Surviving the end of the world

Old man Liu quickly found a few villagers who were interested in selling the surplus cotton at home. They all insisted that one catty of cotton would cost ten catties of grain. Scarface asked from the side: "We are far away, and we still want to exchange some cotton seeds. How is this exchanged?"

The faces of the people over there suddenly changed, and old man Liu said directly: "Cotton can be exchanged, but seeds cannot be exchanged!" The other villagers also nodded repeatedly. There are still competitors, and if the price is lowered, life will be difficult.

Chen Jin said slowly from the side: "We can talk about this matter slowly! The problem you have now is that most of the cotton will be taken away by others, and only a small half of the cotton has its own right to dispose of it, but who can use it?" So much cotton, but just because cotton is not easy to sell, doesn’t mean you can’t sell other things!”

"There's nothing else, young man, if you have something to say, just say it directly, what a circle!" Old man Liu frowned and said directly.

"Haven't you ever thought about selling cotton thread and cotton cloth? Even if someone sews a quilt, there must be a quilt cover! No one will just cover the cotton tire directly!" Pingzi showed a treacherous look.

On one side, a middle-aged peasant woman interjected directly: "Cotton thread? Cotton cloth? How can we make this thing? Even if it is to remove cotton seeds, it still uses an old machine. For that guy, how much cotton do we need to exchange for enough diesel oil? Start it!"

Chen Jin smiled and said: "Who said diesel oil is needed? We have drawings of manual spinning machines and looms here. You must have carpenters here. With this, you can spin and weave cloth by yourself? At that time, it would be more cost-effective for you to directly exchange cotton cloth for food than to exchange cotton!"

No one is a fool. In this age, it is not an exaggeration to say that such a machine blueprint that does not need energy to be driven and can be operated purely by hand is a priceless treasure.

The villagers naturally understood the value of the blueprints, and they were silent for a while. The old man Liu should have a high prestige in the village, and now he decided directly: "If you can really provide the blueprints, we can give you a hundred catties of cotton for free. There's enough cottonseed!"

Chen Jin and the others were not in a hurry now, and Pingzi said with a smile: "These are two kinds of blueprints! You don't need much cotton thread, this cotton cloth..."

The voice here was prolonged meaningfully, and the villagers there were also itchy.They used cotton in exchange for cloth before, and a large bag of cotton had to be exchanged for a piece of cloth, which was still the cheapest chemical fiber. This can’t fool people. Cotton clothes and quilts are not warm enough, and they don’t absorb sweat in summer, and they are not so comfortable to wear. Moreover, this thing can’t touch any sparks. If it splashes, it will be a hole, which is not easy to repair.What a saving would it be to be able to make my own cotton, even the most common cheesecloth!

Old man Liu saw that they were making a fuss, and felt that he had spoken too quickly just now, but he had already made up his mind that the blueprint must be taken down, otherwise, cotton in the village would not be a long-term business.After thinking about it, Old Man Liu said with a smile: "It's not too early now, why don't you go to my house, let's eat first, and after we finish, let's talk slowly!"

"Okay!" Pingzi was also straightforward, with a smile on his face, "Everyone is having a hard time now, so let's just order it. Whoever has chickens, ducks, eggs, etc., we will exchange grain, and we will borrow Uncle Liu's stove. How about using it?"

Old man Liu was stunned for a moment, and knew that they were unwilling to take advantage of this. He said something embarrassing about being a guest from afar, but he still acquiesced.Today is no different than before, even in the past, if outsiders came over, they would have to spend a lot of money to buy home-raised native chickens and eggs, not to mention that now, money is worthless, who raises livestock, then But it's all important property, whoever has this awareness, just take it out to entertain!

Of course, Pingzi and the others didn't dare to be extravagant, so they changed a chicken and some salted duck eggs, and cooked a big pot with the potatoes they brought, and then stewed a big bowl of steamed eggs in the pot, I cut a few salted duck eggs and made two vegetarian dishes, which is quite hearty.

It was already dark now, old man Liu's son lit a fire from the stove, lit a lamp and put it on the table.The lamp was very simple. It was a small dish used to hold soy sauce and vinegar. Some oil was poured into it, and a wick was twisted with cotton. The light was quite bright.Seeing Chen Jin and the others, the man who seemed to be in his fifties and sixties explained: "We have never sold cottonseed, except for breeding, that is, pressing oil. Although this cottonseed oil cannot be eaten, it is still good for lighting!" In addition to cotton, cottonseed oil is also one of their sources of income. They may not be willing to part with it usually, but during the Chinese New Year, they always light one or two candles.

