Brother Dao is a man of loyalty. The three religions in Wucheng are willing to sell him a face. Brother Dao himself is from a poor family, so he does not have the style of oppressing the neighbors. In addition to helping people collect debts, he also brought his brothers with him. Going to the mountains to chop firewood, now a bundle of firewood can only be sold for a penny, and the number of people who buy it is still pitiful. Except for some big households, ordinary people go to the mountains to chop by themselves.
Nowadays, the world is getting worse and worse. Even the casinos are not as good as they used to be. Only those who do not have bad money play in them. Those who need to borrow usury loans have disappeared a lot.
"That's it." Brother Dao took Lin Yuan to the end of the east alley of the city.
Compared with the north of the city, the east of the city can be said to be a refugee camp. The people who live there are people who have no fixed livelihood. They can only rely on hard labor or selling small things to make a living.
When he came over, Lin Yuan also saw a few children fighting for a piece of bean dregs cake. The bean dregs cake was cheap and full, but it was unpalatable. It would be unbearable to eat a few throats. for feeding livestock.
Lin Yuan turned his head and stopped looking.
Yu Xin couldn't bear to see it, but asked him to reach out to help, he didn't have that ability yet.
Brother Dao has no expression. When he came to Wucheng, he also lived in the east of the city. He knew what was here.
"My brother's surname is Yang, and he was born proud. He is a man who stands tall in the sky. Although he is poor, you can't look down on him because of this." Brother Dao said to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan cupped his hands sincerely: "Don't dare."
Born in this era, he lived a life of fighting for food with animals, but he also had to bear the burden of life. Although Lin Yuan was an orphan, he had also eaten and drank well in the orphanage since he was a child. 's children did not win when they grabbed snacks.
Thinking of it this way, Lin Yuan felt that he was probably the lucky one.
Brother Dao shouted to the yard in front of him: "Brother Yang, I and others see you coming!"
Brother Yang happened to be there today, Lin Yuan only heard footsteps, and then with a "squeak", someone opened the door.
This man was wearing a bunt suit. Compared with Brother Dao, his figure was thinner. He was carrying a bundle of firewood in his hand, as if he was just about to give it to someone. So a bit arrogant, and incompatible with this simple environment.
"Who is this?" Yang Zian put down the firewood, invited Brother Dao and Lin Yuan in first, and then closed the door again.
Brother Dao hurriedly said: "This is my new brother, surnamed Lin Mingyuan. He has a business. I want to ask Brother Yang if he does it or not?"
The corners of Yang Zian's mouth evoked a wry smile: "Brother Dao, look at me, now the firewood can't be sold, there is still room for selection."
He said this, as if he dared to do even the errand of killing people and stealing goods.
Brother Knife sighed: "I'm on my side too. Food prices are getting higher and higher. I don't dare to eat food when I'm hungry every day. Even chewing a few beans can satisfy my hunger, but it's a lot of farts."
Lin Yuan found that if he didn't speak again, the two of them would be miserable, so he quickly stepped in and said that he was going to hire someone to do the work.
Yang Zian was a little surprised: "Twenty people?"
Lin Yuan nodded: "The business has not yet started. If the business is good, I will hire another person."
He can't do the soybean oil business for long. The most important thing is to get more money, buy more land, and fill up the granary. It's a place to hide in peace.
"After the spring, I have to find someone to open up the wasteland." Lin Yuan said, he had already been invited by Yang Zian to sit down in the house, turned around and saw that the four walls of the family and the house in the east of the city were built by themselves. It was originally just grass. The shed, the colder the weather, the harder it is to strengthen it.
The walls are made of yellow mud and withered grass, and the roof is thick thatch. The house built in this way is barely able to live in, and it is enough to keep out the wind and rain. However, it is cold in winter and hot in summer. It is really not a good place to live, but there is no choice.
Lin Yuan: "I still have to find someone for Tsukuda."
He has no foundation here, it is not easy to find tenants, and it is troublesome when he encounters tricky things.
When Yang Zian heard the word "Tian", his eyes lit up. What reassured the toiling public the most was the field, and everything else was empty.
"How much is the rent?" Yang Zian asked.
Lin Yuan: "Five percent of the rent."
Yang Zian swallowed.
He has never seen such a generous master family. Now a kind-hearted master family will at most give 40% of the food to the tenants, and the black-hearted ones will only give 20% of the food. 20% of the food is only enough for the tenants to live frugally. Used for chewing.
"Done." Yang Zian said, "I have 60 people here, 20 people go to extract oil, and 40 people go to open up wasteland."
Lin Yuan's eyes widened: "It's not spring yet, the soil is frozen, can we go to open up wasteland?"
Yang Zian waved his hand: "We were also farmers before, we had to eat depending on the weather, but recently it has started to warm up, and the ground is not so hard, so we can plough out the land before planting."
Lin Yuan can't farm the land himself, but the people on Yang Zian's side are all from farmers. When it comes to handling crops, no one is more professional than them.
"Brother Yang said so, then do it." Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "I have to invite someone to build a house."
He is going to build the style of a collective apartment for the tenants to live in. In this dynasty, there are many reasons for the death of people, but the most important point is disease, a cold can kill, not to mention other things, he does not want his tenants to die It becomes a consumable item, and it has to be replenished every once in a while.
