Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 101 Craftsmanship

   This is not good news.

  Although there are benefits of chaos, she only made the glass. Trading requires a relatively safe and stable environment. The chaos outside is not conducive to her making money.

  Fu Tinghan asked people to prepare a lot of materials. With the accumulation of materials that cost no money, the craftsmen's glass blowing skills are becoming more and more exquisite. With his constant adjustment of the formula, the workshop can now blow different types of glass.

   One of them is comparable to the fine glassware of the moment.

   It is as clear as crystal, but it is shiny. Some craftsmen specially added some colors when it was fired and cooled. The glazed horse that was blown out had a brownish-red color drifting past, and its front hooves were flying, making it even more handsome.

   Such beautiful glass products, not to mention Ji Yuan and others, even Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan were surprised.

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at the glazed horse that was carefully presented, and asked, "Who blew this out?"

   This voice made the hearts of the craftsmen tense. The Ding Porcelain Craftsman immediately knelt down and said with some fear, "Yes, it's small."

   Zhao Hanzhang glanced over the faces of the other craftsmen, leaned forward, "Is it really you?"

   The young boy who had been standing silently at the back plopped down and knelt down, "Girl, it was done by the young, not my father."

   "You are very talented," Zhao Hanzhang said as he touched the crystal-clear colored horse: "Besides horses, do you still play anything else?"

  The boy was stunned for a moment, seeing that Zhao Hanzhang didn't mean to blame, he said hurriedly: "As long as there are patterns and some molds, the small ones can be blown out, it's just..."

   He glanced at Fu Tinghan timidly and whispered, "It's just a glass of water."

   "Then study more and improve efficiency as much as possible," Zhao Hanzhang said: "In the future, as long as every craftsman makes progress in his skills, I will definitely be rewarded."

   Zhao Hanzhang did what he said and asked the boy directly, "Do you want fields or money?"

  The boy could not help but go to see his father,

  Ding Porcelain Maker asked nervously: "Then the field is to be leased to us?"

   "Since it is a reward, it naturally belongs to you directly," Zhao Hanzhang said: "I can change your slave status to a craftsman status, and the prize and your fields belong to you."

  Ding Porcelain was so excited that his hands trembled slightly, and he pulled his son to kowtow again and again, "Thank you girl, the little ones are willing to ask for fields."

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly to Uncle Cheng and asked him to do this.

  The craftsmen standing behind the Ding Porcelain Craftsman were also a little excited. If they also made breakthroughs in their skills, wouldn’t they also be able to reward the fields?

  The field is second, and the most important thing is to change from slave status to craftsman status.

  The eyes of the craftsmen are firm, and their hearts are full of ambition.

  The craftsmen bowed and stepped back, and when they got outside, they surrounded Ding Porcelain and his son, full of envy, "Old Ding, you are still amazing, so you are flying over the dragon gate."

  Ding Porcelain also laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth but his eyes, "Where, where, I don't have much ability, and it all depends on Ding Yi."

   "It's good luck. I thought people like us could only be slaves for three lifetimes. I didn't expect the girl to be so generous and directly gave us the craftsmanship."

   "You said, if we make great contributions after being a craftsman, will the girl let us go?"

   These people were all craftsmen before, and they were sold as slaves for various reasons, and even their families were slaves.

   From the day they became slaves, they kept thinking about changing back to craftsmanship, but it was easier said than done?

  The owner spent so much money to buy them, how could he let them go easily?

  Although slaves cannot leave easily after they become craftsmen, they are much more free in terms of their identity. The most important point is that craftsmen cannot be bought, sold or killed.

   Chengbo also came out of the house, took out their deeds and handed them back, "You can follow me to the yamen to change your household registration at some time. Before that, we have to sign a living deed."

   He asked with a smile: "Do you want to sign for ten years or twenty years?"

  Ding Porcelain and Ding Yi looked at each other and asked, "The wages..."

  The craftsmen also quieted down and pricked up their ears to listen.

"The girl said that if you sign a ten-year contract, your father and son will earn three wages per month, and their family members can rent ten acres of land with less than half of your quota. If they can improve their skills in the future, or To teach an apprentice, the minimum reward varies from five pennies or two acres of land."

   "If the contract is signed for 20 years, the following conditions will remain unchanged, but the monthly salary for one person is at least four, and the salary can be increased according to the number of years in the future."

The craftsmen couldn't help but whisper to each other, whispering to the Ding Porcelain Craftsman: "Let's just sign for 20 years, we are craftsmen, even if we don't work with the girls, we will be recruited by the yamen when we go out. If we sell it to someone else, it would be miserable."

   "And even if you are outside, you can't earn less than four dollars a month, and you can rent land cheaply."

  Not all families can learn their skills, some children just have no talent, what should we do at this time?

   Nature can only cultivate the land.

   But the actual situation is that, as slaves, the land they cultivate belongs to the master's family, they can only work for free, receive a small amount of rations every month, and they will not starve to death;

  As craftsmen, if they lease land, the rent they need to pay will be about 50% to 10% higher than that of good ones.

  The craftsmen don’t understand why, but the folks have always been like this. Even in the service, the craftsmanship is longer than the good one, not to mention that they have to register in the yamen and wait for recruitment at any time.

  Although they make more money than ordinary people and see their lives better than them, they also pay more.

  So Zhao Hanzhang did the opposite, reducing their rent and giving them fertile land, which made their hearts completely biased towards her.

  Although according to the regulations, the yamen can also recruit the craftsmen who sign the deed, but beyond the legal principles, it is a human relationship, and the yamen recruits must first pass Zhao Hanzhang.

  If Zhao Hanzhang did not agree, with Zhao's influence in Runan, they would probably escape the hard labor recruited by the yamen.

   This is one of the reasons why artisans like to look for big families to attach themselves to.

  The craftsmen swallowed nervously and looked at the Ding Porcelain.

  Ding Porcelain Craftsman thought for a while, and felt that it was better to follow Zhao Hanzhang, so he said, "We signed a contract for 20 years."

   Chengbo nodded in response, "Then you guys go back and pack up, and go to the yamen tomorrow with me to get rid of your membership."

  Ding Porcelain responded excitedly, turning his head to look at his son with bright eyes.

The craftsmen crowded Ding Porcelain Maker and left, "Old Ding, is your cousin in Xiping County going to be transferred? You have also transferred back to the craftsmanship. In the future, let your cousin help you walk around, maybe Your family can also be turned into a good family."

   "Yes, yes, if we become a good member and pay less taxes, we will not be recruited at will."

   See you at 7pm

   (end of this chapter)