Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 257
Entering the engraving workshop, it is obvious that the surroundings are the courtyard walls of brand-new houses that have just been built recently. Zhu Yuan stopped and looked at it with satisfaction, and in his heart he also liked the feeling that the buildings were built under his leadership.

There are tens of thousands of buildings in Ande Guangsha.

There are no people living here, but seeing the big from the small, one can also imagine how the imperial court resettled the artisans who came from the capital.

Zhu Yuan stopped, and a group of people around him also stopped.

Jin Dahu, who was following Zhu Yuan's left hand, saw Zhu Yuan's sizing up, hesitated a little, and still took the initiative to say: "I also want to thank you, my lord, my little one... the officials, and many craftsmen in Dadu. When I came to Jinling, I thought I want to sleep in the wilderness, but I don't want to have a house and a yard."

Zhu Yuan smiled and glanced at Jin Dahu, he was as good at talking as his younger brother.

Kim Sam-ho is very good at speaking in front of himself.

However, thinking about it again, according to what Jin Sanhu said, Jin Dahu had met the Emperor Zhizheng, he could reach this level, his mind was active, and he could figure out what he wanted.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan also said to Jin Dahu with some emotion: "You all built it yourself. The imperial court will only give you some rations, and you will be required to work in the future, so there is no need to thank anyone."

"That's not the case," Jin Dahu said very solemnly, "If we talk about the past... huh, it was better to be an official, but for ordinary craftsmen and families who don't have enough food and clothing, and are confined in the city, where can you imagine that there will be one of their own? The courtyard is still the one with the house deed, the house deed, I heard it was designed by adults, the house deed...is really good, really good..."

Jin Dahu was talking, suddenly there was a lot of embarrassment in his tone, and he even raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

Seeing this, the people around also said words of gratitude and raised their hands to wipe away their tears.

Zhu Yuan felt that the scene was very discordant for a moment, and subconsciously restrained his original expression, but there was nothing in his heart that he should not feel guilty about.

I really did it seriously.

He still waved his hand and stopped him: "Don't do this, just say something nice, everyone laughs, and life will get better and better in the future."

Jin Dahu immediately agreed: "Yes, yes."

The people around agreed again.

The tall Wei Ye on Zhu Yuan's right hand suddenly said: "My lord, I had the honor to read your "Economics" yesterday, and I only felt all kinds of doubts these years...It suddenly dawned on me that my lord is worthy of being a genius who knows the world."

"uh-huh……"

This time Zhu Yuan just smiled and nodded.

They were all called 'sages' by Old Tang, and it is reasonable to look at them again.

He didn't even ask Wei Ye how he saw it.

Because the publishing house is busy with the printing of "Daming Monthly", for the "production chapter" of "Economics", it can only print and bind less than 500 copies a day, and it must not be distributed to Wei Ye's level.

However, in this era, even though movable type printing has appeared, in fact, the mainstream of book dissemination has never been printing.

Instead, copy!

Not to mention other things, such as the two official tomes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Yongle Dadian" and "Siku Quanshu", future generations may think that this super tome with hundreds of millions of words should be printed, right?

No.

They are all copied word by word.

There are also a large number of classics shipped from the capital after the fall of the Yuan court. Zhu Yuan has been paying attention to these and is currently sorting them out. Most of these classics are also transcribed and rarely printed.

This also leads to an unfavorable result, that is, too many books, because there are only a few manuscripts, or even orphans, and if you don't pay attention, they will be lost.For example, "Yongle Dadian", such as the "Dream of Red Mansions is not over" that makes a certain female writer one of the three major regrets in life.

"Dream of Red Mansions" should be finished, but it is lost.

Besides, the "production chapter" of "Economics" that has been circulating in the past few days, with the degree to which Qian Tang personally came to the door to call "sage", it is conceivable that scholars who are a little bit more motivated will try their best to borrow books and copy them again.

Because of this, Zhu Yuan thought again, don't make a mistake in copying.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan felt that he hadn't thought carefully before, so he turned to Zhao Xu, and when Zhao Xu didn't need to order, he came forward with a wink, and said, "Send someone to spread the word immediately, and contact some booksellers, "Economy" , They can print whatever they want, but there is one thing, after the engraving is done, it must be sent to... um, it will be sent to the editorial department of "Da Ming Monthly", and it can be printed after being reviewed to ensure that there are no mistakes or omissions."

