Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 11
The next morning, Chuanwen and Xian'er got up early to serve tea to their parents.

Zhu Kaishan hummed a ditty he had changed:
Gold diggers from all over the world,

We are all from Qilu,

The day before yesterday was still in Bohai Bay,

Passed Shanhaiguan Pass yesterday,

I'm not alone today...

Now, he is not alone.

From today, Xian'er also started to enter Zhu's kitchen, preparing meals for her father-in-law, husband and two younger uncles.

Chuanwu Chuanjie ran out early in the morning, everything here was so novel, they wanted to see it.

Zhu Kaishan leaned against the kang table, while Zhu Chuanwen sat cross-legged.

"Chuanwen, can you really make money from this business?" Zhu Kaishan asked uncertainly.

"Father, it's not a loss just to do this flour milling business."

Kanto is a vast land with abundant resources and few people. It mainly grows spring wheat. Wheat has always been regarded as a treasure by farmers because it can be exchanged for money. One stone of wheat is about 1 catties, and the price is about 125 tael and 1 renminbi.

And ground into flour, 1 shi can buy 2 taels and 3 qian in the city.This is still ground ground with wheat husks, not to mention the snow-white flour.

This is nearly double the income.

The two were on the kang table, and Zhu Chuanwen explained the benefits to Zhu Kaishan.

It’s not that no one is doing this business. Since ancient times, basic necessities of life have been in short supply.

Zhu Chuanwen also has his own magic weapon when he wants to do this business.

Thanks to the "one meal, one meal is hard to come by" activity organized by the community, I visited the flour mill.

Get a general idea of ​​how to deal with some wheat fruits.

This magic weapon is a low-speed centrifuge, which relies on hydraulic power to build a wooden drum. After the wheat enters the vat, under the action of impact and gravity, the bran is filtered out and the fruit is cleaned.

Only wheat fruit is used for milling.

In theory, the closer the wheat is to the center of the fruit, the closer to white the flour will be, and the closer to gray the bran on the edge will be.Although the flour obtained by stone milling has a flour extraction rate of 80%, it is better in appearance and tastes better.

Of course, the bran will not be thrown away directly. A small amount can be added to the bread to enhance the taste, and most of it can be used as feed. Unless it is a year like 1942, bran can be used as food. Under the experience of the working people for thousands of years, these places The treasures grown in it will not be wasted.

Zhu Kaishan listened carefully to Zhu Chuanwen's introduction.

At the end, I asked a question and passed the text: "Who taught you these?"

"Father, it's only after you left for several years that I realized how big the sky is and how wide the land is. The teacher didn't let me mention his name, but he taught me all his abilities." Although I accepted Zhu Chuanwen's words, I also identify with my family, but this secret is indeed a bit shocking, so it can only be made up as a lie.

"Okay, dad won't ask the bottom line. Carpenter Li in Yuanbao Town is also from Qilu. Today, my father and I will make the centrifuge you mentioned. If the flour produced is really good, this business is done by our family! "Zhu Kaishan listened to Zhu Chuanwen's words clearly and logically, and he also knew that his son was fully prepared. As a father, he must not hinder his son.

After breakfast, each of them took a roasted sweet potato and rushed to Yuanbao Town.

Farmers only eat two meals during the slack season. It was a big celebration yesterday, so they dare not eat like that.

Arrived at Yuanbao Town

It was very simple for Zhu Chuanwen to draw a hand-cranked centrifuge on the yellowed straw paper. Carpenter Li knew how to do it after Zhu Chuanwen explained it.

It was agreed to pick it up in three days, and Zhu Kaishan would discuss the price.

I went to the blacksmith shop again and ordered a rough speed change wheel with a simple chain.

This is the inspiration that Zhu Chuanwen found from the mountain bike he used to ride. Even with a low-speed centrifuge, the speed of the water flow is not so fast, so the two speed change wheels are just to speed up the centrifuge.

After the blacksmith inquired and figured out what it was for, the lion asked for a quotation of 1 tael of silver.

"Wang Laoer! You are so dishonest! The iron is from my family, so I let you hit it a few times. How dare you open your blood." Zhu Kaishan quit. He felt that Wang Laoer's asking price was too high. Taller.

"Zhu Kaishan, I, Wang Lao Er, have done unconscionable business over the years. To tell you the truth, my son and I have to fight for a month to get what your son wants. It’s easy to say, this forearm-thick iron chain has to be punched out one by one and assembled into smaller ones, and two more are needed! I don’t want to do it without a tael of silver.”

Zhu Kaishan wanted to say more, but Zhu Chuanwen said: "1 tael is 1 tael, one chain is tied first, and the other one can be later, can you give it to us a year ago?"

"can!"

His son agreed, Zhu Kaishan didn't say anything, and walked out the door angrily.

"Father, as long as things are good, we are not afraid of expensive things."

"You kid, don't you feel sorry for the money you earned, right? The manual fee of 1 tael is a bloodbath!" Zhu Kaishan felt that he was a big boy, maybe it was too easy to get money, where did he go? I know the hardships of panning for gold and transporting gold in the mountains.

"I know Dad, isn't this thinking that our business will start soon? Besides, do you think Blacksmith Wang looks like a man who will give in?"

"No, wait until you grind out the powder and have a look." Zhu Kaishan walked home in a rage.

……

"Brother Chuanwen?" Xia Yuanzhang's voice came from behind.

Xia Yuanzhang didn't expect that he would meet Zhu Chuanwen when he went out for a walk.

