Under the shadow of the lamp, Xu Zixian discussed the cotton spinning wheel with Kong He, Fu Qian, Chen Daojian and others.

For overseas trade, cotton cloth is also a bulk export, but Fujian Road mainly exports raw silk, and silk is subject to silkworms. Without the labor and labor of mulberry trees and silkworm farmers, no matter how much money they have, they cannot make more raw silk.

Cotton cloth is different. The original surface cotton cloth has been promoted. Originally, it was Guangnan East Road, Guangnan West Road and Fujian Road to first plant cotton, then gradually to Jiangling and Jiangnan East Road, and then to Shandong East Road and Hedong Road. Now, there are probably Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangnan and Shandong.

In these places, there are many cotton fields, sufficient planting experience, high cotton yield, and rich textile traditions. With more cotton cloth, there are more merchants coming to buy, which prompts the increase in cotton fields and weaving cloth. This is a virtuous cycle.

Xu Zi first considered that the Hou Mansion now has a large number of people available, and he took turns to work in various towns to work, and the money he earned was to be exempted from labor. If he handed over to the Hou Mansion, the income was indispensable, but he always felt that it was a waste and there was great uncertainty. Li Cheng was supported by Qishan thieves behind him, and various businesses lacked people, so Li Cheng forced himself into it. But now it is not possible, so sometimes, hard work may not necessarily turn into real profits. People who have never worked to make money will not be able to ask them for money for exemption.

In addition, the Hou Mansion is kind and not as harsh as Li Cheng was when he was there, his income is definitely not as much as when Li Cheng was there.

Feeling this, Xu Zi first planned to think of another way and try to make use of manpower.

"Men can still continue to work shifts, and I will still have their place to use them in the future." Xu Zixian said: "It's too wasteful for women to be idle during the slack farming. I know that many women have to do housework, do farm work, and wash clothes for people's robe, but in the end they are still much idle. There are many people in the house with a cart at home, but I saw those small carts. They have too little cloth and take too much time, so they don't make much money. So in addition to giving their own house cloth, they are willing to sit for a day. After all, there are too few women who are willing to make money by making money on the house cloth."

Xu Zi first thought that there were at least three or four thousand women in each village. He took out some unsuitable women, or those who were well-off or who were unwilling to suffer, and there were always two or three thousand women who were willing to do cloth.

In general textile factories, even if they employ a thousand people, they may not be busy even if they receive orders.

If thousands of women can be used, even if they are not as refreshing and comfortable as they receive the money for exemption, they can be regarded as a steady and stable income. If they are used well, the benefits may still be higher than the money for exemption.

"The fang car is still mainly hand-rotated single spindles." Speaking of miscellaneous studies, Fu Qian was much more calm and said in a very confident tone: "It's been all night long, and I can produce a pound of cotton yarn. It's quite hard, so it's not a very poor family. The fang cotton is just a side job. If you have time to shake it a few times, you still have to run a factory. You can use a three-person big fang car to work day and night, so that the cotton production speed will be faster. If the prince plans to call the woman in the village, and not a textile factory, it will be a bit difficult."

"This is my consideration," Xu Zixian said: "It is the factory's business to use a large ingot that cooperates with three or five people. Don't worry. Using a hand-cranked single ingot is too low and it is not worth the loss. I heard that there are pedal ingots in Qiwu theory. Is there such a thing? Can it be made practical?"

"Yes." Fu Qian said: "The most commonly used pedal bikes on Jiangnan East Road are in the counties in Suzhou, and pedal bikes are the most popular. In fact, this thing was promoted in Jiangnan, but I have never implemented it here in Fujian, for some reason."

Chen Daojian said: "The reason is simple. When I was young, my grandmother and mother used a hand-shake car to supplement the household income. Later, they couldn't make money, so they went to the textile factory to work. They went out early and returned late, and spent the whole month. It was very hard. If the pedal car was promoted, who would show up and go to the factory to do work?"

"There is this reason." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Technology communication may always be lagging behind. It is normal to lag behind thousands of miles apart and decades apart." He looked at Fu Qian and said, "How much is the value of a pedal bike?"

"It should be at least eight to ten cents of a car." Fu Qian said: "If you go to Jiangnan to buy it and ship it back by sea, you have to add the freight."

"The efficiency of the pedal bike is three to five times by hand." Xu Zixian said slowly: "You can produce three or five kilograms of cotton yarn a day, and more than one hundred kilograms a month is always worth five kilograms of cotton yarn at the time. The cost of cotton must be consistent, and the profit is four kilograms. If you follow the method of exemption from service, in 40 days, a woman can earn five or six kilograms for the Hou Mansion. If we send the textile machine to each household, and calculate the ten kilograms of the textile machine, we will make a return in two months, and then make a contract with the women. I will not ask them for nothing, and they will recycle them for three kilograms. They will earn two kilograms a month, and the Hou Mansion will also earn two kilograms a month. This is the long-lasting method..."

