Chapter 186: The Art Master
After listening to Lu Zhishen’s plan, Cao Zheng said: “What do you mean is that those children’s ten-year-old money is mainly enlightenment. After the age of ten, they will choose their suitable craftsmanship to learn according to their preferences and abilities?”
"Yes, that's it!" Lu Zhishen snapped his fingers and said.
"What crafts are prepared to let those kids learn?"
"Now I imagined these five items: ironworking, carpenter, garment making, cooking, and stonemason. If you have other good skills in the future, you can slowly increase them! By the way, I just remembered that in addition to iron making factories, we can also open flour mills and weaving factories. These can also be driven by water trucks!" Lu Zhishen said.
Cao Zheng heard it and said in a little embarrassedly: "It is very profitable to open a factory in the temple, and it is important to be a long-term flow. However, building a factory will cost a lot of money in the early stage. If the shop is so large at once, the money in the account will not be enough!"
Lu Zhishen shook his head and said, "Don't always think about paying money by yourself. We can follow the example of Weilong House and let others invest in building factories together! The money is endless, and everyone can make money together!"
Cao Zheng said worriedly, "But what if they learn the principle of water wheels and windmills, let us go alone?"
Lu Zhishen patted Cao Zheng's shoulder and said, "How long do you think the principle of this windmill can be hidden? If we don't have the money to build the factory and wait until the secret is revealed, would they be a gentleman and would not do it alone?"
"This" Cao Zheng was asked by Lu Zhishen, but he was speechless.
"So, don't always think about hiding these things. Since they can't hide them, it's better to build a factory before you are not clear about it now, sell the goods and make money. And the most important thing is that whether it is to build a factory or a shattering wood, blacksmiths and carpenters need to help customs declaration to ensure quality. As long as we master these talents, we will be invincible." Lu Zhishen explained.
Cao Zheng heard Lu Zhishen's proposal that as long as he controls talents, he will be invincible. After he thought deeply, his eyes lit up. "It's still the temple's far-sightedness. No wonder the temple attaches great importance to these craftsmen and is treated high. He also proposed that as long as he pays a part of the money first, they can live first and then buy them. That is, these talents must be tied firmly to our boat!"
Lu Zhishen nodded and said, "As long as the talents are on our side, no one who wants to build a factory in the future will be able to avoid us, and our benefits will be indispensable!"
Cao Zheng, who understood Lu Zhishen's thoughts, said happily: "Xiaoke understands, so let's contact all major families and we will work together to build a factory!"
"In addition to Qingzhou, Jeju, and even Laizhou, which is preparing to build a new branch, Dengzhou can consider contacting local families to build factories together to strengthen contact with them!"
Baozhu Temple has developed very rapidly, but its development time is too short, and it has been less than two years.
Although Baozhu Temple makes a lot of money, there are also many places to spend money. With monks and farmers, the Sales Yard opened are all two big gold-swalking monsters.
If you compare money, no aristocratic family in Qingzhou can compare to Baozhu Temple, but if you want to talk about the current silver, Baozhu Temple may not necessarily compare to several aristocratic families.
Several aristocratic families in Qingzhou have been able to stand for hundreds of years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. There are not many big and small things in Qingzhou that can be hidden from their ears.
They knew about the opening of the iron factory in Baozhu Temple a few days later. Many aristocratic families sent people to inquire about the factory openly and secretly. Now they heard that Baozhu Temple took the initiative to seek cooperation, and they immediately agreed to the conditions issued by Baozhu Temple. They provided people and skills, and the aristocratic families paid half of the money they earned!
With the aristocratic family paying for money, the financial shortcomings will be solved.
Qingzhou is like a horse running with its hooves flying!
If the water truck had not needed a water source to drive it, the faster the water flow, the better. Otherwise, I would have been afraid that as long as there was water, I would have wanted to build a water truck and start a factory to make money.
But even so, as long as you can make money, it can stimulate people and open up your mind.
Is the water flow not fast enough?
If it’s okay, then mobilize manpower and build high dams to form a water flow gap and speed up the flow of rivers.
For a time, there was a craze for factories everywhere in Qingzhou. In addition to various aristocratic families, some businessmen from simple families also wanted to imitate the factory by following the example of how the factory made money. Different aristocratic families did not have enough capital, but just wanted to open small factories and family workshops.
