Chapter 333 Selling Water
The use of the waterwheel not only solved the problem of water shortage in saline-alkali land, but also gave Jiang Tangtang inspiration from another aspect.
Because some saline lands are far from the sea, it is necessary to dig pools to store water many times, and finally the water reaches the saline lands through canals.
Jiang Tangtang discovered that although such multiple infiltrations could not turn seawater into fresh water, they could filter out most of the impurities in the seawater in the process.
Using this filtered water to extract fresh water can improve efficiency and better maintain equipment.
As for the huge amount of energy consumed in extracting fresh water by distillation, when faced with life and death, it is not something people are considering for the time being.
Jiang Tangtang organized manpower and built freshwater extraction workshops in several bays where water shortages were severe and where a large number of people gathered.
In addition to the freshwater extraction workshop, a new breeding farm was also established.
After the sea rice is harvested, a large amount of rice stalks are left, which are very good fodder and can be used to raise cattle and sheep.
Whether it is building a seawater extraction workshop or a fish farm, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
What's more, she wanted to shorten the construction period, so not only did she hire a large number of people, but she also produced various tools to improve efficiency for free and gave them to the workers.
The orders for tools such as shovels, iron spades, and hand-carts alone made the blacksmith shop's business booming.
The blacksmith shop expanded again, and many families sent their children to be apprentices.
In addition to the blacksmith shop, the bricks and tiles needed to build houses also made the brick and tile workshop run at high speed again.
With such cost-effective repairs, the freshwater extraction workshop and the farm were quickly established.
While the project was efficient, Jiang Tangtang's investment was enormous. She invested all the money and grain she had siphoned off from the wealthy families by selling salt and alkali land into the project, and she also contributed a significant amount out of her own pocket.
Fortunately, the large-scale freshwater extraction workshop will allow her to quickly recover the money she invested.
As early as when he was preparing to build the Tamsui workshop, Jiang Tangtang ordered many jars of different sizes from a porcelain workshop.
When the fresh water extraction workshop produced fresh water, she gave the water a name and began to package and sell it.
Jiang Tangtang came up with three names and asked the managers of the workshop to vote. In the end, the name "Pure Water" received the most votes and was chosen by Jiang Tangtang as the name for the water extracted and sold in the workshop.
In terms of packaging, Jiang Tangtang drew on modern experience and divided the water jars into various specifications to meet the needs of different people.
In addition, water bottles can also be recycled.
After everything was ready, the workshop's newly hired water seller transported the water to the nearby market and started selling it.
This market was gradually formed because a large number of farmers migrated to the bay to farm.
Later, due to the construction of workshops and farms, more and more people came to the bay and the scale gradually expanded.
As the population increases and demand gradually expands, the types of things sold in the market are also increasing.
Some workers took advantage of their breaks to go to the sea to catch shrimps and crabs to sell, some picked wild vegetables, or farmers took out the sea rice that they were reluctant to eat to sell.
Some businessmen also seized the opportunity, rented houses, opened grocery stores, and specialized in selling necessities such as cloth.
However, no matter how diverse and comprehensive the items sold in the market are, there is no shop that sells water.
Although the drought has lasted for so long and some people have been willing to pay money for water, this is the first time people have seen water being sold in cans like this.
Most people expressed their incomprehension, wondering how water could be packaged in cans and sold as a commodity?
After all, before the drought, water was the most common thing. Besides being unable to accept that someone would pay for it, there was also a sense of blame towards the government.
Yan Hongbin is a salesperson recruited by Jiang Tangtang.
He was naturally humorous and eloquent, and Jiang Tangtang had given him special training. So, facing the doubts and accusations from people, he remained calm and asked, "Does anyone know where the water here comes from?"
Yan Hongbin didn't need to say it, everyone knew that this water was produced in a freshwater extraction plant that was recently built.
"Do you know how much manpower and money it takes to extract just one jar of water from seawater?"
Yan Hongbin looked at everyone and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. The cost of building the workshop alone is not a small amount, not to mention the continuous money spent every day to extract fresh water."
The common people who had been making a fuss just now and felt that the government should not collect money have now quieted down.
Many of them participated in the construction of the workshop, and some stayed in the workshop to work after it was built.
Some people were unable to stay in the workshop, but they were reluctant to leave and stayed in the bay, finding some odd jobs to make a living. In addition to the freshwater extraction workshop and the farm, the family's salt and alkaline land also often needed to recruit workers.
The Tamsui Extraction Plant collects a large amount of wood every day, and the large chimney in the workshop never stops smoking day and night.
And all this firewood has to be bought from them with money.
Someone spoke up first, "It's not easy to get this water, so it's only right to sell it for some money."
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