technical type

The matter of accepting apprentices is nothing new to Master Ji.

Building a bridge is not a job that can be done by one person. According to the modern division of labor, there is a chief designer, a chief engineer, and some supervisors. The small project managers on the lower level are further subdivided to the bottom, and the real start Those who work cannot all be migrant workers with little cultural background.

Master Ji passed down from his ancestors, which is equivalent to the positions of designers and engineers. The following ones also need people to do, and these people must be trustworthy people who can perfectly understand the positions they need, and there will be no mistakes. The situation of thousands of miles.

Therefore, accepting apprentices is very necessary.

Because these people inevitably need to know part of the knowledge, even if it is not all the core skill inheritance, they also need to have some peripheral knowledge, so that they can work better.

It's not just enough to recruit people casually, you need to know certain skills, which means there is a threshold, and instead of using other people's people, it's better to use your own people. Apprentices are a very stable means of attracting people.

Be a teacher for a day and be a father for life, this sentence can basically be implemented in ancient times.

Master Ji's grandfather took in many apprentices, and Master Ji's father also took in many apprentices. When it came to Master Ji, he couldn't do anything with the older "apprentices" in the past, so he could only accept some apprentices to help.

In terms of accepting apprentices, Master Ji already has his own experience.

Whoever wants to learn can bring his son over to have a look and ask a few questions to test it out. If he is not stupid, he can understand the words, and he can do it well, then he can accept it.Master Ji doesn't care about the money and food for apprenticeship, whether you give more or less. The difference is that he will take care of those who are given more, and those who are given less can be freed.

The origin of these apprentices is also very complicated. Some of them are fathers and grandfathers who were apprentices in the Ji family. Now they send their sons and grandchildren here, partly to repay their kindness, and partly to learn core skills.

Some are those who have been working with them all year round. They may be a little older, but if they really want to learn this craft, they will come to learn from their teachers.

These days, stealing a teacher is very contemptible, and there are some things that can't be stolen just by looking at them.Why choose a site here, why do you want to locate it here, why use this piece of wood instead of that one, why choose this piece of stone...

All kinds of trivial questions, each of which can be extended to teach a class, just by looking at it, I am afraid I will not understand it.

In addition, there were no large-scale machines in ancient times. When it was really necessary to build a bridge, it usually relied on manpower. This also meant a technical barrier caused by a certain choice limitation. How to build a stone arch bridge and what kind of arc should it be able to support? With that kind of force, what kind of bonding should be so that it will not collapse... All kinds of fine calculations, without formulas, are like a book to many people, and can only be understood by "experience" and "technology".

In this regard, we pay special attention to inheritance, and we need to be taught by the master before we can know it.

And Master may not be able to build several bridges in a lifetime, due to manpower and material constraints, sometimes three years is a short time to build a bridge, if there is a greater difficulty, I am afraid it will take decades On the bridge.

For example, in a certain mountainous area, there is a kind of bridge called vine bridge, which is made of natural vines, but it is not cut down and used as ropes to make a disguised "rope bridge" - a little weaving, or two sides The twist shape of the guardrail, or it is like a mat for people to walk under their feet.

This kind of vine bridge is to plant carefully selected vines or several kinds of vines on both sides of the bank, and then make certain modifications during the growth process of each other, so that they grow in one direction, and the length of the final extension can be connected to form a bridge. However, it is not enough for the middle contact to be able to tie knots. They must be entangled on the opposite vines and continue to grow until they can climb the ground and trees on the opposite side and lay a solid foundation. This vine bridge is basically After taking shape, there will be a series of decorations to make it easier for pedestrians to come and go.

It can also be regarded as a rope bridge, but what it needs is the growth time of the vines. It is not uncommon for a bridge to take decades.

However, its natural stability is better than those rope bridges that may rot. After all, the vines are still alive, and as long as they continue to grow, they will only become stronger and stronger.

A person, a lifetime, how many decades?

Such a vine bridge is fortunate to be built, and there may only be one in a lifetime, not to mention that many vines may not be able to support much weight. There are many technical aspects that need to be considered. It is not that there is any bridge you want. It depends on the specific situation.

Master Ji’s ancestors have built bridges for generations. The experience they can accumulate is how to build these new bridges that others may not necessarily encounter in their lifetime. If there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three. Don't say that they have actually built it, accumulated valuable experience, solved technical difficulties, and made it possible to realize it.

Many of these experiences are one-off, just like the vine bridge, it may not be possible to build a second one, it is unique and has its own preciousness.

It is these accumulations that have given Master Ji his current reputation, and even the government can think of him immediately, this is the treatment only a great craftsman can have.

