After dinner, Li Yi went to copy books. Li Longji and Li Chengqi couldn't sleep again.
The two of them went out of Zhuangzi. There was a dock at Ba River. There were more than 30 docks around Chang 'an, among which the Wei River was the largest.
The two of them led the team to the dock at Ba River.
During the day, the dock was bustling. At night, there were fewer idle people, but there were still many people loading and unloading goods.
It cost a lot of money for a big ship to stop for an extra day. The goods that needed to be loaded at night had to be moved out of the city in half a day and lined up.
The goods were unloaded at night and waited for dawn to be transported into the city.
Torches swayed in the wind. The porters didn't have to look at their feet. They carried the goods and walked on the gangplank step by step.
There was a big shelf on the dock. Under the shelf, there was an open cage. After loading the goods, the hand gourds were lifted up and brought to the shore.
It was more convenient to hang hooks. The people on the ship and on the shore tied ropes and left a buckle. They hung the hooks up and lifted the goods.
"The hand gourds made by the craftsmen are getting more and more exquisite." Li Chengqi saw that the hand gourds were of different sizes.
"Brother Yi's things are used well by others. They will definitely improve them. Now, in the Tang dynasty, as long as there is a dock for water transportation, there will be hand gourds."
Li Longji mentioned Li Yi. It was a good thing designed and invented by Li Yi.
Businessmen still didn't care about using iron to make the gourds. A good lifting tool could speed up the progress of the project.
When businessmen found good things, they spread the news quickly.
If a dock didn't have one, a businessman would go over and talk about other docks, and this dock would immediately learn.
It spread faster than farming tools. The farmers sometimes got used to the previous model, so it was a process for them to change.
Businessmen only had profit in their eyes. They could save two days in a month and save nearly a month in a year.
Li Chengqi watched as the man carrying the goods put a sack of chips on his shoulder, and the others lifted the sack with the goods on it.
One sack after another was stacked high. The man held the sacks with one hand and supported it with the other. He tilted his head and walked on the gangplank, trembling a few times.
After the goods were unloaded, they turned around and went to another gangplank.
Some of them wiped the sweat off their faces with their hands after unloading the goods. They picked up the bamboo tube beside them and scooped some water from the large vat to pour over their heads.
He then scooped a spoonful of rice into his mouth and poured it into his mouth. He then tossed the bamboo tube aside and carried the sack of chips onto the boat.
"Tomorrow, I'll set up the Clothing Association and advertise for the clothing industry. I'll learn from Brother Yi and Zhuangzi and do manual labor."
Li Chengqi looked at the suffering of the people and clenched his fists.
The Zhuangzi he was talking about was wearing a waistcoat. The cloth was made of canvas, so there were no sleeves in the way when he worked.
At the same time, the opening of the waistcoat was very wide. Once he moved, the wind would blow through, and it would cool him down.
As for the canvas, it was sturdy enough that even sharp objects couldn't pierce through it.
Of course, Zhuangzi used the flatbed trolley the most. Who would be willing to carry it back and forth? It was tiring.
"Elder Brother, go take care of it." Li Longji supported.
"Elder Brother, look, Brother Yi will solve the problems of a small number of people today and another small number tomorrow. Today, he will take out a tool for planting seedlings and tomorrow, he will take out a tool for harvesting.
Everything seems small. As more and more problems are solved, more and more tools will be produced.
When you look back, you will find that there are too many changes. How many people are living because of Brother Yi? "
Li Longji wasn't an ordinary person who worked hard and worked step by step. He saw things from a different perspective.
A little bit at a time. In winter, he could earn some money by picking ice, kneading mud, picking tea leaves, and making cannons.
In total, it was equivalent to more than a year's income of an ordinary person.
It was the same for farming tools. It saved the accumulation of strength and time.
In winter, he could skate for the children in the fields to prevent them from falling into the ice hole in the river.
In summer, he could take out money to make a large number of fart balls. At the same time, he could also solve the livelihood of some people who couldn't do manual labor.
As for the dock porters, ordinary people only thought about how to find the cheapest things to boil water to drink. Brother Yi solved the problem from the root.
As long as the advertising fee was high enough, the dock workers could even drink soup with meat.
Thinking about meat, Li Longji suggested, "Brother, I see that there are people at the dock who can rest for a while. So, there's no need to make all the soup cold.
If the advertising fee is high enough, cook the bones every two days and put in the cheap vegetables or wild vegetables. They brought dry food, so they can eat the vegetable soup. "
"If the advertising fee is high, I'll take care of their meals. It's easy for me to earn money. With Brother Yi around, why should I keep the advertising fee?"
Li Chengqi was even more straightforward. He had invested in the farming by the seaside.
The football field and the Craftsmen Alliance had been making money.
He bought Zhuangzi and made a lot of money from selling vegetables, cantaloupes, and watermelons in the winter.
As King Song, if he didn't rebel, it was useless for him to have too much money.
Besides, he would have more money to spend in the future.
"Since that's the case, brother, you can fork out money to repair the road. I'm poor here, and I can't even eat. "Li Longji suddenly joked.
"Third brother, when the salt wells are dug out one by one and the gold in Lantian County is mined, you will be the richest man in the Tang dynasty.
You should learn from Brother Yi and bribe the officials. If you have money, you should donate it. If you keep it, His Majesty will punish you. Hahahaha ~ ~ ~ "
Li Chengqi laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, right, His Majesty is narrow-minded. Aiya!" Li Longji also laughed.
The next morning, the two of them left Zhuangzi in a hurry.
Li Chengqi found someone to set up the Clothing Shop Alliance. At the same time, he asked which shop had skilled tailors he could hire.
If they were good enough, he would raise their position and pay and make them management staff.
He also found someone to build a stove at the dock and find coal and firewood. At the same time, he also brought a big pot over.
Seeing people setting up stoves at the dock, they were baffled. Who is selling food here?
Someone asked, but the workers didn't know, and the commanders didn't say.
It was easy to make a waistcoat. It could be cut into different sizes. It was fine if it was a little bigger. He just needed to sew a few pieces and lock them at the bottom.
There was no need for buttons at the front. He just needed to sew a canvas strip made from the leftover cloth and tie it.
Before noon, a batch of canvas waistcoats was finished.
There were also words written on them: Clothing Shop Alliance.
Li Chengqi decided to let the dock workers have a good meal for the first meal. At 9: 00 in the morning, he went to the Li Family Zhuangzi to buy things.
He asked for stewed chicken and wild vegetables. It would be best to add some tofu.
He asked for the chicken to be stewed in small pieces and not in big pieces. Otherwise, he was afraid that the people at the dock would snatch it and fight with them.
Therefore, the people in the kitchen at the back of Zhuangzi directly removed the chicken and put it in the meat grinder to mince.
They then soaked it in cold water to soak the blood foam out. When the hot water over there boiled, they poured it in directly. This time, the chicken was crushed.
The fat on the chicken was shaved off and put into a big pot.
After that, they scooped a spoonful of the mixture of fat and oil into the big pot for stewing chicken.
In this way, there would be oil in every bowl of soup. This was called oil slick, and it was very deceptive.
There was no tofu, but the dried tofu was shredded. Using the noodle press invented by Li Yi, very fine shredded tofu was pressed neatly.
At Li Yi's time, the dried tofu in many small shops, such as the rice noodle shop, was pressed this way instead of cutting it. Cutting was very tiring.
The shredded tofu was spread out in the soup. It seemed that it could be scooped out at any time.
These vegetables were packed in big wooden buckets and sent away. The people at the dock cooked the rice themselves.
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