The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Since Master Zeng came, she has been in charge of the weaving girls and other masters, including the teaching situation. Jiang Ziyan trusts her very much.

As soon as Jiang Ziyan came over today, the little girls inside began to feel restless. Master Zeng saw that they had been studying for a while, so he let them rest.

Jiang Ziyan walked aside to talk to Master Zeng alone, and he asked, "Are all the looms used today like this? I mean, do they also use this kind of loom in other places?"

Master Zeng was stunned for a moment, then understood Jiang Ziyan's meaning, and replied: "Yes, all the looms in our area look like this. But there are good and bad looms, and the better ones are made of better wood and better polished. , can increase the service life. Some textile machines that are not polished enough to be used are not good enough. If they are not used, they will break after only a few months."

Master Zeng has experience, don't ask her why she knows this, she has experienced it all.

In the past, there were unscrupulous bosses who specially purchased a batch of poorly made looms for them to use. When they were worn out, they said it was their problem and made them lose money.

The workmanship of the batch of textile machines that Jiang Ziyan bought was much better, but because they were urgently needed at the time, the polishing was not particularly good.But at least three to five years should be no problem.

After listening to Master Zeng's words, Jiang Ziyan walked to the textile machine and counted the spindles on it. There were about eight spindles, that is to say, eight yarns could be spun each time.

He remembered that there was a kind of textile machine recorded in previous life history which was improved and could spin seventy or eighty yarns at a time.

After the inspection, Jiang Ziyan looked at their lunch and saw that it was okay overall, so he gave a few words of advice, and then left with Xiao Zhong.

After Jiang Ziyan left, Master Zeng called the little girls to eat, but when he looked back, he found Chi Jing lying on his stomach by the door, looking at the gate the whole time.

Master Zeng walked up to Chi Jing, reached out and patted her small shoulder, and said, "What are you looking at? Let's go, it's time to eat."

Chi Jing turned to look at her and asked, "Master Zeng, will big brother come here often in the future?"

Master Zeng has no children, he looked at her lovingly, raised his hand and stroked her head, "I don't know about that, if you want to know, you can ask him when he comes next time."

Chi Jing didn't get the answer she wanted, she lowered her head and wondered what she was thinking.After a few breaths, she took Master Zeng's hand and went to the dining hall to eat.

After returning, Jiang Ziyan began to think about how to improve the textile machine.

He opened the encyclopedia again. It was written in great detail. By adding spindles and arranging them vertically together, the efficiency of the textile machine could be greatly improved.

However, if the thread woven according to this method also has disadvantages, it is too thin, not strong, and easy to break.

You can mix some hemp in the middle of the cotton to make cotton and hemp thread to increase the toughness.At that time, the woven fabric will also be made of cotton and linen, which is sweat-absorbent and breathable, and most importantly, it is soft and feels good.

But this matter can't be rushed, he has to draw the schematic diagram first, and tell the craftsman how to change it.

This matter should be done sooner rather than later. The sooner the improved textile machine is used, the earlier the textile efficiency can be improved.

In the afternoon, after drawing the picture, he went to find the craftsman.

Carpenters generally do this kind of handicraft. It is a handicraft handed down from family. It is used for eating. He can understand the improvement steps and principles mentioned by Jiang Ziyan.

The next day the carpenter went to weaving and spinning to repair the loom.

However, due to the large number of textile machines, the carpenter was too busy alone, and it took seven or eight days to finish all of them.

The improved textile machine can spin seventy or eighty threads at a time, which made Master Zeng very happy.

This group of apprentices basically all learned how to spin thread, which greatly improved the productivity of weaving and spinning.

The twelfth lunar month passed quickly, and it was almost the New Year after a few days after Laba.

Jiang Ziyan rushed to give all the workers below a holiday the day before the new year.

All the cement factories are on holiday, everyone has paid dividends, and weaving and spinning are also on holiday.

However, the situation of weaving and spinning is quite special. Among the newly recruited apprentices, several of them are children who are ignored by their families, and there are also beggars like Chi Jing.

There is nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year, even if they are given a holiday, they are unwilling to go home, not to mention that some people don't even have a home.

For this kind of situation, Jiang Ziyan specifically agreed to let them weave and spin for the New Year. Anyway, the dormitory they live in usually has a place to live even if they stay here for the New Year. It's just that the cooks are also on vacation, and they have to cook by themselves.

When Master Zeng came to report the situation to Jiang Ziyan, Jiang Ziyan was still a little worried.Then he heard Master Zeng say that the apprentices can cook by themselves, so there is no need to worry at all, Jiang Ziyan was relieved a lot.

But after all, they are still children, and the oldest is only 14 years old. By that time, the adults will go home for vacation, and it will not be safe for them to live in the weaving room.

So Jiang Ziyan specifically told Jiang Ziyan to ask the yamen servants living in the city to take care of him more.

Compared with weaving and spinning, the cement factory is too troublesome.

It was just a group of elders, so there was no need for Jiang Ziyan to worry.Some people even think that the holiday time is too early, and want to work for a few more days to earn more money.

This Jiang Ziyan followed their wishes, and those who were willing to take a vacation would take a red envelope home, and those who were unwilling to take a vacation so early would be paid a few more days of wages if they worked a few more days.

