Datang: Li Er, are you teaching me how to do things?

Chapter 440 Workplace Secret
But this only considers the manufacture of broadswords, and does not consider other jobs.

Naturally, the Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry couldn't just make big knives, they also needed to make bows and arrows, spears, and armor.

So at this speed, they simply cannot complete the task of [-] swords.

The old craftsman Li Yun has been watching is a middle-aged man in his 50s. He is not tall and doesn't look muscular.

But when he raised the sledgehammer, he could see his protruding figure, full of strength.

At this time, several of his subordinates packed up their things and planned to eat.

Li Yun walked over with a smile, "Sir, is there usually two big knives a day in a manufacturing round?"

"Your Excellency, just call me Old Wu. Yes, this is the speed of making a round."

"What about the second bureau of the Manufacturing Bureau?"

Old Wu sneered, "The second game is much faster than ours, they have more people, and each craftsman has six or seven apprentices."

"Six or seven, I checked the roster, isn't it three or four?"

"My lord, it's more than that. They also have so-called outsiders. Everyone has three or four more people."

"Oh, outsiders, is there any salary?"

"Yes, but it is not the official salary of the imperial court, but the reward from the Ministry of Industry. It is much lower than the official apprentice, but it is also more than the outside guys."

These craftsmen not only have a basic salary, but also rewards from the court, which is similar to piecework.

Like an old craftsman, the total monthly income is about [-] yuan, and his apprentices also have about [-] yuan.

And the handymen in the second bureau of the production bureau also have six or seven hundred yuan, which is actually a little more than the average person.

Li Yun noticed that there was contempt in Old Wu's eyes when he talked about making the second round of the game.

"Old Wu, do you look down on the people in the second game?"

An old craftsman next to him came over and said with a salute, "My lord, the working hours of our manufacturing bureau are quite long. It takes six or seven hours a day."

"We play two games a day, but when we make two rounds, we usually get off work faster than us. They play more weapons because the weapons they make are not up to standard."

"I heard that our broadswords in the first round are for generals, while those in the second round are for ordinary soldiers."

Other old craftsmen also came together, saying that the weapons made by the second round of the manufacturing bureau were substandard, and some people complained that the people in the second round were messing around, but they made more money than them.

Because the first round and the second round of the manufacturing bureau, in addition to the basic salary, it is a piece-based commission. The weapons made by the craftsmen of the second round are not qualified, but the quantity is large and the commission is high.

The craftsmen in the first round were not convinced, but it was normal.

Li Yun nodded and didn't say much. He couldn't just hear these people's words and feel that the weapons for the second round were not qualified.

This needs to be verified by himself.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Everyone has worked hard, I am the master, today everyone, everyone has an extra egg."

He then ordered his men to pay for the eggs.

Upon hearing this, the artisans cupped their hands to express their gratitude.

Li Yun smiled, then left Tiefang and went to the warehouse.

The warehouse in front is for raw materials, while the warehouse here is for weapons.

The weapons in the first round and the second round of the manufacturing bureau are opened separately, and all the weapons are labeled. When a certain craftsman made it, it is clearly written.

The little official who led the way for Li Yun said: "My lord, all the weapons stored in this warehouse have been inspected and are all qualified."

Li Yun nodded, and then asked: "In other words, most of the weapons manufactured by the second round of the manufacturing bureau are also qualified."

The clerk nodded, "Yes, maybe it's not as good as making a game, but it's still a qualified product."

He turned his head to look at the front and back, and then said in a low voice: "The weapons in the first round are more refined, and the second round is rougher, and it has always been like this.

Li Yun laughed, "Why did you tell me this?"

"My lord, I just want to tell you that the craftsmen who made the second game are not wrong, it's just that the standards of the first game and the second game are different."

Li Yun nodded, "In that case, are the weapons for the first round really for the generals, and the weapons for the second round for the soldiers?"

The little official shook his head, "This villain doesn't know."

Li Yun smiled, and then came to the weapon storage place where the second round was made. He took out a big knife and waved it casually. Judging from the initial feeling, there really seemed to be no problem.

He thought for a while, then raised his big knife and slashed at a wooden stick beside him.

"Ping!"

The stick was swept to the ground, but it did not split.

Li Yun paused slightly, with his swordsmanship, although he was not very comfortable with the sword, but he had mastered the sword intent, as the saying goes, Taoism and law are interlinked, even if he is not smooth with the sword.

That is also the strength of a first-class swordsman, but with his strength, he can't easily and smoothly split a wooden stick in half.

There is definitely something wrong with this knife.

He frowned slightly, then discarded the big knife, and then asked the guard at the side for a big knife made by the Eastern Palace Manufacturing Bureau.

"puff!"

Li Yun split the wooden stick with a knife, and split it down from the middle, as if it had been ground, and the split section was very smooth.

This is the result of a first-class knife hand with a good knife.

Li Yun returned the big knife to the guard, and then took another big knife from the storage place of the second bureau of the manufacturing bureau, and then chopped it down again. This time, he easily split the wooden stick in half.

However, the cross-section of the stick is not just flat.

Li Yun then tried a few more times, and found that some big swords were not good, while others were good, about a ratio of one to two.

One-third of them are not good, and two-thirds of them are good.

The little official next to him was stunned, he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Yun smiled and said, "Why are you kowtow?"

"The little guy doesn't know..."

"Okay, since you don't know, then treat it as if you don't know, and don't spread this matter, understand?"

The little official nodded again and again, "I understand."

Li Yun waved his hand, "I'm not joking with you, if other people know what happened today, then I will trouble you."

"The villain understands, but the villain will never dare."

Li Yun nodded, he did not expect such a problem in the manufacturing bureau.

From the outside, those big knives that are not sharp enough can't see any difference at all. You can only know if you have tried it yourself.

In other words, it contains a lot of defective products.

But because all the weapons in the second round of the manufacturing bureau were used by ordinary soldiers, and after the soldiers got the knives, they would probably sharpen their knives crazily, so the knives worked again.

This matter never broke out.

But there is no doubt that this kind of knife is not good in quality and is easy to blunt. Other knives may be blunt after a hundred cuts, and this kind of knife may be blunt after fifty cuts.

On the battlefield, such a knife could kill a soldier.

(End of this chapter)