fish street dad

"No wonder there are so many applicants at the gate. For the reward you offered, my apprentices are jealous." Dr. Mao put his hands behind his back, looked up at the new army recruitment notice posted at the gate, tsk tsk sighed.

"Come and take a look! The age of the monster race is not limited, just be an adult, and the age of the human race is between 16 and 30 years old. Anyone who is strong and has no hidden diseases can sign up for a try! After becoming a recruit, the first year Ten catties of round-grained rice, three feet of cloth, two cans of mosquito repellent ointment, ten catties of fresh fish, thirty catties of meat, and two catties of rock salt will be distributed every month! Food and lodging are all included~” The natives are illiterate, and notices will be sent every day in the neighborhood Arrange two people in shifts to yell out the content on the notice every 10 minutes, attracting countless people to watch the excitement, and there are also many people who sign up.

Even many monsters living in the wild also came to sign up after hearing the news, because the notice said that as long as the "foreign monsters" have outstanding abilities, as long as they join the army, they can not only arrange a place to live in the city for free, but also give their family members (restricted) Two places) to provide opportunities to work. These monsters live in the wild because it is more convenient to hunt in the wild. In fact, the transformed monsters, especially those who live on the shore, still hope to live in humans. In their view, they have already become human beings, and if they live together with wild beasts, then what is the point of cultivating human beings through hard work?

"Huh? It's you? Didn't you catch bamboo rats today?" Bai Chunsheng was planning to go with someone to pick some reed leaves nearby to make rice dumplings. When he looked up, he saw the young man who was taking bamboo rats in the mountains to exchange ointment with them, smiling and following He said hello.

"His Royal Highness, Wangfei..." The young man blushed. It was the second time he took the bamboo rat to the City Lord's Mansion to exchange things. Only then did he realize that the person who exchanged prey with him that day turned out to be the City Lord, that is, the prince. The concubine was shocked at the time. When she went back and told the family about this matter, the adults in the family were very happy, because after the prince occupied Zhucheng, the lives of ordinary people were much better than before. Worry about not knowing when to be eaten by those evil spirits as food, and don't worry about being beaten for not paying enough offerings. Now that he heard that his son met the prince's concubine by chance, he immediately felt very honored.

But, cough!When they found out that their son had exchanged the ointment for mosquito bites with the princess with the bamboo rat he had caught, the couple severely punished the youngest son. The prince was so kind to them and gave the princess a bamboo rat to try. What kind of?How can I ask for something?

The boy was punished by his parents, probably because he knew he was wrong, and now he blushed when he saw Bai Chunsheng.

"You came here to sign up too?" Bai Chunsheng saw the boy blushing, and thought he was secretly carrying his family behind his back to sign up for the army. In the past few days, young men who are not up to the age often come to sign up, and they are all persuaded by the signup office to go back. Well, in fact, the people below also specifically reported this matter to him and Master Mao, saying that it is the custom here that teenagers can go hunting in the wild alone, but Bai Chunsheng firmly opposed it, let alone these things The child was only at the age of primary school in his previous life, even if he was really strong enough, he couldn't help watching such a young child being sent to the military camp to suffer.

"No, no, it's my elder brother. He, he has already gone in for the test, and I, I'm waiting for him outside."

Anyway, Bai Chunsheng was not in a hurry to leave, so he ordered someone to vacate two stools in the office room next to the registration office, and let the young man sit in and rest for a while. He also wanted to ask the young man about some things.

Although the young man was shy, he could be seen to be very smart, because he could speak some simple Mandarin!The two communicated for a while with the help of a translator, and Bai Chunsheng realized that the young man was named Nanzhu, and the young man who entered was his elder brother named Nanyang. Because their ethnic group migrated from the south, they raised their hearts for their new ethnic group. He adopted a new surname called Nan.

Because the people of the Nan clan were good at weaving utensils with bamboo strips, they were ordered by the bird monster to live in the city to serve him and his subordinates. In the end, the harpy was smashed into a pool of mud, and it was the Nan clan who actively provided the new city lord's subordinates with an area infested by wild wolves, asking them to send the body of the harpy to feed the wolves. up.

Nan Zhu's eldest brother is 19 years old this year, and is already the father of a half-year-old child. The last time Nan Zhu exchanged ointment with Bai Chunsheng with Bamboo Rat, it was for his nephew who was just born. It is easy to provoke mosquitoes. If you don't get effective care after being bitten by mosquitoes, you will easily get fever or even alternate hot and cold, and die of convulsions all over your body. So when Bai Chunsheng said that the ointment can heal mosquito bite wounds, Nanzhu just Without hesitation, he decided to immediately catch bamboo rats to change the medicine.

