HLnovel Chapter 374 Daily Life
Chapter 374 Daily Life
Li Lanzhen rented a bullock cart and
First I went to the ceramic shop to pack the ceramic bowls and plates, then I went to the cloth shop to pay the bill and pack the cloth.
Went straight back to Moon Bay Pier.
She opened a spare warehouse of her own.
Li Lanzhen asked the driver to unload all the goods and put them into the warehouse.
After the driver drove away, Li Lanzhen quickly took out six large iron pots and 120 sets of mattresses and quilts from the space.
The batch of mattresses and quilts in the space have been consumed all the time, but even so, there are still probably more than 1000 sets.
Li Lanzhen didn't plan to take out the remaining ones.
If necessary, just go to Youzhou City to buy cotton and cloth and make it.
After all these things were prepared, Li Lanzhen sat down and drank a bowl of spiritual spring water, took a short rest, and then walked towards the boat docked at the Moon Bay Pier to call for Metasequoia.
As soon as she stepped onto the dock, Shuishan saw her and waved at her, then jumped off the boat and asked with a smile, "Aunt, are all the goods ready? I'll go load them onto the boat."
“There are a lot of things, so go call two people to help you move them.
Now that the boat is loaded, let’s go back early.”
Shuishan wanted to move the goods by himself and didn't want to spend money, but when he thought about what Li Lanzhen said just now about going back early, he went to the dock and found two helpers to move the goods.
After loading the cargo, the ship sailed steadily out of the Moon Bay Wharf and entered the river.
Li Lanzhen took out four hot buns and handed them to Shuishan.
"Meishu, eat some buns to fill your stomach. You can have lunch when you get back."
Shuishan took the bun with a smile and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
When they returned to Taohuayuan and docked at the Eleven Trees Pier, Han Dazhong was waiting there in a donkey cart.
"Village chief, you've been waiting here, thank you very much."
Han Dazhong waved his hand and smiled, "Why thank you? I thought you guys would be back soon, so I drove the donkey cart here to wait for you to bring your stuff."
Han Dazhong saw six large iron pots, bowls, plates, quilts and mattresses unloaded from the boat.
Then he looked up at Li Lanzhen and said, "Sister Lanzhen, how much silver do these have in total? I'll keep a record of it as the village's expenses, and I'll give it to you directly when the silver is distributed at the end of the year."
Li Lanzhen shook her head. "No, no, these are all my personal property."
Seeing her determination, Han Dazhong did not insist any further.
Arrangements were made in full swing for the accommodation and other related matters for the 113 injured and disabled soldiers who were about to arrive.
Of course, this incident did not affect or disrupt the time and work of grain harvesting in Taohuayuan.
The weather was also very good during the harvest season.
There were no strong winds or rainstorms this year, so the grain harvest went very smoothly.
The rice and wheat grains were spread out on the ground, dried, and then stored in the granary.
On the drying yard, only a handful of golden corn cobs were left drying in the sun.
During the slack season for farming, both adults and children are exhausted from the rush to harvest, so the village takes a three-day break.
These three days are said to be for rest, but if you still want to earn work points, there is still a lot of work to do. If you are willing to do it, do it. If you don't want to earn those work points, there are still people doing that work.
Li Lanzhen and the people from the village committee are now on the river bank next to the drying yard.
The water mill of the first mill in Taohuayuan is being installed here.
This mill works by water power.
There are no production drawings of how the hydraulic mill works in the space.
However, Li Lanzhen roughly explained to Li Erhan and others the working principle of the water mill, and they began to experiment.
After a year of work on and off, the water mill is finally working smoothly.
The mill was built very large and had two sets of millstones installed in it.
One is a millstone for grinding flour, and the other is a stone mill for grinding rice.
The impact force of the river water is used to drive the stone mill to work, saving time and effort.
The wheat, corn kernels and rice harvested last year were all transported by boat to the flour mill in Youzhou city to be processed into flour and cornmeal, which was very inconvenient.
It is too troublesome to grind flour and rice using manpower or animals.
That's why Li Lanzhen thought of the big river in Taohuayuan and thought of using the water to build a mill.
Li Erhan was a stonemason when he was in Yejiawan. They had selected suitable stones and made millstones for grinding flour and stone rollers for grinding rice.
This matter was completed in less than a month.
The most difficult part was the repeated experiments on how to use the impact of the river water to drive the stone mill to work.
Li Lanzhen told Lee Kuan Yew to first build a scaled-down toy-like millstone and place it in a basin of water to conduct tests again and again.
It took nearly a year and constant adjustments to achieve today's success.
Li Erhan and his team were only responsible for making the stone mill and stone rollers, and researching the technology of using the impact of water to drive the stone mill to rotate.
Another part of the work is to modify a factory here.
This was an easy task for Han Zhaoxiong and his construction team.
The troublesome problem was how to build a sturdy base on the river channel that could accommodate two large stone mills.
Fortunately, they overcame all these tasks one by one in nearly a year.
Li Lanzhen saw the whole process and kept it in mind.
This also once again allowed Li Lanzhen to see the wisdom of the ancient working people.
So no matter you are a time traveler or a reborn person, don't be too complacent, because the indigenous people are very smart.
Today is the day when the installation is successfully running.
Li Lanchun took out a string of firecrackers with 1000 bangs and gave them to Han Dazhong.
There is a plaque hanging on the lintel of the mill with the words "Taohuayuan Mill" inscribed on it.
These characters were written by Mr. Xu, and then carved out bit by bit by Li Erhan. Finally, they were only brushed with a layer of tung oil, giving them a simple and elegant look.
Adds a touch of brilliance to this plain old mill.
From today on, life in Taohuayuan will become much more convenient with the presence of this mill.
All the sweet potatoes and potatoes were dug out and sent to the vermicelli factory.
The vermicelli factory started operating again. Li Lanzhen has told the village committee that the first batch of mature sweet potatoes and potatoes must be sent to the vermicelli factory to make vermicelli.
The second batch of ripe sweet potatoes and potatoes were sent to the canteen as food.
The village committee also agreed.
It was time for the village committee meeting to be held that day. The prince was not among the attendees, but Su Beisheng was still sitting there.
When the prince left, Su Beisheng insisted on following him, but was dissuaded by the prince.
The prince told him, "It is most important that you stay here! Everything discussed in the village committee meeting must be recorded word for word.
All matters including the autumn harvest must be carefully recorded.”
This is how Su Beisheng was persuaded to stay.
Han Dazhong spoke when he saw that everyone had arrived.
“There are a few things to discuss at today’s village committee meeting.
We have harvested all the grain that should be harvested.
The second batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes were also planted.
To date, we have been living here and growing food and vegetables for exactly one year.
Therefore, we now have to see whether we can grow two crops of rice or two crops of wheat as we originally said.
Brother Zhang, you have the most say, please speak up."
When Zhang Deshui heard Han Dazhong call his name, he nodded and took out a notebook. Everyone knew that this was the notebook that Zhang Songshu never left his pocket.
It records the climate changes, time nodes, and the entire process of growing crops in Taohuayuan.
He patted the notebook and said.
"Based on our records, it is feasible to grow two crops of rice!"