When Qian Dazhuang heard that the pulley was worth twenty taels of silver each, his first reaction was that his son had been cheated, and he thought about going to Yuelu Academy to argue with his husband.
Even if their family is not short of money, they cannot be treated as fools!
However, when he saw the confident look on his son's face, he couldn't help but ask: "Can these four pulleys really increase a person's strength four times?"
Qian Jin nodded firmly, "It's absolutely true, I saw it with my own eyes."
"good!"
Qian Dazhuang gritted his teeth and said, "If these four pulleys are really as magical as you say, I will give you eighty taels of silver, but if not, I will go to Yuelu College to find that gentleman."
"no problem."
"Walk!"
Qian Dazhuang took Qian Jin and followed the two porters to the pier.
Because Qian's house was very close to the pier, they arrived at the pier after a while.
At this time, the pier was already crowded with people, including barefoot porters, scholars wearing turbans and Confucian shirts, and businessmen coming to Sioux City for business from other places.
These people gathered in front of a cargo ship and watched a dozen porters using booms to unload a stone sculpture from the cargo ship.
Unfortunately, compared to the weight of the stone sculpture, no matter how hard a dozen porters tried, they could only make the stone sculpture slide on the deck, with no signs of being lifted up at all.
"This stone sculpture weighs over 10,000 kilograms and cannot be moved by more than a dozen porters. Only by hiring samurai can it be possible to move it down."
"If the stone sculptures cannot be moved down in a short time, Taoye Wharf will be embarrassed, and merchant ships may not come here to unload their cargo."
"Look, someone from the Qian family is here."
Just as the onlookers were talking in low voices, someone suddenly shouted.
Everyone immediately shut their mouths and looked in the direction of Qian Mansion, and saw Qian Dazhuang who dared to come.
"Head of the line..."
The man in charge of the dock quickly stepped forward and reported the situation with a grimace.
"I know everything."
Qian Dazhuang interrupted the man and looked at his son, "I ask you again, can you really move the stone sculptures down? If you can't, our Qian family will be embarrassed."
Qian Jin swallowed and felt the pressure when he saw so many people watching.
However, he finally nodded vigorously, "Dad, don't worry, sir, I know how to do it after he demonstrated it to us."
"Go!"
Qian Dazhuang patted Qian Jin on the back.
Qian Jin took a deep breath, asked the porters to stop first, and then asked someone to lower the boom. He followed the method taught by Jiang Yifeng and made a pulley block with four times the force.
After hanging the quadruple-force pulley block on the boom and retying the stone sculpture, Qian Jin asked the porters to try again.
When the porters saw that Qian Jin had only changed one pulley into four, and it didn't look like much change, they could only look at the head of the team, who was Qian Dazhuang.
Qian Dazhuang hesitated for a moment and waved his hand, "This is the method taught by Mr. Yuelu Academy. I believe in Yuelu Academy, let's get started!"
On the surface, he was expressing his trust in Yuelu Academy, but in fact, he was passing the blame.
Just success.
If it doesn't succeed, it's Yuelu Academy's problem and has little to do with the Qian family.
When the porters saw the headmaster giving the order, they no longer hesitated and pulled the rope together.
Creak...
The wood of the boom made a heart-wrenching sound, and the rope was taut.
"Get up, everyone, look, the stone sculpture has been hung up."
"The porters are still the same as before. They just changed four pulleys and hoisted the stone sculpture."
"This is amazing."
The onlookers couldn't help but let out shocked sounds when they discovered that the stone sculpture, which could not be hoisted anyway, gradually left the deck of the cargo ship.
When Qian Dazhuang, the head of the line, saw this, a smile appeared on his nervous face, he patted his son hard, said good job, and said that a pulley was worth twenty taels.
…
Jiang Yifeng exchanged all the silver he earned from selling pulleys for various supplies, hired several ox carts, and headed for Meishan.
He originally didn't plan to come to Meishan, but for the sake of PUA Zhao Toutou, he could only act in one scene to make her feel that he was a good person.
As the sky gradually darkened, the two came to Meishan.
Compared with before, it was completely dark at night. Although Meishan today is not brightly lit, there are many places where there is light.
Many victims had just returned from the mine. They washed off the coal on their bodies and hurried to the shops.
Some of them come to the shops to eat, some come to buy things, and some just come to drink and chat, living a free and comfortable life.
Fortunately, the store is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.
The shop is opened by Jiang Yifeng. Although it only accepts IOUs, if you calculate it, the daily profit is not low.
Products brought in from Suzhou City for a hundred taels can be sold for at least 150 taels, and sometimes even for 200 taels.
However, even with such huge profits, Jiang Yifeng's shop is still very conscientious.
The reason is simple. Meishan is too remote and no merchants are willing to come. Going to Sioux City to buy things takes three or six hours to go back and forth.
If you hire an ox cart, the cost will be even greater, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
"Here we are."
Jiang Yifeng looked at the village in the dark, and a smile appeared on his lips involuntarily.
Watching the village being built little by little, he felt particularly accomplished.
Zhao Toutou got out of the car, looked at the village in front of him, and asked, "Is the person you rescued in this village?"
"no!"
Jiang Yifeng smiled and said, "I saved all the people in this village."
Zhao Toutou looked at the huge village in front of him, his eyes widening in disbelief.
Jiang Yifeng walked towards the village without explaining. Zhao Toutou hesitated and quickly followed.
As soon as he entered the village, a victim discovered Jiang Yifeng. He was stunned for a moment and shouted at the top of his voice: "The benefactor is here, everyone come out, the benefactor is here."
When the voice fell, something happened that shocked Mr. Zhao.
I saw people running out from each house. Some of them were still eating with bowls in hand, and some may have gone to bed without even having time to put on shoes.
"Benefactor, why are you here so late at night?"
"Has your benefactor eaten? You can come to our house to eat. I caught a pheasant today."
"Gouzhu, you fucking want to eat your shit, a pheasant just wants to kidnap your benefactor."
"..."
"..."
The victims surrounded Jiang Yifeng on three levels inside and three outside.
Zhao Toutou looked at the enthusiastic victims and drooled with envy. She dreamed of being surrounded by people she had saved, calling her heroines one by one.
Unfortunately, she only saved forty-two people in total, which was a huge gap compared to the scene before her.
At this time, Jiang Yifeng said: "After returning to the city today, I suddenly found that the temperature dropped a lot. I thought that there were no winter clothes in the shops, so I bought some overnight and delivered them. It doesn't matter if I am tired, but I can't let you freeze."
When the victims heard that Jiang Yifeng missed them so much, many of their eyes became wet.
