This time, the two sections of the road from Lishi County to Xipo Village, which are in the best position, were pledged by people with deep roots in the county.
A merchant family like Ma Wang must be competing for However, these people had no choice but to choose another section of the road.
Although the good position was taken away by others, the road section of the two families' pledges was very long.
The pledge process on that day almost demonstrated the status of each of their families in Lishi County.
Those who really had too little foundation to talk about it didn’t say a word at that time.
They just thought they had gone over to watch the excitement and had a good meal, so they went back happily.
They didn’t spend any money, but they gained a lot of knowledge.
They are willing to get the money to talk, but they can't help it if they don't.
Not everyone can spend this kind of money.
Some people are rushing to build the road here in Xipo Village, and several villages along the road are also taking advantage of it.
However, people in other places are just greedy, such as Xiaohe Village, not far from Xipo Village.
Luo Yong told them that if Xiaohe Village wanted to build a road, he would also come to Xipo Village to buy cement.
Luo Yong sold it to them for five cents per load.
This was also the reason why he had recently sold cement to pledge their Xipo Village road.
The prices of merchants and wealthy households on the road.
These days are no different from the mechanical age of later generations.
Everything has to be done by manpower.
To produce a load of cement, you need to dig yellow mud first, add some lime gypsum and mix it evenly, then break it into square pieces of mud and move it.
When the earthen kiln is stacked and calcined, a special person must be responsible for watching the fire.
Not everyone can do this job.
After the calcination has cooled, the workers have to take them out of the kiln, first smash them with hammers, and then grind them into powder on a stone mill.
One time is not fine enough, so they have to be ground at least twice.
Sometimes when calcining, if If the fire is not controlled well, or if the mud is not reconciled before, the subsequent crushing work will become very difficult, and they will be crushed three or four times.
Luo Yong and his disciples calculated that the cost of a load of cement is approximately less than two cents for materials plus more than two cents for labor.
If the selling price is six cents, then there will be two cents.
Luo used some of the profits, and his disciples also got some.
If he sells it for five cents, he should theoretically make a profit of one cent.
However, Luo Yong can't let his disciples work for free, so he himself won't make much money.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't make money.
Anyway, cement Things at the factory didn't require him to worry much.
What Luo Yong is most concerned about now is the production and application of Eucommia gum.
If efficiency is not considered, the extraction of Eucommia gum is not difficult.
Just as everyone was busy building roads, the Luo family's first batch of Eucommia gum soles were finally released successfully.
Then Luo Yong went to Lishi County to invite a craftsman who knew how to make leather boots, and brought them back to Xipo Village along with some leather from his home.
The man was placed in the courtyard on the slope.
When it was time to eat every day, the children from the Xu family guest house would come over with covered baskets to bring him meals.
If he wanted to go out for a walk by himself, he would go to the Xu family guest house to eat by himself.
That's okay, the meal money will be recorded in the account, and Luo Yong will settle the settlement with the Xu brothers when the time comes.
This is also a treatment he has never experienced before.
In the past, when the cobbler went to the homes of wealthy merchants to help people process furs and make leather goods, he would mostly eat with the servants and slaves in the house.
If he met someone who was generous, he would be given one or two by himself.
Side dishes, some homemade cakes, steamed buns and other fine delicacies were considered very good, but nothing like Luo Sanlang, who treated him as a distinguished guest.
Little did he know that for Mr.
Luo, who had lived in the twenty-first century for thirty years, a craftsman like him who knew both saltmaking and tanning, and could make saddles and leather boots, had basically become He can be regarded as a senior technician, and he deserves good treatment.
It's just that in this era, the status of craftsmen was really low.
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They were scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants.
In theory, they were still ranked ahead of merchants.
In fact, they often still had to work for merchants.
Feng's cobbler is also a craft passed down from his family.
His ancestors fled to Lishi County and earned some money by helping people make saddles and tanned furs.
Their lives were barely able to survive, and they have been here ever since.
