The cannon fodder of fast wear, she chooses to farm

Chapter 77

Carpenter Cen stopped stammering.

"The princess said, the little one has never done it before, but you can try it."

"Okay, here are the blueprints. If you need anything, go to the housekeeper. By the way, last time I heard you said that your two sons have also learned carpentry? Do you want to take them over to help you? It doesn't matter if the carving is not exquisite, I need it Things are mainly practical, and generally don’t use carving.”

The servant is quick in his hands and feet, but after all, he has never learned carpentry systematically. He can follow along with the simple ones, but he can't learn the complicated ones for a while. Is it possible that the old carpenter is still distracted to teach them?

Teaching apprentices can be accomplished overnight, and she was in a hurry, so she didn't want to waste time on carpentry teaching.

If possible, she even wants to form a carpentry team to assist her mechanical invention.

But Nanman used to be too poor, and life was not easy, so few people learned the craft.

Carpenter Cen was hired from Furong County by the steward of the palace, and he was expected to be a superb carver.

After the mansion was completed, the craftsmen sent by the palace returned to Beijing one after another. Thinking that the mansion needed a knowledgeable person to do daily maintenance, the housekeeper informed the prince and kept the old carpenter.

Carpenter Cen was quite happy with the high wages. Anyway, he was in his hometown in Furong County, and he would go to the county to do odd jobs when the farms were slack, and he didn't have much time to stay at home.

Although the resident in Nanman may feel homesick, the advantage is that the salary is high. There are five hundred cash per month for food and housing.

Since the concubine came, she has been rewarded for doing things for her, and a while ago, he even married his grandson a daughter-in-law.Not only him, but the whole family is very satisfied.

I didn't expect the princess to propose to let his two sons come here at this moment. This is to provoke the rhythm of his family!

"My little one, I would like to thank the princess for her promotion!"

Carpenter Cen was so moved that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Xu Yin: "..."

This hat is too big, bro!

She just wants to recruit a few more professionals to work for herself.

Yan Kejin poured her a cup of tea, and slowly suggested:

"Since we need to recruit people, we might as well recruit a few more. In the name of the palace, set up a carpentry workshop, with the needs of the palace as the main priority, and take orders from ordinary people in our spare time."

Xu Yin stopped drinking tea.

Carpentry workshop?Isn't this the professional carpentry team she wants?Great idea!
Immediately gave Wang Ye a look of appreciation.

Yan Kejin lowered his head to refill her tea, his lowered eyelids covered the star-like smile in his eyes.

Is there another reward tonight?

King Jinnan was very efficient in his work. He only decided to open a carpentry workshop at noon, and in the afternoon he had someone choose the location—not far from the palace, the first batch of streets and alleys with cement roads, and there are four forks in the road. What's the matter? Large and easy to transport.

Xu Yin never expected that the carpentry workshop would be the first to be set up.

But if you think about it carefully, this workshop is really necessary.

Whether it is a large juicer needed by a sugar mill, or a spinning machine and a weaving machine needed by a textile mill in the future, it needs carpentry support.

After all, in ancient times, there was no steel and no plastic, and the only material that could be supplied in large quantities and was convenient to make was wood.

As for iron, Xu Yin only intends to use it to forge some core components, otherwise it would not cost much to have a mine at home.

What can the sheriff of Baigui County say when the Wangfu comes forward?What's more, it sounds like a good thing that benefits the people, just like the flat and hard concrete road, isn't it also proposed by the Wangfu?

This is a good thing that benefits the people, the more the better.

A county guard gave the green light all the way, and all the procedures were completed as quickly as possible. Within a few days, the carpentry workshop was built.

During this period, Carpenter Cen went back to Furong County.

In addition to picking up two sons, he also shoulders the task of recruiting people.

Fortunately, the treatment given by the palace was good. The money he had previously asked someone to bring home allowed the family to build a new house and let the grandson marry a daughter-in-law. All the villages with a radius of ten miles knew about it.

As soon as he returned home, people who came to inquire almost broke the threshold of Lao Cen's house, wanting to know where he made his fortune.

As a result, when they heard that they were working in Nanman, some people backed down. Nanman is so poor, what good life can they have?
But some people stayed behind and wanted to follow Carpenter Cen to find work in Nanban.

Carpenter Cen said the request: "The master asked me to recruit a group of carpenters back. I don't want to be good at carving, but at least I have to be able to make ordinary furniture and get started quickly. It's not about recruiting apprentices. If you meet the requirements, sign up. Let's go together Southern barbarians."

Hearing what Carpenter Cen said, only three of the remaining people met the requirements.

So Carpenter Cen went to neighboring villages and towns to spread the word, but most of the people had the same idea: Nanman is so poor, how can there be a good job, other than earning no money, people are poisoned by miasma and have a short life Ghost, it's not worth it.

Therefore, only seven people were recruited in three days, and they were all from poor families. Who would want to work in Nanban if they had something to look forward to?
In this way, Carpenter Cen returned to Baigui County with nine people including his two sons.

He had a feeling in his heart that those people who don't want to come to Nanman today will definitely regret it in the future.

In fact, without waiting for the next day, the group of people who followed him, when they arrived in Baigui County, their eyes widened in surprise:
"Why is the ground here so flat? There is no dust, so clean!"

"This is the prefecture of Baigui County? It's so different from what I imagined!"

"We will work here in the future? There are only a few of us living in such a big yard? And the mother-in-law will cook for us? Am I dreaming? This treatment is too good..."

"Master Cen, what are we going to do in the future? Do we just pick up woodwork? But why is there no shopkeeper?" A carpenter asked.

Carpenter Cen shook his head: "For the time being, our workshop will not accept outside work, and will only do work for the Wangfu. The Wangfu has a lot of wooden work, even though we have a lot of people, the work in the Wangfu may take half a year."

Carpenter Cen had informed them of their salary before recruiting: five hundred cash per month, plus food and lodging.

This is much higher than the price in Furong County.

At that time, he followed the butler to the palace because he wanted to earn a high salary.Not wanting to be reused by the princess, he completed the water wheel and the sugar block mold, and won several silver rewards one after another.

But he didn't tell his workers about the silver reward. If there is a follow-up, he will be happy, but if it disappears, wouldn't it make them happy for nothing if he said it in advance?
The others were already very happy that the [-] Wen-month money included food and lodging, not to mention that the food provided by the palace was much better than what they ate at home.

Not to mention three meals a day, there is also a meat dish at noon, sometimes roasted pork belly, sometimes fried crispy meat, and sometimes distiller's lees fish.

The cooking woman also made herbal tea for them every day under the order of the princess, and cooked a pot of mung bean soup every five days to relieve heat and get rid of obstacles. In short, it was much better than they imagined.

Nanban is not as poor as they thought!
No wonder Master Cen built a new house for his family and married his grandchildren a year after he came here. Can they do the same?

After a few days, this group of people gave up their hearts and expressed their willingness to work for the palace until the end of time.

(End of this chapter)