He can't do anything else, but it's still possible to improve the quality of living.
It didn't need to be too good, so it was made into a three-storey building, but there was no concrete right now, but cement could be replaced. Bricks were also available, but blue bricks were expensive, but Lin Yuan could still support them.
All in all, as long as the money is enough, craftsmen can still make it out of three floors.
Lin Yuanke never underestimated the ancient working people.
After everything was negotiated, Lin Yuan led the twenty people to Zhuangzi outside the city, while Yang Zian was going to lead the people to open up the wasteland together. The wages were not discussed. The people from Yang Zian's side went to the tenant land, that is to say, Lin Yuan didn't need to give money, and he didn't need to settle the house, just giving them food was enough.
Yang Zian also said: "You can live in a shed, and sleep in your arms at night, and you won't freeze to death."
Lin Yuan: "... OK."
Brother Dao also went back and called his brother. A total of forty strong men stood in front of Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan had to sigh. There were really few people with tendons like Brother Dao. It can be seen that Brother Dao used to Have a good time too.
No matter how much work, ordinary people can’t keep up with what they eat, and they don’t grow muscles. Instead, they have yellow-faced muscles, ribs all over, and hunched waists. Fortunately, they are young and still have strength.
As you get older, you start to suffer.
Brother Dao's people have no family. They escaped from a village and fled in all directions. Those who followed Brother Dao were separated from their parents and brothers. Now they are alone and the whole family is not hungry. As for whether they can find their family members, they I don't even dare to think about it.
The world is south and north, once separated, it will be difficult to reunite.
Yang Zian's brothers are from small families, and the burden on their shoulders is heavier. At first glance, they have work and money, and they all smile. They haven't eaten a full meal for a long time. Their parents, wife and children are all there. By my side, I can only live by tightening my belt.
A group of people walked towards Zhuangzi in a mighty manner. Usually, you can't see so many people walking together. The pedestrians on the side of the road stared at them curiously.
You Zongjiao licked the winter melon candy and asked, "Mother, what are they doing?"
The woman doesn't know either: "Mother doesn't know either."
The people around were very curious: "How about these many people, they don't have anything in their hands, what are they doing?"
"You ask me? I don't know either."
Zhuangzi is very big, but there is nothing in it except a few stoves, a big iron pot, and stools. There is a well behind Zhuangzi, which is convenient for drinking water.
Lin Yuan explained in detail how to boil soybean oil. The beans had to be fermented the day before.
They can only be taught how to boil oil the next day. Because there is no special medicine, the oil output cannot be compared with that of later generations, but it is much better than the oil extraction method.
A group of big men stared at the oil in the pot with their eyes full of disbelief.
"Is this the oil?"
"My lord, the oil is not squeezed out."
Some also ran to Lin Yuan and asked, "Master, how do you sell this oil?"
Lin Yuan: "Ten cents a pound."
"It's so cheap!" A few men discussed it, each of them put together some money, bought a pound first, and let the family get some oil and water. After the winter, their family didn't even dare to buy oil, and they usually eat a few. The yellow-faced wotou is full of food.
After knowing how to do it, this group of people started to get started. They cherished this opportunity very much. Now they can't find any jobs as part-time workers, and they can't make enough money for chopping wood.
If you are hungry for a long time, you will be swollen, and you will not be far from death.
Brother Knife was supervising the work on the side. After watching it for a while, he couldn't hold back. He also went down to work with him. Watching the water turn into oil, it was like money was born in the water, which made people feel itchy.
The sky was getting dark, the sun was setting, and the last orange light disappeared. Zhuangzi lit the kerosene lamp. Lin Yuan advised them to go back to rest today and come back tomorrow morning, but this group of people didn't want to. They were in a novel stage. When the oil in the pot is boiled, the sense of achievement in their hearts is no less than when they are harvesting.
This is much easier than harvesting.
"That's fine, I'll go back first, you all go back earlier." Lin Yuan greeted him, and found that Brother Dao had no intention of going back, so he left first.
Brother Dao also called two people to take him back.
Lin Yuan didn't refuse either. He had no choice. He is very weak now. His age and amount of exercise are here.
The two who sent him were both young, seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were a little cautious at first. After all, Lin Yuan was the owner, but after walking for a while, they became acquainted with Lin Yuan and dared to speak.
"I've never seen so much oil in my life!"
"You can bathe in oil!"
They excitedly asked Lin Yuan, "Master, how do you know that the oil can still be cooked?"
Lin Yuan lied casually: "When I was in the north, there were merchants passing by, and I only told it to get the house price."
"Master, are you not afraid that he will lie to you?"
"The businessman has a black heart!"
Lin Yuan looked at these two innocent faces and sighed silently. History books will not record these ordinary people. The flesh and blood in front of him will turn into a pile of dust in a short time.
The author has something to say: About the leaching method:
Leachable oil refers to vegetable oil made by the leaching-to-oil process. The theoretical basis of the leaching method is the extraction principle, which originated in France in 1843 and is a safe, hygienic, scientific and advanced oil-making process. More than 90% of the total output of oil esters produced by the leaching method in industrially developed countries. The advantages of leaching oil production are that the cake contains less residual oil, high oil yield, low processing cost, high economic benefit, high quality of meal, and good feeding effect.