Carpenter Cen stopped stammering.
"The princess said, I haven't done this before, but I can try it."
"Okay, here are the drawings. If you need anything, just go to the housekeeper. By the way, I heard you say last time that your two sons also learned carpentry? Do you want to bring them over to help you? It doesn't matter if they are not good at carving. I need it. Things are mainly practical, and generally there is no need for engraving.”
The boy is very agile, but after all, he has never systematically learned carpentry. He can still learn the simple ones, but he can't learn the complicated ones in a while. Is it possible that the old carpenter is distracted by teaching them?
Teaching disciples is not something that can be accomplished overnight. She was already in a hurry, and she didn't want to waste her time teaching carpentry.
If possible, she would even like to form a carpentry team to assist her mechanical invention.
But Nanman was too poor in the past. Life was not easy, and few people learned crafts.
Carpenter Cen was hired from Furong County by the palace steward because he was expected to be an expert in carving.
After the mansion was completed, the craftsmen sent by the palace returned to the capital one after another. Thinking that the mansion needed someone knowledgeable to do daily maintenance, the housekeeper informed the prince and kept the old carpenter.
Carpenter Cen was quite happy with the high wages. Anyway, he was in his hometown in Furong County. He went to the county to do odd jobs during the slack season and didn't have much time at home.
Even though I might miss home if I stay in Nanman, the advantage is that the salary is high. I can take care of food, food, and housing, and I still have 500 coins a month. I can save enough for a year to buy a small income for my family.
Since the princess came, I have been rewarded with rewards for doing things for her. I even married my grandson a daughter-in-law a while ago. Not only him, but also the whole family is very satisfied.
Unexpectedly, the princess actually suggested that his two sons come over at this moment. This was to stir up the rhythm of his family!
"I would like to thank the princess for the promotion!"
Carpenter Cen was so moved that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Xu Yin: "..."
This hat is too big, bro!
She just wants to recruit more professionals to work for herself.
Yan Kejin poured her a cup of tea and suggested slowly:
"Since we need to recruit people, we might as well recruit a few more. Set up a carpentry workshop in the name of the palace, with the needs of the palace as the first priority. In our spare time, we can take orders from ordinary people."
Xu Yin paused while drinking tea.
Carpentry workshop? Isn't this the professional carpentry team she wants? What a great idea!
He immediately gave the prince an appreciative look.
Yan Kejin lowered her head to refill her tea, her lowered eyelids covering her smile as bright as starlight.
Can I get another reward tonight?
King Jinnan acted very efficiently. He only decided to open a carpentry workshop at noon, and in the afternoon he had someone choose the location. It was not far from the palace, one of the first streets with cement roads, and it was also a four-way intersection. What was there? Large items are also easy to transport.
Xu Yin really didn't expect that the carpentry workshop would be the first to be started.
But if you think about it carefully, this workshop is indeed necessary.
Whether it is a large juicer needed by a sugar mill, or a spinning machine or weaving machine needed by a textile mill in the future, woodworking support is needed.
After all, it was ancient times. There was neither steel nor plastic. The only material that was available in large quantities and easy to make was wood.
As for iron, Xu Yin only plans to use it to forge some core parts, otherwise it would be useless to spend the mines at home.
The palace comes forward, what can the governor of Baigui County say? What's more, it sounds like a good thing that is beneficial to the people. Just like the flat and hard cement road, wasn't it also proposed by the palace?
This is a good thing that benefits the people. The more the better.
The county governor gave the green light all the way, and all procedures were completed as quickly as possible. Within a few days, the carpentry workshop was built.
During this period, Carpenter Cen returned to Furong County.
In addition to picking up his two sons, he is also tasked with recruiting people.
Fortunately, the treatment given by the palace was good. The money he had sent home through entrustment allowed his family to build a new house and his grandson to marry a wife. Everyone in the village within a ten-mile radius knew about it.
As soon as he returned home, the doorstep of Lao Cen's house was almost broken by inquiring people, all wanting to know where he made his fortune.
When they heard that they were working in the Southern Barbarians, some people gave up. The Southern Barbarians were so poor, what good life could there be?
But some people stayed and wanted to follow Carpenter Cen to find work in Nanman.
Carpenter Cen made his request: "My master asked me to recruit a group of carpenters. I am not required to be good at carving, but they must at least be able to carve ordinary furniture and get started quickly. We are not looking for apprentices. If you meet the requirements, sign up and we will set off together tomorrow." Southern barbarian.”
From what Carpenter Cen said, there were only three people left who met the requirements.
So Carpenter Cen went to neighboring villages and towns to spread the word, but most people had the same idea: Nanman was so poor, what good life could there be? No money was earned, but people were poisoned by the miasma and became short-lived. Damn it, it’s not worth it.
Therefore, only seven people were recruited in three days, and all of them were from poor families. Who would be willing to come to Nanman to work if they had some hope?
In this way, Carpenter Cen took nine people, including his two sons, back to Baigui County.
He felt vaguely in his heart that those people who were unwilling to come to Nanman today would definitely regret it in the future.
In fact, there was no need to wait for the next day. The group of people who followed him were so surprised that their eyes widened as soon as they arrived at Baigui County:
"Why is the ground here so flat? There's no dust at all, it's so clean!"
"Is this the capital of Baigui County? It's so different from what I imagined!"
"Are we going to work here from now on? There are only a few of us living in such a big yard? And my mother-in-law cooks for us? Am I dreaming? This treatment is too good..."
"Master Cen, what are we going to do in the future? Just take over carpentry work? But why don't we have a shopkeeper?" asked a carpenter.
Carpenter Cen shook his head: "Our workshop will not accept outside work for the time being, and we will only work for the palace. There is a lot of wood work in the palace. Even though we have a lot of people, we may have to do the work in the palace for half a year."
Before recruiting people, Carpenter Cen informed them of their salary: 500 cash per month, including food and accommodation.
This is much higher than the going price in Furong County.
At that time, he followed the housekeeper to the palace because of the high salary. Not wanting to be favored by the princess, he completed the waterwheel and candy molds, and won several silver rewards one after another.
But he didn't tell his co-workers about the silver reward. He would be happy if it happened in the future, but what if it disappeared? Wouldn't telling them in advance mean that their happiness would be in vain?
Several other people were happy with the five hundred cents per month including food and accommodation, not to mention that the food provided by the palace was much better than what they had eaten at home.
Apart from having three meals a day, there is also a meat dish at noon, sometimes roasted pork belly, sometimes fried crispy pork, sometimes fish with rice wine grains.
The cook also cooked herbal tea for them every day and a pot of mung bean soup every five days on the order of the princess to relieve the heat and relieve diseases. All in all, it was much better than they imagined.
The Nanban people are not as poor as they think!
No wonder Master Cen built a new house and his grandchildren got wives within a year of his arrival. Can they do the same?
After a few days, this group of people was so determined that they expressed their willingness to work for the palace until the end of time.
