In this era, farmers still use the oldest way to plough the fields, although there are already some farm tools, but most of them still rely on manpower and animal power, such as spring ploughing, either people take hoes to plough the ground inch by inch, or use the trees cut down from the mountains to make wooden ploughs, but it is not much better.

The oxen pulled in front, and the people walked behind, and at the end of the day, the ground did not turn over much, and both people and cattle were tired and half dead.

When the ground is ploughed, the seeds must be sown......

Sowing seeds is another hard work, and people take a dustpan and sprinkle the seeds into the soil little by little.

Then it is necessary to fertilize, plant seedlings, and weed all year round.

The farm work can be described as busy, and it is hard to wait for the autumn harvest, and in the blink of an eye, it is paid to the court, and what I have left is not enough for the New Year......

But, as a modern person, can this be difficult for him?

Zhou Qi patted Uncle Zhou's shoulder and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhou, don't worry, I'll surprise you next year's spring ploughing, this matter will not be a problem in the future, every household has more than ten acres of land, and it is ......"

And the latter words, he didn't say.

This is a secret agreement between him and Xiao Tianzi, so let's not mention it for the time being......

"Zhou boy, are you at home?"

At this moment, Aunt Wang's loud voice came in from outside the courtyard.

Zhao Cuihua, who was busy in the stove room, muttered: "Why did Aunt Wang come here again?" It's definitely a meal! ”

"Hee-hee! Aunt Zhao, you really know my aunt! ”

Zhao Xiaoyu covered her mouth and smiled, wiped her hands and hurriedly opened the door and welcomed her into the main hall.

"Yo!? What about a meeting? ”

As soon as Aunt Wang came in, she saw that the chief and the eldest son were sitting, and she couldn't help but shout.

Since the textile factory was set up, according to Zhou Qi's explanation, Zhou Liang's daughter-in-law has to hold a small meeting for the village women in the factory every month, and now the word "meeting" is fresh for people in the village.

"No, let's talk casually, why is Aunt Wang here?"

Zhou Qi got up with a smile, also poured her tea, and stretched out his hand to let her sit down.

"What can you do? I'll give you the money to sell the pigs! ”

Aunt Wang smiled shyly, the corners of her mouth were pulled to the root of her ears, and she was busy taking out a stack of silver tickets from the inner lining of her clothes, and said: "This piglet grows well this year, and the sow may give birth again, I see that the pigsty can't fit it, so I will sell some piglets and give you back!" ”

When this was taken out, Uncle Zhou and Zhou Liang's eyes were straight.

"This is a small bunch, isn't it?"

"No, it's just more than 5,000 taels, but we spend a lot on raising pigs, it's nothing!"

Aunt Wang responded, put the silver ticket on the table, and then looked at the person opposite with shining eyes.

Zhou Qi naturally knew what it meant, since he left the village and went to Qizhou City, he hadn't paid Aunt Wang for raising pigs, and now at this time, didn't he have to settle the account?

So Zhou Qi only took one out of the five thousand taels, and pushed the rest back, saying: "These should be regarded as Aunt Wang's dividends and wages, these days, Aunt Wang is also working hard!" ”

Of course, Aunt Wang will not be polite, and she will take the silver ticket back into her pocket.

At this time, Uncle Zhou and Zhou Liang swallowed their saliva directly.

This pig breeding?

Seems to be much better than their farming and hunting!?

However, fortunately, now that there are fruit trees, if they really bear good fruit in the coming year, who may have more dividends! It's just a matter of waiting!

"By the way, Aunt Wang, how many manes are there now?" Zhou Qi didn't shy away from it, and asked directly.

When Aunt Wang heard this, she quickly replied: "Except for the monthly supply to the city to make toothbrushes, there is still a large pile!" Does Zhou Boy have an idea again? ”

Zhou Qi nodded seriously, and after thinking for a while, he asked Uncle Zhou: "How many of the village women in our village have not worked in the textile factory?" ”

When I hear this, I'm going to do something again!

Uncle Zhou hurriedly responded: "You want to say that there are not many men in our village, but there are many women in the village, plus the girls, and now there are nearly 100 people who have idle meals!" ”

"Eh, you can't say that, a woman can hold up half the sky."

Zhou Qi said with a smile, and then told the three of them what he thought.

The first is to set up two more factories on the other side of the wasteland.

The second is to recruit some female workers, the more the better, and if the village is not enough, recruit from neighboring villages.

