Chapter 54 Coping
A few days later, the third uncle Shen Zhonghe came forward to negotiate with the family.
He came back with a glowing face.
"Brother Lin, my business is so big. The first order is for one million catties."
Shen Lin disagreed.
In this era, basic building materials are measured in kilograms.
It just looks scary.
How much is one million pounds?
Just five hundred tons.
"Where's the deposit? Is it better to just do it?"
Shen Zhonghe took out an iron box from under the carriage.
It's quite laborious.
"Thirty percent deposit, four hundred and fifty taels of silver, I paid it very readily."
Liang Zizhong reminded: "Brother Lin, our two cement kilns add up."
"The average daily production is just over 10,000 kilograms. Doesn't the delivery time exceed three months?"
Shen Zhonghe just remembered this.
Suddenly, half of my joy disappeared.
"Hey, aren't we building another six 30,000-jin kilns?"
"So, I promise Shen Zhongru to deliver the goods within one month."
One month?
Shen Lin instantly felt like he was trapped.
Does this force me to go all out to produce cement?
"Wait a minute? Third uncle, what's the price of the seed cotton I asked you to inquire about?"
Shen Zhonghe didn't pay much attention to this matter at first.
There are still three thousand tons in the warehouse, which is enough for production for a long time.
"Oh, the price has increased by another penny. The price is five pence. How can ordinary people afford it?"
This is not a question of whether you can afford it or not.
After this batch of cloth is woven, Shen Lin will have to consider temporarily suspending work.
Our family owns more than 100,000 acres of cotton fields.
Seed cotton prices rise.
Most likely it has something to do with Shen Zhongru.
Hoarding?
Can cotton still produce babies?
Today, seed cotton costs five cents a pound.
Those single-spindle loom workshops are no longer profitable.
If a group goes bankrupt.
In the end, I, Shen Lin, don’t buy it.
Cotton will become unsalable. Who will suffer and who will have the last laugh?
Let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook, and we'll see what happens.
"Brother Lin, cement firing does not take much time. It can pulverize materials and cement blocks."
"This thing is very troublesome!"
Shen Lin had a vague guess in his heart.
My family was so busy that they forced me to stop the weaving workshop and go all out to produce cement.
Is there an ulterior secret?
Recruiting?
Forcing me to recruit workers aggressively.
Then, place people among the hired workers?
Haha, you underestimate the abilities of senior technicians too much.
Shen Lin said in a relaxed tone.
"It's okay, let's build two more water towers, and we'll just use the hydraulic hammer."
No, why can't I get the original grinder?
It is driven directly by water power.
In the workshop, the gears have already been cast out of wrought iron.
Mechanical work is the king of big industry!
Force me to do labor-intensive work?
I don't!
Of course, the quarry has to recruit more people.
Anyway, if you don't enter the Shen family's backyard, it won't affect anything.
There are young people who come from Mangshan Village who know carpentry.
Therefore, Shen Lin does not need to trouble Shen Zhonggui.
The old man is now busy building waterwheels for each village.
"Come on, come on, take a look at this drawing."
"The water tower provides water power up to two feet high through pipes."
"Then, impact these six iron fan blades!"
Shen Lin summoned his second uncle and others to talk.
"The last thing is the key."
"Through large and small gears, belts... it drives three iron grinding machines."
"I estimate that two water towers and six grinding machines can grind gravel or cement blocks a day."
"That should be enough."
Everyone suddenly realized, isn’t this the waterwheel principle?
Just changed from wood to large wrought iron fittings.
Of course, the main structure is still made of wood.
Ok?
Everyone doesn't understand.
But everyone believes in Shen Lin's technology.
He has created so many amazing miracles.
Half a month later, Shen Lin's new invention was put into use.
Six new cement kilns were also completed and put into operation.
There are still these trustworthy hired workers in the backyard.
But the production efficiency has been improved by more than ten times.
The owner’s family received two hundred thousand kilograms of cement at once.
Five days later, another 300,000 jins were sent.
At this time, Shen Zhongru felt a little numb.
It seems that this guy can complete the order in one month, no problem.
Of course he knew that Shen Lin had expanded the cement kiln and that the big chimney was smoking all day long.
Too eye-catching.
But the people he arranged stayed in the quarries and charcoal kilns all day long and worked hard.
Can't enter Shen's backyard.
Even if you understand all the raw materials, you still don’t know how to bake cement, right?
"No, I have to do something cruel!"
Shen Zhongru originally planned to send a group of powerful servants to sneak in at night.
Finally, I was persuaded by my second brother.
"Didn't you say that the guards he recruited are all hunters in the mountains?"
"These people are very accurate with their archery skills and are not easy to mess with."
"If you catch a few prisoners, send them to the county government office."
"Our family is still shameless?"
If one plan doesn't work, then try another one.
At noon that day, Shen Zhonghe, who was in charge of transportation, came over sweating profusely to report.
"Brother Lin, something big happened!"
"The quarry...there's a strike at the quarry!"
Shen Lin thought to himself, he is indeed here.
I thought you guys had any better tricks.
Now in the slack season, villagers have no way to make money.
The wages of working in a quarry are thirty cents a day. No matter how tiring it is, can it be compared to farming and digging?
Nine hundred yuan a month is the net income.
Can you get so much from farming?
"Let's go and see together!"
Shen Lin mounted a bay-red horse, and Liang Zizhong called thirty guards.
Everyone rode horses, rode cars, and rushed towards the mine in the north of the village.
"Wait for me!"
The red lady came out of nowhere and jumped onto the bullock cart.
It is divided into several quarries.
After the large pieces of limestone and gypsum are cut out, they will be roughly pulverized in the valley.
Then it is loaded and transported back to Shen's workshop, where it is further ground into stone powder.
Therefore, the gravel pit has the largest number of people gathered today.
More than a hundred men gathered around Shen Dazhu in the middle, making a lot of noise.
Dazhu is the steward here.
He was extremely angry, but he still suppressed his anger and tried to mediate.
"Do you all have a conscience?"
"You have nothing to do during the off-season. Brother Lin, why don't you cherish this opportunity for you to make money?"
"If you work for a month, you can earn back a load of wheat."
"Where can you find such a good thing?"
"After passing this village, there is no such shop!"
"Could it be that your mother-in-law continues to dig wild vegetables in winter?"
In front of Shen Dazhu, stood three sturdy men.
When Shen Lin saw it, he was immediately happy.
The family named Shen is not the only one in Lushuihe Village.
There are also three small families, Zhou, Li, and Wang. Together, they are enough to compete with the Shen family.
These three guys are the patriarchs of the Zhou, Li, and Wang families.
They are all digging in the soil, but they are quite brave today.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Surrounded by a group of guards, Shen Lin separated from everyone and walked in.
"If you don't work hard, you can go back with your tribe."
Shen Lin is not used to this bad habit.
What’s not good to learn from, is to imitate those in later generations who went on strike when they were full and had enough to hold on?
Do you have this kind of financial resources?
"There are many people in Aung San Village and Sangtian Village who want to do it!"
"There is no shortage of labor here!"
This chapter has been completed!