At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Jia system was implemented, with one hundred and ten households as one mile, one mile and ten Jia, and ten households per Jia. ”

Saying that a piece of silver of about one tael was gently placed in his hand, Jiang An's eyes lit up, sighed, and said, "Okay, they are all neighbors, if you can help me, you can help me with this." ”

At that moment, he went to the state city and took the deed paper, and he was accompanied by a security state official named Qi Guan.

Several people walked along the Dongfang River, and finally in a place about two miles away from the river, after inspecting the Wang family's household post style, at a price of more than five taels per mu, in the name of his father Wang Wei, Wang Dou bought 20 acres of wasteland, and got a "Chongzhen Eight Years of Baoan Prefecture Sangganli Wang Wei Buying Land Red Deed".

In addition, there is a tax push ticket:

Jiang An, the chief of the Yellow Book of Baoan Prefecture Erli, has sold 20 acres of official land according to the official office of Baoan Prefecture, and the name of No. 880 B soil is under Hong, and each mu is levied 5 cents and 3 cents of silver, and a total of 126 cents of silver is taxed. The above number one is pushed into the Benli Rokko Wang Weihu to unleash and save the photo.

On the seventh day of the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Jiang An was the chief in the yellow book, and he was charged.

Manager: Wang Dou.

Scholar Qi Guan, charged.

When Wang Dou signed his name on the contract and tax stamp, Jiang An and Qi Guan both glanced at Wang Dou with some surprise, and said in unison: "Good words!" ”

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Although the land was bought, Wang Dou didn't have time to pay attention to it for the time being, he had more important things to do.

On the eighth day of the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou took Zhong Tiaoyang and Han Chao and others back to Jingbian Fort, which was eventful and it was impossible for him to stay at home for a long time.

Due to the new team of the Korean and Korean dynasties, Zhong Tiaoyang happened to lead his original team. And his uncle Zhong Zhengxian, originally Wang Dou wanted him to go to his own fort, but Zhong Zhengxian came to see that this Jingbian Fort was too simple, and there was not even a fort wall, he obviously didn't want to suffer this, Wang Dou had to arrange for him to go to Dongjiazhuang, so as not to prepare another generous gift. Of course, there are pros and cons, this kind of waterwheel is good, I'm afraid the cost is too high.

However, Wang Dou thought about it, and still asked Qi Tianliang and Yang Tong to look for craftsmen in various places.

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"My lord, the Lanzhou waterwheel you said is nothing more than a kind of cylinder car, this thing has appeared in the Tang Dynasty, it is not rare or difficult to make, the small one was made by the local people when it was by the Yellow River, but it costs more money and food."

A few days later, there was a group of craftsmen standing beside Wang Dou, all of whom were very professional carpenters and masons, recruited by Qi Tianliang and others from Dongjiazhuang, Shunxiangbao, and Baozhou City. After listening to Wang Dou's description, one of the white-headed old craftsmen quickly stood up and said proudly.

Listening to the old craftsman's words, Wang Dou was a little surprised by the level of Daming folk science and technology at this time, and he asked: "How much money and food is estimated to cost?" ”

The old craftsman pondered for a while and said, "If it is a waterwheel used to irrigate wells, a water wheel will cost only more than ten taels of silver." It's just that this kind of cylinder car is huge in size and uses a lot of materials, and it is estimated that even the material and labor costs are calculated, and it will cost nearly 100 taels of silver to build a round of waterwheel. ”

Hearing that it would cost nearly 100 taels of silver, Wang Dou couldn't help but hesitate, but after having a way to suppress bandits and accumulate wealth, Wang Dou would not be so stingy with the cost of silver, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, it's up to you, just tell me what you want, but there is a word first, if there is a problem with the waterwheel, I will not give money." ”

The old craftsman said proudly: "My lord, just rest assured, if there is a problem with the waterwheel, the old man will not take a penny." ”

Wang Dou nodded, although this old craftsman looked arrogant, but most talented people are like this, as long as he is really capable, what if he is used?

Thinking of this, Wang Douji had the heart to recruit this group of craftsmen.