Volume 1 Chapter 94 Xu Wen Examination
Early the next morning, Xu Yunnan and Mr. Xu went out, and they were going to find a suitable place to build a ceramic workshop.
To make porcelain, you need to use the right clay, but not all clay can be made.
It would be great if you could find a place with this kind of soil to build a workshop, at least the upfront investment can be reduced a little, and you don't have to go out of your way to buy porcelain soil.
The two grandchildren searched for almost a day in several nearby villages, but they didn't find a suitable one, Xu Yunjin wanted them not to look for it for the time being, and went to the county seat to ask Shen Lingliang another day.
Unexpectedly, on the second day, after the old man Xu went to Zhuangzi to see the taro, he thought about going to the mountain next to Zhuangzi to have a look.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I went, I found that the soil there was actually the kaolin that Xu Yunnan usually used to make porcelain, and he was so happy that the old man asked the coachman to send him to Xu Yunjin quickly.
At this time, Xu Yunjin in the medical school was making soap.
Xu Yunjin never thought of making soap before, because their family's usual clothes are washed in their own room, and there are not many clothes, so they usually wash them with soap horns.
Today, Xu Yunjin came to the medical school and happened to meet Guan Dongyue washing the clothes of nearly ten people, and he had been rubbing foam with soap.
Xu Yunjin suddenly remembered to make soap, so he bought a recipe for making soap on the farm.
The yard was filled with smoke, Guan Dongyue was boiling lard, and Wu Xiuzhu was burning bean stalks (soybean stalks) to ashes.
After that, Xu Yunjin added an appropriate amount of water and lime powder to the ash, stirred evenly, and made a simple filtration device with muslin cloth to filter out the alkaline water.
Finally, mix the alkaline water with the uncooled lard, stir constantly until it is a beige paste, then pour it into a rectangular mold, cover it, let it stand for three days, and the soap can be formed.
Xu Yunjin was still thinking about what kind of business his family could get in order to recruit more people in the village and solve the problem of low income in the village.
Now almost every tofu workshop has a person working in it, either making soy products, or going out to run business and pull business.
Several families went to the nearby Fucheng to sell them together, but there were still many people idle, Xu Yunjin saw some uncles in the village still collecting firewood and weaving baskets to sell in the town every day.
She also saw the young children in the village go to hunt pigweed before dawn, and help the adults with their work when they get home.
Xu Yunjin wants the boys in their village to have money to go to school, and the girls learn embroidery at home every day, and they can also learn some words from their brothers and brothers, so that they can marry a good family in the future.
Slowly benefiting more people is Xu Yunjin's biggest dream after escaping to the south, and just thinking about something, Old Man Xu came in from outside the door.
"Jin girl, I found the kaolin that your eldest brother said on the mountain next to your Zhuangzi, do you want your eldest brother to take a look, if it is true, we will buy that hill, so that the workshop is built there, and there will be a care in the future."
Xu Yunjin didn't expect it to be so coincidental, if it was true, it would definitely be bought, so he hurriedly asked Yuan San to pick up Xu Yunnan.
It didn't take long for Xu Yunnan to arrive at the medical school, and when he heard his grandfather's words, he was excited and said to hurry up and go to Zhuangzi, Xu Yunjin hurriedly stopped him, and now it was lunch time, and after lunch, the three of them went to Zhuangzi in a carriage.
"Grandpa, Ah Jin, great, this is really kaolin, and there is a piece of it here, enough for the workshop to use for a long time."
As soon as Xu Yunnan arrived at the hill, he squatted on the ground to check the soil, and then stood up very happily and said to Old Man Xu and Xu Yunjin, the three grandchildren were very happy, but they didn't expect to find a suitable place so quickly.
"Since we found it so quickly, then we will go back to the county seat and go to the county magistrate to buy this hill, and settle it down as soon as possible, we can also rest assured, there is no shortage of hundreds of taels to buy this mountain at home."
Old man Xu walked down the mountain as he spoke, Xu Yunnan and Xu Yunjin looked at each other and smiled secretly, grandpa is really rich now, and he doesn't care about a few hundred taels anymore.
