He immediately asked: "Is the housing in the farm enough?" Sun Huaizong said: "There are only seven or eight empty rooms in the farm, which is not enough to live in." Fang Xiaoyu thought for a while and said: "Is the granary empty?" Sun Huaizong said:
Huaizong said: "Most of the granaries are empty. There are only two granaries with grain. One is for rations and the other is for next year's seeds."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Okay, let the girls live in the vacant rooms, and the boys will sleep in the granary. You send people to repair all the air leaks, buy more bedding and clothes, and have people boil more hot water.
Let them take a shower and put on clean clothes. It's not too cold in autumn anyway, so let them feel aggrieved first and live in a collective dormitory." "What is a collective dormitory?" Sun Huaizong was a little confused. "There are many collective dormitories.
It's a house where people live together." Fang Xiaoyu glanced at Sun Huaizong with an expression that seemed very uneducated.
Sun Huaizong was busy looking for someone to prepare, and Lin Feng and others did not arrive until it was almost dark. It turned out that there were too many children and they were walking slowly, which was why it took so long. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Sun Huaizong immediately ordered the servants
They put hot water barrels in several large rooms and let the children take a bath and change clothes. The older children worked together with the house slaves and quickly finished bathing the younger children before they took a bath themselves and waited until they were all troubled.
It was already two hours later. Sun Huaizong ordered them to bring food to them. After eating, they arranged their accommodation and did not settle down until midnight.
Sun Huaizong asked Fang Xiaoyu tentatively: "Master, why are you looking for so many children? Do you want to raise some domestic slaves yourself?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "Not domestic slaves, but brothers. They are all orphans and helpless.
, if I help them now, they will be truly considerate to me. With so many considerate brothers, how can you tell us how they will help our Fang family in the future."
Sun Huaizong was excited when he heard Fang Xiaoyu's words. Yes, if the young master grows up and has so many brothers with the same mind and heart, no one in the world can stop him. "The young master is really far-sighted." Sun Huaizong took a photo sincerely.
Flattery.
"As long as you understand." Fang Xiaoyu accepted the flattery comfortably: "So from now on, you have to help me hire teachers to teach them culture, you know? I don't need cannon fodder to charge into battle, what I need is real people when I take power in the future.
Right-hand man." Sun Huaizong nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it. "Master, it's late at night. Would you like to go back to sleep or sleep here?" Sun Huaizong asked.
"I don't care where you sleep. Anyway, I'm going to sleep in the granary today." Fang Xiaoyu stretched and walked towards the granary and said to Sun Huaizong: "Go to bed early, we have to get up early tomorrow." After saying this, Fang Xiaoyu said
Sun Huaizong quickly walked into the granary before he could speak. Sun Huaizong stared blankly at Fang Xiaoyu's disappearing figure. He stammered twice but said nothing. Suddenly, a bright smile appeared on his face: "This little
Master, this is really amazing." After saying that, he shook his head, turned around and walked away.
The more than 130 children rested for a few days. Fang Xiaoyu asked Sun Huaizong to find a literacy teacher for them, so that the children under ten years old could read. There were more than 40 children over ten years old, half of whom were
Girls, for girls, Fang Xiaoyu believed that if he had an army in the future, these girls could be doctors, nurses, telegraph operators or confidential secretaries, so in addition to literacy, he also specially invited two old doctors to teach them medical knowledge.
The remaining dozen boys had a much harder time. Fang Xiaoyu asked them to exercise with him in the morning, read with everyone in the afternoon, and give them military courses in the evening.
In order to train them into future generals and soldiers, Fang Xiaoyu used all the things he learned in his second uncle's army. Of course, the difficulty was reduced to a level that they could bear. After all, they were still a group of half-grown children.
Even so, these guys were in a state of ecstasy after practicing, but when they saw Fang Xiaoyu, who was only ten years old, training with them, they could only grit their teeth and persevere. This situation lasted for half a month.
In the past half month, Fang Xiaoyu almost ate and lived with them. Sun Huaizong led the farm slaves to build a few houses and let the boys move in. Then he started to repair the terraces and dig ditches.
went.
As a direct descendant of the Fang family, Fang Xiaoyu naturally cannot always stay in Lanting Villa. The New Year is coming, and Fang Xiaoyu will go back to worship his ancestors. Before leaving, Fang Xiaoyu asked Sun Huaizong to take care of their daily life, diet, training and study.
Then it was handed over to the eldest Lin Feng. Now Sun Huaizong has become the general manager of Lanting Villa, and Lin Feng is responsible for the orphans.
Seeing that everything was well prepared, Fang Xiaoyu took his guards home. Fang Xiaoyu, who entered the city, did not go home directly, but went to the bank to exchange some banknotes into silver coins. Now Fang Xiaoyu only has 50,000 yuan including the support of his elder brother.
More than 70,000 yuan, originally this money was enough, but now he wants to build his own team. Lin Feng and his group of more than 100 people have to eat and hire teachers for education, so the funds are relatively tight, so Fang Xiaoyu decided to find some money
's doorway.
Naturally, we have to think of ways to make money from the three aspects of industry, agriculture and commerce. Agriculture is already being planned. However, making money from agriculture is slower, while commerce makes money quickly but requires sales channels. I am completely blank in this area. I do have these channels at home, but if I use them
Isn’t it because the family’s sales channel is engaged in business that I have trouble with my uncle who is doing business? In the end, the only thing that can be used is industry.