In this way... it is always faster than a group of people copying by themselves.

And more precisely.

Zhao Xu agreed, and stepped back to explain the matter.

Then Zhu Yuan looked at Wei Ye, who was 1.9 meters tall and bowed but was still much taller than him, and said with a smile, "You also study..."

Wei Ye showed a bit of embarrassment on his rough face: "Young...although you are a blacksmith, you can know a few words since you were young."

"Don't underestimate yourself. You can make spring steel that can be used to carve springs. In fact, ah, um, it already belongs to the level that can be recorded in the history books..."

When Zhu Yuan said these words, the big man beside him obviously staggered, and his bowed body became shorter again, he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "My lord, I can't be, I can't be, a villain... just a blacksmith, where can I do it?" Got the history books, history books..."

Having said that, Wei Ye still had some kind of uncontrollable anticipation on his expression soon after he stood firmly.

Zhu Yuan waited for him to calm down before continuing: "Yes, it's just that we didn't pay enough attention to manufacturing in the past. Since you have read the "Economics", you should know that now is the beginning of a big change. The end of the 'Age of Agriculture', what's next?"

Wei also blurted out: "Industrial age."

"Yes, the industrial age," Zhu Yuan said with a smile, "the 'workers' here are talking about you."

Hearing this, not only Jin Dahu and Wei Ye who are beside Zhu Yuan, but also some workshop craftsmen who can only walk around the periphery, even though they don't know much about "economics" and "industrial age", they still Instinctively looking forward to it.

In the farming era, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and below are "farmers". Although the status of farmers is actually not that high, at least the imperial court values ​​it and recognizes it. If you come from a peasant family, you are an innocent family.In comparison, if you are a craftsman household, it feels like you are not doing your job properly. This is not only the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty when the craftsman household system was launched, it has been like this for thousands of years.

Now, if what Xiao Pingzhang, the little prince, the little lord... is telling the truth, then...it will be different in the future.

It's different!

In fact, just thinking about what happened after everyone brought their families to Jinling, life didn’t get worse, on the contrary, it got better. The government even granted land to build a house, and it’s so serious that it’s easy to hold it in your hand. Solid blue hard leather title deed...in the past, where dare to think.

Thinking of this, a craftsman standing outside who seemed to be nearly fifty years old suddenly burst into tears again, this time it was not just pretending, crying and saying: "Little prince, I am grateful to you, I Liu Sanba I have never thought about the good life now, a stone of grain every month, a stone of grain..."

As he said that, he lay down on the ground and began to kowtow.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuan quickly asked someone to pull the craftsman up.

Regarding salary, and the minimum wage standard proposed by Zhu Yuan, it was just agreed at the beginning of the month, and it has not yet reached the time of widespread promotion. Moreover, at that time, the discussion was about half and half of money and food. Now that the court does not have enough money, it cannot be implemented for the time being.However, the two workshops this time, because they knew the importance, were regarded as a pilot project. Zhu Yuan specially ordered that the salary standard for ordinary craftsmen was one stone of grain per month, and for the time being, all the grain would be given.

Zhu Yuan was still thinking at the time that it might make some people wronged.

After all, people who can manufacture precision machinery similar to the clocks and watches of later generations should not worry about food and clothing. Now, seeing the reaction of the craftsman in front of him, I probably still want to go wrong.

Besides...

Your name...Liu Sanba, who came up with it?
Are you deliberately arousing my desire for a name?
So, when Wei, who was 1.9 meters tall, also went over to pull Liu Sanba up in person, and dragged him to Zhu Yuan, Xiao Pingzhang, who had committed another name-naming addiction, said, "Your name is Liu Sanba, isn't that a big name? Get one for you."

Liu Sanba's legs, which barely stood up straight, immediately softened again after hearing the words: "Where can I be worthy of being a little prince and name it, where can I..."

Zhu Yuan also didn't correct Liu Sanba's inappropriate title for the time being, but said: "Let's choose one, um, let me think about it, since we all feel that life is getting better, let's go up, your name should be your name." How about a word '上', Liu Shang?"

