On the 28th, the water conservancy project officially started. Stone and two outstanding farmers served as managers, and Bud was in charge of logistics support, ensuring that the men were fed, clothed, and treated when they were sick. The doctor apprentice hired by Jack with a high salary studied Voltaire's medical textbook and tried his best to treat the men while studying. Fortunately, there were not many illnesses, and if they did, they were minor illnesses and they could still go around. Voltaire went to the construction site to have a look. It was not difficult, and the ditches were connected to relatively large rivers and small lakes, so the water conservancy foundation was very good.
On the 29th, the winter children's school opened, with a total of 50 school-age children enrolled. The two carpenter apprentices had already made the plow. While they were producing plows, they took turns being the craftsman teachers. The cobbler apprentice also served as the craftsman teacher. Stone and two outstanding farmers took turns to be teachers in the school. The two grooms took turns as animal husbandry teachers, and the knight squire and the two soldiers took turns as martial arts teachers. Betty and the other three spent time in the school every day, feeling very accomplished. Carol and the other three maids served as teaching assistants, learning by doing.
On the 30th, Strong came to report the good news. The old carpenter had built the loom. It was decided that one carpenter apprentice would be responsible for producing plows and school teachers, while the other apprentice, Strong, and the old carpenter formed an assembly line to produce looms. It is said that the efficiency of the loom reached 5 artificial levels, and Voltaire was very satisfied. I asked the housekeeper Jack to arrange for a foreign affairs steward to find a warehouse on the farm, and asked the peasant women to keep the warehouse as clean and sheltered from the wind as possible, light the stove, keep it warm, produce a loom and move in a loom, and Strong would go there from time to time. Teach the peasant women how to use the loom, and soon the loom sings happily. After Volstel ordered the production of 36 units, he suspended the production of looms and switched to the development of oil presses.
On December 8th, Voltaire's pile work advanced to the advanced level of ventilation.
On January 1 of the fourth year, Stone took three days off to celebrate the New Year. At noon, everyone in the manor, after the food is ready, all serve it. Mr. and Mrs. Stone and little Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Voltaire, Mr. and Mrs. Bud (originally planning a grand wedding, but unexpectedly Bud’s wife’s belly got bulging during the migration, so today is also their wedding banquet), Strong, Jack the housekeeper, The knight's squire, two soldiers, an old carpenter, an old cobbler, a doctor's apprentice, and two grooms sat at a huge dining table, while other slaves, apprentices, and stewards sat on various small tables nearby. Let’s celebrate the New Year together and wish Mr. and Mrs. Bud a happy wedding! Everyone is happy.
On January 4, a full-time groom came to announce that Meier had grown pregnant on 10 female draft horses and 1 female riding horse. Voltaire smiled, thinking that Meyer was better than him. So far, Betty and Carol had not made any movement. The groom said that there are currently 2 female riding horses and 24 female draft horses, and the stables have been built for 50 horses. The director of the breeding plant came to report that there are now 2 bulls and 9 cows (there was one cow originally). The cowshed has been built for 30 cows. After spring plowing, mating and production will begin. There are now two boars and 20 sows. The pig house has been built to accommodate 200 pigs, and full mating has begun. Voltaire emphasized the need to study the changes in the growth rate of piglets when farmers raise them in free-range and concentrated farming, and to find the optimal number of months for slaughter. The factory director should be. The factory director continued to report that there are now 3 rams and 50 ewes. The sheep shed has been built to accommodate 200 sheep, and full mating has begun. Voltaire emphasized that ewes should not be killed but should be sheared when the weather is hot.
On January 5, Strong came to report that the loom task had been completed, the oil press had been developed, and the linseed oil yield reached 15%. Voltaire shouted "Yeah". Strongyan Plow has produced 30 pairs of plows, and Volstayan suspended production. The three carpenters can study other agricultural tools, spinning machines, briquette stoves, briquettes, printing presses, roasting machines, etc. in the craftsmen's textbooks. He ordered Strong to organize the manor slaves to open an oil mill, and Strong should be the one.
On February 1st, Stone came to report that the water conservancy project was successfully completed. Voltaire comforted him and asked: "Father, thank you for your hard work." Stone replied: "This is Stone's leader. If I don't work hard, who will?" Voltaire He said: "Okay, no matter how hard you work, my father and two farmer experts (gave them honors) gathered the men together to train them in agricultural knowledge and provided them with food. At the same time, they announced that the household with the highest average autumn grain yield per mu would be exempted from autumn grain tax, and the average spring grain yield per mu would be exempted from the autumn grain tax." The household with the highest yield will be exempted from the spring grain tax, and the household with the highest average yield of flax per mu will be exempted from the cloth tax." This should be said.
Volstellingbad purchased a large amount of flaxseed, sold flaxseed oil, recruited excellent tailors to make ready-made clothes, purchased flax thread or flax raw materials, and established a good market for oil mills and garment factories.
On March 1st, all men began to plow the fields. All the farmland planned for spring sowing is plowed collectively, and all 11 cows are dispatched. Each cow pulls a plow, one farmer pulls the plow, and one farmer holds the plow. In the land without cattle, three farmers pull the plow, and one farmer holds the plow. The ground is dry. Although it is hard work, but the land has been plowed, it is a completely different yield! The original way of farming was to fool around and let nature take its course. Now there is intensive cultivation.
The children's school has been abandoned. There are five 14-year-old children. Only one is relatively smart and interested in craftsmen. He is sent to an old carpenter as an apprentice. The other four officially return to the family to farm. Among the 12- and 13-year-old children, two were interested in animal husbandry and were relatively smart, and were taken as apprentices by the groom and the director of the breeding factory respectively. One was interested in medicine and was relatively smart, and was taken as an apprentice by a doctor. , winter re-enrollment. All the other children will go home and go to school again in the winter. The three Bettys made detailed files on all the children.
On March 2, the old cobbler showed Voltaire the newly produced leather jackets, leather trousers, and leather shoes. Voltaire was very satisfied after trying them on. Make the old cobbler the director of the fur clothing factory and recruit some skilled peasant women as workers to produce leather coats, leather trousers, and leather shoes of various specifications. Let the factory director find Bud to be responsible for sales.
Strong came over to announce the good news, and the old carpenter copied all the machines in the textbook. The various farm implements that have been produced have been handed over to Stone, and two old apprentices and one new apprentice are continuing to produce them to meet the needs of all farmers. The printing press and movable type have been prepared, and the ink has been successfully debugged. It can be started at the first command. Voltaire and Strong met the old carpenter together, and Voltaire said: "Old Expert Wood, I hire you as the chief stone expert, with an annual salary of 200 gold pounds and year-end dividends." Wood asked: "Why do you give me such a salary?" How much?" Volta said: "You get so much money based on your ability." Wood could only keep thanking him. Voltay said: "You will be responsible for continuously improving various machines, discovering talents, and cultivating talents." Wood should be.
After coming out of the old carpenter's house, Voltaire said to Strong: "You have to do one last thing. Together with Butler Jack, determine the treatment of all employees of the manor, and then concentrate on practicing martial arts! Three years from now, the beast tide will be terrible. Less." Strong replied.
