Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia Fang's request for a shareholding in the textile factory is a targeted shareholding with a specific direction.

That is to say, Jia Fang's investment in the textile factory was mainly for various inputs in the development of hydraulic textile machines.That is to say, after the research and development, the benefits belong to everyone, and the profits earned from the hydraulic textile machine are shared equally by everyone according to the proportion of their shares.But if it is not developed, this part of the loss will be counted on him.

But Jia Xin knew it well. On the surface, the risks of new technologies were all his, but what risks were there in fact?

The old ancestor has successfully used the mechanical equipment once, and now he can do it again without too much difficulty.

Besides, taking a ten thousand step back, if they really can't redesign the hydraulic textile machine that has been successfully trial-produced by the predecessors, he can still go to the library of the Xiaoxiang Museum to "seek" some books and materials, and find various textile machines. As for the design drawings of the machinery, the blueprints of the "Jenny Textile Machine" and "Cartwright Water Power Textile Machine" of later generations can be found.

After the meeting, Jia Fang had a brief talk with Gui Xiaxue.

Gui Xiaxue looked very good about himself, and boasted about his contribution today in front of Jia Fang: "How is it? I came up with the idea of ​​blending cotton and linen as soon as I thought about it, isn't it amazing?"

Jia Fang: ... I have never had any understanding of textiles, and I can propose cotton and linen blends at once. This divergent thinking is indeed worthy of praise, but this attitude is too smug, right?

Gui Xiaxue patted Jia Fang on the shoulder: "Thank you for trusting me so much!"

The meaning of Gui Xiaxue, Jia Fang's "investment" is to believe that Gui Xiaxue will be successful, otherwise Jia Fang will not use real money to guarantee him.

Jia Fang gave him a white look: "If you really have nowhere to go, just come to me. No matter how generous I am, I will never let my investment go to waste."

Gui Xiaxue still had a playful smile: "Just look at it! Since it is something that has been made by predecessors, the reason is always there, so we can make it." This point of view is surprisingly consistent with Jia Fang.

"By the way," Jia Fang didn't forget to ask, "Have you named this textile factory yet?"

Gui Xiaxue nodded: "Come on, the sisters said, it's called 'Jinhua', which means icing on the cake."

Jia Fang: The icing on the cake...the icing on the cake, very good!

"Then it's called Jinhua Textile Factory." Jia Fang made the final decision.

Taoyuanzhai's plan to build a textile factory has had a lot of repercussions among the villagers.

Some people were amazed that a group of women like Sister Qiu could win Jia Fang's "shareholding", and even arranged for a researcher from Xiaoxiang Academy to help them design tools and equipment.

But some people think that it is inappropriate for the women to do this. After all, if someone buys a share, it means that a part of the income will be distributed in the future.

"Isn't spinning and weaving just something you weave and play at home? Why set up a textile factory with such a big fanfare and let others share the profits?"

When the women heard this kind of rhetoric, they "hehe" together.

Sister Qiu is the most eloquent, and her words are not easy to let people down. She immediately sneered: "You don't understand the hard work of weaving, so don't talk nonsense here. If you have the guts, don't wear the clothes knitted by your wife for you. The clothes knitted in vain In order to dress you up like a human being, but when you walk out, you don’t speak human words.”

The other party immediately panicked, knowing that he couldn't beat this group of girls, he hurriedly cupped his hands and walked away in despair.

Regardless of what people say, women who have weaved cloth understand the benefits of joining together: some of them are good at spinning, some are good at weaving, and some are good at drying cotton, removing seeds, and retting... When everyone gathers together and does what they are best at, the efficiency will be much higher than doing everything alone.In addition to buying materials from outside, it is also cheaper to buy more.

Sister Qiu immediately said to her friends: "Everyone understands that a chopstick is easy to break, and a chopstick can't be broken no matter how you break it, right?"

The rest of the women nodded together, but there were also some doubts: "That man was actually talking about giving money to Mr. Jia, right?"

Sister Qiu's thinking is still clear: "If it is true as what Mr. Jia said, Mr. Gui can help us make a water-powered textile machine, then our profit will triple or quadruple, even if some of it goes to Mr. Jia. In our hands, we will still get more money than before, and we haven't worked hard before."

"How can we say that we have nothing to lose!"

