Little wealth

After the last batch of threshing machines requested by the county magistrate were completed, they were handed over to the Yamen, and the Yamen sent people to send these threshing machines to the village below.It is also in Anyang County, but some villages are more northerly, and the crops are a few days late, so the threshing machine sent by the yamen just came in handy.

So far, the good deed of the county magistrate to send the threshing machine has come to a successful conclusion.

Recently, the yamen servants in the yamen often go to open the door early in the morning, and they see many baskets on the ground at the door, most of which are filled with eggs and vegetables. Most of these things are sent by the villagers who received the threshing machine nearby It's not something expensive, but it also represents the wishes of these villagers.

This matter was reported to the county magistrate, because the owner of the things could not be found, and these fruits and vegetables would rot after a long time, it was not good to ruin the wishes of these villagers, so in the end these things were The county magistrate sent it to the kitchen at the yamen, and asked the cook to cook it for everyone to eat together.

But on the same day, he asked the yamen servant to post a notice at the door. The main idea of ​​the notice was to thank everyone for their kindness, but it also prevented everyone from sending things to the yamen.

But the notice posted didn't seem to be of much use. People still put things at the door of the yamen every day. Some of them were delivered too early, and the door of the yamen hadn't been opened yet, so they didn't know who sent the things. .Sometimes when they are encountered by the yamen servants, they will catch people and send things back to the common people, but these people will always take advantage of their turning around and put the things at the door of the yamen, and they will not give up until they are delivered.

In the past, the people were afraid of officials, but now these common people don't seem to be so afraid of them as servants.

Because of this incident, the county magistrate had no choice but to let the yamen servants take turns guarding the door, so as to reduce the behavior of some people sending things to the door of their yamen.

To say that there have been so many county magistrates in Anyang Town, our Lord Fu is the first one who can make the people so enthusiastically deliver things to the gate of the yamen.But Mr. Fu is dumbfounded every day when he listens to the reply from the people below. Who knew that his kindness at the beginning made these common people remember him!

Of course, Anyang can have such a good parent officer, which is also the blessing of the local people in Anyang.

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However, after finishing the threshing machine that the county magistrate and another adult wanted, these master carpenters who were ordered by the county magistrate to come to their house to help work also completed their tasks and missions and can go back.

These master carpenters have worked in Zhao's house for so many days, so they naturally learned how to make a threshing machine.

After all, everything was handed over to others, and Zhao He didn't ask them to swear that they would not make threshing machines in the future.He discussed this matter with his husband. His husband meant that these carpenters can also make their own threshers in the future, but their requirement is that these carpenters should not keep this technology private in the future. The technology of making threshing machines is passed on to the apprentices, and the price of threshing machines sold to farmers cannot be deliberately raised. The price must be reasonable. Fu Lang's meaning is also his own, and he naturally has no objection.

Before these carpenters went back, Zhao He brought Fulang's words to everyone, "If you agree, you can use the technology of this threshing machine as you like in the future, and we don't care about it. But if you let me know, you will deliberately Raise the price and sell the threshing machine to the people in the village, forgive us for pursuing it to the end."

In addition to the craftsmen from the government, there is also a part of the carpenters who were recruited by the county magistrate from outside. Naturally, the craftsmen from the government will continue to follow the orders of the government after returning, but these master carpenters invited from outside Not necessarily.

Originally, they had made an agreement with the county magistrate before they came, no matter what skills they learned here, they were not allowed to take them back secretly, and they were not allowed to use them for business in the future.

They are not afraid of the Zhao family, but they are only afraid of offending the county magistrate.

But now Zhao He allows them to bring this technology back, but they are not allowed to hide it privately and deliberately raise the price of the threshing machine. If Zhao He allows them to do it, the county magistrate will not allow it either. In that case, they will not need to be sneaky in the future, and they can make threshing machines and sell them to others in an open and aboveboard manner, so these carpenters are naturally unwilling.

"Master Zhao, you are so benevolent."

"Yes, master Zhao, don't worry, I will definitely teach my apprentices the skills of making a threshing machine when I go back."

"Master Zhao, don't worry, we will never intentionally raise the price to sell."

"..."

After hearing the words of looking for a master, these masters praised Master Zhao for his benevolence. You must know that they have to really learn from a master to learn art. I also do odd jobs for a few years. If I meet those stingy masters, I may not learn much from doing odd jobs for ten or eight years.

But now they did not perform any ceremony of apprenticeship, and did not even give Zhao He the slightest benefit. Zhao He taught them the skill of making a threshing machine and allowed them to use it to make money.At the same time as a carpenter, these master carpenters all know how generous Zhao He is to his colleagues who have only come to help with work for a few days.

Master Zhao didn't take it to heart when he heard everyone's congratulations, but now he has one more important thing to tell everyone, "I still lack some manpower to do things here, I wonder if any of you are willing to stay with me to help Those who do things. If anyone is willing to stay with me and do things, I will give you five taels of silver a year, and if you can do something alone, you will get an extra share."