Fu Qian and Chen Daojian are both good at mathology. After calculating briefly, you will know that Xu Zixian's method is excellent.

Women from three thousand households pay 6,000 guan per month, and their income of more than 70,000 guan per year is stable.

The important thing is that the exemption from 40 days has not been removed, and the men can continue to work in various towns. At the same time, if there are any places to work in the future, they can also use the men of the three thousand-die service. This approach is equivalent to making use of the women's efforts that were wasted in the past.

Kong He and Fu Qian looked at each other and felt that the prince was really meticulous and clever.

The people's power attached to the Marquis' Mansion could have been used like this. However, how could those high-ranking clan families be so clever? Most of them forced to delay the service time of Dingkou men and women. Relying on the wealth of Fujian and many places where workers were disbanded, they forced the hidden households of the Guanzhuang to serve. Even if they were not concerned, they forced the exemption of the service. The amount of money was stipulated. As long as it was less than handed over to the government, it was still cost-effective. I still didn't worry that the hidden households of the Guanzhuang would not agree. Once they violated the violation, they would be driven out to become taxpayers in the court. It would be much harder than the original situation. So even if they were forced to pay a considerable amount of money for the exemption of the service, the Ding women of each family still held their noses and agreed, which was much better than being driven out.

Xu Zi did this first, and it would be beneficial to both sides. Women could do some work to make money. The Hou Mansion opened up another source of wealth, which was really good at it.

There is no need to worry about selling cotton yarn when spinning cloth. After all, it is not the industrial era. In the era of industrial civilization, there are a large number of steam engines or hydraulic textile factories. In order to sell emerging countries, they do not hesitate to launch wars to open the trade doors of late-developed countries. At this time, it is an era of all handmade products. The output of cotton cloth is far from keeping up with the needs of the increase in population, and the domestic market is far from saturated, let alone being able to sell it overseas in large quantities.

Of course, according to this algorithm, women can only finish their work in a day without taking care of their family work. According to Xu Zixian's calculation, they must submit the money according to the number. If they cannot submit the money, they will be exhausted. There is nothing to say.

Hard work is extremely hard, but if you have money to make money, you can't make a difference. You can't count as a mean way to squeeze out oil from your own manor.

But no matter what, I still feel that the prince in front of me is firm and has some things that make people feel inexplicable and unclear.

After discussing the cotton yarn machine, Xu Zi first talked about building a pig pen. He originally planned to raise chickens, but later he realized that chickens are better nowadays.

Most of the people who plan to raise chickens on a large scale will lose all their money.

Once chicken plague occurs, how much you raise and how much you die.

Raising sheep or herding sheep is inefficient and producing less meat. After all, it is the most economical and cost-effective to raise pigs.

"The man Cheng Ding couldn't work for a while, so he came to the other courtyard first..." Xu Zixian said to Kong He: "I went out to the southwest corner of the villa. The vegetable garden only used more than ten acres. It was too small. In the future, if there were too many people, it would be a big expense. If the vegetable garden was found, it would be able to produce 200 to 300 acres. It was not suitable to grow grain here, so it was still very good to grow vegetables."

Fu Qian said: "According to the Agricultural Affairs Book, the ground power is covered with mud on the river beach, and the fertility is excellent. The prince's arrangement is just right."

Xu Zixian smiled slightly. He had never read the Agricultural Affairs Book. However, when he was a child, he saw vegetable farmers using the mud by the river to fertilize the fields. It can be seen that ancient and modern times are connected, and many things have changed, and many things have not changed.

Let’s talk about pigpen construction, we also build two rows of low houses by the river, just fenced with railings.

Xu Zixian had a grand manner. Once he built it, he would be called building three or four hundred rooms. In the future, he would always raise hundreds of pigs at once and slaughter them one after another. In addition, he would fish some fish and raise less chickens, which would ensure the supply of meat for more than 1,000 people.

After calculation, the cost of opening a vegetable field is not large, and it is enough for the service's strong men to eat three meals. It can be done with less than a hundred pounds of yuan.

To buy a textile machine, you have to go to Jiangling to buy it. You will take a boat for more than ten days and take a trip back for ten days. You will prepare to send Kong He and Fu Qian and bring a few teeth to protect him.

The travel expenses of dozens of stakes are just small numbers. A machine costs tens of stakes, and three thousand machines are close to stakes. According to the current income of the Hou Mansion, this money will have to be saved for more than half a year.

