The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

After returning, Xia Zuoyi didn't have the mind to pay attention to the thoughts of the Pope, Orville and Archibald, and he became busy.

Because spring plowing is about to begin.

The goal this time is to increase the output of the three new crops of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn on the basis of the original.

Moreover, the three crops of tomato, pepper, and cotton were promoted at the same time.

During this period, Xia Zuoyi had to mass-produce machines—cotton gins, spinning wheels, looms, etc.

It is a way of replacing manual labor with machines.

Not to mention the spinning wheel and cotton gin, just looking at the loom, Xia Zuoyiming Reynolds has improved on the original basis, adding many auxiliary tools for weaving.

For example, spinning pendants, changing hands to pedals, spindles...

The newly built looms are used to process raw materials such as cotton thread, silk, and hemp into cloth, and the speed of weaving has been greatly improved.

The loom was used in conjunction with the spinning wheel, eliminating much of the manual labor.

Although he has returned from the Saint Airo Empire, Xia Zuoyi is also always paying attention to the recent situation of the Empire.

——There is no trace of Samir Phoebe, still not found, and the wedding has been postponed indefinitely.

And throughout the extremely cold winter, the death toll in the San Airo Empire skyrocketed due to the invasion of cold, especially in heavy snow.

Today, the number of these dead has been almost counted.

This is a prohibitive figure even for the Saint Airl Empire.

Not to mention, the number of deaths due to turmoil in various places has not been added.

Xia Zuoyi clicked on the letter paper for the report and thought - the cold wave is going south, the Little Ice Age has arrived, the shortest Little Ice Age has a period of about 30 years, and the longest can reach more than 70 years.

This year is just the beginning.

The Little Ice Age would not only cause extreme weather, such as the coldest and hottest winters and summers, but also cause a substantial reduction in food production.

Follow-up will also lead to population decline, social unrest and other problems.

It can be said that if various measures and actions are not taken in time to deal with the difficult times in the next few years, the problems brought about by the Little Ice Age will be difficult to solve and survive safely...

Prepare now for later.

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Just before the winter ended, Xia Zuoyi ordered Reynolds to lead the engineers of the craftsmen's guild and ordinary craftsmen to build a factory for the production of machinery and equipment in Versas and Fort Comoi before going to the San Aero Empire.

—Manufacturing parts of machines such as cotton gins, spinning wheels, etc. in batches and then assembling them.

After all, before he ordered Reynolds to develop a machine for cotton, there was only one trial one.

Each of the first trial machines produced was kept in the castle for use, and maybe it will be handed down in the future, becoming the first precious ancient relic to appear on the Western Continent.

Just like Sinan and seismographs that appeared in ancient China.

Now, these things belong to Xia Zuoyi.

Factories for mass-manufacturing machines were well built, and the sites were selected to be built on the west side and east side of the city of Versas and Fort Comoi respectively.

Many of the recruits are workers from other places.

Xia Zuoyi asked the factory to build a dormitory for employees, and after paying a certain fee, food and housing are included. Compared with renting a house outside, the price is already very cheap.

More importantly, the food in the factory is also very good.

On this day, Xia Zuoyi took Judit, Reynolds and others to the factory in Wissas to check the manufacturing progress.

There was no advance notice at all, so that after entering the factory, everyone panicked for a moment.

"My lord." The manager of the factory hurried over to salute.

The rest of the workers also stood up from the workbench with expressions of bewilderment or excitement, waited aside, and looked at the lord.

Xia Zuoyi nodded, and said to the manager, "You let them continue to work normally, don't pay attention to me, I just take a look."

The environment in the factory is good, at least there is no obvious mess.

Hearing this, the steward immediately turned around and shouted at the workers who came over, "Everyone, work hard! Don't look around, go back to your place..."

All workers returned to their original positions without hesitation.

The noise of machine parts being produced suddenly began again.

The machine parts here are still in the stage of hand-manufacturing, a small amount of iron raw materials are melted and cast, and the rest are made of wood...the flow-like production line is finally sorted and assembled.

This way can greatly improve the efficiency.

However, although cotton gins, spinning wheels, and looms can be produced quickly, how to use a machine is also a problem.

Especially the working principle of the loom, if there is no special person to teach and learn, it is difficult to understand on your own... After all, the working principle of the loom is not as simple as that of the cotton gin and spinning wheel, and it can be understood at a glance.

This means that when one thing is produced, there must be one, two... and other related things that are also improved or manufactured...

After a certain number of looms are manufactured, a study class will be opened.

Xia Zuoyi strolled slowly in the factory with her hands behind her back, thinking about what to do next.

