Qi County is suitable for the development of garlic, sesame and herbal medicine industries.

The northern part of the area is dominated by yellow sandy land, which is not suitable for growing grain, but it can be used to grow garlic and, soon, American peanuts.

Garlic is already a specialty of Qixian County at this time, and the introduction of large-scale peanut planting in the future will definitely turn sand into treasure.

Although there are no peanuts, a large number of sesame seeds are grown in many counties in the south and south of Qixian County.

In this case, he can first establish the herbal medicine and garlic industry, set up a factory handicraft industry for grinding and processing with division of labor, and plan not to use the primitive method of production in the form of a small workshop, which is too inefficient, and he will adopt an assembly-line production method to make medicines.

Prepare sesame procurement channels and expand the sesame paste industry in the near future.

In particular, Qixian County is regarded as the core area for the planting, acquisition and processing of medicinal materials, as well as the base of the sauce industry.

Wang Hongyu led Qin Ling and others into the county seat of Qixian County, first registered with the county government, and then carried out investigation and research, looking for partners in the development of herbs and garlic sauce, and participated in the development in the form of dry shares.

In fact, it is most suitable for officials and landlords who originally operated the farms in this area to reduce the trouble of collecting land, taxes, labor, and relations with the localities.

The officials of Qi County first despised and wary of Wang Hongyu and his party, especially Master Liu from Muzhi County, who had a domineering attitude and did not look at these businessmen from other places at all.

Wang Hongyu first bought a street-facing property on the main commercial street to show the strength of the business, so that some officials felt that they could cooperate. Then Master Liu, who was ordered by Mu County, still had no one in his eyes, and was slapped in the face by the library and the Hunhe Army who entered the county seat next.

The county commander Mu Yizhi was shocked by Wang Hongyu's library and the Hunhe army, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the generals and the army must be approved by the imperial court to leave their original place of residence, and as long as they enter the county seat, they must report to the government and the county government as soon as they enter the county seat.

First, they are afraid of causing local disturbances, and second, they must arrange food and lodging for the army in advance, and the local government is also obliged to prepare grain and grass for the army in advance.

The county commander Mu Yizhi called Master Liu to ask him if he had come to the county government to report in advance before the army entered the city, and the master thought that the day before yesterday was a good private meeting with a good person, and the official came to report that there was a soldier to report, and Master Liu sent the official away without listening.

Master Liu thought to himself that the soldiers didn't understand the etiquette, so there must be no meeting gift, otherwise the official would definitely bring the meeting gift. I would have forgotten about it, and I would not have associated the army with the merchants.

Master Liu is not in the official sequence, he is just a down-and-out scholar, and Mu County Ling is an employment relationship, there is no hope of entering the officialdom in this life, he only knows how to make money, in Qi County, he is one person under ten thousand people.

Mu Xianling read the registration procedures from the registration office, and realized that it was Wang Hongyu, the general who was valued by the apocalypse and praised by the people. Immediately prepare food and lodging for the Hunhe army, and prepare food and grass for the army's follow-up.

Mu County ordered Wang Hongyu to forgive Qi County for being slow to be a hero who was ordered to go south. From the county magistrate Mu Yizhi to the gentry, county officials, and government officials, they all shocked Wang Hongyu and took remedial measures.

Master Liu was immediately swept out of the house and driven away directly. The officials and landlords in the county immediately patted their horses like chameleons and tied up Wang Hongyu's relationship.

Mu Xianling personally took the initiative to set aside 2,000 acres of unoperated sandy land for Wang Hongyu to operate, and agreed to recruit people to engage in sesame, garlic and herbal medicine business.

Mu ordered the county officials to participate in their personal names, and Wang Hongyu first set up a shop to collect herbs, sesame seeds, and garlic. Then prepare for the construction of a processing workshop, and all procedures are simplified.

Wang Hongyu left more than a dozen people, with the participation of county officials, the participation of large local households, and more than a dozen veterans, to form the backbone of plantations, workshops, and shops. Other personnel are recruited on the spot, and priority is given to those who are landless and unemployed.

Bought a two-story building facing the street diagonally opposite the county office, with a courtyard house behind it, and set up a bookstore to sell books and papers.

He also bought a piece of land on the river beach and used it to set up a paper mill and a printing workshop by using the abundant resources of sesame straw, cotton straw, willow and poplar in the local area.

Of course, the water mill must be built by the river, and the water power is inexhaustible.

Now it is only used as power, that is, hydraulic stone grinding.

Hydraulic stone mills are mainly used for herbal grinding.

There are certain regulations for the production of pills, powders, ointments, pills and other medicines, and the planting, harvesting, drying, acquisition, preservation, crushing, grinding, dispensing, molding and packaging of medicinal materials.

In order to ensure the production progress and the confidentiality of the prescription, the assembly line production method must be adopted, and grinding is a key link.

If you grind a small amount of herbs, you can grind them with iron:

Iron medicine grinding ship-type iron products, equipped with oblate round grinding tools, are one of the traditional grinding tools in China. It can be used to grind medicinal materials into fine noodles, so as to further make pills, powders, ointments, pills and other medicines.

In ancient times, mills, stone grinders, pestles, etc., were used to press medicinal materials into powder. Due to the different shapes, sizes and textures, the objects and uses of processed drugs are also different.

The grinding of a large number of common medicinal materials is carried out by water wheel stone grinding or manpower and animal power stone grinding.

Since it is a hydraulic stone mill, of course it is not a man-made stone mill.

In spring, summer and autumn, water power is used, animal power is used on some days in winter, and it is best to stop work and rest because it is too cold on some days.

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At this time, it belongs to the early stage of the small cold season, and the coldest season in Qixian County is still very scary, especially not as convenient for the development of coal mines as in Beijing and Baoding.

As for the grinding steps using different grinding equipment, the grading and screening of medicinal materials, cleaning and drying, the degree of dryness of different medicinal materials, the fineness of grinding, and the further grinding of residues, there is no residue left.

Whether it is the planting, harvesting, drying, acquisition, preservation, crushing, grinding, dispensing, molding and packaging of medicinal materials, it must be carried out in strict accordance with the regulations, and there must be no negligence.

What is more important is the division of labor and cooperation.

It is not a master and apprentice, one person takes charge of the whole process and monopolizes the "craft", but some people specialize in drying and harvesting, some specialize in crushing and grinding, and some specialize in dispensing, molding and packaging.

The division of labor and cooperation is the method of later generations, and the responsibility of the Ming Dynasty should also be combined.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty must strictly control each item, not to mention guns, weapons, and even fired bricks and stones, all of which must be engraved with the name of the craftsman, and if there is a quality problem, it will be found after a check.

Therefore, with the modern division of labor and cooperation, we must also use the responsibility of the Ming Dynasty to be responsible for life.

Then the standards for the steps and their reward and punishment systems will be formulated.

With 2,000 acres of uncultivated sandy land, some of the herbs planted can supply one-third of the workshop's production capacity.

The rest can be expanded according to the price of the original herb when the price is low, but more often the production capacity will be used for sauce production.

Especially garlic sauce.