There are also so many people who know that Master Ji may not pass on the real core skills, but still want their father to be a teacher and their son to be a teacher, vying to become Master Ji's apprentice. If the other party leaks anything, they may It is inexhaustible to use, such a treasure mountain, is there any reason not to enter it?

Of course, it may not be so clear to the layman.

All they saw was that Master Ji had a lot of apprentices. When they heard that they were young disciples, many people gave him strange looks, and some people rushed the man behind him to report the news.

So, just after crossing the bridge, when she saw Mrs. Ji coming to greet her, she was not holding a kitchen knife in her hand, but also had a smile on her face.

"This is your new little disciple, he is such a good boy, come, drink sugar water!"

The compensation was the same, Mrs. Ji handed over brown sugar water to Ji Mo very gently, before Ji Mo drank it, he thanked sweetly, "Thank you Mrs.

"Thank you, you're welcome, good boy, I'll have dinner later."

Ji Mo is young, four years younger than Master Ji's second son. He is good-looking and well-behaved. Seeing Mrs. Ji's heart bursting with joy, human beings' love for good-looking cubs is always somewhat natural.

Holding the big bowl in both hands, Ji Mo sat on the threshold and drank the sugar water honestly. After the brown sugar was washed away by the hot water, the color was not so dark, and some impurities seemed to be visible in the water, which was due to the impurity of the brown sugar.

The large bowl of the farmer's house is a bit clumsy. If you look closely, you can still see the black particles on the porcelain surface. When you pick it with your fingers, you can't pick it up.

Ji Mo has worked as a restorer, and porcelain firing is not a profession, but he knows a little bit. Turning that little knowledge around in his mind, he heard that Mrs. Ji in the room gave Master Ji brown sugar water for him to drink. Moisturizing his mouth, he whispered to him with some reproach: "Suddenly brought a child back, I thought..."

"Why?" It's rare for Master Ji to be served like this. When you see a woman, you can tell what she's thinking in her heart. People always say that women have a deep heart, but they don't know that they are actually the best to understand. It is enough to think about yourself and not to bother.

Master Ji glanced at her and said, "This one is different from those disciples, it belongs to our family, so I will raise it as an extra son, and I will honor you in the future."

Mrs. Ji glanced out and looked at Ji Mo's back. Just now, when he was asked to drink sugar water, he just sat there and drank the sugar water honestly, without looking back or looking around. He was very obedient and obedient.

"What do you mean? He's really not you..." Mrs. Ji's face was stern, suspicion was written in her eyes again, if it wasn't for the fact that these two look alike, she might really think...

Master Ji glared at her, and said fiercely: "Women should not think of anything useful. If this is my son, I will be able to wake up from my dreams!"

Mrs. Ji didn't care about whether the dream was happy or not. She only heard his intention to deny it, so she breathed a sigh of relief, her face became happy again, but she continued to ask: "Then what do you mean? It's not that I didn't give birth to you. Son, two sons are not enough to honor you!"

"What and what, nonsense!"

Master Ji is not very happy to talk about these trivial things, but seeing that his wife doesn't understand, he can only be patient and teach him. Otherwise, what should I do? The wife is not sensible, so I don't want my husband to teach me, can I still return it to my mother's house and let my mother-in-law teach me? ?It's taught like that, but I don't know who I'm aiming for.

The two young couples, even though they get together less often and leave more, they are familiar with each other, so they said earnestly at this moment: "You want to make your son better, and I won't fight with you. There is nothing wrong with it, but the craftsmanship of the old Ji family , you can’t just cut off the inheritance like this, you have to let me have an explanation.”

The craftsmen's qualifications are not high, but they are not as restrictive as those of the Shang nationality. If the descendants of future generations are up to date, they may not be able to study and make progress.

Several generations of the Ji family have accumulated, and by the generation of Master Ji, they already have the confidence to support their son to study. Therefore, when the eldest son was born, his wife asked him to send him to study, and Master Ji agreed. He also thought that his son would be so majestic one day if he could come and go as he pleases.

It's a pity that the eldest son didn't study very well, but he was interested in doing business. He was a little smart and made a few contacts in the private school. Later, he stopped studying altogether and worked as a shopkeeper outside. Speaking of which, he can be regarded as a representative of capable people.

When the second son is still sent to study, he is only nine years old now, and he can't see anything, but the child who has been studying since childhood, can't endure hardships, can't do farm work, let alone build bridges and pave roads, it may not be possible for many years. Work that paid off.

The wind and the sun and the rain, if you ask which is more difficult, the bridge building or the farm work, I am afraid that it is not the same.