Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 227 The First Strategy

Wu Yong is also very happy, after all these years, he has finally been looking forward to the Ming Lord, and he can also do a career.Immediately arranged to kill two of the family's fat sheep, and entertained everyone without mentioning it.

After lunch, it was already getting late.

Chai Lin said: "Sir, I will go to Dongping Mansion first, and you can settle down at home before going."

Wu Yong took a burden and said, "My brother treats me like a national official, how can I abolish the public for personal reasons. There is nothing to settle at home, so I will go with my brother."

Wu Yong's two sons are fifteen or sixteen years old, and a woman in her 30s is reluctant to let go. Wu Yong waved his feather fan and said to his son: "You two should help your mother well and cultivate one-third of an acre of our family's land. , When I finish my elder brother’s business and come back, I will farm the land.”

The two sons said: "Don't worry, Daddy, we are here at home."

Not far away, Dian Zhengnan whispered, "The braggarts have met the braggarts, and our military divisions in Cangzhou are better at bragging than one another."

Xie Bao said: "It's nonsense again. People call it self-confidence. They regard the heroes of the world as shit, and return to farming after leveling them."

Wu Yongyiyi bid farewell to his mother-in-law and children, and left the house.

Chai Lin brought a yellow puma for Wu Yong. This horse is a local farm horse in Cangzhou, about the same size as Chai Lin's big black horse.

Wu Yong quickly said: "How can I let my brother lead the horse, I will do it myself, I will do it myself."

Wu Yong took over the horse, but he knew how to ride a horse. He talked a lot with Chai Lin along the way. Chai Lin told Wu Yong about his general strength. The most basic thing for him to be a military adviser is to let him be respected.

Wu Yong was surprised after hearing this. There are more than 2000 elite soldiers, including navy, infantry, and cavalry, and they can earn hundreds of thousands of guan a year.

Wu Yong asked: "Brother, what are we going to Dongping Mansion for?"

Chai Lin said: "Master Cheng of Dongping Mansion is dedicated to serving the people. He considered that the people in Dongping are not rich. We met a year ago and had a good conversation. He gave me the land for nothing to build a market and start a workshop."

Wu Yong said: "Brother, we have to be careful. Many government offices are like this. They introduce businessmen first, and when the time comes to close the door and beat dogs, the initial investment will be lost. Although Mr. Cheng has a good official reputation, we You have to take precautions in advance."

Chai Lin nodded: "Sir, you are right. The prefect of Cheng knows my surname Chai, and he is very careful when interacting with me. The workshop opened in Dongping Mansion is not known to outsiders as the property of Chaijiazhuang. The paper mill is named Dongping. Paper Workshop."

"It's natural. My brother's surname is Chai. Mr. Cheng wants to use his elder brother to gain political achievements, but he doesn't want to have too many contacts. I have a plan to draw Mr. Cheng to our side." Wu Yong said.

"Oh, what did you think of?" Chailin asked.

Wu Yong smiled, and Chai Lin knew that Wu Yong had come up with some poisonous plan again.

"Tell me."

"I heard that Mr. Cheng has a daughter who is just twenty-eight years old, and she is as beautiful as a flower. A girl of this age should be married to someone else. My brother is a talented man with a wealth of wealth. Isn't he a good match? If you become Cheng Wanli's son-in-law, how can you Didn't you win him over?" Wu Yong said.

Chai Lin thought for a while, and it was true that what he said was rough and not unreasonable.

"No, no, I just got engaged to Hu Sanniang of Hu's Village, and there is a maid at home," Chai Lin said.

Wu Yong persuaded: "This is nothing. Then Hu Sanniang will be the boss, and the daughter of the Cheng family will be the second child. As for the maids, they can arrange whatever they want. The huge workshop is opened in Dongping Mansion. If you don't want to handle you, you can handle you."

"It makes sense. Let's wait until we arrive at Dongping Mansion. If Mr. Cheng's daughter is not too ugly, I will resign myself to it. If she is too ugly, then forget it." Chailin said.

