After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

Li Qingqing and Zhou Yimo settled the household affairs, and told Xier and the other three to look after the house at home, and then they went about their own business.

Zhou Yimo went to find the village chief first.

At this time, the village chief was in the main room drinking tea and chatting happily with his wife.

"You want Zhou Yimo to teach the children to read now? He doesn't want to take the exam for the scholar degree?" When the village chief's wife saw that her husband actually went to Zhou Yimo yesterday and asked him to teach the children to read, she blamed the village chief and said that he had delayed Zhou's nephew's study time.

"You don't understand this, hehe, it's not that he will teach the children to read personally. I made an appointment in advance so that he will have something to think about. In the future, we will build an enlightenment school for our Lihua Village. If the children can be enlightened, they can also go to the academy in town to study!" The village chief took a sip of tea, feeling a little proud.

"You really have wild ideas! The Zhou family can't even support themselves, and they want to build a school for our village?" The village chief's wife rolled her eyes at him.

The village chief did not argue, he just drank his tea happily.

He knows the inside story.

The day before yesterday, when he went to the town for a meeting, the new county magistrate sent someone to tell him specifically that Zhou An from Lihua Village was now the acting county magistrate and asked him to assist.

Zhou An is Zhou Yimo, the nephew of the Zhou family!

The Zhou family has no money to build a school, but if he were the county magistrate, he could help his own village first in the future.

Just when the village chief was full of anticipation, he saw Zhou Yimo coming.

The village chief quickly stood up and came out to greet him, his eyes full of smiles, "Hey, nephew Zhou, you're here!"

Zhou Yimo: ???

Zhou Yimo didn't know why the village chief was so happy. He bowed, his face calm, and said, "Village chief, I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Okay!" The village chief took Zhou Yimo to the main hall and sat down.

"Well, I'd like to ask the village chief to find someone to help me make blue bricks. I've been planning this for a long time, but I haven't discussed it with you because I wasn't sure if it was feasible. Fortunately, I'm starting to see some progress now."

Zhou Yimo smiled and told the village chief about Li Qingqing's plan to make bricks and build a house.

Finally, he said: "If we succeed in building brick houses and improving the living environment, we can gradually promote brick houses to the whole village."

Zhou Yimo spoke cautiously. It was his first time conducting the experiment and he hadn't even seen a single brick, so he couldn't make any promises.

However, if this matter is discussed with the village chief, more adequate allocation of manpower can be achieved, which will be of great help to the promotion of brick and tile houses in the entire village in the future.

First, he would solve his own housing problem, then improve the housing problem of the entire village, and then drive the other villages. If this thing succeeded, it would also be considered his achievement as the acting county magistrate.

When the village chief heard that Zhou Yimo planned to make bricks to build a house, he became excited.

Wow, after living for most of his life, he finally has the hope of living in the legendary blue brick and tile house?

The village chief suppressed his excitement and said after thinking for a moment:

"The Zhou family's wife is truly brilliant. She actually came up with this idea. If this brick house is actually built, it would be a real boon to our Lihua Village. Well, let me tell you, the houses the villagers live in nowadays really suffer when it's windy or rainy."

The village chief felt that he had strayed from the topic. He paused and quickly turned the subject back:

"Well, nephew Zhou, you know that we in Lihua Village are short on labor. There are only four people staying at home these past two days, and one of them is my son Tiezhu. Is that enough?"

Zhou Yimo thought for a moment and said, "That's enough for now. Let's invite them here first to dig out the mud pit. As for making bricks, we can find a way to hire workers from other villages."

The labor force in Lihua Village is indeed relatively small, but today we are just digging a mud pit, so four people are enough.

Zhou Yimo thought for a moment and added, "If it's really hard to find labor, tile-making work is easy, and we can let those half-grown children who are learning martial arts do it."

The village chief nodded. This was a good idea. These half-grown children had nothing to do at home and were just playing in the mud. It would be better to do something meaningful.

"Village chief, what do you think is the appropriate daily wage for these workers?" Zhou An asked again.

The village chief pondered for a moment and said:

"Adult men are generally paid forty cents a day for their work. As for those half-grown children, they are learning martial arts from your Zhou family and doing things within their abilities, so they don't need to be paid. If others need to buy bricks and tiles in the future, we will pay them with the profits."

Zhou Yimo nodded, indicating that he understood. He pondered for a moment and said:

"How about this? I'd like to hire Tiezhu as my manager. I'll pay him 100 coins a day and he'll be in charge of making the bricks."

Seeing that the village chief was about to refuse, Zhou Yimo continued:

"Village Chief, I've already considered this. My wife and I have other things to attend to, and someone has to manage this brick-making business. I know Tiezhu well, and we trust him to do his job. My idea is to let Tiezhu be the manager, responsible for the entire brick-making process. If this is feasible, Tiezhu must be responsible for this for my wife for a long time."

When the village chief heard this, he fell into deep thought. What Zhou Yimo said made sense.

He must be in charge of a lot of affairs now. Although the idea of ​​burning green bricks was from Zhou's wife, it doesn't seem appropriate to let her manage those people's work every day. He really needs a long-term manager to take care of it.

Tiezhu works in town and only earns forty cents a day. If he can come back to help, not only will the salary be higher, but the family can be taken care of more. If brick making is feasible, it will be a good thing for the village.

"Okay then!" The village chief nodded. He quickly asked his wife to call back Tiezhu, who was working in the fields.

After the village chief's wife left, the village chief smiled and said to Zhou Yimo:

"Nephew Zhou, someone secretly informed me the other day that you are now acting county magistrate, and I haven't congratulated you yet! I am truly grateful for your care for my Tiezhu."

Zhou Yimo was slightly stunned, then realized that it must be Xie Xuanan's arrangement, so he nodded in agreement and said with a smile:

"You're too kind, village chief. Tiezhu is a down-to-earth person who works diligently, so he's naturally suited to be in charge. Besides, building brick and tile houses will benefit the villagers, and it's a big deal."

The village chief's smile widened upon hearing this. "Don't worry, I will definitely urge Tiezhu to do his best to complete this task."

Soon, the village chief's wife hurried over with Tiezhu.

After Tiezhu came back, he learned that he would be responsible for the management of the entire brick-making and house-building process. A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he immediately said seriously:

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, I will complete the task well!"

"Okay, then I'll tell you the detailed plan first." Zhou An nodded and motioned Tiezhu to sit down and discuss it together.

He took out a few rolls of written paper from his arms and spread them on the square table.

He came prepared today. The contents on these papers were formulated with reference to the books in the space and combined with the existing terrain of Lihua Village. They were the result of him and his wife spending several days to finalize.