My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

So without saying a word, he directly agreed to his request for a large amount of research funds, and through William, he got him a complete set of experimental equipment and set up a separate laboratory.

When he thought of the fertilizer problem, he immediately remembered that his land was full of homemade farm manure, and its fertility and pest control could not be guaranteed.

So before the chemical laboratory was established, he found Antonio and started to study organic fertilizer with him.

Antonio is indeed a rare chemical talent these days. In order to study inorganic fertilizers, he had already thoroughly researched the principles and production methods of organic fertilizers early on.

So after Jiang Li raised this question, he was immediately given a complete set of methods for large-scale production of organic fertilizer.

The main raw material is the manure of livestock such as pigs, sheep, cows and horses. According to him, this fertilizer has balanced fertility and its production process can kill almost all insect eggs.

Therefore, Jiang Li had people produce a small amount of organic fertilizer. After trying the effect, he built an organic fertilizer factory between several farms and around Caoping Mountain, hoping that it would be able to hold out for a while before chemical fertilizers came out.

William also brought back the glassmaking technology and key machines for him, and he immediately ordered people to build a glass factory.

Under Anthony's guidance, he set up a desulfurization laboratory to extract sulfur from iron sulfide to provide raw materials for Antonio's future synthetic fertilizers.

In addition, he hired a master craftsman who knew how to make porcelain at a high price and built a bone china factory to add another source of income and ensure his financial health.

After finishing all these, he did not have time to rest, because the Infrastructure Bureau sent a message saying that the roads from the factories in Qinghe County to the docks had been repaired.

When he heard the news, he took people to inspect it.

The result is satisfactory. This road is about five meters wide. Although there is no steel bar, there are bamboo bars in it, which is more than enough to withstand the crushing of light trucks of this era.

After getting on a truck full of coal and driving around on this road for a few laps, he nodded with satisfaction and announced that the project had passed the acceptance inspection.

A lot of food and extra wages were also given to the workers who participated in the construction of this road.

Speaking of this, we have to mention that the workers who work for Jiang Li, in addition to having meals provided every day, also receive a good salary.

So even though the workers are very tired, they have no complaints, and this is also a way for Jiang Li to spend money.

Only when money flows can the market economy prosper. Of course, the more than 15,000 prisoners did not have a penny except for their daily meals.

As for what kind of work they would do after their sentences were completed in three months, he had no idea. Anyway, by that time he would have established a firm foothold and would not be afraid of these unarmed people causing trouble.

While Jiang Li was vigorously developing industry, Edward Harrington, who was far away in Tianzhu, was tasting the blood of the warhorse that had taken the blood mushroom and got from Jiang Li under the night light.

"I can feel that there is a powerful energy in this blood, and it tastes even better than the blood of the purest girl in the world!"

"I really don't know how the ignorant and barbaric East could breed such excellent war horses!"

Edward Harrington expressed this sentiment in his standard London accent, and he was the earl who was allergic to the sun as William mentioned.

At this time, a butler next to him, who was also pale, immediately responded, "Respected Earl, this may just be a coincidence!"

Edward turned his head and looked at the butler, who continued to explain softly, "I heard that there is a kind of extraordinary creature in the East. The Orientals call them monsters."

"It is said that this creature can devour the energy of nature and continuously strengthen itself. Some can even control elemental energy. This warhorse may be the descendant of a monster!"

Edward frowned and nodded when he heard that. "You make sense. So, the other horses with weaker energy are the third generation of monsters?"

"Because their blood is thin, the energy is weaker?"

The butler echoed, "That should be it."

"But I heard that the energy in the monster's body is very violent. I wonder how they tame this energy?"

Edward stopped worrying after hearing that. He drank the cup of blood in his hand in one gulp, then threw the cup to the butler, "Next time William comes, ask him to ask that Oriental man if he really has such a set of technology to tame the violent energy of monsters?"

"If there is any, find a way to buy it. The blood of these two horses is too little now, and it can't meet the daily needs of this earl!"

The butler nodded in agreement, but his eyes remained on the cup.

After Edward left, he stuck out his tongue and licked the remaining blood on the cup. After he tasted the flavor, he was so excited that he couldn't help trembling.

Then he licked it repeatedly until the goblet was licked clean, and then he stopped, feeling unsatisfied.

He had also made up his mind that he must ask the boy named William to get this technology.

At this time, William, who was eating a big meal in Tengteng County, suddenly sneezed, but he didn't think much about it and continued to fight with the table full of delicious food.

This time, he not only brought a lot of machines to Jiang Li, but also got him several professional talents, including Antonio and several prospecting talents.

After further investigation, Jiang Li immediately gathered people and formed a prospecting team, which had already started working.

After Jiang Li inspected and accepted the cement road from the factory to the dock, he started planning to continue repairing the road. He now has more than 10,000 free laborers.

If we don't let them do more work during these three months, it would be a real waste of resources.

So he waved his hand and directly mobilized all 15,000 people to build the road, and also hired 5,000 ordinary people to help.

So 20,000 road construction workers began to work in a mighty manner.

After his territory expanded, he found many mines, so he built five new cement plants, which gave him sufficient supply of cement.

According to his and the Infrastructure Bureau's plan, this time they have to build all the land roads in Dongshan County, Qinghe County, Tengteng County, and Nanxi County within three months. The total length of these roads is 600 miles, so the workload is enormous.

Fortunately, during this period, Jiang Li got a lot of crushers, grinders and other machines from William, which greatly increased the production capacity of the newly built cement plant.

He also asked Han Yong to modify a batch of agricultural tricycles in Guangzhou. They welded a cargo box on the back of a motorcycle specifically for transporting cement.