Chapter 468 Let’s open a factory
In this land, animal husbandry is an important part of agriculture. Cow’s milk and goat’s milk are important sources of protein for ordinary people. Many lords directly tax cheese.
The first step to obtain dairy products is milking. This work is not easy. In addition to waist and wrist strain, poor hygiene can also bring various diseases to milkers, and they may even be kicked by cows. Wounded and kicked to death.
According to survey statistics, more than 100,000 milking workers suffer from paronychia. If there is a virus in the cow's body, the most common thing is that the hands, wrists and forearms of the milking workers will be infected, and they will grow bean-sized lesions. Red envelopes may develop into blisters or abscesses in severe cases.
Sodia also encountered these problems when he helped others manage the pasture. The farmer was already used to it, but he had never been to the farm before so he was worried about being scolded by his employer, so he tried to solve it.
After many failures and even the death of cows, he finally built a milking machine.
Frederick asked someone to bring a cow over and asked Sodia to start the demonstration.
The machine is small, placed on a four-wheel cart, and is basically cobbled together from existing materials.
The main body of the machine is a pressure cooker with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters. This is the only container that Sodia can find that is easy to open and close and is sealed.
A rubber tube on the pot lid is connected to the air inlet of a pump. Many businessmen sell the pump as a small manual blower for household use, and they can actually sell it.
There are also four rubber tubes on the pot lid that are connected to the milk outlet of the cow. The other end of the tube is a cylindrical interface, and the inside of the interface is slime soft glue with a matching shape.
A wheel on the shelf controls the pump to pump air, creating a negative pressure inside the pot and sucking the milk in.
Four straws pass through a tray. There are ties on both sides of the tray. When tied to the back of the cow, the tray can fix the interface in the appropriate position.
Sodia turned the wheel, and the connecting rod on the wheel controlled the pump to pump air. After a while, the sound of water was heard in the pressure cooker.
Frederick looked on without speaking, while Sodia nodded from time to time while explaining and demonstrating.
Seeing this, Sodia became more and more excited as he talked, and finally said: "It would be easier if the machine was connected to a steam engine."
Frederick smiled and said: "Be careful to suck the cow dry."
Then he asked the farmer to pull another cow over, and Sodia taught the farmer how to use it. These farmers all came over with the cow.
It’s just that those two farmers had never seen this scene before. The most powerful person they had ever seen in their lives was the tax collector of the landlord’s family. They were fine taking care of the cows, but they would never dare to talk to the big man.
When Frederick saw the two farmers shaking hands and feet nervously, he said: "You two do a good job. When you are done, I will reward you each with ten loaves of bread, ten sausages, and ten confit duck legs." .”
Although it is convenient to reward gold coins, it would be a crime for the farmer to have a treasure, so it is better to reward him with food.
The farmers were about to tie the tray to the waist of the cow. They hurriedly dropped what they were doing, faced Frederick, and nodded repeatedly.
Seeing the tray and the tubes fall to the ground, Sodia said with some distress: "Won't you put the things away before answering?"
The two farmers immediately turned to Sodia Diya begs for mercy.
Frederick said nothing more and let them concentrate on their work.
The two farmers fiddled with each other for a long time, and finally shook the wheel, and the sound of water sounded again in the pressure cooker.
Practice has proven that milking with this machine is much more convenient, greatly reducing labor intensity and improving efficiency. It has won unanimous praise from the two farmers and has a broad market prospect.
Frederick also tried it himself and said to Sodia: "This invention of yours is very good. I will write you a letter of introduction. I will first sponsor you 4,000 florins and arrange for people from the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. Take you to Weissenburg City. ”
“Weisenberg City has a mature patent conversion process, starting from patent application, to market assessment and business guidance, loans, production process design, machine design and From manufacturing and industrial park factory leasing to recruitment, legal and regulatory training, one-stop services”
“If you don’t know how to operate and manage yourself, you can also hire professional business operations and production management personnel. A third-party accounting firm can audit your finances to avoid being embezzled, and you can make money at home. "Don't worry too much about your debt here. I will write to the creditor and ask them to wait for a while until you make money." Give it back to them.”
Frederick said these words to Armand and the courtesans behind him, especially those courtesans. They themselves are the disseminators of news. I believe that soon the entire city of Barris will further believe in the news in their hands. Inventions can be exchanged for money in the Principality of Wesson.
The nobles of the Kingdom of Gaul are much richer than those of the Rhine League. Many nobles who have no worries about life will do some research. Baron Mathilde's research on medicine is an example. The results among them are huge. great wealth.
So Frederick took the opportunity to sell horse bones to see if he could make any new discoveries.
Armand half understood what he was saying, but he thought it was very impressive, and curiously asked Frederick: "How much money can you make doing this?"
Frederick replied: "It's normal for each farm to buy one or two. Count how many farms there are in the world."
The corner of Armand's mouth twitched, knowing that this thing was very profitable.
When Sodia was making a living at sea in his early years, he heard that it was very profitable to open a factory in Weissenburg City. Now that Archduke Weissen has guaranteed it, he can make a fortune soon.
He had long recognized the identities of the courtesans next to him, and cast a provocative look at them in excitement.
But those few people focused all their attention on Frederick, and no one looked at him.
Frederick felt that there were many areas for improvement in this machine, but he did not say anything and let him make the changes himself.
After Sodia left, Frederick asked Armand: "Are you free? I'm going to see a friend now. Let's go together. The main thing is that I want you to lead me."
Armand thought that he was finally going to play and wanted to see who he was going to play with. He asked curiously: "Who is this friend of yours?"
The socialites behind them all stood up. Listen, this is important information. If you can know who the friend Archduke Weisen is looking for, you can find out and deduce their next actions, so that there will be a chance to meet again.
Frederick said: "It is a friend who came to Weissenburg to visit me many years ago. We have been exchanging letters for several years."
"I have been very busy since I went to regain Constantbulum the year before last. I haven't had time to write another letter. Today I have a surprise."
Those socialites smelled the smell of gossip. Who didn't know that Frederick Lie's pen pal Françoise, you can see how many benefits it has when you look at the seven-story mansion next to it.
There are even rumors that Françoise has been in the lowlands for many years, but in fact she went to the Archduke Wesson to "hehehehe".
Now Archduke Wesson suddenly has a pen pal. I don’t know who is so lucky.
Armand smiled and said: "I suggest you better inform me. It would be bad if the surprise turns into a fright."
Frederick thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's okay, life is always full of surprises."
Arman shook his head and said helplessly: "It would be bad if it was full of surprises, do you know? You can be scary sometimes.”
“By the way, who is that person?”
Frederick said: “I only know his name is Nicholas, but I didn’t say his last name. , I only know the address, you should know it."
Armand's expression changed immediately after he told him the address. After hesitating for a while, he said: "He... died of jet diarrhea last year."
Frederick was immediately stunned.
(End of this chapter)