Wu Yong said: "Brother is really a real person, it seems that I followed the right person this time, hahaha."

I didn't talk all the way, and arrived at the paper mill as soon as the sun went down in the afternoon. This place is quite large, covering an area of ​​20 mu, next to the road and Xiaogang branch.There are still more than ten miles away from Dongping Port, and even farther away from Dongping City, no matter what, it is more than [-] miles away.

In front of me was a pile of reed haystacks. There were about dozens of piles, and each pile weighed thousands of catties. Because of the consideration of fire prevention, the piles were scattered.

The factory building has not been built yet, only a wall is built around it.Wu Yong looked at the pile of reeds in front of him and said, "Brother, are you going to weave reed mats and sell them?"

Chai Lin laughed and said, "Liu Bei was weaving mats and selling shoes before he made his fortune, but the reeds I collected were not for weaving mats, but for making paper, more precisely, for household paper."

The price of paper is quite expensive. As a middle-income person, Wu Yong is often reluctant to buy it, but household paper is not enough.

The person in charge of Dongping Papermaking Workshop is Chen Long, 37 years old, with a vicissitudes of life on his face, so he was nicknamed Papermaking Long.It was Zhou Fu who recruited talents from Cangzhou. Chen Long's family made paper, but failed to manage it and went bankrupt.This Chen Long would make calligraphy and painting paper and grass paper. It closed down because the labor was too expensive, the paper was expensive, and the sales volume was too small, so it lost money.He and a dozen craftsmen were recruited by Zhou Fu and became the head of Dongping Paper Mill.

As soon as Chen Long saw Chai Lin, he poured out bitter water and said, "Owner, you are here. The accountant didn't listen to the persuasion, and just collected fifty piles of 25 catties of reeds. So many reeds were processed with stone mortar, and it would take as long as It will be the month of the next year."

The accountant said: "I bought it according to the owner's request. The fifty piles are only 25 catties, which is still half the distance from 50 catties."

Chai Lin asked the accountant: "Didn't you explain it clearly to Director Chen? We use machines to powder reeds very quickly."

"I told you, but he didn't believe me," said the accountant.

Chen Longdao: "He is full of nonsense. One machine can grind [-] to [-] catties of reeds a day, and the owner has prepared two machines, which can grind [-] to [-] catties a day. I have been making paper for so many years, but I have never seen such a powerful machine. , It is impossible to exhaust the donkey to death. The accumulation of raw materials can easily cause fires, which is very unsafe.”

Chai Lin said: "Okay, let's stop this matter. The accountant did the right thing. He came according to my request. Director Chen is also right. After all, Director Chen also considers the interests of the paper mill. Reeds will continue to accept, at least A stock of 100 million catties is enough. Because of the spring plowing together, farmers like to set fire, and once the reeds are burned, we will have no raw materials.”

Manager Chen said: "I want to know what kind of crushed reeds the owner uses to make them so fast. Otherwise, I would not agree to buy the reeds. Since I am the supervisor, I am responsible for the owner and cannot keep silent."

Chai Lin said: "Don't worry, you will see it at night. Prepare eight workers for extra night shift."

There are still very few houses in the paper mill, and the military camp can only set up camp in the yard.

Wu Yong also muttered, there are so many reeds piled up outside, and the dry spring is indeed a very big hidden danger.Although there is a safe distance between the haystacks, but with a big fire, I can't resist it, and it will be troublesome if there is a burning company.

The operator assembled the machine and started firing the boiler.

A group of dozens of people including Chai Lin started cooking in the yard and ate a delicious dinner.

Chai Lin said to Wu Yong: "Sir, I'm going to sleep in a tent tonight. The house here hasn't been built yet, and it's too far away from the inn."

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Brother, I was joking. I was born in a poor family. I have experienced all kinds of hardships. Sleeping in a tent is not a problem."

Dian Zhengnan said: "Mr. Wu, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a person who has suffered hardships."

(End of this chapter)