The factory was built, and what gave these merchants a headache was that the craftsmen in Qingzhou were basically recruited by the Longshan Iron Factory and Longshan Construction Floor, and a few were also recruited by other aristocratic families.
They couldn't find craftsmen. The recruitment notice was posted for a few days, and no one came to apply for the job. Many businessmen were anxious and had to stand on the street and shout hard.
"Ceep blacksmith! Get blacksmith! High salary, good benefits, 3 taels and 50% of the salary, three meals included! Come on if you want to come!"
"Recruiting carpenters! As long as you have made furniture, you can come!"
He heard that as long as he had made furniture, he could go. A carpenter who had just come out of the town and wanted to go to the city to buy something was 2 taels a month, so he plucked up his courage to go up. "The youngest is a carpenter, who has made furniture. I don't know."
When Mr. Wang, who was recruiting workers, his eyes lit up when he heard that the man was a carpenter. He held his hand and hurriedly pulled him into the yard. While walking, he said, "We have recruited a factory!"
Just when Mr. Wang had not yet pulled the person into the yard, the merchants from the recruiting stalls rushed over. "Brother, don't listen to Fatty Wang's nonsense. Their families eat people and don't spit bones. Come to our factory, our factory has a high salary!"
"Don't leave, go to our factory first. After seeing it, you will know how good the treatment of our factory is. You don't want to leave!"
Shangren Wang pulled the people from the mountains to the yard. The Yang family's manager suddenly came out with a few martial artists. The martial artist held a stick and stopped Shangren Wang and others. "We are recruited by the Yang family. No one is allowed to rob this person. If we come forward, don't blame us for being rude!"
He was stopped by the martial artist with a stick, and even if the housekeepers were anxious, they would have no choice.
The Yang family manager invited the carpenter aside and said with a kind look: "Brother, I think you are a real person. We should rest assured to be a person like you. 3 taels a month, and you can eat for a meal. If you perform well in the future, you can increase your wages. This price is not too low. Are you still satisfied?"
Hearing that he had a monthly salary of 3 taels and had a meal, he nodded with joy. "I'm so satisfied!"
The Yang family manager immediately took out a body deed. "Since we agree, then we will go to Yaxing to sign this body deed! Don't worry, with the living Buddha here, we dare not deceive you!"
The carpenter nodded repeatedly when he heard this.
Such scenes were staged in various cities in Qingzhou, from setting up recruitment notices in the city to grab people. Later, I saw that there were many young and strong people, but there were not many blacksmiths and carpenters. Many merchants had to go to other prefectures and counties to recruit people!
Cao Zheng was busy building factories with other aristocratic families in Qingzhou. Lu Zhishen came forward and hired a few old blacksmiths and carpenters.
Bai Yan has white hair. He is fifty-eight years old and two years old, and he is sixty years old.
Although he was old, he still had a strong body after years of striking iron. He was a little hunched after being knocked all year round.
Sitting in the elegant room of Longshan Restaurant, he was a little restless when he sat in such a luxurious room for the first time in his life.
Except for him, Ren Tiehui, Deng Hu, Han Hua and other old blacksmiths like him sat in the private room, and were also restless.
"Old Bai, do you know what the temple wants to do when we come to the temple this time?"
"How do I know? I want to ask you guys?"
"It shouldn't be a bad thing, otherwise the temple wouldn't have invited us to this place!"
"Hope is right!"
Just as several old blacksmiths were restless, Lu Zhishen took Han Bolong in.
Seeing Lu Zhishen, several old blacksmiths hurriedly got up. "Super the temple!"
Lu Zhishen hurriedly replied the gift, then gestured and said, "Everyone, please sit down!"
When everyone else sat down, Lu Zhishen said to Bai Yan: "Old Bai, please say that you have booked a house with a dragon house! Congratulations, your grandson can sit in a bright school to study and learn to read. If you are in high school in the future, your Bai family will be glorious in the family!"
When Bai Yan heard this, he hurriedly said, "All this depends on the living Buddha and the prison temple. Only the young people have the opportunity to buy that house."
"Don't say that, you can buy a house because you are earned by your hard work, Mr. Bai. I dare not be greedy for any merit!" Lu Zhishen looked at the others, "Have you all bought it too?"
“Born!”
"Thank you, the young man can live in such a good house!"
"In the future, your sons and grandchildren should all go to the college to study!" Lu Zhishen asked.
