Tens of thousands of people lined up to buy rice, and with the grain and rice processing technology of this era, it was indeed difficult for production to keep up.

Most of the people who buy grain are county people, is it possible to let them buy a pile of grain and go back to pound it slowly?

It's like an old man who is anxious to hug his grandson, and his daughter-in-law doesn't know which mother-in-law's house she is in.

In this regard, Zhu Chengjun is also powerless.

"Do you have any other way?" Yang Ying saw that Zhu Chengjun, who had always been full of wisdom, had nothing to do at the moment, so he was immediately anxious, and proposed: "It's really not okay to have to increase the number of people, but this is ......."

In order to meet the needs of grain and rice supply, in the past half month, Yutai and Yang's two major grain banks have vigorously recruited manpower.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, although the production machine is built, it is still in the installation and commissioning stage, and there are frequent problems, as for when it can be officially put into production, Zhu Chengjun has no bottom in his heart.

Zhu Chengjun frowned and sighed: "Now...... I had to wait. ”

Wait? How to wait.

The people are waiting for the rice to go to the pot, and if the supply of grain and rice is not available, it will not be long before there will be chaos.

Yang Ying couldn't imagine how crazy that scene would be.

"Why is your husband so anxious?" At this moment, Rui Jinxuan came to the lobby of the book club in broken steps, and saw Zhu Chengjun facing a large pile of white flowers and silver but couldn't lift her spirits, and then saw Yang Ying with hairpins and sideburns, and comforted softly: "This girl is not in a hurry, her husband has always had many ideas, and there will always be a way." ”

Yang Ying saw Rui Jinxuan, who was outstanding in appearance and gentle and elegant, and then realized that her demeanor at the moment must be very unbearable, Yang Ying sorted out the scattered green silk, and looked at Zhu Chengjun with a far-fetched smile, and said in surprise: "Zhu Gongzi is married?" For some reason, after learning that Zhu Chengjun had a family, Yang Ying couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

Zhu Chengjun and Rui Jinxuan stood side by side and introduced: "This is clumsy, Rui Jinxuan. Then he introduced Yang Ying to Rui Jinxuan, "The big shopkeeper of Yang's grain store, Miss Yang Ying, our business partner, is also my friend." ”

Yang Ying listened to Zhu Chengjun's introduction, and it turned out that he did not simply regard himself as a partner, but also as a friend.

Zhu Chengjun especially emphasized the relationship with Yang Ying, and Rui Jinxuan was a little wary of Yang Ying for no reason.

"Is there anything difficult for my husband? You might as well say it, and the concubine will be with you in detail. Rui Jinxuan looked at Zhu Chengjun warmly, deliberately showing her virtuous and loving side in front of Yang Ying.

Zhu Chengjun glanced at Rui Jinxuan, how could she understand this.

Yang Ying saw that Zhu Chengjun didn't speak, so he immediately took over the conversation and said: "Right now, the people in the whole city are waiting to buy grain, but the production and processing of grain and rice are far from keeping up with the demand. ”

Yang Ying's title of 'young lady' is sweet to Rui Jinxuan's heart.

"Grain and rice processing can't keep up, can't it be solved by sending more manpower?" Rui Jinxuan doesn't think it's difficult.

Seeing that Rui Jinxuan said it so lightly, Yang Ying naturally wondered whether she, a young lady, was in charge of the family or not.

I have to say that Yang Ying's intuition is indeed very accurate, and Rui Jinxuan is indeed an embarrassing existence in the Zhu family.

Zhu Chengjun didn't speak, the atmosphere in the hall was about to become embarrassing, Yang Ying explained to Rui Jinxuan: "Sister Rui doesn't know, there is a grain shortage in this county, Yang's Grain Store and Yutai Grain Store In order to make the people in the city can eat, our two families are working together to suppress the price of grain, and now it is almost sold at cost price, it is really not appropriate to send more manpower." ”

After listening to Yang Ying's explanation, Rui Jinxuan's face was slightly embarrassed, and now she recalled her proposal a moment ago, so it was obvious that she was asking her husband to pay for business. Without understanding the actual situation, Rui Jinxuan knew that she had made a big joke in front of people, and looked at Zhu Chengjun's eyes with light anger and shallow anger.