Everyone understood, but Miss Qiu suddenly said mysteriously: "Everyone must be thinking about it, we borrowed Mr. Jia's land, built a workshop on his land, and used the money he gave to buy materials... Ordinarily we earn money. Shouldn’t everything belong to Mr. Jia? If we change to another place, the proprietor will pay us some wages at most, and who will tell you how to divide the money we earned?”

"It's because Mr. Jia is kind and takes care of us, that's why he said the shares!"

This is the truth, the women nodded together at once, and finally realized that they had made a big deal.

"So don't listen to people's nonsense, let's see for ourselves and do what we want." Sister Qiu settled the hearts of the whole team, "We should take a look at Lao Yao from the cement factory, and we all come from Yujiang together Yes, start early, look at how big the business is now, and make a lot of money!"

The "cement factory" that Sister Qiu mentioned was the original "brick and tile factory", but it has been renamed "cement factory" in many villagers' mouths.When he first came, Lao Yao made a living by firing bricks and tiles, but now the main business of Lao Yao's factory is to burn cement.

The collapse of "Taihang and Wangwu" provided the cement factory with a large amount of raw materials. Lao Yao didn't even need to collect these materials specially. The workers who built the road would send them directly to the rock-fill area outside the cement factory for stacking.

The cement kiln of the cement factory is burning the kiln day and night, and bags of high-quality cement are fired and sent to the road construction site of "Taoyuan Village-Wuyuan County".In the stockade, there is no time to weave sacks for cement, so those bags can only be used repeatedly.

In addition, the demand for cement in Taoyuan Village is also very large. Every family buys it to wipe the walls and floors.

In addition, the pier of Qingfang Bridge is made of cement reinforced concrete, and the surrounding villages and towns are very interested in this new type of building material produced by Taoyuanzhai.

The people in Taoyuan Village are also very envious of the huge profits brought by the cement factory, and someone immediately proposed that they also want to build a cement factory like Lao Yao.

Who said that only one cement factory needs to be built in a village?

But the problem is that in the whole village, the best place to build a cement kiln is the current location of Laoyao Cement Factory.It is very convenient to transport to the place where the limestone is produced by wooden rails, and it is also close to the Qingfang River, so it is also very convenient to burn the clay and limestone by the river.When the cement is burned out, it is mixed with river sand to make concrete, which is also inseparable from Qingfang River.

Therefore, Lao Yao's cement factory can be said to have brought together the right time, place and people, and the production conditions are unique.Looking at Taoyuan Village, there is almost no place like Lao Yao's cement factory.

So, the shrewd people in Taoyuan Village came up with a solution. They encouraged Lao Yao to expand the cement plant, and asked Lao Yao to buy shares just like Jia Fang faced the elder sisters of the textile factory that day.

"Old Yao, let's see, our family will contribute a share of the money to help you build another cement kiln. When the new kiln is completed, the two of us will share the benefits, don't you think so?"

"Old Yao, let us help you repay the entrepreneurial loan you borrowed from Mr. Jia at the beginning, and use the repayment money to buy shares with you. When the time comes, we will give you a few percent of your profit. I always owe Mr. Jia Master’s money is not a solution, is it?”

"Old Yao, look at you, you have worked so hard day and night. Let us become a shareholder, and we will let the two young men in the family help you. The two of them have a lot of strength."

"Old Yao, right now, your factory only burns this little cement every day, and you are waiting everywhere. If you don't hurry up and build two more kilns, you will slowly come to your senses in other places and learn the method of burning cement. Go, the price of cement will definitely drop by then, and it will be too late for you to earn more—"

"Old Yao..."

Poor old Yao, someone whispered this in his ear every day, which made him wish he could plug his ears every day when he went out.

Jia Fang also talked to Lao Yao once, and asked him what he thought about the cement plant, but Lao Yao was just bored and didn't open his mouth.

In fact, Jia Fang also wanted to persuade Lao Yao to take advantage of the current good opportunity to expand the scale of production: Obviously, Lao Yao's family is too busy with the business of the cement factory now, and they must introduce manpower to build a large-scale production plant.But when he saw the attitude of the other party, he knew that Lao Yao was more resistant.

So Jia Fang rolled his eyes and thought for a moment, then changed the subject: "Old Yao, I heard that your daughter is getting married too?"

