Chapter 281 Inspection
"Shi Tou, the personnel I dispatched should all be in place, right?"
Zhou Xu always likes to make things seamless when doing things.
It’s not that he likes to do the second thing without stopping. He will also take the rest buffer time into consideration to maximize the overall efficiency.
Therefore, when they were preparing to set off, he had already sent a messenger ahead with the news and arranged the personnel transfer.
Judging from the time, by the time they arrive at Salt Lake Village, everyone should be in place.
This is indeed the case.
"Yes, the personnel are already in place. According to your wishes, we have specially prepared a place to be used as a weaving factory."
"Let's go and take a look!"
Having followed Zhou Xu for so long, Li Shitou certainly knew their leader's temperament.
So while he went out to greet Zhou Xu, he had already given orders for people to gather.
"There are ten people in total. All departments are busy at the moment, so it's hard to find suitable people."
Looking at the ten weaving factory workers who were already lined up in a row, Zhou Xu explained briefly.
"That should be enough."
Wang Dong nodded without thinking much.
When it comes to weaving linen, if you assume a small number of people, one person can do it, and if you assume a large number, a hundred people can do it. To put it bluntly, the difference is efficiency.
After a brief conversation, Zhou Xu's eyes fell on the ten people.
"Listen up! This is Wang Dong, Teacher Wang! From now on, he is the director of the weaving factory. Teacher Wang will guide you in your new job. From now on, all ten of you will follow Teacher Wang's instructions. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
After giving a brief speech, Zhou Xu turned to look at Wang Dong, who was still a little uncomfortable, and gave him an encouraging look.
"Then, I'll leave the rest to Mr. Wang. If you need anything or have any questions, just go find Li Shitou. He's the village chief of Salt Lake Village, and he'll help you solve it. If he can't solve something, he'll send it to me."
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused.
"Oh, by the way, when Mr. Wang is free, he can teach him to recognize some words."
At this moment, Li Shitou obviously didn't know what this so-called "recognizing words" was, but since their leader was talking, he was smiling and nodding, which was correct.
"I'd like to ask Mr. Wang to take care of me in the future."
Wang Dong saw this and quickly said...
"You are too polite, village chief."
Wang Dong had made all the arrangements, and there was nothing for him to do here from now on. Zhou Xu also did not plan to stay in Salt Lake Village for long, so after taking a short rest, he rode his horse all the way back to Black Moon Village before dark.
There is probably still more than an hour until sunset, and all departments are still busy working.
Here, it's not acceptable to slack off when it's almost time to get off work.
In Black Moon Village, what's different from the past is that there are several large stone mills in the working area of the Ministry of Agriculture, and cows are now pulling the stone mills in turns.
The stone mill is currently grinding potatoes. After being ground into fine powder, they are dried into powder for long-term storage.
Just like flour, when needed, pour some potato flour and add some water, stir it, and then you can eat it after some simple processing.
Needless to say, this is preparation for winter.
In addition, pickled meats, pickled fish and pickled vegetables are also made.
At present, these winter foods are in great demand in the market and sell very well. Every time they are put on the market, they are sold out.
After all, unlike places like Prairie Village, which is written as a "village" but is actually a "military stronghold", the food and supplies in Prairie Village are managed and distributed in a unified manner.
In Black Moon Village, since the promotion of the trade policy, every household has started to stockpile food for the winter.
For Zhou Xu, the biggest benefit is that it greatly spreads the risk.
In places like Caoyuan Village, all the grain is stored in granaries. In winter, if something happens to the granaries, they will suffer heavy losses, and everyone in the village will be affected!
On the other hand, in Black Moon Village, each household stored their own food, so it was unlikely that something bad would happen to them all, unless the village was destroyed.
Under this premise, if a few families were in trouble, they could be easily relieved by simply mobilizing a little grain from the entire village.
In addition, you can also buy or borrow grain from the village granary. There are many ways to do it.
After the previous experience, Zhou Xu’s preparations for the new year were undoubtedly more sufficient!
After confirming the situation in Black Moon Village, Zhou Xu would undoubtedly have to make another trip to Grassland Village.
We rested in Black Moon Village for one night first, and then set off early the next morning after breakfast, and arrived safely before noon.
Last winter, a snowstorm hit the grassland, and the worst-hit village was Caoyuan Village. The construction work before the New Year was basically in vain, which greatly increased the work pressure of the engineering team that year.
Now that another winter is approaching, out of caution, Zhou Xu naturally has to go in person to confirm how the preparations are going.
If you find any deficiencies, make up for them as soon as possible while there is still time.
"Ye Jinghong, meet the leader!"
"No need to be polite!"
Zhou Xu dismounted and, after briefly chatting with Ye Jinghong outside the village, followed him into the village.
As expected, at this point in time, Li Ce was leading the cavalry on a sweep of the grassland. On the one hand, they were conducting daily cavalry training, and on the other hand, they were looking for traces of wild horses on the grassland.
Now, in addition to the ten vine armor soldiers, there are twenty regular army soldiers who have completed training and are stationed in the grassland village. This is to guard against the group of long-eared neighbors that Drogo mentioned before.
But what remains unchanged is that they still do not have enough war horses.
This made Zhou Xu miss Drogo very much. Their Centaur tribe was really good at catching wild horses.
The wild horses were so alert that sometimes they were discovered before they even got close, and then they started to flee frantically.
Once they get into this situation, they can only chase after it with gritted teeth.
Their war horses were fully equipped with a set of harnesses, and they had a cavalryman on their backs, with loads placed there.
Although the breeders have kept them fat and strong, and their muscles are very developed after long-term training, it is still difficult to catch up.
Plus, they had little experience in catching wild horses, which was completely different from catching bison.
Although two herds of wild horses were discovered, not many were captured.
At this moment, the number of war horses in the grassland village is only twenty-three at most, and there is no room for selection.
(End of this chapter)
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