The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 44 Eighth-level and third-class craftsman system
China Heavy Industries.

Although the signboard is very impressive, it does not occupy a large area. After all, for the sake of speed, no major construction was carried out.

It was rebuilt with several yards provided by Iron Smelter.

The person in charge is Zhang Dehui, and the technical director is Wansan.

The craftsmen fiddled with the strange public houses specially designed by the nobles. Zhu Gaochi looked at the salary list in his hand, and Zhang Dehui beside him was full of nervousness.

The matter of wages is not easy, and it has been changed several times.

Outside the factory building, there is a recruitment office at the door, and many people are queuing.

"Let's just follow this." Zhu Gaochi agreed, "There is still a place for us to use. We need to build an engineering team. Thank you Mr. Zhang for helping us keep an eye on it."

"Engineering team?" Zhang Dehui was confused when he heard this statement for the first time.

"It's used to build railways, you can find out about it from Wansan."

Zhang Dehui looked at Wansan.

Wan San showed a wry smile, he didn't understand either, but the nobleman asked his little apprentice to play with this thing, and he heard the little apprentice explain the use of this thing.

Although he could understand technically, Wan San couldn't figure out the important relationship between them. However, it was his good fortune that the little apprentice was valued by the nobles, and he was attracted to work by his side.

"There are also workers needed by the engineering team, and we have helped recruit them together." The office is on the second floor, and Zhu Gaochi walked to the window and looked down at the long queue at the factory gate below.

Screwing, hundreds of years in advance.

What an honor.

"Huh." Among the crowd in line, there was a familiar figure.

who can that be?

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On the wooden sign erected at the gate of the factory, there are specific requirements and remuneration for recruiting workers.

The handyman is one tael of silver per month, which is less than the firewood and soap slaves who work in the yamen, that is, the servants who buy firewood for officials, boil water, and do odd jobs.

The annual income of the servants in the yamen is 20 taels of silver, with an average of one tael, six taels of silver and seven miles a month.

This is income on the bright side.

There must be more oil and water for servants, but not everyone can be a servant, and it doesn't matter why they enter the Yamen to do errands.

But one tael of silver per month is already a lot of salary for ordinary people who have nothing to do, and it has attracted many people to try it.

What Xu Ning paid attention to was the recruitment on the outer cabinet, and he didn't plan to go to the inner cabinet, just staring at the outer cabinet.

Apprentices outside the cabinet are guaranteed a minimum of three dollars a month, and there will be an extra profit.

The deacon of the outer cabinet has a guarantee of one tael of silver every month, and also has a profit, and will receive year-end dividends, and then the outer cabinet, the semicolon outer cabinet.

For the latter two positions, Xu Ning did not want to try, but stared at the position of the deacon of the outer cabinet.

The power of the outside cabinet is greater than that of the inside cabinet, and the salary is not the same.Xu Ning, who was an apprentice since childhood, wanted to become the shopkeeper of the outer cabinet.

But people have self-knowledge.

He has no background, and people don't know his footsteps, so it is impossible to entrust him with such an important position as the shopkeeper of the outer cabinet.

"What's the name, where is the person, and what position are you applying for." Behind the long table, several clerks are registering.

Xu Ning answered fluently, neither overbearing nor humble: "Excuse me, my name is Xu Ning, and I am applying for a job as a deacon in the outer cabinet."

The clerk looked up.

I just glanced at it, didn't have anything else to say, just wrote a good word, and then handed him the registered paper and asked him to go in and find someone for an interview.

The secretary has met so many people, and it is clear at a glance what job he is looking for.

There is a clear distinction between ordinary people and craftsmen, but Xu Ning is completely different, with the shrewdness of a businessman.

After Xu Ning entered the factory with the paper form, he did not follow the instructions of the document and deliberately went to the wrong room.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made a mistake."

He apologized again and again, and then backed out.

It seems that it was not the nobleman's whim, Xu Ning was relieved.

Don't look at the grandeur of the signboard, he will not be deceived, he is afraid that the nobleman will be a plaything, and one day he will lose interest, and it will be them who will suffer.

Although Xu Ning is young, he knows the value of time and will not waste it fooling around with noble people.

A noble is always a noble.

Delay does not waste time and does not affect nobles.

But he, Xu Ning, couldn't afford to pay. As for the slim chance of being seen by a nobleman, Xu Ning would not have such wishful thinking.

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Someone disturbed the order just now, but the assessment of several craftsmen in the house soon resumed.

In order to encourage skilled craftsmen and train their own craftsmen, the factory implements an eight-level and three-level system.For skilled craftsmen, after the assessment, the highest rating is eighth.

The only eighth-level craftsman in the factory is Wan San.Founder of a school, a patriarch-like figure.

Like Wansan, the entire Dongbeitai Village couldn't find three people.

Therefore, the monthly money is ten taels of silver, and you can get 120 taels of silver a year.With such a high salary, it only takes five years without eating or drinking to buy a house with a yard in the bustling area of ​​Beiping City.

The lowest first-class craftsman, the monthly salary is one tael of silver, and then the first-class apprentice, second-class apprentice, and third-class apprentice are eight, six, and four taels of silver respectively.

Come to learn crafts and return the money, and the money is returned a lot, which shows the generosity of the factory.

"Your skills are not very good." Wansan's third apprentice was an examiner, and he was a little dissatisfied with the craftsman who was testing his skills in front of him.

The method of comparison is also very simple, that is, to look at the heat.

According to the temperature of the molten iron in the blast furnace, rely on your own eyes to judge whether it is time to add grass ash. If you can make an accurate judgment, then you can meet the requirements of a sixth-level craftsman.

As for the seventh grade.

That has to be the same as myself, skillfully controlling different fires, adding miscellaneous materials, and firing different soft and hard fine irons, the experience required.

"Level six." The third apprentice frowned.

The man nodded embarrassingly, he was self-aware of his abilities.

If it works, it works, if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. If you can see the truth, you can’t make a fake, and you can’t hide it from others.

But he wanted to give it a try, in case it worked.

If it is a higher level, the income will be different every year.

Although the examiner in front of him was not as old as himself, he was convinced by what he said inside and outside, as well as pointing out his mistakes.

"Little master, what level are you?" Master craftsmen are teachers, and that person's attitude is very respectful.

"I'm also in level six."

The man was surprised when he heard the words, "Can't you?"

A craftsman who can smelt refined iron and soft iron must be a craftsman anywhere outside, and the owner of the iron shop outside broke his head and rushed to get it.

This kind of people are all level six, so how can I be rated as level six.

"You don't understand, so don't ask, do you need to live in the factory? Food and shelter are included."

If you are not too polite, that person will immediately shut up. Who would let the other party be skilled.

"Come in now?"

"I have to go back to pack up and salute."

"The factory provides clothes, bedding, and all living things."

"Okay, okay." The man smiled from ear to ear.

Although the third child is at the sixth level, everyone knows that he should be at the seventh level, but Wan San personally set it at the sixth level, and no one can convince him.

Although Zhu Gaochi didn't understand craftsman skills, according to others, he knew that Wansan deliberately lowered his apprentice.

Zhu Gaochi understood Wansan's thoughts.

Wan San was old enough to stay in the factory for a few more years to pave the way for his apprentices.

(End of this chapter)