As soon as Lao Yao heard Jia Fang mentioning his little girl, his eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded quickly and said, "Thank you for your concern, my daughter... is finally getting married!"

The information about Lao Yao in Jia Fang's hands actually comes from the preparation work report for the "Taoyuanzhai Group Wedding", which contains the names and simple family backgrounds of all the newlyweds participating in the wedding.Jia Fang saw Mi Sandao, Tian Youming, Ju Sanniang, Tian Xiaomei, Zhao Wuguang... and the names of Yao Xiaomei.

Lao Yao had three sons and a daughter, younger sister Yao had three older brothers, and she was the youngest, so Lao Yao was in pain like something.

Earlier, when Jia Fang abolished the large betrothal gift in Taoyuan Village, Lao Yao had spoken out and firmly supported Mr. Jia’s proposition. When they married a daughter in the Yao family, not only did they not want to receive a betrothal gift, but they wanted to put the dowry upside down and marry off their daughter.

So Yao Xiaomei has always been the favorite in the village, and people are watching her wherever she goes, just to see who will get her.Unexpectedly, she actually picked the most simple and quiet native young man in Taoyuan Village. The fact that the two went to talk together shocked many people in the village.

Lao Yao was extremely satisfied with this marriage - he was most afraid that his daughter would be fooled by other boys, and be deceived by the young man who was greedy for his family's wealth with sweet words.As a result, Yao Xiaomei has a unique eye and picks a very honest one.

Now that Jia Fang talked about this incident, Lao Yao's mood immediately improved to [-] points, and he discussed with Jia Fang the specific arrangements for the "collective wedding" with a smile on his face.And looking at his expression, he should be very grateful to Jia Fang for his "blind date meeting", which brought a good marriage to his daughter.

Jia reassured: "That's fine, you might as well wait until after the collective wedding to have a detailed talk with this old Yao."

The first collective wedding in Taoyuan Village was held in a lively spring day when azaleas were in full bloom.

For this wedding, all the offices, production enterprises, and business units in the village have a day off to help with the preparations.Therefore, Xiaoxiang Academy had a holiday, and the children were having fun in the village.

As the main organizers of the wedding banquet, the Sancun canteen and various catering companies were extremely busy.

The most open area in the center of Taoyuan Village, which is where fairs are usually held, was vacated today for new couples to salute and take oaths, surrounded by flowing water mats.

In the place where the group wedding was held, there were silk balls tied with red silk hanging everywhere, which combined with the fiery red rhododendrons all over the mountains near Taoyuanzhai, looked extraordinarily joyful.

At the door of each office in Taoyuan Village near here, large slogans were also displayed at this time:

"Warm congratulations to all the newcomers, happy marriage, forever together!"

"Advocate diligence and thrift in housekeeping, refuse extravagance and waste!"

“Group wedding is good, economical and thoughtful!”

"Change customs and customs to a new Taoyuan, refuse high-value gifts, and make a good relationship with sincerity!"

Among the villagers of Taoyuanzhai who came to the wedding, many of the younger generation already knew these "common words" and explained them to the older generation.

"Did you see, to participate in a group wedding, the whole village will help you arrange it together. It is convenient and festive, and the cost is relatively low."

"Didn't these thousands of people come together to congratulate the newlyweds?"

"Haha, this group wedding is only for our people from Taoyuan Village to celebrate together. Maybe next time someone from their Wuyuan County will come to join us in the wedding? It will definitely be even more lively then."

Whether it is a native of Taoyuan Village or a new immigrant from Yujiang, newlyweds have the custom of giving wedding money with their members.Unexpectedly, in this Taoyuan village, the custom has also "advanced with the times" and evolved into giving "circulation coupons".

Each household specially cut red paper, wrote their own names on the paper, and then gave a pack of circulation coupons to newcomers who knew each other—in this way, the newcomers knew exactly how many gifts were given by all parties. , but others have no way of knowing, which saves a lot of trouble caused by comparison.

Jia Fang was also at the group wedding. Seeing this situation, he immediately remembered that in his time and space, there were newcomers scanning codes to collect money. It can be seen that this custom will not change, He Xi's intention will not change, but the form of the custom will. Constantly evolving according to the times.

