When the nobles and people in Chang'an City were enthusiastically discussing the great success of the launch of the Laoniu Steam Locomotive Workshop, the owners of sugarcane plantations far away in Lingnan were about to usher in the busiest moment of the year.

Sugar cane that has grown for more than half a year is now time to cut down.

"Brother Xu, this time the machete we bought is much sharper than before. I tried it and the effect is very good."

In the private room of a restaurant in Guangzhou, Cheng Gang, Fang Zhen and Xu Ang held regular gatherings as usual.

"Brother Cheng said that's right. Although the area of ​​sugarcane we planted this year has increased a little more than last year, the harvesting efficiency this year should be faster than last year.

In previous years, every time sugarcane was cut, it cost a lot of money to buy enough machetes.

Every day, a large number of machetes will appear and are scrapped because of gaps or broken directly into two pieces.

This time, the new machete we ordered from Jintai Iron Smithing Workshop is completely made of stainless steel, and the price is 20% lower than the past."

Fangzhen is obviously very confident about the thousands of machetes that have just arrived at.

As the largest sugarcane growers in Lingnan, several of them almost control the development pace of the sugarcane planting industry in Lingnan Road.

"These machetes are made of new steam engine equipment, and the quality is naturally better than what I bought last year and the price is cheaper.

Now Jintai Ironmaking Workshop has opened a shop in Guangzhou, focusing on selling these machetes and kettles.”

Xu Ang obviously knows more about Jintai iron shop than Fangzhen and Cheng Gang.

"kettle?"

Cheng Gang immediately noticed the new news revealed in Xu Ang's words.

"That's right! I only learned yesterday that Jintao Iron Workshop has launched a new kettle. It is said that it uses similar materials to canned food, but it is much thicker.

With these kettles, it is much more convenient for everyone to carry water when they go out.

In previous years, whenever we harvest sugarcane, some helpers always had diarrhea because they did not strictly implement the instructions that they could not drink raw water.

I plan to slowly distribute the kettle as a standard utensil to various helpers in the future.

Of course, at the beginning, this will be a reward for those excellent workers.”

Xu Ang now manages thousands of personnel, and he is very comfortable with how to win over people's hearts and maximize profits.

"When you say that, this kettle is really useful. In the past, if the helpers went out to work, they would at most use bamboo tubes to fill some water. If they were not convenient to carry, they would be poured out easily."

According to Xu Ang's description, Cheng Gang imagined the appearance of the kettle and felt that it was indeed a good thing.

In this era of backward industrial technology, it would not be that easy to create a bunch of thermos cups like in later generations.

Even the most common aluminum pot in the 1950s and 1960s is now impossible to find even the shadow.

As for using iron to make it, the rust problem has never been solved before.

So except for some wealthy families who use copper pots, most of them have the most ordinary ceramic kettles.

Fortunately, this can solve most of the problems.

It's not that convenient if you go out.

After all, ceramic kettles are too easy to break.

Everyone would rather be thirsty than risk damage.

"I heard that the Logistics Department of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty has purchased a batch of kettles made by Jintai Iron Workshop to equip all students.

The Ministry of War will probably equip all soldiers with such kettles. It is estimated that with the machete and kettle alone, Jintai Ironworkshop will be able to gain a foothold in Lingnan Road."

As a representative figure of the Chu Prince's Mansion in Lingnan Road, Xu Ang is naturally much more informative than Cheng Gang and Fang Town.

After all, the influence of the King of Chu Mansion is no longer comparable to that of the Cheng Mansion and the Fang Mansion.

"I heard that Chang'an City has changed a lot in the past year. We didn't dare to imagine that machetes and kettles like this would be so cheap and the output would be so large."

Fang Zhen said with emotion.

Over the years, except for occasionally returning to Chang'an City to stay for a few months, he spent most of his time at Lingnan Road.

It can be said that he put in almost all his efforts to make the Fang family's sugarcane plantation in Lingnan Road.

"The changes in Lingnan Road in recent years have been quite big. In a few years, when the court completely takes control of Lingnan Road, we may not necessarily need to stay here every day."

Cheng Gang empathized with Fang Town's words.

"In Lingnan, except for the surrounding areas of Guangzhou, the control ability of the imperial courts in other places is still too weak. It is probably not that easy for you to let your family arrange others to take over your position with confidence.

During this period, due to the great rise in the price of tin ingots, the Feng family has squeezed the people working in the tin mines west of Guangzhou, which has caused a significant rebound.

There were not many soldiers in Guangzhou to call, and the only three thousand defenders had been dispatched by Governor Feng to the tin mine to suppress the rebellion of miners."

As soon as Xu Ang said this, everyone immediately fell silent.

This topic is too heavy.

In Lingnan Road, Lao people are a topic that cannot be avoided.

Except for Guangzhou and other prefectures, there are some Han people in other remote areas, which are generally controlled by Lao people.

Even a powerful man like the Feng family, who has already taken root in Lingnan, has no choice but to deal with the people of Shangliao.

The entire northern and western part of Lingnan Road is basically the territory of Lao people.

Now that the Feng family has annoyed the people in the west of Guangzhou, they have actually made themselves very worried.

The atmosphere throughout Guangzhou City has been quite solemn during this period.

"Brother Xu, actually, I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if the Feng family couldn't suppress the people of the Laos. The court took this opportunity to dispatch troops to guard Guangzhou. In the future, the court's control over Guangzhou will soon become stronger."

Although Xu Ang is a relative of the Feng family, Bucheng Gang and Fang Zhen know that he first represents the interests of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

Nowadays, the Chu Palace has huge interests in the South Ocean. If the situation here in Lingnan Road is unstable, it will definitely have an impact on the interests of the Chu Palace in the South Ocean.

"It's not as simple as you think. You all know what the climate in Lingnan looks like.

We have lived here for so many years, so we have basically adapted to the environment here.

If the soldiers from Guanzhong were dispatched to Lingnan, not to mention fighting with the Lao people immediately, it would be a problem to keep healthy and free from illness or disasters.

But where would the people from the home give everyone a chance?

Guangzhou has developed very fast in recent years. All the nobles have built sugarcane pressing workshops and plantations here. Many merchants regard this place as a transit point for trade, so the accumulated wealth is actually quite large.

If the people around the house took this opportunity to make trouble, the court would have no choice but to do anything for a while."

Xu Ang is obviously not as optimistic as Cheng Gang and Fang Zhen.
Chapter completed!