Lu Bu said this is also based on the sharp decline in population in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, especially in the surrounding Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places. Now it is relatively better, if it has experienced the Three Kingdoms Rebellion, the population will be even less, so the sales of luxury goods such as tissue paper will be very small.

"Fujun is really a business wizard, the rich are rich and the flowing oil, no matter how expensive the price is, he will still use it. The concubine heard that there were no yellow turbans in Jingzhou and Yizhou, and the locals were not very rich, if we could sell our straw paper, it should be able to sell well. ”

"Madame is right, our caravan in Qingzhou has gradually formed a scale, and it will open the market soon. You just need to stabilize the production here, and the quality should be stable to form brand benefits. ”

"What brand should I use?"

"This paper mill is all the credit of Mrs., so it's better to use Mrs. Cai."

Mrs. Cai's paper mill is a labor-intensive industry, recruiting more than 200 male workers and more than 800 female workers.

Lu Bu took a turn from the factory, and the production process was still very backward.

Stone grinders, stone mortars, papermaking, and drying are almost all manpower and donkeys.

Manpower also has the advantage of manpower, that is, it allows more people to have enough to eat.

During the lunch break, the workers stopped what they were doing and began to eat.

One by one, they lined up to eat, and most of them were women in their sixteen or seventeen years old and in their twenties.

The staple food is wheat flour wotou, high rice gruel, and two kinds of vegetables, stewed cabbage, with a few pieces of fat floating on it. A pot of boiled shrimp, and a basket of washed shallots, raw.

Everyone walked over, a bowl of porridge, two nests, a cabbage, if you want to eat shrimp, you can get some, if you don't like to eat it, forget it.

Locals love to eat raw shallots.

The cafeteria is still very simple, there are no tables and chairs, and everyone eats in squatting.

"Madam, prepare the tables, chairs and benches as soon as possible, you will definitely lose money in the early stage of your career, don't be afraid to spend money, and let the workers feel at home."

"Craftsmen have been arranged, and this year's fishmeal production is under great pressure, and so many pigs have been raised, and the carpenters have processed and added some points to make fishing boats."

"Oh, too, Qingzhou is full of waste, and it may be busy in production."

The Han Dynasty was more enlightened, and it was not uncommon for men and women to work together.

Men are used only for heavy physical work, and women are used for all other jobs.

And the difference in wages is not too big, and the monthly salary of a male worker who is a pulp is one hundred and fifty yuan. The female paper-making worker asked one hundred and forty questions a month. Food and lodging, three meals a day, male and female workers have different dormitories, and female soldiers are on duty to ensure safety.

Four days off per month, which can be arranged by yourself. Generally, there is no overtime, work at dawn, get off work after dark, and work more than ten hours a day.

The workshop has its own vegetable patch, and when the work is not busy, the workers go to the vegetable patch to help.

Lu Bu asked a male worker: "Young man, are you dissatisfied with your life and work?" ”

"Yes, the food here in the workshop is so good, I have been working for half a month, I have a trip home, and I can't eat at home. There is almost a ton of fish, and there is enough oil and water. ”

"Young man, do a good job, have a good job. Do a few years to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Mrs. Cai Paper Mill has only been established for a few months, and many products are still under development, but it is certain that the future sales will be very good.

Dian Wei likes this kind of straw paper: "Lord, these papers are very good, they are very soft, can you memorize them back." ”

"Okay, you can memorize it."

Dian Wei picked up a good treasure and carried a large bundle on his back.

Lu Bu hasn't been here for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will linger overnight, and Mrs. Cai will look panicked when he gets up early: "Husband, something bad happened, I'm afraid I'm pregnant again." ”

"Oh, no, it's such a coincidence."

"The concubine is counting the days just right, so many things are waiting for the concubine to do, what can I do?"

"Then why don't you be transferred back to Jinan County, and it will be the same to open a paper mill for Mrs. Cai in Jinan County."

Mrs. Cai shook her head: "Forget it, I was born to work hard." With such a large area of industry here, salt farms, fish and shrimp, pig farming, silkworms, and papermaking have just begun. It's okay, if you are really pregnant, it won't be delayed for long, there is a maid with a child. The husband fought in front of the battle, and the concubine was a woman, and she was willing to provide money, food, and drink for the husband's army. ”

"Well, hard madam. You arrange a few more maids to take care of yourself. ”

Mrs. Cai got up early and went to work in the paper mill, and Lu Bu, Dian Wei and his party also had breakfast and came to the fishing village port.

The harbor was busy, and fishermen rushed to and from the ox carts to unload baskets of small fish from the cattle fishing boats, and hurriedly transported them away.

The output is really large, just in such a morning, there are almost tens of thousands of catties of small fish transported, only the length of a little finger.

This time is the fish news, this kind of small fish is particularly abundant, and the fishmeal at the end of the year is produced at this time.

Without exception, the fish are dead.

Dian Wei scratched his head: "Lord, such a good fish, it won't be used to make fishmeal." ”

"You're right, it's this kind of fish, a good thing to make fishmeal. This kind of fish has a nickname called rotten out of the water, just out of the water has to be processed, if it is late, it will rot, so it can not be eaten, even to make salted fish can not use this fish. ”

A few miles away from the wharf, at the foot of the hill is the fishmeal mill, where dozens of strange huts have been built, with large chimneys on the roof, and you can smell the strong fishy smell from a distance, if you are not used to it, you will probably vomit when you smell it.

The small house is the drying room, the wood burned. Put the small fish in the drying room, basically it can be dried in a day and then it can be crushed, in order to make the fishmeal have a longer shelf life, add about one or two fine salt per catty of fishmeal.

So far, the fishmeal produced has been self-produced and has not been sold, and has been supplied to its own pig farms.

The manager of the fishmeal factory was startled when he saw Lu Bu coming to inspect, and hurriedly came over to give a salute, but he didn't know what to do.

"See your Excellency."

"Excuse me, Steward Lee. How much fishmeal does your fishmeal factory produce in a day? ”

"Now there are many, three to 50,000 catties of fresh fish can be processed a day, more than 10,000 catties of dried fish are obtained, more than 100 workers are dried every day, and sometimes they have to recruit people temporarily."

"Yes, yes, good job. After experiments, fishmeal is a good thing, it can make pigs grow quickly. ”

There are five such fishmeal workshops, all of which are managed by Mrs. Cai.

There are two or three months of busy time a year, and the rest of the year is mainly the production of salted fish and dried shrimp.

Just when Lu Bu was inspecting in Donglai County, a huge incident was happening in Xuzhou, and Tao Qian was in big trouble.

It turned out that Li Dao took the emperor and moved the capital to Chang'an.