really good, but the smoke is so tight. Later, Wu Dianshi said that this oil could be used for other things besides making ink, and encouraged him to study the method of using oil to make fire, but he really came up with it.

I heard that this method was still thought up by Li Dianshi, and the key technology is actually a waterwheel. It was a common thing in the countryside, and it was used by the squires whose fields were near the banks of the river to water their fields. It's just that the waterwheel made by Li Huang is not used for this, but uses the flow of water to drive a large barrel to rotate rapidly, and the barrel is filled with oil, which is said to be used to force out all the water in the oil.

In this way, the oil is much easier to burn than before, but the carbon black produced is less, but in this way, the oil can be used directly to light the lamp, and the smoke is less and less, everyone knows how expensive the lamp oil is! This can be regarded as being fished by Li Huang!

Then there is the business of making honeycomb coal, as well as making a special honeycomb coal and iron stove. The weather was getting colder and colder, but as long as the iron stove was built, the whole cave was warmed up, and I bought one for myself. I don't know who came up with these methods, but they are ingenious!

And those who are poor in business can also find a loan from the "Rishengchang" commercial bank, such as Li Huang opened this ink-making workshop and borrowed 15 taels of silver, I heard that as long as Wu Dianshi saw the nod, even the mortgage can be used!

Hey, these are far away, in fact, their own craft has earned enough, there is no need to focus on other families, the key Quartet have come to invite, what is rare is that honor and decency. Since I had some money, my mother had to tell me about her family affairs all day long, and several nearby families had entrusted people to come over to be matchmakers, and they all pushed it. In fact, her own thoughts and mothers also knew, she just sighed and persuaded herself not to worry about Chunni anymore, their family did not flee with their family at that time, and now they are only afraid of more bad luck, afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again. At that time, when I thought that Chunni might have starved to death or been sold by her father, my heart twitched uncomfortably.

Later, I heard that someone was coming from the security guard, so I threw my work and ran to the dock. When I arrived at the dock, there were rows of people, desperately looking for them in the ranks of those women, and I really let myself see a girl from my own village! Ignoring the obstruction of human teeth, he rushed over and grabbed her to ask about Chunni's whereabouts, for fear that if she said something bad news, her heart hung in her throat. When the girl saw herself, tears flowed out, desperately trying to save her, she couldn't hear what she said, so she had no choice but to ask the man's teeth, it turned out that she was worth 5 taels of silver, she hesitated, after all, she was a fellow villager, or she still wanted to save her, but she didn't have enough money on her, so she had to run back to get the money. When I came back, I saw Chunni from afar, but she had already been bought by the people of "Rishengchang", and after a while, she was bought! She recognized herself, too, and looked back as she went.

I knew that "Rishengchang" was Wu Dianshi's industry, and ran to ask Wu Dianshi, he was always not at home, and then finally found him, and he told him about it, knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, begging him to be fulfilled. Wu Dianshi seemed to be very impressed with himself, called out his name, helped himself up, and after asking what was going on, he asked someone to bring Chunni over and asked her if she would like to go with her, Chunni said yes with tears, Wu Dianshi asked someone to bring over a piece of paper, which was Chunni's deed,

He handed it to himself and smiled and asked himself to take Chunni home.

I liked it stupidly at the time, knelt down and kowtowed with Chunni, and asked Wu Dian Shi Chunni how much money was for redemption, he brought 20 taels of silver at that time, and thought that if it was not enough, he would borrow it from the old guys. Unexpectedly, he looked at himself and smiled, saying that he didn't want his own money, as long as he did his own work, he would repay him.

In this way, Chunni became her daughter-in-law, and on the day she got married, Wu Dianshi came to ask for a glass of wine. Now she works in the quilt factory on the dock, and can always earn 1 tael of 6 or 7 dollars of silver in a month, although the old lady is inconvenient, she is not idle at home, in addition to housework, she also spins and patches the family, and she can earn a few dollars of silver in a month, and she sees that this day is getting more and more prosperous! I discussed with Chunni, and I was ready to have a child at the beginning of spring, and I heard her say that the female workers in their factory could rest at home for 2 months if they were pregnant with a child, and they would be given 1 tael of silver every month without doing anything!

There are more and more new shops in and out of the city, and they know that Ansai is rich, and the merchants of Yan'an Mansion in the east, Shanxi on the other side of the Yellow River, and even the provincial capital Xi'an have come to do business. Now it is less than a month before the New Year, the food on the market is used to play, what southern and northern goods are everything, and the old customers from all over the world are holding back their strength to take advantage of this New Year's Festival to make a fortune!

Thinking about his own thoughts, Li Sixi unconsciously came to a mutton stall. This place because it is close to the county seat, the transportation is convenient, I don't know when a lively market was formed, gathered 2, 30 stalls, and the village is different from the first day, eleventh day, twenty-first and third days of the first day of each month, the market here is from the beginning of the month to the end of the month, there is no half day off!

"Guest officer, the best Hetaotan mutton was sold cheaply, and it just arrived by ship yesterday, as long as 60 yuan a catty! In this weather, a few families are around the side stove to make shabu-shabu, which is called a cool! You're here early, and you'll keep all the good meat, do you want to have some? The stall owner greeted Li Sixi warmly.

"Huh? Didn't you, a profiteer, sell 100 wen a pound a few days ago, why did your conscience find out now? Li Sixi said in surprise.

"Hey, don't say 100 Wen, even 200 Wen has been sold, isn't it that there are too many people doing this business now, and it is difficult to do business?" The vendor didn't think it was wrong, and said with a bitter face.

"Don't listen to him, it's hard to do any business, his price is high enough, and it only sells for 50 wen a catty over there." A person next to him said, Li Sixi looked at it, it was an acquaintance.

I heard that the acquaintance looked around, and mysteriously leaned over and said: "The Mongols outside the mouth have suffered a white plague, except for the livestock for breeding, all the others have been slaughtered, and I heard that the fleet sent by Lord Wu is almost unloaded, and dozens of ships have been urgently transferred, all of which are to exchange grain for beef and mutton with them!" A few ships have been shipped over in the past few days, and I am afraid that the price will not be reduced in a few days! ”

"How can you be so dishonest in business, you only need 50 wen a catty, and you trick me into selling 60 wen?" Li Sixi listened to the words of his acquaintance, looked at the vendor and said angrily.

"Ahem, I'm sorry for the old customer, I'm really not trying to lie to you, I really don't know that the price has been reduced over there, alas, I'm going to lose a lot of money now. But today's meat of mine is really good, fifty wen, just fifty wen a catty, which piece do you cut? The vendor laughed busily.

Li Sixi stared at the vendor's eyes sternly, as if judging how much water was in his words, this was his habit of buying things, and he said after a long time: "Bring me 5 catties of lamb leg meat and send two lamb trotters." ”

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