For a whole month, Chu Tianyun's 1st Battalion had been training hard near the water weir. The 10 gold bars that Miss Chen had given them were slowly being depleted due to the high consumption of food.
One gold bar was worth a hundred dollars, so ten gold bars were worth a thousand dollars. Although in this era, the purchasing power of money was still very convincing.
However, Chu Tianyun's 1st Battalion was trained as an elite force.
Ten thousand rounds of ammunition were used up in less than ten days. The gunshots on the top of Shuiping Weir had also become softer and softer these few days.
There was nothing they could do. If they continued to deplete their ammunition like this, the 1st Battalion would not even have the strength to protect themselves if something unexpected happened.
There was a group of bandits on the nearby mountain. They occupied the mountain and were the kings. Perhaps when the grain in the village was ripe, they would directly go down the mountain and snatch it.
This kind of thing was not strange in Jinhua and Quzhou of Zhejiang. Usually, some small villages would be robbed a few times a year.
East of Shuiping Weir, a dozen workers from Jinhua County were carefully unloading the black guy from the carriage.
There were many villagers gathered at the village entrance.
"It's all here, Boss Chu. These are the two shredders that our Lin's Chamber of Commerce got from Guangzhou with great difficulty. According to the price we discussed in advance, the two shredders cost a total of 400 yuan.”
Dressed in a long robe, Chu Tianyun was settling the bill with a servant from the Lin Chamber of Commerce.
The two shredders, together with the phosphorous ore, should be able to produce some of the most basic phosphorous powder. This way, the production of the horizontal weir this year would definitely double. In the future, when it reached a certain scale, it might even be imported.
"Boss Chu, my master said that if you go to Jinhua City in the future, please come to the Lin Mansion. My master wants to get to know you!”
This servant was very polite. He heard that the Lin Family's Chamber of Commerce was originally in Fujian. Because of the internal chaos in Fujian, the main assets were transferred to Jinhua, Zhejiang.
In this area of Zhejiang, there were also a few raw yarn factories. They also had business dealings with some foreigners. They could be considered a famous big family in Zhejiang Province.
If it weren't for Wang Yunfa, Chu Tianyun wouldn't have known that Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, had such a big family. He was originally thinking about how to make contact with the foreigners, but didn't someone immediately come to deliver a pillow?
"Thank you for your kindness, Master Lin. If it weren't for the Lin Chamber of Commerce's help this time, I don't know where I would have gotten this grinder.”
"If I have time in the future, I will definitely visit you!”
After some small talk, Chu Tianyun sent the servants of the Lin Chamber of Commerce away.
"Men, move the grinder in. Also, from today onwards, our fertilizer plant will officially open. I've already surveyed the mountain at the village entrance.”
"There are people in the village who are willing to work at the fertilizer plant. Report to Village Chief Wang. The specific salary will be issued in two days. The fertilizer plant will be the first modern chemical plant in Shuiping Weir.”
Very quickly, a few strong young men in the village were carrying a few boxes of phosphorous ore. This kind of pale yellow phosphorous ore was instantly thrown into the stone crushing machine.
The metal object let out a loud bang, like the roar of a thunder god.
The children covered their ears. When had the villagers ever seen such a scene? Then, they all hid behind their parents.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The machine continued to operate. In less than five minutes, a pile of phosphorous powder was produced under the machine.
Chu Tianyun's lips curled into a smile. The production of this phosphorous powder was very simple. It only took him a short while to produce it.
"Uncle Wang, after the crops are planted, we will carry out an experiment on this phosphorous powder. Whether the effect is good or not, we will use it to prove it. If the effect is good, we will use it at the horizontal weir first. If the production is surplus, we will sell it in Jinhua City. The people in the city will definitely recognize the goods!”
Currently, the commotion at Shuiping Weir was to seal all information from Quzhou County, which was the 11th Division.
"Tianyun, I'll take care of this matter with you. As long as I, Wang Yuanfa, am here, I'll protect the fertilizer plant with you!”
During this half a month, the 1st Battalion and Chu Tianyun had only given the villagers of Shuiping Weir a positive evaluation.
Chu Tianyun had even personally become a teacher in the village, teaching some children how to read. Some young people even sat in on Chu Tianyun's military lectures. Some young people even had the idea of joining the army, but Chu Tianyun had no intention of expanding the army.
Not to mention the military pay, just the weapons, equipment, and ammunition were not enough for him. He could only wait and see if the fertilizer plant could generate some income.
In Quzhou City, Chu Tianyun had no reason to ask Chu Yonglong for other resources other than the fixed military pay and supplies.
Moreover, the news that had recently come out of Quzhou City was not very good.
In the backyard of the 11th division headquarters, which was Chu Yonglong's residence, there was a courtyard that had been completely surrounded by Chu Yonglong's security company. Other than Chu Yonglong and his daily necessities, no one or anything else could enter that courtyard.
Chu Tianyun could smell something fishy. Chu Yonglong not only had a wife in the Chen family, but he had also taken in a few concubines in recent years.
If he guessed correctly, there must be some movement in those concubines!
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