In fact, in my heart, Zhang Ran did not believe much about the old stonemason's guarantee.

Fortunately, Zhang Ran had promised to take over all the stone mills that the old stonemason could make in the next three months and gave them enough money.

In this way, if the old stonemason leaks the stone milling technology to others, not only will he face Zhang Ran’s blame, but he will also have many more competitors.

I think the old stonemason should not leak the stone mill technology for the time being for the sake of his own interests.

Moreover, with the current pure manual technology, it is not a simple matter to make a stone mill. Not only do you have to go up the mountain to quarry yourself, but you also need to polish and carve it after getting it back. This is a very time-consuming work.

Just because they were both men and women, they could only make three or five in a month. This yield may not even keep up with the expansion of Zhang Erniu Restaurant, so Zhang Ran could eat it completely.

As for the future, according to Zhang Ran’s plan, he might have found a new way to make money. At that time, Zhang Ran hopes that the old stonemason will spread the technology more widely and gain a greater reputation for himself!

This time, Zhang Ran not only temporarily blocked the possible leak of stone mill technology, but also thought he had harvested two more stone mills. In this way, the problem of insufficient flour production tools will be solved, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

After returning home, Zhang Ran told Zhang Shan and others the good news that the Xinshimo was about to be delivered.

He personally selected four honest and stronger boys from the teenagers and joined the team of Zhang Ying and others to grind flour.

As for other younger teenagers, Zhang Ran also left them idle.

Considering that their backyard is not large and there are a lot of wheat and other debris, in order to keep it confidential, Zhang Shanying and others cannot be exposed in front of others or leave Zhang Ran’s backyard at will.

This will make the originally small backyard even more crowded. If you wait until the new stone mill is delivered, there may be no place to put it.

Therefore, Zhang Ran asked the remaining younger teenagers to help expand the yard to accommodate more people to move in it.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. According to the law, the people of the Han Dynasty were registered, regardless of the amount of land or the area of ​​homesteads, and there were strict regulations. They could not expand the area of ​​houses at will.

However, unlike Qin, the execution of laws in the Han Dynasty was much weaker.

For large cities like Chang'an or small cities near Chang'an like Xinfeng County, the houses within the city must strictly abide by the law and not be expanded at will.

But there is basically no one to take care of remote mountain villages like Zhangjia Village. Even if the government knows, as long as you don’t expand the house to other people’s homes, occupy other people’s fields, and get a dispute when someone reports it. Then the government will turn a blind eye, close one, and pretend that it doesn’t see it.

And it just so happened that the large piece of wasteland in Zhang Ran’s backyard was originally one of Zhang Ran’s fields. It was originally used to grow some vegetables or beans, but now it is just for expanding the yard.

So, Zhang Ran directly expanded half an acre of land, led people to use the chopped bamboo to form a fence, fenced half an acre of land around the backyard, and then pulled out the weeds, and the new yard was ready.

Although it is a little simple, most farmyards in Lijuai are like this now. Even the front yard of Zhang Ran’s family is just stacked with stones and made a wall of more than one meter high, which is only a little better than here.

...

I worked hard all day, and when it was getting late, Zhang Ran specially invited everyone to have a dinner to reward everyone.

The supper was very rich. Zhang Ran not only stewed a large pot of mutton with a pottery pot, put in various seasonings such as newly bought onion and ginger, but also cooked several pots of noodles in a large iron pot to ensure that everyone can eat full.

Before leaving, Zhang Ran paid everyone his own wages according to the amount of work they had done.

Among them, Zhang Shan and others contributed the most, basically each of them got about 30 yuan. Zhang Ran also gave each of the other teenagers who helped to build fences twenty yuan.

The first time I really made money through my own efforts, the excitement in everyone's heart can be imagined.

Everyone also knows that this opportunity to make money is hard-won, so naturally I have a little more favorable impression of Zhang Ran, who can provide and is willing to share with them the opportunity to make money.

After actually getting the wages, everyone also said to what Zhang Ran had said before, and they couldn't help but feel more confident and expectant.

...

With the efforts of Zhang Ran and many years, in just two days, Zhang Ran and others prepared more than 40 cages and grind more than 20 stones of flour.

At the same time, Zhang Meng, who had been at home for two days, could no longer bear it after seeing that the things he needed were almost complete, and planned to take his things to Xinfeng County that day.

Considering that there were too many things, Zhang Meng could not take them away alone, so Zhang Ran asked Zhang Shan and Sankui to accompany Zhang Meng to Xinfeng County.

This guy Zhang Shan performed very bravely in the last conflict with Li Zheng family, so he won everyone's trust and respect.

But at the same time, he offended Zhang Qi's family for this and became a thorn in the eyes of the patriarch's lineage.

As the saying goes, "the enemy of the enemy is a friend." Zhang Ran, who is also incompatible with Zhang Qi's family, is naturally more willing to believe in Zhang Shan emotionally.

After Zhang Shan was taken away by Zhang Meng, Zhang Ran directly asked Zhang Shan’s cousin Zhang Ying to take over the grinding of noodles and grind all the less than ten stones of wheat left at home to flour for later use.

In addition, Zhang Ran did not stop Zhang Cui'er when doing the work of cages. Although Zhang Erniu could not use so many cages for the time being, Zhang Ran still continued to buy them from everyone at a price of five cents per cage in case of emergency needs.

It was finally difficult to mobilize everyone, so Zhang Ran would rather lose money or smash the cage into his hands than do things like "throw it out after use".

One day later, Zhang Meng and others returned from Xinfeng County. Like last time, they also purchased a large amount of wheat and loaded them with five trucks, with a total of nearly fifty stones.

After unloading all the wheat into Zhang Ran’s backyard, Zhang Ran took advantage of the rest of his life to ask Zhang Meng about the situation in Xinfeng City.

This time, Zhang Meng still replied happily: "Brother Ran, our pasta business is better than the previous few days.

People in Xinfeng City like our steamed buns and noodles very much. In the past two days, many people line up to buy our things almost every day.

Erniu and his wife are almost out of their way now. I heard that the couple plan to ask Erniu's two brothers to come over to help.

So when I come back this time, I will ask me for your opinion.”

"Yeah," Zhang Ran nodded, thought for a while and said to Zhang Meng: "If Brother Erniu and others are really too busy to do it, they can appropriately consider teaching the method of making noodles to his wife or other people who can trust."

Zhang Ran did not have the idea of ​​strictly guarding the recipe for steamed buns and noodles.

First of all, Zhang Erniu opened the door to do business, so it is difficult to keep confidential work, and even if you are strictly guarding it, it may not work.

Secondly, the core technology of stone mill is still in Zhang Ran's hand, as long as he does not leak it. Even if Zhang Erniu's method of making steamed buns and noodles was stolen, the other party could not make the same taste as Zhang Ran without qualified flour.

After hearing Zhang Ran's words, Zhang Meng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "That's it! Then let me tell them next time I go!"

Once again, Zhang Meng learned from him that the pasta business had not encountered any obstacles and that it was developing very smoothly, Zhang Ran felt much more relieved.
Chapter completed!