Villager of Daming

Chapter 1105 The signal from the other side lights up the beacon fire

Each of the villagers had a piece of stinky tofu, a relatively hard kind that wouldn't be able to be held in a pinch without adding a lot of wine.

The purpose of adding wine is to speed up the fermentation, and then add more sugar. Zhu Wentian learned it from the West at that time, including hot sauce.

Zhu Wentian didn't like to eat that kind, so he made it according to the traditional method. It takes a long time to ferment, but it is firm and can be pinched off bit by bit with chopsticks.

The villagers took a little bit and sipped it into their mouths, all showing expressions of satisfaction, it was a good gift from His Highness.

Zhu Xiang and others did not eat. The taste was too great. They had to brush their teeth after eating. Trouble. They ate chive flowers, fermented bean curd, and garlic sauce. After eating... they still had to brush their teeth!

There are craftsmen in the team who eat stinky tofu and even drink wine. They bring their own flat wine flasks with high-strength liquor in them. They sip a little bit and eat dumplings. It feels comfortable. The dumplings are like wine. The more you eat, the more you get.

They belong to a shift that takes a break after eating. They can drink alcohol, including the guards who are on the same shift. They are just not allowed to get drunk. It's okay to drink a little to relax.

Hu Lichang was allowed to accompany him nearby. He was relatively close and he was not threatening.

He actually wanted to talk to the villagers, but he had no choice but to ask his two sons and the three people who were learning how to handle gourds to talk to other villagers about the situation.

If you see smoke over there, you will know that someone is rushing to get there. They live by the river. Don't light up cigarettes at night. It's useless and you can't see them. It's better to swim over and call someone.

"Can't we, Daliang Village, build our own boat?" Zhu Ru, the fifth child, had another problem.

Hu Xiaojiang, the director, was in a good mood and happily introduced how to cross the river and communicated with the other side through coded signals, including Langyan.

Some materials will be wasted in the early stage. The villagers are not skilled enough, and the department store will reject the items they make if they do not meet the requirements.

The villagers in Daliang Village were happy and wished they could have a bonfire party now.

There were so many ready-made wheelbarrows placed in a row, and you could choose at will. It was agreed that some would choose small ones, some would choose medium ones, and some would choose large ones.

When the time comes, whoever needs it can use which one. The big one is naturally used for long trips, and the small one is usually pushed. The medium one is suitable for boarding the boat, taking the family to the in-laws or natal family on the other side, and taking care of the children.

If you don't do well, the village will use it yourself. If you do well, you can sell it for money. There are many ways to make money besides farming. As long as you are not lazy, your village will become rich.

Zhu Di sent people to the shore to check, but there was no boat.

Since he couldn't see the boat, he set fire to the grass nearby and put dog feces in the grass, imitating others to light a signal smoke.

"What's the point of making a boat if you don't fish? You can't make money by picking up and dropping off people. The boat is money! Fishing belongs to the fishermen." Hu Lichang shook his head.

"It's a long journey. There's no bridge across the river. Are there many boats?"

The fishermen don't have any land, but they cultivate their own land by the river. No one reports it to the officials. They pick us up and drop us off for free, and we put whatever food we have on the boat. "

As agreed, there is no problem in making as much or as little as the department store is responsible for purchasing.

"There are four boats, fishing boats. There are people fishing in Juliang Village. There is an old bamboo pole on the shore here, with a red straw curtain tied to it.

There is a river between the two villages, and it is not cost-effective to build a bridge. It can be crossed by ice in winter, but in summer it is a long way overland to get to the source of the river, which is all mountains.

He knew that the dumplings were delicious, but he was not the happiest. What made the whole village happy was that His Highness supported the village in using gourds to make money.

When I see a boat on the river, I put up a bamboo pole and shake it, and then shout twice, usually shouting, Yo~~ Throat~~~ Throat~~ This way the sound can be transmitted far.

