A few days later, Zhou Ziqi sent the news that the main family could accept the lowest price of 25,000 taels of silver.

Lin Qianqian felt that the price was appropriate, so he asked Zhou Ziqi to make an appointment to meet the master's family.

A day later, Lin Qianqian and Shopkeeper Zhou met, and the two had a conversation, and they completed the procedures for buying a house and land on the spot.

Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile: "This time is just right, now those fields are rented by a relative of mine to nearby people, and this is about to be harvested in autumn, just after the autumn harvest is over, this field can be delivered to you." ”

Lin Qianqian smiled and nodded.

At dinner time that day, Lin Qianqian announced that he had bought a house and land, and everyone was stunned, only Lin Mingming, who knew the inside story, was very proud.

Lin Qianqian said with a smile: "The house is near the vegetable market in the south, I have already got the key, when the autumn harvest comes and the field is delivered, we will expand the house again, and we should be able to move in before winter." ”

There was nothing that was not rejoicing.

Even Master Li, who had been saying little, couldn't help but ridicule Lin Qianqian: "Qianqian, this is not kind, you brought our grandfather to live in the countryside, but you yourself ran to the county." ”

Lin Qianqian smiled and said: "Master Li, I didn't say you, you can't make much money as a stonemason, it's better to do carpentry with my father and them in the future, I will build an extra big house, specifically for you to do carpentry, of course, you can do the work of a stonemason, a shop in which the carpentry and stonemason work are complete." ”

During the time when Master Li moved to the countryside, except for making two stone mills for the Lin family, he did no other stonemason work at all, but followed Father Lin and them to do a lot of carpentry work.

It's okay if he doesn't do it, but after doing it, Lin Qianqian found out that Master Li's carpentry skills are still very good.

Master Li listened to Lin Qianqian's words and smiled.

Lin Qianqian took the opportunity to say: "Master Li, after moving to the county, let Brother Li go to Yichun Academy to study, maybe he can catch up with next year's imperial examination." ”

Li Chengxuan's talent and learning have been unanimously recognized by Lin Ming'an and Zhou Ziqi, which proves that he is very talented and learned, and it is a pity that talented people do not enter the court as officials.

Master Li shook his head.

Lin Qianqian thought he was worried about money, and jokingly said: "Master Li, you don't have to worry about the silver, just let me sponsor Brother Li, as long as Brother Li doesn't forget our Lin family after he has a future interest." ”

This is purely an investment, and Lin Qianqian does not feel that it is a loss-making transaction.

If Li Chengxuan can really go to high school and become an official in the future, then their Lin family is also a person to rely on as officials.

Master Li still shook his head.

Lin Qianqian persuaded him, and even Father Lin, who didn't like to talk, persuaded him, but Master Li still didn't let go.

Li Chengxuan's eyes slowly turned from longing to disappointment.

Lin Qianqian didn't know why, but Master Li didn't want to say more, and Lin Qianqian didn't want to ask again.

Now there are still a few months left before the time to enroll in next spring, so I can only slowly persuade Master Li.

*

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the rice in the field has ripened, and the ears are heavy and lovely.

After nearly a year of drought, the autumn harvest is finally ushered in.

The fields are full of joyful people.

Although the Lin family's land is small, but looking at the yellow cancan's rice, everyone is also excited, but they can't spare time to come to the autumn harvest at all, so they have to ask a few young adults in the village to help harvest it, because the three brothers and sisters of the Fang family and Lin Mingle have all gone home to help the family harvest in the autumn, and there are so many fewer people in the family at once, and the six members of the Lin family can only take the three sisters and brothers of the Sun family to be busy making konjac tofu.

After the rice is recovered, it is necessary to remove the grain and dry the grain, so that it can be put into the warehouse.

Lin Qianqian saw that the world was threshing in the most primitive way, and immediately turned out the book "Ancient and Modern Chinese and Foreign Traditional Handicrafts", and sure enough, she found the simplest threshing machine in the book.

She drew a copy according to the pictures in the book, and after discussing with Daddy Lin and Master Li for a long time, Daddy Lin and Master Li began to make the threshing machine.

