Jian Chen chose a piece of land. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were twenty acres of land and a hydraulic mill, and the rest was wasteland. It is close to a small river, not far from the county seat, and basically in the downwind direction of the county seat.

The terrain is nice and there aren't too many farmers around. After a simple acid-alkali plant is established, a large amount of pollutants and acid soot will reduce the production of a large area of land above and below in two years at most.

If there are big farmers, they will have to talk about it when the time comes, but since they are just small farmers, even if the money doesn't work, they can hire someone to beat them up and give them some money to get rid of the problem. Of course, I can't make a move, so I have to find a scapegoat and black gloves, and I can come forward when I finally give the money.

In addition to those cultivated land, Chen Jian bought a total of 200 acres of land. Take out the money to carry out activities, and those lands will become low-cost barren land.

Nowadays, this small industry does not need such a large amount of land, but it is worth spending some more money for the future.

The people in the county measured the land and completed the title deed, and Chen Jian found some masons to outsource the factory.

The complete brick and timber structure could be built at the level of today's masons who built houses in a specialised manner.

The whole plant was designed by him, because when it comes to subsequent production, it can't be sloppy.

Sintering furnaces, melting furnaces, annealing furnaces, pressing workshops all need to be within the confines of a large plant, along with manpower blowers and towering chimneys.

The hydraulic mill that was bought also hired craftsmen and converted into a stone tray for hydraulic grinding of ore materials, the structure is similar, and it is good to make some changes.

When the factory officially started construction, Chen Jian came to the county seat and began to recruit workers.

As soon as the news of the recruitment came out, there was an endless stream of people who came here to sign up every day, and there was a tendency to break the head.

First of all, the wages of the apprentices and hired hands of the glass workshop are considered to be higher among the hired workers, and this is a real craft.

Working as a hired worker on a farm or in a cotton-picking factory, you can't learn anything, and after you finish your apprenticeship, you still have nothing and can't do anything.

But working as a hired hand or apprentice in a blacksmith, glass, shipbuilding, carpentry, etc., is completely different, as long as you are diligent and smart, you will be able to learn at least one trade, a real trade that you can eat in the future - it is not known if you are lucky enough to open a small workshop and become the middle of society after the end of the five-year apprenticeship.

Dreaming helps with physical and mental health, while also maintaining social stability.

However, the number of such workshops is still not enough, even if you know that going to be an apprentice in it is actually a cow and horse for the master, it is still a squeeze. From the very beginning, this ethnic group has been very fruitful, and has not come up with some feudal morality to maintain this workshop system, so as not to make it clear that no one really believes that the master-apprentice relationship between the workshop or a certain industry is so touching.

As a result, as soon as the news of a new glass workshop in the county town and the recruitment of apprentices and hired laborers broke, many people felt that they saw hope to change their fate.

This kind of apprenticeship does not cost a few dollars, and Chen Jian calculates that many places in the workshop do not necessarily need to use adults, and it is best to use child labor, which can save money and learn quickly.

Normally, in today's simple conditions of acid and alkali workshops, five years is exactly a cycle: after five years, people will basically be abolished. Getting rid of most of them, leaving a few skilled workers whose teeth are not corroded by acid, whose eyes are not blind, and whose throats are not rotten, and then recruiting a new batch of apprentices is the most profitable option, so as not to die in the workshop and not be able to figure it out.

It's just that when recruiting, it must not be said that there will be such a danger, and it has become inevitable to rush to it.

The quota of 200 hired workers was filled in only three days, and the magistrate signed a uniform employment contract, guaranteeing that the apprentices would not leave for five years or face imprisonment.

Among the two hundred people, there were more than 100 young apprentices of fourteen or fifteen years old, and the rest were young adults, Chen Jian asked Zhao Si and the others to take care of these people, and first go back to the workshop area that had not yet been built to do some chores, and by the way, build the small low house they will live in in the future.

Build a canteen near the factory, take care of the food first, and then manage it, and maybe even close the management in the future to prevent the leakage of glass production technology.

These young apprentices have all undergone a simple enlightened education in reading and counting, and have also learned things like standing in line for roll call in the school, and although they are not as good as those who have actually received real compulsory education, they are the best workshop labor in this era.

Chen Jian didn't need to take care of these things himself, he only asked the four outlaws to take care of them, and he had to be busy doing other things.

A 200-person glass and chemical workshop requires a lot of raw materials, and it can also drive a large number of upstream and downstream industries.

There are a lot of silica sand needed for glass, and the price of coal can be bought directly is not expensive, and there are many small workshops here where sodium carbonate burns water and grass ash for a living, which is more expensive than the direct evaporation and drying method in the Gobi Desert near the north, but it is almost the same when you count the freight.

In addition to these raw materials, cast iron plates, lead, crucibles, glazed clay jars, wooden and glass transport racks, and a bunch of other things are needed.

Fortunately, there is no need to start from scratch at this time, these things can be bought as long as there is money in places where the handicraft industry is still developed.

It's just that the process of purchasing these items is a bit complicated.

For coal mines or large-scale iron-smelting workshops, Chen Jian couldn't even see the owner of the family, if it weren't for the fact that the owner of a certain coal mine had heard his children talk about Chen Jian's name, he would basically just find someone and send him away.

Jian Chen was not qualified to sit and drink tea with these real billionaires at this time, that bit of fame was nothing in the eyes of these people, and at this time science had not fully demonstrated its due power.