When he returned to the county seat, Xu Yunjin accompanied him to buy a mountain, because Old Man Xu didn't know that he would find a place so quickly, and he didn't have any money with him, so Xu Yunjin went with him, and Shen Lingliang wiped Xu Yunjin with a fraction after he found out.
took the title deed with Xu Yunjin's name written on it and went out of the county office, Xu Yunjin was helpless, she said that she didn't need to write her name.
But grandpa and eldest brother both strongly asked the yamen to write the name of the title deed as hers, and Xu Yunjin's heart has always been warm.
In the next half month, Old Man Xu and Xu Yunnan recruited people in the village.
The weather was hot and could not go back and forth every day, so the 30 strong laborers who were recruited to build workshops were required to live in the Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi's house is not very big, after living in Uncle Xiang's family of five, there are only four rooms left, and the others can only bring mats to lay on the floor.
The old man felt sorry for them, and gave each person an extra five wen workers, thirty wen a day, and the villagers were full of joy and enthusiasm.
Every day, Uncle Xiang's daughter-in-law and grandchildren were asked to cook for the workers, and Uncle Xiang's son followed the work, and the ceramic workshop began to be built in full swing.
A few days later, the two carriages headed towards Fucheng, and everyone in the Xu family was in the carriage, leaving Xu Yunnan alone in Zhuangzi, because Xu Wen was going to take the exam.
The drawings of the workshop were discussed by Xu Yunnan and Xu Yunjin together, so he was going to watch there, and he was also a half-grown child, so the Xu family was very relieved to leave him there and leave.
In the carriage, Xu Yunjin and his family were counting the things that Xu Wen was going to bring to the examination room.
Xu Yunjin made instant noodles and some biscuits that could be stored for Xu Wen, the last time Xu Yunqing went to the exam, she forgot about it, but fortunately, Xiucai only took the exam for three days.
But the township test has to stay in it for nine days, and the weather is so hot that bringing dry food in it is either rancid, or too hard to taste.
There is hot water in the examination room, bring some dough cakes in, soak them in hot water during meal time, put some seasonings in them, and you can eat better.
So after Xu Yunjin remembered it, he was making instant noodles every day after class, and he bought the recipe and tried it several times but it didn't work until yesterday.
There were two carriages in a group, and when they arrived in Fucheng, Xu Wen's father and son, and Lin Rong were already waiting at the door.
In the triennial autumn, the schools in Fucheng will be closed and will not reopen until the end of the township test.
At this time, the school will organize people who want to take the township exam next time, or go to the examination room to sit outside the examination room for nine days with the students inside.
Either the husband will organize the students to go to the neighborhood for a few days, and the township test is not like the children's test, which only tests the content of the book.
From the moment they are examined, what they want to test is a matter of all things in the world.
Therefore, some people who have money in their families will go on a study tour for a few years after the exam, and then come back to participate in the township exam.
The family lived in the courtyard when they came last time, and after lunch, Xu Yunjin handed over the things he brought to Xu Wen and asked him to give them to Zhao Jin, and the father and son who gathered in the study were discussing the matter of the winning streak.
"After receiving the letter sent by your Uncle Zhao, Taishi Zhao entered the palace overnight, and negotiated with the family of the Holy Prince, the eldest princess, until midnight, and wanted to catch the person who wrote the letter in one fell swoop and seriously injured He Xiang.
Unexpectedly, that person was very cunning, every time he sent a letter, he passed through several people, and the investigation did not catch this person for a long time.
More than 3 million taels of silver were seized, and some of the official silver that had not had time to be melted down and remade, most of the private salt was sold, and the day before the victory was also controlled, and now the family is in prison, and the previous document of the Shen County Order is also on the way."
I'm obedient, what is the concept of more than 3 million taels, if their family only sells tofu and does not sell other things, it can sell 100,000 taels a year, which is considered a good business.
If it is in the current state, their family does not know how long it will take to sell soy products to have more than three million taels of silver.