Chapter 281 Workshop goes into production
As spring arrives and flowers bloom, Luhua Town becomes lively again for the first time, following the footsteps of spring.
Nong Hui led the people to the fields to plant potatoes, and Cui Qingyi also dressed up and took people to the fields to take a look.
Luhua Town has a population of several thousand, and there are hundreds of acres of fertile land reported to the government. However, according to Cui Qingyi's last survey, these so-called fertile lands are not at the same level as the fertile lands in Dongping County.
This is due to the special geographical location of Luhua Town. In mountainous areas, it is impossible to cultivate much farmland relying solely on manpower, and the fertile land at the foot of the mountain is not ideal for growing rice.
According to Cui Qingyi, the hundreds of acres of fertile land in Luhua Town should not be used to grow rice. Potatoes should be planted in the land that can be used to grow them, and the remaining land should be planted with peppers. Anyway, these two crops can be sold well, and the money earned is enough for the people to buy food from outside.
Although the fields did not produce much grain in previous years, the people who were used to growing rice were naturally a little worried when they heard that they were not allowed to grow rice. But after going through the past six months, Cui Qingyi has really made her word come true in Luhua Town.
It doesn't mean that thousands of people all believe in Cui Qingyi, but when you are in such a big environment, personal wishes will never be adopted. In addition, with the agricultural official Nong Hui here, the people are still happily busy planting potatoes and peppers.
As for the several workshops that have been registered in the factory, they have also been successfully put into production under the management of several managers.
Even though the team is gradually becoming complete, Cui Qingyi is still much busier than last year, mainly because no one can get into her mind and copy all her ideas about the workshop.
It can be said that there are many things that no one can do except Cui Qingyi herself.
Several managers sat in a row, each holding a copy of the workshop management process. Cui Qingyi sat at the head of the group. "Everyone, take a look at this. If you have any questions, please let us know. We can discuss this here."
The first person to raise the question was the manager of the tofu shop, "Master, our tofu shop makes tofu, so what are the processed products of tofu?"
The manager of the tofu shop was a little confused when he saw bean curd skin, dried tofu and the like. Doesn't a tofu shop just make tofu, soy milk and the like? Why are there so many things in the village chief's plan?
Cui Qingyi calmly waved the round fan in her hand and said, "Who says a tofu shop can only make tofu? If it only makes tofu, what advantage does our Luhua Town tofu shop have?
With a factory this large, we naturally have to include all the products that can be made from tofu.”
The manager was a little embarrassed, "But making tofu also requires skills and secrets, and there are some things we don't even know how to make." For example, he had no idea what bean curd sheets were.
This time, Cui Qingyi didn't even raise her eyelids, and directly signaled the man to turn the page of the booklet in his hand. Although she had never worked in the soy products industry herself, she knew more or less about the production methods of many soy products, and now she had written them all down in the booklet.
"First, follow the instructions in the booklet, and then summarize your experience and fill in the incomplete parts." I have already written down the most important steps, so I probably don't need her to teach me the rest.
The manager of the sake shop was reading the booklet in his hand with fascination. Among these workshops, Cui Qingyi paid the most attention to the sake shop. After all, high-concentration liquor was completely unavailable in this era. Of course, productivity was still very low nowadays, and without distillation tools, Cui Qingyi could not make the kind of liquor he made in his previous life, but liquor that was slightly inferior to that could also occupy a certain position in the wine market of this era.
"Manager Liang, what do you think about the sake shop?"
When his name was called, Manager Liang looked up with a look of curiosity, "Village Master, what is the meaning of distillation? Is the liquor really stronger and thicker after distillation?"
Cui Qingyi wasn't a chemist, but she knew the definition of distillation. However, facing the ancients who had no concept of physics and chemistry at all, her explanation was even more crude. "Distillation is the process of heating the mash and collecting the resulting water vapor."
Manager Liang was even more confused: "How to collect water vapor?"
In her previous life, Cui Qingyi lived in an inland area at 37 degrees north latitude, where the red wine was very famous and there were many wineries. She had the opportunity to visit many wineries as part of social activities organized by the college.
Cui Qingyi is not interested in wine, and her tongue cannot taste the difference between different flavors of red wine. Compared with the elegant wine tasting activities, Cui Qingyi would rather look at the wooden barrels containing wine.
She had seen a Chinese steamer barrel in a winery. The bored tour guide was probably in a good mood at the time, so he explained to Cui Qingyi in great detail and patiently the principles of using the Chinese steamer barrel.
The so-called zong tong is actually a wooden barrel that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It is a traditional distillation device unique to Chinese liquor. The bottom is a grate, and the upper part is covered with a cloud plate and a sky pot. (Because there was no independent condenser in the ancient times when productivity was backward, the sky pot was used to hold cold water to condense steam.)
"It's hard to explain in a few words. The blueprints are inside. Manager Liang, you should organize the carpenters in Luhua Town to make a steamer barrel first. If you actually operate it like you would in a tofu shop, I'm sure many of your questions will be answered."
Shopkeeper Liang looked at the device called a steamer barrel in the booklet and nodded solemnly.
Cui Qingyi finally said, "The contents of this booklet are all secrets of the people of Luhua Town and the livelihoods of all of you. They must not be leaked."
In fact, Cui Qingyi had no idea of monopolizing any technology, such as the double-sided embroidery at the beginning, but her Luhua Town was poor, so she could only keep these ways of making money to herself.
This was one of the reasons why Cui Qingyi had to let those half-baked carpenters from Luhua Town to work with her. No matter what type of craftsman, only Luhua Town’s own talents were the most reliable.
After discussing the sake and tofu shops, as well as the vinegar and soy sauce shops, the manager in charge of these two workshops spoke up as soon as Cui Qingyi looked over: "Don't worry, Village Master. According to the instructions in this booklet, we will definitely make soy sauce and vinegar with the flavor of Luhua Town."
Cui Qingyi nodded in satisfaction. "In that case, since the time, place, and people are all right, everyone should hurry up and get our factory up and running. During this period, except for the workshop workers, no unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter the factory."
After everyone had left, Cui Qingyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Sometimes she would think that if Yuan hadn't suddenly appeared and disrupted her life, she might still be living a leisurely life in Huaihua Lane.
But from another perspective, busy and fulfilling days are not bad either.
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