Wei Zhen has a good vision, and the waterwheel is naturally valuable.

But in this era where agriculture is the main focus, the value of waterwheels cannot be viewed alone. It has its own unique strategic value.

When can it be sold, it is up to Cao Mengde to decide.

A few hours later, the one million dollars that Zhao Yu asked for arrived. This time, Zhao Yu did not hand over the financial power to Dian Wei. He was so happy that he was a rough man. Zhao Yu asked Wang Tian, ​​who was the accountant, to take charge of Zhuangzi's financial power.

As for Dian Wei, he had no money to suppress himself and was relaxed and comfortable, so he completely mixed with the 100 young and strong people who were recruited mainly for Zhuangzi construction and started preliminary training.

For these young and strong people, workmanship is only temporary. Zhao Yu’s arrangement for them is to protect them. When necessary, there is a greater purpose. Everything in the village is an indispensable part of Zhao Yu’s support for Cao Mengde. It is important to ensure that it will not leak out without revealing it independently. Therefore, Dian Wei’s work is actually not easy.

Since Zhuangzi gradually took shape, some people who were fucking and fucking have begun to appear around him. Zhao Yu knew that most of these people were the eyeliners of the big clans in Puyang City. Zhao Yu's moves so big that it is impossible not to attract other people's attention.

With the formation of the Zhuangzi, the various changes in this land will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested. The protection must be strict. Zhao Yu has decided to find some time to teach some methods and build the defense of these 100 people into a team that can be used.

Of course, it is not that serious yet, and Zhao Yu does not have much leisure in a short period of time.

With the successful firing of cement and the improvement of the formula and process, it is imperative to start a few more cement kilns. Cement is widely used and the output must be greatly increased. Fortunately, Wei Zhen provides materials, and Zhuangzi is only responsible for firing.

With cement output, many facilities in the village need to be renovated. From the walls, grounds, and some facilities in the backyard workshops, to roads, canals, water truck bases, etc. outside the manor, cement began to shine with the brilliance that did not belong to this era.

This busyness took half a month in a blink of an eye.

When the appearance of various facilities in the entire village changed drastically, Zhao Yu turned around and found that the farmland of Zhuangzi was already green and faint.

Twenty acres of land, farm buildings, and cement kilns account for one-quarter. There are fifteen acres of land left, of which two acres are used to plant seasoning crops such as peppers and some vegetables, fruits and melons. There are thirteen acres of land left, seven acres are used for wheat and six acres are used for potatoes.

Zhao Yu held his hands behind his back, and Wang Tianhe followed him, walking along the smooth and smooth cement road, passing the pepper field, passing the onion and garlic field, and finally standing at the place where wheat and potatoes bordered. The two stood with their hands down, looking at the cement road under their feet, and looking at the green scenery where they saw. All of this was the boss in front of them.

For ordinary people, the general trend of the world, the victory or defeat of wars, and even the rise and fall of the country are not as green as the fields.

In just one month, there was already laughter and joy here. In this chaotic world, it was like a paradise. How touching and admiring is this?

Zhao Yu looked at the lush wheat seedlings that had grown to a foot tall, and the bushes of green leaves, large stems and fat potato vines, and his face also showed a look of satisfaction.

All of this in this land was done bit by bit by bit, and he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment, lingering in his heart, making him feel quite strange. This sense of accomplishment seemed to have never been there in the illusion of Tianyan Mirror in countless years.

No matter whether you established a great sect or became a Hunyuan, you didn’t feel this way.

"This is humanity..."

Zhao Yu suddenly sighed.

The two behind him heard it inexplicably.

Zhao Yu turned around and said, "Twenty acres are far from enough."

He pointed to this area and said, "These crops of mine have been carefully cultivated and have a high yield. But the planting area is too small. How many people are there in the farm now?"

Wang Tian immediately reached: "There are more than a thousand people."

"Yes. The planting area is only more than ten acres, and you have to feed a thousand people. Do you think it's enough?"

Zhang Wang and Wang Tian pondered: "It's not enough."

The seeds cultivated in the small world of Chaos Beads are extraordinary after all. In the small world of Chaos Beads, the yield of this kind of seed that has been cultivated is between 8,000 and 10,000 kilograms per mu, and potatoes are even more terrifying, generally more than 100,000 kilograms. Of course, that is, the yield of the small world of Chaos Beads is abundant, which is because of the blessing of the cave heaven. According to Zhao Yu's estimate, it may be reduced to about one fifth. That is, the yield of wheat can reach 1,500 to 2,000 kilograms per mu, and potatoes can reach about 20,000 kilograms.

