When Mrs. Wu saw the process of hydraulic pressing, she was amazed, and when she saw the hydraulic grinding disc in another room, she was immediately shocked.

The family was in the grain business, harvesting grains such as rice and wheat, and then peeling and crushing them to earn the difference in price.

Their millstones are bigger than this, but they also need more animal power to pull the mill. As a result, the amount of forage consumed per day is quite a bit expensive. If water power can also be used, wouldn't it also be possible to save manpower and animal power?

Another point is cleanliness.

Even though their donkeys take care of them every day, some of the hair falls into the rice noodles.

But here, as long as someone is watching from the side, feeding the material to it, and then cleaning the ground rapeseed meal in time.

Mrs. Wu immediately turned around and looked at Li Rong, "Ah Rong, is your mother at home?" ”

Li Rong nodded, "At home, does Mrs. Wu want to talk to my mother about business?" ”

Mrs. Wu smiled, "Yes, I'll go over now." ”

Li Rong explained a few times and followed along.

Mrs. Wu is very good at business, even her mother praised her, Li Rong wanted to listen to Mrs. Wu and her mother talk more about business, and she followed suit.

As Mrs. Wu walked, she talked to Li Rong and learned that the craftsman was hired from the county seat, and she also knew that it would cost a lot of money to build such an oil mill.

At the same time, Mrs. Wu also has a worry, the hydraulic stone grinding is easy to use. Liu Paner can build an oil mill, and naturally he can also build a mill. If so, her business will not be good.

I went to inquire about the construction of a hydraulic stone mill, and I also wanted to find out if Liu Paner had any plans to build a mill.

Liu Pan'er saw Mrs. Wu come in and warmly welcomed, "Mrs. Wu, why are you free to come?" What's the matter? ”

"I heard that there is a novelty in Jixiang Village, which does not require manpower to extract oil, so I went to see it, it is really labor-saving, and the oil is squeezed quickly." Mrs. Wu praised from the bottom of her heart, "I don't open an oil mill, but I have a fancy for that hydraulic stone mill." With this, my family's production capacity can also be higher. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled, "That's true, as long as you find the right location, you can indeed save effort." I hired the carpenter and the blacksmith of Zhou, and I will tell you where their house is, and you can send someone. As for wages, negotiate for yourselves. ”

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she smiled even more happily, and then asked tentatively, "Madam, don't you want to build a mill when you introduced the craftsman to me?" You know, there's still a lot of money to be made in it. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled, "The business can't be done, and I can't do all the business." The grain in the Wu family grain shop is very good, and the price is also fair. I think it's easy to buy and eat. In addition, I don't have enough people around me to help, so I won't build a mill for the time being. As for the future, there will be more people in the town, let's talk about it. ”

Liu Paner didn't say anything to death, Mrs. Wu listened, although she was a little disappointed, but Liu Paner didn't do the mill business now, she also wanted her to make more money, "That's good, I was still worried!" Since you don't want to build a mill anytime soon, I can build a water-powered mill with confidence. ”

"Our friendship is not a day or two, and I will tell you that we will not build a mill in the next three years. However, if the villagers raise money to build such a water-powered mill for their own use, then I will not be able to control it. Liu Paner promised, but also said that she could manage her own family, but she couldn't control others.

Speaking of which, Mrs. Wu also understood, "Thank you, Madame, I am relieved to have your words." This workshop was not less than a hundred taels of silver, and not everyone was willing to pay for the construction of a mill. ”

Liu Pan'er also nodded, "Yes, so you don't have to worry too much." Even if there are people who have built workshops and have no land, they still need to buy food, and your business, your business, will not be too bad. ”

Mrs. Wu was relieved, thinking of the situation in Baisha Town, it was indeed the case.

In order to save money, the common people of Arita will scoop rice and grind noodles by themselves, because they have time, but Jixiang Village is different. In this village, both men and women have to work, all have wages, and few people have free time.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wu also smiled, "Okay, that's good." ”

Mrs. Wu exchanged a few more words with Liu Paner, and then left satisfied.

At this time, Li Rong was a little puzzled and asked, "Mother, how can you be sure that the people in the village will not be willing to build a workshop?" After all, there are so many rice grown in our village, and there are still people who are willing to save money and come to the mill to process rice and noodles. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled, "Even the old lady in the village has a job to do now, do you think anyone spends time to scoop rice and grind noodles?" In addition, the construction of a mill cost a hundred taels of silver. Isn't everyone in the village willing to pay? ”

"Some people are willing to come out, and some people are not willing to go out. Those who don't want to pay for it will use it when the mill is built. Therefore, this mill, built by raising funds, is not cost-effective for everyone to use. In addition, there are not many wheat growers in our village, basically like our family, we grow rapeseed. ”

When Li Rong heard this, her eyes lit up, "The yield of wheat is about two or three hundred catties, and it is five cents a catty, one mu of land, and at most one or two or five incomes." Rapeseed is 300 to 400 catties per acre, and some can even reach 450 catties. ”

"According to the purchase price of our village, such a large grain of rapeseed costs seven yuan per catty, and there is a maximum income of three taels of silver per acre of land, and planting rapeseed is more cost-effective than growing wheat. In addition, our rice, with its high yield, was purchased as a good seed by Lord Liu and the imperial court, and the price was higher. ”

After analysis, Li Rong finally understood the reason why the village did not build a mill, and the villagers were shrewd, of course, they chose to make more money.

Mrs. Wu's movements were very fast, and the next day she asked people to go to the county seat to invite Carpenter Wang and Blacksmith Zhou to choose a suitable place to build a water-powered mill.

After Li Dabao changed the spinning machine for Grandma Li, he took a family member Qi Zhiheng and Tang Dazhu to Wujia Village to meet with Carpenter Wang and Blacksmith Zhou, build a mill together, and practice the skills they learned before.

For Li Dabao's behavior, Liu Paner strongly supported it.

When Liu Paner is idle now, she goes to the rice field and the pepper field to watch.

What attracted Liu Paner the most was the thirty acres of spice cumin, which was also ripe.

There is a person who comes more diligently than Liu Paner, and comes to see it almost every day.

That is Li Dashan.

At this time, Li Dashan was leaning over, bowing his head, and sniffing on these cumins that were about to ripen.

Li Dashan saw Liu Pan'er coming, so he asked with a smile: "Yuanqing's family, this is not food, right?" I smell weird! ”

Liu Pan'er smiled and replied, "Yes, this is not food, but spices." It is used for stir-frying and making barbecue, and it has a unique taste. ”

"Spices?" Li Dashan was stunned, "I've heard people say before, one or two spices and one tael of gold, and I don't know if it's true or not?" ”