"I can be ordered to go north at any time." Kong He has always been serious about official affairs, never shirks or complains. He just looked at Xu Zixian and smiled bitterly: "How many families have you, how many things you do. Moreover, the prince has received the commission and can send the letter to him the next day. After taking office as a tutor, he always has to show off. Otherwise, not only will he not be able to treat the people in the town, but he will not be able to make peace with the local people, but he will also have troubles to take advantage of it. Impeach the prince to take office as a tutor, without any rules, no movement or slacking off in official affairs, and it is not enough to make a fuss."

Fu Qianze sneered and said, "This group of people is not good at helping with things. One person is to push the hind legs and hinder ten. The prince should not take it lightly."

Chen Daojian didn't say anything. He was young. Xu Zi had already found a great scholar, Wu Shizhong, and there was no need for another pure scholar in the mansion to produce. Therefore, no matter how big or small the matters in the mansion, he now brought Chen Daojian with him and asked Chen Daojian to listen when discussing the matter. This would create a good "serial secretary" instead of a nerd.

"You must first make a charter when doing major tasks." Xu Zi first glanced at Chen Daojian and said slowly: "Musics are important things, but not the most urgent thing. Group training is also important things, and it is an urgent matter. Opening vegetable fields and raising pigs is not that important than these things, but it is indeed something that can be started immediately. Divide things into priorities, important and not important. You can do it immediately and must do it, but you can do it slowly, so it is easy to start doing things instead of sitting and chatting without goals."

This discussion almost shocked Kong He and Fu Qian. As for Chen Daojian, like Fu Qian, he has always been called a child prodigy, and he became a scholar at the age of fourteen. If he had not been from a poor family, it would be difficult for him to take the exam once every three years and then go to the capital to take the exam.

Just now, if the Hou Mansion recommends people to the capital to take the exam within three years, Chen Daojian will definitely be the first candidate. He is also a good writer in the Hou Mansion. He is the first-class Qing position among the officials. Xu Zixian also plans to recommend him a Sullien Lang first. The position of the ninth-rank literary official is Chen Daojian. Even so, many people muttered behind their backs, saying that Chen Daojian's visit to the Hou Mansion was considered a secret ballad. Until Xu Zixian took office as the troupe training envoy and the third-rank general, these floating discussions gradually subsided.

Now Chen Daojian feels that the thing he is most grateful for is to come to the Marquis’ Mansion to serve. Even if there are not so many generous conditions, it is really worth it to just listen to the teachings by Xu Zixian.

Kong He murmured: "It seems that there are really people born to know it in the world."

Fu Qianze said, "I respect you and respect you. If the prince is sent, I will do my best and will never slack off."

Xu Zi smiled and waved his hand first. Of course he would not tell these people that these remarks actually came from the opinions of Zeng in later generations. He was also a genius who was born in the world. It would be strange if he said his words and didn't shock the few people in front of him!

"As for the group training fee, I already have an idea, you can wait and see."

...

At noon the next day, another guard came from the capital city, and indeed he sent the seal.

At the same time, the Grand Governor's Office also had a document, that Xu Xuzixian could "do things cheaply" at the junction of Houguan, Sanshan County, Minqing and Nanping counties, and could "raise funds on the spot". As for whether this means King Qi or King Zhao, the former should mean King Qi, and the latter of course King Zhao.

With the letter of the letter, the letter of the letter, and the document, the whole set of procedures was complete. At the same time as the letter of the letter, Xiaomei, Xiuniang and others made an exception and rushed to the outer courtyard.

Li Yikong, Qin Dongyang and others were all in the outer courtyard, and they watched the smiling little sister present the official robe of the third-rank General Zhaowu.

The civil and military officer uniforms of the Great Wei Dynasty were divided into details, and there was no very low-end thing like Buzi. The colors of civil and military officer robes were from the seventh to the ninth rank, blue, blue, fifth to third rank, red robe, and above third to first rank, purple robe.

Whether it is civil and military, they are the same official robes, and the colors are the same. They are also divided into public uniforms, regular uniforms, and sacrificial uniforms.

The ceremonial clothes are not worn with feet-spreading heads, but with beam crowns. Public clothes are formal official robes, used for officials to attend court meetings, discuss politics, and wear during festivals. Conventional clothes are worn during daily office work, wearing soft-spreading heads. The robes are the same as those of public clothes, but there are no embroidered accessories, but solid color robes.

Military men's official robes and beam crowns and heads are like civil servants. They only have narrowed cuffs on their regular clothes and put their hems on their knees, making them easy to ride horses and shoot archery.

It also has subtle distinctions such as boots, belts, and gold and silverfish jewelry.

What official position is this dynasty, whether it is a civil or a military rank, and how many ranks are, you can basically confirm it by just a glance. It is not very complicated, and there is no need for messy patches to distinguish it.

