After understanding the market situation, Li Chongyi immediately went to look for Wu Dayong.
"Manager Wu, there are carpenters in our village, right?”Li Chongyi asked.
"Yes! Old Zhao and his sons were all carpenters. Old Zhao's craftsmanship was the best in the nearby villages.”
"How about this, Steward Wu, ask Old Zhao and his son to come and see me. I have something to discuss with them.”Li Chongyi said.
After a while, Wu Dayong brought the Zhao father and son over.
Li Chongyi showed the blueprint he had just drawn to the three of them." Can you make this?”
The Zhao father and son looked at the blueprint. The Zhao family's boss said,"Young Master Li, we understand what it is. This should be a plow, right? But what did these scribbles mean?”
Ghost characters? Li Chongyi then remembered that this was the Great Tang, so they hadn't used Arabic numbers yet. His blueprint was habitually marked with Arabic numbers.
"That's right, this is a plow, a new type of plow. Don't worry about those scribbles. Just make this according to the size of the existing plow.”
"That's not a problem. When do you want it?”Zhao Family's boss asked.
"Can you make it today?" Li Chongyi asked.
"If there are ready-made materials, the three of us father and son will be able to make this plow in at most two hours.”Zhao Family's boss replied confidently.
"Alright, then make one for me today. To tell you the truth, I plan to mass-produce this kind of plow. I'll make at least a few hundred of them. If you can make them to my satisfaction, I can give you fifty copper coins for the labor and wood for each one!”
"Young Master, is this true?" Zhao Family's eldest son asked in disbelief.
It was no wonder that he did not believe it. In this day and age, ordinary wood was not worth much. They could be found everywhere on the mountain. As carpenters, they usually stored a lot of wood.
If one could cost fifty coins, the three of them could make at least eight in a day. If they were familiar with it, they could even make ten. Wouldn't that be five hundred coins?
It was now the Zhenguan period, and every bucket of rice was 5 wen. 500 wen could buy 100 buckets of rice.
Under the temptation of money, the father and son of the Zhao Family completed the first Quyuan Plow that afternoon.
Li Chongyi asked the father and son to carry the curved shaft plow to the field. They borrowed the cattle of a farmer and did an experiment for two hours.
The results of the experiment shocked those who knew farming. This plow was simply too useful. In just two hours, it had plowed out an acre and a half of land. Moreover, the cattle did not look tired at all. Moreover, the land plowed out was deeper than before.
The most shocked were the Zhao father and son duo. They had spent almost four hours to make this thing. Because it was their first time making it, they had to be very meticulous in order to satisfy Li Chongyi, so they took a longer time.
They did not expect that just making a slight change to the plow from before would have such a good effect.
They were uncultured, but they vaguely felt that they had done something amazing.
Next, Li Chongyi sent a letter back to the Hejian Prince's mansion, asking Li Xiaogong to send all the carpenters and blacksmiths in the mansion over.
Although Li Xiaogong didn't know what Li Chongyi was up to, Li Chongyi had made him proud a few days ago, so he didn't bother to ask. He sent the carpenters and blacksmiths in the manor to the manor.
Including the Zhao father and son, there were more than twenty carpenters in total. They began to forge the curved shaft plow. Under Li Chongyi's division of labor, each carpenter was responsible for a few parts. Those with good craftsmanship were responsible for the key parts, and those with poor craftsmanship were responsible for the non-important parts. In addition, Li Chongyi had hired a dozen children around the age of twelve or thirteen from the village to help them. This kind of division of labor on the assembly line had more than doubled the speed. In just five days, 800 curved beam plows were made.
Since the item had been created, the next step was to sell it.
Li Chongyi did not delay because plows were mainly used during spring plowing. After spring plowing, they would have to wait until next year. If they waited until next year, the cucumbers and vegetables would be cold!
In the past few days, Li Chongyi had asked Wu Dayong to help him collect information. Then, Li Chongyi asked the children he had hired to send posts to the rich families near Chang 'an City.
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"Manager, this is a post sent by the young master of the Hejian County Prince's Mansion.”
"Wasn't he punished by His Majesty to raise chickens? Show me the invitation."
The moment the steward opened the thread, he was shocked. This calligraphy was simply too beautiful. No wonder there was news from the palace a few days ago that Wei Zheng and Li Shiming almost fought over a piece of calligraphy. In the end, Wei Zheng acted shamelessly and obtained that piece of calligraphy. It was said that Li Shiming was so angry that he didn't even eat the imperial meal that night.
It was rumored that the calligraphy was written by Li Chongyi.
The content of the post was not very interesting. Li Chongyi's tone was very humble, saying that he wanted to ask about some farming matters.
The manager thought for a moment and decided to go tomorrow. Li Chongyi had given him too much face. If he dared to put on airs, he would be looking for trouble.
At the same time, hundreds of families with the most farmland near Chang 'an City received the posts sent by Li Chongyi.
The commotion was so big that even Li Shiming knew about it. Because of Li Chongyi's post, even the other imperial estates near Chang 'an City were sent. Some eunuchs and stewards told Li Shiming about it.
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