Coming out of the restaurant, the sun was setting in the west, and the cool breeze was up, which brought a chill. The summer outside the Seychelles came late and went exceptionally early.

Tao 17 said goodbye to everyone and went out of the city with his entourage. He lived in the factory and led a group of people to install the machine. It's too inconvenient to live in the city. When the machine is installed, there will be people left here, and in the autumn the wool will be harvested and debugged together.

As he was walking, suddenly a loud voice next to him said, "Is it Tao Dianzhi over there?" Not seen for many years! ”

Tao Qiqi looked back and saw that it was the little prince of horse sellers he had met in Tanglong Town many years ago, wearing a Han costume and standing in front of a shop.

In response, he stepped forward and saluted, Tao Seventeen said: "Little prince, why are you also in Shengzhou City?" ”

Wang Pu said: "Dianzhi, don't call me the little prince again." I took my people with me, settled in Dongsheng, built a village, shepherded sheep and farmed. A few days ago, I rented a shop in Shengzhou City, and I was lucky enough to rent this shop and sell some wine and food. Dianzhi, you were the person who followed the prince back then, why didn't you see you when the prince returned to Tanglong Town? ”

Tao Qiqi smiled and said: "You don't want to call me Dianzhi anymore, I am now working in the iron prison, and people call me to be edicted." With an official body, where can I be the same as before, and I will follow wherever the husband goes? When I was on Jingxi Road, I was placed in the Iron Prison. ”

Wang Pu said: "It's still early, wait for the edict to drink tea in my store, how can I stand in front of the store and talk?" ”

Let Tao Seventeen go to the store, several entourages each found a seat outside, and Wang Pu and Tao Seventeen went to the small hall to sit down. After serving tea, Wang Pu said: "Waiting for the edict, I don't know what to do now?" What happened to Katsushu this time? ”

Tao Seventeen said: "Well-now the iron supervisor is doing things, which is to build some new machines, and so on-"

Wang Pu smiled when he heard this: "I understand, I understand, I don't know anything about these things to be done, and I don't know what they are." ”

Tao Qiqi smiled, a little embarrassed. Wang Pu is right, no matter how detailed he does what he tells them, he may not know what he is doing. Not to mention him, even the Han people in the city, most of them don't understand what they do.

After taking a sip of tea, Tao Seventeen said: "This time I went to Shengzhou, I was ordered by the prime minister to send the wool spinning machine. ”

Wang Pu was stunned when he heard this: "I also heard that the Central Plains transported a machine, and what factory is going to be opened in Shengzhou to spin wool and weave woolen cloth." It turned out that the machine was to be shipped by the edict, which was really disrespectful. ”

Tao Qiqi said with some pride: "Not only did I transport it, but I brought someone to make it." So after it was shipped, I was asked to bring someone to install it there. You have to pack it well before you can leave, otherwise you will miss this year's wool season. ”

When Wang Pu heard this, he was shocked for a while, and then said: "It turns out that the edict has such a ability to make a machine, which is really powerful!" I wonder what this machine looks like and what are the benefits? ”

Tao Qiqi thought for a while and said: "The appearance of the machine is the appearance of the machine, it's hard to say what it looks like." As for the benefits, there are too many to count. First, there are few people who use it, but there is more wool processed, more yarn spun, and more cloth woven. Second, the yarn spun by the machine and the cloth woven by the machine are of extremely stable quality. What is the last batch and what the next batch is still like, but it is different from the artificial spinning and weaving. Just these two items, it is terrible, and the people of Shengzhou have a drinking bowl. ”

Wang Pudao: "I have seen it in the Volcano Army before, the people there spin and weave, your family does this, my family does that, they are all very attentive, and they do it quickly. In the past, our tribe also weaved cloth and made felt, but we couldn't do that. Over the years, no one in the tribe has woven cloth and made felt, and they all sell their wool to the Volcano Army. The factories here in Shengzhou do these things with machines, will they still be better than the Volcano Army? ”

