Chapter 59 The Promising Man
In the village in the pine forest, the thin smoke from the kitchen in the early morning has not dissipated. After a brief boiling, it quickly returned to calm.
The tax officials announced the village's tax policy. No tax type should be omitted, but each type of tax only requires a piece of firewood that is higher than one's knees. There is no limit on the thickness.
The symbolic tax made the villagers breathe a sigh of relief, and they went up the mountain to cut firewood with their tools.
When Thomas found Frederick, he found him feeding the donkeys next to Hozenplotz's house.
This Ami donkey is a female and has just grown up. Huo Zhenplozi built a small donkey shed for it with branches and red mud, and usually tied it to a tree stump outside to let it move around.
Frederick placed some fresh carrots and dried bean vines on the ground, and poured water from the well into the sink nearby. The donkey immediately came over and lowered his head to eat.
Donkeys are different from cattle and sheep. They have only one stomach. It is best to feed them crispy foods. Feeding them soft foods with a lot of crude fiber, such as wheat straw, can easily cause intestinal obstruction. Moreover, the gastrointestinal capacity of donkeys is small, so they cannot be fed too much at one time as it will burst the stomach, so they can only eat three meals a day. .
Tarot stood aside and watched quietly, as if he was a little master feeding his pets.
When Thomas walked up to him, he saw Frederick touching the donkey’s ears and said: “These ears look like rabbits...ah!”
The donkey bit Frederick's finger, causing real damage.
Frederick and Thomas arrived at the highest mountaintop nearby, where they could have a bird's eye view of the entire village and the surrounding terrain.
Thomas told all about his development plan along the way, which was basically the same as what Hozenplotz said yesterday, but in more detail.
“These pine trees are precious treasures!” Thomas stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the bare pine forest and said, “Principal, I have a suggestion to manage all the pine forests here.”
Frederick found a tree stump and sat down, put his right hand on his knee and supported his chin and asked: "Tell me what you think."
He felt that what Thomas wanted to say was the same as what he thought.
Pine wood is widely used in construction, joinery, furniture, wooden pillars, mining pillars, sleepers and papermaking.
Rosin can be extracted into rosin and turpentine. Rosin is currently used in soaps, pigments, construction, musical instrument maintenance, and post-slaughter hair removal of livestock. Turpentine is used in painting, paint, medicine and other fields. The demand in the future will not be high. Small.
If there were no restrictions on felling, there would not be enough trees to cut down.
Thomas cleared his throat, found a pine tree nearby and said: "A pine tree like this is about the same age as the principal. Its trunk is not thick enough yet. It will take many years to grow until it is 20 years old. Suitable.”
"If we cut down all the big and small trees in the past few years, and the new pine trees have not grown up, there will be no pine trees to cut down."
"My idea is to divide the pine forest into 20 parts , cut one part every year, so you don’t have to worry about no more pine trees to cut down in the future.”
Frederick desperately recalled his previous life when he was eating lemon duck with his relatives at the Gaofeng Forest Farm and heard from his relative’s worker-an old forest farm employee. The employee——had mentioned the topic of pine trees, but there was no reply for a while.
Thomas felt that the principal was still young and did not have enough understanding of long-term planning, so he picked up a lot of pine needles and stuck them in the ground for demonstration.
Frederick remembered some content, and after he finished speaking, he said: "I once heard a wandering scholar say that a family in his hometown did experiments."
"The pine trees on one mountain start cutting rosin when they are 13 years old, and they cut down the trees to sell when they are 23 years old."
"The pine trees on another mountain start cutting rosin when they are 20 years old, and when they are 30 years old, they start cutting rosin. "Which one do you think is more profitable?"
Thomas's expression suddenly became serious. There is a legend about the wandering scholar at Weisenberg University. This scholar taught the principal many things, including microscopy, steelmaking and medicine, and no one knows what else.
He thought for a long time and finally said: "I think the mountain where trees are cut down in 30 years will be more profitable. In 10 more years, the trees can grow thicker and be sold more expensively. The trees will be thicker. It also means more rosin.”
Frederick nodded with satisfaction. Starting to cut rosin from a pine tree when it is 20 years old will increase the rosin production by 50% compared to when it is 13 years old. It will also have less impact on the growth of the tree and have higher economic benefits. He was even more satisfied with Thomas, so he asked: "Are you interested in getting an extra salary?"
An expression of surprise and excitement flashed across Thomas's face. , immediately stood at attention and shouted seriously: "Thank you, principal, for your cultivation!"
Frederick touched his hair, and then said: "You first make a plan, walk more, see more, ask more Think about it, talk more with numbers. Whether you can get a second salary depends on your ability.”
“Don’t slack off in your work as a village chief. I’ll take care of you if something goes wrong.”
"By the way, what do you study?"
Thomas immediately replied: "Tell the principal that I study painting."
"Because it costs a lot to buy paint, so I plan to Find a job and save some money, and then go back to school to study when you have enough money."
When Frederick heard this, he hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry about studying. I am going to start a correspondence education in the university. The goal is. Students like you and BASF who don’t have time to go back to school.”
“Your student status is still retained, so you don’t have to worry about being expelled. Please wait for further notification.”
The correspondence education thing was something he just thought of at this moment. In line with the principle of never giving up on a student, especially art students, convenience should be given to students who cannot study full-time.
Thomas immediately said happily: "That's great. In fact, there are many people who think the same as me."
Although they were hungry after escaping from Constantbul Not dead, but without their source of income, life becomes difficult for many students.
There are role models who make money in school, but not everyone can do it.
In addition to magic, there are also many students studying art, literature and law in the university. Wesson will not have that many jobs for them for a while.
Just like Thomas, he couldn't afford paint and couldn't sell his paintings.
Frederick said to him: "Tell them, don't worry, your studies and career will be promising."
"We Wesen will upgrade four cities next year, and we will also When the army is expanded, there will be many positions available. "
"Some positions must be filled by the original people. They can only get the simplest jobs. Those who are interested can start from the grassroots level like you. "
"My territory will definitely not be this big, do you understand what I mean?"
How could Thomas not understand.
The future for many students is to work for nobles, and political acumen is a must.
The best job for a painter like Thomas is to find a nobleman as an investor or to be hired as a family painter. If you get involved in this circle, you must understand the direction of the wind, or at least know when to run away with a bucket. .
Everyone knows about the conflict between the Wesson family and the king, and has also heard about the situation within the royal family.
Now King William is much older, the heir Rudolf is a weak guy, and Frederick's current performance is outstanding. The most important thing is that he is too young.
As long as Frederick beat the king to death, it would be time to complain.
Before Thomas could answer, Frederick continued: "You take notes in the past, record your thoughts on each job, the problems you encounter, how to deal with them, and the results. A summary will be useful in the future.”
Thomas agreed immediately.
Next, Frederick chatted with him for a while about the difficulties facing the village, and then they started talking about everything.
(End of this chapter)