"Is this true?" When he heard that he could earn five taels a year, his heart was moved.

Although these carpenters can have an extra income compared to others, in fact, many people's income is not very high, and some earn less than two taels of silver in a year.But if they stay here, they can get five taels of silver a year. Not to mention, if they can make things independently, they can get extra dividends. If they do well, they will definitely get more than five taels of silver More money.

"Seriously." This matter was also decided by Zhao He after discussing with Fu Lang. He has a job in his hand, and he must be too busy to do it by himself, but if there are two or three If a carpenter is willing to stay and help, it will be different.

As long as someone is willing to stay and do things, they can continuously make many new wooden pieces, and they can also go to the town to pick up some big orders to make, which is much easier than him doing it alone.

Recently, when he was decorating his home, Zhao He gradually had an immature idea in his mind. If he could form a group of carpenters, would he be able to receive orders from rich people to do it in the future?Even if only one order is made a year, it is enough to support a group of carpenters.

There are only two brothers in their family, only his craftsmanship is acceptable, his younger brother is half a bucket of craftsmanship, usually he can only help him, and he can't do the work alone.And recently, their family has also discussed that when they go to the town to open a barbecue shop after a while, his younger brother will definitely go to the barbecue shop to help with things, so he can't stay here to help him.

Zhao He knew that his brother didn't like to do these things since he was a child, but recently his family couldn't finish the work, so his brother gave him a hand and helped him with the work.So if his brother has a better place to go, he is not willing to tie his brother by his side to do things he doesn't like to do.

At this time, he had to keep his eyes on these ready-made carpenters. Most of the old carpenters who could be called for help by the county magistrate were old carpenters, and there were a few carpenters who came with the carriage of the county government. A master with some work.Except for Mr. Yan who has never done anything so far, Mr. Yan didn't come over today for some reason.But he also knew that Master Yan would not stay with him, so it didn't matter if he came or not.

Having been working with these carpenters for so long, Zhao He has a good idea of ​​the craftsmanship of these carpenters. As for their character, it seems that there is no big problem at present, and only when they get along with each other in the future will they know.

He has also discussed this issue with his husband, and now they can work together because of their common interests.If one day someone doesn't want to be with them and wants to go out and do it alone, that's someone else's ability.However, in order to prevent their things from spreading out, they still issued an agreement, and they must sign this agreement before they can keep people.

"We were sent by the county magistrate, and the county magistrate must agree to take over the outside work. I probably can't work on your side." The carpenters who belong to the government feel a little regretful. They are now working for the government. The year is not as much as five taels of silver.

If they didn't want to work with the government, they would rather stay with Zhao He.Don't look at this young man's young age, in fact, he is very kind in his life and deeds.

Of course, this is not to say that their magistrate is not good, the magistrate is just as good as the current one. After three years of tenure, it is not known where this good magistrate will be transferred. The next adult who arrived didn't know what it was like, the only thing that remained the same was the carpenters who were temporarily working under the government.

"My shop is busy, so I may not be able to stay with you. However, Master Zhao, if you need any help in the future, feel free to come to me. My shop is in the town." Five taels of silver said to others It's a bit much, but for a master who can afford to open a shop in the town, five taels of silver is nothing.

Instead of working for others, they might as well go back to their own shop as the boss, with apprentices following them, which is worse than working for others, so the few master carpenters in the town have no intention of staying.

"Is it really five taels of silver? Master Zhao, I want to stay!" Chen Dazhu became excited when he heard that he could get five taels of silver a year.He lived in a remote village with dozens of families. In their village, he could not earn a hundred taels of money a month, let alone five taels of silver a year.

Moreover, he has no father, no mother, no wife and no children in his hometown, so he can leave with just a roll of the package wherever he wants, without care or concern.

As for why he doesn't have a wife or children at this age, it's because his family is too poor. Before his parents were still there, he would have no money to marry a daughter-in-law. After his parents died, he would be left alone. Did not save money to marry a wife.The girls and brothers in their village dislike their own village for being poor, and they don’t want to marry back to their own village, so they all run away, while the girls and brothers from other villages are even less willing to marry into their village when they hear that their village is so poor. Yes, so he is still a bachelor in his thirties.

If he can earn five or six taels of silver a year, he will be able to have money to marry a wife next year!

Moreover, during this period of time he was working in the Zhao family, and the Zhao family did not treat them badly at all, and the daily work was not very hard, and the two meals a day for them were not bad, and they could still eat enough to fill their stomachs.If you stay here to do business in the future, at least you don't have to worry about eating.

"I, I, I, I want to stay too." Together with Chen Dazhu was a carpenter named Wang Fu. Wang Fu was younger than Chen Dazhu, only in his twenties.