Weaving is something that can be done collectively or individually.

And this thing is generally done by women, whether it is the fineness of weaving or patterns, etc., women are more careful and skilled.

What's more, under the influence of successive disasters, many families are struggling to make ends meet and make ends meet.

In the past, it was easier for men to find profitable jobs than women, and women had little strength and could not do heavy labor.

For other easier workmanship, if you have to choose between men and women, most of them choose men.

In such an era, women are more or less discriminated against.

After all, not to mention women who were commoners or slaves, even the daughters of some nobles would be married off as fair or unfair gifts.

But once spinning wheels and looms appear on the market in large quantities, the situation that men account for more than 90.00% of the labor will be broken.

Women can also have a stable income for subsistence.

In this way, production generates money and can also change the difficult life of the family.

It can be seen that productivity promotes economic development.

Being smaller can change the living conditions, and further, it can maintain or promote the financial situation in the Designian territory during the Little Ice Age.

The lowest standard, Xia Zuoyi does not want turmoil in the territory.

Economy, medicine, food, and culture—Xia Zuoyi didn't think he had successfully developed the Designia territory.

At least in this era, because of the limitations, it can only develop slowly at this stage, and every field is in the initial stage of being explored.

Xia Zuoyi fell into deep thought, and didn't pay much attention to the fact that the people working around him couldn't help getting nervous every time he walked.

Until a worker hurriedly took out the finished parts, but accidentally dropped the parts on the ground.

The parts rolled to Xia Zuoyi's feet, just in time for him to step on them.

Xia Zuoyi regained consciousness, bent down to pick up the part and blew the dust on it, and then returned it to the worker who stood up in a panic.

"How many parts like this can be produced in a day?"

"Hui, Hui lord, if I am alone, I can produce about dozens of them a day, and I haven't counted them in detail..." The worker didn't expect Xia Zuoyi to ask a question suddenly, and he replied stammeringly.

His skin is dark, his face is honest, and his figure is even thinner. He looks like a person living in poverty.

In fact it is.

Because the Thorn Chamber of Commerce posted recruitment information everywhere, he came from a nearby city and wanted to work in the factory of Fort Comoi, but the people in Fort Comoi were already full.

No way, he came to Wissas with hope again. Fortunately, the factories in Wissas still needed manpower.

Everyone in the territory of Designia knows that as long as it is a shop or workshop opened by the lord, the general treatment will not be bad, and the most important thing is that there will be gifts every festival.

And the employees who work inside will be rewarded as long as they do a good job.

At the end of the year, an annual meeting will be held to send money or item rewards to the best employees selected.

Such a system has been implemented in the early years.

But it is a pity that because of the good treatment, it is very difficult to enter the shops or workshops opened by the lord, especially the most profitable Thorn Chamber of Commerce.

He also made up his mind to come here from the city where he lived. He left his wife, son, and daughter, and he didn't know when he would be able to go back...

But making money is the most at ease, otherwise how to support the family.

Xia Zuoyi nodded and smiled, "Then do you know what these machines are for?"

The workers shook their heads with puzzled faces, and even the supervisors in the factory were also puzzled.

The same goes for the rest.

Xia Zuoyi said: "These machines will be of great use and will affect your life. I know that many of you are from other cities and left your hometown to make money."

"I can promise you that after the first batch of machines are produced, you can write to ask your wives to come to Wissus or Fort Comoi. The factory will prepare dormitories, and your wives will also be arranged. work and so on."

The learning of spinning wheels and looms starts inside the factory.

As soon as Xia Zuoyi finished speaking, people in the factory began to discuss in disbelief or excitement.

"Lord, lord, is this true?" Someone asked tremblingly.

Xia Zuoyi gave a definite answer, it was true.

The workers became excited in an instant, and thanked the lord one after another, praising the lord for his kindness...

Afterwards, Xia Zuoyi went to visit the canteen and dormitory where he ate, to make sure that no one was pocketing his own money, and he returned to Parshan after embezzling the workers' meals.

On the second day, Xia Zuoyi went to the Alchemy Tower in Wissas.

Yadai Ben used to be his alchemy assistant. Later, Xia Zuoyi felt that he had less and less time for alchemy, so he asked Yadai for his opinion and let him enter the alchemy tower.

Today, Yadai has also become an alchemist.

He is currently working with Chebman on a very important experiment.

The author has something to say: Xia Xia: I can't afford to offend, can't I still hide.

Pope: But there is no need to hide with me, poor.jpg.

Grand Duke: It’s okay, you’re busy, I’ll take care of Fluffy for you.

Archie: Huh.