Chapter 222 Qin Wang Weifu Workshop Area 2 [Surprise
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Li Yuanxing took a careful look at his surroundings. He was very quiet. Looking at Bai Erwa again, he looked very calm.
When it comes to being an actor, Bai Erwa is really not a top performer.
I am afraid that only Du Yiye, who was completely unaware of what he said, was arguing with the other party. Calling Du Yiye back, Li Yuanxing returned the other party's half-courteous gesture, indicating that he could go first.
The other party offered a red envelope with only one copper coin in it. Hearing that it was for celebration, Li Yuanxing also accepted it with a smile.
The team began to formally walk into the workshop area, and there was immediately a roar of gongs and drums. Many red pieces of paper were thrown to high places and torn off by the wind. This spreading of red paper was still learned from His Highness the King of Qin, but ordinary people did not know it at all.
How did firecrackers come from, so I only learned how to spread red paper.
Li Yuanxing stood on the roadside and watched quietly. The queue was very long, with fifty or sixty people.
A small sedan carried by two people was in the middle of the procession. The sedan was tied with a red ribbon, and the sedan poles were also wrapped in red paper. The two people carrying the sedan were covered in bright red clothes.
Sitting on the sedan chair was an old man who was over fifty years old. His clothes were patched and patched. His hands were covered with calluses, and his face was written with the wind and frost of the years. Sitting on the sedan chair, his body was trembling slightly, and his eyes were
He was always looking around uneasily, his hands constantly rubbing each other.
Panic, this is a sign of panic.
Li Yuanxing believed that Lao Lang knew about the appearance of this team, but the man dressed as an old farmer might not have been arranged in advance. It should be a coincidence, but Lao Lang must already know the cause of the matter.
Li Yuanxing got off the donkey cart and followed many onlookers toward the workshop area.
I saw only one person wearing bright red, leading dozens of people to greet him from the workshop area. This person was slightly fat, and his surname was Lu. Li Yuanxing had seen this person before, and remembered that Fatty Lu was a distant branch of the Lu family, but he was
Business is doing well. His workshop is called Tang Royal Tianfu Silk.
It is one of the three silk merchant houses in the Tang Dynasty that are qualified to use the word "royal".
It was just a matter of the Brocade Silk Business Association being split into three. Li Yuanxing only saw the report, but did not notice that the shopkeeper Lu was the leader of the Bashu Brocade Silk Business Association.
Shopkeeper Lu resisted the urge to take a look at Li Yuanxing, and kept warning himself. He didn't know that King Qin was incognito, and he didn't know anything. Just do your own thing, and don't think that His Highness King Qin was among the crowd.
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Today's affairs have been prepared for a long time. It is an auspicious day and an auspicious time. It is a big plan for the business and we will never dare to interrupt it.
After reporting it to Lao Lang, Lao Lang believed that His Highness King Qin was just there for a visit and would not affect your work. What we only want to protect is His Highness's safety, and everything else is fine.
Therefore, half of the people in this team are the guards of Qin Wangzhuang, and they are equipped with sharp swords.
The ceremony seems to have begun. First, two of the six servants sprinkled the loess on the ground. Then two people used wooden boards to flatten the loess and compact it. Finally, the two of them sprinkled water on the compacted loess.
Li Yuanxing didn't understand, so he turned around and asked Du Yiye.
Du Yiye replied: "This should be taken from ancient rituals, but it is different from ancient rituals. Clear water splashes on the streets and loess is paved. Although it is different from ancient rituals, some people think it is to welcome talents, or to welcome distinguished guests."
Li Yuanxing nodded and continued reading.
Next, Shopkeeper Na Lu stood at one end of the scattered loess, and two elderly people walked out from behind him. They were wearing the same clothes, with the words "Royal Tianfu" printed on the chest and the words "Shanggui" printed on the back.
Li Yuanxing, the shop owner, knew that in large businesses, there were five levels of shopkeepers.
The highest level is that there is only one general shopkeeper, who is usually called the big shopkeeper together with the senior shopkeepers. In later generations, it is the level of chairman or general manager, and then there is the big shopkeeper. This level is also called the big shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper is equivalent to the absolute top in later generations.
The words on the back of the big shopkeeper mean "Shanggui".
Next is the central storekeeper, who is sometimes called the chief storekeeper, but in the industry is called the butler storekeeper. This is the backbone of the management.
There is also the lower shop, commonly known as the small shopkeeper. For example, the person who greeted Li Yuanxing in the Bashu Tea Business Association that day and was responsible for explaining was the small shopkeeper level. If a level like him were placed in a store in a small town, then the shopkeeper would
The level of shopkeeper of the General Manager of the Central Government, and the one who greets guests is the senior clerk.
Finally, there are apprentices. This category is higher than apprentices. They have been exposed to formal management work and temporarily belong to the level of deputy or assistant, which is the lowest level of management.
There are strict hierarchy restrictions in large businesses. In addition to the shopkeepers, the clerks are also divided into three, six or nine levels.
Now, because Li Yuanxing promoted the primary development of industry, craftsmen have also begun to have hierarchical distinctions. If a fourth-class craftsman beats an apprentice to death during working hours, even if he files a lawsuit, he will only order another
An apprentice who is not good at learning and has no desire to learn is a crime that brings disgrace to the master.
More advanced craftsmen have begun to have some small privileges.
Two people at the level of shopkeepers came to the sedan chair and saluted at the same time: "Sages, please get off the sedan chair!"
The man dressed as an old farmer had his hands shaking. He was really scared.