Wang Fu got married, and his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth. He heard that the government needed someone to do the work, so he ran out with his bags, thinking that he could earn some money to support his wife and children.

There is also a man who doesn't talk much, named Wu San, a tall and strong man with a beard on his face. He usually doesn't talk much with others when he does things. He just does his own things quietly, but the work he does is a little Neither slower nor worse than others.

For only three master carpenters willing to stay, this is already beyond the number of people Zhao He thought.

Among these three people, Zhao He has a good impression of Wang Fu and Wu San, but he still needs to know about Chen Dazhu.It's not that Chen Dazhu is not good at doing things, but that he knows that this person is in his thirties and hasn't married yet. Every time he sees his husband coming, he will stare at his husband, which makes him not like it very much.But now because the other party was the first to say to stay, it is hard for him to say no to others.

The other carpenters who did not stay saw that Master Zhao and the remaining masters had something to say, so they went out and waited outside.

"Before you come to work with me, I still have a clause here, and I have to explain the requirements of this clause to you in advance." Zhao He said to the three people who are willing to stay, "You must be able to abide by my regulations. I can only keep you if you don’t agree with me and request. If you don’t agree, then our talk will end here today.”

"Okay, tell me." Wu San was a straightforward person, since he said he would stay, he also wanted to hear what Zhao He wanted from them.

In fact, Master Zhao doesn't know much about the above characters, only a few of them he knows.

Zhao He didn't really read books when he was a child, but he learned to make wooden pieces from his father, and later he also learned the craft, and was able to support his family with it.It was not until recently that he learned arithmetic and word recognition from Fu Lang. Every night after the child went to bed, Fu Lang taught him arithmetic and word recognition. After learning arithmetic, he knew how to apply arithmetic to woodwork. The pieces are more precise and better than his original ones.

So he was more interested in arithmetic than words.

Therefore, before going to bed every night during this time, he likes to go to Fu Lang to study, and his attitude towards learning is more positive than that of their son.

Naturally, his husband had written this clause for him, and his husband had read every clause on it for him, and Zhao He memorized it in his heart. At this time, he also told the three rules and requirements above. People, "In the future, what you learn from me is only allowed to be used by me, and you are not allowed to take it out. If you take out my things without permission, I can sue you to the government and demand compensation..." Behind There are also some things related to compensation, which he read to the three people one by one.

Wu San didn't care much about the compensation, as long as they didn't take other people's things out, there would be nothing to compensate, so he said simply: "I have no problem."

Wang Fu also said that he could do it. Once he thought that he would have a fixed five taels of silver in the account in the next year, he would not have to worry about his wife giving birth to a baby, and the baby and his wife would live a hard life with him.

Only Chen Dazhu said at this time: "I wonder if I can make a request?"

"Tell me." Zhao He looked at Chen Dazhu and asked.

"The village where I live is far away from your place. I am currently living in the place arranged by the government. I will definitely not be able to live there when I go back. So I think, if I stay here to work with you, Master Zhao, can you arrange a place for me to live?" Chen Dazhu also told Master Zhao the situation of their village and their family, as if he was afraid that the other party would not want to keep him, he quickly said: "I don't need so many The salary is also acceptable, as long as you give me a place to live and take care of my food, you can also give me two taels of silver a year."

Hearing Chen Dazhu's sincere words, a smile flashed across Zhao He's eyes, and he suddenly felt that Chen Dazhu was not so undesirable at all, "Well, when I go back and discuss it with my family, can I arrange it for you?" A place. You should stay in the town for one more day today, if you can't live there, you can find an inn in the town to stay for one night, and come back tomorrow morning. "

"Okay, okay." Chen Dazhu agreed without saying a word.

After discussing it, Zhao He sent the three master carpenters out together, and made an appointment with the three of them to come to him early tomorrow morning.The three of them said yes repeatedly, and followed the masters outside to the carriage that came to pick them up and went back.

After the group of carpenters left, Zhao Hu looked at his elder brother and asked, "Brother, do you really want to give them five taels of silver a year? Is this too much?" He was worried about him I can't afford to support so many carpenters, so it's okay to have fewer carpenters?

"As long as they can work for me, it's worth it." Zhao He glanced at Zhao Hu and replied.

"Haha, boy, he's a big deal!" Chen Tuhu felt that Zhao He had the courage to dare to break through, and he would give people five taels of silver for a year as soon as he opened his mouth. With his plan in mind, he is not afraid that Zhao He will lose money in this deal.

He just patted the kid on the shoulder and said, "Boy, if you make a lot of money in the future, don't forget to treat Uncle Chen to eat meat."

"You don't need to make a lot of money in the future, but now I can invite Uncle Chen to eat meat." Zhao He smiled, and walked away while talking with Chen Tuhu.

Zhao Hu was left standing alone at the back, scratching the back of his head with his hand, and followed his elder brother and his father-in-law to walk back together...