Although he was severely punished by his parents afterwards, the ointment was really effective. In addition, their family rushed to make a mosquito net for the little nephew to sleep in. His little nephew has been healthy so far , This is also the main reason why my eldest brother insisted on joining the army. As long as he can become a recruit, he can get two cans of that ointment every month.

There will be many children in their family in the future, and they don't know where to get the ointment. There is not even a witch doctor in the clan. If you want to get the ointment, you have to become a recruit of the palace.

What's more, the "military pay" offered by the palace is really attractive. Among other things, the ten catties of japonica rice, three feet of cloth, ten catties of fresh fish and thirty catties of meat are enough for the natives who lack food and clothing. It’s enough to say that it’s tempting enough. With japonica rice, they can cook some meat porridge for the young children at home. The soft cotton cloth can also make clothes for the little ones. Fresh fish and meat are also very practical. As long as the eldest brother Being able to join the new army, his military salary alone is enough for their family to live a much better life than they are now.

"Your current age is not up to the standard to join the army, but it is not useless, Nan Zhu, I think you are very smart, and you are willing to learn the official language. Go back and ask your parents. If your family is willing, I will do it for you." You find a master. There will be many government-run workshops in the palace in the future, and many people will be needed to help. I intend to choose some young, intelligent and capable young people among you. If you follow the master, you can only get apprentice wages at first, but it is better It’s better to stay idle at home, after two years you’ve learned something, you’ll be transferred to a regular worker, as long as you work hard, I guarantee that your monthly salary will never be less than your brother’s.”

"I, can I also work in the palace?" Nan Zhu never expected that he was just standing at the door waiting for his elder brother, and unexpectedly such a big pie fell from the sky.

"It's not to work in the palace, but to work in a government-run workshop opened by the palace, and it was only an apprentice at the beginning. You learn skills from the master, and the workshop will give you some rice, noodles, fish and other subsidies every month. It may not be much, but, As long as you can learn the real skills, you can also become the master masters of the workshop in the future, do you know how much our masters earn a month?"

"No, I don't know." Nan Zhu looked at him in confusion, he didn't even know what the word "Master" meant, he only vaguely guessed that it might be some official of the palace.

"Our master, the monthly money is 20 taels of silver, oh, that is to say, if the master's monthly money is used to buy round-grained rice, he can buy more than 1000 two hundred catties of round-grained rice. If your family eats one hundred taels of silver a month If you buy a catty of polished round-grained rice, the rice you can buy with this month’s money is enough for your whole family to eat for a whole year and you still have a surplus, do you understand?” Bai Chunsheng looked at him with a smile, and tried to explain to him in words that Nan Zhu could understand for a moment.

Poor Nan Zhu is a smart native, but he has never studied arithmetic. He listened to the pile of numbers with a confused face, and finally only understood one fact, that is, if he becomes the master of the workshop, the workmanship In one month, you can buy enough japonica rice for the whole family to eat for a year, so let's eat that way!

"I, I am willing to be an apprentice!" Nan Zhu was so excited that he couldn't sit still after thinking about this truth.

"No hurry, you'd better go back and discuss it with your family first. If your family is willing, you can come and find this Master Duan at this time tomorrow." Bai Chunsheng pointed to the workshop master standing behind him.

"Master!" Nan Zhu blushed, and suddenly yelled, almost startled Master Duan, and couldn't help smiling when he recovered, the princess had long ago said that she would find some apprentices for them to share their worries. I didn't expect that I wanted to find it among the natives.But thinking about it, the number of people they bring is limited, not enough to support a medium-sized sauce workshop, so they must invite people to help. For a group of apprentices, firstly, the master-apprentice relationship is closer than that of hired ones. Second, if they are really good characters after their inspection, it might not be possible to bring out a few stewards to share their worries.

"Don't be in a hurry to call the master, wait for your family to agree, and you will come over tomorrow, and it will not be too late to learn from the master. However, I have said ugly words before, learn skills under my hands, you must be diligent in your hands and feet, and I don't want lazy ones." , if you want to come here as an apprentice, you must be prepared to endure hardships."

I don't know what the interpreter said to the young man. After listening to it, Nan Zhu looked solemn, stood up and bowed, turned around and ran out.

He even forgot that his elder brother was still waiting in line for the test.