"I'll give you a boat, and then you can explain to the other side that we have been using other people's boats after all."

Lao Wu thought things through very carefully. He used to use the fishermen's boats on the other side, but suddenly he had his own boat. What did the fishermen think?
"Build more ships!" Ling'er said: "Juliang Village also grows gourds, which is convenient for transporting gourds. This is the reason. Is there any good dry wood?"

"There are some. There is wood in the village. The best ones were cut down from the mountains and sent to the city to build the palace for His Highness. We don't dare to use the bad ones, just in case they want them again! Just put them there. It's here." Hu Lichang was very afraid of missing this opportunity. The wood was ready-made and was provided to Prince Yan's Mansion. Even if it was not transported away, the village would not dare to touch it. The dead people had to find the wood themselves for coffins.

"Stay here tonight!" Zhu Di knew what to do.

The craftsmen will build the boat after the meal, and it will take at least half a month to launch it, taking advantage of the drought, otherwise it will be two months.

It's easy to build a boat, but you have to brush it with tung oil over and over again, and that's when you have dry wood.

Build the ship today, process it a bit, process it again tomorrow, and leave the remaining steps and materials to the village, which can handle it on its own.

Zhu Xi then added: "It's time to repair the pier, and repair the entirety of both sides of the strait, facing each other. If there are too many gourds, tie them up for transportation."

He arranged it according to the wharf in Xiaqiu Village. The boat was launched from the upstream wharf, docked at the downstream wharf on the other side, and then rowed close to the shore to the upstream position.

If there are many gourds, tie them with a rope and go diagonally along the river to the downstream dock here.

Piles can be driven between two docks on the same shore, and the piles are connected to ropes. When transporting empty ships from downstream to upstream, you can grab the ropes.

This pile is not in vain. It is very convenient to place crab pots, shrimp pots, etc., one in a row.

Hu Lichang was stunned and nodded sharply: "Your Highness knows too much, we haven't thought about it."

“It’s not about knowing too much, but seeing too much. This is a routine operation in Xiaqiu Village.

If you have a chance in the future, you can go there and see what Xiaqiu Village looks like.

We brothers all hope that all the villages in Daming will be like the Xiaqiu Village there, even half of it, or even 10%! "

Zhu Fang said that a picture appeared in his mind, also next to the river, watching how Xiaqiu Village developed.

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After lunch, no one went to water the fields. The sun was too strong and watering now would burn the crops to death.

The villagers burped and looked at the tools for turning gourds. Naturally, what shocked them the most was the electric-driven turning machine.

Put a gourd on it, watch the outer skin being knocked off, and then the gourd strips appear.

The key is that ten gourds can be placed at one time, and there are ten positions. One person is enough to be responsible for placing the gourds.

If you have to add one more person, it would be to collect the cut gourd strips in a basin, transport them away, and dry them in the sun.

"How can it still be like this? Are you still being reasonable? This is outrageous! That... Ling'er, do you know how to do it?"

The head of Xiashan Village, Fang Dachuan, stared wide-eyed. He had seen how Daliang Village cut gourd strips before. Comparing the two sides, it was heaven and earth!

"Yes! I can also draw you a blueprint, starting from smelting steel, to copper gasket sealing, lead sealing steam engine, to drawing copper wire, winding magnets to generate electricity...

Anyway, if you give me some time alone, I can make this set of equipment. If I can't do the manual work, I can just find someone to help me.

The key point is that when I think someone is trying to rob this set of equipment, I can blow it up in an instant. With a loud bang, it disappears and the person who robbed it is blown away. "

Ling'er's smile is as bright as a flower, why are you always thinking about us? Is it enough for your village to produce a Jinshi?

"Oh..." The chief in the room muttered. If you get closer and listen, you will know what he muttered: people's hearts are not ancient, people's hearts are not ancient, not ancient, not ancient. So this is what the cuckoo means! I misunderstood it before...

(End of this chapter)