Chapter 433 The Toothbrush Workshop is changing its model
"It's still in time. I've calculated that I'm going to Baijiazhuang mainly to lead the way for them. They won't need me on the return trip tomorrow. It's daytime now. I'll go and finalize your land and servants. One day's trip is enough. I'll bring the deed back to you tomorrow night." Bai Manshan replied quickly.
Shuiqing said that they can harvest potatoes twice a year, but it's cold in Beidu, so potatoes can only be harvested once.
After buying the land in Zhulin Village, there are at least 500 acres, plus Baijiazhuang has thousands of acres, two seasons of potatoes will be millions of catties! The potatoes of the next season can be planted again, and after the harvest in July and August, some will be left for seeds, and the rest can be transported to Beidu.
Millions of catties of potatoes can be eaten by even a hundred thousand troops for two or three months. If they are used for seeds, there will be no worries about food and grass for next year.
In addition, Beidu can also harvest potatoes in September and October this year, so there is no need to worry about food between this year and next year's harvest.
Shuiqing's land and farmers must be settled tomorrow! Otherwise, when he returns from Beidu in three months, he will miss this season's potatoes.
"Okay! I'll go get the silver for Brother Bai." After hearing Bai Manshan say that it was still in time, Shui Qing didn't pretend, and turned into the yard to get the silver.
Ling Ran, who was loading the car over there, paused, and was silent for a while before continuing to move the sacks to load the car.
Aunt and Uncle Bai are helping him with practical actions, and he must do this well!
With enough food, the soldiers will have the strength to charge and fight, and there will be no worries.
Taking advantage of the night, more than 40 carriages and more than ten horses set off.
Tonight must be a sleepless night for them.
Bai Ziqian and Li Huyu set off after dawn the next day. There were not many toothbrushes in the workshop, so the two went back to Nandu to take people and vehicles and goods, and came to pull toothbrushes before leaving.
Fan Jin copied the knowledge points and precautions in the potato encyclopedia in the house, and compiled them into a book so that Dajiang could take it to Beidu in two or three days.
Hu's mother and Yan Qiu were busy preparing food for everyone on the road. Ling Ran and his group brought dry food, but the dry food was only enough to fill their stomachs, not to replenish oil and water. They made more dried meat and other things to bring with them, so that they could replenish oil and water on the road.
The toothbrush shop is different from the herbal medicine shop. It is all physical and technical work. Ding Jiajia and Qin Yilin can't help in the toothbrush shop, so they also plunged into the kitchen to help light the fire and cut vegetables.
Shuiqing drank a bowl of porridge early in the morning and went to the old village chief's house.
Wang Guifen was mixing chicken feed. When she saw Shuiqing coming, she was very surprised. She walked up quickly and asked with a smile: "I saw Ling Ran coming back with a large group of people yesterday, and I thought you were busy these days. I didn't expect you to borrow a cart last night and go out again.
What are you here for?"
"I'm looking for the old village chief to discuss something and ask him to help me make a decision." Shuiqing replied with a smile.
Wang Guifen was not surprised. Although Shuiqing was the richest and most capable of earning money in the village, she respected her father-in-law and would ask for his advice on everything. In fact, her father-in-law would not say anything if she made her own decision.
However, it was this respect that made her father-in-law pay special attention to what Shuiqing said and treat it seriously every time.
"Okay, I'll go and see. You sit for a while." The third brother and Wenhua are now transporting medicinal materials to Yuhang. The third brother's wife is in the toothbrush workshop. A few days ago, Shuiqing said that she needed someone to cut bamboo, and her head was also recruited.
The third brother earns 100 wen a day, the third brother's wife earns 20 wen a day, and her head earns 23 wen a day. Her family can earn 143 wen a day just from wages!
She and the second brother are not idle either. There are more and more rabbits in the back mountain, and the pigs and sheep are getting bigger and bigger. There are also chickens, ducks and geese in the yard. They can only rest in the afternoon. But if there is money to be earned, she will not rest in the afternoon, no, even at night!
The old village chief came out quickly, signaled Shuiqing not to stand up, and sat down on the chair in front of Shuiqing, "Is it about Ling Ran?"
Shuiqing shook his head: "No, he just transported some potatoes to plant, and it will be almost done tomorrow;
I came here to recruit people for the toothbrush workshop, and I want to ask your opinion."
Hearing that the toothbrush workshop was still recruiting, Wang Guifen stopped stirring the chicken feed in her hand and stood beside Shuiqing without moving.
The old village chief glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law, and without saying much, he asked Shuiqing: "Everyone in the village wants to work in the toothbrush workshop, so they are not afraid of not being able to recruit people. Are you worried that it is unfair that some families have more and some have less?"
More or less, this is something that can't be helped. After all, some families have more people and some have less, but it is normal for Shuiqing to worry.
Shuiqing continued to shake her head, "No, the toothbrush shop was originally for making medicinal materials, and the house and other things were divided according to the medicinal material process. Now making toothbrushes is not convenient, and it is also a bit small.
In addition, making toothbrushes requires a lot more people than making medicinal materials, especially since we have to recruit more people, so we can't do anything inside."
Wang Guifen was anxious listening to it!
She heard from her third brother's wife and the head of the family that when they dragged bamboo back, more than a dozen people were very cramped in the yard of the workshop even if they were separated, because there were many women in the workshop who had to wash pig hair, rabbit hair, etc.
The mountain spring water brought from the mountain was used to wash medicinal materials. Because the site was large, people worked directly in the yard. Now it is very inconvenient to split bamboo.
The old village chief also heard from his eldest son and his youngest daughter-in-law, and he was thinking whether Shuiqing wanted to rebuild the toothbrush workshop or expand the medicinal material workshop?
But the men in the village either went to Yuhang or cut bamboo for the toothbrush shop. Even the donkeys and carts were all outside. In order to build the workshop, at least the men from Yuhang had to come back.
"I'm thinking about the front of the toothbrush, which involves cutting bamboo, splitting it into strips, grinding it, and drilling holes. As long as the tools are provided, it can actually be done in the workshop or at home. Since it can be done at any time, why not do it at home?" Shui Qingyou said her thoughts.
In fact, it means that Huaguo takes the goods and makes them at home. It is a processing method, which is suitable for simple work that can be done at home, and the steps in front of the toothbrush are completely possible!
She doesn't need to build a factory, and the entire herbal medicine workshop can be freed up for the most important steps: processing the raw materials and tying the raw materials.
The old village chief's eyes suddenly raised.
Wang Guifen asked hesitantly: "Then, what if it's not done well?"
"If it's not done well, there will be no wages. There are five steps from cutting bamboo to drilling holes. If five people complete it, they can make more than 120 pieces a day after they become skilled. One penny per piece, and each person makes an average of more than 24 pennies a day, which is not less than in the workshop;
After it is done, it will be sent to the toothbrush shop, and there will be a special person to inspect the goods. If it meets the conditions, the silver will be paid on the spot, and if it does not meet the conditions, it will be returned."
Wang Guifen nodded unconsciously, thinking that this rule is very good.
For the sake of money, they will naturally do it well, and they will not bring in anything that is ruined - even if they do, it will not pass.