Tao Qiqi smiled when he heard this: "How can the Volcano Army compare with the factory in Shengzhou?" When the factories here are opened, all the households in this industry in the Volcano Army will not be able to compare to here! How can it be compared with a machine! ”

Wang Pu poured tea for Tao Seventeen and said, "Listen to what the edict says, won't there be a shortage of wool in the future?" How much wool can be harvested in the factory? The Volcano Army, although it is well done, but the wool from afar is not interesting to sell there. ”

Tao Qiqi nodded: "That's nature." In the future, the wool of the entire river meandering road may not be enough to be used here in Shengzhou. Those who graze in the surrounding area can also sell wool here. Listening to the meaning of the scriptures, as long as the railway leads to the place in the future, as much wool can be sold here. ”

A technologically primitive factory could not absorb the wool production of thousands of miles, especially since there are several savannahs in the world around the meandering road. But the problem is that the population here is too small, there are no grasslands, but there are not enough sheep. In many places, there are thousands of people within a thousand miles, and large areas of land are uninhabited.

There is a good geographical condition for grazing, but there is no stable political environment, and it faces a great upheaval in a few decades. In the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains continued to fight and turmoil, and the surrounding nomads moved inward to participate in the competition. After the Central Plains stabilized, under the expulsion of the Khitan and Song dynasties, a large number of people migrated to distant places. After the rise of the party, it was once again expelled, and a large number of uninhabited areas appeared.

The thousands of accounts of the Zhuang Lang Department are already the largest tribal force within thousands of miles, and they are local wealthy families. If it is in the interior of the Central Plains, this population is only a small county, and in later generations it can only be regarded as a large village. Hequ Road and the surrounding situation are actually empty of a large number of resources and have not been developed.

In Shengzhou City, the Yingtianxiang army and the common people, industry and commerce have developed, which is enough to absorb all the resources along the railway.

Wang Pu listened to Tao Qiqi's introduction of the future wool factory, just like listening to people tell myths, and he couldn't imagine that there was such a thing in the world.

In the end, he said to Tao Seventeen: "I rented this shop and opened a restaurant here, thinking that I would have a profitable business from now on." It can be said that in the future, the wool factory will collect as much as it wants, and the price will be good, which is another way to make money. I went home to herd the sheep and collected the wool and sold it to the factory, maybe more than the money made by the restaurant here. ”

Tao Seventeen said: "If it's an ordinary restaurant, I'm afraid it's like this." You are different here, the shop is in the most lively place, and the pedestrians come and go every day, and the money you make is not bad. ”

Wang Pu nodded again and again: "What the edict said is very true." I'll tell you the truth, I've grown up so big, my ancestors are the head of the tribe, and the money I've seen before hasn't earned as much as I have earned in the past few days. Alas, in the past, I only knew that I worked hard to graze cattle and sheep, and I had three meals a day, which was the day when I couldn't ask for it. Until a few years ago, I knew that I could still sell horses in the Song Realm, which was the way to make money. The first time I came back from selling a horse, I only had a few dozen net profits, and I carried it on myself, and I slept with my eyes open at night. Along the way, I was afraid of people stealing and robbing, and I was always thinking about what to buy for the clan, that feeling, I was frightened and frightened, and I was full of joy, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life. If you want to get money at that time, what will you buy? I only dare to buy some food, buy some salt, drink two sips of wine, and I dare not think of any good things. Compared to now, there are really two worlds! ”

Tao 17 laughed: "Outsiders are also people who have suffered since childhood, although they are developed now, they still know thrift, which is not comparable to others." ”

In fact, Wang Pu is also the leader no matter what he says, and he lives like this, and how the people in other ordinary clans can be imagined.

Seeing that it was not early, Tao Qiqi stood up and said, "I should go back." In the future, I will have to be free, and I will come to talk to outsiders. ”

Wang Pu hurriedly got up, sent Tao Seventeen out of the door, and arched his hand: "Next time the edict comes, please drink." Although the dishes in my store are not as exquisite as the official restaurant opposite, they have their own characteristics, and I will try them when I come to try them. ”

Tao Seventeen thanked him, took his entourage, and swayed out of Shengzhou City in the moonlight.