From Chief to Ball

However, the number of such workshops is still not enough. Even if you know that going there as an apprentice is actually working as a cow for the master, it is still a squeeze.From the very beginning, this ethnic group was very fruitless, and did not come up with some feudal morality to maintain this kind of workshop system. It was clearly stated so that no one would really believe that the relationship between master and apprentice in a workshop or a certain industry is so touching.

Therefore, as soon as the news that a new glass workshop was built in the county and recruited apprentices and hired workers came out, many people felt that they had seen the hope of changing their destiny.

This kind of apprenticeship does not cost a lot of money. Chen Jian thought that in many places in the workshop, it is not necessary to use adults. It is best to use child labor, which saves money and can learn quickly.

Normally speaking, for the acid-base workshops under the crude conditions, five years is just a cycle: after five years, people will basically be useless.Fire most of them, leave a few skilled workers whose teeth are not corroded by acid, eyes are not blind, and voices are not rotten, and then recruit a new batch of apprentices, that is the most profitable choice, so as not to die in the workshop. Can't figure it out.

It's just that when recruiting workers, you can't say that there will be such dangers, and it is inevitable to flock to them.

It took only three days for the quota of [-] hired workers to be fully recruited, and the judicial officer signed the employment contract uniformly, ensuring that these apprentices could not leave casually within five years or they would be sentenced to imprisonment.

Among the 200 people, there are more than 100 young apprentices aged [-] or [-], and the rest are adults in the prime of life. Chen Jian asked Zhao Si and others to take care of these people, and first returned to the unbuilt workshop area to do some chores. By the way, build the small house where they will live in the future.

A cafeteria was set up near the factory building, and the food will be controlled first, and it will be controlled in the future. It may even be closed and managed in the future to prevent the leakage of glass production technology.

These young apprentices have all received a simple enlightenment education of recognizing words and counting, and have also learned things like queuing in line and roll call in the school. Although they are not comparable to those who have really received real compulsory education, compared to them in this era It is the best workshop labor.

Chen Jian didn't need to take care of these things himself, he just asked the four outlaws to take care of them, and he was busy doing other things.

A 200-person glass and chemical workshop needs a lot of raw materials, and can also drive a large number of upstream and downstream industries.

There are a lot of silica sand needed for glass, coal can be bought directly and the price is not expensive, and there are many small workshops here to burn water and grass ash for a living. Compared with the direct evaporation and drying method in the north near the Gobi desert, it is not expensive. Shipping costs are about the same.

In addition to these raw materials, cast iron plates, lead, crucibles, glazed pottery jars, wooden glass transport racks, and a bunch of other things are required.

Fortunately, there is no need to start from scratch at this time. These things can be bought in places where the handicraft industry is still relatively developed, as long as you have money.

It's just that the purchase process of these utensils is a bit complicated.

For coal mines or large-scale iron smelting workshops, the owner of Chen Jian would not even be able to see what Chen Jian wanted. Find someone and send it away.

At this time, Chen Jian is not qualified to sit and drink tea with these real rich people. That reputation is nothing in the eyes of these people, and at this time science has not fully demonstrated its due power.

But for some small workshops, Chen Jian's purchase simply made them feel hopeful.

For the production of wooden glass transport racks, Chen Jian found a small woodworking workshop that was not too big, with only seven or eight apprentices and one master.

This is a typical small handicraft workshop. Three or four generations have made a living as carpenters. However, they were not lucky enough to step out of the door. It has always existed in the form of this small workshop.

Chen Jian inquired a bit, and knew that the master of this carpenter's workshop had a good personality and a fair heart, so he was a partner he could win over.

The master's surname is Huang, and his name is Huang De. When Chen Jian found this woodworking workshop, Huang Dezheng and his apprentices were happily making coffins for a family in the county.

The business of the small woodenware workshop was still booming, but when Chen Jian explained his purpose of coming and indicated that he wanted to order about [-] sets of wooden frames, Huang De was still taken aback.

He had never taken such a big business, and after a little calculation, he couldn't be happier.

Hearing the jingling coins on Chen Jian's waist, and seeing the sagging of his belt, he knew it was not a joke, and he didn't want to make this coffin, so he called his wife to prepare some tea.

"Brother, you are right in looking for me. This is a handicraft that has been passed down from my ancestors for three generations. The skill of mortise and tenon is considered a figure in Nan'an. I just don't know what kind of wooden frame my brother wants? Can you tell me about it?"

Chen Jian took out a drawing, which briefly showed the appearance of the glass transport wooden frame.

In fact, it is a very simple thing. Huang De has been a carpenter for so long, and he can tell at a glance that this thing is much simpler than making windows.