Even the management staff, Zhou Qi has thought about it, and then let Zhou Liang, who is the eldest son, marry two daughters-in-law! If not, it's not impossible for Uncle Zhou, the golden bachelor, to continue the strings!

"Zhou boy, where did you go?"

Uncle Zhou's face turned red, and the figure of a young widow in the next village immediately appeared in his heart.

At this time, I am afraid that I have thought about how much bride price I will give......

Zhou Qi naturally didn't know what he was thinking, so he continued with a smile: "In addition, it's just a matter of this job, it's still a brush, but this brush is different from a toothbrush......"

His craftsman workshop in Jinfeng County is now inseparable from making other brushes for him, and the toothbrushes created every month are getting higher and higher! The price of that toothbrush is getting more and more expensive!

From four taels of silver at the beginning, it has now risen to five hundred taels!

If it is made of good jade, it is already common to be worth one gold.

Thanks to the fact that there are other shops in the county to create some ordinary toothbrushes, the price is uneven, the lowest is five yuan, and the most common one is five hundred yuan, which can be consumed by ordinary people.

The Zhou family toothbrush shop has formed a certain brand, and the membership system set before is used, so that the rich and noble families compete to be the first to become members of the Zhou family shop, and no one is willing to let anyone go!

In this way, the craftsmen are busy spinning like a spinning top, and now he can only set his goal in the village.

When the workers are recruited, I will ask the craftsman Li Fulai to teach the village women a little.

In fact, it is not a big problem not to teach, after all, this brush does not need a gorgeous appearance, the most important thing is practicality, as long as there are drawings, the villagers themselves can also be poured out.

Speaking of drawings, Zhou Qi had to invite Su Ling, who was embroidering in the back room, out.

"Lady, hard work!"

Zhou Qi handed her a pen and paper, and stood aside grinding ink.

Su Ling held his stomach and it was not very convenient, so he sat down, picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, according to Zhou Qi's description, a few pieces of paper were suddenly drawn with some variety, and all kinds of brushes came out.

It's a scene where Lang has a concubine's intention......

As Su Ling's sister, Su Yue was full of relief, but what appeared in her eyes was more envy.

After the drawings were drawn, Zhou Qi handed over the matter to Uncle Zhou and Aunt Wang to implement.

Aunt Wang, a foodie, saw that she could make money again, but she forgot to eat rice!

"Lang Jun, what is this brush for?"

After the person left, Su Lingqiao asked with a smile, she was really strange, more and more she felt that the Lang Jun she married was erudite and talented, why did she have so much strange knowledge in her mind?

"That's a lot!"

Zhou Qi explained with a smile: "There are cleaning brushes that can be used in the stove room, as well as laundry brushes and shoe brushes, all of which can be used by our people every day!" ”

"Secondly, I went to the textile factory today, and saw that the loom was a little crunchy and old, the larger one was the machine bristle brush, and there were some small ones used to clean the shuttle machine, and the most important thing was ......."

Before he finished speaking, Su Ling was already incredible!

She never imagined that this ubiquitous pig bristle could be used for so many brushes with different uses, and this pig raising was simply too prescient! Not only can you sell pork, but you can also turn waste into treasure!

Even if she gets rid of this mane, she knows in the village these days that the manure from the pigs can feed the crops and plant fruit trees! As a city person, she only knew that pigs could be eaten before, but now she knows that there are treasures all over this pig!

She couldn't help but praise with joy: "Lang Jun, you are really amazing!" ”

She also kissed Zhou Qi on the face, although after the kiss, half of her face was flushed......

Seeing this scene, the eldest sister-in-law Su Yue pulled up a handkerchief and covered her mouth and smiled!

At the same time, she was a little surprised!

What did she hear?

Pig bristles, from small daily life to large textile business, there are places to use.

You know, just half a year ago, this mane was worthless!?

It's a shame that these two didn't listen to Zhou Qi's words, otherwise they wouldn't know which side of the sky to praise him to!

In fact, not only these, but also the craftsmen's tools, cleaning brushes, paint brushes, can be made with pig bristles, the most critical ......

His fire brush, of course!

However, this does not need to be manufactured in large quantities for the time being, just let the village women make him some pipe brushes and hammer brushes, this semi-automatic pistol has come out, can it not be well maintained?

Don't block the pipes with dust, if you wipe the gun and blow it up, this old life will be gone!

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