This threshing machine is a very simple tool, a tooth-shaped gear made of iron is its most useful thing, inside the ingenious installation of the formwork, the use of manpower to turn the gear, you can beat the rice down.

Although this kind of threshing machine also consumes manpower, it is much more effective than the current method of villagers who simply have to beat down the rice one by one.

Two days later, the threshing machine was ready.

Daddy Lin and Master Li experimented with it, and everyone was excited when they saw the threshing machine working successfully.

It took half a day for the Lin family to successfully threshh the rice that had been piled up into a hill at home.

Lin Qianqian asked Daddy Lin and Master Li to make a few more and give them to the villagers for free.

When the villagers heard that the Lin family had made such a convenient thing, they all lined up excitedly to borrow it from the Lin family.

Lin Mingming saw that the threshing machine was so useful, so he encouraged Father Lin and Master Li: "Dad, Master Li, you can do more, take it to the county to buy, and you will definitely be able to sell it for a big price." ”

Lin Qianqian nodded and gave Lin Mingming a high degree of praise.

Father Lin and Master Li haven't taken action yet, but who knows that Zhou Zixuan, who heard the news from elsewhere, rushed to Lin's house.

When he entered the door, he discussed with Lin Qianqian with a hippie smile: "Before, I heard that you made a thing called a threshing machine, and I heard that it is very powerful for threshing, let's cooperate to make this business work?" ”

"Oh? How to cooperate? Lin Qianqian asked curiously.

Father Lin and Master Li pricked up their ears with the same curiosity.

Zhou Zixuan said proudly: "This is not simple, I have so many shops, not only there are many shops in Dachun County, but even Mingzhou and Beijing There are many shops. ”

Before Lin Qianqian could express his position, Lin Mingming had already clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, this is a good idea, eldest sister, in this way, Dad and Master Li only need to make a threshing machine with peace of mind, and there is no need to worry about selling." ”

Lin Qian looked at Daddy Lin and Master Li.

She only provided a drawing for this business, and the specific production was still made by Daddy Lin and Master Li, in the final analysis, the business belongs to them, and they have to make their own decisions.

Father Lin couldn't make up his mind, so he said to Lin Qianqian: "Big girl, you can do it if you think it's okay." ”

Master Li nodded and said, "I think this will save the two of us old men from going to the county, and we won't be able to make threshing machines this time." ”

Zhou Zixuan was so excited that he jumped high.

Next year will be the triennial imperial examination, and he knows that his level will definitely not be able to pass the examination, and he has been thinking about doing business during this time.

Yesterday, after he heard about this magical threshing machine from the mouth of the shopkeeper of Cuihu Building, he knew that this was a promising project, and he wanted to make a good job of this thing and make a lot of money when the time came.

If he has a precedent of success in business, even if he does not participate in the imperial examination next year and goes into business, his family will not be too opposed.

After Lin Qianqian and Zhou Zixuan negotiated the division of labor and the way to divide it, Zhou Zixuan ran back to the county non-stop.

He had to inspect his own shop to see which shops were suitable for selling threshing machines, and after Father Lin and Master Li made threshing machines, he could sell them immediately.

After Zhou Zixuan left, Father Lin immediately got up and went to the mayor's house, "Our two old men can't get out of this matter, and we have to call the big tree." ”

Now that the farming is busy, it is the time when the demand for threshing machines is at its strongest, and if you want to make this money, you have to take advantage of the autumn harvest before it ends.

Master Li grabbed Daddy Lin: "Lao Lin, Lao Lin, don't worry, you listen to me first, the big tree is going to be called, but the big tree is coming, and we can't be busy here, you come, you come, let's discuss how to divide this business first." ”

Father Lin was stunned.

Lin Qianqian was happy in his heart, Master Li had been in the stonemason business for many years, and the doorways of this business were still much clearer.

The threshing machine business is indeed a profitable business, and it is not a job that can be completed by one or two people, only Lin Dashu was invited to come over, and this business cannot be done, and a lot of manpower must be added later, but how to divide the interests in the middle, it is best to make it clear in advance.

Lin Qianqian didn't plan to participate in the discussion between Master Li and Father Lin, she concentrated on drawing the layout of the new house in the county.

After the autumn harvest is over, the field next to the house can be vacated, and the expansion of the house can begin.