After discussing the matter with Murong Shun, Li Su returned to the palace, Cui Yingying also took a few girls to chatter and laugh in the South Courtyard, Li Su saw that the time was still early, so he went to Nanhe's workshop with Jin Daqian, although Tong Nian had already reported to him about peanuts and sugar cane, he also had to take the time to see how the production was going.

and Jin Daqian rode a horse to the Nanhe Workshop, and the guards of the workshop immediately took Li Su and Jin Daqian to find Tong Nian, who was directing the production in the workshop, and the sales of these two new products began immediately, and Tong Nian personally came to the workshop to supervise the production.

Today's Nanhe Workshop is huge, spanning four or five miles from east to west, and is still extending to the south, the slaves and craftsmen in the workshop base come and go, like a market, very lively, the slaves and maids have smiles on their faces, and they are very satisfied with the current life.

According to the rules set by Li Su and Su Moer, these slaves and maids can freely marry wives and have children after earning enough points, and now the living area of the workshop is basically based on small families, some slaves and maids are pregnant, and the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce will routinely give the slaves and maids maternity leave, and all the necessary daily necessities points will be exchanged to the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, and the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce is responsible for providing, basically not too lazy, and the life here is much stronger than the farming people, and this also allows the slaves and craftsmen to have no worries and devote themselves to production.

In addition to the welfare system of the Tang Chamber of Commerce, there is also an independent small market within the workshop, where the goods on the market can be sold, and the slaves and maids can also exchange points for huàn copper coins, and they can buy some of the things they want with these money.

"Now the number of people who come to the workshop every day to look for work is increasing, and it is said that many people have the idea of coming to the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce to work and others to work at home." The Shengtang Chamber of Commerce is now so prosperous, Jin Daqian also has a sense of pride in his heart, and he also participated in the construction of the original Shengtang Chamber of Commerce.

"Don't they care if they are sold into slavery?" Today's Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, whether it is a slave purchased from outside or a common person who comes to the door, as long as they join the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, they must sign a contract. Joining the slave status, the future freedom will be subject to the constraints of the Tang Chamber of Commerce, except for the prescribed rest time, the rest of the time must stay in the base, which is equivalent to selling yourself to the Tang Dynasty Society, once you regret running away, or do something dangerous to the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce, the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce has the right to deal with it in accordance with the "Tang Law Discussion".

Jin Daqian shook his head: "The reputation of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce for treating slaves and maids is now well known, and the people are still coming for this, especially those homeless." As soon as I heard that the Tang Chamber of Commerce was recruiting, the door would be blocked, waiting to sell in, and when His Royal Highness went to Songzhou, Tong Nian recruited people because of peanuts and sugarcane, and there were crowds of people in front of the workshop at that time. ”

Listening to Jin Daqian's chatter, Li Su was satisfied with the reputation of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce to the outside world, although he was sold into slavery, but this was just a form of restraint, as long as he did not betray the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce. In fact, it is the same as the factory in modern society, and some people also saw this and asked to join the Tang Chamber of Commerce.

The guards took Li Su and Jin Daqian to the south, and the newly built workshops were all on the south side, and on the way, Li Su asked about the guards of the workshop base.

This guard also stayed in the Tang Chamber of Commerce for a year. He is also very familiar with various systems, he said that in addition to pulling a high and long wall in the workshop, and setting up several gates to manage entry and exit, the Tang Chamber of Commerce will also conduct an inventory of slaves and maids every day. Verify the number, and recently the Tang Chamber of Commerce has added a method to hunt down runaway slaves and maids, that is, to train dogs to track down escaped slaves and maids. Tried it a few times and it worked well.

Li Su was a little surprised, he hadn't taught them this method.

Jin Daqian saw Li Su's doubts and said: "This is what Su Mo'er taught to the princess, and later the princess asked the guards to try some, using the shepherd dog that His Royal Highness bought last time." ”

Li Su is happy, this girl is really good at messing around, this is not a dog that can be used as a police dog, and fortunately, the dog Li Su bought is a German shepherd, that is, a black back, otherwise she would not make a joke.

As a few people spoke, they arrived at the oil mill and the white sugar workshop, and the guards went in to report, and Tong Nian trotted out from inside.

"Your Highness, why are you here? It's too noisy. Tong Nian said, with a smell of oil on his body, standing in front of Li Su, this smell of oil came to his face.

Li Su didn't care, and said, "This king has come to see the production of such things?" ”

Tong Nian led Li Yu inside, and said: "The craftsman called by Tong Yu is still very responsible, and he only left after teaching the slaves and maids, and now the slaves and maids have mastered the method of oil extraction, and now they can produce twenty stones of oil a day." ”

The oil extraction workshop covers an area of nearly 2,000 square meters, located on the bank of the South River, which is to facilitate the use of waterwheels as power, the oil extraction method used in the workshop is still the soil method of hand-extracting oil, the peanuts are crushed into flour, steamed, loaded into iron hoops, and beaten with a form hammer, this process is still used in modern mountainous areas, and there are twenty sets of such facilities in the workshop, each set of six workers are responsible for the division of labor.

