"Old Pu, most of the young and strong people in our Hekou Fort are here. If you like, you will choose which one you like."

The ruins after the Baihu Mansion was demolished have now become half a square. Because Mr. Pu wanted to choose an apprentice, Qin Zhong, who was ordered by Li Laogen, naturally did not dare to neglect it. He immediately found Ni Damachao and the others and sent soldiers to come to the door to shout.

At present, except for the young and strong who were incorporated into the construction team, all the boys who were over 14 years old had also arrived in the square. Qin Zhong was quite cunning. He knew that if he wanted to make all the households take the initiative, they would see the benefits.

So Mr. Pu and his family signed a contract with Gao Ye and became slaves in the Gao family and spread it like this. So almost every family in the fortress was moved. Everyone saw Gao Ye's generousness. Gao Ye was willing to pay the work-and-food silver to everyone, let alone become slaves in the Gao family, which is definitely better than them continuing to dig food in the field.

Seeing the darkness in the square looking at him, even though Old Man Pu had seen the world, he couldn't help but be surprised. You know that blacksmithing is a hard job, and this apprentice is not so easy to be. He has to start with the most tiring work.

Old Man Pu thought he wanted to choose people, so he just sent some people to him, but he didn't expect that he would actually take out two or three hundred young and young dolls and ask him to choose people.

"You are polite to Mr. Qin. There are so many people, and the old man has no way to provoke him. He still has to invite Mr. Qin..."

Mr. Pu was just a little bitch and didn't know Qin Zhong's background, but Qin Zhong was the chief flag of the Hekou Fort, so he was very polite to him, which made him feel a lot of favor. Now that he can't be careless in choosing people, he naturally wanted to ask the chief flag of the Qin.

"Old Pu, you said that we are all working for the Grand Master, and this job must be done beautifully."

Qin Zhong patted his chest and said, "Grandpa has gone to Shenmu Fort this time and received an official letter. He sent someone to talk to him before. From now on, he will be the test household in Hekou Fort. He is grateful. Although he knows in his heart that this test household is just a blank air, he doesn't care. As long as he hugs Gao Ye's thighs tightly, no one in the Hekou Fort dares to underestimate him, at most he will say bad things about him behind his back."

Therefore, Qin Zhong must do his best to do whatever he has told him.

"Mr. Qin Qi, although the old man is recruiting an apprentice this time, he still has to do some meticulous work immediately. So he is not patient or has other thoughts in the future, so he should not come."

Old Man Pu knew that the blacksmith's work was very boring, especially the most important thing about the Lumi gun barrel was to drill out the barrel by hand. If the apprentice who brought this trick was not patient enough, the job would probably not be done well.

Qin Zhong understood as soon as he heard this, that the apprentice chosen by Mr. Pu would probably have no room for change careers in the future, but if he couldn't do it well, he would be fired. So now there are more than half of the people in this square that are not suitable.

"Myung Pu said that he was impatient and slutty, so he stepped down. He also felt that he could serve the Grand Master in the future and not join in the fun."

Qin Zhong shouted loudly, he was in charge of Hekou Fort these days. Everyone knew that Qin Zhong had left the lucky luck and was valued by the high-ranking master, and his words were also a bit important. After he shouted, many people naturally retreated.

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Gao Jin also knew clearly what happened in the square in the mansion. He was not so urgent about the creation of Lumi guns. Five shots a month, and when the spring of the next year was about to come, it would be enough.

"Master, isn't it too far for you to build this blacksmith shop in Huilong Bay?"

Seeing Gao Jin re-planning on the drawings, Mulan couldn't help but frown. Usually, this blacksmith shop is built in a fortress, but this time Longwan is more than ten miles away from the Hekou Fort.

"It's just a dozen miles, not long. When we go back to Longwan to build a dam and build a reservoir, we can use the hydraulic power..."

Mulan listened seriously. She walked half of Shenmu East Road and knew that some powerful families had built water mills along the river, which could be used to pound rice and grind wheat, and even cut off the river channels, leaving the people downstream without water to irrigate the land.

"Mulan, after building a dam reservoir, we can adjust the water power by ourselves. Only by draining water or water mills can we make the best use of things. This blacksmith shop can use water to blow the air, and the millet and wheat we harvest can also be removed from shells and grind powder with water mills and milled..."

"Master, just say it, how much does it cost?"

Mulan suddenly interrupted Gao Jin. She felt that she had been too tightly managing her money recently, which made Gao Jin nervous. "We must have to say that the money we should spend is to build a dam and reservoir, but in the future, the water drainage pellet and water truck will be repaired, so we can't use it for nothing."

Seeing that Mulan did not object, Gao Jin breathed a sigh of relief. After Pu and his fellow craftsmen arrived at Hekou Fort, he thought that various hydraulic machinery could be used. Huilong Bay had a height difference. After cleaning up the silted river below, he could build a dam on Huilong Bay and build an artificial reservoir during the dry winter period, so that the hydraulic power could be allocated.

