Chapter 114 Sino-Foreign Cooperation
In the following tests, this group of craftsmen successively demonstrated a good level of technical skills.
According to Xu Lin's careful observation, ten of them were at the same level as themselves, and Xu Lin also promised them six taels of silver a month.
There are five other people whose level is significantly higher than his, and Xu Lin gave them the treatment of ten taels and one month.
This group of people basically expressed satisfaction with their treatment, and after unanimous discussion, these fifteen people decided to prepare to join in a unified manner.
"Okay, you are all excellent craftsmen, and my family is also a person who loves talents, I believe you will not regret the choice you made today."
"Since everyone is happy, then let's prepare and pack up, and go to the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty with us as soon as possible." Liu Di also did not delay, ready to take this group of baby bumps away at any time.
"Oh, dear Your Excellency Liu Di, fifteen of us are all Francophone mechanics, we have to terminate our employment with our boss this time, and then we can go to the Central Plains with you again." Ricardo spoke in Chinese and said to Liu Di.
Liu Di felt a little uncomfortable when he heard a big man call him dear, but he still reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Okay Your Excellency Ricardo, we are waiting for your news, I will go buy some horses and some things for the road now, I think in order to cause unnecessary trouble, you all need to put down your hats and scarves." ”
"Okay, Your Excellency Liu Di, let's make some preparations for each other, to be honest, I can't wait to accept this challenge." Ricardo is also impatient to meet this challenge from the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty.
After everyone discussed, they officially divided into two ways and acted separately.
Liu Di took the other three people to the horse market for the first time to select some fat and strong horses, which are far away from the north, and the horses are mostly short stallions in the south, but the price of horses is not lower than that of the Central Plains.
Ricardo and Ferreira, on the other hand, found the officials in charge of the craftsmen sent by their Franc machine, and after making a statement to them, they resigned.
Although the officials in charge of the artisans were surprised by their choice and strongly recommended that they refuse the opportunity and prepare to serve in the capital instead, Ricardo and his team were convinced of their choice.
After both parties were ready, Liu Di packed up with Li Jue this time and took them to Chenzhuang.
Along the way, Liu Di led the crowd and groped back to Chenzhuang along the route they had groped when they came.
After groping their way to Nanjing, they boarded Chenzhuang's own merchant ship.
"Oh God, it's amazing that my employer has an entire business fleet." When Ricardo boarded the ship, he was surprised to hear that the big merchant ship belonged to his employer, and that his employer not only owned the ship, but also owned an entire fleet for commercial transportation.
As the ship sailed all the way, it finally returned to Chenzhuang Wharf.
On this day, a group of special people were ushered in on the Chenzhuang wharf.
They have deep eye sockets, high nose bridges, white skin, and mostly beards, and they are not Ming people at first glance.
The eyes of everyone on the dock suddenly focused on such a group of strange-looking people.
"Who is this? Why does it look so strange? Some of the dock workers put down their work, whispered, and pointed.
"You don't even know that? This is the Francophile who our owner asked to invite to the south before. A well-informed person said in a secretive voice.
Despite the fingers of others, Ricardo, Ferreira and other fifteen people got off the boat and lined up to walk towards Zhuangzi under the guidance of Liu Di.
To be honest, Ricardo, Ferreira and the others have long been accustomed to being the center of attention everywhere, and they don't seem to mind at all, but are also looking around for everything. I heard that this bustling wharf and this Zhuangzi belong to his employer, and it seems that if his employer is placed in his own country, he is obviously a big nobleman.
Yuan Chao in Zhuangzi was sitting in his lobby at this time, waiting to see foreign friends from afar.
"Owner, fortunately, the four of us successfully went to Macao this time, and after many inquiries there, we successfully recruited fifteen craftsmen who could speak Chinese, and also recruited a Macao man Li Jue who is proficient in the Francophone language." Liu Di saluted and reported the harvest this time.
"Hahaha, yes, yes, you guys did a good job, Macau is such a long distance, you can complete the task so smoothly, I'm really happy."
"But what is the level of these craftsmen?" After Yuan Chao affirmed the results, he looked at this group of Franc machine people and asked questions.
"Honorable military attache of the Ming Empire, my dear employer, Your Excellency Yuan Chao, hello. I'm Ricardo from Franco, and we, the fifteen craftsmen, are highly skilled craftsmen and we are always ready to show our skills to the satisfaction of your employer. This time Ricardo listened to Yuan Chao's question, stood up directly, and said in Chinese.
Yuan Chao couldn't help but laugh when he heard Ricardo speak these interesting Chinese words with an accent.
"Hahaha, Lord Ricardo, it seems that you are very confident, and I like confident people."
"Your Excellency Ricardo, in that case, please rest well today, but tomorrow I will take your group to the workshop to report!"
"Remember, I'm looking forward to your Franc cannons, as well as your superb arquebus." Yuan Chao said to Ricardo with satisfaction.
"Yes, honorable employer, we will be there for you." After Ricardo finished speaking, he led the crowd to give a salute.
Yuan Chao also waved his hand and asked them all to rest.
And Liu Di's real money and silver rewards are naturally indispensable, but to be honest, Liu Di and they went thousands of miles to Macau, and they were more interested in this opportunity, which was a success in letting the owner write down their names.
The next day, the group of Franc robots entered the workshop.
In addition to the craftsmen who were dug in Henan before, there are also craftsmen dug in Henan and Beijing this time.
In addition, these Franc machine people are also a lot of craftsmen for a while, and there are not a few skilled people.
Ricardo, Ferreira and others put away their pride when they saw the professional craftsmen's workshops and many excellent craftsmen working.
"I didn't expect that there are so many craftsmen in the hands of our employer, and there are many people with outstanding skills." Ricardo sighed as he looked at the workshop.
"Then let's show off our skills." Ferreira also nodded and said.
After saying that, these people immediately came to the link they are good at and began to join in.
For a moment, the whole workshop collided with a pleasant tapping sound.