Chapter 584 - 582 Wooden Rail Horse Carriage
Additionally, the cheese fermentation at three locations was overseen by Zhang Baokui, with several of his apprentices stationed at each site to manage the operations. As fermentation is a crucial process, Zhang Baokui needed to travel between the three sites to inspect and supervise the work, bearing a significant burden with a highly respected position.
Today, the dairy workshop has developed three main varieties of cheese, each with its distinct flavor. Most of the cheese is sent to the capital, with a small amount also sold in Yuyuan Prefecture and a few other prosperous cities along the way. Due to the limited production of cheese and its high-end marketing strategy, cheese has become an extremely luxurious ingredient that only the wealthiest can afford, resulting in substantial profits.
When it comes to industry and entrepreneurship, the most important aspect is the arrangement of management personnel, especially the officials in charge and chief stewards. As long as they are well-appointed, one can basically be free of worries.
At this point, what Ye Xinyan needed to do was to wait for the machines to operate normally at the mechanical workshop in Peach Grove and for the wooden railway connecting Peach Grove to function properly. Then, she could let go of the matters in Yuyuan Prefecture.
Once the mechanical workshop was completed, it would elevate the era’s handicraft industry to another level, not to be underestimated.
The wooden railway was equally important, as it was intended to provide the court and the emperor with a satisfactory report. If the wooden railway could ensure stable operation year-round, the burden of railway transportation for the court would be greatly reduced, and the expansion of railway transportation would be more secure.
By mid-July, after setting off a large box of fireworks, Ye Xinyan and Qi Younian, among others, worked diligently until the first railway carriage to travel on wooden tracks, hauling a large stack of hay and some tools and implements, headed for Peach Grove. It also brought back the cow’s milk from Peach Grove en route.
In Clear Water Village, the starting point of the railway, nearly the entire population of young and old villagers gathered, along with many from neighboring villages who came to join the excitement.