Chapter 54 Papermaking Workshop
Zhao Xiangfei not only stopped asking, but also warned Zhao Liya and the others not to talk about it outside. Even if someone asked curiously, they hurriedly ambiguous the topic.
Zhao Liya and Qu Yutao immediately remembered and nodded in agreement.
The less trouble, the better.
Zhao Liya was afraid that her father would think too much, so she hesitated for a while, and in the end she still didn't tell him about Young Master Zhou. Let's talk about it when Mr. Zhou really comes.
The next day, Zhao Liya and the others went to Zaihu Village early in the morning.
Most of the sugar mill project has been completed. The main building, warehouse, and office area have all been completed. There are only some supporting areas. People don't know how to do it the best and most reasonable. There is no charter after analysis. I had to wait for Zhao Liya to come back.
She is finally here!
Li Guangqing and others said: "If Ms. Zhao doesn't come back, we are all in a panic! Without Ms. Zhao, there is no way to do this job!"
Everyone who said that laughed.
Zhao Liya smiled and said: "Uncles and big brothers have already done a good job, this workshop is like this! The finishing work can be completed in another five or six days."
She walked around and rearranged the instructions, and the workshop soon became lively again.
Because this place will be used as a place to stay in the future, the "office" can be arranged after it is built, and furniture such as tables and chairs can be purchased for simple display.
There are also various utensils needed for sugar extraction, some are already being customized, and some are not yet customized, and the same ones need to be added.
There are plans for all of these, and the same thing is done. What Zhao Liya wanted to talk about today was something else.
She, Hu Ling, and Qu Yutao went to Lizheng's house on purpose, and invited two patriarchs, elders from the village, Uncle Ruan Gui, brothers from 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 favorites. All members of the management team hold a meeting.
She wants to build another paper workshop.
She had a lot of discussions with her family last night about this matter. There is so much bagasse left after sugar extraction, why not use it to make paper, and make money by reusing waste.
With so much bagasse, it can be used for a long time. When there was no bagasse, the paper workshops would be vacant if they wanted to. Otherwise, bamboo could also be used to make paper.
There are not many other things in Lingnan, but there are countless types of bamboo. From the winter bamboo shoots to the end of August, you can eat all kinds of fresh bamboo shoots throughout the year. You can walk less than two miles outside and look around. Bamboo must be seen. There is no need to worry about raw materials to make paper from bamboo.
The Zhao family heard that as long as it can be done, they have made sugar mills anyway, and it is easy to build a related paper mill by the way.
Zhao Xiang also knew about this, and recited a passage about papermaking to his family on the spot with great interest. He read it from a miscellaneous book in the past, and because he was deeply impressed, he remembered a few passages.
His daughter doesn't like poetry and poetry, but she reads a lot of miscellaneous books, and she follows him. She has a good memory, which is now very useful.
Zhao Liya is even happier, and her father will too, so they can discuss it together.
The people in Zaihu Village were also very happy. When they heard Zhao Liya mentioning this matter, their first reaction was to admire and admire: "Mr.
Why not do such a good thing? do it!
"Miss Zhao, you and Mr. Zhao have a look, it will be where you say it will be built!"
"Yes, as long as you nod, we will take care of other things."
"Hey, okay, just look at it, it's where you see it."
Zaihu Village Li Zheng, the head of the clan, etc. all said the same thing, and they all meant the same thing.
Zhao Liya agreed crisply, she just likes such a straightforward person.
Save trouble.
Of course, she won't let them suffer.
When the sugar mill was completed, Zhao Liya also chose the place to build the paper workshop.
After Zhao Xiang read it, he was sure.
It is about four miles away from the sugar mill. Zhao Liya deliberately didn't want to build the two workshops next to each other. Firstly, there are too many people, it is inconvenient to manage, and secondly, if something happens here, it will not affect that side.
The distance is more than four miles, no more, no less, and a flat road is built to connect them. It is also very convenient to transport raw materials without any delay.
Now that the money in hand is a little looser, she simply bought that piece of one hundred acres.
Zaihu Village is coming forward, but still only spent one hundred and eighty taels of silver.
Zhao Liya was thinking, when he makes money next year, he will connect the paper mill with the sugarcane field, and buy all the vacant land in the middle.
It took a total of more than forty taels to build a sugar mill and various labor costs. It is estimated that it will cost more than twenty taels to complete the paper mill.
After calculating the ledger in this way, there are about two hundred and seventy taels left.
In the later period, labor costs, management fees, sales and other expenses will also need to be spent, and this amount of money will not move for the time being.
The location of the paper mill was properly selected, so Zhao Liya entrusted the matter to Ruan Chong and Li Guangqing. She, Hu Ling, and Qu Yutao can come and have a look at it in a day or two.
In the sugarcane field, the sugarcane seedlings have grown six or seven true leaves and are almost half a meter high. But as long as you take good care of it, there will be a period of rapid growth, and soon it will look like sugar cane.
It's time to weed, cultivate soil, fertilize and water at this time.
Fertilizer is collected and bought farmyard manure. When fertilizing, you only need to grasp a certain degree and not burn the roots.
Zhao Liya said to the crop veterans: "It's the same amount as fertilizing corn and vegetable fields, and it can be a little less."
Everyone understands this, and they all nodded to express their understanding. After all, they are all farmers, who doesn't know how to fertilize?
Just don't know how to cultivate soil, Zhao Liya will understand after demonstrating.
Weeding and watering are things that everyone knows, so there is no need to mention them.
This land is a new land, and it is the season when weeds grow 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. The crop handlers in Zaihu Village are more attentive than Zhao Liya and Hu Ling to tending these green, slender seedlings.
Be careful, lest you hurt Miao.
Everyone heard Zhao Liya say that after one and a half months, or two months, weeding, top dressing, and soil cultivation will be needed again. They all couldn't help but laughed and said: "This sugarcane looks so particular, we don't care about it." I understand, no wonder no one dares to recklessly plant them!"
(end of this chapter)