Take the space supermarket to farm

Chapter 271 Windfall

In the Chu Dynasty, there was no industrial system like the modern world. Xia Daohua could not make the modern graded cement.

However, the cement of the "All Things Made by Local Methods" series does not require the support of so much modern industrial foundation.

Of course, the performance of the product is not as good as that of later generations of cement.

However, compared with the glutinous rice walls here and now, it is a fast and cost-effective technological advancement that cannot be ignored.

It is actually not difficult to make cement by local methods. You only need to grind limestone into powder, then mix in the powdered clay according to a certain proportion, put them together to calcine the clinker, then add the remaining slag after ironmaking and continue grinding, stir evenly, and come out

The finished product is local cement.

This kind of thing actually does not have much technical content, but it has two disadvantages:

First, the quality is difficult to control.

The finished product may be very uniform cement, or it may have abnormal expansion due to the composition of the slag.

The original reinforcement function will no longer be achieved, but will destroy the stability of the building.

Second, processes such as grinding and calcining require a lot of force.

Only mechanized production has the advantage, relying solely on manpower, not to mention whether the quality of grinding can meet the standards, just looking at the input-output ratio, I am afraid the data will be more touching.

Therefore, the land Xia Daohua specially selected has a big river next to it.

Although there is a risk that the workshop will be flooded due to flooding during the rainy season, since it is next to a river, you can design a waterwheel to use water conservancy for grinding and improve production efficiency.

It's a pity that slag is not easy to find. I'm afraid you have to put down some money to buy it in the early stage. Later, when the cement is sold, you can be self-sufficient.

If that’s not possible, you can also use cinders directly. Anyway, burning a kiln also requires fuel. Use coal to burn the kiln and use cinders as auxiliary materials. It’s perfect!

Brick kilns are much simpler than cement kilns. As for the damage to the environment... we can't control that much.

There is still a lot of uncultivated natural environment in this era, and the population is far lower than that of later generations. As long as there is no severe pollution, there is no need to think too much about it for the time being.

Xia Daohua considered all aspects of the situation and boldly started the project of building brick kilns and cement kilns.

With the manpower brought by Wei Jizu and Wang, the work of building brick kilns and cement kilns became much easier.

The steward sent by the Wang family is new from the Wang family to support his daughter.

Especially the two stewards brought by Wei Jizu, it is said that they are both the godsons of Wei Eunuch.

One is named Wei Qilang and the other is named Wei Shiqi. There is a full twelve years age difference between them, and their names are actually calculated according to their ranking.

It seems that Eunuch Wei likes to adopt a godson!

One of the two people is steady and steady, the other is shrewd and resourceful, they cooperate tacitly, and they obey Xia Daohua's advice. There is almost no friction in using them, which makes Xia Daohua feel very comfortable.

Just two months have passed, and red brick kilns have been built one after another. The waterwheels and cement kilns are also ready. Everything is ready. All that is needed is manpower and sales.

Xia Daohua couldn't help but want to sigh.

Look at what Eunuch Wei is capable of!

Why don’t you have such useful talents in your own hands?

The manpower problem was simple. I posted a notice recruiting workers and sent a few people to the downtown area, vegetable markets, restaurants, restaurants, clothing stores and other places to publicize it, and a lot of people were recruited who were willing to work.

There are locals from Jixiang County, refugees from other places, and even some stout women.

Xia Daohua screened the applicants, first tested their physical fitness and endurance, and then asked a doctor to give them a basic physical examination.

Then all those who passed the physical examination were hired.

There is a three-day probation period. If you perform well during these three days, you will stay and become a regular employee.

If you don't do well, you will be fired directly at any time within three days, and your wages will be halved on a daily basis for the work you have already done.

During the probationary period, the salary was ten cents a day. After becoming a full-time employee, the salary would also increase to fifteen cents a day.

Hearing that there was such a good thing, those who failed the physical examination suddenly surrounded them and refused to let Xia Daohua and others go. Some even knelt down to beg.

Xia Daohua couldn't bear to see it, but she was in poor health and couldn't stand such tiring work. She didn't want to see someone die suddenly on her property...

Manager Wang and Wei Shiqi sent by the Wang family reacted quickly, quickly mobilized guards and dispersed the surrounding crowd.

He also personally protected Xia Daohua and asked her to evacuate to a safe place.

Xia Daohua was shocked by this scene. While she was glad that the two stewards responded quickly, she secretly decided in her heart that it was time to train some reliable personnel.

The fifth uncle Xia Youliang was interested in working in the brick kiln, but the fifth aunt Cheng thought it was too hard and was reluctant.

Xia Daohua didn’t want to force it either.

It's just inevitable that I feel a little bit regretful. I feel that it's somewhat inconvenient that I don't have my own people in this industry.

Fortunately, after a few days, the fifth aunt figured it out.

He even came to see Xia Daohua in person and thanked her for thinking of Uncle Wu first when she had good things to do.

Because of this matter, Mrs. Sun started to get angry again.

She felt that Xia Yougui should be given priority for such a good thing. Xia Yougui didn't like to do it, and Erlang was there! Erlang was too busy, and there were Sanlang and Silang too!

Xia Daohua was unmoved. The most Sun could do was complain a few words in the courtyard. When she found the fourth room, she could only find Jiang in front of her, which basically had no effect on Xia Daohua.

Wang has solved more than half of the sales problem.

Not only the county government's road construction projects used cement. After understanding the properties of cement, County Magistrate Yang felt that it could also be used to strengthen city walls and dams.

As for the sales of red bricks, the first customer was Xia Daohua herself.

She wants to build infrastructure on her small farm - a new sewer system.

Unfortunately, suitable water pipes cannot be purchased for the time being, and even finding a ceramics craftsman to make them is difficult. She is thinking about how to open the bamboo joints so that thick and long moso bamboo can be used to make bamboo pipes.

In fact, it is not impossible for her to just get plastic pipes or rubber pipes from the supermarket for the materials she uses at home.

As long as when you ask someone to install it, you tell them that it is an expensive material specially customized by someone, and if it involves their secret recipe, people will not hesitate to ask more questions.

But she has been trying her best to find local substitutes that can be achieved with the existing technology and materials in the time and space of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Although her dependence on supermarkets seems to be getting stronger and stronger, Xia Daohua has been trying to reduce this dependence.

After eating Eunuch Wei's Lantian jade bonsai, the supermarket quietly upgraded it again.

The upgraded supermarket has added many new products and counters.

Almost all of the mysterious rooms in the "unopenable attic" that suddenly appeared after the last upgrade can be opened.

Moreover, a large amount of money suddenly appeared in Xia Daohua's supermarket currency account.

Xia Daohua rarely checked her supermarket currency account, but this time she wanted to take a look at it on a whim. As a result, she could tell there was a problem.

Based on the shipment volume during this period, even if you include selling rice, you haven’t made so much money!

I didn’t sleep well last night, and I’ve been very sleepy all day today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t fall asleep again when I lay down... I felt like I was sleepwalking. My eyes were dull and I couldn’t walk... I love you all, (づ￣ 3￣)づ. Good night.

Dream, see you tomorrow.^_^

(End of chapter)