Jia Fanglai "hosted" this group wedding mainly because it was the first time such a joint celebration was held in the village, which just happened to promote the good integration of the aborigines and the new immigrants.In addition, he also intends to advocate the concept of marriage and lifestyle of thrift, housekeeping, and common struggle through collective weddings.

When the wedding ceremony began, Jia Fang personally awarded each couple the "Taoyuan Village First Collective Wedding Commemoration". It was a pair of wood carvings, each carved into the shape of a wild goose, and put together to form a pair, which meant quite a lot. auspicious.

When Jia Fang issued the "commemorative" to each couple, he could call each couple's name, know where they came from, and what they did for a living:

When seeing Mi Sandao and his new wife, Jia Fang said that this is a match made in nature; when seeing Tian Youming and Ju Sanniang, Jia Fang wished them endless "sugar" and "Tian" in his heart Seeing Tian Xiaomei and Zhao Wuguang, Jia Fang joked that Zhao Wuguang now at least lacks "one light", at least he is no longer a bachelor...

Every new couple in Taoyuan Village felt that Mr. Jia paid special attention to the small family they were about to form, so they were grateful. Every couple solemnly saluted Jia Fang and thanked him for his careful arrangements.

After that, the newlyweds pay homage to their parents and elders to express their gratitude for the kindness of nurturing, and couples pay respects to each other, vowing to support each other and live up to it in this life.

In the end, of course, it was the feast that the entire Taoyuan village had been craving for a long time. With the accompaniment of the drum band invited from Wuyuan County, the flowing water mats carefully prepared by the Sancun canteen and other restaurants were brought up.All the residents of Taoyuanzhai, accompanied by the sound of music, drums and singing, began to feast on the feast.

Lao Yao, the new father-in-law, chose to leave the banquet secretly at this time and hid beside his cement factory on the side of Qingfang River.

The cement kiln of the cement factory was closed for a day today because of the happy event of the owner.It was rare for Lao Yao to sit by the kiln and listen to the gurgling of the Qingfang River quietly.

Earlier, when he saw his daughter's little face covered with a layer of happiness and stood side by side with her son-in-law, the joy burst out of his heart.Lao Yao consciously finally let go of a concern, but who knows that the bottom of his heart is empty and uncomfortable.

"Old Yao!"

Someone called him.Lao Yao recognized Jia Fang's voice, stood up quickly, wiped his face with his sleeve, put a smile on his face, and turned around.

"Master Jia, why did you come to the villain?"

With his hands behind his back, Jia Fang slowly walked over piles of discarded bricks and tiles piled up on the ground, and came to Lao Yao. "Finally finished presiding over this wedding, I'm relieved, and I'm here to talk to you."

Old Yao generally knew what Jia Fang had always said to him: "Master Jia, do you want to talk to the villain about the cement factory?"

"Actually, the villain also wants to find a chance to have a good chat with Mr. Jia."

This girl got a good home, Lao Yao felt relieved, and finally stopped being bored, but poured out the words that had been held in his heart for a long time towards Jia Fang.

"The villain is not really concerned about distributing money, nor is he trying to monopolize the only best place to run this cement factory... The villain just, just doesn't want others to come in and tell the villain how to work and how to burn the kiln... ...I don't even want them to stuff their relatives here one by one to work... To be honest, the villain has had enough of the loss of this joint workshop before."

It turned out that this old Yao had once set up a brick-and-tile workshop in Yujiang before, but because of his partnership with others, many "relatives" were placed in the workshop out of thin air. I like to take care of things, but I don't care, which leads to the quality of the bricks and tiles produced by the brick and tile workshop getting worse and worse, and finally turned yellow.

"Master Jia," Lao Yao touched his heart and said with tears in his eyes, "I now know how you treat the people in this village. Everyone is like your son and daughter. They are all so thoughtful... That's why the villain has the audacity to tell you what's on his mind."

This is Lao Yao's sincere emotion after watching a collective wedding.

Jia Fang couldn't help being a little embarrassed, considering his age...he was not as old as Lao Yao's children.But it is always a good thing to let Lao Yao express his concerns in person.

He thought for a while, comforted Lao Yao and said, "Don't jump to conclusions, just listen to me slowly. The kind of shareholding I proposed is not the kind of partnership workshop you used to have in Yujiang. Everyone has Qualifications, you have a hand, and I have a foot."

"What I want to discuss with you is to set up a joint-stock factory."