Not only did Zhao Xiang stop asking, but he also warned Zhao Liya and the others not to talk about it outside. Even if someone asked out of curiosity, they would quickly keep the topic vague.
Zhao Liya and Qu Yutao immediately remembered it and nodded in agreement.
The less trouble, the better.
Zhao Liya was afraid that her father would overthink it, so she hesitated for a moment, and finally did not tell him about Mr. Zhou. We would wait until the day when Mr. Zhou really came, then we would talk.
The next day, Zhao Liya and the others went to Zaihu Village early in the morning.
Most of the sugar pressing workshop project has been completed. The main building, warehouse and office area have been completed. There are only some supporting parts. Everyone does not know what is the best and most reasonable way to do it. There is no regulations for analysis.
We had to wait for Zhao Liya to come back.
She is finally here!
Li Guangqing and others said: "If Miss Zhao doesn't come back, we will all be anxious to death! Without Miss Zhao, we can't do this work at all!"
Everyone laughed when he said that.
Zhao Liya smiled and said: "Uncles and eldest brothers have already done a good job. This is what this workshop is like! The finishing work can be completed in five or six days."
She walked around and rearranged her instructions, and soon the workshop became lively again.
Because this area will be used as a place to stay in the future, the "office" can be decorated after it is built, and furniture such as tables, chairs, etc. can be purchased and simply furnished.
There are also various equipment needed for sugar extraction, some of which are already being customized, and some of which have not yet been customized, and they need to be purchased one by one.
All of these are planned and completed in the same way. What Zhao Liya wants to say today is something else.
She, Hu Ling, and Qu Yutao went to Li Zheng's house and invited the two patriarchs, the village elders, Uncle Ruan Gui, the brothers of the Li family, Li Guangqing, the eldest grandson of Li Zheng, and Ruan Chong, the son of Uncle Ruan Gui, who had obviously become her
A meeting was held with all members of the management team.
She wants to build another papermaking workshop.
She had discussed this matter with her family last night. There was so much sugarcane bagasse left after sugar extraction, so it was better to use it to make paper and make a fortune by recycling the waste.
So much sugarcane bagasse can be used for a long time. When there is no bagasse, the paper-making workshop will be empty if it wants. Otherwise, paper can also be made from bamboo.
There are not many other places in Lingnan, but there are countless types of bamboo. You can eat various types of fresh bamboo shoots from the winter bamboo shoots to late August throughout the year. You can walk less than two miles outside and look around.
Bamboo is a must-see. When making paper from bamboo, you don’t have to worry about raw materials at all.
When the Zhao family heard this, they thought that as long as they could build sugar mills, it would be easy to build a related paper mill.
Zhao Xiang was also familiar with this matter, and he enthusiastically recited a paragraph about papermaking to the family on the spot. This was something he had read in a miscellaneous book in the past, and he remembered a few paragraphs because he was deeply impressed.
His daughter didn't like poems and songs, but she read a lot of miscellaneous books and followed him. She had a good memory, which came in handy now.
Zhao Liya is even happier, and her father will be too, so they can discuss it together.
The people waiting in Zaihu Village were also happy. When Zhao Liya mentioned this, their first reaction was to admire and admire them: "Mr. Zhao and Miss Zhao can actually make paper. It's amazing!"
Why don’t you do such a good thing? Do it!
"Miss Zhao, you and Mr. Zhao have a look, we can build it wherever you want it to be!"
"That's right, as long as you nod, we will take care of the rest."
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Don't worry, we've been walking around here for the past two days and have found a good place. Then I'll invite my dad over to see if it's suitable."
"Hey, okay, just take a look and see where you like."
The leader of Zaihu Village, the clan leader and others all said the same thing.
Zhao Liya agreed crisply, as she likes such cheerful and happy people.
Save trouble.
Of course, she wouldn't let them suffer.
When the sugar pressing workshop was completed, Zhao Liya also selected a place to build the paper workshop.
After Zhao Xiang saw it, he was convinced.
It is about four miles away from the sugar pressing workshop. Zhao Liya deliberately did not want to build the two workshops next to each other. Firstly, there were too many people and it would be difficult to manage. Secondly, if something unexpected happened here, it would not affect the other side.
The distance is more than four miles, no more, no less, connected by a flat road, and it is very convenient to transport raw materials without any delay.
Now that she had a little more money, she simply bought the entire 100 acres.
Zaihu Village came forward and still only spent one hundred and eighty taels of silver.
Zhao Liya is thinking that when she makes money next year, she will connect the paper mill and the sugarcane field and buy all the open space in between.
The construction of the sugar pressing workshop, various labor costs, etc., cost a total of more than 40 taels. The completion of the paper mill is estimated to cost more than 20 taels.
After calculating the general ledger, there are about two hundred and seventy taels left.
Later labor costs, management fees, sales and other expenses will also need to be spent, and this amount of money will not be moved for the time being.
After the location of the paper mill was selected, Zhao Liya entrusted the matter to Ruan Chong and Li Guangqing and the others were responsible. She, Hu Ling, and Qu Yutao could come over in a day or two to take a look.
In the sugarcane field, the sugarcane seedlings have grown six or seven true leaves, which are almost half a meter tall. The leaves are long and narrow, like miscanthus, and the stems are thin, not much like sugarcane. But as long as you take good care of it,
What follows is a period of rapid growth, and soon it looks like sugarcane.
This is the time to weed, soil, fertilize, and water.
Fertilizer is collected and purchased farmyard manure. When applying fertilizer, you just need to control it to a certain degree so as not to burn the roots.
Zhao Liya said to the crop experts: "It's the same amount as fertilizing corn or vegetable fields. It can be a little less."
Everyone understood this and nodded to express their understanding. After all, we are all farmers, who doesn’t understand fertilization?
I just didn’t know how to cultivate the soil, but once Zhao Liya demonstrated it, I understood.
Weeding and watering are things everyone knows, so there’s no need to talk about them.
This land is new, and it is a time when weeds are growing wildly. There are many weeds, and weeding is not easy.
Fortunately, there are many people, so everyone can take their time.
This is the first sugarcane field in Gaolian County. When it comes to handling these green and slender seedlings, the crop handlers in Zaihu Village are more attentive than Zhao Liya and Hu Ling.
Be cautious, lest you hurt the seedlings.
When everyone heard Zhao Liya say that in another month and a half, or two months, we would have to weed, topdress, and cultivate soil again, they couldn't help but be speechless. They all laughed and said: "This sugarcane looks so exquisite, but we don't even know it."
I understand, no wonder no one dares to breed randomly!"