Get settled.
There are also rumors in the city that his ancestors were originally barbarians from outside the Pass.
Feng Tanjiang himself thinks that this has some truth, but he will definitely not admit it to the outside world.
Besides, his ancestors and fathers all married and had children here, and they have already integrated into it.
If he lives locally and has no problem with his household registration, then he is naturally a native of Lishi County now.
Since his father and ancestors did not tell him that they were barbarians from outside the Guan, they certainly could not be barbarians from outside the Guan.
His father hoped that he could live and work in peace and contentment there.
He himself was willing to live this kind of life, and he also had a relatively high degree of confidence in himself.
I feel blessed to have a stable life.
In the past few years, I often heard that there were snowstorms outside the customs, and countless cattle and sheep died.
I was afraid that the barbarians would invade the border again.
For the vast majority of people in the Central Plains, they only care about the security of the border.
They don't care much about whether the barbarians are living well or whether many people have starved to death.
Life outside the customs is not easy, and it is not that there are no Hu people who have thought about entering the customs to make a living, but how do they enter the customs?
Without household registration, it is difficult to move around in the Central Plains.
Some people are really forced to have no choice but to accept the protection of some wealthy merchants in the pass, and then are willing to be sent by others, and then they become slaves.
These Hu people who work as slaves are usually called Hu slaves.
Many of them are sold out of their own free will.
However, in the Central Plains, groups such as the Hunu and Kunlun slaves did not have many rights as human beings.
The Tang Dynasty law also said that slaves and slaves were better than livestock.
Therefore, Feng Tanjiang's family is still lucky.
Although the craftsmen's social status is relatively low, they also have formal household registration and are protected by the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Others cannot kill and sell at will.
After finishing the work at hand, he would definitely burn a stick of incense for his ancestors when he returned.
He had a hunch that good times for the Feng family were coming soon.
"My sister's boots were made smoothly."
On this day, Luo Yong came over again to check on the progress.
In the past few days, Cobbler Feng has made the boots of Du Gou and Ma Feiyang, as well as the boots of Luo Siniang and Luo Wulang.
What he is making now is the boots of Aunt Luo and Luo Erniang.
Du Gou and Ma Feiyang both made riding boots.
Luo Siniang and Luo Wulang's boots were filled with cotton.
This cotton was not the cotton wadding of later generations, but silk fabrics, similar to silk quilts.
The wealth at this time People often use it to make winter clothes.
Si Niang and Wu Lang usually either stay on the kang without wearing boots, or go out for activities and exercise more.
They are at the age where they love running and jumping.
If you make fur boots for them, they will probably lose all their fur in a few days.
They were worn down under foot, and the leather boots had a thin layer of cotton inside, which should be enough to keep a child warm.
The two pairs of aunties and niangs made were fur boots, using two pieces of broken wolf skins.
Last year, a few wolves came down from the mountains northwest of Lishi County.
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The villagers worked together to beat them away.
Two of them were killed and sold in the city.
The wolf meat was not delicious and the wolf skin was damaged by them.
It couldn't be sold at a good price, so in the end, Feng Cobbler took it at a relatively low price.
These two pieces of wolf skin were not in good condition.
They were smashed by the villagers with hoes and poles, and they had many large and small holes.
The fur color was not very beautiful, so no one cared about it.
Now it would be suitable to use it to make boots.
If you put it together carefully, you can find it.
There are no visible defects, and the fur is thick enough, so it should be relatively warm.
"It's almost done."
Feng Tanjiang straightened his body and said to Luo Yong with a smile.
For him, these fur-integrated boots are much easier than the riding boots and cotton boots he made a few days ago.
All he has to do is turn the wolf fur inward, cut and sew into the shape of the boots, and then fix it to the Eucommia rubber soles. .
"This is made of the fur under the wolf's belly."
Luo Yong picked up a ready-made shoe on the kang table, reached in and touched it.
It felt quite soft.
