Future library

Cheng Jinzhou used up all the grain stored in the warehouse that day.

The more than 200 taels of silver that were previously saved have all been cleared out. Although the other courtyard was quiet, it could not store too much food. Seeing that the scribes and accountants were also very tired, Cheng Jinzhou finally shook his finger and let them all out.

"Go buy some more food." Cheng Jinzhou took out two ingots of silver and threw them to Shi Yan.

The latter did not dare to ask where the food had gone. The aristocratic family had always had a tradition of storing food and weapons in times of peace. Even if the ground of the other courtyard was completely hollowed out, he didn't find it strange at all. As for asking the accountant to write some strange words or phrases, or to deceive others, or to compile verses for the treasure map, Shi Yan didn't want to think about it at all.

Cheng Jinzhou lowered his head and began to organize the pages. Although there were markings on the corners, since seven people copied them separately, it was almost an impossible task to make the content of each paragraph and sentence easy to find and difficult to connect together. Fortunately, Cheng Jinzhou is pretty good at math, and he can use English without restriction, with Cantonese annotations. Now after comparing it, he finally put a bunch of books together.

Seeing the books on the paper being torn open again in a mess, Cheng Jinzhou shook his head and smiled bitterly. He originally imagined that when he needed it, he could take out these books and look for them at any time. But looking at the current situation, if it takes a few dozen After years of use, these papers will rot.

"There is a gap in technology." Cheng Jinzhou sighed, leaned under the sunset, and used poor sewing skills to staple a few books together. While poking at the paper, he muttered to himself on the no longer dense surface of the ring: "Out of 23 books, you gave me 5 novels. That's pretty good. I just treat it as leisure. What's the rest? Except for this rice-milling book, it's either in a foreign language or full of nonsense."

He said to himself, but he was actually quite satisfied. At least he had gained more than 20 Star Alliance points, and the book he got was not too bad. Although he had to pay 50% more to translate foreign books, it was still better than the so-called The star field bonus is several times stronger.

What's more, he got a technical book on rice milling that he could use - "Dynamic Analysis and Dynamic Balancing Technology of Main Shaft Components of Rice Milling Machine". If this was the age of the internal combustion engine, with just this little content, he could immediately transform into a large grain merchant in Shaonan.

The warning mask was not activated, and naturally no one answered. Cheng Jinzhou was in a good mood and put the books into categories in the copper box, humming a song unconsciously.

It was a great encouragement to Cheng Jinzhou to find that the managers of the Star Alliance Library still strictly abide by the rules. Although the other party will not be at his mercy, it is enough to be able to follow the same rules.

Cheng Jinzhou walked out of the room shaking his head. Shi Yan had been standing outside with a grimace on his face, his body covered in dust and dust, as if he had traveled a lot.

"Third brother, the bald doorman of Hongri Village said that we took too much grain and refused to sell it. The grain store in the city also said that someone would check it recently, and it must have the official seal of the Yamen before taking it. Give us food." Shi Yan complained first without Cheng Jinzhou asking.

Dr. Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Then just file it for them."

"The office is closed." Shi Yan lowered his head and did not dare to look at Cheng Jinzhou. It was not too late. When the grain store was still open, it would be five or six o'clock at most, but government civil servants got off work earlier.

"The yamen is not opened by our family, so it is normal to close the yamen." When Cheng Jinzhou said this, he felt a little strange. The boss of Shaonan Yamen is his cheap dad. From top to bottom, the person who can be named is either Cheng or his wife is Cheng. At the worst, he must be related to the main line of the Cheng family within three generations...

Shi Yan was still worried about being scolded by Cheng Jinzhou for not completing his work, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What about tomorrow?"

"Well..." Cheng Jinzhou protracted and thought about it: "Is it because we have bought too much grain recently and they are a little scared?"

Shi Yan lowered his head and didn't dare to move. It was wrong to say yes or no at this time.

Da Xia Dynasty has always been very strict about food. In the past, the quantity was small. For the sake of the Cheng family, everyone did not strictly abide by the rules. It was no problem to report afterward or even report statistics the next day. However, the food he wanted to use became more and more important. More and more people came, and the grain stores including the Huo family became a little afraid.

Rebellion has not happened for many years, but even if it is a charge of hoarding, it is related to a major matter such as grain and fodder. The Cheng family can easily get away with it, but other families dare not act rashly.

The dealers in Hongri Village use a half-stealing, half-selling method. Less is fine, but transactions of more than a hundred taels of silver are a bit difficult.

Thinking about it this way, every family has a reason not to sell food, but in the future there will be more and more places to use food.

Cheng Jinzhou rubbed his eyebrows, thinking of the book in his hand, and sighed: "We still need to build some institutions to digest food, Shi Yan."

"Here." Shi Yan took the opportunity to quickly move his frozen body.

"Which of the farms in my family has a rice mill?"

"They should all be there." Shi Yan whispered: "The big Zhuangzi may have more."

Cheng Jinzhou cursed himself for being stupid. This was not a future world of division of labor and cooperation. He patted his forehead and said, "How many people use water power?"

"Hongri Village uses river water..."

"What's more? You're close to the city, too lazy to run." Everyone in Hongri Village was staring at him. He was just setting up a flag and didn't want to fall in the eyes of others.

Shi Yan thought about it and said, "Xiao Xizhuang? It's only 10 miles away from the city."

The 5-kilometer horse race was approaching in an instant. Cheng Jinzhou snapped his fingers and said, "Go to Xiaoxizhuang tomorrow and tell the manager there that I have requisitioned their rice mill and hired a few more skilled workers to make something." .”

Xiaoxizhuang is the village of Gongzhong, but if Cheng Jinzhou only caused trouble to a rice mill, no one would care.

Shi Yan responded, thinking about how to tell the first and second housekeepers that Cheng Jinzhou had already directed the men to lift the copper box.

He doesn't plan to actually grind rice. The book in his hand can at most improve the rice mill. But no matter how much the production efficiency can be improved, it is not easy to make money in this world.

The accountants walked out through the small door, each holding a bunch of money in their hands, which was almost five days' wages. Without deducting salary, this reward is already quite a lot for the second-class accountants, and half of it can be regarded as hush money.

Aristocratic families appreciate people appropriately. After adulthood, servants usually prepare red envelopes one after another. The master can at best indicate that more will be rewarded and less will be rewarded. The specific amount is fixed. Cheng Jinzhou was still young, and the boys under him had not received such training. The strings of reward money were exposed, but they were secretly laughed at by the servants who had an inner house.

Of course, growing up, many people have laughed at the sick Yangzi Cheng. Now it is not easy to find something that can be laughed at.

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There will be another update tonight. I hope everyone will vote to keep Shitori on the rookie list for a longer time.

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