The salesmen all carried gongs and drums with them. After walking for a while, they beat gongs and drums, shouting loudly: "Tianchu MSG, a must-have for blister kitchens, is cheap and good, welcome to try it." The free MSG is just a small pack, but this publicity strategy is very successful. Moreover, the price of MSG is really not expensive, which is closely related to the planning of the three people.

At this time, the textile industry in Shanghai had begun to rise. Textile factories weaving cloth slurry, and they had to use starch extracted from flour. After the extraction was completed, only basically useless gluten was left. The MSG factory purchased all the gluten from the textile factory to make raw materials, which greatly reduced the cost. If fish or soybeans were used as raw materials, the price of MSG would not be so low.

Under careful publicity and sales, MSG is indeed good and cheap. After MSG was launched, it was soon welcomed by customers, which made Neumann and Zhao Haizhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why MSG is best-selling is not because it is well-made by advertising. China is poor and ordinary people are living in a difficult situation. They cannot eat delicacies, but MSG can make their dishes with less oil and salt delicious. Therefore, as long as conditions allow, ordinary people are still willing to spend a few cents to buy a small bottle of MSG.

Wang Zhuoran became a technical manager, specializing in production and worked very hard. However, Ah Fa didn't care much about it when he started his business. Neumann and Zhao Haizhen were in business and sales, so he couldn't help much.

Of course, there are more important tasks. The foundation in Lujiawan was finally bought, with a land price of 280 yuan per mu. At that time, the price was not high, but not low. Of course, no one had any priorities. Who knew that by 1905, when Zhendan University moved to Lujiawan in history, the land price would reach 400 yuan?

With land, construction will start, and the garment factory is the first to start construction. The reason is very simple. First of all, this is a labor-intensive industry, which is easier to develop in Chinese society where labor prices are low; secondly, the work of sewing and patching is most suitable for women; finally, Afa already has some ideas, which can almost guarantee the profit of the garment factory.

The construction site was already busy, and Afa hired an American engineer through Donald and Lina to design and construct, and put his own planning ideas into it.

"This is a factory, this is an office building, so what is the purpose of building two rows of buildings here?" Zhao Haizhen came to visit, but he had other thoughts in his mind, that is, the industrial chain Afa told him, and opening a factory was also the steps he wanted to take.

"Dormitory, let the workers live!" Ah Fa said for granted.

"Collection of rent?" Zhao Haizhen misunderstood Afa's meaning and shook his head, "There are probably not many workers who can afford it. It is not easy to recruit outsiders to live in this place."

"If you don't charge rent, you'll live for free." Ah Fa shook his head and said casually: "If you work in my factory, you will have such benefits. In the future, every factory I run will be like this."

Zhao Haizhen looked at Afa incrediblely. Afa grinned at him, turned to say to the American engineer again: "Roden, are you sure? Reinforced concrete is not good?"

The American engineer named Roden, who is very young, only twenty-seven years old, seems not sure about Ah Fa's inquiry, and hesitated: "The Frenchman F. Kvanje published a monograph on the application of reinforced concrete, but in terms of the entire technology, it is still in the experimental stage. Therefore, I think it is more reliable to use the mature technology at present."

Afa nodded. He knew that reinforced concrete could build high-rise buildings, but he didn't understand the specific operating specifications. Since he was not sure, he should leave it to professionals! As for the building mentioned by Zhao Haizhen, he really doesn't think that a mere four-story building is very high.

"By the way, how did I ask you to do something?" Ah Fa remembered something again and looked at Luo Deng.

"Ah? Ah!" Roden withdrew his gaze from the busy workers, was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "All done, I'll pick up the goods tomorrow."

"Very good." Ah laughed, patted Roden on the shoulder, and said, "I will take you to hunt when I have time. Didn't you say that the marksmanship is great? Let's try it."

"Of course it's okay." Roden smiled and asked hesitantly: "But that's not a hunting rifle, at least it's not a gun suitable for hunting."

"The gun that can hunt is the gun." Afa said word by word in Chinese: "When you learn Chinese, you will understand what I mean. If you want to learn well, you must be an obedient student. Understand?"

Luo Deng blinked, not knowing whether he understood it, but he must have understood it a little, because he nodded and said in a stiff and strange tone: "I really want to study hard, write, read, and say."

"Life is the best teacher." Ah Fa changed to English again and nodded encouragement, "You should pay more attention, contact more, and work hard."

"Yes, I must work hard." Roden solemnly promised.

Zhao Haizhen thought it was very interesting. The foreign devil was actually a student of the fake foreign devil, but soon he was entangled with other problems and couldn't help but frown and think. After leaving the construction site with Afa in a carriage, Zhao Haizhen finally expressed his concerns in the car.

"Let the workers live in a house for free. This is a good deed. Even I feel ashamed of myself. But this is not appropriate!" Zhao Haizhen looked at Ah Fa and said earnestly: "Let me say that, I have two or three hundred acres of land in my ancestral property, and I also want to collect less for the tenants so that they can live a more relaxed life. But there are many landlords around me, so I have to be cautious to avoid arousing hatred or even revenge."

"I understand what the Duke of the Town" means." Ah Fa pursed his lips, thought for a while, and said, "I have seen shacks that are not as good as toilets, and I have also seen girl workers who have worked in small silk reeling factories. I don't think it's okay to pretend not to see it, or make excuses to make myself feel at ease. Of course, I can't help everyone, I don't have that ability! But if I have the ability, I don't think it's meaningless to do good things. As for hatred, or even revenge. Hehe."

Speaking of the girl laborers in small silk reeling factories, it is really a miserable existence. They are either sold or abducted, and are forced to draw cocoons from the hot pot of boiling water in the factory (water steam can prevent the silk from breaking). In a few years, their hands will be scalded by the steam and will be driven away by the boss.

Because they have been working in places filled with steam and air for many years, or are locked together by chains to prevent escape, or are forced to squeeze into a small space to eat and sleep, their appearance is completely destroyed. The only way out to be driven away by their boss is to be beggars.
Chapter completed!