Xin Dao said that if he could continue this transaction, he could make a lot of money this year, so he hurriedly agreed: "I understand this thing, it's simple, and I don't need to find someone else, as long as the price is right and I can give you some money." Make a deposit, and I will make two thousand sets."

Chen Jian nodded and said, "I'm not going to find someone else, but I don't know how long it will take Master Huang to make it?"

"If you need it urgently, how about half a year?"

"It's too late, I will use it within two or three months."

Huang De smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, you are just joking. Although this thing is simple, it is made bit by bit with a planer and saw. You have to go to the sawmill to prepare wood. Within two or three months, only I'm afraid I can't do it."

He said so on the lips, but he was thinking about how to let Chen Jian only do half of it here.

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "According to my calculations, Master Huang can make it within two months, but the rest of the business has to be pushed back."

"Brother, if the price is right, you don't need to say that I will push the rest of the business. It's just that the time limit of two or three months is too tight, and I can't do anything. Let alone me, it is difficult for any carpentry workshop to make it .”

Chen Jian lowered his head and picked up a piece of wood on the ground, and asked: "You also have many apprentices, and you have learned from you for a long time, even if you are unsteady in your hands, you can always do ordinary tenon and tenon, right?"

"That's natural."

"One person is dedicated to making woves, one is dedicated to carving falcons, one is dedicated to boiling glue and bonding, and one is dedicated to drawing lines with square graphite... Each of them does one line, why can't they make it? The two thousand sets I want are exactly the same. How can it take half a year?"

Huang De was stunned for a moment, thought about what Chen Jian said, and suddenly realized.

It's also my fault that he couldn't think of such a way, it is true that hand workshops have always been like this, especially this small woodworking workshop.

The window lattices and beams of each house are different, not to mention two thousand sets of identical things, even three or five sets of identical things are considered rare.

This thing is not smelting iron to make a plowshare, a mold is used over and over again, and the things made are the same.The doors and windows of each house are different in size, and the coffin boards are different, and they are basically at the level of processing with supplied materials.

Some things work just fine, but it's useless even if they worked before. There is no large-scale demand for almost the same size, so naturally there is no basis for this production model.

"If it's like my little brother said, I can really try it."

"It's not that I have to make a coffin that fits perfectly. As long as it's about the same, Master Huang doesn't have to worry too much. As long as it's not as big as a cent or two, it can be installed. You are indispensable for the money, and I can also give you the deposit first." You take some out."

When it came to money, Huang De quickly estimated the timber, thinking about earning more money, but worried that the asking price would be too high for the first time and scare Chen Jian away: as long as you figure out the way of doing one thing for one person, you can go to other shops. Do, this point is really unstoppable.

After quoting a price that Chen Jian could accept, Chen Jian took out one-third of the deposit and signed the contract.

"Master Huang, you must have listened to me. I opened a glass workshop in our Nan'an, and there may be other workshops in the future. If this time is qualified, I can find you for all woodwork in the future, and we can cooperate for a long time. "

"Thank you very much. It would be great if there is such a business with more than a thousand sets every year."

"Don't worry. It's just that in the future, all the things I want may be complete sets. It is basically impossible to have less than ten sets of utensils, and basically what I use may be what some apprentices can do. But if Master Huang's craftsmanship is as good as yours What you say is so high, there are some things that apprentices can't do, so they have to ask Master Huang to do it."

"Don't worry about it, as long as you can draw it, I can make it. Also, please take care of my business in the future. If there is anything that my small workshop can do, I will give it to me. The price is definitely better than others. The shop is cheap."

Promising such a future, Huang De was also full of fantasies. He only felt that today was the blessing of his ancestors, and he unexpectedly met such a big customer.If there is such a business every year, what is there to worry about.

What Chen Jian thinks is that there will be many places where woodware will be used in the future. A skilled old carpenter can do many things. Today's carpenters, blacksmiths, locksmiths and watchmakers are all craftsmen at the level of engineers in this era.

Chapter 49 Workshop ([-])

Three months later, Huang De, who had finally finished working on those wooden frames, hired some carriages, loaded hundreds of sets of wooden frames on the carts, and walked towards the glass workshop not far outside the county.

Since the young man showed up once two months ago to check whether the wooden utensils were qualified, he never showed up again.

Like the glass workshop that became a hot topic, it seemed to have disappeared from the sight of everyone in Nan'an County without leaving the slightest trace.

Every time Huang De thought of this, he was afraid that his two-thirds of the deposit would not come back, and even suspected that other carpentry factories had come to harm him.

But thinking about the cost of these thousand sets of weird wooden utensils using the method that the young man said, the cost is actually not much, and even if the deposit given can be lost, it will not lose everything, so I feel relieved.