Although it is not clear why Lu Zhishen asked this, Bai Yan and his friends still answered honestly: "I plan to let my grandson go to school, and I don't want him to do hard work like ironwork!"
"I plan to do this too. It's too hard to make a blacksmith. Not only does it take to smoke and fire to make fire all day long, but the sparks that splash from time to time fall on the wound are just a scar. The young one has no choice but to support the family and the young one have accepted their fate. Now the temple has given such a chance. For the sake of future generations, the young one doesn't want them to continue doing this work!"
"Yes, it's so hard. Since they have the opportunity to study and be decent literati, the younger ones certainly want their descendants to be literati."
Lu Zhishen said hypocritically: "Everyone works hard to survive, and seeking is nothing more than allowing future generations to live a good life. You can let future generations study and read, which proves that you are visionary, and I am happy for you!"
"Thank you, the temple!"
"It's just a pity that you can do it with a thug!" Lu Zhishen shook his head and sighed.
When Bai Yan heard Lu Zhishen say this, he was afraid that he would advise him not to let his grandson go to school and continue to do iron work.
He hurriedly said, "It's no pity. This iron-smashing just requires a lot of strength. As long as you are willing to work hard, everyone will do it!"
Ren Tiehui and others also hurriedly shouted: "Yes, Lao Bai is right, this ironwork is really nothing great, many people can do it! There is no need to worry that no one will make a ironwork in the future!"
After inspecting the people present, Lu Zhishen said, "I saw that everyone had made up their minds and didn't want to let their descendants eat this bowl of rice anymore!"
Bai Yan and his men nodded repeatedly.
Lu Zhishen clapped his hands and said, "It's great, so I will feel at ease. Everyone, please know that Baozhu Temple has opened a Sales Courtyard!"
Bai Yan said in confusion: "Well, of course the young one knows. This is the compassionate mercy of the living Buddhas and the temple, which gives those orphans a chance to survive."
Lu Zhishen looked at Bai Yan and said seriously: "These orphans are now taken care of, but they will eventually grow up. But what will they rely on to support themselves when they grow up? I wonder if letting these orphans learn a craft so that they can rely on their craft to support themselves when they grow up. Do you think?"
Bai Yan and his friends are not stupid, of course they understand what Lu Zhishen means.
These iron-smashing skills are all the guys they eat. If they teach orphans, what will they eat? The house I just booked will take another 2 years to get the deed!
Seeing Bai Yan and the others silently, Lu Zhishen continued, "You don't want your descendants to continue to work as blacksmiths. I think it would be a pity if you lose your experience in blacksmithing in this way. I just want to open a craftsmanship college and ask you to be a master to teach those orphans' craftsmanship. It's 3 taels and 500 yuan a month. What do you think?"
If it was a free professor, Bai Yan and the others would certainly refuse. But now Lu Zhishen said that there was a reward, which was completely different.
Many people were moved.
As the temple said, I am not going to let my descendants do this work anyway, so it is not impossible to teach others. It is just to teach those orphans how long it takes. If it only takes a year, it will feel a little at a disadvantage.
Bai Yan asked cautiously: "Shi Temple, are we just going to teach those orphans the skills of making irons in a year?"
"Of course not. It's not only available this year. I'm afraid there will be any orphans every year. I want to hire you as art masters, but I'm afraid it will take three to five years until you can't do it!"
When Bai Yanche heard that he wanted to teach those orphans for three or five years, he had no worries.
"You can help those orphans, and the young are willing to do their best!"
"Young ones are willing!"
Hearing their agreement, Lu Zhishen said happily: "Then let it be decided. I will notify you when the art academy is built!"
When a craze for factory construction was emerging in Qingzhou, Hu Cheng from Jeju and more than a dozen shopkeepers rushed towards Erlong Mountain in anger.
That damn Lu Zhishen actually dared to let my sister go home crying.
Although Hu Sanniang refused to tell the reason, she violently beat herself out.
She ran to Qingzhou happily, and now she ran back crying. What else can I say? It must be Lu Zhishen, a fake monk, who is fond of the new and old. Otherwise, how could my sister be so sad?
I just said that this damn monk is not a good person and is not qualified to be my brother-in-law. This time I go to Erlong Mountain, I must break this evil fate!
Humph, I am the only one who is bullied by my sister, where can anyone bully my sister!
Chapter completed!