But the planting area is too small at present. Seven acres of wheat are only more than 10,000 kilograms of output. Six acres of potatoes are more than 100,000 kilograms. More than 1,000 people, because of insufficient oil and water, each person has to eat enough to work every day, and three or four kilograms of grain is necessary. That is, five thousand kilograms of grain are consumed a day, totaling more than 100,000 kilograms. If you throw it, you will count 300,000 kilograms, which is enough for two months.

"My farm is used as a demonstration. So, please check me. How many acres of land should be planted for more than a thousand people?"

"One person has forty acres, more than one thousand three hundred people, more than fifty-two thousand acres." Zhang Wang said.

"Okay." Zhao Yu said: "In this way, I hope you are responsible for farming. Then you should do this slowly. Expand along the existing land and expand to the surrounding area. The owners take directly, and the owners buy them. When encountering obstacles, let me tell you again. Calculate the area of ​​40 acres per person, how many people are and how much land they want."

"Yes, boss."

Zhao Yu said to Wang Tian again: "Cooperate with the look and get things done."

"Here."

Zhao Yu nodded: "Where the land is reached, water conservancy will be built, and cement roads will be built. The money will be paid first from the account, and then from Tianranju. Tianranju is not enough. Let's talk to me."

"Affect the order."

Zhao Yu looked at the farmland again and said for a moment: "After the farm, a strict rental system will be implemented. According to the family unit, as many people, as much land as they are given. Only 10% of the rent and taxes on the farm will belong to him. More than 50,000 acres of land will be implemented this year and will be implemented next year. The roads and canals will be responsible for the tenants, and the water trucks will be paid for rent, which is limited to three years. After three years, the water truck will belong to the local area."

Looking around, Wang Tian looked at each other and bowed his head: "Now."

According to Zhao Yu's idea, roads and other transportation facilities, water conservancy facilities such as canals are public facilities and should not be responsible by the people, but by the regime. As for the water trucks, this is an initiative to protect the water trucks. If the water trucks have no direct connection with the households, they will not cherish them. Maybe they will be ruined in ten days and half a month. The rent is collected from them, so that they don't have to be too high, so that they know that it is their thing, so that they will cherish and protect them.

On the way back, Zhao Yu asked the two: "How do you think the wheat and potatoes grow?"

Zhang Wang had the most say and praised: "Boss, I have lived for forty years and have never seen such a good wheat. As for potatoes..."

He didn't know either.

Because this is the first time that potato crops appear on this land.

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

After all, it is a good breed cultivated by the chaotic small world. It grows well, is drought-resistant, and is not prone to illness. Zhao Yu has considered all kinds of advantages when cultivating it. It can be said that it is a super cross-age crop. Even modern time and space in two thousand years will not be comparable to it.

"Potatoes can be harvested in winter." Zhao Yu said: "But in order to harvest a lot, after winter, you ask someone to dig one plant every day to compare when it will not grow again, then calculate the time and record it, so that it will be convenient for promotion in the future."

"Yes, boss."

"When planting any crop, you record all the things you need to pay attention to, the problems you encounter, etc., how to solve them, and make them into a farm book, and perhaps even when they are famous in history."

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel shocked. Wang Tian next to me was also thinking - this is not only possible in terms of farming, cement and water truck manufacturing.

Zhao Yu did not intervene in the three items of agriculture, cement, and water trucks, and then handed them all over to Wang Tian and Zhang Wang. On the eve of winter, he began to build a steel blast furnace in the backyard.

This is another most important thing besides agriculture.

In modern society, steel is an important factor in measuring a country's comprehensive national strength.

In this era, the importance of steel production to a country and its power is even greater than that of modern society.

The increase in steel production does not only represent the growth of productivity, but especially in troubled times, steel often represents combat effectiveness.

It is a major factor in the victory of the war.

There are many ways to make steel. The steel made is very different due to the different formula and process, the strength, toughness, and uses. Zhao Yu would not consider so much. The steel he wanted to forge is a kind of steel with high hardness, toughness and wear resistance.

As for other uses of steel, this era does not need it yet.

It can make durable weapons, armor with super defense, and sturdy machinery, that's enough.

Zhao Yu had already developed the formula. For a long time, in the small world of Chaos Beads, most of his energy was spent on it.

However, the formula is not enough, and steelmaking also has high requirements for equipment. Unlike cement glass, earthen kilns can be burned. Good steel is not good.

Therefore, the basic equipment needs to be built bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit.

The steel used to build blast furnaces is smelted with mana.

The blast furnace created by Zhao Yu is probably different from any kind of blast furnace. This was designed by him himself.

Generally, coke is used for steelmaking. Because the raw charcoal contains sulfur, the quality of the steel refined is not enough. You must follow the ordinary steps and then use it to make steel by coke. Zhao Yu's blast furnace is two-in-one.

In other words, directly investing in coal can filter the flue gas in the coal in the blast furnace, so that it does not affect the quality of steel.
Chapter completed!