The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 226 Shen Yuan's wife has come up with something again

"Let's go. I want to see your workshop!"

Hearing that they were going to build a workshop after taking in the refugees, Xu Huaiyuan had always wanted to come and take a look.

Shen Yuan and Su Wanwan personally took him to the workshop.

Looking at the half-built factory building, Xu Huaiyuan had a lot of questions to ask.

"What do you make in this workshop? I heard you make soy products? Why do you need such a big workshop?"

This is the first time I have seen such a large workshop.

Xu Huaiyuan couldn't help but be curious.

It is said to be one workshop, but in fact there are two.

One is for making yuba, and the other is for making dried tofu. The two factories were built together.

But to outsiders it is also extremely large, and obviously much taller than other houses, and has several large chimneys.

"Sir, we are also taking advantage of the advantages of Tongxu County to process soy products. The raw materials are the soybeans here. I can't tell you now, but I will definitely give you some to try when it's done."

Xu Huaiyuan's eyes lit up.

“Soy products?”

He seemed to have thought of something. Can soybeans be used to make other things?

But he also inexplicably believed in the couple.

"You asked Jiang Shun to find coal. Do we need to burn the boiler here?"

Thinking of this, Xu Huaiyuan walked into the workshop and saw that a huge square furnace had already been built. He walked around it and it took him a long time.

This is the first time I have seen such a big stove.

"Yes, I'll have to trouble you, sir."

Shen Yuan nodded.

Xu Huaiyuan looked around again, and the people who came with him were also amazed and watched with great interest.

"There is no problem with using coal, but the coal cakes have too much smoke. If you don't use them properly, you may be poisoned. You have to be careful."

"Don't worry, sir. Our chimneys are for exhaust, and there are exhaust holes around the roof."

Shen Yuan explained again, and Xu Huaiyuan smiled slightly:

"You are doing things prudently. Now your Daliushu Village not only has sweet potatoes and corn, but also this bean product workshop. It seems that I have to send more people to watch over it."

He really wanted Daliushu Village to be successful, both in terms of grain and workshops.

"Master, if you have nothing to do, come and give us some guidance. Everyone knows that you are the one protecting this place, so no one dares to cause trouble."

Su Wanwan smiled slightly, and the group returned to Shen Yuan's house again.

Su Wanwan explained her plan for soy products again, and Xu Huaiyuan stood up immediately after hearing it, extremely excited.

Tongxu County's bean product processing was already well-known in the Great Xia Dynasty. If other products were to be produced, he could already imagine the prosperous scene of major merchants flocking to Tongxu County.

"Go ahead and do it! As long as I'm in Tongxu County, no one will dare to cause trouble."

Xu Huaiyuan was also full of lofty ambitions at this moment.

Su Wanwan made some more steamed buns, and also picked a lot of sweet potato leaves and sweet potato stems and packed them up, and asked County Magistrate Xu to take them back.

Xu Huaiyuan didn't hesitate to say that the steamed bread was delicious, so he took it back for his mother and the others to try.

"My mother is still thinking about you, but Xiao Duoduo has been sick these few days, so she can't come."

Seeing that all the refugees had returned home, his mother also wanted to return home to farm. It was indeed a little difficult for an old country lady to get used to living in the county town all of a sudden.

My eldest brother and his family also want to go back.

After much persuasion, they all stayed and he found a job for his eldest brother to do first. If he really couldn't adapt, it wouldn't be too late to go back after the autumn harvest.

"I miss Madam Xu too. If you feel bored in the county, you can always bring Duoduo to see us."

Su Wanwan was not polite either. After many contacts today, she found that Xu Huaiyuan was really humble. At the beginning, he called Shen Yuan "this sir" in a pretentious manner, but in the end, he just called Shen Yuan a brother.

This is great. In Tongxu County, with the protection of the county magistrate, it will be easier for them to do what they want.

"Okay, then I'll go back and tell mom to wait until Duoduo is better, so that she won't have time to bother me, and she won't have to think about going back home all day."

Magistrate Xu left with the bailiffs, but Zhao Qinghai stayed.

Now that everything is ready, they will concentrate on studying the growth habits of sweet potatoes and corn and once again settle in Daliushu Village.

With an additional fifty acres of land, Shen Yuan planted beans on them all.

With a curved plow and a harrow, these fifty acres of land are not a problem.

It took half a month before all the land in the village was planted.

The workshop hired several people from the village to work, and the speed was getting faster and faster, and it was visibly reaching its ceiling.

Su Wanwan was not idle either. She drew the waterwheel and went straight to the village head with the drawing.

It rained a little these days, but the newly planted seeds need watering.

The traditional way of irrigating the fields is to draw water, which is too slow. If there were water wheels and digging ditches and building canals, irrigation could be done automatically, which would save a lot of manpower.

Of course, she also has selfish motives.

The workshop also needs a lot of water, so this canal must also lead to the workshop.

No matter whether it will be used for watering the fields this time or not, it can always be used if it is built first.

But the waterwheel is a bit expensive. Although her family has the financial resources to build a waterwheel themselves, she also wants everyone in the village to use a waterwheel for irrigation.

Since it is for the whole village to use, the whole village must contribute money together. She always feels that the villagers should not be allowed to take everything for granted, and they must pay what they owe.

Since it concerns the irrigation of the entire village, naturally we have to discuss it with the head of the village.

Zhao Qinghai lived in the headman's house and was taking notes with his two apprentices. When Su Wanwan saw him, she immediately greeted him.

"Master Zhao, you are busy."

Zhao Qinghai was also happy to see her. Seeing that she was still holding something, he put down his work and ran over with great interest.

"Shen Yuan, you are not going to come up with something good again, are you?"

He couldn't wait to see it.

Su Wanwan let him do what he wanted and handed him the blueprint directly.

"Uncle Liu, this thing requires the combined efforts of the entire village to make, I need to discuss it with him."

The eldest daughter-in-law of the village head, Zhou Yanmei, came out holding the child:

"My father-in-law has gone to the fields to water the plants. Do you want me to go and call him?"

Su Wanwan shook her head:

"No, I'll go find him."

After saying that, he took the drawings away.

Zhao Qinghai was looking at her in confusion, but when she grabbed him like this, he immediately grabbed him back.

"I still don't understand what this thing is. It looks like a wheel. Come on, I'll go with you."

The two men ran to the fields in a hurry. Liu Daping was carrying water to the fields.

There were quite a few people in the fields, all watering the land. They were all working under the scorching sun, panting from exhaustion.

Seeing Shen Yuan’s wife in a hurry, they all had the same thought.

I wonder if this young wife will come up with something again.

Alas, comparing yourself with others will only make you angry. Don’t be envious.

"Liu Lizheng, don't water it yet. Come and see what Shen Yuan's wife has come up with."

Without waiting for Su Wanwan to call for help, Zhao Qinghai ran over and pulled Liu Daping out.

He was so anxious that he looked at it for a long time but still couldn't understand it.

When Liu Daping heard this, he quickly put down the bucket and walked out.

The fact that they came to discuss this with him shows that this thing is a big one and it is likely that more than one company can make it.

In the past, people made plows and other things on their own in secret.