Landlord In Zhou Dynasty

"Young Master, that merchant called Luan Digeqing has come with a horse and sheep." While Chen Shouxin was wandering around the craftsman camp, Dahei reported to him with a happy expression.

"This old fellow has returned pretty quickly. Let's go take a look." Chen Shouxin nodded.

He conveniently picked up the large loudspeaker made by the blacksmith. It was a bit heavy, but at least it worked, so he didn't have to shout continuously.

"Seems like your trip was quite arduous." When they arrived at the entrance of the camp and saw Luan Digeqing's weathered face, Chen Shouxin said with a smile.

"In order to settle the young master's affairs as soon as possible, I rushed some distance away. This time, we will bring in eight fine horses, five strong cows, ten sheep, and five carts of cow dung. The rest of the cow dung will be delivered in ten days. " Luan Digeqing cupped his fist and said.

Chen Shouxin looked at him and waved his hand at Liu Tie, "Put the horses, cows and sheep into the living quarters and take good care of them." "Then, I'll take someone to the place that I decided on and take off the cow dung, then return the car and the cow to Luan Digeqing."

"Yes." Dahei nodded and cupped his fist. Then, he called for the soldiers beside him to start chasing the horses and sheep.

Luan Digeqing calmed down. This time, he came to test Ye Zichen out. He was very happy that Chen Shouxin did not detain the cattle that were in charge of pulling the carriage. At the very least, it would seem that Chen Shouxin was truly going to do business. This treasure of his wasn't put up in vain. In the future, he might even be able to exchange it for some more wealth.

"Go home and take a bath first. Later on, go to the city lord's mansion and find me. I will make some food and invite some other friends for the banquet." Chen Shouxin patted his shoulder and said.

Luan Digeqing was stunned for a moment, then cupped his fists without saying anything.

"Young Master, can you let him join in as well?" Wang Yingjun asked with a frown on his face.

"It doesn't matter. With him around, those people will be more or less safe. It's just that I don't know what Old Man will do with them. Anyway, let's forget about it for now. This old man will ask about it in the future. " Chen Shouxin shook his head.

"Young Master, this Ma and Niu are really not bad." Dahei said with a smile after returning.

"Pick a horse from Wang and leave the rest here for now. I'll be useful to you in two days." Chen Shouxin said with a smile.

Hearing his words, Wang Yingjun and Dahei didn't even forget to thank him and ran into the camp.

Perhaps in later generations, cattle and horses were very common, and before the rural areas were replaced with mechanized farming, it would be more accurate to say that every household had the ability to raise one. However, in this era, horses and cattle were definitely scarce resources. The absolute protagonist of farming was the cow. It was rare for even a horse to pull a carriage. Most of them were war horses of noble status.

Great Zhou Dynasty controlled iron, grain, and salt. These kinds of items would circulate to the grasslands. The Hu people on the prairie were not stupid, and their horses and cattle were also prohibited goods for trade. You can pull the slaughtered cattle this way as you wish. If you want to get a live ox or a live horse, the difficulty level is very high.

Luan Digeqing was very energetic. This time, not only did he bring them all over as promised, there were also more horses. He also wanted to capture the other five oxen, but for the sake of the future, he could only endure it.

Ignoring Dahei and Wang Yingjun, he led Youzi back to the craftsman camp.

"Wu, how's the research on the picture I drew for you progressing?" Chen Shouxin came to the blacksmith's side and asked.

"Young master, this is not easy to deal with. The small wheel in front could only be used a wooden wheel. The rest is a bit easier to handle. Right now, we are working on the abrasives. " Wu hurriedly stood up and said.

"I imagined all of this, and you can adjust it according to your own experience. He also arranged for experienced players to go out to look for ores and to look for materials that could help ignite the fire. "In the future, we will be using a lot of them. We just need to wait for the payment from the imperial government. We don't know when we'll be able to deliver them." Chen Shouxin nodded.

"Young master, I'm worried that if we were to use all the pig iron to make the Chen plough, wouldn't it be too heavy? It will be very difficult to plow the land like this. " Wu asked after a slight hesitation.

"Don't worry about that. When the time comes, the horses and cows that Hu Shang sent me will be responsible for ploughing the land." Chen Shouxin said with a smile.

The reason why he gathered all these craftsmen was to improve the efficiency of his work. If you want to be a good worker, you have to get something from it first.

This era's labor efficiency was low because of the lack of tools at hand. Take the farmland for example, only the rich people had vertical ploughs, like where did the small ones have these, they all directly dug holes in the ground and sowed the seeds.

Even the working efficiency of the vertical plough was very low. Chen Shouxin then recalled the iron plough he saw in the later generation without blushing and drew a picture. Then, he named it the Chen family plough.

In fact, he only drew a rough outline. How could he remember the size requirement of each part in detail? Then, Wu led the craftsmen to guess what happened and started researching.

This plough made by Chen Shouxin could be considered a type of Yuan Li plough. It should be a bit more advanced than the original Yuan Li plough. However, no one had ever seen Qu Yuan Li before. Even Wu and the others didn't know that such a plow was useless.

However, the Young Master had given the order to do so. During this period of time, the amount of work in the Blacksmith's Camp was almost as much as in the past year. Although he did not know if this plow would work, but judging from the design, it seemed very ingenious.

"The little wheel in front is wrapped in iron. It is more durable than wood." Chen Shouxin thought for a while and said.

"Although this plough was drawn by me, everyone put in a lot of effort in the research and development process. If we do succeed, I will get my old man to fill in all your names. I'm not sure about anything else, but it's not a problem to get you a grade. "

Hearing his words, the people nearby became a little excited. Cultivators and farmers, actually, are now ranked last as farmers and labourers. You can look down on the rich merchants, but their status is much higher.

"It's just that any items produced by our Blacksmith Camp are classified as top secret. No matter who leaked the information on our side, I will behead them. Not only will it cut off your head, it will also chop off your family's head. " Chen Shouxin said again with a smile.

These people felt as if the temperature at the blacksmith furnace had dropped by a lot. Young Master's temperament was unstable. Although he said that he wanted to chop, he really knew how to chop.

"I am currently in the city looking for a house. When the time comes, I will have you move in from the barracks. When I leave with this old man in the future, those of you who want to be promoted will follow us to the Imperial City and help you arrange for Ministry of Works. Those who want to make a fortune, come with us to the Imperial City and help me with my work. " Chen Shouxin continued.

These people were all talented, he didn't want to stay here for them in the future. Industry was definitely the number one weapon that could promote the rapid development of this era.