"After the reservoir is completed, another bastion will be built in Huilong Bay to serve as a garrison."

When Gao Jin said this, he looked at Mulan and added decisively, "From the future, we will be our own industry. Not to mention the blacksmith shop, even the pounding of rice and grinding of wheat is a big business. Besides, there will be water trucks there to get water and irrigation, and all of them will be fertile land. If the Tartars come here, we will not keep it..."

"If you have to repair it, you must build a fort. Master, you can't save this money."

Mulan, who was originally a little distressed about spending money, said instantly. When Huilongwan was in Emperor Jiajing, the two sides of the Taiwan Straits were originally fertile land. Later, the Tatars attacked the border and the canals in Huilongwan were destroyed, which turned into wasteland. Such things could not happen to her own family.

"Mulan, are we still enough money now? How much is left in the account?"

Gao Jin didn't take much accountability. Anyway, it was the most safe to hand over the money to Mulan, but especially after learning Arabic numerals and double bookkeeping with him, no one could fool Mulan.

"There are more than 4,000 taels left. I will let go of the two thousand taels of Guan. This is the expenditure account book in the fortress recently."

After Mulan took out the account book, she was already literate. After Gao Jin taught her simplified Chinese and Arabic numerals, the account book originally written in large characters looked much more refreshing and simple.

Gao Jin looked through the pages and found that the grain expenditure in the fortress was fine, but the meat was the big one for money. Although there was no shortage of cattle and sheep in the border area, it could not resist the consumption of meat provided by him every day. The main reason was that Hekou Fort was remote. You had to go to other fortresses to buy cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock. Who is doing business here is not the one who puts his head on his waist belt. They are all cunning and are very brave. The ability to start prices in this place is not low.

Thanks to Mulan's rich experience, she asked Li Laogen to go to the market of Shenmu Fort to buy a lot of pigs and sheep to raise. Anyway, Hekou Fort is not short of food, so she feeds it with food. At present, the pigs and sheep in the fence can barely last until spring. Mainly, Mulan didn't expect Gao Jin to bring nearly 300 mouths back this time. Fortunately, she bought a lot of more to be careful before.

"Master, in fact, eating meat is also beneficial. If the young and strong working people eat meat, they will save the food."

Listening to Mulan's words, Gao Jin naturally knew the truth. Cereals such as rice and grain are all carbohydrates and digested quickly. They do not have high-quality proteins such as meat to supplement them. For example, the young and strong in Hekoubao, who will be hungry after eating a pound of one or two pounds of rice in a meal for a long time. However, if you pair it with meat and fat, you can fill up with six or seven ounces of rice and make your body stronger.

"So the master said at the beginning that I would use grain to feed pigs, and I would do it carefully, and it would be better."

When Gao Jin was free, she told Mulan that she wanted to raise pigs in the fortress. At that time, Mulan thought that Gao Jin was talking nonsense. The food was so expensive, so how could she feed the pigs? But now after calculating the consumption of this grain and meat, she found that raising pigs with grain was really going to raise the quantity, which was probably much more cost-effective than buying them outside.

"Mulan, our Hekou Fort is really in a mess, but people regard food as the most important thing, so the matter of raising pigs in fields must be put first."

Gao Jin calculated the consumption of pigs and sheep in the accounts, and thought that raising pigs was more cost-effective. Although mutton was good, it was different without eating. Killing a bite was worth several sheep. Moreover, when he was in his hometown in his childhood, he went to work in his uncle's pig farm during the summer vacation. He generally knew what scientific breeding was going on, and knew the formula of civilized feed. He even remembered "Sow's Postpartum Care".

Only by increasing the scale of this pig farm can it produce large output. Gao Jin suddenly felt that this pig farm is the most important thing to do immediately. People look forward to it. He asked the Hekou Fort to eat meat every day, so everyone regarded him as a living Bodhisattva. But if he couldn't eat it one day, it might not happen in a short time. But there will be complaints over time. This is the case with human nature. It cannot stand the test. What he can do is to prevent problems before it happens, not to mention purchasing from the outside and consuming more money, it is better to raise pigs by yourself.

"Don't worry, this pig farm doesn't cost much. Isn't the laborers in this fortress empty now? It's just right to build the pig house first."

Due to heavy snow, the original water conservancy and road projects were stopped. Although the horse army was there, the young and strong people temporarily converted to militia training, this was still a waste of labor. Gao Jin thought about the fact that the coal-iron composite base was a matter of no sign of the eight characters, and it was not possible to build guns and cannons in a short time. On the contrary, the pig farm could be built immediately and the results would be achieved in the beginning of spring. At that time, as long as the sow breeding pigs and piglets were added, the consumption of the entire Hekou Fort could be supported. Once the scale was increased, I was afraid that I could still make money from takeaway pigs.
Chapter completed!