But for some small workshops, Chen Jian's purchase simply made them feel hopeless.

For example, in the production of wooden and glass transportation frames, Chen Jian found a small carpentry workshop that was not too large, with only seven or eight apprentices and one master.

This is a typical small handicraft workshop, three or four generations have been carpenters for a living, but unfortunately they have not stepped out of the door, and it has always existed in the form of this small workshop.

Chen Jian inquired and knew that the master of this carpenter's workshop had a good character and a good heart, so this was a partner who could be wooed.

The master's surname is Huang, his name is Huang De, and when Chen Jian found this carpentry workshop, Huang Dezheng and his apprentices were happily making coffins for a family in the county.

The business of the small carpentry workshop was still booming, but when Chen Jian explained his intention and signaled that he wanted to customize about 2,000 sets of wooden frames, Huang De was still startled.

He had never taken such a big business, and after a little calculation, he couldn't be happier in his heart.

After listening to the jingling coins on Chen Jian's waist, and seeing the sagging of the belt, he knew that this was not a joke, and he didn't make this coffin yet, so he shouted that his family should prepare some tea.

"Little brother, you're looking for me right. This is also a craft that has been passed down from my ancestors for three generations, and the kung fu of mortise and tenon is also considered a character in Nananna. I just don't know what the wooden frame that my brother wants looks like? Can you tell me about it? ”

Jian Chen took out a drawing, on which was briefly drawn the appearance of a wooden frame for glass transportation.

In fact, it is a very simple thing, Huang De has been a carpenter for so long, and it can be seen at a glance that this thing is much simpler than making windows.

Xindao If this can be traded next, he will be able to make a lot of money this year, and hurriedly admitted: "I understand this thing, it's simple, and the little brother doesn't need to find someone else, as long as the price is right and give some fixed money, I will do these two thousand sets." ”

Jian Chen nodded and said, "I'm not going to find someone else, but I don't know how long Master Huang will be able to make it?" ”

"If it's urgent, how about half a year?"

"It's too late, I'll use it in two or three months."

Huang De smiled bitterly: "Little brother, you are just joking." Although this thing is simple, it is also made little by little with a planer and saw, and I have to go to the sawmill to prepare wood, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it in two or three months. ”

said this, but in his heart he wondered how to make Jian Chen only do half of it here.

Jian Chen shook his head and said, "According to my calculations, Master Huang can make it within two months, but he has to push the rest of the business." ”

"Little brother, if the price is right, you won't need to say that I will push the rest of the business too. It's just that two or three months are too tight, and there is really nothing that can be done. Not to mention me, even any woodworking workshop can hardly make it. ”

Jian Chen lowered his head and picked up a piece of wood on the ground, and asked, "You also have a lot of apprentices, and you have learned from you for a long time depending on your age. ”

"That's nature."

"One person specializes in making mao, one person specializes in carving falcons, one person specializes in glue gluing, and one person specializes in drawing lines with rectangular graphite...... Everyone does their own line, why can't they do it? The 2,000 sets I want are exactly the same, how can I use them for half a year? ”

Huang De was stunned, thought about Jian Chen's words, and suddenly realized.

It's also a shame that he can't think of such a way, but it has always been the case in handicraft workshops, especially this kind of small woodworking workshop.

The window lattices and beams of each house are different, not to mention two thousand sets of identical things, even if you encounter three or five sets of identical things, it is rare.

This thing is not smelting iron to make a ploughshare, a mold is used over and over again, and everything is the same. The doors and windows of each house are large and small, and the coffin boards are different, and they are basically still at a level of processing with supplied materials.

Some things can be understood at one point, but even if they are connected before, it is useless, there is no large-scale demand for almost the same size, and naturally there is no basis for this production model.

"If it's like what the little brother said, I can really try."

"I don't have to make a coffin for this thing, as long as it's about the same, Master Huang doesn't have to worry too much, as long as it's not as big as a point or two, it can be installed. Money is indispensable for you, and I can also give you some of the deposit first. ”

Speaking of money, Huang De hurriedly estimated the wood, thinking about making more money but also worried that the first asking price was too high to scare Chen Jian away: as long as you find out this kind of way of doing one thing by yourself, you can do it in other shops, which is really unacceptable.

A price that was acceptable to Jian Chen was quoted, and Jian Chen took out one-third of the fixed money and signed the contract.

"Master Huang, you must have listened to me too, I opened a glass workshop in our Nan'an, and there may be other workshops in the future. If you do it well this time, I can find you in the future, and we can cooperate for a long time. ”

"Thank you very much, it would be nice if there was such a business of more than 1,000 sets every year."

"Don't worry. It's just that in the future, maybe all the things I want will be sets, and it's basically unlikely that there will be less than ten sets of utensils, and basically all the things I use may be something that some apprentices can do. However, if Master Huang's craftsmanship is as high as you said, there are some things that the apprentice can't do, and he has to ask Master Huang to help. ”

"Don't worry, as long as you can draw it, I can make it. Please also ask my brother to take care of my business in the future, but if there is anything that my small workshop can do, I will still hand it over, and the price is definitely cheaper than other shops. ”

promised such a future, Huang De's heart was also full of illusions, and he only felt that today was blessed by his ancestors, and he met such a big customer. If there is such a business every year, what are you worried about?

Chen Jian thinks that there will be many places to use woodware in the future, and an old carpenter can do a lot of things, and today's carpenters, blacksmiths, locksmiths, and watchmakers can be regarded as engineers in this era.