Nanzhu's parents saw that he had left his elder brother and ran back alone, thinking that something had happened, but when Nanzhu Jiang himself was favored by the princess and wanted to find him a master to teach him, they suddenly became happy again. When their family was caught in the city by the bird demon, they thought they were doomed. They didn’t expect to survive all these years. Not to mention the death of the bird demon, the current master is powerful and kind, and the princess is said to be the same The gods in the sky come down to earth, and what they do is to make the people of the world live a better life, that is, the mosquito net, who doesn't have one in their home nowadays?All you need is a little twine, and you won't be afraid of those annoying mosquitoes when you sleep at night...

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"Be honest! Is the concubine looking for a master for you this time, or did you exchange something?" Nan's father glared at his youngest son angrily. Hi, the only downside is that he is too shrewd. Nan's father knew that he couldn't play with his son with his limited IQ. Therefore, the education of the youngest son has always been hands-on, supplemented by education.

"I'm not wrong, don't blame me!" Nanzhu almost jumped up and shouted, "This time, the princess really said that she wanted to find a master for me. The princess even praised me, saying that I am smart and hardworking!"

The father of the Nan family looked at his son suspiciously, but he was still worried, so he escorted his son to the city lord's mansion. It just so happened that the eldest son had just passed the test, and he had already passed the first level of the test. Tomorrow is the retest, which is why Bai Chunsheng specially asked him to take the test. The "political trial" made by people is mainly to examine the recruit's family situation and his personal reputation among the neighbors. If there are bad records, no matter how good their skills are, they will not want them.

Nanyang heard that his younger brother was favored by the princess, so he was more excited than being a soldier when he wanted to recruit him as an apprentice in the official workshop of the palace.

He has also been inquiring about the affairs of the palace during this time, knowing that the prince not only brought many elite soldiers here, but the princess also brought many skilled craftsmen and doctors here, and the things they made were unheard of by them. Thinking, where did my little brother exude such a unique brilliance that he was actually taken by the princess?

It is said that they are advanced to become apprentices, and the natives are not stupid. If you think about it with your toes, you know that the princess recruited it herself. Can those masters not teach them carefully?To endure hardships, you must first suffer some hardships, after all, you are learning skills from others, but if you really learn it, wouldn't your family have a real craftsman master?

You know, in this time and space, there is a craft that is the most popular. As long as ordinary people have a good craft, they can support a family, not to mention the remuneration given to the masters in the palace, Nanyang has also heard some rumors It is said that those masters are all wearing silk clothes, and they don’t have to do anything every day, they just need to direct their subordinates to work, just like those officials in the palace, they are very majestic!

The three men of the Nan family were thinking about the prestige of Nan Zhu becoming a master in the future, and finally, Nan Zhu, who was the smartest in the family, was the first to react: "Father, brother, you are all here, I don't think we need to wait until now." Tomorrow is coming, go ahead and ask, if that master Duan is here, I will settle the matter today, if the master is busy, I can come over to help today."

Nanzhu understood the truth that "no matter how good things are until they are in their hands, they are not theirs". Seeing that his father and elder brother were there, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and make a decision to enter the palace as an apprentice.

Their luck was not bad. Today, Master Duan was called to try out a new flavor of barbecue buns for Bai Chunsheng. When the concierge said that the apprentice appointed by the princess had come with his family, he put down his things and went over. Dad said in bad official language that he was willing to send his son to be an apprentice. Master Duan smiled and said, "That's really a coincidence. It just so happens that I'm going to try out a new flavor of barbecue buns for the princess in the past few days. Learn from the processing of ingredients."

After a pause, Master Duan explained the treatment of apprentices again——

"Although our workshop is said to be the dowry of the princess, it is now also classified as a government-run one. When it comes to treatment, it will be compared to the government-run one. If you just came here, you can be regarded as a third-level apprentice. In the first year, you have [-] catties of roughage every month. Noodles, ten catties of meat, two jars of barbecue sauce, plus two new clothes every six months, and nothing else. After three years and turning into a formal worker in a workshop, the salary will be tripled, and there will be other things such as oil , rice, cloth, fresh fish, sauced meat and other subsidies, if you have worked in the workshop for ten years, according to the current rules, in the future, one of your own children is allowed to enter the workshop as an apprentice and learn skills from the master , if the understanding is good, it is not impossible to learn to become a master."

The three members of the Nan family were enthused by Master Duan's words, and they wished to let their son/brother come to work immediately, but Master Duan told them that as apprentices, they have to live in the workshop, and they have four days a month to work. Going home to visit relatives, Nan Zhu had no choice but to suppress his excitement, and went home with his father to pack his luggage for the time being, and came back tomorrow.