Originally, he had already written the invitation card, thinking that he would send someone to Fangniugou in the afternoon.But at this moment, wouldn't the Zhu family father and son deliver it to the door by themselves?
"Treasurer Xia. You can just call me to pass on the text." Zhu Chuanwen didn't mention calling his brother again. If he called shopkeeper Xia, his father would become Xia Yuanzhang's elder, and they were about the same age Big, he's not disgusting anymore.

"This is Big Brother Zhu." Shopkeeper Xia heard the words, saw Zhu Kaishan again, and made an offering to him, and called him Big Brother respectfully, which also acquiesced to Zhu Chuanwen's statement.

Looking at Zhu Kaishan's age again, it feels a bit inappropriate.

Zhu Kaishan was careless. Although he was a little angry in front of Zhu Chuanwen, he adjusted himself in front of outsiders: "This is Chunhesheng's shopkeeper Xia. Thank you for taking care of shopkeeper Xia along the way."

"Brother Zhu, you can't say that. This message saved my life, and the lives of my wife and children," Xia Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Kaishan looked at Zhu Chuanwen in surprise, he didn't dare to talk nonsense for saving his life.

Looking at Zhu Kaishan's expression, Xia Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Chuanwen hadn't told him, and he couldn't help but feel good about Zhu Chuanwen again. This child really didn't want to repay the Xia family.

Zhu Kaishan couldn't tell the difference, took his hand and walked towards Chunhesheng.

Dinner table

Xia Yuanzhang first talked about Zhu Chuanwen's kindness to Xiaomi, and then talked about Lushun's love for saving his wife and children. Zhu Kaishan was also shocked. This kindness is really not small.

Originally, Xia Yuanzhang wanted to send someone to pick up Zhu Kaishan's family for the banquet, but Chuan Wenniang and Xian'er said today that they should wash up well. Having lunch in the house behind Hesheng.

After drinking and eating, Xia Yuanzhang asked, "Chuanwen, this time I came to Yuanbao Town to open up your grain store?"

Zhu Kaishan squinted at Zhu Chuanwen, and his meaning was very clear, why does this kid talk about everything!
"That's right, shopkeeper Xia, just in time for the twelfth lunar month, I plan to make a living, and I will have a business in the next year." Zhu Chuanwen said.He also saw his father's eyes and didn't explain too much.Grinding flour is easy to grind, and how to sell it is knowledge.

"Then will your family move to Yuanbao Town?" Xia Yuanzhang asked.

"This year we plan to build a water mill on the Songhua River in Yuanbao Town first. After a few years, we should move here," Zhu Chuanwen said.He didn't say anything about going to Bingcheng.

"Are you going to take over the milling business?" Xia Yuanzhang asked in surprise.

At first he thought it was just grain reselling, but he didn't expect it to be flour milling. Thinking about it carefully, this was also in line with his calculations. The Zhu family really didn't have the capital to engage in this grain reselling business, and processing wheat was a good choice.

This time, the ceremony of repaying his kindness that he prepared was very suitable for the current situation of the Zhu family.

At this time, Mr. Xia, who was like a mirror in his heart, took the words: "Kaishan, I have a piece of land in Linjiang, Yuanbao Town. I wonder if you want to take it over?"

Zhu Kaishan's family is clean, he said he was taking over, but in fact it was the Xia family, and he came to repay his kindness.

I thought about the words in my heart: "Mr. Xia, I, Zhu Kaishan, have accepted your kindness. My Zhu family can't afford this place for the time being. To be honest, I didn't do much to spread the text. If you want to say the grace of saving lives, how many times will you be able to accept it?" Taking Xiaomier is nothing, he is a person, and he should do this when he is rich. Not to mention that shopkeeper Xia took care of them all the way to Sanjiangkou. This place, I think it’s fine.”

"Brother Zhu, my third mother's life was saved by passing on the text. This land, you should take over." Xia Yuanzhang was a little anxious, the kindness was too great for his Xia family to bear.

You pushed and shoved me for a long time.

Zhu Chuanwen also saw that the Xia family really planned to give it to their family.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Treasurer Xia, if you look at it like this, our Zhu family doesn't want this land! But on the land of your Xia family, we can build a water mill. Do you think it's okay?"

Xia Yuanzhang was also a bit evasive at this time, but his Xia family made a move, but the paddy fields in the [-]th day were worth more than a thousand taels of silver. In order to repay his kindness, Mr. Xia also spent a lot of money, but the Zhu family didn't want it, so he agreed to the Zhu family. A request to build a water mill next to his family's paddy field.

Seeing this, Zhu Kaishan nodded and agreed to build a water mill on a small piece of land, which can be regarded as taking advantage of the Xia family. I can't find it for a while.

"Master Xia, I have another request." Zhu Chuanwen said again. "My two younger brothers, one is 15 and the other is 14. They are at the age of idleness. Can they study in Chunhe Sheng for two years? My Zhu family has been a farmer for generations. It is really difficult for us to do business."

These words spoke to Zhu Kaishan's heart, and he greatly appreciated his son's proposal in his heart.

He was holding the wine cup, holding it steady, but glanced at Xia Yuanzhang from the corner of his eye, waiting for his reply.

"Chuanwen, I will send your two younger brothers over after the next year. I have met them along the way. I assure you, I, Xia Yuanzhang, will never hide anything!" As for property and his two younger brothers, Xia Yuanzhang will teach them seriously. How much of his abilities can be learned depends on whether Zhu Chuanwen's younger brothers are of this material.

(End of this chapter)