Twenty stones of oil is enough for 2,000 catties, which is not much, but now it is not necessary to have such a large amount, after all, the market for vegetable oil has not yet opened, and it is not too late to increase production after the market is opened.

After visiting the process of oil extraction by the workers, Tong Nian seemed to remember something and said: "Your Highness, what should I do with the oil cake after the peanut is squeezed?" ”

The oil extraction rate of peanuts is only half, and a pound of peanuts can only squeeze out half a pound of oil, which is still shelled, if in modern times, this oil cake will be fed directly to pigs, but in this era, this oil cake is a good thing, it can fill the stomach, so Li Yu said: "You have also tasted this peanut, right?" ”

After the peanuts were harvested, Li Su's subordinates all received these small benefits, and everyone shared dozens of catties of peanuts to try them, and Tong Nian was no exception, "I have tasted it, Your Highness, it tastes really good, so I think it would be a pity if this oil cake was thrown away." ”

The oil extraction workshop is running normally, Li Su, Tong Nian, and Jin Daqian came out of the workshop, and Li Su groaned: "In this way, some oil cakes are provided to the canteen of the Tang Chamber of Commerce, and various colleges also provide some, you can cook soup or fry and eat, first see how the reaction is, if you don't like to eat, you can transport the oil cakes to the farm to feed the pigs, or you can sell them to the poor people at a low price, for example, you can sell ten oil cakes for a penny, so you can do good deeds." ”

Tong Nian said as he walked: "Yes, Your Highness!" ”

According to historical records, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has been able to produce white sugar and rock sugar, which shows that the process of boiling white sugar is not complicated, and the people arranged by Tong Yu also taught the slave maid the modern sugar making method.

Entering the workshop, Li Su saw the white sugar stacked in the jar at a glance, Li Su took some and put it in his mouth to taste, the taste is very sweet, it no longer belongs to the modern white sugar, and he is very satisfied.

Two new products came out, the next thing is the promotion work, this problem Li Su does not plan to care, let Cui Yingying and Tong Nian figure out their own way, his future energy will be mainly focused on the management of Yizhou military politics and law, the development of new products will be handed over to Taoyuan, sales will be handed over to the Tang Dynasty, a year has passed, they should have grown a little by Li Su's side, and if they don't let go of them, they will never grow up.

The three of them visited the workshop, chatting, Li Su's words Tong Nian understood, he understood that Li Su was asking him to propose his own promotion plan, he thought about it and said: "Your Highness, the old slave already has a way to use cooking oil, but I'm afraid I have to borrow it from His Royal Highness." ”

"Who?" Li Su wanted to know the solution that Tong Nian came up with.

"Zhang San!" Tong Nian continued, "At present, Zhang San will skillfully use vegetable oil to cook, this vegetable oil is launched, it is inevitable to promote the new cooking method, the old slave has an idea, it is better to let Zhang San set up a similar school, teach the cooks in various restaurants in Yizhou to cook, and when they learn this kind of dish, then they need our vegetable oil, so that vegetable oil will naturally be promoted, and there are many business travelers to and from Yizhou, they will be extremely surprised to taste the new dishes, so they will be interested in this edible oil." ”

While Tong Nian was talking, Li Su kept a smile on his face, "Yes, there is some progress, after this king goes back, he will lend Zhang San to you, and how to operate is up to you." ”

Tong Nian was overjoyed when he heard this, "Yes, Your Highness!" ”

This time the inspection of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce made Li Su very satisfied, after leaving the workshop base, Li Su took a walk not far from the shipyard here, at this time the keel of the treasure ship has been completed, the hull is being constructed, a complete set of steam equipment has been installed inside, three large chimneys stand up, the combination of modern and classical makes these behemoths have a unique charm.

"Your Highness, what are those little squares for?" Kim Daqian is the boss who first watched the treasure ship up close and opened his mouth.

Li Su looked at the square holes, these holes are every three meters, three layers up and down, each side adds up to one hundred and twenty square holes, Li Su suddenly understood that his calculation method was wrong at that time, this side is enough to place one hundred and twenty artillery, this number also frightened him, he didn't expect the treasure ship to have such a powerful firepower, such monsters are rampant on the sea, enough to scare any enemy, and Li Su also secretly decided in his heart that he must firmly grasp these monsters no matter what.

"That's where the murderous weapons are placed." Li Su said proudly. (To be continued......)

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