Chapter 72: Eradicating poverty with lanterns
Li Si finally left ten villagers, or rather village women.
"Remember, when you are learning how to make lanterns with your husband, don't talk nonsense." Li Si warned.
"No." The village women responded nervously.
Then Li Si reminded him a few more times and brought the village woman to Qin An.
"Sir, there are ten people left behind, that's them."
"Thank you." Qin An said, "Starting from today, a lantern workshop will be set up in the village, and the ten of you will become ten groups, and you will be the group leaders.
Because we are just starting out, there is currently only one of you in each group. After the lanterns are sold, I will recruit some people to help you. Your task is to teach them and manage them.
Your wages will also be better than theirs.
Now if you follow me seriously, it is possible that your whole family will live a good life relying on you. "
"No." Ten village women responded at the same time.
"Okay, now we move on to the second step, making the lamp body. Currently we only have white paper, so we can only use white paper to make the lamp body.
But don’t worry, I will ask the papermaking workshop to make some paper suitable for lanterns.
In these two days, your main work will be to practice making lanterns. Qin An said as he did so.
Soon the lantern frame was coated with a layer of white paper. In order to make the lantern more beautiful, Qin An took a brush and wrote a poem.
Because it is written in simplified Chinese characters, no one can understand it.
Li Si said curiously: "Look at what you wrote, it seems like a poem."
"Yes, this is a poem of sympathy for farmers. It was written by Li Shen in the Tang Dynasty. It tells us that farmers work very hard on the land and we must cherish the food." Qin An replied.
"Can I ask you, sir, to read it again?" Li Si said.
"Of course there is no problem." Qin An readily agreed, it was just a simple task, "Compassion with farmers: Tang, Li Shen. It was noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat dripped from the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work."
The spirits of Ying Zheng and others were shocked. The poem is simple and easy to understand, but it makes people know that farmers are hardworking and food is hard to come by. Every grain of grain is hard work. It is true that every grain of grain is hard work.
"Good poetry, really good poetry." Ying Zheng said, "Every grain of rice is hard work, which reveals the suffering of the people and the hard-earned food.
This is an eternal masterpiece that reminds the world not to be extravagant and wasteful. I think it can be recorded in history. "
Qin An said: "Don't worry, now primary school students have to memorize this poem, so that people can know how to save and not waste from an early age.
At the same time, I tell everyone that the farmer uncle works very hard, so everyone should study hard to achieve a better future. "
Ying Zheng and others nodded, this reading is really very important.
"Okay, let's continue." Qin An said.
Qin An then continued to lead everyone to complete the remaining processes, and the world's first lantern appeared.
Can this be used for lighting?
Ying Zheng and others looked curiously at the lantern in Qin An's hand.
Qin An looked at the curious eyes of Ying Zheng and others and smiled: "There are many styles of lanterns. Mine is the most common lantern. It is very suitable for hanging at the door or carrying it in your hand when walking at night."
Li Si asked: "Sir, how are you going to light this?"
Qin An pointed to a shelf in the lantern and said, "Candles can be placed here."
"Go get the candle." Ying Zheng said immediately.
"promise."
Meng Tian quickly found a candle, held it, and handed it to Qin An: "Sir, candle."
"Thanks."
Qin An took the candle, then held it firmly and said, "Lao Meng, I have to trouble you to hold it and light it."
"promise."
Meng Tian immediately took out the fire stick and lit the candle. Everyone immediately saw the lantern glowing slightly red. Everyone knew that it was caused by the candle.
"It's bright. It's really bright," Li Si said.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "As expected, it can be used for lighting, as Mr. Li said. Li Si, ask someone to collect all the lanterns and hang them up in the yard. You don't need to worry about not having any lighting paper at night."
"promise."
"Wait." Qin An stopped him immediately.
"Why do you want to organize, sir?" Li Si asked.
Qin An said: "Old Li, as an accountant, don't you see that this lantern can bring a lot of income to the village?
Sell the lanterns to the village next door. Although we don’t have much money on hand, we can exchange things for everything we need.
Handmade lanterns are hard to find now. When we open the road, we can use the geographical resources here to develop tourism.
There is a windmill road outside, and we can have a lantern village. Every household hangs lanterns. All kinds of lanterns will definitely attract a large number of tourists.
In this way, the village can develop and have water, electricity, cars, televisions, telephones, and mobile phones. "
"Sir, if you need anything, just tell me and I will help you get it. However, these lanterns should be used here first, so as not to make the yard dark at night. It is extremely unsafe."
Qin An couldn't help but rolled his eyes. It's so unsafe. You have people guarding the mansion 24 hours a day. Each one of you is holding a sword left over from the Qin Dynasty. Those who don’t know may think you are ancient people.
"Old Li, the most important thing now is to get the village out of poverty and become rich, so I think we should let the villagers know the benefits of this lantern, and they will find ways to buy it.
Only then do we have the money to pay them, so that their efforts will not be in vain.
Therefore, I suggest that these ten lanterns be given to them and let them light them up at night. This is free advertising. Tomorrow all the villagers in the village will know the benefits of lanterns.
It won't take long before the lanterns we make can be sold at a good price. "Qin An said.
In Qin An's eyes, this is a good opportunity to lift the village out of poverty, and the next plan for Lantern Village has begun to take shape in his mind.
But despite all his calculations, he failed to realize that he really traveled through time. This is Daqin, and this Zhaojia Village is not the real Zhaojia Village. Everything is fake.
Li Si smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you should listen to me. Hanging lanterns in our mansion will also let the villagers know."
Ying Zheng said: "Li Si, just do what Mr. said. It's still early today. Let them make more. We can use it at night."
"No need, white lanterns are not good and not positive." Qin An said immediately, "It is better to wait until red paper is made before making other lanterns.
Just let these ten people continue to compile the framework, and wait until the paper is produced to complete the following processes. "
Ying Zheng and others immediately understood what Li Feng meant. White lanterns are indeed not good. They are lanterns for dead people. How can we use them.
Li Si then asked them to continue weaving the lanterns and put the frames together. In order to protect them from the wind and sun, he specially arranged an extra-large thatched house for them to work in.