This side just moved the chopsticks, and the villagers who came back from the field over there heard the news, and they didn't even bother to drink their saliva, so they came directly to Old Man Liu's house. All of a sudden, the already small room was crowded with people. One by one, they began to inquire about the blueprint.

Pingzi has always been eloquent, and Li Lixin and Li Liwen are not honest people. They are doing Tai Chi one by one. Anyway, the meaning is that the blueprint is real and very precious. If you are not sure, no one wants to look at it.

Old man Liu made a fuss: "He's having dinner right now, you'll come back after dinner, let's talk slowly!" After saying that, old man Liu went out first by himself.

The people in the room hurried out, and soon, only Chen Jin and the others were left in the room.

"It seems that this blueprint is very popular!" Li Liwen was full of excitement, "We are right to come out this time!"

Scarface took a piece of salted duck egg, sandwiched the oily yolk into the pancake, and then carefully scraped off the white, almost licking the eggshell, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Chen, Not to mention the spinning machine, isn’t there several kinds of looms? Let’s make a fuss about it?”

Liu Zi hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Isn't this unkind?"

"You get what you pay for!" Pingzi also agreed, "We are here for business, not for free work!"

"Actually, there is not much difference!" Chen Jin said softly, "How much cotton can they produce here? One or two of the best Jenny machines can digest all the cotton that can be left in the village. They need Yes, it’s just the small, more primitive ones!”

A few people also realized that here only need small workshops that are self-produced and sold on their own. Even if they take out the best looms, they must have enough cotton. However, most of the people here The cotton will be taken away by the people behind them.Those people naturally have a way to further process these cottons.

If there is too much movement here, it will attract the attention of those people, and it will definitely bring trouble to Xiaohe Village.Although Chen Jin and Bai Jing felt that they could solve the problem, at that time, could they still get along with the villagers as naturally as they do now?

Pingzi and the others don't know how capable Chen Jin and Bai Jing are, but they naturally understand that the number of people behind this village is not simple. The group of guests, those people are not easy to mess with. At that time, if they set their sights on Xiaohe Village and turn Xiaohe Village into the same place as here, it will be called trouble!Thinking about it this way, everyone's thoughts of wanting the lion to open his mouth faded away. Anyway, Chen Jin took out the blueprint, which means it was for nothing. Besides, who knows if someone will find a similar book later. , Get out the blueprints, it's better to be a bachelor now, to save favors here!

Chen Jin and the others quickly swept away all the dishes, Chen Jin and Bai Jing had already put down their chopsticks, and Li Liwen and the others were still holding pancakes, dipping them in vegetable soup, and continuing to eat.

The villagers outside have almost discussed it now, and they should have a psychological bottom line. At this moment, old man Liu came in first. Seeing that they had finished eating, he asked his daughter-in-law to come and clean up the dishes, and then discussed: "This It’s too late, the room is too small, let’s discuss it outside?”

"Success! If we finish our work earlier, we can go back sooner!" Pingzi said cheerfully.

People from the village who heard about it all came over, so many people obviously couldn't fit in the house, so they simply went to the threshing ground with a bench.

When everyone was almost there, Chen Jin said directly: "Let's talk about it first, although we have blueprints, but because we don't have cotton, we haven't tried it before, but we can guarantee the capabilities of this machine! "

"What guarantee do you have?" A young man asked impatiently.

"The blueprints of each machine are a complete set, and there is an overall rendering at the end. Is it possible that you don't understand after reading the blueprints?" Pingzi snorted softly and said aside.

Old man Liu accompanied him with a smile and said, "Everyone is considered to be from the same village, so we naturally trust you! However, how about a price for this blueprint?"

Scarface said slowly: "These machines are not complicated to build, and you don't even need nails and screws! As long as you have time, at least every family in your village can have one. I just took a look. , there are always a hundred households in your village, and we don’t want too many. It’s not a problem for a family to produce ten catties of cotton!”

Split to each family, naturally only ten catties, it sounds really not much, but it is not a small number when added up, these villagers hesitated, although old man Liu has a lot of prestige in the village, he still has to listen to the villagers At this moment, he tentatively said: "This is too much, why don't we discuss it again?"