Poor family mother and son

Chapter 45
After Xu Guangze decided to use the clear bricks, he had to worry about the purchase cost of the bricks.

Clear bricks, the price is higher than the market price, but the quality is really good.Then the money allocated by the imperial court is not enough and exceeds the budget.So I found Song Tingshan.As the top manager of a state, Song Tingshan's vision will not be limited to a small county.

In order to solve the problem of army transportation, the imperial court decided to add granary in the border town.In addition to the one in Xingtang County in Jizhou City, there is another one in the south of the city.

It is also common for the warring parties to set fire to each other's granaries and cut off the way out.Therefore, the granary for the army must not only be heavily guarded, but also be able to withstand the baptism of war.

Since the No. [-] brick is good, use the No. [-] brick.A well-built granary is also a long-term benefit, and it is also part of the performance of the government.

If the government appropriation is not enough, then apply again.The granaries on the border must be able to withstand burning and looting.Therefore, Song Tingshan sent people to chase after the county magistrate, but they didn't catch up, and they arrived a little late.

After saying this twice, the matter of firing bricks for granaries has changed from an act of the county government to an act of the state government.As for the bricks needed, it is clear that these kilns are definitely not enough now.

Clearly in a dilemma.To expand the scale, we don't have the financial resources or manpower at present.But it is necessary.Finally, after discussing with the two civil servants, the master and the master bookkeeper, the advance payment was increased so that Chu Qing would have enough money to buy land and build a kiln.

At this time, it is late May, which is the busy season for farming.The children in the school are all on field leave.Villagers in each village spend the whole day in the fields to harvest.

The weather has been cloudy these days, and farmers are most afraid of rain at this time.Once it rains, you have to watch the wheat stand there to germinate, or the harvested wheat is damp and moldy.So in the past few days, the whole people are scrambling to harvest wheat.

Chu Qing's coal convoy here, as well as officials in official uniforms coming in and out, made everyone in the field see them, and they started discussing while cutting the wheat.

"Did you see? That business is going to be big once you get started!"

"What's the use of pulling that old coal? It's piled up like a mountain?"

"Hey, you said, she has such a big business, and there are only a few people, can she use it?"

"Why, what do you think?"

"Of course there is! Tell me, after we finish harvesting the wheat, we will be free. Can we go to do a part-time job? Didn't we just help her build a house last time?"

"That's right! That's the reason! What about the village chief? We have to persuade the village chief to tell us that Mrs. Chu doesn't associate with the village on weekdays."

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After dinner, Chu Qing held Xiaobao in his arms, lit a lamp and boiled oil on the table to write calculations, trying to use the 110 acres of wasteland as rationally as possible to see if the production requirements could be met.

Xiao Bao just sat in Chu Qing's arms and accompanied her without saying a word, and pushed Chu Qing's hand away when Chu Qing was fussing about pulling her hair out.

Chu Qing took Xiaobao's hand and continued to pluck her hair. At this moment, someone shouted at the gate of the courtyard: "Miss Chu, are you home?" It was Village Chief Wu's voice.

Chu Qing stood up and went out to meet him. Village Chief Wu followed behind him. They were the ones who helped Chu Qing build the house last time.

"Village Chief, what's the matter?" Chu Qing asked everyone to sit down in the reception hall.Xiaobao went out and asked Baijia to boil some tea.

"Miss Chu, everyone saw that your family bought a lot of coal this afternoon..." the village chief said, "Well... let's just say, do you have enough people? Everyone is thinking about helping you."

Chu Qing immediately understood the purpose of these people.It's like someone handed you a pillow as soon as you dozed off!But Chu Qing didn't answer the question, but said: "I really need help here, village chief, the work I take on is a bit big, and the one hundred mu of land is not enough. Can you buy it next to my place?" Two hundred acres?"

"Well, that's fine! It's the same as last time, and I'll give you some more acres of land." Village Chief Wu said bluntly.Village Chief Wu doesn't even need to think about it, the fields are almost exhausted right now, and there is really no one to open up wasteland.

"Miss Chu, look, if your business is in such a large place, you will need a lot of labor, right?" Village Chief Wu continued to work hard.It is his responsibility as the village head to seek happiness for the villagers.

In fact, Chu Qing's pointing and talking was to let the village chief and his group take the initiative to propose helpers.

It's not that you think too badly about people, but that you won't cherish things that are too easy to achieve your goals.Chu Qing didn't want people to chew her tongue after earning her money, and treat her like a fool.

When a person faces a group of people, only the benefit can make a group of people willing to be used by one person.

"Well, the village chief is right, I really haven't considered the labor problem." Chu Qing handed the ladder.

"I think you are burning bricks, right? Our village also has a brick-making method. Don't you have to make bricks when you burn bricks? It takes a lot of people." The village chief couldn't sit still on the chair, and walked forward. Rubbed.This is the beginning of the ladder.

"That's right, not only do I need people to dig wells and make bricks, but I also need people to help me dig soil and chop firewood... Oh, so I really need a lot of people." Chu Qing acted as if he hadn't thought of it.

Village head Wu said, "That's not right!"

Baijia came over with a teapot and poured tea for everyone.When he was about to leave, Chu Qing called him and asked, "Baijia, do you estimate how many people we need?"

Baijia thought for a while and said: "At least 80 people are needed to build a kiln in front of us. The blank making is what needs the most manpower.

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Wu hurriedly said, "Well, with 80 people, our village can afford it!"

Chu Qing calculated in her heart that 80 people is only enough to build a kiln.There are still not enough people.

"Village Chief, I'll think about it tonight. I'll let Baijia find you tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" The village head led those people away hopefully.Hundreds to send.

When Baijia came back, Chu Qing handed him a piece of paper with only eight words on it: "Piece counting, billing by month."

Baijia scratched his head, took the paper and went out.

The next day, Chu Qing was having breakfast with Xiaobao when Baijia came over, holding a few pieces of paper in his hand.Chu Qing took a quick look and found that the characters were ugly and there were many typos.But I can understand.

Baijia set a price for every hundred pieces of adobe, every basket of sand or kaolin, and even every straw curtain.If it cannot be calculated by piece, it will be priced according to working hours.Twenty of them were divided into groups, and each group assigned tasks, such as piecework, supervisor, and technical management.

In the end, Baijia estimated the number of bricks and coal consumption per month based on the calculation of building [-] kilns, as well as the monthly salary calculated based on [-] employees.

This young man is not bad, Chu Qing didn't say anything, he had put everything he could think of on paper.Potential to be a steward.

"Okay, let's try to implement according to your plan first. Let's see the effect in a month. You can talk to Village Chief Wu in a while." Chu Qing let go.Someone can do it, so I don't have to rack my brains to pull my hair out.

To be honest, Chu Qing really didn't think about what to do.The order was too big for itself.But I have to pick it up.This is an opportunity to make money.

Song Zhizhou knew that Chuqing's small workshop was just in its infancy, but still entrusted her with such a big job. Her bricks were good only for a small part of the reason, and the bigger reason was to return favors.

(End of this chapter)