Of course, there is no need to talk about heavy industry. Not to mention that there are no conditions now. Even if there are conditions, it is an industry that requires large investment and slow returns. The most profitable is light industry. Not only does it produce quick results, it can also use the family's sales network, and it also provides a source of goods for the family.
It's a win-win.
In order to get what is needed for light industry from Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng must upgrade to level 1 and open the light industry equipment warehouse. Moreover, according to Xiaofeng, the agricultural equipment warehouse is already overcrowded and the space must be expanded, so Fang Xiaoyu went to the city.
The first thing after that was to exchange silver coins.
The currency system of the Lanfang Empire is divided into banknotes and auxiliary coins. The banknotes are divided into four types: ten thousand, five thousand, one thousand, and five hundred. The auxiliary coins include silver coins with a face value of one hundred yuan and ten yuan, one yuan, five jiao, and jiao.
There are six kinds of copper coins: five points and one point. Gold is naturally the best way to upgrade the chip, but gold is a national reserve and is not circulated in the market. It is not easy to get it yourself. The only alternative is to use silver coins. One hundred yuan of silver coins
Weighing ten grams, it contains seven grams of silver. To get one kilogram of silver, you need 143 silver coins. Fang Xiaoyu spent 15,000 in exchange for 150 silver coins.
It was already evening when I got home, and the three grandfathers had not returned yet. After dinner, Fang Xiaoyu met his uncles first and then went to the small courtyard where his mother lived.
"Mom, I'm back." Fang Xiaoyu shouted as he walked into the house, but when he looked up, he found a graceful and elegant woman in her thirties sitting with her mother, Xiao Yunting, chatting and laughing affectionately.
Xiao Yunting saw Fang Xiaoyu come in and said, "Why are you so irritable and not polite when you see the guests? This is the eldest mistress of the Xia family." Fang Xiaoyu understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that this was the third person from the Xia family who traveled to the Western Continent.
He quickly stepped forward to salute Liu Aiping, the eldest mistress who had been there for many years: "I have met the eldest mistress."
"The eldest mistress is my good friend. From now on, please call me Aunt Ping." Xiao Yunting pointed at Fang Xiaoyu and said to Liu Aiping: "This is my useless son, Xiaoyu." Liu Aiping said with a smile: "I have heard about Fang Xiaoyu for a long time.
We have such a child prodigy in our family, but it’s a pity that we have never seen him before. I want to see him today.” Fang Xiaoyu quickly stood up and said a few words of humility.
Mother Xiao Yunting smiled and said humbly: "What a prodigy, you can't listen to the nonsense of people outside. Those people can say ten when they hear one." Fang Xiaoyu answered: "I heard that Aunt Ping traveled to the Western Continent.
What’s new?”
Knowing that Liu Aiping was traveling to the Western Continent, Fang Xiaoyu wanted to know the situation in the Western Continent very much. Because the Lanfang Empire had relatively little information and knew very little about the Western Continent, Fang Xiaoyu was worried that the current relationship between the Western Continent and the Eastern Continent was like that of China in the early 19th century.
Just like relations with Europe, if you lag too far behind, your own development plans will be greatly hindered.
Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's question, Liu Aiping became interested: "Yes, I have been there for more than three years and just came back at the beginning of the month. There are a lot of new things in the Western Continent, especially a machine called a steam engine that was invented by the Thrall Empire more than 30 years ago.
Yes, it's interesting. I heard that they can use this thing to drive textile machines to weave cloth, and they can also use it to draw water from coal mines. I saw one installed on a well to draw water. That guy was tall and big.
When it starts, it makes a roaring sound, like thunder, and it emits black smoke, but it pumps water very quickly."
Sure enough, Fang Xiaoyu sighed inwardly. The entire Eastern Continent is still dominated by handicraft industry. If the Western Continent were to rapidly develop steam engines and trigger the first industrial revolution, he would be very passive. Fortunately, the steam engine was only invented thirty years ago.
Over the years, I have been relatively rich in time.
Fang Xiaoyu quickly asked again: "Aunt Ping, I am very interested in these new things. I wonder if there are any pictures or information for me to look at." Liu Aiping said: "There is no information, but there is a painter brought by Auntie.
I have drawn all these new things. You can go and take a look when you have time." Hearing Liu Aiping's words, Fang Xiaoyu was a little excited. He wanted to understand the development of the Western Continent first, which also made him feel a little confident. He quickly agreed: "Yes.
I will definitely go when the time comes."
At this time, her mother Xiao Yunting smiled and said: "You should go back and rest early when you come back. Don't run around these days." Fang Xiaoyu nodded after listening to his mother's words, bowed and left. Liu Aiping said with a smile: "I don't know when Xiaoyu will go to aunt's house.
Let's play." Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I'll go visit Aunt Ping tomorrow." "Okay." Liu Aiping nodded.
Watching Fang Xiaoyu walk out of the yard, Xiao Yunting smiled and said to Liu Aiping: "What do you think of my son?" Liu Aiping said with a smile: "It's very good. It seems that Xiaoyun has someone to rely on for life." Xiao Yunting said: "That's all I do.
It's settled, I'll go talk to some masters tomorrow." Liu Aiping said: "Don't tell Xiaoyu yet, just let them have more contact, maybe we don't have to worry about it." Xiao Yunting nodded: "Well, it is true now.
It's a little early, let's finalize the marriage first and wait until the two children grow up before announcing it."