I can't remember how good it was at the moment.

Anyway, it's not Liu Sanba.

The craftsmen around saw that the young master actually named Liu Sanba, which was a great grace.Just to mention one thing, Liu Sanba will go out in the future and say that my nickname 'Liu Shang' was given by the little prince, not to mention being bullied, even some adults in the court should be polite.

In a blink of an eye, the middle-aged man who changed from Liu Sanba to Liu Shang had no intention of refusing at all. He nodded repeatedly and wanted to kneel down again, but he barely held on, paused, and said carefully: "Little prince, this, this ... I don’t want any big name, I’m 46, what kind of name do I want. This is a good name, can I give it to my baby, let my baby be called ‘Liu Shang’, I don’t want it. My baby is fourteen this year, The craftsmanship has also been passed down by me, and I am about to talk about my daughter-in-law, if I can have a good name from the little prince, I can also talk about a better marriage."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

Can you do this?

However, it was obvious that when the people around heard the middle-aged man's words, they nodded one after another, as if the name... was not a name, but something good that could be passed on to future generations.

Ok.

Suddenly remembered.

There are.

The western barbarians lacking in heritage and lack of culture are just a name passed down from generation to generation, such as Charles IX and Louis XVI.

very messy.

Barbarian!

We can't do this.

So he said: "It's just a name. If you are a father, you will give it to your son. You are called 'Liu Shang'. We want a sesame seed to grow steadily, so that your son will improve in the future and be better than you. We will call him 'Liu Gao'." .”

Liu Sanba, who hadn't wiped off her tears, immediately lay down and kowtowed: "Thank you little prince, thank you little prince, I will be Liu Shang from now on, and my son's name is Liu Gao."

At this moment, some people around were simply jealous.

This ramming product, cry a bit, actually got two names from the lord in front of me, this is smoke from the ancestral grave!

Can we cry now?

Zhu Yuan signaled Wei Ye to pull Liu Shang up again, but noticed the expressions of the people around him, shook his head and smiled, "I only have two names, not more, if you want to change it, Wei Ye and Da Hu are both studying, let them help you Name it, just flip through the book and it will be good."

Everyone responded with their mouths, but they felt regretful in their hearts.

Can that be the same?
Even with the same name, how could it be the same for the little prince and the ninth rank official?
Zhu Yuan ignored this, but turned to Liu Shang who was about to back away, thinking of a detail he had just heard: "Your son wants to talk about marriage, um... the marriage can be settled first, but it is best to get married when you are two years older. At the age of 14, the body has not yet grown up, at least until the age of 16."

Liu Shang didn't mean to disagree at all, and nodded subconsciously: "Listen to the little prince, I listen to the little prince, and I also think the baby is a little younger, it's just... I have only one seedling in Liu Shang, thinking about it He passed on the family earlier."

"If you are too young and hurt your body, how can you pass on the family line? Just cut the crops in the field before they mature, and you can't produce food."

"Yes, yes," Liu Shang hastily agreed again: "Young prince...you are indeed a young prince, I understand the truth of what you say so immediately."

A group of people around nodded.

Moreover, he silently put it in his heart, after all, the truth that the little adult said in front of him is too simple, and I... have to pay attention to it in the future.

Zhu Yuan clapped his hands and said, "This talk has made a lot of sense. I'm here to see your craftsmanship, so don't let me down."

Everyone laughed again and made promises again and again.

Jin Dahu made a gesture of invitation: "My lord, this way."

After Zhu Yuan moved away, Jin Dahu briefly introduced his surroundings.

There are two courtyards here, seven main rooms, three side rooms, and a row of south rooms.

Speaking of the number of houses, the so-called "nine rooms of the royal family" and "seven rooms of princes" in this era do not mean simply a few rooms according to the number.

Otherwise, dozens of warehouses in a row in many places will exceed the system to the sky.In fact, in addition to the number of rooms, there are also house heights, brick and tile materials, number of beams, types of eaves, etc. This is a whole set of regulations. Out of the corresponding specifications of the palace hall.

It is also a status symbol.

Ordinary people, if you build a row of houses as workshops and warehouses, no matter how many rooms there are, as long as you don’t deliberately provoke the authorities to make some dragons, phoenixes, carved flowers, forbidden eaves and beasts, it is not considered excessive.