"That's where the fur is the softest."
The girl's feet were small, so she couldn't use up the two wolf skins to make these two pairs of boots that were about half a foot high, so naturally she chose the best and softest materials.
"It's quite warm."
Luo Yong said happily.
"It's not a good thing.
It's not as fine as the previous pairs."
Especially the two pairs of boots of Luo Siniang and Luo Wulang.
They are made of deerskin on the outside and thin cotton on the inside.
The two pairs of small boots are exquisitely made and look good. , warm and easy to walk on.
"As long as it's warm enough, we'll make other shoes for them until spring next year."
Luo Yong didn't think there was anything not fine enough about these fur-integrated boots.
They were like the Uggs of later generations, which easily cost thousands, so You can't buy wolf skin either.
However, the concept was different at this time.
After all, there were still relatively few people in the Central Plains using leather goods, and it was not as deeply integrated into people's lives as it was in later generations.
Luo Yong had never seen anyone wearing boots with integrated fur like this.
"If you dye it with more colors, it should look better."
Feng Cobbler suggested.
"I happen to have dye there."
Luo Yong sat on the kang and felt a little cold, so he went down to the kang to light a fire, and then took out the ashes from the stove.
"Hey, hey, just leave it alone and I'll do it."
Feng cobbler said quickly, he was a cobbler, how could he ask Luo Sanlang to help him burn the kang.
"No problem, just go about your business."
Luo Yong also knew that craftsmen like them didn't even know how to take a sip of water when they were busy, and they often forgot to heat the kang.
"What do Feng Aweng think of the soles of mine?"
Luo Yong was lighting the fire while talking to Feng Cobbler.
"Of course it's very good."
Facing the light coming from the oil paper window, Feng Cobbler carefully inspected the boot he had just finished.
Put one boot on the wooden cabinet at the end of the kang.
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"We used to make boots with others, and we often worried about the soles.
Using a single layer of leather to make the soles was too thin, so we used several more layers and sewn them together with threads.
It was thick enough, but we were afraid that water would get in between.
The leather The soles of shoes are not as good as linen soles.
If water gets in the middle, it will be difficult to get out.
If it accumulates in it, the leather will be soaked.
If there are a few holes and water leaks out, it will be difficult to wear in rainy and snowy weather. " "The soles of your shoes are good.
They are not afraid of water accumulation inside, can isolate moisture, and are also wear-resistant.
Those soles made of hemp threads.
If the hemp threads are worn out, the soles will not be strong.
Your soles are fine.
If I hide the thread on the sole, it won’t be able to be worn away.”
Speaking of the Luo family's shoe sole, the more Feng Cobbler thought about it, the more he liked it.
Unfortunately, this thing was really rare.
Luo Sanlang mobilized all his troops and got so many Du Zhong trees from the south.
He planted them for a whole year and hired people to pick them.
When the leaves come down, they are fermented and washed.
In the end, I am afraid that not many soles will come out.
"The soles of my shoes can be recycled even after they are worn out."
Luo Yong said proudly: "Save a few broken soles and melt them in a pot, then pour them into the mold, let them cool, and then you will have a new pair of soles."
"Nothing of this was wasted."
Feng Cobbler was amused by the scene he told.
"There are still a lot of eucommia leaves in the fermentation tank over there that have not been processed.
Once they are all taken out, I will probably be able to get a hundred pairs of shoe soles.
Feng Aweng, please help me make boots from now on."
This is what Luo Yong plans to get.
The employment relationship between them was determined.
"Of course I am willing, little old man."
Feng Tanjiang has been doing work for most of his life.
This is the first time he has met such a good employer.
What else could he not want to do?
"There are still young people in Feng Aweng's family who can work.
You might as well call one or two to help."
Since we have to work for a long time, it must be quite hard for such an old man alone.
"Although my son is useless, there is no problem in giving me a hand."
Feng Cobbler was even more happy when he heard that Luo Yong asked him to call one or two more family members over.
