Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 624 Planning in advance

Originally, Hua Lei wanted to open a paper mill at home, but when she thought about the first pot of gold that Gui Jijiu gave her when she first arrived in Shangjing City, Hua Lei felt very grateful.

Moreover, in the past few years, the cooperation between the two families has been very good. The rice grid and the field grid can be said to have occupied half of the Great Sheng Dynasty, bringing Hua Lei back a steady stream of silver.

Therefore, even though she can open a paper mill on her own now, Hua Lei feels embarrassed not to bring Gui Jijiu along. She wonders if Gui Jijiu still has the ambition to expand his business empire?

I hope the two families can cooperate this time and open a paper mill in Mobei. Then, let Gui Jijiu open a printing house, and the profit will definitely be great.

Moreover, people from Beihe Village can be hired to work, so that the villagers can also have some cash income. I heard that the village chief of Beihe Village has been in poor health recently and has not come to the county government to report on his work, so he has not come to see Hua Lei.

Although she had not received the confirmation letter from Gui Jijiu, Hualei had already started to make plans for the paper mill. The raw material for the paper mill was reed stalks.

The reeds in the village are about to mature. In order to avoid waste and prevent shortage of raw materials after the paper mill opens, Hua Lei decides to store a batch of reed stalks first.

Moreover, storing raw materials is the first step in the papermaking process. Storing reeds for a period of time is beneficial to the moisture balance of the reed stems, improves the quality of the reeds, and makes it easier to obtain a more uniform pulp during pulping.

After the mature reed stalks are harvested, they need to be stored for four to six months because the reeds contain various pectins, starches and other substances that can ferment naturally.

After being stored for a period of time, it can naturally ferment and evaporate part of it. Then the process of steaming the raw materials will be simpler and faster.

Reeds are usually stacked in a thatched house style, with each stack being about seven to ten feet long, and three to four feet wide and high. The top is angled, and the stacks must be pressed tightly and the top of the stack must be sealed to prevent water leakage.

In order to store reeds, Hualei asked Qingzao to help go to Beihe Village and invite the village chief's son Huang Damao to his study.

I told him about the paper mill in person, but I also told him that since things were not finalized yet, he shouldn't publicize it yet and should just harvest the reeds and store them first.

In addition, let the villagers use reed stalks to weave a batch of reed curtains, which will definitely be used when building a paper mill.

It is relatively simple to make a reed curtain. Remove the tips of the reed stalks, cut them into poles of uniform length, spread them flat on the ground, and use a rope folded in half to pass over the reed stalks from the top, wrap around the rope at the bottom, and then pull them back.

Then go around the second reed pole, tighten it, alternate left and right, repeat the above steps to form gaps between the ropes, and pull hard, and the reed poles will be tightly arranged together.

After finishing one side, proceed to the other side. Make sure the ropes on both sides cross each other so that the reed stems will not come out and will be very strong.

Two people can also weave a curtain at the same time, one on each side, and work forward together. When they reach the end, they fix the ropes on the last few reed stalks, roll them up, and the reed curtain is ready.

However, it is easy to weave reed curtains, but it takes experience to make the thickness of the curtains completely consistent. Hualei tried it, but he couldn't make the thickness consistent.

In the following winter, the villagers of Beihe Village began to harvest reeds, store reeds, and weave reed curtains. In order to appease the villagers, Hualei paid a processing fee in advance.

After this winter, in the spring of next year, when I receive a reply from Gui Jijiu, I will start the paper mill. If Gui Jijiu is willing to come to Mobei and start a paper mill together, it will be even better.

These villagers are hardworking and honest, but they lack the start-up capital to get rich. I will help them by using the method of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

In the future, they will be able to support themselves. Then, we can use the paper mill to find a long-term way for them to make a living, and the problem will be solved.

In addition to the basic farmland, the ten villages in Mobei basically have another source of cash income for the time being. Hualei also temporarily put her mind at ease.

Looking at the map of the entire Mobei, Hua Lei felt that perhaps these villagers were illiterate, so their thinking was still relatively conservative.

Apart from staring at his own fields and working diligently in the fields every day, he didn't have any other thoughts.

Although it is true that working diligently in the fields is not wrong, the weather and environment still have a huge impact on the fields.

Moreover, the fertilizers in Mobei's fields were far from enough, so the output from the fields could only barely fill the stomachs, and in extreme weather, it was difficult to fill the stomachs.

They have never thought about working together as a village, so the industrial structure is very simple.

Therefore, even though they live in a mountain with bamboos, they will only cut a few bamboos when they need them and take them home. They have never thought about large-scale production and sales.

Of course, it is also possible that the sales channels are blocked and there is no market, which is why they gave up the idea.

In this way, the two villages of Beihai and Beihu guarded the two treasure mountains, but lived their lives in poverty.

Of course, other villages in Mobei also have similar situations. It seems that we still need to broaden their horizons.

The responsibility system in the form of production teams proposed by Hualei opened the door to a new world for them. The problems of Beihai and Beihu villages were solved. Hualei set her sights on other villages.

Now, the fertilizers from Rabbit Village 1 and Rabbit Village 2 are enough for the families to grow their own fields, but there is still a huge gap in fertilizers for other villages.

Without fertilizer, the efficiency of farmland production is very low, which is not conducive to the rapid improvement of people's living standards. It seems that other villages should also actively promote breeding.

This ensures that the fields have enough fertilizer, forming a virtuous cycle. Alas, there is still a lack of breeding rabbits! If I had known earlier, when I first established the rabbit farm, I would have expanded the scale directly, and I might not have the current troubles. Hualei regretted it a little.

In the evening, Hualei and Rongjin talked about this matter with some regret. Seeing Hualei's face full of regret, Rongjin sighed softly.

Even when she was resting at home, Hua Meimei never had a relaxing day. On the contrary, she was even busier because of the things happening in the villages below.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Sister Hua, do you know your own shortcomings? Your biggest shortcoming is that you demand too much perfection from yourself.

No matter who you are or what you do, nothing is perfect.