"As the saying goes, it's better." Xu Zixian glanced at the purple robe on his body and smiled: "I used to wear a red robe, but I didn't think anything was there. Now I've changed to a purple robe. Although it's not a second-grade robe, I feel different from before."

Xiuniang's eyes were full of love, and the younger sister was almost the same. Xu Zixian had a well-proportioned and tall figure, and a purple robe on her military officer added a bit of heroic aura.

"Thank you for your hard work, little sister." Xu Zixian deliberately bowed his hand and thanked her. The little sister smiled and said, "Don't thank me, I just pretend to be like, thank Sister Xiuniang."

"Okay, thank you Xiuniang." Xu Zi bowed to Xiuniang first, making Xiuniang's face flushed.

Li Yi and others also came up to pay tribute to Xu Zi first at this time.

No matter what, if you have achieved such a great achievement before the Seijue, as long as there is nothing wrong with it, it is unlikely that any accident will happen to the Seijue in Beijing.

"Yesterday to this morning, I have paid back all the debts of Dr. Wu." Li Yi stepped forward and said, "It cost 316 kWh, most of which is the medical expenses. It is all the expenses of Dr. Wu's wife from illness to death... There are also coffin burial expenses, which add up to so much."

"Let's wait for his letter." Xu Ziyi nodded and smiled. It was reasonable and Wu Shizhong had to write a letter to thank him. Although he might not feel comfortable, judging from Wu Shizhong's attitude towards his wife, although this person is kind and honest, he is not the kind of person who is unreasonable and unreasonable.

"By the way." Li Yi said: "When the letter arrives, we can go to the invitation again, and the matter will be done."

Xu Zixian nodded slightly. Wu Shizhong was an important candidate. The main key was that Xu Zixian knew that there would be great storms in the next few months. He had to believe and rely on it. The famous pure scholars in the country went to the capital to eliminate a lot of trouble. Otherwise, there would be no need to so much effort to recruit a famous scholar.

Li Yi frowned again and said, "These two hats are too big and are not easy to wear."

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "They have their plans, we will do ours."

When he spoke to the outer courtyard, Li Yi and others said goodbye to do what they were doing. Xu Zixian watched the teenagers in the mansion train with peace of mind.

Now the buildings are built on the open space on the west side of the courtyard. They are lined with neatly arranged tiled houses. After digging a few wells, it is very convenient to use water, so there is no need to fetch water by the river. In addition, digging ditches lead directly to the vegetable fields in the north. The terrain is also high, so there will be no worries about backflow on rainy days.

Many townspeople were very envious when they came to see it. Most of the living areas of villages were rammed earth walls with grass. Like the houses built in other courtyards, they really invested a lot of money.

The construction of the house here is for nearly a hundred teenagers and dentists to live in. Although the courtyard is large, there are so many people, and it is inconvenient to get in and out.

With too many people, there is not enough space. Opening up a door outside the courtyard will make it a huge martial arts venue to go out, which is very convenient.

Originally, he planned to use more than a hundred people, but now he had to add more than a thousand troops to train, train, live, and live, and not enough. The houses should be built, the kitchen should be expanded, and the martial arts field should be expanded. When Xu Zi came out first, a group of Ding servants from the Guanzhuang were driving the cattle, pulling the heavy stone mill, slowly flattening the wasteland covered with weeds over and over again.

Before the renovation of the yard, the teenagers continued to train in the other yard.

The new boys still stood in line, which was quite hard, but they began to adapt after more than ten days.

Zhang Huchen and Lin Cunxin, as well as Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Li Fuxiang and others, were all the instructors, but they were not used to the military postures of the queue. Xu Zixian did not force these adult generals to conquer them with grace and laws. After all, these adults are not as important as young men. This can also be seen as the important thing of being young men. If you are obeying orders and using your own power, you can successfully cultivate these young men into their own confidants.

Today, Qin Dongyang ordered everyone to practice the battle formation, with three sentries on both sides, facing each other. After the formation, the queues stood very neatly, and the entire military formation was as bright as tofu cut by a knife.

At this time, Zhang Huchen and others looked at Xu Zixian and were full of respect for Xu Zixian's queue training and changing formation practice.

The young men in front of me had only been training for less than twenty days, and the array conversion was quite skillful and sophisticated.

If you change to an ordinary battalion, you may not have such results even if you practice for two or three months.

Of course they wouldn't know that Xu Zi would show the formation map of these young men tonight, teach them the formation, move forward, backward, left and right, and move closer to each other, spread out, and adjust the formation according to the changes in the terrain.

During the teaching process, Xu Zixian learned by himself, and benefited a lot from it.

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