Double happiness came to the Nan family, the eldest son passed the initial examination in the military camp, and the youngest son was even recruited by the princess to be an apprentice. He did not know how many people envied him when he said it, and secretly asked about the official workshop in the palace. No apprenticeship, but a job advertisement for Bai Chunsheng's workshop for free.

After being so busy for more than ten days, more than 300 recruits were finally left in the barracks after the political review. Among these recruits, only a very small number of them are still in good shape. It was only less than thirty, and wrinkles began to appear on his face. Wang Kunfeng had to let the pier go out to sea twice, catch a lot of fresh fish, and cook fish soup twice a day to replenish these recruits. If he doesn't make up, he is afraid that these people will not be able to survive the first wave of training.

Compared with the barracks, Bai Chunsheng went more smoothly. The training in the barracks is still relatively professional. However, as long as you have seen the work in the workshop twice, you can basically do it well. The natives Their language skills are not very good, but their hands-on ability is very strong. Some jobs, such as slaughtering prey and handling ingredients, can be done by one person. The more they produce, the rule that Bai Chunsheng set for them is that the more they work, the more they get. The more the workshop produces, the more lucrative the profit, the more rewards they will get.

Apart from being happy, the masters have thought carefully about those apprentices selected from the indigenous children. Naturally, their own children have hired people to study and read. It is a pity to lose one's own skills if you send them to the prince to seek a future. Why don't you take the opportunity to choose a few good disciples to teach them with your heart, and if the disciples are taught well, they can be regarded as half sons.

On this day, it happened that Nanyang was returning home from a rest in the military camp. Nan Zhu also made an agreement with his master in advance to adjust his rest and holiday for this month to this day. The elder brother didn’t go home for a month in the military camp. Thinking about it, I happened to take the things that were issued this month and send them home, and I also gave some good food to my younger siblings and nephew.

Only now did Nan Zhu know that the treatment of apprentices that the master told him at that time was still too conservative.

They are not ordinary apprentices, they are following the masters to polish their skills, and they will be trained to become independent masters in the future. In addition to the routine [-] catties of semolina noodles, [-] catties of meat, and two jars of barbecue every month In addition to the sauce, the master will also take them to participate in the purchase of the workshop.

The procurement department, no matter in ancient or modern times, is very oily, and they are not considered greedy, but every month they send samples from various places, and a cent is a lot of income.Master Duan's monthly income is very high, and he has long despised these trivial things, so he asked a few apprentices under him to divide the points. The population is too large to eat enough, and the most is given to him.Nanzhu had sent things back once before, and in less than half a month, he had saved dozens of catties of mixed noodles, several pieces of salted fish, a large bag of dried kelp, and the samples left over from their trial production. Although the sauce is not as good as the one made by the master chef, it is still a rare delicacy for ordinary families.

Nanyang also took home the military pay he had saved. Unexpectedly, his younger brother brought back more than his own, and because there were too many things, he even borrowed an ox cart to pull them back.

The parents of the Nan family saw that their two sons had "returned to their hometowns" and brought so many things back. They were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. They were busy moving the things home and returning the ox cart. After closing the door, looking at the things piled up in half a corner, I was so happy that I was in a daze.

Just a few months ago, they were living under the haze of the harpies, precarious and unable to even eat rice.But now, there are more than 30 catties of japonica rice at home, more than 100 catties of various noodles, and the sauces brought by the youngest son from the workshop. You can smell it, who doesn't envy their son who is an apprentice in a workshop?

"Father, mother, this thing is called kelp, do you remember? It's the weeds in the sea that no one wants? I didn't expect that after drying it, soak it in warm water and cut it into pieces. The stew is very delicious. , and I heard that regular eating is also good for the body. The master gave me these, and a lot of them can be soaked out with just a little each time. You can eat as much as you want. When you finish eating, next time I follow the master to the beach to buy, Pick up some more and dry them in the sun, and share some among the people in the clan." Nan Zhu followed his master, and now he is very good at talking.

"Okay! Okay! You brothers should follow the prince and concubine to do a good job. Our family's good life is yet to come." Nan's parents wiped away their tears and told them.

"It's still our princess who has the ability, but just recruited a few apprentices and bought almost all the people in the city. Now everyone is staring at the notice wall outside the door, waiting for us to recruit people next time. "Master Cat triumphantly hugged his daughter-in-law in his arms, such a good daughter-in-law, no wonder he fell in love with it at a glance back then!