To form a caravan, it is necessary to have people who are good at opening up markets and escorts.

For Daqin, who has suppressed business for a long time, it is not easy to find someone who is good at developing the market, but Li Zhao doesn't worry about this, since Gao Fugui is in charge of the caravan, let him look for it.

As for the escort team, this one is very simple, there are hundreds of escorts in Chang'an Township, and it is not a problem to send one or two hundred.

This matter was preliminarily decided, and Li Zhao let Gao Fugui do it.

After doing all this, he asked Ah Chao to find some literate people from the craftsmen who had experience in making firearms, and prepared to set up a manufacturing school.

The use of agricultural machinery in the future, and even the manufacture of agricultural machinery when conditions permit, will require specialized knowledge that can only be learned in the classroom.

It is necessary to set up a manufacturing school to teach manufacturing knowledge.

And it is very important, although one more thing, Li Zhao will be a little more busy, but there is no way, in the initial stage of entrepreneurship, busyness is inevitable.

Moreover, agricultural machinery is only one aspect, and when the conditions for mechanical manufacturing are ripe, he is ready to make more things, such as textile machines and bicycles.

Food, clothing, shelter and transportation are the necessities of people's lives, and the sources of clothing are varied, but in the era of male ploughing and female weaving, it is often obtained by weaving.

The textiles of this era are mostly artificial textiles, relying on manpower, and the textile machines are relatively backward, and the natural efficiency is not high.

Since we want to let commerce develop, industrial development is necessary, and the prosperity of general commerce is indispensable to the drive of industry, and textile can be a start.

Li Zhao's idea is very simple, which is to use the textile machine to improve the efficiency of weaving, so as to reduce the cost of clothing, so that everyone can afford it.

After all, Daqin has a population of only 20 million, and the good varieties of two crops in that year, plus a yield of more than ten stones per mu, are enough.

Living, too, is a way to make money, and Shen Gongzi is making cement and bricks, and when these things are found to be good things, they must be in high demand.

With a concrete wall, even if the rain is heavy and the wind is raging, it will not be damaged, and of course, when the conditions are ripe, he is ready to make steel and add steel to the building, which will be even better.

At present, the means of transportation are generally horseback riding and horse-drawn carriages, but for ordinary people, horses are expensive and cannot be afforded at all, and natural walking has become commonplace, but if bicycles are made, it is different.

That's speeding up the pace of their lives, and it's definitely a convenience thing.

Li Zhao thought about it, and was more sure of the necessity of opening a manufacturing school.

Manufacturing is nothing more than smelting iron, and then performing various operations on iron to obtain parts, and then assemble them to become a machine.

After the construction of the manufacturing school, he is also ready to get the necessary things to make the machine, so that the students can learn and operate on the spot at the same time, which can make them familiar with it more quickly.

To manufacture a machine, in addition to the necessary process, there must also be auxiliaries, such as lathes, milling machines, planers, grinders, drilling, stamping, etc., these auxiliary machinery to manufacture, at present, it is a little difficult, but you can buy it from department stores, and manufacturing cheats can also be purchased from stores.

In this case, none of this is a problem.

It is only a matter of time before he gets rich, and with these things, he can foresee that in less than five years, he will become the richest man in Xianyang, and he will not be much more than the rich businessmen of the six countries.

As for whether his craft will be stolen by someone at that time, he is not worried, these craftsmen are all people in the iron-smelting base, all of them are slaves of Chang'an Township, and there are very few people who have two hearts, even if they have two hearts, in such a secret place in the base, it is equivalent to isolating people, and it is impossible to spread it.

Even if there is a chance to spread the word, what can be transmitted? The manufacture of machinery is specialized, that is, one person creates a component, and it is useless to pass it on.

Therefore, Li Zhao is very relieved in this regard, but he is not very relieved about the manufacture of cement, which will be a revolution in the construction industry and will definitely become a looting thing, which will naturally lead to some people eyeing it.

Once the cement formula leaks out, it will have a great impact on the cement workshop, and it will be difficult to monopolize the industry, so when he handed over the cement formula to Shen Gongzi, he sent someone to secretly observe whether Shen Gongzi had two hearts, and there was no abnormality after observing for a period of time, so he put his mind at ease, of course, he also reminded Shen Gongzi that if the secret is leaked, the consequences are very serious, of course Shen Gongzi knows the severity, he is a reliable person.

Two days later, Ah Chao brought back thirty craftsmen, and the manufacturing school began.

Li Zhao began to get busy, teaching two classes of students in the morning and writing and painting in the afternoon, but no one knew what he was drawing.

If you look closely, you'll see that it's a blueprint, covering the entire table, with something slanted on it.

If you look into it again, you will faintly feel that the things in this painting are somewhat familiar, as if they are very similar to the layout of Afang Palace.

(End of chapter)