"Childe......" Shen Ze suddenly rushed in, with an excited face: "It's done...... It's done! ”

"What has it become?" Zhu Chengjun remembered that he had not given Shen Ze any tasks in the past few days.

"Master Jia...... Hydraulic rice mill ...... It's done! Shen Ze said incoherently.

Hearing this good news, Zhu Chengjun was also full of excitement.

"Let's go! Check it out! Zhu Chengjun turned to look at Yang Ying and said, "Miss Yang, our problem has been solved. ”

"I'll go too!" Yang Ying also can't wait.

"I'll go too." Although Rui Jinxuan's voice was timid, her eyes were extremely firm.

Zhu Chengjun's original intention was to let Rui Jinxuan, the eldest lady, go home first, when he saw the determined look in her beautiful eyes, it was not good to distract her, thinking that it would be good to let her know more about herself, so as to save her from thinking all day long.

"Sister." Yang Ying came to the three of them like Ruyan Toulin, and when she saw the gentle and elegant Rui Jinxuan, she blinked a pair of big black and white eyes, and said prettyly: "Brother, this sister is so beautiful, is she your friend?" ”

"You......" Yang Ying nodded her sister's forehead and blamed softly: "This is Zhu Gongzi's wife." ”

"Lady?" Yang Ying's mouth opened slightly, and she said suspiciously: "Brother, I haven't heard you talk about it before." ”

Zhu Chengjun glanced at Yang Ying and walked straight to Ming Jing, "Miss Jing, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Seeing that Zhu Chengjun seemed to be in a hurry, Ming Jing asked casually, "Where are you going?" ”

"Miss Jing, if you have nothing to do, you can go with me and take a look." Zhu Chengjun pretended to be mysterious and said.

"It's fine." Ming Jing saw that Zhu Chengjun was pretending to be mysterious, and her curiosity seemed to be aroused.

"Please...... Please get on the bus. Inviting the beauty to get in the car, Zhu Chengjun's performance at the moment can be called a gentleman.

There were four large and small beauties sitting in the carriage, which was slightly crowded.

Zhu Chengjun is not a good woman, so he had to ride in the same car with Shen Ze, a big man.

Yutai grain and rice processing workshop is built at the foot of the mountain six miles away from the county seat, the rice milling machine is driven by water, and the place where the water is drawn to the workshop must have a certain drop to drive the water wheel to produce enough mechanical energy. Such a treasure Zhu Chengjun is of course like a treasure, and by the way, he bought the nearby mountains and fields together.

The roar of the "......boom" machinery and the sound of rushing water are clear in the ears.

"Hurry up!" Hearing the long-lost mechanical noise, Zhu Chengjun hurriedly urged the coachman.

When he came to the grain and rice processing workshop, Zhu Chengjun saw everyone watching around the rice milling machine, and he was very curious and shocked.

"Zhu Gongzi...... Old decay does not fail in the mission...... It's finally done! Master Jia looked excited and felt a sense of accomplishment.

When he saw the white rice slanting like flowing water, Zhu Chengjun shook his head again and again.

Yang Ying sisters, Rui Jinxuan, and even Ming Jing, who has always been cold, were shocked when they saw this scene, and they exclaimed in their hearts: It turns out that grain and rice processing is such a simple thing, and millet becomes rice after one time, which is more labor-saving than eating.

Zhu Chengjun glanced at the processed rice, which was nearly a thousand catties, from Shen Ze rushing to report the news to himself and others arriving, it would not take more than three quarters of an hour, and it was conservatively estimated that the minimum time was half an hour to process 1,200 catties of rice, compared with traditional manpower and water milling, the efficiency has increased many times.