There was nothing else to say about the salary, but just for the three meals a day, it was not a loss to call his son over.
Besides, he has somewhat figured out the craft of making rubber-soled leather boots over the past few days, and he will have to continue to work on improving it in the future.
It would be best if his son could watch and learn by his side.
How could he do it elsewhere?
There are shoes like this for him to see and touch.
"In this case, you and your son will make boots with me.
The monthly salary will be counted as 200 cash, and you will still eat three meals a day at the Xu family guest house.
You can have someone deliver it to you or you can go there yourself, how about?"
Luo Yong is willing to pay more for such technical talents, but he also has to consider the market conditions.
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Because Feng's cobbler's son was basically only considered an apprentice, Luo Yong did not consider his wages.
Giving him three meals a day and the opportunity to learn how to make rubber-soled leather boots was not a injustice to him.
In the future, when everyone discovers the benefits of Eucommia rubber soles, more and more people will plant Eucommia trees to obtain Eucommia gum.
In this trend, Feng Cobbler and his son are already at the forefront.
If they can If you seize it well, there will be many opportunities to make money in the future.
Therefore, these two hundred cents can be said to be just the wages of Cobbler Feng alone, plus three meals a day for two people.
The configuration of these three meals is also relatively high.
In this era, not ordinary people can afford it.
In the view of Feng Cobbler, this kind of treatment was naturally the best.
He thanked Luo Yong repeatedly and argued that the salary was too much, but Luo Yong told him to just make boots for him, as long as the boots were well made. , he can naturally earn these wages elsewhere.
On the sixth day of October, Du Gou was finally leaving, and Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to send him out of the village.
"Sanlang, please don't send me any more.
Let's go back now."
When he reached the sheepfold, Du Goulema stopped and advised Luo Yong to go back quickly.
Although it didn't snow that day, the temperature was already very low.
"Have a good trip, Dalang."
Luo Yong handed him a small bag, which contained the jujube bean cake he asked Aunt Luo to make early this morning.
"Goodbye."
After staying in Xipo Village for so long, Du Gou was a little reluctant to leave now.
He had gained a lot of knowledge here.
He had been living in the courtyard on the slope, with Luo Yong.
It also comes and goes frequently.
"If Dalang is not afraid of the wind and snow, you might as well buy some seeds of Duzhong tree first, and then return to Laizhou soon."
Luo Yong said to him.
"That's what I meant."
Du Gou also saw the benefits of this Eucommia gum.
He was wearing a pair of leather boots with Eucommia gum soles under his feet.
Luo Yong also told him that this Eucommia gum was not It is only used for making shoe soles.
If you go south to buy seeds at this time, the price should not be very high.
After all, the news here has not yet spread.
After these rubber-soled leather boots become famous, it will be more difficult to buy seeds.
Not to mention the high price. .
Seeing the back of Du Gou riding his horse away, Luo Yong slowly reversed the donkey cart and let the five pairs take him back to the village.
Calculating the time, there are still seven or eight years before the rebellion of Prince Li Chengqian in the 17th year of Zhenguan.
I wonder if history can be rewritten this time.
Luo Yong neither knew nor understood the other people, so he didn't have much idea, but for this Du Gou, Luo Yong hoped that he could live well and not die for nothing because of something that had nothing to do with him.
The fate of Hōno.
Du Gou arrived in the summer and brought Luo Yong the seeds of Champa rice, and also helped him make a batch of very exquisite peony cushions.
Luo Yong planned to use these cushions to flatter the emperor.
When leaving, Du Gou wore a pair of cashmere sweater pants, a pair of rubber-soled leather boots, and several skills learned from Luo Yong, but he didn't know if these skills could slightly change his fate.
The author has something to say: Yesterday, someone mentioned in the comment area that Luo Yong set up his own cement factory but asked others to spend money to buy cement to build roads.
I thought about it and realized that we really can’t make this money, so I reduced the price by five cents.
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