Wang Shitou, who has been working in the cement factory, is not in a hurry to go home. Anyway, he is close to home, and he can go back whenever he wants. He can simply work in the cement factory for a few more days and get more wages.

Regardless of whether they were on vacation early or those who were unwilling to leave early, they all got a red envelope.

The cement plant started construction and operation in the second half of the year, but the benefits have been very good in the past six months.

Jiang Ziyan gave everyone a small red purse, which contained some broken silver and half-hanging copper plates.

Wang Shitou went home with the money that night, happily handing over the broken silver to his old mother, and kept the remaining half of the copper plates for himself.

His mother was very surprised when she saw the scraps of silver, thinking that he had done some bad things to get them, she hurriedly grabbed her son and asked, "Shitou, where did you get so much money? Your monthly salary is not so much, right? Mother, tell the truth, where did this money come from? You didn't steal it, did you?"

Wang Shitou laughed twice and said, "Mother, where are you going? It was sent by my cement factory before."

Seeing his father also looking at him, as if he didn't believe what he said.

Wang Shitou was in a hurry, and quickly argued: "It's true, father, mother, the money was really paid by my cement factory. The manager said that this year's benefits are good, and the boss specially sent money to each of us, saying that What kind of year-end bonus is it?"

Wang Shitou's father opened his mouth and asked, "What is the year-end bonus?"

"I'm not too sure about this. It seems to mean that as long as the business of the cement factory is good, we will do more work and earn more money. At the end of the year, we will be given some extra money to reward us for their work. people."

Wang Shitou's mother finally believed his words, she just smiled and said: "Our Shitou is really capable. This year, he earned a lot of money and came back. After two days, the old Liu's family in the next village slaughtered pigs. Let's buy more and come back this year. Have a great year!"

Wang Shitou's father was also happy, not only because of this, but this year he listened to his son and replaced the wheat with cotton seeds, all of which were sold to Jiang Ziyan's weaving and spinning at a high price, and he also made a lot of money.

Adding up the two items together, the house at the head of the family can be refurbished, and I can still think about looking for a wife for my youngest son. Life is really getting better and better.

"Your boss is capable, work hard next year, dad is optimistic about you!"

Wang Shitou smiled and said, "Of course! I've never met such a good person as my boss. Anyway, our cement factory is good at everything."

At this time, Wang Shitou's elder brother, Wang Tian, ​​came back from outside. Wang Tian was working as an apprentice in a blacksmith shop in the county. They got married two years ago, and now they have a son and a daughter.

Blacksmithing requires a lot of strength, and it is said that you are going to be an apprentice. In fact, you can't save much money in the first year, so you can learn the craft and work for nothing.

This is the second year, and the blacksmithing skills have improved a lot, and I can earn some money every month and save it.

Today is the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month. I didn't expect his elder brother to come back at this time in the middle of the night.

As soon as he came back, Wang Shishi hurried out of the house to meet him.

After Wang Tian entered the house, he handed over the money he earned this month to his mother. The two brothers of his family did not separate, so most of the money he earned had to be handed over.

It's just that the money in his purse is not as much as Wang Shitou got back.

During dinner at night, Wang Shitou mentioned this matter and began to brag about their cement factory.

"Brother, you don't know, our cement factory pays really well. Although the work is tiring, where is it not tiring? But our boss is very good, and the rules are very good, especially this time. During the Chinese New Year, we also sent a big red envelope to each of us!"

Wang Shitou didn't know that saying these things would hurt the pride of the eldest son of the family, he was still talking endlessly.

Wang Tian didn't say a word, he knew the virtues of this younger brother since he was a child, so he didn't mean to say these words.

But his mother-in-law didn't think so. My brother-in-law is so capable now, but it makes her man incompetent.

Wang Shitou didn't expect his always gentle and friendly sister-in-law to suddenly say: "Shitou, stop talking, your brother is very stupid, and he is indeed not as good as you in terms of making money."

Wang Shitou was stunned, and after he realized it, he also felt that his bragging was a bit too much, and it made his sister-in-law uncomfortable.

He hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that. I said so much, but I just wanted my elder brother to work in the cement factory with me. It's close to home, and it's convenient to take care of the family. It's more profitable than blacksmithing."

Hearing what my uncle said, Wang's heart was also a little moved.

After all, she has seen the money my uncle got back, and she has earned a lot in the second half of the year.

She looked at her man, she had nothing to say about this matter, it had to be decided by the man.

It has to be said that Wang Tian was a little tempted by his younger brother's proposal.

Although he is now working in a blacksmith's shop in the city, which is decent to say the least, the work is tiring and he doesn't earn much. There are other apprentices competing in the shop, so he really doesn't earn as much as his younger brother working in a cement factory.

So he hesitated for a moment and asked, "But I heard that your cement factory is not hiring anymore."

Even if he wanted to go now, he couldn't.

When the cement factory was recruiting workers, he was still in the county town and didn't know about it at all.

At that time, no one expected that the cement factory would pay him so well, so his family didn't send him a message to call him back to work in the cement factory.

Wang Shitou obviously thought about this question too. He thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, brother. I'm still going to work in the cement factory tomorrow. I'll ask the supervisor when I have time."

The meaning of this question is not a simple question, Father Wang who has been eating at the dinner table, who has been silent, speaks.

He told his youngest son, "When I leave tomorrow, I will take the old hen with me, and I will treat it as a New Year greeting for you in charge."

"I know dad."