Let’s talk about the engraving workshop in front of you. The outer courtyard mainly processes various parts, as well as warehouses, as well as houses for daily guards. The inner courtyard is also a variety of workshops, focusing on assembly, and processing of some expensive parts. There are also warehouses and workshops. room and so on.

There are currently 67 craftsmen in the workshop.

Jin Dahu introduced that Zhu Yuan was not in a hurry to go inward, but under the guidance of the other party, he first came to the main room of the outer courtyard.

There are open spaces on the left and right sides, and there are craftsmen busy beside the operating table. Those who just came out to meet Zhu Yuan with him, including Liu Shang, are probably at the level of the leader or foreman.

After many craftsmen saluted, indicating that they were busy, Zhu Yuan looked over one by one.

Whether it is making the shell, or polishing the shaft, or grinding the gear, the division of labor is also clear.

When he came to an operation table for making shells, he picked up a wooden board carved by craftsmen and looked at it. Zhu Yuan thought of the gorgeous crystal engraving at home again.In fact, if you continue to use crystals, it is also possible. The crystal mines in Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture, have been mining all the time. Compared with the demand in this era, the quantity is very large.

However, that's for later.

Crystal engraving must belong to the ranks of luxury goods, and it is necessary to make a lot of money.

Now, the workshop has only been established for less than half a month. At present, the main work of the craftsmen is to produce a batch of simple samples, mainly to be as accurate as possible and to be able to run.Others are not considered more.

After asking a few words here, Zhu Yuan looked at the operating table where the shaft was polished, and then turned to the other side of the main room, where all the gears were being polished.

In addition to the traditional file, Zhu Yuan also saw the double pedal machine designed by himself when he was in Mingzhou. Not only that, but there are also vernier calipers, compasses, etc. on the operating table, which can be seen at a glance. thing.

He picked up a pure copper vernier caliper and fiddled with it, looked at the inscription on it, and didn't forget it.

Half inch calipers.

Because an inch is about 3 centimeters in this era, which is too long. In order to be more accurate, it was designed as a half-inch size, which can be more accurate.

Jin Dahu followed, seeing Zhu Yuan picking up the half-inch caliper, he smiled and complimented: "The caliper made by your lord is really useful. In the past, the craftsman felt that it was okay to polish and engrave missing parts. After installing it, Mistakes are still unavoidable. This caliper can measure one hundred and one half an inch, and the parts made will be the same in thickness and size."

Zhu Yuan glanced at the two-person pedal machine again: "A good thing is a good thing when it is used. I am more satisfied that you can use all these things so quickly. How do you coordinate?"

"It's Shan Shangshu from the Ministry of Industry," Jin Dahu said, "Master Shangshu has also come here in person. The two-person mound machine, the half-inch caliper, and the spring workshop next door, as well as the weighing scale, are all allocated by the Ministry of Industry. All craftsmen also think it is easy to use, and will use it soon."

"Very good," Zhu Yuan nodded again: "The Ministry of Industry can promote it, and you can use it. This is the best state."

As he spoke, he walked to the operating table and picked up a small scale beam: "Well, I remember this nickname... um, what's it called?"

Jin Dahu said: "My lord, it's called Xizi."

"How did you write it?"

Jin Dahu raised his hand and drew on the table: "My lord, left 'star' and right 'ge'."

"Such a word, you actually read 'wait'," Zhu Yuan said with a little emotion, and then said: "However, what I want to say is that this scale should not be very convenient to operate, since large scales are With it, you can draw inferences from one instance and make some smaller scales."

Saying so, he gestured casually, and Jin Dahu quickly took the pen and paper.

Zhu Yuan quickly drew a balance scale that was common in middle school chemistry laboratories in his memory, explained briefly, and drew a small scale after thinking about it, and said to Jin Dahu: "You are all skilled craftsmen, this thing is simple , I won’t bother to hand it over to other people, just make a few samples for me here.”

It was indeed a simple matter, and it was a good opportunity to help Xiao Pingzhang. Jin Dahu repeatedly promised to put away the drawings solemnly, and promised to make them within three days.

(End of this chapter)