"Childe, please see, this is processed rice bran." Shen Ze grabbed a handful of powdered rice bran and said excitedly: "With this quality of rice bran, it can definitely be sold at a good price." ”

Zhu Chengjun twisted it with his fingers, the quality of rice bran is indeed as Shen Ze said, it is a few percent worse than flour, but it is far better than the bran that people come to satisfy their hunger in famine years.

"No, this kind of rice bran is much better than the rice bran we used to satisfy our hunger in disaster years."

"Indeed......" someone secretly wiped a handful of tears.

When it comes to eating bran and drinking thin bran in disaster years, everyone thinks that if this kind of rice bran is not too difficult to swallow.

"Master Zhu, I have an idea." Seeing the rice bran as fine as flour, Master Jia had a whim.

Zhu Chengjun didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "You want to develop a grinding machine?" ”

"Childe...... How do you know? Master Jia couldn't help but burst into tears as if he had met a confidant.

Zhu Chengjun smiled and promised: "I should support you as always." ”

Yang Ying came to Zhu Chengjun, bowed, and said expectantly: "What Zhu Gongzi promised me ......"

"What do you say? I didn't hear it! Zhu Chengjun was angry when he saw Yang Ying's ruddy little mouth pouting, but he didn't expect Yang Ying's girl to be so amused, and said with a smile: "It's too noisy here, everyone go outside to talk." ”

Zhu Chengjun pointed to the aqueduct made of green bricks in the shape of a round pipe, and said: "Miss Yang must have also seen that in order to install this set of equipment, the terrain difference and water flow are very important. Zhu Chengjun looked at Master Jia and asked, "Master Jia has accumulated the technology and experience to make the first rice mill, how much time does it take to build the second one?" ”

"It will take at least twenty days." Master Jia paused, and then said with a smile on his face: "But now I still have a set of castings in my hand, which can be installed in seven days at most." ”

Zhu Chengjun glanced at Yang Ying and said to Master Jia: "That set of rice milling machine will be given to Miss Yang." ”

"Yes." Master Jia replied.

"The little woman thanked Zhu Gongzi first." Yang Ying said happily.

The problem of grain and rice processing was solved, and Zhu Chengjun and his four daughters walked on the mountain trail, not in a hurry to return to the county seat.

Xu Xiao led the carriage and followed behind the five people slowly.

"Brother, what does the grinder you said look like?" Yang Ying asked as she walked backwards towards Zhu Chengjun.

Yang Ying glared at her sister, who had no ladylike manners, "When the time comes, I'll know, what's the hurry." ”

"I don't know who was in a hurry just now...... Yang Ying grimaced and muttered.

"You ......" Yang Ying instantly blushed.

Seeing the innocent little daughter of the apprentice, Ming Jing shook her head a little helplessly, I am afraid that her apprentice's temperament will not be changed. Mingjing looked at Zhu Chengjun beside her and asked, "This set of machines ...... Machines, is there no disadvantage? For example, will it be damaged after a long time, and how to repair it if it is damaged? ”

Zhu Chengjun smiled, "The casting materials of this machine are indeed poor, it is easy to wear out, and the parts need to be replaced from time to time. Zhu Chengjun saw that Mingjing was about to ask again, and said in a ridiculous tone: "Don't worry, the after-sales service is guaranteed." ”

"Poof......" Yang Ying couldn't help but laugh.

Zhu Chengjun noticed that Rui Jinxuan was sullen, diverted the boring topic, and said, "We should go back." ”

"My husband is not only making money every day, but also inventing a magical machine for the benefit of the people, which can be described as a double happiness and should be celebrated." Rui Jinxuan sent an invitation to Ming Jing and the other three daughters, and said, "Sister Ming, the two Miss Yang, the concubine sincerely invites you to come to the cold house for a while. Rui Jinxuan then looked at Zhu Chengjun and said crisply: "Husband, is it good to arrange the concubine like this?" ”

"Very good." There was no discussion in advance, and the guests were invited to finally inform us, but it was really good to have a candlelight dinner with many beauties, and the only regret was that there was a big vinegar jar of 'wife' on the side.