He is a carpenter. His father is a carpenter, his grandfather is also a carpenter, and his son and grandson are all carpenters. Generations of people have been carpenters, and generations have relied on this craft to make a living.
Just a month ago, the old carpenter received a job and was given a dou of grain as wages. For him, this was a huge sum of money. His son and grandson had been busy because there were too many jobs in Chang'an City.
, and he had no home at all. He was already unable to work, so he went out just to earn a bucket of food.
The job was not difficult, but it was repairing a waterwheel. The waterwheel fell over because the stakes were not properly erected, and one part was broken.
Because the seller is too busy, repairs will take five days.
Here we were waiting for the waterwheel to grind flour, so we found an old carpenter whom we had known from the same village for a long time.
After the old carpenter repaired the waterwheel, he kept thinking about it when he returned home. After trying out more than ten models, his grandson came home one day and saw his grandfather arranging the waterwheel model, so he made a joke.
It is said that there is a Tianzhiyuan in Chang'an City. If grandpa thinks that his craftsmanship is better than others and the waterwheel is good, Tianzhiyuan will give him money, even some free money.
The temper in the old carpenter's heart was aroused. His family's ancestral craftsmanship was praised by everyone from all over the country. His son and grandson all learned it by himself, and the wages were twice as high as those of ordinary craftsmen. How could he still do it?
Can be worse than others.
After several days and nights, the old carpenter can be said to have used his peak skills to create the most exquisite waterwheel model in his life. Every size, every angle, and every fastener is exquisite. This can be said to be an ancient craftsman.
Excellent understanding of mechanics.
Such a model was placed on the table in the appraisal room of Tianzhiyuan.
Just when it was on the table for less than a few breaths, someone offered to buy Tianzhiquan for a hundred dollars. The largest group of people who could wait at Tianzhiyuan to buy Tianzhiquan were various shops, and then
There are also a group of people who, like the speculative patent merchants of later generations, buy them to earn the price difference.
One hundred dollars is a huge sum of money for an old carpenter.
When the price was finally increased to 1,900 yuan, the old carpenter almost fainted.
The president of Tianzhiyuan and the second-class craftsman of the Ministry of Industry personally inspected it and gave the evaluation that it is 40% more powerful than the best waterwheel registered by Tianzhiyuan now. Under the same weather and the same water flow, it is conservatively estimated that it can be compared with
The existing waterwheels have 40% more power, or even 60% more power.
This means that two such waterwheels are equal to three others.
The bronze badge of the third-class master craftsman was worn on the old carpenter. The old carpenter asked at that time: "I heard from my grandson that if the water wheel is well made, how many ingots of silver can it be exchanged for?"
Everyone in Tianzhiyuan laughed, but the old carpenter was at a loss.
The head of the Bashu Brocade Silk Business Association, shopkeeper Lu Da of Royal Tianfu Silk, seized the opportunity. On that day, he brought a transmission device designed by several fourth-class craftsmen of the business association and prepared to apply for the Tianzhi right at Tianzhiyuan.
But I happened to see the old carpenter and the water wheel.
"Old man, I would like to have an annual salary of one thousand guan, one hundred dans of grain, and ten sheep. I only ask that the old man come to my shop and work as a master craftsman, making a small Royal Tianfu Silk. The workshop is just west of Zhuangzi, where His Highness the King of Qin is planted. You are getting old, servant.
, handymen and apprentices are free to choose from, and we will prepare a set of four double courtyards for you. "
The old carpenter was stunned for a long time, but shopkeeper Lu put a handful of gold leaves in his arms on the old carpenter's hand: "This is the order money!"
The old carpenter looked at Shopkeeper Lu blankly, and then asked: "I have two sons and five grandchildren, all of whom are carpenters. They are all good carpenters. Our family has been carpenters for generations, and we are all carpenters!"
"Come, come all. I don't want the original courtyard anymore. I'll prepare a new courtyard for you with three to eight rooms, all made of blue bricks!"
"That, Qian Guan, is, it's true!"
"Really, Shangguan, the dean of Tianzhiyuan, has testified here. He didn't tell any lies." At that moment, Shopkeeper Lu wrote the evidence.
Someone has already reacted and offered an annual salary of two thousand guan. You must know that there are no more than twenty second-class craftsmen in the entire Tang Dynasty, and there are only six third-class craftsmen in Qin Wangzhuang. Many big companies have a fourth-class craftsman.
After waiting for the craftsmen to brag for a long time, how could they let go of a third-class master craftsman who didn't even have an employer in front of him?
"My salary will be increased to 2,400 yuan!" Shopkeeper Lu roared angrily.
"No, no, just Qian Guan. The old man has already agreed, and this is Qian Guan." The stubborn old man from Guanzhong spat every time he opened his mouth. Even if he was tempted by a cart of coins, he would never change what he had promised.
The dean of Tianzhiyuan was a second-class craftsman who was supervised by the Ministry of Works. At this time, he said: "The rules cannot be changed. The contract of the third-class master craftsman is signed every two years, and there is no dead contract. The contract of the second-class craftsman is signed once a year.
After signing the contract, the first-class master craftsmen will not join the work. This is the rule set by His Highness King Qin, and those above the fourth class must be registered with the Ministry of Works."
"The trumpet naturally follows the rules!"
Without a dead contract, whether you can get people to live in or not depends on the sincerity of the workshop.
Without a deadlock, craftsmen have to rely on their own efforts to keep their jobs.
Shopkeeper Lu had already thought about it at that time, and he must welcome this third-class master craftsman into the Royal Tianfu Silk Workshop with a big gift. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)